Swampire

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Swampire
Swampire.png
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of Swooper

Swampires are a powerful variant of the Swooper and the strongest of its relatives found in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Its name is a portmanteau of the words "Swooper" and "vampire", referring to its batlike nature and health-sucking ability. Swampires have notably high HP, tied with several enemies for the second highest HP of any non-boss enemy after the Dark Koopatrol. Like other HP-sucking enemies, such as Fuzzies, they replenish lost health equal to the amount of damage dealt to their attack's target. However, this ability is disabled by the Electrified status, incapable of damaging the affected target regardless of the Swampire's attack power.

Swampires cannot be battled during the main story of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. They are only encountered after floor 90 in the Pit of 100 Trials.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Swampire
Swampire.png Max HP 20 Attack 6 Defense 0
Location(s) Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 91, 92, 94-96, 98, 99) Role Common Level 35
Sleep? 50% Dizzy? 90% Confuse? 50%
Tiny? 75% Stop? 55% Soft? 80%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 50% Fright? 50%
Gale Force? 75% KO? 20% Moves HP Drain (6, Piercing)
Exp. points 2 Coins 2 - 4 Items Ice Storm, Ruin Powder, Super Shroom, Boo's Sheet
Tattle Log #:
66
Log A feared health-sucking bat that lives in the darkness. It steals your HP to add to its own.
Tattle That's a Swampire. It's a feared health-sucker that hides in the darkness. Max HP is 20, Attack is 6, and Defense is 0. It sucks health from its prey to add to its own HP. And that...totally grosses me out like you wouldn't believe. If you let it feast on you, its HP will get really high. Focus your attacks on it!

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Swampire
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 20 Attack 6 Defense 0
Location(s) Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 91, 92, 94-96, 98, 99) Role Common Level 35
Sleep? 50% Dizzy? 90% Confuse? 50%
Tiny? 75% Stop? 55% Soft? 80%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 50% Fright? 50%
Gale Force? 75% KO? 20% Moves HP Drain (6, Piercing)
Exp. points 2 Coins 2 - 4 Items Ice Storm, Ruin Powder, Super Mushroom, Boo's Sheet
Tattle Log #:
69
Log A feared health-sucking bat that lives in the darkness. It steals your HP to add to its own.
Tattle That's a Swampire. It's a feared health-sucker that hides in the darkness. Max HP is 20, Attack is 6, and Defense is 0. It sucks health from its prey to add to its own HP. And that...totally grosses me out like you wouldn't believe. If you let it feast on you, its HP will get really high. Focus your attacks on it!

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ヴァンパイヤーン[?]
Vanpaiyān
Derivation of "vampire"
French Vampirion[?] From "vampire" and possibly "Centurion"
German Swooperatu[?] From "Swooper" and "Nosferatu"
Italian Swoopipistrello[?] From "Swooper" and pipistrello ("bat")
Spanish Vampirito[?] From vampiro ("vampire") with the diminutive suffix -ito

Trivia

  • Swampires' green coloration resembles the debut appearance of Swoopers in Super Mario World.