Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door/Shops

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Gameplay


Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door logo

Walkthrough
  2. Prologue: A Rogue's Welcome
  3. Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon
  4. Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree
  5. Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory
  6. Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls
  7. Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates
  8. Chapter 6: 3 Days of Excess
  9. Chapter 7: Mario Shoots the Moon
  10. Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year Door
  11. Postgame
Appendices

Shops are where Mario exchanges coins for items (or in the case of the Lovely Howz, Badges). Mario is also able to sell items to earn coins, store items for later use (up to 32), or withdrawal items. Not every shop sells the same items, nor do they buy items for the same price. By selectively shopping, Mario can plan out deals on needed items, or maximize profits by selling items. Most items that sell the best are thematic to the area, such as cold items on Keelhaul Key or mushrooms and size-increasing items in the Great Tree.

For every purchase, Mario also earns Shop Points, which can reward items every so often. Shop Points carry over from store to store, as well as stored items. After reaching 300, the number drops to 0 and Mario can collect the rewards again in the same order.

Shop Point rewards

A slow, but effective method to grind Shop Points without financial loss is to purchase a lot of Mushrooms from Toad Bros. Bazaar and have Zess T. turn them into Shroom Fry, before selling them back at a neutral price, or, after the Cookbook Cookbook is found, buying a lot of Dried Shrooms from Westside Goods to turn into Shroom Fry, and sold at Toad Bros. Bazaar for a tiny profit in the process. All of these items can generally be purchased (if not found) elsewhere for much less work, however.

Regular Shops[edit]

Toad Bros. Bazaar[edit]

This is the central store of the game, located in Rogueport Plaza.

The store occasionally sells unique items such as the Contact Lens Contact Lens, replacing the Mushroom (GameCube) or Fright Mask (Switch) when they're ready.

They will offer the most coins for Cake Mix Cake Mix (8 coins), Fresh Pasta Fresh Pasta (53 coins), and Keel Mango Keel Mango (4 coins).

Niff T.'s shop[edit]

Located in the center of Petalburg, they will offer the most coins for Koopa Bun Koopa Bun (10 coins), Koopa Tea Koopa Tea (4 coins), and Sleepy Sheep Sleepy Sheep (10 coins). In the Japanese GameCube version only, they also offer the most coins for Koopasta Koopasta (60 coins).

Pungent's Great Tree Shop[edit]

This shop is hidden within the Great Tree, and the entrance is revealed by Madame Flurrie. The shop is located about halfway in the tree in the room connecting the two Jabbi hives.

They will offer the most coins for Life Shroom Life Shrooms (43 coins), Power Punch Power Punches (17 coins), Super Shroom Super Shrooms (14 coins), Fright Mask Fright Masks, and Ultra Shroom Ultra Shrooms (75 coins). On the left side of this room hides Jabble, a young Jabbi who is friends with Punio. If you promise to not hurt him, Jabble will join the rest of the Punies for the duration of the chapter.

Westside Goods[edit]

Westside Goods is located in West Rogueport. Mario must purchase a Dried Shroom and Dizzy Dial in that order specifically in order to meet with Don Pianta. This only must happen once. Westside Goods offers the most coins for no items in the game. It is not advised to sell items here.

Deepdown Depot[edit]

This store is found in the underground city within Rogueport Sewers. They will offer the most coins for Coconut Bomb Coconut Bomb (8 coins), Courage Meal Courage Meal (20 coins), Egg Bomb Egg Bomb (15 coins), Poison Shroom Poison Shroom (25 coins) and Zess Dynamite Zess Dynamite (40 coins).

Glitzville Souvenir Shop[edit]

This shop in Glitzville has the highest sell price for Thunder Bolt Thunder Bolts (6 coins), Zess Dinner Zess Dinners (15 coins), Zess Special Zess Specials (25 coins), and Zess Deluxe Zess Deluxes (75 coins).

Twilight Shop[edit]

Twilight Town's shop cannot be accessed until the storeroom is opened. Located in the storeroom is a Jammin' Jelly Jammin' Jelly, a Boo's Sheet Boo's Sheet, and a Life Shroom Life Shroom—as well as a Defend Plus Defend Plus. It features the highest sale prices for Mistake Mistakes, Dried Shroom Dried Shrooms, Stop Watch Stop Watches, and Jelly Ultra Jelly Ultras.

Keelhaul Galleria[edit]

This shop on Keelhaul Key features a lot of the highest sell price items, but also some of the lowest sale price items. Be very selective what you sell here. The maximum payout is for Tasty Tonic Tasty Tonic, Ice Storm Ice Storm, Hot Dog Hot Dog, Snow Bunny Snow Bunny, Icicle Pop Icicle Pop, and Zess Frappe Zess Frappe.

Excess Express Sales Stall[edit]

This shop is still accessible even during the Smorg invasion, but has closed periods late at night. This can help indicate that Mario must rest to progress to the next day. It has the highest sale rate for Coconut Coconut (4 coins), Keel Mango Keel Mango (4), Horsetail Horsetail (5), Turtley Leaf Turtley Leaf (5), Mystic Egg Mystic Egg (6), Golden Leaf Golden Leaf (7), Peachy Peach Peachy Peach (8), Cake Mix Cake Mix (8), Hot Sauce Hot Sauce (15), Dried Bouquet Dried Bouquet (17), and Whacka Bump Whacka Bumps (100).

Northwinds Mart[edit]

Found in the frigid Fahr Outpost is Northwinds Mart. It has the highest sale price for Fire Flower Fire Flowers (8 coins), Inky Sauce Inky Sauce (15 coins), Spicy Soup Spicy Soup (20 coins), Fire Pop Fire Pops (24 coins), and Spicy Pasta Spicy Pasta (60 coins).

Making a lot of Spicy Soup with Fire Flowers purchased at Keelhaul Galleria and cooked by Zess T. can be sold for a 15 coin profit, one of the easiest higher margins in the game.

Lovely Howz of Badges[edit]

The Lovely Howz of Badges is located in Rogueport on the second floor of Toad Bros. Bazaar, accessed by going out the door of the Inn. A significant amount of badges are exclusively sold here, as well as a good number of duplicate badges to increase abilities even further. Five badges placed on the counter are on sale for 30% off. A few badges will only appear on the counter. In the GameCube release, more badges can be viewed for purchase at full price by speaking with the extremely-enthusiastic yellow Mouser manager. In the Nintendo Switch version, this is done through a box on the counter instead. A few badges can be added to the rotation as well: If Mario does not collect the Lucky Start Lucky Start badge in Creepy Steeple (such as it falling down the hole), it will be added here. Badges dropped by enemies and then leaving the room before collecting them also get added here. Up to three of the same badge can be held at one time. Badges can also be sold for double their sale price. More badges become available as the game progresses.

Badge name Counter price (GameCube) Counter price (Switch) Box price Use Availability and notes
Nostalgic Tunes Nostalgic Tunes N/A 1 N/A Plays original GameCube music throughout the game. Only present in the Nintendo Switch version. This badge will always be on the counter until purchased starting from the prologue.
FP Drain FP Drain 100 100 150 Drop Mario's attack by 1, but regain 1 FP per attack. Prologue
Happy Flower Happy Flower 150 140 200 Has a 50% chance to restore 1 FP at the end of a turn. Prologue
Last Stand Last Stand 50 55 80 When Mario's HP gets low and he's in "danger", he will only receive half as much damage as normal. Prologue
Last Stand P Last Stand P 50 55 80 When Mario's Partner HP gets low and they're in "danger", he will only receive half as much damage as normal. Prologue
Piercing Blow Piercing Blow 75 80 100 Ignores all enemy defense. Prologue
Power Jump Power Jump 50 55 80 Powerfully jump on an enemy once to deal extra damage. Prologue
Simplifier Simplifier 50 70 100 Makes Action Commands and Guarding a lot easier, but reduces Star Power earned. Prologue
Super Appeal Super Appeal 50 55 80 Mario's Appeal gets even more Star Power. Prologue
Unsimplifier Unsimplifier 50 70 100 Makes Action Commands and Guarding a lot harder, but increases Star Power earned. Prologue
Close Call Close Call 100 100 100 When Mario has low HP and is in "danger", enemies will occasionally miss when attacking. Chapter 1
Close Call P Close Call P 100 100 100 When Mario's Partner has low HP and is in "danger", enemies will occasionally miss when attacking. Chapter 1
Sleepy Stomp Sleepy Stomp 75 70 100 For 2 FP, Mario can use "Sleep Stomp", which, in addition to causing damage, can put an enemy to sleep. Chapter 1
First Attack First Attack 100 100 100 If you get a "First Strike" on a weak enemy that would no longer give you Star Points, you'll defeat it without entering a battle. Chapter 2
Power Rush Power Rush 50 50 150 When Mario's HP is low, and he's in "danger", his attack power will go up by 2. Chapter 2
Pretty Lucky P Pretty Lucky P 150 140 200 Enemies will occasionally miss Mario's Partner when it's equipped. Chapter 2
Ice Smash Ice Smash 75 80 N/A For 3 FP, freezes foes if used properly. Chapter 3
Power Rush P Power Rush P 50 50 150 When Mario's Partner HP is low, and they're in "danger", their attack power will go up by 2. Chapter 3
Shrink Stomp Shrink Stomp 75 80 N/A For 2 FP, Mario can use "Shrink Stomp", which, in addition to causing damage, can shrink an enemy, lowering its attack power. Chapter 3
Damage Dodge Damage Dodge 150 140 200 The amount of damage Mario takes when he performs the action command while being attacked decreases by 1. Chapter 4
Head Rattle Head Rattle 100 100 150 For 2 FP, confuses enemies if executed properly. Chapter 4
Soft Stomp Soft Stomp 75 70 100 For 2 FP, makes enemies soft if used properly. Chapter 4
Lucky Start Lucky Start 70 70 N/A Makes something good happen when you first enter battle. Chapter 4—only appears if the badge falls down the hole in Creepy Steeple.
Damage Dodge P Damage Dodge P 150 140 200 The amount of damage Mario's Partner takes when they perform the action command while being attacked decreases by 1. Chapter 5
Fire Drive Fire Drive 100 100 150 For 5 FP, it will assault all ground enemies and burn them. Chapter 5
Super Appeal P Super Appeal P 50 55 80 Gets more star power from the audience when Mario's Partner appeals. Chapter 5
Attack FX P Attack FX P 100 N/A 120 Changes the sound effects from Mario's hammer and jump attacks. Chapter 6, GameCube version only
Attack FX R Attack FX R N/A 80 120 Changes the sound effects from Mario's hammer and jump attacks. Chapter 6, Switch version only

Additional badges can be purchased from Dazzle with Star Pieces.

Other merchants[edit]

These characters sell multiple items, but cannot have items sold back to them or store items. More characters who sell single items or trade for items can be found on the notable characters page. The Pianta Parlor also has items that can be purchased indirectly with Piantas.

Charlieton (Rogueport)[edit]

Located in Rogueport Plaza, Charlieton sells items, usually for an extremely inflated markup. That said, some of these items are exclusive to Charlieton. This list is organized by badges first, then items, alphabetically.

Badge/item name Price (GameCube) Price (Switch) Use and notes
Attack FX G Attack FX G 120 N/A Changes the sound effects from Mario's hammer and jump attacks. GameCube version only.
Attack FX P Attack FX P N/A 120 Changes the sound effects from Mario's hammer and jump attacks. Switch version only.
Double Pain Double Pain 36 60 Doubles the damage received by Mario.
Hammerman Hammerman 180 240 Boosts Hammer attack power by 1, but disables Mario's ability to jump.
Jumpman Jumpman 180 240 Boosts Jump attack power by 1, but disables Mario's hammer ability.
Mega Rush Mega Rush 60 96 When Mario's HP drops really low and he's in "peril", his attack power goes up by 5.
Slow Go Slow Go 12 60 Mario is unable to run in the field.
Timing Tutor Timing Tutor 120 180 Teaches the timing for style commands.
W Emblem W Emblem 360 432 Changes Mario's clothes into Wario's clothes. While combined with the L Emblem, it'll change Mario's clothes to Waluigi's clothes.
Boo's Sheet Boo's Sheet 24 24 Makes the user impervious to most attacks for a few turns.
Dried Shroom Dried Shroom 2 2 Heals 1 HP.
Earth Quake Earth Quake 18 18 Deals 5 damage to all enemies on the ground and ceiling.
Jammin' Jelly Jammin' Jelly 120 120 Heals 50 FP.
Repel Cape Repel Cape 18 18 Increases the user's evasion for a few turns.
Shooting Star Shooting Star 36 36 Deals 6 damage to all enemies.
Stop Watch Stop Watch 24 24 Has a chance to Immobilize all enemies.
Ultra Shroom Ultra Shroom 120 120 Heals 50 HP.

Charlieton (Boggly Woods)[edit]

In the Nintendo Switch version, Charlieton shows up in Boggly Woods by the pipe to the Great Tree.

Charlieton (Pit of 100 Trials)[edit]

Charlieton shows up in the Pit of 100 Trials randomly on every tenth floor. These prices are extremely inflated and only go up higher the deeper into the pit Mario progresses. Don't buy anything unless you need to. All prices are in coins.

Floor Item
Mushroom ​ Honey Syrup ​ Fire Flower ​ Thunder Rage ​ Super Shroom ​
(GCN Only) 		Maple Syrup ​
(GCN Only) 		Ultra Shroom ​
(Switch Only) 		Jelly Ultra ​
(Switch Only)
Floor 10 10 10 20 40 30 40 200 200
Floor 20 15 15 30 60 45 60 300 300
Floor 30 20 20 40 80 60 80 400 400
Floor 40 25 25 50 100 75 100 500 500
Floor 50 30 30 60 120 90 120 600 600
Floor 60 35 35 70 140 105 140 700 700
Floor 70 40 40 80 160 120 160 800 800
Floor 80 45 45 90 180 135 180 900 900
Floor 90 50 50 100 200 150 200 900 900

Pirate's Grotto[edit]

In the Nintendo Switch version, there is a shopkeeper added to this area right before the battle with Cortez with items available for purchase:

Item Price
Super Shroom Super Shroom 15 Coins
Maple Syrup Maple Syrup 20 Coins
Life Shroom Life Shroom 40 Coins
Thunder Rage Thunder Rage 20 Coins
Courage Shell Courage Shell 5 Coins

This toad remains in this location selling items after Chapter 5 is completed.


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