Attack Piece

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“Attack Pieces are fragments that form Special Attacks. If you collect all 10 of the Attack Pieces, you'll be able to use that Special Attack.”

—Starlow, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Starlow discussing an Attack Piece

Attack Pieces are special puzzle piece items that were introduced in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story and its 3DS remake, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey and reappear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. They are usually found in singular areas, and collecting ten of them in one area will grant Mario and Luigi with powerful Special / Bros. Attacks in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey and Mario & Luigi Dream Team (in the Real World). Luiginary Attacks are also granted by collecting all 10 Attack Pieces in the Dream World locations from Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.

Most Attack Pieces can be found in and collected by striking blocks that resemble them, though others can be obtained by different methods (ex. from NPCs after completing certain objectives).

History

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

Attack Pieces make their debut in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, where they grant Mario and Luigi with a Special/Bros. Attack once all ten are collected in a single area. They are first found in the Trash Pit inside Bowser's body. The locations of the Attack Pieces remain the same in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey.

Special Attack	Attack Piece Collection	Location
Green Shell	Found throughout the area; mandatory to progress.	Trash Pit
Fire Flower	Found throughout the area.	Pump Works
Jump Helmet	Found throughout the area.	Flab Zone
Yoo Who Cannon	Given by the Koopa Paratroopa Trio after being taught the Blue Shell technique.	Toad Town
Super Bouncer	Found throughout the area.	Energy Hold
Spin Pipe	Given by solving Kuzzle's first puzzle.	Plack Beach
Mighty Meteor	Granted when the three Star Cures are used to open Peach's Castle.	Toadley Clinic
Snack Basket	Found throughout the area; mandatory to progress.	Dimble Wood
Magic Window	Given by defeating the Shroobs.	Bowser Castle
Falling Star	Seven given by the Blue Paratroopa squad, followed by three found throughout the area.	Peach's Castle

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Attack Pieces make a return in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, but this time, they grant different types of special attacks. In the Real World, Attack Pieces grant a Bros. Attack to one of the brothers once all ten are collected. In the Dream World, they instead grant a Luiginary Attack to Mario. The brothers obtain their very first Attack Piece in Mushrise Park, given by a Toad after saving him from Thorbs.

Bros Attack	Attack Piece Collection	Location
3D Red Shell	One given by a Toad, and the rest are found throughout the area; mandatory to progress.	Mushrise Park
3D Green Shell	Given by Brickle.	Mushrise Park
Fire Flower	Found throughout the area.	Dozing Sands
Bye-Bye Cannon	Found throughout the area.	Wakeport
Dropchopper	Found throughout the area.	Mount Pajamaja
Bomb Derby	Found throughout the area.	Driftwood Shore
Slingsniper	Given by Big Massif and Lil' Massif for solving the Ball Hop puzzle on Mount Pajamaja.	Mount Pajamaja
Jet-Board Bash	Found throughout the area.	Somnom Woods
Zee Egg	Given rescuing every Pi'illo and talking to Eldream in Mushrise Park's Maintenance Hut.	Mushrise Park
Star Rocket	Found throughout the area.	Neo Bowser Castle

• Note: All Luiginary Attacks are scattered throughout their area.

Luiginary Attack	Location
Luiginary Ball	Dreamy Mushrise Park
Luiginary Stack	Dreamy Dozing Sands
Luiginary Hammer	Dreamy Mount Pajamaja
Luiginary Flame	Dreamy Driftwood Shore
Luiginary Wall	Dreamy Wakeport
Luiginary Typhoon	Dreamy Somnom Woods

Gallery

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  Mario obtaining an Attack Piece in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.