HP Drain (badge)

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HP Drain
Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door
HP Drain Badge.png Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Badge Point BP 3 1
Price Star Piece15
Effect Decreases Mario's attack power by 1 but for every time he damages an enemy his HP gets restored by 1.
Description(s)
Decreases Mario's attack power by 1. But for every attack turn, Mario's HP recovers by 1. Mario's HP can recover by a maximum of 5. (Paper Mario)
Drops Mario's Attack power by 1 but regain 1 HP per attack. (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo GameCube)
Drop Mario's Attack power by 1 but regain 1 HP when attacking. (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo Switch)

HP Drain is a badge in Paper Mario and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. In Paper Mario, it can be bought from Merlow at Shooting Star Summit for fifteen Star Pieces. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, it is found in Rogueport, at an area near the docks accessible through Boat Mode, near Fahr Outpost, inside a red ? Block on the path to the Outpost, and possibly dropped after battle by Green Fuzzies and Swoopers. If Mario equips it, his attack drops by 1. Additionally, in Paper Mario, the Badge heals Mario for every enemy he hits, regardless if any damage is dealt, capping at 5. This means a Jump attack will heal 2 HP as opposed to 1 HP gained from using a Hammer attack, whereas Quake Hammer or Multibounce against 5 enemies will net 5 HP. This behavior was changed in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, where any number of attacks will always heal Mario for an amount equal to the number of badges equipped. The badge has a variant named HP Drain P that affects solely Mario's partner.

Drop Rates[edit]

Badge rates in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Sprite of the HP Drain badge in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
HP Drain
Roll over Rate types for descriptions, and dotted-lined rates to show percentages out of 100.
Enemy Hold rate Drop rate
Green Fuzzy 0/200 1/300
Swooper 0/200 2/300
Swooper (Glitz Pit, Wings of Night) 0/200 2/300

Merluvlee's prediction in Paper Mario[edit]

  • "I see...an HP Drain Badge. There is a child upstairs in the fortune-teller's house on Shooting Star Summit. Hey! I'm that fortune-teller! Anyway, the child is my brother, Merlow. He will trade Star Pieces for Badges. Head upstairs to see him!"

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ハートスイトール[?]
Hāto Suitōru
From "heart" and stylistic version of「吸い取る」(suitoru, "to absorb")
Chinese (simplified) 吸收生命勋章[?]
Xīshōu Shēngmìng Xūnzhāng
Life Absorption Badge Paper Mario
吸取爱心徽章[?]
Xīqǔ Àixīn Huīzhāng
Absorb Love Badge The Thousand-Year Door remake
Chinese (traditional) 吸取愛心徽章[?]
Xīqǔ Àixīn Huīzhāng
Absorb Love Badge
Dutch Hartendief[?] Heart Thief
French Drain PC[?] HP Drain
German KP-Sauger[?] HP Drain Paper Mario
KP-Segen[?] HP Blessing Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Italian Forza x vita[?] Strength for Health
Korean 하트흡수[?]
Hateu Heubsu
Heart Absorption; shared with the item of the same name
Spanish Recupera PC[?] Regain HP