Mystery Box (item)

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This article is about an item in the Paper Mario series. For the item in Super Mario 3D Land, see Mystery Box. A Mystery Box is an item found in Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Super Paper Mario. History Paper Mario series Paper Mario The first appearance of the Mystery Box in Paper Mario goes under the name Mystery?. When used in battle, a roulette will appear, containing the following items, that will be used right after the roulette stops on an item: Mushroom Super Shroom Fire Flower Stone Cap Dizzy Dial Thunder Rage A Pebble that hurts Mario with 1 HP These items can also be used for cooking, but the player must be aware that the item used in the recipe will be random, so the item may generate a Mistake if the player is unlucky. Such items are on sale at Boo's Shop and the Bowser's Castle shop. They can also be found in a hidden block in the Shy Guy playground of Shy Guy's Toy Box, in a hidden block near the shores of Lavalava Island, and in the lava area of Bowser's Castle. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mystery is sold for three coins at the Sales Stall and the Pungent's Shop. When used in battle, a Mystery makes a completely random item appear that could be anything from a Poison Shroom to an Ultra Shroom to a Shooting Star. If it is cooked with a Point Swap, it makes any recipe. One Mystery can also be found in a bush in near the bridge in Petal Meadows. Super Paper Mario Mystery Boxes appear under their current name in Super Paper Mario. When cooked, the outcome can be random, or more commonly, a Mistake. However, the set recipe is a Miracle Dinner. The Mystery Box can be bought in Flipside Arcade for five Flipside Tokens, at the Downtown of Crag for three coins, or carried by a Lakitu. Similar to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, a random item will appear which can be any item from a Catch Card to a Thunder Rage. Paper Mario: Sticker Star The Mystery Box was originally set to re-appear in Paper Mario: Sticker Star for the Nintendo 3DS, as seen in early artwork. However, this item was removed for unknown reasons. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team While Mystery Boxes do not appear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, another item known as a Secret Box with similar effects appears. Secret Boxes mimic a random badge effect, unlike Mystery Boxes, which mimic a random item. Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Japanese なにがおこるかな Nani ga Okorukana What Will Happen? Spanish Sorpresa Surprise Italian Chissà cos'è Who knows what it is References [Edit] Ingredients Paper Mario Ingredients Apple • Blue Berry • Bubble Berry • Cake Mix • Coconut • Dried Fruit • Dried Pasta • Dried Shroom • Egg • Fire Flower • Goomnut • Honey Syrup • Iced Potato • Jammin' Jelly • Koopa Leaf • Lemon • Life Shroom • Lime • Maple Syrup • Melon • Mushroom • Potato Salad • Red Berry • Shroom Steak • Special Shake • Stinky Herb • Strange Leaf • Thunder Bolt • Ultra Shroom • Volt Shroom • Whacka Bump • Yellow Berry Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Ingredients Cake Mix • Coconut • Coconut Bomb • Couple's Cake • Courage Meal • Dried Bouquet • Dried Shroom • Egg Bomb • Fire Flower • Fruit Parfait • Fresh Pasta • Golden Leaf • Gradual Syrup • Healthy Salad • Honey Syrup • Horsetail • Hot Sauce • Ice Storm • Inky Sauce • Jammin' Jelly • Keel Mango • Koopasta • Koopa Tea • Life Shroom • Maple Syrup • Meteor Meal • Mr. Softener • Mushroom • Mystic Egg • Peachy Peach • Point Swap • Poison Shroom • Ruin Powder • Shooting Star • Shroom Fry • Shroom Roast • Shroom Steak • Slow Shroom • Snow Bunny • Spaghetti • Spicy Soup • Super Shroom • Tasty Tonic • Thunder Rage • Thunder Bolt • Trial Stew • Turtley Leaf • Ultra Shroom • Volt Shroom • Whacka Bump • Zess Dynamite • Zess Tea Super Paper Mario Ingredients Big Egg • Black Apple • Block Block • Blue Apple • Berry Snow Bunny • Bone-In Cut • Cake Mix • Chocolate Cake • Couple's Cake • Dayzee Tear • Dyllis Dinner • Egg Bomb • Fire Burst • Fresh Pasta Bunch • Fresh Veggie • Fried Shroom Plate • Fruity Hamburger • Gold Bar • Golden Leaf • Gorgeous Steak • Hamburger • Healthy Salad • Honey Candy • Honey Jar • Horsetail • Hot Sauce • Ice Storm • Inky Sauce • Keel Mango • Life Shroom • Long-Last Shake • Lovely Chocolate • Mango Juice • Meat Pasta Dish • Mild Cocoa Bean • Mousse • Mushroom Crepe • Mystery Box • Peachy Peach • Peach Juice • Pink Apple • Poison Shroom • POW Block • Power Steak • Primordial Fruit • Red Apple • Roast Shroom Dish • Sap Soup • Shooting Star • Shroom Shake • Shroom Steak • Sleepy Sheep • Slimy Shroom • Smelly Herb • Snow Bunny • Snow Cone • Spaghetti Plate • Spicy Soup • Super Shroom Shake • Thunder Rage • Turtley Leaf • Ultra Shroom Shake • Volt Shroom • Whacka Bump • Yellow Apple [Edit] Paper Mario Items Battle Items Coconut • Dizzy Dial • Dusty Hammer • Egg Missile • Fire Flower • Fright Jar • Mystery? • Pebble • POW Block • Repel Gel • Shooting Star • Sleepy Sheep • Snowman Doll • Stone Cap • Stop Watch • Strange Cake • Thunder Bolt • Thunder Rage • Volt Shroom Badges All or Nothing • Attack FX A • Attack FX B • Attack FX C • Attack FX D • Attack FX E • Bump Attack • Chill Out • Close Call • D-Down Jump • D-Down Pound • Damage Dodge • Deep Focus • Defend Plus • Dizzy Attack • Dizzy Stomp • Dodge Master • Double Dip • Feeling Fine • Fire Shield • First Attack • Flower Finder • Flower Saver • FP Plus • Group Focus • Hammer Throw • Happy Flower • Happy Heart • Heart Finder • HP Drain • HP Plus • I Spy • Ice Power • Jump Charge • Last Stand • Lucky Day • Mega Jump • Mega Quake • Mega Rush • Mega Smash • Money Money • Multibounce • P-Down, D-Up • P-Up, D-Down • Pay-Off • Peekaboo • Power Bounce • Power Jump • Power Plus • Power Quake • Power Rush • Power Smash • Pretty Lucky • Quake Hammer • Quick Change • Refund • Runaway Pay • S. 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Tape • Third-Degree Card • Toy Train • Ultra Stone • Volcano Vase • Warehouse Key • Water • Water Stone • Weight • Yakkey [Edit] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Items Battle Items Boo's Sheet • Coconut Bomb • Courage Shell • Courage Meal • Dizzy Dial • Earth Quake • Egg Bomb • Fire Flower • Fright Mask • Hot Sauce • HP Drain • Ice Storm • Love Pudding • Mini Mr. Mini • Mr. Softener • Mystery • Peach Tart • Point Swap • POW Block • Power Punch • Repel Cape • Ruin Powder • Shooting Star • Sleepy Sheep • Spite Pouch • Stopwatch • Thunder Rage • Thunder Bolt • Volt Shroom • Zess Dynamite Badges All or Nothing • Attack FX B • Attack FX G • Attack FX P • Attack FX R • Attack FX Y • Bump Attack • Charge • Charge P • Chill Out • Close Call • Close Call P • Damage Dodge • Damage Dodge P • Defend Plus • Defend Plus P • Double Dip • Double Dip P • Double Pain • Feeling Fine • Feeling Fine P • Fire Drive • First Attack • Flower Finder • Flower Saver • Flower Saver P • FP Drain • FP Plus • 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Choco-bar • Golden Leaf • Golden Meal • Gorgeous Steak • Gradual Syrup • Hamburger • Healthy Salad • Heartful Cake • Herb Tea • Honey Candy • Honey Jar • Honey Shroom • Honey Super • Horsetail • Horsetail Tart • Hot Dog • Ink Pasta Dish • Inky Sauce • Inky Soup • Keel Mango • Koopasta Dish • Life Shroom • Long-Last Shake • Mango Juice • Mango Pudding • Meat Pasta Dish • Mild Cocoa Bean • Miracle Dinner • Mistake (1) • Mixed Shake • Mousse • Mushroom • Mushroom Crepe • Odd Dinner • Omelette Plate • Peach Juice • Peach Tart • Peachy Peach • Pink Apple • Power Steak • Primordial Dinner • Primordial Fruit • Red Apple • Roast Horsetail • Roast Shroom Dish • Roast Whacka Bump • Sap Soup • Sap Syrup • Shroom Broth • Shroom Cake • Shroom Choco-bar • Shroom Delicacy • Shroom Pudding • Shroom Shake • Shroom Steak • Slimy Shroom • Smelly Herb • Space Food • Spaghetti Plate • Spicy Soup • Stamina Juice • Super Shroom • Super Shroom Shake • Sweet Choco-bar • Sweet Cookie Snack • Town Special • 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