Up Arrow

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Up Arrow
Sprite of the Up Arrow in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
The Thousand-Year Door description It's unclear what this means. You should ask somebody. (GCN)
It's unclear what this means. You should ask somebody...super. (Switch)

The Up Arrow is an Important Thing that Mario must give to Merlon in order to power up his partners and teach them ultra-rank moves in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. It is found in a room hidden in the spike chamber of Hooktail Castle, where Mario found the Black Key to open the black chest for the paper ability. Mario must use Bobbery to blow the crack in the right wall and reveal the secret room.

The purpose of the arrow is apparently to remind Merlon where he put the Ultra Stone he was going to give to begin using. Merlon claimed that the message of the Up Arrow's existence came from star charts and was directed at Mario.

In the Nintendo Switch remake, the Up Arrow cannot be given to Merlon until after the Sapphire Star is taken to the Thousand-Year Door.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese うわむきヤジルシ[?]
Ue-muki Yajirushi
Upward-Facing Arrow
Chinese (simplified) 向上箭头[?]
Xiàngshàng Jiàntóu
Up Arrow
Chinese (traditional) 向上箭頭[?]
Xiàngshàng Jiàntóu
Up Arrow
Dutch Pijl-omhoog[?] Up-arrow
French Flèche haut[?] Up arrow
German Ultra-Pfeil[?] Ultra Arrow
Italian Freccia[?] Arrow
Korean 위화살표[?]
Wi Hwasalpyo
Up Arrow
Spanish Flecharriba[?] Up Arrow