Vim Factory
The Vim Factory is a location in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. It is found in the center of the Toadwood Forest. The factory's main purpose is to extract vim from Toads for the Shroobs to use as an energy source. The factory is powered by Toads strapped to trees. Protecting the factory are two Hammer Bros., whose minds are being controlled by Shroobs through antennas on their helmets. The Hammer Bros. kidnap Mario and Luigi upon the Mario Bros.' arrival. After Baby Mario and Baby Luigi defeat the Hammer Bros. and break the antennas, the Hammer Bros. give the babies hammers and a lesson on how to use them as thanks. The babies then rescue Mario and Luigi from the tree in the middle of the factory. Swiggler is the main boss of the Vim Factory and the guardian of the second piece of the Cobalt Star; it transports the fuel to the Shroob saucers. Upon defeating it, however, Baby Bowser arrives and takes both the shard from Swiggler and the one the Mario Bros. already got back in Baby Bowser's Castle.
Enemies[edit]
- Hammer Bros. (mini-boss)
- Spiny Shroopas
- Lakitufos
- Dr. Shroobs
- Swiggler (boss)
Items[edit]
Given Items[edit]
| Item | Location | Image |
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 Cobalt Star Shard |
Second Area: Picked up after defeating the Swiggler in the last scene. Required to progress. | .png)
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| 2 Hammers | First Area: Given by the pair of Hammer Bros. after defeating them. Required to progress. | .png)
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Beanholes[edit]
Every Beanhole contains one Bean.
| Location | Image |
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| First area: After using the 2-Person Panel, the beanhole is found at the end of the unlocked room. | 
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| First area: After getting out of the first ventilation shaft, the player should fall down, dig under the left "gate" and go south to the next room, the beanhole is in the northwest corner of the said room. | 
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| First area: After using the 4-Person Panel located in the same room as the 2-Person Panel, the beanhole is found at the end of the unlocked room in the northeast corner. | 
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| First area: In the next room, the beanhole is in southeast corner. | 
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| Second area: After using the blue warp pipe from the previous room, the beanhole is in the southwest corner of the room. | 
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| Second area: In the room with the force fields, the player should throw the babies up the platform, go to the next room, whack the button with Baby Mario, switch to the adults, go to the Simu-Blocks, jump under them to create the bridge, switch to the babies and go over the bridge to the fence. The beanhole is to the right of the said fence. | 
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| Second area: After opening the doors at the west side of the force field room, the player should go through the left one. The beanhole is seen right away in the northeast corner. | 
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| Second area: The player should continue through the room into the next one, the beanhole is in the southeast corner of the room. | 
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| Second area: The player should return to the force field room and go through the right unlocked door. In the next room, the beanhole is at the end in the northwest corner. | 
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| Second area: The player should continue into the next room, throw babies on the platform and go to the next room. The beanhole is in the northwest corner. | 
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Blocks[edit]
| Item | Location | Image |
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3x 3 Mushrooms |
First area: In the southwesternmost part of the northwest scene. | 
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 3x Coin and 3 Green Shells |
First area: Same scene, in the southeastern part. | 
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2x 2 Refreshing Herbs |
First area: In the pipe scene, to the north. | 
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 Mushroom Drop |
First area: Same scene, to the south. | 
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 2x  10-Coin, 2 Refreshing Herbs and Unarmed Jeans |
First area: In the southwest scene. | 
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4x 4 Cannonballers |
First area: In the southeastern corner of the northeast scene. | 
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| 2x 2 Refreshing Herbs |
Second area: In the northwestern corner of the second scene. | 
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| 50x 50 10-Coins |
Second area: In the room left of the left part of the thin scene. High in the air, Piggyback Jump required. | 
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| 4x 4 Cannonballers |
Second area: In the southwestern corner on the right part of the thin scene. | 
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3x 3 Bro Flowers |
Second area: Same scene and part, to the north. | 
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| 3x 2x 3 Coins and 2 Mushrooms |
Second area: Above the electrical area in the north long scene, in the northeast. | 
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 3x1-Up Mushroom and 3 Green Shells |
Second area: Same scene, above the electrical area in the southeast. | 
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Gallery[edit]
Factory entrance
Area 1
Area 2
Unused Scoot Bloops being fought in the Vim Factory
Areas map
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | エネルギーこうじょう[?] Enerugī Kōjō |
Energy Factory | |
| French | La Centrale[?] | The Central | |
| German | Elan-Fabrik[?] | Vim Factory | |
| Italian | Laboratorio linfa[?] | Lymph Laboratory | |
| Korean | 에너지 공장[?] Eneoji Gongjang |
Energy Factory | |
| Spanish | Central de energía[?] | Energy central |
