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A '''Recovery Block''' (also known as a '''Heart Block'''{{ref needed}} or an '''HP Block'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick. ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 13.</ref>) is a type of [[block]] seen in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'']] and [[Mario & Luigi (series)|''Mario & Luigi'']] series of ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' [[Genre#Role-playing|role-playing games]]. Recovery Blocks are commonly found in areas where a [[Save Block]] is present and before the player enters a boss area, and they fully restore the player's refillable stats when struck.

In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Recovery Blocks are transparent blocks with a sleeping red heart floating in the middle of each block. There are multiple different ones scattered throughout the game, each one refilling all of [[Mario]]'s [[Heart Point|HP]] and [[Flower Point|FP]] when hit.

Recovery Blocks return in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', only now, it costs Mario a few [[coin]]s for the health benefit, indicated above the block. The amount of coins required increases as one progresses through the game. Their design is very similar to that of their design in ''Paper Mario''. These blocks are usually, if not always, found right before a boss fight, and right when Mario enters a new area such as [[Hooktail Castle]].

Recovery Blocks reappear in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', though they only fully recover Mario's HP. They function the same way as they do in ''Paper Mario'', allowing Mario to use them at any time for free.

In the Japanese version of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' only, Recovery Blocks appear in three locations; [[Beanbean Castle Sewer]]s, [[Oho Oasis]], and [[Teehee Valley]].<ref>[https://themushroomkingdom.net/m&lss_j-e.shtml#heart M&L:SS Japanese to English found at The Mushroom Kingdom]</ref> They are white blocks with a red heart in the middle of the block. When hit, these blocks fully recover Mario and [[Luigi]]'s HP and [[Bros. Point|BP]]. The [[Nintendo 3DS]] remake of the game, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', retains the block in all versions of the game, and they are found in many more places, typically wherever there is a [[Save Album]].

A few Recovery Blocks are found in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', though they are almost as scarce as in the Japanese version of ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''. Their design in this game is that of a blue block with a magenta heart symbol in the middle of the block. There is one in [[Peach's Castle]] in the present, one inside [[Yoob's Belly]], and one just before the throne room of [[Shroob Castle]]. As in ''Paper Mario'', they are free to use.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', Recovery Blocks are replaced with [[Shop Block]]s that can only be activated by [[Bowser]]'s [[punch]]. These blocks can release [[Negative Ions]] that fully recover Bowser's HP and [[Brawl Point|SP/BP]]. Orange-colored [[Emoglobin]]s that are found in a few locations of [[Bowser's body]], like the [[Trash Pit]], secrete sweat that instantly recovers all of Mario and Luigi's HP and SP/BP.

Recovery Blocks make a return in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', appearing as rainbow-flashing rectangular blocks with a pink heart on their fronts. They are more common than in the first two installments and are usually placed near locations where bosses are fought (like near the giant door to the summit of [[Mount Brrr]] which is where [[King Bob-omb]] is fought) as well as in Toad Villages. If the Mario trio hit a Recovery Block, their HP and BP are both fully restored.