Elite Gritty Goomba

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Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Elite Gritty Goomba
Sprite of an Elite Gritty Goomba from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.
Location(s) Gwarhar Lagoon
Level 23
HP 80
POW 88
DEF 69
SPEED 64
Experience 60
Coins 16
Item drop Super Nut (16%)
Ultra Nut (11%)
Ultra Nut (30%)
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Fire Weak
Thunder Normal
Jump Spiny, Normal
Hammer Normal
Stat down 60%
Dizzy 100%
Burn 30%
Speed down 30%
Superstar Saga enemy
Gritty Goomba (2)
A Gritty Goomba from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
Location(s) Gwarhar Lagoon
Level 28 (27)
Role Common
HP 50
POW 74
Defense 50
Speed 60
Experience 68 (55)
Coins 8
Item drop None – 0% (Super Nut- 16.13%)
None – 0% (Ultra Nut - 16.13%)
More
Fire Normal
Thunder Normal
Jump Spiny
Hammer Normal
Hand Normal
Stun? 60%
Burn? 30%
Stat down? 100%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

An Elite Gritty Goomba is a stronger version of the Gritty Goombas, appearing in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. They can be found in Gwarhar Lagoon. In the original game, they were simply called Gritty Goombas, just like their weaker counterparts. It wasn't until the remake, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, that they were given their own name to distinguish them.

Like Gritty Goombas, they are swathed in cloth (resembling a mummy), and don sunglasses with a spike and colored flag protruding from their head. Elite Gritty Goombas are capable of summoning sandstorms and using them as a cover while trying to run into Mario and Luigi, who must counter with their Hammers. Unlike regular Gritty Goombas, when one of the Elite Gritty Goombas performs their attack, it is harder to determine which brother it is targeting before attempting to ram him.

Elite Gritty Goombas are one of the few enemies to not appear in Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser, making it the only enemy that has a stronger palette to not appear in Minion Quest.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese すなぞく
sunazoku
Sand Tribe

Chinese 沙砾栗子
Shālì Lìzi
Sand Chestnut

German Sandgumba (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
Strandgumba (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions)
Sand Goomba
Beach Goomba
Italian DesertGoomba (Original game)
DesertGoombone (Remake)
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Desert Big Goomba
Spanish Tribu Duna
Dune Tribe