All Battle Plugs in Mario & Luigi: Brothership and how to get them

Mario & Luigi: Brothership adds a new layer to the series’ turn-based combat with Battle Plugs, special gear that gives the bros extra abilities in the game’s battles when equipped.

Battle Plugs can be earned throughout the game, by crafting plugs using Lumenade gathered from Sprite Bulbs. Some Battle Plugs are given to Mario and Luigi as the story progresses. Each plug can be equipped in a Power Tap — a socket, basically — that expands over time. Mario and Luigi can equip only two Battle Plugs in their Power Tap at the beginning of the game, but they’ll earn additional Power Tap slots over the course of Brothership’s adventure.

Battle Plugs have limited charges, and need to be recharged. Battle Plugs will recharge when not in use.

All Battle Plugs list in Mario & Luigi: Brothership

A handful of Battle Plugs are unlocked from the start of the game, and a few can be crafted early on in Mario & Luigi: Brothership. To unlock more, you’ll need to craft a certain number of plugs and progress through the game’s story.

Here’s every Battle Plug available in Mario & Luigi: Brothership and how to unlock them.

NameCostNo. of ChargesRecharge TurnsEffectHow to unlock

Damage Shield		10	30	Reduces damage received from enemies by 20%.
Easy-Peasy Counters		10	20	Holding the button makes counters easier, enabling you to float in midair when you jump and enlarging your hammer for those encounters.
Kaboom Attack		10	30	Get an Excellent rating with a Jump or Hammer attack to also damage nearby targets.
Surprise Iron Ball	20	10	30	When you get an Excellent rating with a Jump or Hammer attack, an iron ball drops on the target to deal more damage.
Dizzifying Attack	20	15	20	Increases the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, an Excellent rating can make a target dizzy.
Surefooted Guard	15	5	20	Prevents the effects of Trip and Dizzy.
Auto Mushroom	20	5	20	When your HP becomes low, will automatically use a Mushroom.
Auto Syrup Jar	20	5	20	When your BP becomes low, will automatically use a Syrup Jar.
Auto Herb	15	5	20	When you gain a status effect, will automatically use a Refreshing Herb.
Anti-Flying Specialist	30	10	30	Jump attacks against flying enemies are guaranteed critical hits.	Craft 4 Battle Plugs
Anti-Spike Specialist	30	10	30	Hammer attacks against spiky enemies are guaranteed critical hits.	Craft 4 Battle Plugs
Empower Counters	30	10	20	Turns jump counters into ground pounds, and charges up hammer counters to do an extra 30% damage.	Craft 4 Battle Plugs
Auto 1-Up	30	3	20	When one of the brothers is KO’d, automatically uses a 1-Up Mushroom.	Craft 4 Battle Plugs
Loot Booster	30	10	20	Makes it more likely that defeated enemies will drop items.	Craft 4 Battle Plugs
Performance Bonus	40	3	20	Restores 50% of BP used on a Bros. Attack that earns an Excellent rating.	Craft 8 Battle Plugs
Auto Excellent	40	5	20	Automatically gives Jump, Hammer, and Bros. attacks an Excellent rating.	Craft 8 Battle Plugs
Spirited Item	40	5	20	Using an item can boost various stats.	Craft 8 Battle Plugs
Boomerang Items	40	5	30	Items you use return to your inventory.	Craft 8 Battle Plugs
Coinpiler	40	20	20	Causes enemies to drop coins each time you damage them in proportion to damage dealt.	Craft 8 Battle Plugs
Fiery Attack	50	15	20	Increases the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, if you get an Excellent, your target may become burned.	Craft 12 Battle Plugs
Icy Attack	50	15	20	Increases the damage you deal with Jump and Hammer attacks by 15%. Also, if you get an Excellent, your target may become iced.	Craft 12 Battle Plugs
Attack Boost	50	10	30	Grants you one additional Jump or Hammer attack.	Craft 12 Battle Plugs
Bros. Boost	50	5	30	Boosts damage dealt by Bros. Attacks by 20% but also increases BP spent by 100%.	Craft 12 Battle Plugs
Deluxe Auto	50	15	15	The Auto series of Battle Plugs will automatically select the most efficient recovery item for your current state.	Craft 12 Battle Plugs
Kaboom Attack (II)	60	10	30	Get an Excellent rating with a Jump or Hammer attack to also damage nearby targets.	Craft 17 Battle Plugs
Surprise Iron Ball (II)	60	10	30	When you get an Excellent rating with a Jump or Hammer attack, an iron ball drops on the target to deal more damage.	Craft 17 Battle Plugs
Notdroppin	60	5	30	When you have at least 2 HP and you take enough damage to become KO’d, preserves you at 1 HP instead.	Craft 17 Battle Plugs
Back-Atcha Attack	60	3	30	When you take damage, sometimes triggers an extra Jump or Hammer attack back at the attacker.	Craft 17 Battle Plugs
Speedy Recharge	60	5	20	When another equipped plug reaches zero charges, its recharge time is shortened by 50% turns.	Craft 17 Battle Plugs
Second Helping	70	5	30	When using an item, uses two identical items out of your inventory to give the benefit for both.	Craft 22 Battle Plugs
Countdown to Cure	70	15	15	The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When the number reaches zero, HP and BP are 100% restored.	Craft 22 Battle Plugs
Countdown to Charge	70	15	15	The number of charges decreases at the end of every turn. When it reaches zero, all other equipped plugs are recharged to 50%.	Craft 22 Battle Plugs
Charge Bank	70	3	20	When another equipped plug would lose charges, this plug’s charges decrease instead.	Craft 22 Battle Plugs
Anti-Army Specialist		10	30	Jump and Hammer attacks against Bowser’s army are guaranteed critical hits	Earned through story progression
Anti-Zokket Specialist		10	30	Jump and Hammer attacks against Zok Troops are guaranteed critical hits.	Earned through story progression
Temperature Guard		5	20	Prevents the effects of Burn and Ice.	Earned through story progression
Auto Ampberry		5	20	When you are afflicted with Glohm, will automatically use an Ampberry.	Earned through story progression

Battle Plug Combos

Certain Battle Plugs, when equipped at the same time, confer special attack bonuses on Mario and Luigi. Here are the Battle Plug combos available in Mario & Luigi: Brothership.

Boosted Kaboom — If you use Attack Boost with Kaboom Attack, you’ll generate more impact waves. Surprise Iron Boost — If you use Attack Boost and Surprise Iron Ball together, you’ll increase the number of iron balls that fall. Iron Ka-Ball — Pair Kaboom Attack and Surprise Iron Ball plus together to make iron balls fall on all enemies hit by the impact wave. Statusplosion — If you use Kaboom Attack and a plug that causes status ailments together, the status ailment will spread to all the enemies hit by the impact wave. Ka-Specialist — If you use Kaboom Attack and a Specialist-type Battle Plug together, the critical effect will spread to all enemies hit by the impact wave, as long as the Specialist type affects them. Broadly Specialized — If you use multiple Specialist-type plug effects that overlap, it will boos the damage you deal. The more overlapping effects, the more damage will be increased. Dizzy Burn — Pair the Dizzifying Attack and Fiery Attack plugs, and a fiery tornado will appear, increasing the damage you deal. Dizzy Ice — Pair the Dizzifying Attack and Icy Attack plugs, and a icy tornado will appear, increasing the damage you deal. Hot, Cold, and Dizzy — If you use Dizzifying Attack, Fiery Attack, and Icy Attack together, a bomb tornado will appear, increasing the damage you deal even more.