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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (TTYD)

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Chapter Bosses are major enemies that Mario and his team need to defeat to get Crystal Stars in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (TTYD). Read on for a list of all major bosses in the game, their stats, and tips on how to beat them!

List of All Chapter Bosses

Prologue

Boss Stats and How to Beat
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Blooper Blooper Stats: 12 HP | 1 Atk | 0 Def
How to Beat
・Take out its tentacles and attack the Blooper's body.

Chapter 1

Boss Stats and How to Beat
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Hooktail Hooktail Stats: 20 (+10) HP | 5 Atk | 1 Def
How to Beat
・Equip the Attack FX R badge, use powerful attacks, and say no to all requests.

Chapter 2

Boss Stats and How to Beat
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Magnus Von Grapple Magnus Von Grapple Stats: 30 HP | 2 Atk | 1 Def
How to Beat
・Use powerful jump and hammer attacks and use Gale Force on robot fists.

Chapter 3

Boss Stats and How to Beat
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Macho Grubba Macho Grubba Stats: 60 HP | 4 Atk | 0 Def
How to Beat
・Use Mini-Egg attack and follow up with powerful jump and hammer moves.

Chapter 4

Boss Stats and How to Beat
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Doopliss Doopliss Stats: 40 HP | 4/6 Atk | 0 Def
How to Beat
・Use Shade Fist attack and focus only on Doopliss.

Chapter 5

Boss Stats and How to Beat
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Cortez Cortez Stats: 20 (x3) HP | 4 Atk | 1 Def
How to Beat
・Use Gale Force on weapons and attack skull with powerful jump attacks.

Chapter 6

Boss Stats and How to Beat
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Smorg Smorg Stats: 4 HP | 3 Atk | 0 Def
How to Beat
・Take out its tentacles to reveal its body and attack it.

Chapter 7

Boss Stats and How to Beat
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Magnus Von Grapple 2.0 Magnus Von Grapple 2.0 Stats: 70 HP | 6 Atk | 2 Def
How to Beat
・Use powerful jump and hammer attacks and use Gale Force on robot fists.

Chapter 8

Boss Stats and How to Beat
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Sir Grodus Sir Grodus Stats: 50 HP | 7 Atk | 1 Def
How to Beat
・Use spread attacks to damage Grodus and his scepter.
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Shadow Queen Shadow Queen Stats: 150 HP | 7 Atk | 1 Def
How to Beat
・Use powerful attacks on Shadow Queen's hands and body.

Chapter Bosses Overview

Final Boss Per Chapter

Each chapter in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door has a major boss that Mario and his team need to defeat. These bosses have relatively high HP, have several attacks they can use, and some fights even have a gimmick to mix things up.

Generally, you should use your most powerful attacks to defeat these bosses when they are vulnerable.

All Chapter Walkthroughs

Defeat to Get Crystal Stars

With the exception of a few chapters, Mario will get Crystal Stars after defeating major bosses. Each Star will give him a new special move to use and increase his Star Power meter, which is needed to use said moves.

All Crystal Star Locations

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