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This is a ranking of the best items to use in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (TTYD). Read on to find out the best items in the game, and how to use them effectively.

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Best Items Ranked in Paper Mario TTYD

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Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Life Shroom Life Shroom Rating: ★★★★★
・Revives Mario or party member when knocked out
・Very useful in boss fights so you don't have restart the fight if Mario faints
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Jelly Ultra Jelly Ultra Rating: ★★★★★
・Restores a lot of HP and FP, which is useful in the Pit of 100 Trials or during the late stages of the game
・Combines Jammin' Jelly and Ultra Shroom to save inventory space
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Zess Special Zess Special Rating: ★★★★
・Restores some HP and FP, which can be used as a substitute to Jelly Ultra
・Accessible as it can be made with multiple ingredient combinations
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Electro Pop Electro Pop Rating: ★★★★
・Restores some FP, and useful against enemies that use contact moves
・Ingredients are easy to get
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Thunder Rage Thunder Rage Rating: ★★★★
・Useful against a group of enemies if you are conserving FP
・Can be bought from shops
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Healthy Salad Healthy Salad Rating: ★★★
・Restores some FP
・You can get the ingredients at no cost
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - POW Block POW Block Rating: ★★★
・Useful in early game against enemies with high defense

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Life Shroom

Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Life Shroom

Life Shroom is simply the best items to get in Paper Mario TTYD, as this item revives either Mario or a party member whenever they are knocked out during a fight.

The item becomes more useful in long boss fights, as you can continue the battle if Mario gets knocked out. Instead of getting a game over screen and restarting the entire fight, Mario will be revived and you can continue the fight from that point.

Life Shroom Effect and How to Get

Jelly Ultra

Item Ingredients
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Jelly Ultra Jelly Ultra
・Ultra Shroom + Jammin' Jelly

Jelly Ultra is the top recovery item for Mario and his partner as it restores 50 HP and FP.

You will get some use of this item in the later stages of the game where fights may become more difficult, or when going down the Pit of 100 Trials which tend to get more difficult as you go lower.

Essentially, Jelly Ultra also combines Jammin' Jelly and Ultra Shroom, which lets you save inventory space.

Jelly Ultra Effect and How to Get

Zess Special

Item Ingredients
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Zess Special Zess Special
・Dried Shroom + Fresh Pasta
・Healthy Salad + Ink Pasta
・Healthy Salad + Shroom Roast
・Healthy Salad + Spicy Pasta
・Life Shroom + Fresh Pasta
・Mushroom + Fresh Pasta
・Super Shroom + Fresh Pasta
・Ultra Shroom + Fire Flower
・Ultra Shroom + Gradual Syrup
・Ultra Shroom + Horsetail
・Ultra Shroom + Peachy Peach

Zess Special restores less HP and FP than Jelly Ultra, but you can use this as a substitute as Jelly Ultra's ingredients are quite hard to get.

Zess Special also has a couple of recipes whose required items are more accessible to get.

Zess Special Effect and How to Get

Electro Pop

Item Ingredients
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Electro Pop Electro Pop
・Cake Mix + Volt Shroom

Electro Pop provides some FP and also charges the user with electricity.

Using this item is not only useful to replenish some Flower Points, but is also effective against enemies that tend to use moves that make contact as they will take damage due to the user being electrified.

Electro Pop's ingredients are also easy to get, as you can buy Volt Shrooms in Rogueport and Cake Mix at the Pianta Parlor.

Electro Pop Effect and How to Get

Thunder Rage

Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Thunder Rage

Thunder Rage can damage a group of enemies upon using the item. It may not knock them out in one hit, but you have a chance to stun them which disables them from attacking for a few turns.

This can be useful in the middle stages of the game, where Mario and his party member may not be able to win in a single turn.

Thunder Rage Effect and How to Get

Healthy Salad

Item Ingredients
Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - Healthy Salad Healthy Salad
・Golden Leaf + Turtley Leaf
・Turtley Leaf + Horsetail

Healthy Salad Effect and How to Get

Eating a Healthy Salad restores 15 FP, which can be handy in some of the aread midgame especially if you like using moves that use Flower Points.

You can also get the its ingredients for free, as you can get Turtley Leaf in Petalburg and Horsetail in Petal Meadows at no cost at all. It is recommended to pack up a few Healthy Salads as soon as Zess T. can cook with two items.

POW Block

Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake - POW Block

A POW Block can easily knock out enemies with high defense in the early game, such as Clefts. It can also defeat multiple enemies early on if you want to avoid using moves that consume FP.

POW Block Effect and How to Get

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