How to Beat King Calamari and Rewards

This is a guide for King Calamari, a Boss in Super Mario RPG Remake. Read on to learn how you can beat King Calamari, its stats, rewards, location, weaknesses, and best party setup!

King Calamari Weaknesses and Recommended Level

Overview

Body

Right Tentacle

Left Tentacle

King Calamari
Recommended Level		HP
10		800
Attacks
Venom Drool, Sand Storm, Ink Blast, Painspout
Weaknesses and Resistances = Weak / = OK / = Resist
Jump	Fire	Lightning	Ice
Fear	Poison	Sleep	Mute

Tentacle (Right)
Recommended Level		HP
10		260
Attacks
-
Weaknesses and Resistances = Weak / = OK / = Resist
Jump	Fire	Lightning	Ice
Fear	Poison	Sleep	Mute

Tentacle (Left)
Recommended Level		HP
10		200
Attacks
-
Weaknesses and Resistances = Weak / = OK / = Resist
Jump	Fire	Lightning	Ice
Fear	Poison	Sleep	Mute

Rewards

Best Party for King Calamari

Best Party Setup

Beginning Active Party
Character	Role
Mario	・Main attacker ・Attack enemies with Super Fireball
Peach	・Serves as a healer ・Heals and cures status effects for the party with Group Hug
Bowser	・Attacker and support ・Deals damage with normal attacks ・Inflicts Fear with Terrorize
Standby Party
Geno	・Serves as an attacker and support ・Deal damage with normal and special attacks ・Boost allies with Geno Boost
Mallow	・Serves as a healer ・Heal with HP Rain

Recommended Equipment and Level

Active Party
Character/Level	Equipment
Mario Level: 10	Weapon: Masher Armor: Sailor Shirt Accessory: Fearless Pin
Peach Level: 10	Weapon: Slap Glove Armor: Nautica Dress Accessory: Fearless Pin
Bowser Level: 10	Weapon: Armor: Work Pants Accessory: Fearless Pin
Standby Party
Geno Level: 10	Weapon: Hand Gun Armor: Sailor Cape Accessory: Fearless Pin
Mallow Level: 10	Weapon: Whomp Glove Armor: Sailor Pants Accessory: Fearless Pin

Best Equipment for Each Character

How to Beat King Calamari and Attack Patterns

Protect Against Fear with Fearless Pin Buy and Equip Sailor Armor Use Group Hug for Healing Cast Super Fire on the Main Body Terrorize and Normal Attacks on Legs

Protect Against Fear with Fearless Pin

Accessory	Where to Get
Fearless Pin	・Purchase from Rose Town or Seaside Town for 60 Coins

Fight will start with fighting King Calamari's tentacles first, and as you defeat each tentacle, you will move forward in the battlefield until you reach King Calamari's body.

Each tentacle is capable inflicting Fear onto a party member it grabs and throws, and King Calamari himself can inflict the same with multi-target move Sand Storm.

Fear will cause an affected member to deal half the damage receive double, so make sure to have the multiple Fearless Pins equipped to prevent this status ailment from affecting a party member!

List of Status Conditions and How to Heal

Buy and Equip Sailor Armor

Equipment
Sailor Shirt (Mario)	Sailor Pants (Mallow)
Sailor Cape (Geno)	Nautica Dress (Peach)
Where to Get
Buy each above Sailor-tier equipment in Sea, Sunken Ship, or Seaside Town shop for 50 coins.

It is a good idea to acquire Sailor-tier equipment for all members (with the exception of Bowser) before this fight for higher stats. They're also dependable to continue using after defeating King Calamari, since it will take while until you find better armor at this point of the game.

A merchant selling these armor pieces can be found in a small room with boxes, a chest, and a lone Dry Bones within the Sunken Ship on your way to King Calamari.

Best Equipment for Each Character

Use Group Hug for Healing

King Calamari's tentacle throws will always guarantee Fear, so when needed, have Peach heal and cure your party members of this status condition with Group Hug.

So in case you do not have equipment to directly protect you from fear, you can have Peach cure it for you! Or, if Peach is unavailable, you can uses items such as the Cleansing Juice.

You may want to save the Cleansing Juice for later however since King Calamari can inflict Poison with Venom Drool.

Best Special Moves for Each Character

Cast Super Fireball on the Main Body

King Calamari is weak to Fire, so using a fire attack such as Mario's Super Fireball (which unlocks at Level 10) will come in handy. This will allow you to deal large damage and defeat the boss quickly!

Use Terrorize and Triple Moves

The Fear status can be inflicted on King Calamari's tentacles, so take advantage of Bowser's Terrorize to reduce the damage done by King Calamari's tentacles while also opening him up to more damage from Bowser's normal attacks.

You get rid of all of the tentacles quickly if you have a Triple Move attack prepared with a 100% Action Gauge. This will get rid of the tenacles quickly if move's damage exceeds that of each of their HP.

When targeting the tentacles, prioritize the right tentacle (HP: 200) since it has lower HP than the left (HP: 260). Defeating one of his tentacles will make it much easier to deal with the boss since that's one less source of damage to worry about!

How to Fill Action Gauge Fast

King Calamari Attacks

King Calamari Special Attacks

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