In Super Mario Bros. Wonder allows you to unlock a total of 24 badges. They give Mario and his friends new skills, ease difficult levels or completely change the rules of the game.
For 100% completion, you need all 24 badges. On this page we show you all the badges, their effects and locations and explain how you get the last secret badge “Sound Off?”
Note: This overview refers to the original Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
All 24 badges in overview
9 Action Badges
- Parachute Cap
- Wall-Climb Jump
- Dolphin Kick
- Floating High Jump
- Crouching High Jump
- Timed High Jump
- Fast Dash
- Grappling Vine
- Boosting Spin Jump
11 Boost Badges
- Coin Reward
- Auto Super Mushroom
- Add! Blocks
- Safety Bounce
- Rhythm Jump
- Sensor
- Coin Magnet
- All Elephant Power
- All Fire Power
- All Bubble Power
- All Drill Power
4 Expert Badges
- Jet Run
- Spring Feet
- Invisibility
- Sound Off?
Action Badges
Action badges give your character an extra move or ability. Many of these are needed to make it easier to reach difficult jumps or hidden collectibles.
1. Parachute cap
- Effect: Pressure in the air R or shake the controller. Your hat opens like a parachute and you slowly slide down.
- Location: Pipe-Rock Plateau
- Unlock: Visit the badge house at the Pipe-Rock Plateau. The Parachute Cap is the first badge you get in the game.
- Tip: One of the most useful badges for 10 flower coins and the tip of target piles.
2. Wall-Climb Jump
- Effect: Jump against a wall and then press B. Your character jumps up the wall once vertically.
- Location: Pipe-Rock Plateau or Fluff-Puff Peaks
- Unlock: Complete Badge Challenge Wall-Climb Jump I at the Pipe-Rock Plateau or Badge Challenge Wall-Climb Jump II at Fluff-Puff Peaks.
- Tip: Especially helpful for reaching high walls and hidden platforms.
3. Dolphin Kick
- Effect: Pressure under water R or shake the controller for a powerful speed boost.
- Location: Petal Isles
- Unlock: Complete Badge Challenge Dolphin Kick I or Badge Challenge Dolphin Kick II on the Petal Isles.
- Tip: The best badge for underwater levels and strong currents.
4. Floating High Jump
- Effect: Your normal jump gets higher and your character floats at the highest point for a short moment.
- Location: Fluff-Puff Peaks or Deep Magma Bog
- Unlock: Master Badge Challenge Floating High Jump I in Fluff-Puff Peaks or Badge Challenge Floating High Jump II in the Deep Magma Bog.
- Tip: Very convenient if you need more height and a little extra jump width at the same time.
5. Crouching High Jump
- Effect: Duck yourself for a short time. This will charge you a particularly high jump.
- Shining Falls and Sunbaked Desert
- Unlock: Close “FUMP badge test”: POOF! „Badge Challenge Crouching High Jump I“ in Shining Falls or Badge Challenge Crouching High Jump II in the Sunbaked Desert.
- Tip: Ideal for high-altitude flower coins and Goal Poles.
6. Timed High Jump
- Effect: If you jump at the right rhythm several times in a row, your next jump will be significantly higher. It even works on sand.
- Location: Sunbaked Desert
- Unlock: Buy the badge at the regular cloudless desert poplin shop.
- Cost: 100 Flower Coins
7. Fast Dash
- Effect: Your character runs and runs faster. Even on sand you can walk much faster.
- Location: Sunbaked Desert
- Unlock: Find the secret poplin shop in the Sunbaked Desert.
- Cost: 10 Flower Coins
- Tip: Very useful for races and time-critical levels.
8. Grappling Vine
- Effect: Pressure in the air R or shake the controller. A vine shoots out and attaches itself to a nearby wall.
- Location: Fungi Mines or Deep Magma Bog
- Unlock: Complete Badge Challenge Grappling Vine I in the Fungi Mines or Badge Challenge Grappling Vine II to the Deep Magma Bog.
- Tip: One of the best badges for saving failed jumps.
9. Boosting Spin Jump
- Effect: Pressure during a jump R or shake the controller. Your character performs a pirouette and gains some height once again.
- Petal Isles or Deep Magma Bog
- Unlock: Master Badge Challenge Boosting Spin Jump I on the Petal Isles or Badge Challenge Boosting Spin Jump II in the Deep Magma Bog.
- Tip: Excellent for large abysses and the golden flag.
Boost Badges
Strengthening badges give you passive benefits. You don’t usually have to press an extra button for this.
10. Coin Reward
- Effect: For defeated opponents, you get additional normal coins.
- Unlock: The badge is already offered in poplin shops from the Pipe-Rock Plateau.
- Cost: 30 Flower Coins
- Tip: Good if you want to collect new lives quickly.
11. Auto Super Mushroom
- Effect: You automatically start each level in super form.
- Location: Pipe-Rock Plateau
- Wiggler Race: Wiggler Race Mountaineering!
- Tip: Very helpful for difficult levels, as you can take an additional hit directly.
12. Add! Blocks
- Effect: In many levels, additional! blocks appear. They can serve as platforms, contain items or simplify difficult passages.
- Unlock: Can be purchased from the Petal Isles in various poplin stores.
- Cost: 10 Flower Coins
- Tip: One of the best badges for players who want to simplify difficult jump passages.
13. Safety Bounce
- Effect: If you fall into an abyss, lava or a poison swamp, you automatically jump back out of danger.
- Unlock: Offered from the Fluff-Puff Peaks in various poplin stores.
- Cost: 100 Flower Coins
- Tip: Especially helpful in the Deep Magma Bog and the Special World.
14. Rhythm Jump
- Effect: Jump in the rhythm of the music and you get additional coins.
- Location: Sunbaked Desert
- Unlock: Finish the hidden level “Ninji Jump Party”.
- Note: The level is located behind a sandfall in the Sunbaked Desert.
15. Sensor
- Effect: The badge responds when important collectibles such as Wonder Flowers or 10-Flower Coins are near you.
- Location: Fungi Mines
- Unlock: Have the destroyed bridge repaired at the beginning of the Fungi Mines. Then you get the badge from a poplin.
- Tip: Especially practical for the 100% pass and the search for the last Flower Coins.
16. Coin Magnet
- Effect: Coins and Flower Coins near you are automatically attracted.
- Location: Deep Magma Bog
- Unlock: Buy the badge at the Deep Magma Bog Poplin Store.
- Cost: 300 Flower Coins
17. All Elephant Power
- Effect: Every collected list of power-ups turns you into the elephant form.
- Unlock: First defeat Bowser and complete the main story.
- Location: After that, the badge is offered in poplin shops.
- Cost: 100 Flower Coins
18. All Fire Power
- Effect: Each list of power-ups automatically turns you into Fire Mario or the fire form of the chosen character.
- Unlock: Beat Bowser.
- Location: Then available in poplin stores.
- Cost: 100 Flower Coins
19 All Bubble Power
- Effect: Every list of power-ups automatically turns you into the bubble shape.
- Unlock: Defeat Bowser and complete the main story.
- Location: Then available in poplin stores.
- Cost: 100 Flower Coins
20. All Drill Power
- Effect: Every collected list of power-ups turns you into the drill shape.
- Unlock: Beat Bowser.
- Location: Then available in poplin stores.
- Cost: 100 Flower Coins
- Tip: Very useful for exploring as you can drill yourself into the floor and ceiling.
Expert Badges
The expert badges change the controls very much and make the game much more difficult. Three of them you get through special professional badge tests. The fourth is the ultimate final reward.
21. Jet Run
- Effect: Your character is constantly running at tremendous speed. If you run over an edge, you can even continue to run and jump in the air for a short moment.
- Location: Pipe-Rock Plateau or Deep Magma Bog
- Unlock: Master Expert Badge Challenge Jet Run I in World 1 or Expert Badge Challenge Jet Run II in the Deep Magma Bog.
- Tip: Expert Badge Challenge Jet Run I lies at the end of the hidden level chain behind the secret exit of “Bulrush Express”.
22. Spring Feet
- Effect: You can no longer stand normally, but hop permanently. With proper timing, you jump especially high.
- Location: Fluff-Puff Peaks or Deep Magma Bog
- Unlock: Complete “Expert Badge Challenge Spring Feet I” in Fluff-Puff Peaks or Expert Badge Challenge Spring Feet II into the Deep Magma Bog.
- Tip: This badge requires some practice because you can never completely stop your character.
23. Invisibility
- Effect: Your character becomes completely invisible. Opponents can no longer see you – but you can’t see your character either.
- Sunbaked Desert and Deep Magma Bog
- Unlock: Master Expert Badge Challenge Invisibility I in the Sunbaked Desert or Expert Badge Challenge Invisibility II in the Deep Magma Bog.
- Tip: Press the greeting button regularly. The visible effect briefly shows you where your invisible figure is.
24. Sound Off?
- Effect: Various sound effects of the game are replaced by unusual human voices.
- Location: Special World
- Unlock: First you have to complete the “The Final-Final Test Badge Marathon” completely.
- Then the last poplin house “WONDER?” opens.
- Enter the house and open the treasure chest. Inside is the badge Sound Off?.
- Note: The badge does not bring a playful advantage and is above all a special reward for the 100% degree.
The Final-Final Test Badge Marathon
To get the last badge, you must first take the most difficult level of Super Mario Bros. Wonder creating: The Final-Final Test Badge Marathon.
During this level, your badges change automatically. You have to master the different abilities one by one:
- Parachute Cap
- Floating High Jump
- Dolphin Kick
- Crouching High Jump
- Wall-Climb Jump
- Spring Feet
- Jet Run
- Boosting Spin Jump
- Grappling Vine
- Invisibility
Especially the last invisibility section is considered one of the most difficult passages of the entire game.
Which Badges Are Best?
For searching for collectibles
- Sensor: Displays important collectibles near you.
- Parachute Cap: Facilitates precise jumps to Flower Coins.
- Boosting Spin Jump: Gives you an extra height gain in the air.
- Grappling Vine: Can still save a failed jump.
For difficult levels
- Safety Bounce: Save yourself from an abyss, lava or poison.
- Add! Blocks: Adds additional platforms and help.
- Auto Super Mushroom: You start directly as Super Mario.
For Goal Poles
- Boosting Spin Jump
- Parachute Cap
- Floating High Jump
- Crouching High Jump
- Wall-Climb Jump
Collect all badges for 100%
Owning all 24 badges is one of the six requirements for the full 100% completion of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Most action and expert badges you get automatically through badge tests. On the other hand, the badges from poplin shops are particularly easy to overlook:
- Timed High Jump
- Fast Dash
- Coin Reward
- Add! Blocks
- Safety Bounce
- Coin Magnet
- All Elephant Power
- All Fire Power
- All Bubble Power
- All Drill Power
If you end up missing exactly one badge, is it very likely Sound Off? For this, you must first meet all requirements for the Superfinal test, create the badge parade and then visit the last Poplin house.
All 24 badges – Checklist
- ☐ Parachute Cap
- ☐ Wall-Climb Jump
- ☐ Dolphin Kick
- ☐ Floating High Jump
- ☐ Crouching High Jump
- ☐ Timed High Jump
- ☐ Fast Dash
- ☐ Grappling Vine
- ☐ Boosting Spin Jump
- ☐ Coin Reward
- ☐ Auto Super Mushroom
- ☐ Add! Blocks
- ☐ Safety bounce
- ☐ Rhythm Jump
- ☐ sensor
- ☐ Coin Magnet
- ☐ All Elephant Power
- ☐ All Fire Power
- ☐ All Bubble Power
- ☐ All Drill Power
- ☐ Jet Run
- ☐ Spring Feet
- ☐ Invisibility
- ☐ Sound Off?
Frequently Asked Questions About Badges
How Many Badges Are in Super Mario Bros. Wonder?
In the original Nintendo Switch version, there are a total of 24 badges: 9 action badges, 11 strengthening badges, and 4 expert badges.
Can I Use Multiple Badges at Once?
No. In the original Switch version, you can only equip one badge at a time.
Which is the last badge?
The last badge is called Sound Off? You get it at the Poplin house WONDER? after mastering The Final-Final Test Badge Marathon.
Do I need all the badges for 100%?
Yes. Collecting all 24 badges unlocks one of the six golden medals on your score.
What badge helps to find Wonder Seeds?
The sensor badge is particularly suitable for this. It responds to important hidden items near you and also helps in finding Wonder Flowers and 10-Flower Coins.