Fire Vellumental
| The Origami King enemy | ||||||
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| Fire Vellumental | ||||||
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| Description | Clad in ferocious flames. Use the power of the Water Vellumental first, and then unleash your 1,000-Fold Arms! | |||||
| HP | 65 | |||||
| Type | Flying, Fiery | |||||
| Role | Boss | |||||
| Item drops | Fire Bibliofold | |||||
| Moves | Fireball (base 34 on closest ring, decreases by 2 for each further ring; range 4 on two closest rings and 3 on two farthest), Molten Feathers (spreads feathers on ring), Flamecrower (base 14, range 4 on two closest rings and 3 on two farthest rings; hits until Mario is pushed back to start), Mild Wings (base 24 on closet ring and 20 on second closest; range 4), Hot Wings (heals HP to max) | |||||
| Location(s) | Fire Vellumental Cave | |||||
The Fire Vellumental is a phoenix with fiery feathers and the third Vellumental boss fought in Paper Mario: The Origami King. It resides in the Fire Vellumental Cave located in the Scorching Sandpaper Desert. After the Fire Vellumental is defeated, Olivia acquires its Bibliofold and can then transform into the Fire Vellumental and use its abilities while Mario stands on the correct Magic Circles. Its fire abilities can be used to counter specific bosses, such as the Ice Vellumental and the Tape. Before the Fire Vellumental is fought, it lights the oily water around its arena, setting it all alight. Olivia is visibly awestruck by it, even claiming that it would be sad to see it defeated when it loses all its feathers. It is based on the Vermilion Bird.
Battle[edit]
Mario needs to attack the Fire Vellumental with the Iron Boots when it is alight with flames. When it takes damage, its feathers fall onto the arena and stick in the floor. Each feather damages Mario for 10 HP per feather (before Guard Plus) if he walks over the space, but this makes the fire go away until another feather lands on that spot. Lit feathers on the board can only harm Mario during his movement turn, not while attacking or during the enemy turn.[1] The Fire Vellumental can attack with Fireball, which does 34-38 on the closest ring, 32-36 on the second-closest, 30-33 on the second-farthest, and 28-31 on the farthest. It can also use Molten Feathers to scatter more of its feathers around the arena. It can also use Flamecrower to repeatedly attack Mario for 14-18 damage on the two closest rings and 14-17 on the two farthest. Similar to Rubber Band's bands flinging on the arena, the Fire Vellumental's HP is tied to the amount of feathers it has. When the arena becomes cluttered with feathers, the player needs to use the Water Vellumental Magic Circles to extinguish its flames, and make all the spaces safe to travel along. The Fire Vellumental can reignite itself and relight the flames in the arena after a couple of turns.
When the Fire Vellumental's flames are extinguished, it uses Mild Wings to deal 24-28 damage on the closest ring and 20-24 on the second-closest. If the 1,000-Fold Arms are used on the Fire Vellumental when it is on fire, it takes zero damage and deals 10 damage to Mario (before Guard Plus).[2] However, if the attack is used when its flames are extinguished but with its HP bar above 25%, the Fire Vellumental takes minimal damage and then will regain all its HP, using Hot Wings to recoup all its lost feathers.[3] The 1,000-Fold Arms are needed to finish off the boss when it gets down to 25% HP and starts charging up for Flamecrower, as the arms are needed to pluck out its head feathers.[4]
Additionally, in the first phase of his battle, King Olly may transform into the Fire Vellumental during his boss fight. If he does so, he'll use Molten Feathers (taking almost half his health in the process) and immediately charge up to use Flamecrower on his next turn. To counter, the Water Vellumental must be used and if he's allowed to attack he'll use Hot Wings to fully heal.
Gallery[edit]
The arena of the Fire Vellumental boss fight
The Fire Vellumental using the move Molten Feathers
Olivia's Fire Vellumental form
King Olly's Fire Vellumental form
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | 火ガミ[?] Hi-gami |
Fire Vellumental | |
| Chinese | 火神祇[?] Huǒ Shénqí |
Fire Vellumental | |
| Dutch | Vuur-Origant[?] | Fire Vellumental | |
| French | Espli du Feu[?] | Fire Vellumental (Espli is a pun on esprit (spirit) and pli (fold)) |
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| German | Feuer-Pergamenton[?] | Fire Vellumental | |
| Italian | Cartomango del fuoco[?] | Fire Vellumental | |
| Korean | 불의 신수[?] Burui Sinsu |
Legendary creature of Fire (Can be 'Legendary' or 'Numinous', 'Divine' depending on translation) |
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| Spanish | (El) papelemental de fuego[?] | Fire Vellumental (papelemental is a combination of papel (paper) and elemental (elemental)) |
References[edit]
- ^ Paper Mario: The Origami King Walkthrough - Fire Vellumental and Raising the Shroom Temple [Part 18 by IGN Guides] "YouTube". Retrieved January 11, 2026
- ^ Fire Vellumental Boss - Paper Mario: The Origami King by tahtnipu "YouTube". Retrieved January 11, 2026
- ^ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g71JK9OmnU Paper Mario: The Origami King - All Vellumental Boss Battles by Matyas "YouTube". Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- ^ Boss Battle Guide: How to Beat Fire Vellumental | Paper Mario: The Origami King (Switch) "Game8". Retrieved July 31, 2020.
