This article is about the ranks gained upon reaching a certain level in the Mario & Luigi series. For ranks gained upon leveling up Mario in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, see Stage (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door).

Ranks are a game mechanic introduced in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, and later appear in every subsequent Mario & Luigi game excluding Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. They are bestowed upon a character who reaches an appropriate level through leveling up. Each new rank confers benefits on the recipient, such as extra gear slots or privileges to certain shops.

Starting in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, the player can choose a bonus for each character upon gaining a rank, with more bonuses becoming available as the characters reach higher ranks. Upon reaching the highest rank, the player can choose two bonuses. However, with the exception of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, it is not possible to choose every bonus due to the limited rank increases.

History

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

 
All of Mario's, Luigi's, and Bowser's rankings in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Ranks first appeared in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, giving set rewards to Mario, Luigi and Bowser when they reach a new rank, ex. allowing the characters to equip more than one accessory and allowing the bros access to certain shops in Toad Town. Mario and Luigi have six ranks each, with the first five being named after items in the Super Mario franchise (Mushroom, Green Shell Fire Flower, Shine Sprite and Super Star), while Bowser only has four which have the words "boss" in them, referencing Bowser's status as a boss in various Super Mario games.

After the credits of the game, and when the ending screen is shown, Chakron's disembodied voice appears, commenting on the player's progress and the current rank they had before beating the game; either suggesting the player tries harder next time or congratulating them on getting the highest ranks.

Ranks for the Mario Bros.

Rank Level Benefit
  Mushroom Rank Default Allows up to one gear item to be equipped.
  Shell Rank 6 Allows up to two gear items to be equipped.
  Flower Rank 12 Allows up to three gear items to be equipped.
  Shine Rank 18 Allows the bros to shop at the Toadles Boutique in Toad Town.
  Star Rank 25 Allows the bros to shop at the Star Shop in Toad Town.
  Rainbow Rank 40 When both brothers reach this rank, gives the Excellent!! Badge.

Ranks for Bowser

Rank Level Benefit
  Bronze Boss Rank Default Allows up to one gear item to be equipped.
  Silver Boss Rank 10 Allows up to two gear items to be equipped.
  Gold Boss Rank 20 Allows up to three gear items to be equipped.
  Final Boss Rank 40 Gives the Intruder Fangs equipment to Bowser.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Ranks work slightly differently in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team than in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. Instead of set rewards, such as extra gear slots or shopping privileges, the player can choose a Rank-Up Bonus to give to Mario or Luigi upon reaching a new rank. Upon reaching Rainbow Rank, the player can choose two Rank-up Bonuses, and can shop in the gold side of Rose Broquet. This means that each Bro. has a maximum of five bonuses once the player reaches Level 40.

Rank Level Notes
  Mushroom Rank Default Referred to as Shroom Rank in the Status menu.
  Shell Rank 8
  Flower Rank 16
  Star Rank 26
  Rainbow Rank 40
Rank-Up Bonuses
Bonus In-game description Availability Notes
Gear Slot +1 Increases your apparel slots by one, letting you use more gear! Shell Rank Can be chosen twice. The player can give a brother another extra gear slot if they have already chosen Gear Slot +1 before.
Badge Stock +1 Adds an additional effect stock for your badges. Shell Rank If the player selects this for both Bros., they can have the maximum of four badge effect stocks.
HP Up+ Gives you an additional +2 HP every time you gain a level. Shell Rank
POW Up+ Gives you an additional +1 POW every time you gain a level. Shell Rank
BP Up+ Gives you an additional +1 BP every time you gain a level. Shell Rank
Quick Level Gives you 20% more EXP from enemies you defeat, making it easier to level up. Shell Rank Increases the total EXP by 20% for each enemy the Bros. defeat.
Iron Body Reduces damage you receive from enemies by 25%. Shell Rank
Jump Man Boosts your solo-jump-attack power to 125% of normal. Flower Rank
Hammerhead Boosts your solo-hammer-attack power to 125% of normal. Flower Rank
Counterer Boosts your counterattack power to 150% of normal. Flower Rank
Shroom EXP Makes Mushrooms give you EXP as well as HP. Mushrooms lovers level up easily! Flower Rank Using Mushrooms adds 150% of the healed HP to the EXP.
Big Lucky Boosts the power of Lucky Hits so you deliver 200% the normal damage. Star Rank Lucky Hits without this bonus deal 150% the normal damage.
Casual Bros. Makes Bros./Luiginary Attacks cost half the BP they normally do. Star Rank Can be stacked with the Bros. Ring. Luiginary Attacks are only affected if Mario chooses this.
Quick Healer Makes restoration items restore 200% of what they normally do (in battle). Star Rank

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Ranks in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam work similar to the one in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, but there are seven ranks for every character. Once again, for Rainbow Rank the player can choose two Rank-up Bonuses, which gives the player the limit of seven slots for bonuses per character after having reached the final rank.

Rank Level
  Mushroom Rank Default
  Shell Rank 6
  Boomerang Rank 12
  Flower Rank 19
  Leaf Rank 27
  Star Rank 36
  Rainbow Rank 46
Rank-Up Bonuses
Bonus In-game description First Availability Character(s) Notes
  Gear Slot +1 Gives you 1 extra gear slot! Shell Rank All Can be chosen twice. The player can give a brother another extra gear slot if they have already chosen Gear Slot +1 before.
  HP Up+ Gives you an extra 2 HP every time you level up.
(Only 1 bro can select this Rank-Up Bonus.)
Shell Rank All
  BP Up+ Gives you an extra 1 BP every time you level up.
(Only 1 bro can select this Rank-Up Bonus.)
Shell Rank All
  DEF Up+ Gives you an extra 1 DEF every time you level up.
(Only 1 bro can select this Rank-Up Bonus.)
Shell Rank All
  STACHE Up+ Gives you an extra 1 STACHE every time you level up.
(Only 1 bro can select this Rank-Up Bonus.)
Shell Rank All
  POW Up+ Gives you an extra 1 POW every time you level up.
(Only 1 bro can select this Rank-Up Bonus.)
Boomerang Rank All
  SPEED Up+ Gives you an extra 1 SPEED every time you level up.
(Only 1 bro can select this Rank-Up Bonus.)
Boomerang Rank All
  Star Point Max +10 Increases your maximum Star Points by 10.
(Only 1 bro can select this Rank-Up Bonus.)
Boomerang Rank All
  Jump Man Boosts your jump attack power by 25%. Flower Rank All
  Hammerhead Boosts your hammer attack power by 25%. Flower Rank All
  Counterer Boosts your counterattack power to 200%. Flower Rank All
  Iron Body Reduces damage taken from enemy attacks by 25%. Flower Rank All
  Mushroom EXP Receive bonus EXP every time you eat a
mushroom. Eat a lot to level up quickly!
Flower Rank All
  Copy Max +2 Increases the max number of copies that
Paper Mario can have by 2.
Flower Rank Paper Mario Can be chosen twice for a max amount of 10 copies, although the second upgrade is not available until the Star Rank.
  Big Lucky Increases the damage of Lucky Hits to 200%. Star Rank All Lucky Hits without this bonus deal 150% the normal damage.
  Big Restore
(Quick Healer in British English)
Makes restoration items restore 200% of
what they normally do (in battle).
Star Rank All
  Casual Bros. Decreases the BP cost of Bros. and Trio
Attacks by half.
Star Rank All Can be stacked with the Bros. Ring/Trio Ring.
  Battle Card Discount Lowers the cost to use battle cards by 1 Star Point.
(Only 1 bro can select this Rank-Up Bonus.)
Star Rank All
  Quick Copy Allows you another action after making copies.
(The effect cannot be stacked.)
Star Rank Paper Mario The effect cannot be stacked.
  Quick Item Allows you another action after using an item.
(The effect cannot be stacked.)
Star Rank Mario and Luigi The effect cannot be stacked.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

 
All of Mario's, Luigi's, and Bowser's rankings in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

Ranks return in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, with one of the ranks from the original game being replaced (Shine Rank, in favor for the Boomerang Rank from Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam), changing the order and level some ranks are reached, and adding one new rank for Bowser: the Master Boss Rank. Rank-Up Bonuses from the first two 3DS Mario & Luigi games also make a reappearance, replacing the set rewards from the original game. All Rank-Up Bonuses are now possible to obtain throughout the course of the game, with the last two being obtained when reaching the highest rank. Like in the original game, the Bros. can shop at Toadles Boutique upon reaching Flower Rank (instead of Shine Rank), and the Star Shop upon reaching Star Rank. However, the Bros. and Bowser do not receive any new equipment upon reaching their highest ranks, and since they start with three gear slots, no new gear slots are unlocked.

Ranks for the Mario Bros.

Rank Level
  Mushroom Rank Default
  Shell Rank 6
  Boomerang Rank 12
  Flower Rank 18
  Star Rank 24
  Rainbow Rank 30
Rank-Up Bonuses
Bonus In-game description Availability Notes
Beefy Bro +1 POW and HP for each level up. Shell Rank
Suave Bro +1 BP and STACHE for each level up. Shell Rank
Stoic Bro Reduces the damage you take from enemy attacks. Boomerang Rank This bonus reduces damage received by 25%.
This bonus stacks additively with gear items that also reduce damage taken.
Badge Boost Increases your Badge energy gained by a small amount. Boomerang Rank This bonus causes all attacks to give 20% more Badge Energy.
This bonus stacks additively with gear items that also increase Badge Energy gained.
Lucky and Good Increases the power of your Lucky Hits. Flower Rank This bonus causes damage dealt by Lucky Hits to increase from 1.3× to 1.5×.
BP Aplenty Reduces the amount of BP required to perform Bros. Attacks. Star Rank This bonus makes all Bros. Attacks cost 20% less BP.
This bonus stacks multiplicatively with other cost modifiers from gear.

Ranks for Bowser

Rank Level
  Bronze Boss Rank Default
  Silver Boss Rank 8
  Gold Boss Rank 16
  Master Boss Rank 24
  Final Boss Rank 32
Rank-Up Bonuses
Bonus In-game description Availability Notes
King's Hoard +1 BP and HORN for each level up. Silver Boss Rank
King's Feast +1 POW for each level up. Increases the recovery power of drumsticks. Silver Boss Rank This bonus causes Hot Drumsticks, Fiery Drumsticks, and TNT Drumsticks to replenish 25% more HP when used in-battle.
King's Power Increases the power of Punch and Flame attacks. Gold Boss Rank This bonus causes Punch and Flame attacks to deal 20% more damage.
This bonus stacks additively with gear items that also boost the power of these moves.
This only affects the normal in-battle attack and not other methods like First Strikes or counterattacks.
King's Grace Increases the power of Brawl Attacks. Gold Boss Rank This bonus causes Brawl Attacks attacks to deal 20% more damage.
This bonus stacks additively with gear items that also boost the power of these moves.
King's Blessing Increases the power of Lucky Hits. Master Boss Rank This bonus causes damage dealt by Lucky Hits to increase from 1.3× to 1.5×.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership

 
Mario ranking up in Mario & Luigi: Brothership

In Mario & Luigi: Brothership, ranks for the Mario Bros. return with the same progression as Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. Once again, for Rainbow Rank the player can choose two Rank-up Bonuses, which gives the player the limit of seven slots for bonuses per character after having reached the final rank.

Rank Level
  Mushroom Rank Default
  Shell Rank 8
  Boomerang Rank 15
  Flower Rank 22
  Leaf Rank 29
  Star Rank 36
  Rainbow Rank 43
Rank-Up Bonuses
Bonus In-game description Availability
HP Up+ Increases HP value when leveling up by +1. Shell Rank
STACHE Up+ Increases STACHE value when leveling up by +1. Shell Rank
Quick Leveling Increases EXP for defeating enemies by 20%. Shell Rank
SPEED Up+ Increases SPEED value when leveling up by +1. Shell Rank
Gear Slot +1 Grants another slot for equipping gloves and accessories. Shell Rank
POW Up+ Increases POW value when leveling up by +1. Boomerang Rank
DEF Up+ Increases DEF value when leveling up by +1. Boomerang Rank
Jump Man Increases damage dealt with Jump attacks by 20%. Flower Rank
Hammerhead Increases damage dealt with Hammer attacks by 20%. Flower Rank
Counterer Increases damage dealt with counter attacks by 50%. Leaf Rank
Big Lucky Damage dealt by LUCKY attacks increases from 1.3x to 1.5x. Leaf Rank
Iron Body Decreases damage received from enemies by 20%. Leaf Rank
Casual Bros. Decreases BP used for Bros. Attacks by 30%. Star Rank
Bros. Pro Damage dealt by Bros. Attacks increases by 20%. Star Rank

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Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey