Courage Shell

This article is about the item from the Paper Mario series. For the armor from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, see Courage Shell (Super Mario RPG).

Courage Shell
The Thousand-Year Door description	Gives your partner courage to boost his or her Defense. (GameCube) Temporarily gives a party member courage to boost their Defense. (Switch)
Super Paper Mario description	This shell briefly reduces the damage you take by half.

A Courage Shell is an item found in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Super Paper Mario. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, using one can boost Mario's or his partner's Defense by 3 points for two turns. Courage Shells can be bought in Petalburg and can also be stolen from Koopa Paratroopas. They can also be cooked up by Zess T. by cooking up a Mr. Softener and Point Swap together. Plenn T.'s trouble, Help me restock!, is completed by bringing him five Courage Shells.

In Super Paper Mario, it reduces damage players take by half. To make it more effective, players have to play a Minigame similar to Koops' Shell Shield. The effect can last anywhere from 25 to 40 seconds. In this game, if one were to give a Shell Shock to Saffron, she would bake a Courage Shell. However, if one gives the Courage Shell to Saffron, she will bake a Mistake. Courage Shells can be purchased from Howzit's shop in Flipside for 10 coins. Various enemies can also drop Courage Shells.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	カチカチコウラ Kachikachi Kōra	Rock-Solid Shell
Chinese (simplified)	硬邦邦龟壳[?] Yìngbāngbāng Guī Ké	Hard Turtle Shell
Chinese (traditional)	硬邦邦龜殼[?] Yìngbāngbāng Guī Ké	Hard Turtle Shell
Dutch	Pantserschild[?]	Armor shell
French	Carapadur[?]	Pun of carapace ("shell") and dur ("hard")
German	Hartpanzer[?]	Hard shell
Italian	Guscioduro[?]	Hard shell; shared with Durapurl
Korean	딱딱등껍질[?] Ttakttak-Deungkkeopjil	Hard Shell
Spanish	Caparazón Coraza[?]	Armor Shell