Dark Puff

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Dark Puff
A Dark Puff from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of Ruff Puff
Notable members
Not to be confused with Dark Ruff Puff.

The Dark Puff is a cloud enemy related to the Ruff Puff in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. It is shaded gray like most enemies in Boggly Woods, and is often seen alongside Clefts and Pale Piranhas. In the Glitz Pit, a Dark Puff appears as one of the members of The Mind-Bogglers.

Though they are statistically rather weak, they can use a Lightning Charge attack, but it requires charging. A charged-up Dark Puff will hurt Mario if he jumps on it; if Mario has electrified himself, he can jump on said Dark Puff without taking damage.

Profiles and statistics[edit ]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit ]

GameCube[edit ]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Dark Puff
A Dark Puff from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Max HP 3 Attack 2 Defense 0
Location(s) Boggly Woods, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 12-14, 17-19) Role Common Level 10
Sleep? 95% Dizzy? 105% Confuse? 90%
Tiny? 95% Stop? 95% Soft? 95%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 100% Fright? 90%
Gale Force? 105% KO? 95% Moves Slam (2), Shocking Charge (Electric), Thunder Attack (2 to Mario and Partner, Piercing), Fly to Hover (Moves closer to ground, does not count as turn), Hover to Fly (moves higher in the air, does not count as turn)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items Dizzy Dial, Dried Shroom (drop only), Fright Mask (drop only), Mushroom, Thunder Bolt
Tattle Log #:
67 		Log A thunderhead that attacks with lightning. Don't touch it when it's charged up, or you'll be in for a shock.
Tattle That's a Dark Puff. It's basically a tiny, mean thunderhead. Max HP is 3, Attack is 2, and Defense is 0. Sometimes it'll charge itself with electricity. Don't touch it when it does! Yowch! You know what I mean, right? Brzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! Shocking! After it charges itself, it'll totally zap you with lightning. Beat it as fast as you can.

Nintendo Switch[edit ]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Dark Puff
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 3 Attack 2 Defense 0
Location(s) Boggly Woods, Glitz Pit, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 12-14, 17-19) Role Common Level 10
Sleep? 95% Dizzy? 105% Confuse? 90%
Tiny? 95% Stop? 95% Soft? 95%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 100% Fright? 90%
Gale Force? 105% KO? 95% Moves Slam (2), Shocking Charge (Electric), Thunder Attack (2 to Mario and Partner, Piercing), Fly to Hover (Moves closer to ground, does not count as turn), Hover to Fly (moves higher in the air, does not count as turn)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items Dizzy Dial, Dried Mushroom (drop only), Fright Mask (drop only), Mushroom, Thunder Bolt
Tattle Log #:
70 		Log A thunderhead that attacks with lightning. Don't touch it when it's charged up, or you'll be in for a shock.
Tattle That's a Dark Puff. It's basically a tiny, mean thunderhead. Max HP is 3, Attack is 2, and Defense is 0. Sometimes it'll charge itself with electricity. Don't touch it when it does! Yowch! You know what I mean, right? Brzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! Shocking! After it charges itself, it'll totally zap you with lightning. Beat it as fast as you can.

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese クロクモーン
Kurokumōn		 Pun on「黒雲」(kurokumo, "dark cloud") and「クモクモーン」(Kumokumōn, "Ruff Puff") [?]
Chinese (Simplified) 乌云怪
Wūyún guài		 Dark Cloud Monster [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 烏雲怪
Wūyún guài		 Dark Cloud Monster [?]
Dutch Dark Puff - [?]
French ZzZt Pfff From "zzzt" (an onomatopoeia for something swooping down) and "pfff" (the sound of a sigh or a breath) [?]
German Stratox Pun on stratosphäre ("stratosphere") and toxisch ("toxic") [?]
Italian Nubescura Portmanteau of nube ("cloud") and scura ("dark") [?]
Korean 흑운
Heugun		 Black Cloud [?]
Spanish Puff Oscuro Dark Puff [?]

Notes[edit ]

  • The Dark Puff is one of the two "dark" enemy variants in the game that, despite their name, are actually the weakest variety of its kind, the other being the Dark Wizzerd.
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