Swampire

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Swampire
Sprite of a Swampire 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 Swooper

Swampires are a powerful variant of the Swooper and the strongest of its relatives found in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. They have notably high HP, tied with several enemies for the second highest HP of any non-boss enemy after the Dark Koopatrol. Like other HP-sucking enemies, such as Fuzzies, Swampires replenish lost health equal to the amount of damage dealt to their attack's target. However, this ability is disabled by the Electrified status, incapable of damaging the affected target regardless of its attack power.

Swampires cannot be battled during the main story of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, as they are only encountered after floor 90 in the Pit of 100 Trials.

Profiles and statistics[edit ]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit ]

GameCube[edit ]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Swampire
Sprite of a Swampire from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Max HP 20 Attack 6 Defense 0
Location(s) Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 91, 92, 94-96, 98, 99) Role Common Level 35
Sleep? 50% Dizzy? 90% Confuse? 50%
Tiny? 75% Stop? 55% Soft? 80%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 50% Fright? 50%
Gale Force? 75% KO? 20% Moves HP Drain (6, Piercing)
Exp. points 2 Coins 2 - 4 Items Ice Storm, Ruin Powder, Super Shroom, Boo's Sheet
Tattle Log #:
66 		Log A feared health-sucking bat that lives in the darkness. It steals your HP to add to its own.
Tattle That's a Swampire. It's a feared health-sucker that hides in the darkness. Max HP is 20, Attack is 6, and Defense is 0. It sucks health from its prey to add to its own HP. And that...totally grosses me out like you wouldn't believe. If you let it feast on you, its HP will get really high. Focus your attacks on it!

Nintendo Switch[edit ]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Swampire
A Tattle Log image from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 20 Attack 6 Defense 0
Location(s) Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 91, 92, 94-96, 98, 99) Role Common Level 35
Sleep? 50% Dizzy? 90% Confuse? 50%
Tiny? 75% Stop? 55% Soft? 80%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 50% Fright? 50%
Gale Force? 85% KO? 20% Moves HP Drain (6, Piercing)
Exp. points 2 Coins 2 - 4 Items Ice Storm, Ruin Powder, Super Mushroom, Boo's Sheet
Tattle Log #:
69 		Log A feared health-sucking bat that lives in the darkness. It steals your HP to add to its own.
Tattle That's a Swampire. It's a feared health-sucker that hides in the darkness. Max HP is 20, Attack is 6, and Defense is 0. It sucks health from its prey to add to its own HP. And that...totally grosses me out like you wouldn't believe. If you let it feast on you, its HP will get really high. Focus your attacks on it!

Naming[edit ]

Swampires' name is a portmanteau of the words "Swooper" and "vampire", referring to its batlike nature and health-sucking ability.

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ヴァンパイヤーン
Vanpaiyān		 Derivation of "vampire" [?]
Chinese 吸血蝠
Xīxuè Fú		 Vampire Bat [?]
French Vampirion From "vampire" and possibly "Centurion" [?]
German Swooperatu From "Swooper" and "Nosferatu" [?]
Italian Swoopipistrello From "Swooper" and pipistrello ("bat") [?]
Korean 뱀파이앙
Baempaiang		 Transliteration of the Japanese name [?]
Spanish Vampirito From vampiro ("vampire") with the diminutive suffix -ito [?]

Notes[edit ]

  • Swampires' green coloration resembles the debut appearance of Swoopers in Super Mario World .
Swoops
Characters Count Fang • Sir Swoop • Wings of Night
Variants Bat (Super Mario Galaxy) • Fang • Glad Fang • Ice bat • Kōmori • Monty Mole Swooper • Paper Swoop • Slave Basabasa • Swampire • Swoop • Swoopula
Related objects Gold Swooper • HP Drain (item) • Swooper (glider) • Vampire Candy
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube / Nintendo Switch)
Main characters Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • X-Nauts • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Regular Blooper • Bowser • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows (Beldam • Marilyn • Vivian/Doopliss)
Chapter Hooktail • Magnus von Grapple • Macho Grubba • Doopliss • Cortez • Smorg • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen
Optional Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Mush a • Whacka a
Non-playable characters Rogueport Arfur • Badge clerk • Bomberto • Chet Rippo • Darkly • Dazzle • Eddy the Mask • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Grifty • Herb T. • Ian Foomus a • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi and his party (Blooey · Hayzee · Jerry · Screamy · Torque) • Lumpy • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Mousimilian • Peeka • Pianta syndicate (Don Pianta · Francesca · Frankie · Rocko · Tony · Vinny) • Plenn T. • Podley • Professor Frankly • Robbo Thieves (Garf · Goose · Gus · Ishnail · Pierre) • Swindell • Toadsworth • Wonky • Zess T.
Glitz Pit teams The Bob-omb Squad (Master Crash) • Chomp Country • Craw-Daddy • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • The Fuzz • The Goomba Bros. • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare (Hamma Jamma) • The Hand-It-Overs (Bandy Andy) • The Iron Adonis Twins • The Koopinator • The KP Koopas (King K) • The Magikoopa Masters • The Mind-Bogglers • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • The Punk Rocks (Cleftor) • Rawk Hawk • The Shellshockers (Shellshock) • Spike Storm • The Tiny Spinies (Spiky Joe) • Wings of Night (Sir Swoop)
Other / wandering Battle Master a • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Creepy Steeple Boo • Doe T. • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • General White • Ghost T. • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Grubba • Heff T. • Jabble • Johnson • Jolene • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • Korvallis • Kroop • Lady Bow • Mayor Dour • Maude • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Pennington • Petuni • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Podler • Porter • Prince Mush • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Reporter • Rob • Scarlette • Stewart • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesman a • Toadette • Toadia • Toce T. • Toodles • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Whacka • Zip Toad
Enemies

Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para- · Spiky) · Hyper (Para- · Spiky) · Para- · Spiky) • Goomboard a • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para-) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para-) · Para- · Shady (Para-)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))

Locations Rogueport Lovely Howz of Badges • Pianta Parlor • Podley's Place • Rogueport Underground (Deepdown Depot · Herb T.'s place · Pit of 100 Trials) • Trouble Center • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Westside Goods
Chapter 1 Petal Meadows • Petalburg (Niff T.'s shop) • (Path to) Shhwonk Fortress • Hooktail Castle
Chapter 2 Boggly Woods (Flurrie's House) • Great Tree (Pungent's Great Tree Shop)
Chapter 3 Glitzville (Fresh Juice Shop · Hot Dog Stand · Souvenir shop) • Glitz Pit
Chapter 4 Twilight Town (Twilight Shop) • Twilight Trail • Creepy Steeple
Chapter 5 Keelhaul Key (Keelhaul Galleria) • Pirate's Grotto
Chapter 6 Excess Express (Sales Stall) • Riverside Station • Poshley Heights (Poshley Sanctum)
Chapter 7 (Path to) Fahr Outpost (Northwinds Mart) • Moon (X-Naut Fortress)
Chapter 8 Palace of Shadow (Tower)
Bowser World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Miscellaneous Bowser's Castle • Inn • Item Shop • Mario Bros.' House
Items and objects Items Badge • Coin • Flower • Heart • Meat • Pianta token • Shine Sprite • Star Piece • Stone keys
Objects Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Metal Block • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Stone Block • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • Waterfall • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Moves General Action Command • Appeal • Charge • First Strike • Flee • Guard • Stylish move • Superguard
Mario Jump (Spin · Spring) • Hammer (Super · Ultra) • Plane Mode • Paper Mode • Tube Mode • Boat Mode
Special Sweet Treat • Earth Tremor • Clock Out • Power Lift • Art Attack • Sweet Feast • Showstopper • Supernova
Goombella Headbonk • Tattle • Multibonk • Rally Wink
Koops Shell Toss • Power Shell • Shell Shield • Shell Slam
Flurrie Body Slam • Gale Force • Lip Lock • Dodgy Fog
Yoshi Kid Ground Pound • Gulp • Mini-Egg • Stampede
Vivian Shade Fist • Veil • Fiery Jinx • Infatuate
Bobbery Bomb • Bomb Squad • Hold Fast • Bob-ombast
Ms. Mowz Love Slap • Kiss Thief • Tease • Smooch
Game mechanics Stats Badge Point • Defense • Flower Point • Heart Point • Power • Star Point • Star Power
Status effects Allergic • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Frozen • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Tiny
Battle Audience • Bingo! • Level up • Stage
Minigames 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Happy Lucky Lottery • Pianta Parlor games • Stump Petuni
Miscellaneous Loading zone
Music "Rogueport" • "Master of Action Commands"a • "Battle - Chapter 1" • "Battle - Prince Mush"a • "Meanwhile, Princess Peach..." • "Attack-a of the Whacka!"a
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Miscellaneous Nintendo Characters: Paper Mario RPG • Flash game • Paper Mario RPG Special Comic • Parade • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • What's new? Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
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