Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story Gear

Just like in the prior games in the series, Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story has various types of gear that Mario, Luigi and Bowser can wear to boost stats and for other effects. However, with three characters, and some non explained drops, these pieces of clothing and their benefits are quite baffling, and need explanation, as on this page.

Mario and Luigi

Wear/Clothing

A-OK Wear: Clears Status Effects, boosts HP by 30, SP by 10, Def by 150, Speed by 20 and Stache by 20

D-Star Wear: No Special effects. Boosts POW by 80

Star Wear: No Special effects, boosts HP by 20, SP by 10 and DEF by 120.

King Wear: No Special effects, boosts DEF by 100.

Muscle Wear: No Special effects, boosts POW by 20 and DEF by 65.

Balm Wear: No Special effect, boosts DEF by 90.

Brawny Wear: No Special effect, boosts POW by 10 and DEF by 45.

Heart Wear: No Special Effect, boosts HP by 10 and DEF by 80.

Fighter Wear: No Special effect, boosts POW by 5 and DEF by 25.

Picnic Wear: No Special effects, boosts DEF by 15.

Thin Wear: No Special Effects, boosts DEF by 5.

Leisure Wear: No Special effects, boosts POW by 150 and DEF by 30.

Koopa Wear: Boosts DEF by 40.

Grown Up Wear: DEF plus 50, speed increased by 10, stache by 10.

Hero Wear: DEF plus 100.

Master Wear: Increases SP + 20, DEF by 140 and Special Attack POW by 25%.

Gloves

DX POW Gloves: Raises Power by 20%.

POW Gloves: Raises Power by 10%.

Special Gloves: Raises Special Attack power by 15%.

Flower Gloves: Raised Fire Flower power by 20%.

Bye-Bye Gloves: May KO a hammered foe in a single hit.

Mushroom Gloves: May use a mushroom before a move.

Delicious Gloves: In battle, doubles restoration item power (mushrooms, nuts, star candy, syrup, etc).

Heavy Gloves: Raises solo hammer power by 20%.

Item Gloves: May make hammered foes drop items.

Dent Gloves: Hammer first strike may KO all enemies.

Softener Gloves: Enemies hammered may have defense lowered.

Boots

DX POW Boots: Boosts POW by 20%.

POW Boots: Boosts POW by 10%.

Shell Boots: Boosts Green Shell power by 20%.

Big Stomp Boots: Increases First Strike jump power by 30%.

Daredevil Boots: Doubles attack power, but character is KOed in just one hit.

Heavy Boots: Raises solo jump power by 20%.

Siphon Boots: Restores 5 HP on jump attacks.

Dizzy Boots: On solo jump attack, enemy may become dizzy.

Coin Boots: Sometimes, enemies jumped on drop coins.

Shroob Boots: On Solo Jump attacks, enemies POW may be cut in half.

Special Boots: Special attack power increased by 10%.

Tip Top Boots: 30% more power when wearer's health is at 100%.

Miscellaneous

Happy Charm: Boosts chance of Lucky Hits by 1.5.

Budget Charm: Reduces SP cost for special attacks by 30%.

Heroic Patch: Raises SP cost and attack power by 30%.

Luxury Patch: Raises SP cost and attack power by 20%.

Small Shell: Nullifies damage once per battle.

KO Shell: Nullifies damage taken on a KO blow.

POW Mushroom Booster: Raises power by 20% if you eat a mushroom.

Lazy Scarf: Doubles Defense as HP Decreases.

Treasure Specs: Makes foes twice as likely to drop items.

Mushroom Stone: Makes foes drop only mushrooms.

Challenge Medal: Causes foes to power up but drop 1.5 times more coins. Good for people wanting an insane challenge.

Vengeance Cape: Raises popwer when you take damage (max 30% increase).

Thrift Charm: Reduces a random attacks SP cost by 40%.

Tight Belt: Reduces SP cost for Special Attacks by 50%.

Advice Patch: Increases a Random special attack's POW by 30%.

Big Shell: Negates the damage of the first three hits of each battle.

DEF Mush Jam: Increases DEF by 20% each time wearer eats mushroom.

Giant Shell: Blocks all relatively small damage.

Lucky Charm: Doubles rates of lucky hits.

Socks

DX SP Socks: Raises Maxium SP by 30%.

EXP Socks: Gives 1.3 times the EXP for each battle won without taking damage.

Deluxe HP Socks: Raises Maximum HP by 30%.

Doctor Socks: Restores HP by 10 once per turn.

Surprising Socks: Restores 3 SP per turn.

Guardian Socks: Restores HP and SP once per turn (by 8 and 3 per turn respectively).

Gumption Socks: Revives you after 1 turn if you're KOed.

Coin Socks: Gives 1.5 times coin amount for no damage wins.

No touch socks: Blocks all changes to your status.

Hustle Socks: Lets you flee battles right away.

Rugged Socks: Raises defense by 20%.

Gall Socks: Makes foes 50% more likely to attack you.

Starched Socks: Raises defense by 10%.

HP Socks: Raises HP by 20%.

Nurse Socks: Restores 4 HP per turn.

SP Socks: Raises max SP by 20%.

Special Socks: Restores 1 SP per turn.

Bro Socks: Doubles defense when holding a KOed bro.

Iron Wall Socks: Immune against status ailments.

Bowser

Shells

King Shell: Boosts SP by 20, POW by 20 and DEF by 260.

Judge Shell: Boosts DEF by 75.

Wicked Shell: Boosts POW by 30 and DEF by 180.

Dream Shell: Boosts DEF by 220.

Rampage Shell: Boosts POW by 20 and DEF by 100.

Armored Shell: Boosts DEF by 130.

Rock Shell: Boosts DEF by 90.

Safety Shell: Boosts DEF by 60.

Shabby Shell: Boosts DEF by 20.

Ironclad Shell: Boosts DEF by 300.

Bands

Power Band +: Raises Attack power by 20%.

Power Band: Raises attack power by 10%.

Minion Band SP: Restores 4 SP per turn.

Minion Band: Restores 2 SP per turn.

Iron Fist Band: Increases Punch Power by 20%.

Stamina Band: Raises power by 15% when you eat drumsticks.

Block Band: Raises DEF by 20%.

Lucky Band: Doubles rate of lucky hits.

Vampire Band: Restores 8% HP on punch attacks.

Hunter Band: Raises Power by 10% when you knock out a foe (max 30%).

Fury Band: When Under Fury status ailment, 20% increased POW.

Fangs

Red Hot Fangs: Raises flame power by 20%.

Power Fangs X: Raises power by 20%.

Special Fangs X: Raises maximum SP by 40%.

Special Fangs Raises maximum SP by 20%.

Intruder Fangs: Can perform two actions in one turn.

Burning Fangs: Doubles chance of flame attack's burn effect.

Block Fangs: Raises DEF by 20%.

Flashy Fangs: Worth lots of money.

Power Fangs: Raises POW by 10%.

Fury Fangs: Makes it 50% easier to become furious.

Rings

Restore Ring: Restores 10 HP and 3 SP once per turn.

Block Ring: Raises DEF by 30%.

Hard Ring: Raises DEF by 20%.

Safety Ring: Raises maximum HP by 20%.

Drumstick Ring: May use a drumstick before an action.

Glutton Ring: You can eat two drumsticks at once.

Economy Ring: Decreases SP needed for each attack by 50%.

Cheap Ring: Reduces a random attack's SP cost by 30%.

Fast Cash Ring: 2 times the coins from foes KOed on the field (small creatures killed without a battle needed).

Peace Ring: Restores 15 HP per turn.

Fill Up Ring: Restores SP once per turn.

Treasure Ring: Doubles chance of drops.

Heroic Ring: Special attack power increased by 30% but SP cost is 50% higher.

Items Gotten from Cholesteroad

This is from getting all A ranks on the infinite special attack combo mini games. Found in the Challenge Node, inside Bowser.

Master Wear: All A Ranks

Bro Socks: A Rank in Yoo Who Cannon

Siphon Gloves: A Rank in Magic Window

Daredevil Boots: A Rank in Jump Helmet

Dizzy Boots: A Rank in Super Bouncer

Advice Patch: A Rank in Spin Pipe

Challenge Medal: A Rank in Green Shell

Items from Broque Madame

From getting all A Ranks on Broque Madame's Massage based mini games, involving using Bowser's Special Attacks infinitely.

King Shell: All A Ranks

Fury Band: A Rank at Bob-omb Blitz

Bone Fangs: A Rank at Koopa Corps

Heroic Ring: A Rank at MagiKoopa Mob

Treasure Ring: A Rank at Goomba Storm

Items Bought from Shops

Star Shopping Mall

The massive department store in the top right coin of the Mall. Mario and Luigi need to be at Star Rank to shop here.

King Wear: 2500 coins

Star Wear: 3000 coins

Perfect Wear: 20 000 coins

Determination Socks: 10 000 coins

POW Grab DX: 15 000 coins

POW Boots DX: 20 000 coins

Tight Belt: 10 000 coins

Toad Square

From the gear shop inside Toad Square, in Bowser.

Picnic Wear: 30 coins

Ranger Wear: 200 coins

Provocation Socks: 50 coins

Starched Socks: 250 coins

HP Socks: 300 coins

Smallest Toad Town Gear Shop

From the smallest Gear shop in Toad Toad Mall. Mario and Luigi can be any rank and shop there.

Koopa Wear: 500 coins

Nurse Socks: 400 coins

POW Gloves: 400 coins

Thrift Charm: 1000 coins

Medium Store/Toadle's Boutique

The orange building, and Mario and Luigi must be at least Shine Rank to shop here.

Hero Wear: 1500 coins

Balm Wear: 2000 coins

SP Socks: 500 coins

Special Socks: 600 coins

Heavy Gloves: 500 coins

Item Gloves: 600 coins

Heavy Boots: 600 coins

Siphon Boots: 1000 coins

Happy Charm: 500 coins

Budget Charm: 1500 coins

For Reaching Level 40

Some items are gotten by making Mario/Luigi/Bowser reach level 40 and a secret rank. The rank is Rainbow Rank for Mario and Luigi and Final Boss Rank for Bowser.

Intruder Fangs: Final Boss Rank for Bowser.

Equipped at the Start

These are automatically equipped at the start of the game.

Mario and Luigi

Thin Wear

Bowser

Shabby Shell

From Enemies

You get these from certain enemies and bosses

Bolded are one time possible only.

In italics is an item that can be gotten only twice, once from a boss, once from a block.