A challenge in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a goal that must be met, usually requiring the player to use a certain character, input certain moves, play against a specific level AI, etc. Below is a list of all 124 challenges. Completion of a goal may net the player gold, Spirit Points, spirits, or a costume/hat accessory. Each challenge comes with a picture as well, normally having something to do with said challenge.
A Golden Hammer can be used on challenges to complete them. Golden Hammers are unlocked after a certain amount of challenges have been completed. Certain challenges cannot be completed with a Golden Hammer; these are marked as red cells. All other (white) cells can be broken by a Golden Hammer.
Challenges are sorted by the gameplay category where their conditions must be met. Due to this, it has been split into multiple sections below.
| Red indicates that a Golden Hammer may not be used |
Smash
The reward of clearing all challenges in the Smash page is 12,000 Gold.
| Image | Title | Description | Reward |
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Simon | As Simon, use a Final Smash. | Yoko Belnades (Spirit) |
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Mr. Game & Watch | KO an opponent by hitting them with a 9 from Mr. Game & Watch's side special, Judge. | Flagman (Spirit) |
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Dark Samus | Play Custom Smash with 5 or more special conditions. | Health Drain (Item) |
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Chain Chomp | As Pac-Man, get a score of 7650 with his Final Smash. | Namco Arcade '80s Retro Medley 1 (Music) |
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Squirtle | KO an opponent by using an item. | Snack (M) x10 |
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Luigi | KO 3 people within 10 seconds of starting in Super Sudden Death. | Ninja Suit (Outfit) |
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Ice Climbers | Battle with eight fighters. | 3000 Gold |
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Little Mac | As Little Mac, hit an opponent with a KO Uppercut in Boxing Ring. | Bear Hugger (Spirit) |
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Incineroar | As Incineroar, deal 40% or more damage to an opponent with a single attack. | Mecha Suit (Outfit) |
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Inkling | As Inkling, bury a Lv. 9 CPU into the ground 3 times with the side special, Splat Roller. | Inkling (Boy) (Spirit) |
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Robin | As Robin, use a flurry attack to KO a Lv. 9 CPU in a 2-player battle. This must be done within 3 minutes, with spirits off, and without handicaps. | Duty (Ablaze) (Music) |
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Cloud | As Cloud, hit an opponent with his side special, Cross Slash, while the Limit Gauge is charged. | Cloud (Advent Children) (Spirit) |
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Isabelle | As Isabelle, damage an opponent 5 times in a single battle with her side special, Fishing Rod. | Isabelle Hat (Headgear) |
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Yoshi | Beat a Lv. 9 CPU by at least 3 points in a 2-player battle. This must be done within 3 minutes, with spirits off, and without handicaps. | Shield Spacer (Item) x6 |
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Daisy | Beat a Lv. 5 CPU by at least 3 points in a 2-player battle. This must be done within 3 minutes, with spirits off, and without handicaps. | 1500 Spirit Points |
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Sheik | Beat a Lv. 3 CPU by at least 3 points in a 2-player battle. This must be done within 3 minutes, with spirits off, and without handicaps. | 1000 Spirit Points |
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King K. Rool | Beat a Lv. 9 CPU by at least 2 points in a 2-player stock or stamina battle. This must be done with spirits off, and without handicaps. | 2000 Gold |
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Dr. Mario | Beat a Lv. 5 CPU by at least 2 points in a 2-player stock or stamina battle. This must be done with spirits off, and without handicaps. | 1200 Gold |
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Pichu | Beat a Lv. 5 CPU in a 2-player battle. You must have a 300% handicap, the CPU must have a 0% handicap, and spirits must be off. | Aryll (Spirit) |
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Bowser | Beat a Lv. 3 CPU in a 2-player battle. You must have a 300% handicap, the CPU must have a 0% handicap, and spirits must be off. | All Primaries (Item) x5 |
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Ryu | Beat a Lv. 9 CPU in a 2-player battle. This must be done with 500 stamina, with spirits off, and without handicaps. | 4000 Gold |
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Captain Falcon | Beat a Lv. 5 CPU in a 2-player battle. This must be done with 500 stamina, with spirits off, and without handicaps. | 1500 Gold |
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Ridley | Use Ridley's down special, Skewer, for a critical hit on an opponent 4 times within a single battle. | Meta Ridley (Spirit) |
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Donkey Kong | Reach 250% or more during battle. | Sandbag (Spirit) |
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Donkey Kong | Against 4 Lv. 9 CPUs, KO 3 opponents with a meteor smash. This must be done within 3 minutes, with spirits off, and without handicaps. | Classic Ticket |
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Villager | Get 3 KOs within the first minute of a battle. | Goo-Goo Buggy (Spirit) |
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Smash Ball | Finish a 32-participant Tourney with a human player as the winner. | 1000 Spirit Points |
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Bayonetta | Finish a Squad Strike. | 800 Gold |
Classic Mode
The reward of clearing all challenges in the Classic Mode page is a Classic Ticket x5.
| Image | Title | Description | Reward |
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Zelda | Clear intensity 9.9. | Regal Crown (Headgear) |
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Snake | As Snake, clear intensity 5.0 without using any continues. | Calling to the Night (Music) |
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Wendy | KO a total of 15 opponents in Horde Battle. | 1500 Gold |
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King K. Rool | As King K. Rool, reach the goal in Bonus Game within 45 seconds. | Klaptrap (Spirit) |
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Inkling | Get 1,400,000 or more points in the credits. | Classic Ticket |
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Pichu | KO fighters from Pokémon 20 times. | Battle! (Wild Pokémon) - Pokémon Diamond/Pokémon Pearl (Music) |
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Link | Defeat the Demon King, Ganon. | Champion's Outfit (Outfit) |
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Greninja | As Greninja, score 98,000 points or more in Bonus Game. | Lugia (Spirit) |
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Richter | Defeat Dracula. | Black Night (Music) |
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Lucina | KO fighters from Fire Emblem 20 times. | Ike (Path of Radiance) (Spirit) |
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Pikachu | KO giant fighters 5 times. | Sluggish Shield (Item) x3 |
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Wii Fit Trainer | Use a ticket 3 times. | Cappy Hat (Headgear) |
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King Dedede | Play 8 total rounds of Team Battle. | Snack (M) x5 |
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Mega Man | As Mega Man, clear Classic Mode. | Mega Man Retro Medley (Music) |
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Palutena | As Palutena, clear Classic Mode. | Daybreak (Spirit) |
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Donkey Kong | Clear Classic Mode with an intensity of 3.0 or higher. | 2500 Gold |
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Maxim Tomato | Obtain 5 recovery items and clear Classic Mode. | Pig (Spirit) |
Spirit Board
The reward of clearing all challenges in the Spirit Board page is a Snack (L) x20.
| Image | Title | Description | Reward |
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Ness | Win against an Advanced class 3 times without using a spirit team. | Karin (Spirit) |
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Toon Link | Free 10 spirits in a row without hitting the shield or using Free the Spirit items. | Zero (Metal Gear Solid 3) (Spirit) |
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Sonic | Use 10 board items on the Spirit Board. | All Supports (Item) x3 |
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Special Flag | Get 3000SP (Spirit Points). | Jelfonzo (Spirit) |
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Mewtwo | Win against a Novice class 20 times. | Snack (M) x10 |
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Isabelle | Challenge an Advanced class 10 times. | Shuffle All (Item) x3 |
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Little Mac | Win against an Ace class. | Sluggish Shield (Item) x2 |
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Tiki | Use a spirit team in a battle against a Spirit Board opponent. | Rematch (Item) x2 |
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Link | Win against a Legend class. | Increase the max number of Spirit Board targets |
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Incineroar | Win against a Legend class 10 times. | Classic Ticket x3 |
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Ice Climbers | Seek out a bounty target 30 times. | Increase the max number of Spirit Board targets |
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King Dedede | Have 4 or more bounties waiting to appear. | Filler (Item) x5 |
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Peach | Use a battle item 10 times. | Weaken Minions (Item) x3 |
Spirits
The reward of clearing all challenges in the Spirits page is Smash Ball (spirit).
| Image | Title | Description | Reward |
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Villager | Enhance a spirit 5 times in Level Up. | 10,000 Spirit Points |
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Mewtwo | Obtain a Legend class by using Summon. | Snack (L) x5 |
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Chef Kawasaki | Get 10 cores from dismissing spirits. | Damage 50% (Item) x3 |
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Young Link | Sell items 5 times in Items. | Snack (M) x5 |
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Ivysaur | Leave a spirit at the Dojo 3 times. | 2000 Gold |
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Shulk | Leave a spirit at the Gym 3 times. | 1500 Spirit Points |
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Isabelle | Leave a spirit at Explore 3 times. | Snack (M) x8 |
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Inkling | Collect 10 unique spirits. | Agitha (Spirit) |
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Bomberman | Collect 777 unique spirits. | Dr. Wright (Spirit) |
Adventure
The reward of clearing all challenges in the Adventure page is 10,000 Spirit Points. Some of the challenges are unable to be hit by a Golden Hammer until the player reaches a certain point in World of Light.
| Image | Title | Description | Reward |
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Roy | Awaken a fighter. | Mappo (Spirit) |
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Dr. Mario | Awaken 25 fighters. | Geo Stelar & Omega-Xis (Spirit) |
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Isabelle | Awaken 50 fighters. | Elma (Spirit) |
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Pichu | Awaken all fighters. | Manaphy (Spirit) |
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Fox | Battle in Adventure mode and rescue 100 spirits. | 5000 Spirit Points |
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Kirby | Unlock the Gym. | Minor Circuit (Music) |
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Bayonetta | Unlock a Dojo. | 800 Spirit Points |
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Yoshi | Unlock Explore. | 800 Spirit Points |
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Wario | Unlock a Store. | 1200 Spirit Points |
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Peach | Unlock all facilities. | Classic Ticket |
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Rosalina & Luma | Obtain an Adventure Skill. | Snack (M) x8 |
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Drill | Obtain all Adventure Skills. | Classic Ticket x3 |
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Mario | Remove an obstacle on the map using a spirit's abilities. | 2000 Gold |
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King K. Rool | Remove all obstacles in the Light Realm. | Clip & Snip (Spirit) |
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Olimar | Open 20 treasure chests. | Putty (Spirit) |
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Galeem | Win against Galeem. | Galeem (Music) |
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Dharkon | Win against Dharkon. | Dharkon (Music) |
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Galeem & Dharkon | See the true ending. | Galeem/Dharkon (Music) |
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Hocotate Bomb | Clear Adventure mode. | Masked Man (Spirit) |
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Inkling | Start New Game+. | 20,000 Spirit Points |
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Bowser Jr. | Rescue 30 spirits in Adventure mode. | Toy-Con Visor (Headgear) |
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PAC-MAN | Rescue 60 spirits in Adventure mode. | Toy-Con Outfit (Outfit) |
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Lucina | Win in all the battles. | Dragoon (Spirit) |
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Duck Hunt | Win in the final round without being KO'd. | Mew (Spirit) |
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Ganondorf | As Ganondorf, clear the first stage of the final battle without being KO'd. | Majora's Mask (Headgear) |
Games & More
The reward of clearing all challenges in the Games & More page is 9000 Gold.
| Image | Title | Description | Reward |
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Link | Play Century Smash alone on Great Plateau Tower, and clear it within 5 minutes. | Champion's Wig (Headgear) |
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Ken | As Ken, clear Century Smash alone using only special moves. | Classic Ticket x3 |
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Wolf | As Wolf, clear Century Smash alone within 5 minutes. | 2500 Gold |
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Pit | Play Century Smash alone and clear it within 4 minutes. | Masked Lumen (Spirit) |
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Luigi | As Luigi, play solo All-Star Smash and deal damage with a taunt 3 times. | Mario (Wedding) (Spirit) |
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Mega Man | Play All-Star Smash alone, and KO an opponent with a meteor smash. | Snack (M) x12 |
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Villager | Play All-Star Smash alone and KO an opponent 3 times. | 1000 Spirit Points |
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Captain Falcon | Get 3 KOs in Cruel Smash while playing solo. | 3000 Gold |
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Sandbag | Get 20 continuous hits in Training. | Lion (Spirit) |
Other
The reward of clearing all challenges in the Other page is 2000 Spirit Points.
| Image | Title | Description | Reward |
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Rosalina & Luma | Get 10 types of Mii Headgear. | Cat Hat (Headgear) |
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Snake | Get 10 types of Mii Outfits. | Cat Suit (Outfit) |
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Ness | Have the game powered on for a total of 20 hours. | Prince's Crown (Headgear) |
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Peach | Purchase an item during a Sunday sale in the Vault Shop. | Piantas (Spirit) |
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Mario | Acquire a total of 5000G or more. | Yakuman Player (Spirit) |
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Lucas | Acquire a total of 7777 Spirit Points (SP) or more. | Snack (M) x5 |
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R.O.B. | Create a playlist in Sounds. | Vault (Music) |
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Jigglypuff | Have access to 750 or more music tracks in Sounds. | Final Destination Ver. 2 (Music) |
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Mii Brawler | Create 3 Mii Fighters. | Business Suit (Outfit) |
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Wii Fit Trainer | Unlock 10 fighters. Mii Fighters don’t count towards the total, but DLC characters do. | 1500 Gold |
Online
This page was unavailable in the base game until the 1.1.0 update. The reward of clearing all challenges in the Online page is 3000 Gold.
| Image | Title | Description | Reward |
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Falco | Get a total of 100 KOs. | 3000 Gold |
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Corrin | Complete 50 Quickplay battles. | 600 Gold |
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Lucario | Complete 100 Quickplay battles. | 1200 Gold |
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Bowser | Complete 200 Quickplay battles. | 2400 Gold |
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Squirtle | Defeat an opponent with a higher Global Smash Power than you 5 times in Quickplay. | Slow FS Charging (Item) x3 |
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Incineroar | Defeat an opponent with a higher Global Smash Power than you 10 times in Quickplay. | Shield Spacer (Item) x3 |
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Ganondorf | Use at least 10 different fighters in Quickplay. | Disable Items (Item) x5 |
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Spring Man | Use at least 30 different fighters in Quickplay. | Rematch (Item) x3 |
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Samus | Get 3 KOs in a single Quickplay battle. | Snack (M) x5 |
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Mario | Claim 5 smash tags. | 1000 Spirit Points |
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Ness | Claim 10 smash tags. | 2000 Spirit Points |
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Squid Sisters | Claim 50 smash tags. | 3000 Spirit Points |
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Little Mac | Participate in 10 arena battles. | Snack (M) x7 |
Trivia
- Unlike in past games, when a Golden Hammer is used to clear a challenge and then finish that challenge later, the hammer icon next to that challenge's description will be removed.
- Like in Smash 4 some challenge pictures feature images that normally are impossible to mimic in the actual game.
- Some of the challenge pictures are references events or situations to various games:
- The picture of Cloud and Zelda in Tortimer Island references Aerith's death from Final Fantasy VII, specifically the scene where Cloud lays Aerith's body to rest in the waters of the Forgotten City. Coincidentally, the reason behind her death, Sephiroth, was added into Ultimate two years later.
- The picture showing Ken and Yoshi with his back turned is a reference to the recurring Street Fighter character Akuma and his signature attack, the Shun Goku Satsu.
- The picture of Snake, Bayonetta and Zero Suit Samus in Gerudo Valley is a possible reference to the fight against Sniper Wolf in Metal Gear Solid, specifically to her death following the battle.
- The picture of Mega Man and Dr. Wily in Wily Castle references a running gag at the end of every classic Mega Man game, where Dr. Wily would beg for mercy after being defeated. Mega Man attempting to shoot a Crash Bomber at Wily may specifically reference the ending of Mega Man 7, where Mega Man attempted to kill Wily.
- Toon Link's Spirit Board image references the Swiss folktale of William Tell, an archer who was forced to shoot an apple off his son's head.
- Pokémon Trainer is the only playable base game character to not appear in a challenge image; he is absent from the mode.
- Inkling and Isabelle are in the most challenge titles, with four each.
- Coincidentally, they are both female newcomers.
- 67 of the 76 playable characters in the base game are in a challenge title, with the remaining characters being Marth, Chrom, Dark Pit, Zero Suit Samus, Ike, Charizard (along with Pokémon Trainer), Diddy Kong, Mii Swordfighter, and Mii Gunner.
- This makes Chrom the only base game newcomer to not be in a challenge title.
- Wendy is the only alternate character in a challenge title.