Equipment

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Equipment is a customization option in Super Smash Bros. 4. Three pieces of equipment can be attached to a character, which will modify their attack, defense, and speed.

There are three classes of equipment. Orange equipment is based on weaponry and improves attack but lowers defense. Blue equipment is based on clothing and improves defense but lowers speed. Green equipment is based on footwear and improves speed but lowers attack. All three types can also bestow secondary effects, which may either be positive or negative.

Up to 3,000 pieces of equipment can be stored. Older pieces of equipment will be deleted to make room for any new equipment obtained.

Equipment Effects

Type	Effect
Brawn	Increases knockback and damage dealt. Also increases hitlag. Interestingly, the power of pummels, throws, and item throws are increased, and the likelihood of dropping an item when flinching is decreased.
Defense	Increases weight and decreases shield degeneration. Does not increase the window for perfect shield, nor provide launch resistance.
Agility	Increases walking, dashing, air speed, jump height, and fast-falling speed. Reduces landing lag, but does not increase gravity, nor falling speed. Positive speed values will lower the fighter's weight limit for holding Smash Run powers, while negative speed values increase the weight limit.

Equipment types

Equipment comes in various types, which each have three rarities. Higher rarities result in stronger stat modifications. If a piece of equipment has an extra effect, it does not show its rarity. The frequency rate of each type of equipment appears to be based on how many characters can utilize it - for example, Swords are much more common than Pikmin.

Type	Common	Uncommon	Rare
Brawn Badge		Super	Rare
Arm Cannon	Standard	Deluxe State-of-the-Art	Prototype
Banana	Ordinary	High-Quality	Exquisite
Bat	Decent	Top-Notch	Legendary
Beam Whip	Standard	Deluxe State-of-the-Art	Prototype
Blaster	Standard	Deluxe State-of-the-Art	Prototype
Boxing Gloves	Lightweight	Middleweight	Heavyweight
Drill	Light	Super	Hyper
Egg	Medium	Large	Extra-Large
Fake Nails	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Gloves	Power	High-Power	Max-Power
Hammer	100 lb.	1-ton	100-ton
Lloid	Mini	Good Ol'	Mega
Lollipop	Yummy	Delicious	Decadent
Magic Stone	Enchanted	Mystical	Mysterious
Needles	Iron	Steel	Silver
Pikmin	Dedicated	Brave	Fearless
Protein	One-Star A+	Two-Star A++	Three-Star A+++
Sacred Treasures	Heroic	Angelic	Godly
Staff	Enchanted	Purifying	Holy
Sword	Steel	Silver	Legendary
Toad	Dedicated	Brave	Fearless
Tome	Apprentice's	Expert's	Sage's
Torch	Smoldering	Burning	Blazing
X Attack		Threefold	Sixfold
Zapper	Standard	Deluxe State-of-the-Art	Prototype
Protection Badge		Super	Rare
Block	Iron	Steel	Diamond
Cape	Squire's	Knight's	King's
Clothes	Well-Worn	Stylish	Expensive
Coat	Discount	Expensive	Designer
Collar	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Dress	Enchanted	High-Quality	Exquisite
Hat	Average Joe's	Pretty Sweet	Hero's
Helmet	Light	Super	Hyper
Jacket	Rookie's	Veteran's	Master's
Mask	Enigmatic	Heroic	Vengeful
Overalls Dungarees	Ordinary	Trendy Fashionable	Vintage
Raiment	Heroic	Angelic	Godly
Ring	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Saddle	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Shell	Turtle	Iron	Diamond
Shield	Steel	Silver	Legendary
Space Suit	Standard-Issue	Deluxe State-of-the-Art	Prototype
Suit	Light	Super	Hyper
Tie	Discount	Expensive	Designer
Watch Battery	Ordinary	High-Performance	Ultra-Performance
X Defense		Threefold	Sixfold
Agility Badge		Super	Rare
Booster	Standard	Deluxe State-of-the-Art	Prototype
Boots	Well-Worn	Stylish	Expensive
Dash Mushroom		Double	Turbo
Feather	Enchanted	Shiny	Shimmering
Microchip	Ordinary	High-Performance	Ultra-Performance
Pumps Heels	Discount	Expensive	Designer
Rocketbarrel Pack	High-Speed	Mach-Speed	Light-Speed
Sandals	Nimble	Swift	Speedy
Shin Guards	Ordinary	Lightweight	Ultra-Lightweight
Shoes	Ordinary	Lightweight	Ultra-Lightweight
Turbo Boost		Deluxe State-of-the-Art	First-Class
X Speed		Threefold	Sixfold

Equipment usage

Each character has special item types they can equip. The equipment type "badges" can be equipped by any character. Items is simply the default weight limit value that the character has; this is used for Smash Run.

Character	Attack	Defense	Speed	Items
				25
				24
				25
				23
				22
				29
				27
				26
				27
				27
				24
				26
				24
				22
				24
				29
				27
				23
				21
				22
				28
				24
				22
				23
				21
				27
				25
				24
				25
				25
				23
				23
				26
				24
				23
				24
				24
				23
				23
				26
				23
				23
				24
				24
				25
				23
				25
				25
				25
				25
				25

Known equipment values

The following table collects known values for equipment that lacks any special effects.

Name	Plus Range			Minus Range
Brawn Badge	Attack +	19	21	Defense -	11	14
Super Brawn Badge	Attack +	23	43	Defense -	11	30
Rare Brawn Badge	Attack +	43	54	Defense -	23	31
Power Gloves	Attack +	26	29	Defense -	16	18
High-Power Gloves	Attack +	33	60	Defense -	17	41
Max-Power Gloves	Attack +	62	85	Defense -	35	50
Ordinary Banana	Attack +	22	22	Defense -	14	14
High-Quality Banana	Attack +	37	55	Defense -	21	35
Steel Sword	Attack +	16	19	Defense -	10	11
Silver Sword	Attack +	36	60	Defense -	18	36
Legendary Sword	Attack +	63	84	Defense -	32	54
Deluxe Arm Cannon	Attack +	36	59	Defense -	21	39
Prototype Arm Cannon	Attack +	63	63	Defense -	37	37
Large Egg	Attack +	42	55	Defense -	28	32
Silver Fake Nails	Attack +	41	60	Defense -	21	40
Gold Fake Nails	Attack +	61	73	Defense -	31	45
Yummy Lollipop	Attack +	29	29	Defense -	17	17
Delicious Lollipop	Attack +	59	59	Defense -	37	37
Decadent Lollipop	Attack +	61	66	Defense -	33	35
Deluxe Blaster	Attack +	57	60	Defense -	19	34
Prototype Blaster	Attack +	78	78	Defense -	24	53
X Attack	Attack +	25	29	Defense -	14	18
Threefold X Attack	Attack +	38	60	Defense -	22	38
Sixfold X Attack	Attack +	82	82	Defense -	46	46
Decent Bat	Attack +	28	28	Defense -	14	14
Top-Notch Bat	Attack +	34	58	Defense -	20	36
Legendary Bat	Attack +	61	65	Defense -	39	44
Brave Toad	Attack +	38	56	Defense -	19	38
Fearless Toad	Attack +	64	84	Defense -	40	51
Steel Needles	Attack +	35	60	Defense -	24	34
Silver Needles	Attack +	45	70	Defense -	24	35
100kg Hammer	Attack +	29	29	Defense -	17	17
1-Ton Hammer	Attack +	32	60	Defense -	18	37
100-Ton Hammer	Attack +	64	68	Defense -	36	38
Burning Torch	Attack +	35	48	Defense -	20	26
Blazing Torch	Attack +	74	79	Defense -	46	53
Standard Zapper	Attack +	35	58	Defense -	17	35
Deluxe Zapper	Attack +	53	59	Defense -	26	39
Prototype Zapper	Attack +	79	79	Defense -	55	55
Heroic Sacred Treasures	Attack +	20	20	Defense -	11	11
Angelic Sacred Treasures	Attack +	35	59	Defense -	19	38
Godly Sacred Treasures	Attack +	61	79	Defense -	33	41
Expert's Tome	Attack +	47	58	Defense -	23	40
Sage's Tome	Attack +	69	70	Defense -	40	45
Deluxe Beam Whip	Attack +	45	58	Defense -	27	37
Prototype Beam Whip	Attack +	73	76	Defense -	42	50
Super Drill	Attack +	40	59	Defense -	23	33
Brave Pikmin	Attack +	51	60	Defense -	29	36
Pretty Staff	Attack +	28	28	Defense -	15	15
Purifying Staff	Attack +	36	59	Defense -	22	35
Holy Staff	Attack +	62	62	Defense -	31	31
Mystical Magic Stone	Attack +	32	43	Defense -	17	29
Mysterious Magic Stone	Attack +	65	65	Defense -	39	39
One-Star Protein	Attack +	23	23	Defense -	13	13
Two-Star Protein	Attack +	35	57	Defense -	22	34
Three-Star Protein	Attack +	62	62	Defense -	36	36
Good Ol' Lloid	Attack +	38	60	Defense -	19	36
Mega Lloid	Attack +	76	76	Defense -	51	51
Middleweight Boxing Gloves	Attack +	37	45	Defense -	21	31
Protection Badge	Defense +	10	21	Speed -	5	14
Super Protection Badge	Defense +	23	43	Speed -	12	28
Rare Protection Badge	Defense +	44	60	Speed -	23	36
Ordinary Overalls	Defense +	21	21	Speed -	13	13
Trendy Overalls	Defense +	42	59	Speed -	23	39
Vintage Overalls	Defense +	64	64	Speed -	41	41
High-Quality Dress	Defense +	41	58	Speed -	20	35
Exquisite Dress	Defense +	64	70	Speed -	34	38
Light Suit	Defense +	30	30	Speed -	16	16
Super Suit	Defense +	31	60	Speed -	16	36
Hyper Suit	Defense +	61	84	Speed -	34	42
Silver Saddle	Defense +	31	45	Speed -	19	22
Expensive Tie	Defense +	42	42	Speed -	28	28
Designer Tie	Defense +	42	42	Speed -	28	28
Pretty Sweet Hat	Defense +	31	60	Speed -	15	34
Hero's Hat	Defense +	67	82	Speed -	36	48
Veteran's Jacket	Defense +	34	60	Speed -	21	36
Master's Jacket	Defense +	81	81	Speed -	42	42
X Defense	Defense +	29	29	Speed -	15	16
Threefold X Defense	Defense +	36	60	Speed -	20	40
Sixfold X Defense	Defense +	66	85	Speed -	33	56
Turtle Shell	Defense +	24	24	Speed -	15	15
Iron Shell	Defense +	41	58	Speed -	25	39
Diamond Shell	Defense +	72	72	Speed -	41	41
Warrior's Raiment	Defense +	22	22	Speed -	13	13
Angelic Raiment	Defense +	39	60	Speed -	25	37
Godly Raiment	Defense +	62	62	Speed -	40	40
High-Performance Watch Battery	Defense +	41	59	Speed -	24	38
Ultra-Performance Watch Battery	Defense +	67	67	Speed -	40	40
Heroic Mask	Defense +	43	60	Speed -	25	39
Vengeful Mask	Defense +	62	62	Speed -	42	42
Deluxe Space Suit	Defense +	40	50	Speed -	25	29
Steel Block	Defense +	42	59	Speed -	21	40
Diamond Block	Defense +	65	67	Speed -	39	45
Well-Worn Clothes	Defense +	27	28	Speed -	15	18
Stylish Clothes	Defense +	41	60	Speed -	22	35
Super Helmet	Defense +	42	54	Speed -	24	35
Knight's Cape	Defense +	32	60	Speed -	22	39
King's Cape	Defense +	65	83	Speed -	32	50
Silver Shield	Defense +	32	74	Speed -	16	46
Legendary Shield	Defense +	70	70	Speed -	39	39
Discount Coat	Defense +	21	21	Speed -	12	12
Expensive Coat	Defense +	33	58	Speed -	21	35
Designer Coat	Defense +	81	81	Speed -	42	42
Silver Collar	Defense +	43	56	Speed -	24	35
Silver Ring	Defense +	44	55	Speed -	25	30
Gold Ring	Defense +	62	62	Speed -	34	34
Agility Badge	Speed +	18	21	Attack -	9	14
Super Agility Badge	Speed +	24	43	Attack -	12	28
Rare Agility Badge	Speed +	44	59	Attack -	23	40
Ordinary Shoes	Speed +	24	30	Attack -	13	18
Lightweight Shoes	Speed +	31	60	Attack -	16	39
Ultra-Lightweight Shoes	Speed +	61	80	Attack -	34	51
Well-Worn Boots	Speed +	22	30	Attack -	11	16
Stylish Boots	Speed +	32	60	Attack -	16	37
Expensive Boots	Speed +	61	85	Attack -	32	55
X Speed	Speed +			Attack -
Threefold X Speed	Speed +	35	59	Attack -	18	38
Sixfold X Speed	Speed +	63	69	Attack -	32	42
Deluxe Booster	Speed +	33	60	Attack -	18	33
Prototype Booster	Speed +	79	79	Attack -	48	48
Expensive Heels	Speed +	38	57	Attack -	19	37
Designer Heels	Speed +	62	64	Attack -	38	40
Lightweight Shin Guards	Speed +	32	60	Attack -	22	41
Ultra-Lightweight Shin Guards	Speed +	68	84	Attack -	38	48
Swift Sandals	Speed +	35	60	Attack -	22	36
Speedy Sandals	Speed +	71	71	Attack -	48	48
Double Dash Mushroom	Speed +	36	57	Attack -	20	36
Turbo Dash Mushroom	Speed +	65	65	Attack -	40	40
Sonic-Speed Rocketbarrel Pack	Speed +	36	54	Attack -	18	32
High-Performance Microchip	Speed +	33	59	Attack -	19	36
Ultra-Performance Microchip	Speed +	67	67	Attack -	43	43
Mega Turbo Boost	Speed +	33	46	Attack -	21	31
Deluxe Turbo Boost	Speed +	38	56	Attack -	19	34
First-Class Turbo Boost	Speed +	67	73	Attack -	38	40
Shiny Feather	Speed +	31	47	Attack -	21	29
Shimmering Feather	Speed +	83	83	Attack -	53	53

Known equipment effects

The following table collects all known effects found on equipment. Negative effects (shown in red) may in fact be desirable if the player thinks they can handle them, as any equipment with a negative effect is balanced by a much smaller stat penalty relative to its primary stat boost. Likewise, equipment with positive effects usually have larger stat penalties (as well as smaller stat bonuses) as a trade-off.

Effect	In-game description	Notes
Sprinter	1.3x running speed.
Stroller	0.8x running speed.
Glider	1.25x lateral air movement speed.
Antiglide	0.8x lateral air movement speed.
Leaper	1.2x jump height.
Antileap	0.8x jump height.
Speed Skater	1.5x movement speed on land, but watch that you don't slip!
Hi-Jump	1.3x jump height from the ground.
Lo-Jump	0.7x jump height from the ground.
Double-Jump Boost	1.3x midair jump height.
Double-Jump Drag	0.7x midair jump height.
Thistle Jump	0.6x speed when falling.
Anchor Jump	1.4x speed when falling.
Speed Walker	1.3x walking speed.
Meanderer	0.8x walking speed.
Lingering Edge	Hang on to the edges of stages for twice as long.
Hasty Edge	Hang on to the edges of stages for half as long.
Gluey Edge	Increased range for grabbing stage edges.
Tough Edge	Decreased range for grabbing stage edges.
Hard Braker	Stop on a dime even when dashing.
Perfect-Shield Helper	More easily nullify attacks when blocking at the last second.
Imperfect Shield	Only get a normal shield no matter how good your timing is.
Shield Regenerator	Recharge your shield more quickly.
Shield Degenerator	Recharge your shield more slowly.
Air Defender	0.75x damage received when in midair.
Air Piñata	1.2x damage received when in midair.
Nimble Dodger	Gives a little extra time to dodge an enemy attack.
Dodgy Dodger	Gives a bit less time to dodge an enemy attack.
Smooth Lander	Start moving again more quickly after landing.
Crash Lander	After landing, take more time to start moving again.
Quick Smasher	Charge smash attacks faster when holding the attack button.
Hyper Smasher	Charge smash attacks for longer to get 1.3x power.
Air Attacker	1.15x attack power while airborne.
Air Pushover	0.75x attack power while airborne.
Meteor Master	1.5x power when using moves that launch opponents downward.
Desperate Attacker	1.7x attack power for 20 seconds when damage reaches 100%.
Desperate Defender	Take 0.33x damage for 20 seconds when damage reaches 100%.
Desperate Speedster	1.55x speed for 20 seconds when damage reaches 100%.
Desperate Specialist	Slowly increase attack, defense, and speed for 20 seconds when damage reaches 100%.
Desperate Immortal	Gain 7 seconds of invincibility when your damage reaches 100%.
Unharmed Attacker	1.5x attack power while damage is at 0%.
Unharmed Speedster	1.32x speed while damage is at 0%.
Unharmed Speed Demon	Attack and speed gradually increase while damage is at 0%.
Trade-off Attacker	1.15x attack power from the start of the match...as well as 30% damage.
Trade-off Defender	Start the match with 30% damage, but take only 0.8x damage from attacks.
Trade-off Speedster	1.3x speed from the start of the match...as well as 30% damage.
All-around Trade-off	Start with 60% damage but slowly gain attack, defense, and speed.
Moon Launcher	1.3x attack power when launching enemies upward.
Vampire	When directly striking an opponent, may recover health relative to damage inflicted.
No-Flinch Smasher	You cannot be launched by standard attacks when charging a smash attack.
Critical Hitter	Attacks get a 20% chance of dealing extra damage.	Critical hits do 3.0x damage.
Insult to Injury	1.4x damage when hitting a prone opponent.
First Striker	If you land the first strike of the battle, you will be invincible for 10 seconds.	Extra effect will never activate when the player is fighting Master Hand.
Countdown	Greatly improved launch power for the last five seconds of a battle.
Speed Crasher	Do damage to an opponent if you crash into them while dashing.	Damage dealt based on distance travelled.
Shield Exploder	Shield against an attack with perfect timing to create an explosion.	Does 15% damage.
Shield Healer	Recover health when shielding relative to the power of received attacks.
Shield Reflector	When shielding, reflect some damage back at your attackers.
Escape Artist	Escape more easily from being grabbed, stunned, etc.
Item Hurler	1.5x attack power to thrown items.
Item Lobber	0.7x attack power to thrown items.
Item Hitter	1.5x attack power to battering items.
Item Pitcher	Item-throwing range increased.
Item Shooter	1.5x attack power and ammo for items that fire projectiles.
Quick Batter	Faster smash attacks when using the Home-Run Bat.
Star Rod	Start battles with a Star Rod. Wave it to fire star-shaped projectiles.
Lip's Stick	Start battles with a Lip's Stick. Hit an opponent to plant a damaging flower.
Super Scope	Start battles with a Super Scope. Attack with charge shots or rapid fire!
Ray Gun	Start battles with a Ray Gun. Blast your foes with lasers!
Fire Flower	Start battles with a Fire Flower. Roast your enemies!
Beam Sword	Start battles with a Beam Sword. The stronger the attack, the longer the reach.
Home-Run Bat	Start battles with a Home-Run Bat. Use smash attacks and aim for the stands!
Bob-omb	Start battles with a Bob-omb. Just don't hold on to it for too long...
Mr. Saturn	Start matches with Mr. Saturn. He does huge damage to fighters' shields.
Food Lover	1.5x damage healed when eating food.
Picky Eater	0.7x damage healed when eating food.
Crouch Healer	Slowly heal damage while crouching.	Heals 3% every 2 seconds.
Caloric Attacker	1.4x attack power for 15 seconds after eating food.
Caloric Speedster	1.38x speed for 15 seconds after eating food.
Caloric Defender	0.5x damage received for 15 seconds after eating food.
Caloric Powerhouse	Attack, defense, and speed rise gradually for 15 seconds after eating food.
KO Healer	Recover damage when you KO an enemy.	Heals 15%.
Caloric Immortal	Become invincible for 5 seconds after eating food.
Auto-Healer	Heal damage gradually over time.	Heals 2% every 3 seconds.
Smash Ball Attractor	Automatically draw Smash Balls to you.
Pity Final Smasher	After a KO, return to battle ready to use your Final Smash.
Smash Ball Clinger	When glowing with your Final Smash, resist losing it when attacked.
Super Final Smasher	Attack, defense, and speed rise gradually while you have the Final Smash glow.
Final Smash Healer	Heal damage gradually while you have the Final Smash glow.
Double Final Smasher	After using a Final Smash, you have a 20% chance of being able to use it again.
Sudden Death Gambler	Get a 50% chance of going into Sudden Death with only 100% damage.
Safe Respawner	Invincibility will last three times as long after being KO'd.
Risky Respawner	Get no invincibility after being KO'd.

Trivia

• The names of the Pokémon-exclusive equipment reference battle items in the Pokémon games that would boost a Pokémon's stat.
  • The uncommon and rare variations may be based on the Wonder Launcher items in Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, which can boost a Pokémon's stats by three or six stages at once rather than one.
  • The icons for these types of equipment are identical to Pokémon's pre-Brawl series symbol.
• Charizard is the only character to be able to use two types of specialized (i.e. non-badge) equipment within the same category, having both access to X Attack and Fake Nails in the attack category. This also makes it the only Pokémon character that can use something other than badges and the Pokémon equipment.
• Dr. Mario and Ganondorf are the only clones (counting semi-clones) not to share all 3 types of equipment with their respective parent clones.
  • Conversely, Wario, Ike and the Pokémon characters are the only non-clones to share all equipment types with at least one other character.
• The "Unharmed" ability is glitched. If one takes a "Trade-Off" item along with an "Unharmed" item, the "Unharmed" effect does not disappear upon taking damage.