Sprinkles

**Sprinkles** are beneficial items that are unlocked at certain parts of the game. They can be used at any time between turns during combat and exploration. As the player recovers more faces, the amount of HP and MP Sprinkles allotted to the player will increase. There are 5 different kinds of Sprinkles.

In addition to Sprinkles, the player may influence the battle with the **Safe Spot**.The Safe Spot allows the player to place a party member in the back lines to recover from dangerous status effects. While they are there, they cannot attack or be attacked. They are essentially in a timeout zone to help get them back in the game. However, it cannot be used while venturing solo. If the rest of the party is taken down, or cannot be interacted with (due to status effects such as Blown or Eat), the user is ejected from the Safe Spot and cannot be placed back in, unless another party member is revived or returns to the battlefield. For example, the Cleric's resurrection skills, Life Sprinkles, or defeating a Hamburger to return an eaten Mii to the battlefield.

1. Amount depends on how long the A button is held or how hard the shaker is shook. Longer/harder gives more.

2. Red crosshairs are pointed at the party for the first time, during the battle against Robo-"Traveler".

3. If an attack induces damage and status effect simultaneously, status effect will still apply, while damage is blocked. This also applies to attacks that forcibly reduce the party's HP to one, which bypass shield protection.

## Upgrades

### HP Sprinkles

For **every 50 faces saved up to 400, 5 HP Sprinkles are gained**. From there, **every 50 faces saved nets 20 Sprinkles until 2,500 faces saved, where 199 are gained to reach the 999 cap**. Note that if the HP Sprinkles are never unlocked, the player will not unlock it through the upgrade. The player must unlock it by having at least one Mii at critical health.

### MP Sprinkles

For **every 100 faces saved up to 500, 5 MP Sprinkles are gained, and at 600, 15 are gained**. From there, **every 100 faces saved nets 20 Sprinkles until 2,500 faces are saved, where 100 are gained to reach the 500 cap**. Also note that, similar to the HP Sprinkles, the MP Sprinkles will not be unlocked through the upgrade and can only be accessed by having at least one Mii at a low MP relative to its current maximum.

### Safe Spot

The **Safe Spot is first upgraded at 300 faces saved**, and the next upgrade is at 550 faces saved. From there, **every 200 faces saved will increase the effectiveness of the Safe Spot until 1,750 faces saved**, where instead it takes 250 faces saved for each upgrade. Once again, similar to the two Sprinkles, the Safe Spot is not unlocked by getting the upgrade if it is not unlocked previously. A status effect must be put on a Mii to unlock it. Additionally, the safe spot will not unlock if a party member is inflicted with a status effect that can be caused through personality traits and move abilities (Sleep, Anger, Crying, etc.). It also won't unlock if a party member is surprised by a monster hiding in tall grass. Lastly, if there is only one member in the active party, the safe spot will never unlock, no matter what the Mii is affected by.

## Life, Shield, and Hyper Sprinkles

These sprinkles can't and will not upgrade, as when they are granted by the Guardian Spirit, they are at their maximum amount. Life Sprinkles can only be used once, but Shield and Hyper Sprinkles can be used five times. Hyper Sprinkles may wear off by having the Excite status effect for a certain amount of time, while the Shield Sprinkles don't wear off unless an enemy hits a party member affected with the Shield Sprinkles. In this case, the Shield breaks and disappears.

## Trivia

### Sprinkles

* The HP and MP Sprinkles are the only type of Sprinkles that can be used outside battle.
* Hyper Sprinkles, when applied, overwrite other emotion-based status effects, such as Crying or Gleeful.
* Hyper Sprinkles cannot be used on a Mii with a physical status effect such as Burning or Sleep.
* Shield Sprinkles can remove Barriers from the Mage's Barrier and the Elf's Forest Aegis, and vice versa.
* Shields from Shield Sprinkles are retained if a Mii is blown away.
* When the player is in the Sprinkles menu, a Mii will look up at the selected Sprinkles they need. For example, if a Mii has taken damage, they'll look up at the selected HP Sprinkles; if a Mii is on full HP, they will look straight ahead.
* Miis will look up at both Shield and Hyper Sprinkles if they haven't been used on them, but will never look up at Life Sprinkles.

### Safe Spot

* The Safe Spot can remove all status effects, even positive effects, except Gleeful.
* Recovery in the Safe Spot can be boosted by teammates activating Get Well Soon, or the Horse activating Snuggle Up *(Nintendo Switch version only)*.

## Flavor Text

* *"[Mii]'s HP is full!"* (When a party member reaches max HP upon using HP Sprinkles)
* *"[Mii] is at max HP!"* (When attempting to use HP Sprinkles on a party member whose HP is full)
* *"[Mii]'s MP is full!"* (When a party member reaches max MP upon using MP Sprinkles)
* *"[Mii] is at max MP!"* (When attempting to use MP Sprinkles on a party member whose MP is full)
* *"[Mii] was revived!"* (When successfully using Life Sprinkles on a defeated party member)
* *"[Mii] got hyped!"* (When using Hyper Sprinkles on a party member)
* *"[Mii] is already hyper!"* (When attempting to use Hyper Sprinkles on a party member who already has the Excite status effect)
* *"[Mii] can't go hyper now!"* (When attempting to use Hyper Sprinkles on a party member afflicted with a physical status effect such as Sleep)
* *"[Mii] is protected!"* (When using Shield Sprinkles on a party member)
* *"[Mii] is already protected!"* (When attempting to use Shield Sprinkles on a party member who already has a shield)
* *"No Sprinkles left!"* (Upon using up all HP/MP Sprinkles on a Mii)
* *"It's empty!"* (When attempting to use any type of Sprinkles when there is none left)
* *"No effect now!"* (When attempting to use any non-Life Sprinkles on a defeated party member)
* *"Not needed now!"* (When attempting to use Life, Hyper or Shield Sprinkles outside battle, or attempting to use Life Sprinkles on a party member still standing)
* *"Not on your own!"* (Attempting to use the Safe Spot when only one party member is standing)

## Gallery

The menu in the 3DS version.The menu in the Nintendo Switch version.A Warrior receives HP Sprinkles (Switch version).