Running out of Flower Points (FP) in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door can make combat more tedious than it needs to be. FP can be restored with Special Moves such as Sweet Treat and Sweet Feast, but if you don't have Star Points (SP), then you'll have to rely on items. Gradual Syrup is one of several FP-replenishing items that you can use in Thousand-Year Door. Unlike Honey Syrup or Maple Syrup, Gradual Syrup will slowly restore FP in battle. If you have something stronger like a Jammin' Jelly, then you might get more use out of a Gradual Syrup through cooking than you would in battle.

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - How to Get Inky Sauce

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Inky Sauce is a good FP-restoring item, but it can also be used in cooking, so here's how you can get it.

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Where to Find Gradual Syrup

Deepdown Depot

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To get a Gradual Syrup, you're going to have to buy one for 15 Coins at Deepdown Depot in Rogueport. In order to reach Deepdown Depot, you'll have to unlock the western half of Rogueport. This is the same area where you can find the Pianta Parlor and Happy Lucky Lottery.

If you haven't done so already, you'll need to give Zess T. A Contact Lens in order to access Rogueport West. This can be obtained from Toad Bros. Bazaar (located in Rogueport Plaza) for 10 Coins.

Here's how to find Deepdown Depot:

  1. Once you're in Rogueport West, look for a grate in the middle of the road. You'll need to have Mario turn sideways (ZR-button) to fall down into Rogueport Sewers.
  2. From here, go right and jump across the platforms. Enter the rightmost exit to reach Rogueport Underground.
  3. Head to the center of Rogueport Underground (where the fountain is located), and you'll notice an "elevator" on the northern wall. Wait for it to lower, hop on, then enter the building on the right side.

You can also reach Rogueport Underground from the east side by using Bobbery's Ability on the column outside Merluvlee's House.

How to Use Gradual Syrup

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Gradual Syrup will recover 2 FP for ten turns. Since Mario and his partner share FP, it doesn't matter who you use it on. However, unlike regular Syrups, Gradual Syrup cannot be used outside of battle.

If the FP-recovery is too slow, then you can use Gradual Syrup in cooking. Visit Zess T. In Rogueport Plaza, and have her cook it into the following recipes:

Ingredient #1

Ingredient #2

Effect

Fresh Juice

Gradual Syrup

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Restores 5 FP and cures Poison.

Fruit Parfait

Gradual Syrup

Keel Mango

Restores 10 HP and 2 FP.

Honey Syrup

Gradual Syrup

Point Swap

Restores 5 FP.

Mushroom Roast

Gradual Syrup

Mushroom

Restores 15 HP and 5 FP.

Zess Dinner

Gradual Syrup

Life Mushroom

Restores 10 HP and 10 FP.

Zess Cookie

Gradual Syrup

Cake Mix

Restores 15 HP and 15 FP.

Zess Special

Gradual Syrup

Ultra Mushroom

Restores 20 HP and 20 FP.

You won't be able to cook with two ingredients until you get the Cookbook key item. This can be obtained in the first room of Creepy Steeple, which can be entered via Tube Mode. The Cookbook is part of a Trouble that Zess T. Will post at the Trouble Center once you've completed Chapter 4.

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Collect the Crystal Stars before the bad guys do: The X-Nauts are after the treasure behind the Thousand-Year Door! With a map from Princess Peach—and the help of a few locals—Mario must journey through a colorful world made of paper to find it first.
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