Baseball bat

Baseball bats are used as weapons in all of the Mother games, primarily in the first and second games. They are mainly used by Ninten and Ness, and occasionally Lucas. Their main purpose is to increase a character's Offense, although some bats have additional effects.

In Mother

The baseball bats in Mother are equippable items that only are usable by Ninten. There is a total of four different bats that can be obtained throughout the game, with varying Offense increasing values.

Plastic Bat

The Plastic Bat (ボロのバット Worn-Out Bat) is the weakest offense-affecting equipment in the game, only increasing Ninten's offense by 3. It can be purchased for $80 in the department store of Podunk; it can otherwise be found in presents in the basement of Ninten's house, in the northwestern portion of Sweet's Little Factory, and in the second classroom from the right on the second floor of Twinkle Elementary School.

In-game description

"This weapon is OK for Ninten. USE it!"

Wooden Bat

The Wooden Bat (ふつうのバット Ordinary Bat) increases Ninten's offense by 12 when equipped. It can be purchased for $500 in the department stores of Podunk and Merrysville.

In-game description

"Ninten, USE this weapon to fight with weak enemies."

Aluminum Bat

The Aluminum Bat, alternatively AluminumBat, (いいバット Good Bat) increases Ninten's offense by 30 when equipped. It can be purchased for $1000 in the department stores of Merrysville and Reindeer.

In-game description

"With this weapon Ninten can easily fight tougher enemies."

Hank's Bat

Hank's Bat (さいこうのバット Supreme Bat) is Ninten's best offense-affecting equipment, increasing his offense by 48. It can only be obtained from a present in the maze-like caves of Mt. Itoi, where Ana's and Teddy's most powerful offense-increasing items coincidentally also are found, being the Iron Skillet and Katana, respectively.

If Hank's Bat would get confiscated by the police in Ellay, it can be rebought for $1400 from a policeman in the city's police station.

In-game description

"This awesome bat was personally autographed."

In EarthBound

List of baseball bats in EarthBound
Name		Japanese		Offense	Price	Additional effects		Where to obtain
Cracked bat		ボロのバット Worn-out bat		+4	$18
Tee ball bat		ふつうのバット Ordinary bat		+8	$48
Sand lot bat		いいバット Good bat		+15	$98
Minor league bat		とてもいいバット Excellent bat		+26	$399
Mr. Baseball bat		ミスターのバット Mister's bat		+38	$498
T-rex's bat		ゴヂラのバット Godzilla bat		+48	$698
Big league bat		ゴージャスなバット Gorgeous bat			$3080 (in Summers) $1380 (in Scaraba)			Summers Scaraba
Hall of fame bat		さいこうのバット Supreme bat		+62	$1880
Ultimate bat		きゅうきょくバット Ultimate bat			$2298	+68
Magicant bat		マジカントバット Magicant bat		+80	N/A			Sea of Eden
Legendary bat		でんせつのバット Legendary bat		+110	N/A			Cave of the Past (present)
Gutsy bat		ガッツのバット Guts bat		+100	N/A	+127 Guts		Dropped by Bionic Kraken 1/128 chance
Casey bat		かたにちからバット All-your-Might bat		+125	N/A	Misses 3/4 of the time

Artwork of the Tee ball bat from EarthBound.

In Mother 3

Name	Japanese	Cost	Offense	Other effects
Fake Bat	ニセバット	20000 DP	+30	×
Real Bat	ホンモノのバット	×	+100	PP +50

Trivia

• The Fake Bat has a separate attack sound effect from Lucas's usual combo sound effects.

Lucas's regular combo sound effect.

Lucas's sound effect when holding the Fake Bat.

Gallery

Gallery

Art of one of the Plastic Bat (Worn-Out Bat) from Mother