Umbrella

An umbrella is an item in certain personalised copies of Super Mario 64. When equipped, it can either allow the player to hover mid-air, or lower the falling speed of the player. Most of the time, the umbrella is colored dark purple.

When the umbrella is equipped, it will stay open and pointed upwards for as long as the player holds down the A button. Holding down the B button will open it in the direction the player is facing, bouncing enemies away and acting as a shield, however certain enemies are able to damage the umbrella, namely fire-based, electric, and spiky enemies. Pressing Z will unequip the item.

While equipping the umbrella, the player can hold other objects, but they will slightly hinder the player's ability to hover mid-air, and prevent the player from using the umbrella as a shield.

Many things can cause the player to automatically drop the umbrella, such as taking more than 2 damage or bouncing from a Crazed Crate.

Uncommonly, a partially damaged version of the umbrella can be found; the player will fall faster with the damaged version. The umbrella can be damaged when it collides with a spiky enemy. Most of the time when this happens, there is only one of these damaged versions; in rare cases there could be multiple.

When the umbrella is held open in a windy area, the umbrella will drag the player in the direction that the wind blows.