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If you hit a Copy Essence with a Friend Heart, you'll get a friend from it!
— Use Copy Essences to get friends. • Kirby Star Allies loading screen

A Copy Essence (also called Enemy Symbol[1] and Copy Pedestal[2]) is an object found in numerous Kirby games. They are small pedestals depicting various enemies that give Copy Abilities and give Kirby the associated Copy Ability when he touches one. The Copy Ability it gives is traditionally indicated by the enemy on the Essence; the same enemy which gives the ability when inhaled. Copy Essences first appeared in Kirby Super Star, although its concept and appearance is very similar to the museums in the earlier Kirby's Adventure. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Kirby: Triple DeluxeKirby: Planet Robobot, and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, however, the Copy Ability given by its Copy Essence is represented by the Copy Ability's unique Ability Star instead of the enemy. In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the Copy Ability given by its Copy Essence is represented by its Ability Item.

Copy Essences are fairly common. A certain number of them are almost always found before a boss fight (and, in rarer cases, a mid-boss fight), and the selection of abilities they give is usually fairly useful against the specific boss. Before the introduction of the Copy Essences, Copy Abilities are similarly presented before boss fights in the form of regular enemies completely enclosed within the ground, but this is rather unrealistic, and the enemies are not as harmless as the Essences, as certain ones can hit outside the barrier they are encased in. Also, if Kirby inhales the wrong enemy, they have to be respawned by moving off-screen, which is sometimes impossible to do without triggering the boss fight.

Instead of Kirby having to face the boss without any Copy Ability or having an unsuitable one which is better off used performing the Star Spit, it is usually better off to grab an ability from one of the pedestals unless the player is using special or universal abilities, or that the ability has uses elsewhere, like Master, Smash, Triple Star, Hammer, UFO or even Plasma.

The Copy Essence replenishes itself after being used after Kirby no longer touches it, which makes it particularly useful for experimenting with Copy Abilities or the creation of specific Helpers in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra. Due to their very nature, the Copy Essences cannot be used to perform Mix, however.

With the Sleep Essence in particular, Copy Essences can become a nuisance, as moving over one causes Kirby to discard his current ability (except in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror), whatever it may be. In The Great Cave Offensive, there is a particular sequence with a large number of Sleep Essences which Kirby must navigate while braving strong winds to get at a Treasure Chest inside the Old Tower Area. There are other puzzles throughout the series that involve avoiding the Sleep Copy Essence as well. A.I.-controlled Helpers are also sometimes prone to moving over Essences and changing their form to one less suitable for an upcoming battle.

In some games, an Ability Testing Area containing many, if not all, of the Copy Abilities in that game can be unlocked. In such rooms, Kirby uses Copy Essences to obtain the ability he wants.

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Game Unlock
Dyna Blade sub-game, Kirby Super Star / Ultra Activating two hidden switches unlocks Trial Rooms 1 and 2, respectively. Sleep is not present. Crash, however, can be obtained from the Bomber in Trial Room 2.
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror The Golden Door (not the Dimension Mirror) is unlocked after all the big Switches are activated and all regions are connected to the Central Circle in Rainbow Route. The Master Sword is found in the Central Circle instead of inside the Golden Door after the game is completed. UFO is not present, however.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Four Copy Ability Rooms are located on the Lor Starcutter. To open them, Kirby must collect the number of Energy Spheres required. The first room requires 20, the second requires 40, the third requires 60, and the fourth requires 80. Each room contains five Copy Essences and Mr. Sandbag for Kirby to test his abilities on. The Limited-use abilities and Super Abilities are not present.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe Beating Story Mode will allow Kirby access to the Copy Ability Testing Room, which can be accessed by descending the Dreamstalk. Located there are all the Copy Abilities in the game, excluding Hypernova and Sleep, and a Toughness Waddle Dee, which can be used for training.
Kirby: Planet Robobot Beating Story Mode will give Kirby access to the Ability Testing Area, which can be accessed by taking a Warp Star inside Access Ark. Located there are all the Copy Abilities in the game and a Toughness Waddle Dee, which can be used for training. Kirby can take a door to another area where his Robobot Armor can be used.
Kirby Star Allies Beating Story Mode will give Kirby access to the Ability Planet, which can be accessed by going in the Far-Flung - Starlight Heroes section. Located there are all the Copy Abilities in the game, and a room spawning many Waddle Dees and enemies with abilities.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe Five Copy Ability Rooms are located on the Lor Starcutter. To open them, Kirby must collect the number of Energy Spheres required. The first room requires 15, the second requires 35, the third requires 65, the fourth requires 85, and the fifth requires 105. Each room contains five Copy Essences and Mr. Sandbag for Kirby to test his abilities on. The Super Abilities are not present.

Copy Essence Deluxe[]

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In the Milky Way Wishes sub-game of Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra, there are no traditional Copy Essences available (except during the Computer Virus boss fight) and Kirby can only copy rarely-available limited-use Copy Abilities by means of his inhale. Nineteen Copy Essences Deluxe are hidden throughout the levels, and upon touching one of these, Kirby gains the use of the Copy Ability permanently within the context of Milky Way Wishes, able to swap in and out of all such Deluxe abilities at any time.

Related Quotes[]

Gain the ability displayed on the Copy Essence.
— Instruction manual • Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Grants you the ability displayed on the Copy Essence.
— Instruction manual • Kirby: Planet Robobot
You can use a Reset Platform to turn friends into Copy Essences and make changes to members as you see fit!
— Use a Reset Platform to make changes! • Kirby Star Allies

Trivia[]

  • In most versions of The True Arena, in the rest area, a Sleep Copy Essence will always appear alongside a different Essence. Sometimes both Copy Essences will grant the Sleep ability.
    • The only exception to this is Kirby: Planet Robobot, which uses a Roulette Copy Essence in the rest areas.
  • In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, an unused function for the Copy Essence exists which removes Kirby's Copy Ability rather than granting him one. If such a Copy Essence is hacked into a level, it will function properly, but will display the Sword ability icon - as no unique icon exists for this type of Copy Essence, it defaults to the first Copy Ability in the list, which is Sword.

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