Flame damage to all enemies. Spell power = 12 (weaker than Fire).

Flame damage to all enemies. Spell power = 64 (same as Fira).

Ice damage to all enemies. Spell power = 12 (weaker than Blizzard).

Ice damage to all enemies. Spell power = 64 (same as Blizzara).

Thunder damage to all enemies. Spell power = 12 (weaker than Thunder).

Thunder damage to all enemies. Spell power = 64 (same as Thundara).

Damages all enemies. Spell power = 80. Ignores Reflect.

Drains MP from one enemy. Spell power = 32 (twice the power of Aspir).

Drains HP from one enemy. Spell power = 64 (more than triple the power of Drain).

Sets Berserk on user. Ignores Reflect. Fails on bosses.

Lowers user's turn delay by 8 (more effective than Haste). Ignores Reflect. Turn delay is normally 16 and has a minimum of 12.

Sets Stop on all enemies. Fails on bosses. {power is 50; relates to duration?}

Sets Stop on all enemies. Fails on bosses. {power is 100; relates to duration?}

Sets Stop on all enemies. Fails on bosses. {power is 200; relates to duration?}

Raises turn delay for all enemies by 16 (twice as effective as Slow). Turn delay is normally 16 and has a maximum of 32.

Sets Decoy (2) on user.

Flame damage to all enemies. Damage = (user's current HP / 2) + (0~255) before elemental modifiers. Ignores Reflect.

Ice damage to all enemies. Damage = (user's current HP / 2) + (0~255) before elemental modifiers. Ignores Reflect.

Thunder damage to all enemies. Damage = (user's current HP / 2) + (0~255) before elemental modifiers. Ignores Reflect.

Sets Reflect on user.

Damages one enemy and kills the user. Base damage = user's current HP. Ignores Reflect.

Sets Reflect and Barrier on user. If the power value is meaningful, Reflect should last twice as long as when using a Luminous Curtain.

Barrier almost feels like cheating. It blocks all physical attacks until the end of combat, and the final boss is the only enemy with any ability to remove it. Just be aware that the Lunar Curtain's effect is reflectable. If an enemy gets Barrier status, only Dispel can cancel it, and Dispel doesn't affect enemies with the boss flag.

Sets Silence on all enemies. Fails on bosses.

Damages all enemies. Spell power = 80 (less than half as strong as Quake). Ignores Reflect.

Targets all enemies and ignores Reflect, but does nothing except in a certain battle. Only a Paladin can use this item. Not consumed when used.

Given how the story goes, it's ironic that using the Crystal is treated internally as a Dark magic attack—the only thing in the entire game other than the Dark Knight swords with that damage trait, no less. It works by triggering a counterattack script that only responds to a Paladin using Dark magic.

Inflicts Incapacitated on one enemy. Fails on bosses.

Uses a Summon magic at random, reportedly excluding Asura and all Summons learned from items. Summons have their usual effects.

Rather than changing the name to Dummy and removing the item, the EasyType instead makes this a comparatively common item. In the original Japanese version, only the Marionetter, Sorcerer, and Summoner drop it, and only as their rarest drop. In contrast, the EasyType makes it available as a drop from over a dozen additional monsters, some appearing fairly early in the game, and for most of them it's as likely to drop as the common item. It seems a strange choice; summoning at random hardly simplifies the game, and an unsuitable outcome can just make things worse.

I believe I've seen this localized as "Grimoire", which gets the general idea across succinctly, assuming you're familiar with the word.

Scans one enemy. Ignores Reflect. Unlike the Library spell, this works on bosses, making it considerably more useful.

図鑑 (zukan) specifically refers to a reference centered around drawings or photographs. I'm temped to call this An Illustrated Guide to Monsters.

Removes Sleep from all allies.

Removes Berserk, Confusion, Sleep, and Paralysis from all allies.

Note that all potions and ethers automatically provide their maximum possible effect when used outside of combat.

Recovers HP for one ally. Ignores Reflect. Healing = 64 ~ 96 in combat, or 96 in the field.

Recovers HP for one ally. Ignores Reflect. Healing = 320 ~ 480 in combat, or 480 in the field.

Recovers HP for one ally. Ignores Reflect. Healing = 1280 ~ 1920 in combat, or 1920 in the field.

Recovers MP for one ally. Ignores Reflect. Healing = 32 ~ 48 in combat, or 48 in the field.

Recovers MP for one ally. Ignores Reflect. Healing = 96 ~ 144 in combat, or 144 in the field.

Recovers all HP and MP for one ally. Ignores Reflect.

Removes Incapacitated from one ally and recovers HP equal to target stamina * 5. Ignores Reflect. Fails on bosses.

Renamed to ふっかつやく (Revival Medicine) in the EasyType, which also raises the price from 100 to 150, as does the English version.

Removes Stone and Gradual Petrification (either) from one ally. Ignores Reflect.

Removes Toad from one ally. Ignores Reflect.

Removes Minikin from one ally. Ignores Reflect.

This item comes from a Japanese legend involving a thumb-high boy, who uses the mallet to grow to normal size. The concept resembles that of a magic wand.

The mallet icon exists in both Japanese and English versions of the game, but is used in neither. I thought it deserved better.

Removes Pig from one ally. Ignores Reflect. Fails on bosses, for whatever reason.

Removes Silence from one ally. Ignores Reflect.

Removes Darkness from one ally. Ignores Reflect.

Removes Poison from one ally. Ignores Reflect.

Removes Curse from one ally. Ignores Reflect.

Removes Stone, Toad, Minikin, Pig, Silence, Darkness, Poison, Curse, Paralysis, Sleep, Confusion, and Gradual Petrification from one ally. Ignores Reflect.

This item is far more common in the English and EasyType versions of the game, being widely available and costing a paltry 100 gil instead of the original 5,000 gil price. Then again, these versions removed all the individual status recovery items, so they needed to provide some other viable way to cure status.

If used in an area with random encounters, initiates combat with the area's rarest monster formation (which otherwise has a 1 in 64 chance to appear).

Permanently adds 100 to a single character's maximum HP, up to a maximum of 9999.

Remains きんのリンゴ in the EasyType instead of becoming Dummy. The description is also changed to つかうとＨＰがふえます (Use to increase HP).

Permanently adds 50 to a single character's maximum HP, up to a maximum of 9999.

Remains ぎんのリンゴ in the EasyType instead of becoming Dummy. While every chest and pot that contains one in the JP version seems to contain an Elixir instead in the EasyType, some monsters still have a small chance to drop these. The description is also changed to つかうとＨＰがふえます (Use to increase HP).

Permanently adds 10 to a single character's maximum MP, up to a maximum of 999.

Soma is a drink of ritual significance in various Hindu cultures.

Only usable where saving is allowed. Recovers 1000 HP and 100 MP for all allies and removes all status effects except Levitate and Incapacitated.

The EasyType and English versions raise the Tent's cost from 100 gil to 200 gil.

Only usable where saving is allowed. Recovers all HP and MP for all allies and removes all status effects except Levitate.

The EasyType and English versions raise the Cottage's cost from 500 gil to 1000 gil.

Joke item found in the developer room. No real purpose.

The EasyType changes the description to けんちゃんのあいどくしょ (Ken-chan's favorite book), presumably in reference to a particular developer.

Use to escape from dungeons. Equivalent to the Teleport spell.

The description is arguably misleading, given the existence of a large underground area that functions as a secondary world map.

Use outdoors to view the surroundings. Equivalent to the Sightro spell.

Use to learn the Goblin Summon. A rare drop from ゴブリン (NA name: Imp) and リルマーダー (NA name: Tricker).

Most readily obtained in the Damcyan region, with an average of 450 battles per drop. Alternately, try farming Goblins from a Summoner that summons them.

Use to learn the Bomb Summon. A rare drop from レメディボム (NA name: Balloon) and ダークグレネイド (NA name: Grenade).

Use to learn the Cockatrice Summon. A rare drop from ダイブイーグル, コカトリス, and ルドランベビー (original version only).

Most readily obtained in the Fabul region, with an average of 1,449 battles per drop. Don't forget that it never drops in the NA or ET versions.

Use to learn the Mindflayer Summon. A rare drop from マインドフレア (NA name: Mage).

Mindflayers appear only in the Magnetic Cave, most often on B3F, and are uncommon enough even there that the average drop rate is just 1 per 2,638 battles.

Use in certain places to summon an exceptionally large chocobo for item storage.

Renamed to チョコボのやさい (Chocobo Greens) in the EasyType.

Allows access to the members-only section of a certain club. Pointless, but I suppose it's amusing.

The Internet says this is 会員証 and not 会員章 (membership badge).

Use anywhere to summon an exceptionally large chocobo for item storage.

Renamed to チョコボのふえ (Chocobo Flute) in the EasyType.

Automatically gained and then activated (lost) very early in the game.

Unlocks doors in Baron.

The EasyType uses かぎ in hiragana instead of カギ in katakana.

Cures high fevers.

Used as a ransom.

Opens a big hole when used in the right place.

Controls the seal on the Sealed Cave.

Resonates with a certain someone's harp.

The original name crosses ひそひそ (hisohiso, whispering noises) with 草 (sou), which refers to any of a variety of grasses and weeds.

Taken for its protection. At least, that's the idea...

Trade to the tail collector for Adamantite.

A blacksmith can reforge the Sword of Legend into the Excalibur with this.

Wakes a sleeping Monk. Trade it back for the Carving Knife when done.

Extremely rare. Trade to the tail collector for the obscenely powerful Adaman Armor.

Unlocks a door in the Tower of Babwil.

The EasyType uses かぎ in hiragana instead of カギ in katakana.

Stolen from Zeromus before using the Crystal (original Japanese version only). Probably does nothing. Most likely an Easter egg of sorts.

Rumor has it that possessing the item weakens his Big Bang attack, and perhaps that having more further reduces it. However, this seems to be nothing more than wishful thinking. I haven't yet tested it myself, but I'm more inclined to believe scattered reports of people finding no discernible difference after testing than the sites blindly repeating the rumor that it works. I have yet to find a single case of anyone claiming to have noticed any difference after setting out to test it.

Why is it so widely believed, then? Perhaps because people want it to be true, considering that Big Bang hurts quite a bit. Perhaps because the idea is plausible until actually put to the test. After all, Dark Matter is a unique item found nowhere else, so it would make sense for it to affect the battle somehow. I've even seen rationalizations for the supposed effect, such as that it's a sort of "power core" and that taking it weakens Zeromus. That doesn't make it true, though...

Unused.

Unused.

Always appears in inventory. Arranges items.

Always appears in inventory. Move items here to get rid of them.

This appears as a trash can icon when displayed on the inventory screen.