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Four types of items can be picked up to aid the player in completing missions.

Shield mushrooms
These items are shaped like mushrooms, and recover one block of shield health. The VIXIV has 8 blocks of shield health which decrease as the tank is hit with enemy attacks. The game is lost when the tank is hit when there is no shield protection. The player can also change a shield mushroom into another item by hitting it with the laser. The new item is chosen at random, but the probability of the coin item appearing is extremely low.

Missiles
These are needed to use the additional weapon equipped at the radar base (see Weapons). A total of 8 missiles can be held at one time.

Fuel
Fuel is needed to accelerate into TURBO speed and put the VIXIV in flight. The fuel gauge slowly decreases while the VIXIV is in TURBO speed. Picking up a fuel tank regains one block of the fuel gauge.

Coin
This item is extremely rare and valuable, as it fully restores shield health, missiles, and fuel.