Final Fantasy VIII/Items

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This article is a list of FFVIII's items, organized by alphabetic or volume/edition order (Magazines only). The description is the same as the game, except when there are more to say.

Recovery Items

Items that restores HP or removes some type of status:

Item	Description	Purchaseable?	Drop by
Antidote	Cures Poison	Yes	Paratrooper
Cottage	Same effect as Tent1	Yes2	Elite Soldier
Echo Screen	Cures Silence	Yes	N/A
Elixir	Fully restores abnormal status and HP	No	N/A
Eye Drops	Cures Darkness	Yes	N/A
Hi-Potion	Restores 1000 HP	Yes	Esthar Soldier Elite Soldier G-Soldier Guard Paratrooper Slapper
Hi-Potion+	Restores 2000 HP	No	N/A
Holy Water	Cures Zombie and Curse	Yes	N/A
Mega Phoenix	Removes KO status from all members	No	N/A
Mega-Potion	Restores 1000 HP from all members	No	N/A
Megalixir	Fully restores abnormal status and HP from all members	No	N/A
Phoenix Down	Remove KO status	Yes	Esthar Soldier Elite Soldier G-Soldier Guard Paratrooper Slapper
Potion	Restores 200 HP	Yes	Esthar Soldier Elite Soldier G-Soldier Guard Paratrooper Slapper
Potion+	Restores 400 HP	No	N/A
Remedy	Cure abnormal status	Yes	Guard Paratrooper
Remedy+	Cure abnormal status and magic effects	No	N/A
Soft	Cures Petrify	Yes	N/A
Tent	Fully restores abnormal status and HP from all members 1	Yes	Elite Soldier Esthar Soldier G-Soldier
X-Potion	Fully restores HP	Yes	N/A

Battle Items

Items only used on battles, which inflict damage or raise stats.

Item	Description	Purchaseable?	Drop by
Aura Stone	Same effect as Aura magic	No	Propagator
Death Stone	Same effect as Death magic	No	Propagator
Flare Stone	Same effect as Flare magic	No	Propagator
Friendship3	Summons Mooba	No	N/A
Gyshahl Greens	Summons Chicobo	Yes4	N/A
Hero	Makes character invincible	No	N/A
Hero-trial	Makes character invincible sometimes (50%)	No	N/A
Holy War	Makes all members invincible	No
Holy War-trial	Makes all members invincible sometimes (50%)	No	N/A
Meteor Stone	Same effect as Meteor magic	No	N/A
Mog Amulet3	Summons MiniMog (all GF's HP is healed)	No	N/A
Phoenix Pinion	Summons Phoenix	No	N/A
Poison Powder	Powder with Poison effect	No	Imp Tri-Face
Protect Stone	Same effect as Protect magic	No	Propagator
Shell Stone	Same effect as Shell magic	No	Propagator
Silence Powder	Powder with Silence effect	No	Fungaur Grat
Sleep Powder	Powder with Sleep effects	No	Fungaur Grat
Ultima Stone	Same effect as Ultima magic	No	Propagator
Vampire Fang	Fang that makes vampire attack(?)	No	Glacial Eye Red Bat
Zombie Powder	Powder with Zombie effect	No	Blood Soul Forbidden

GF Recovery Items

Items that restores GF's HP or remove KO status:

Item	Description	Purchaseable?
Cottage	Same effect as Tent but also recovering GF's HP	Yes
G-Potion	Restores 200 HP	Yes
G-Hi-Potion	Restores 1000 HP	Yes
G-Mega-Potion	Restores 100O HP to all GF	No
G-Returner	Removes KO status from all GF	Yes
Pet House	Restores Hp from all GF1	Yes

Ammo

Used with Irvine's Limit Break:

Ammo	Description	Fire rate
AP Ammo	Armor-piercing ammo	Slow
Fire Ammo	Ammo with Fire element	Normal
Dark Ammo	Ammo with changing effect status	Fast
Demolition Ammo	Ammo x3 more powerful than Normal Ammo	Slow
Fast Ammo	Ammo for rapid fire	Fast
Normal Ammo	Normal ammo	Normal
Pulse Ammo	Ammo that contains powerful energy	Slow
Shotgun Ammo	Ammo that attacks all opponents	Normal

Magazines

Magazines are used to learn limit breaks and to remodel weapons. There are five types of magazines:

Combat King

The Combat King magazines are for fighters. Only Zell can learn new limit breaks with them:

Number	Limit break earned	Where?
001	Dolphin Blow	D-Prison 1st floor, right door
002	Meteor Strike	Won from defeating Raijin and Fujin
003	Meteor Barret	Won from Zell love quest
004	Different Beat	Bird eye's view, Esthar, talking with the Esthar soldier there
005	My Final Heaven	Near the Ultima draw, Esthar

Pet Pals

The Pet Pals magazines makes Angelo learn new tricks (Rinoa's limit break). Note that you can't use the limit break in the moment you've learned, since you need walk to Angelo learn it.

Volume	Trick learned	Where?
1	Angelo Strike	Squall's room desk, after defeating Granaldo. Or in Timber Pet Shop (1000 gil)
2	Angelo Strike	Rinoa's room after the assassination plan briefing
3	Invincible Moon	Timber Pet Shop (1000 gil)
4	Angelo Reverse	Timber Pet Shop (1000 gil)
5	Angelo Search	Esthar Shop (1000 gil)
6	Angelo Search	Esthar Shop (1000 gil)

Occult Fans

Number	Topic	Where?
I	Exclusive	Balamb Garden's library in one of bookshelves.
II	Photo Exclusive	Dollet, Siren's card owner
III	Magic World Exclusive	By excusing Master Fisherman for Balamb crash at Fishermans' Horizon.
IV	Exclusive Report	Esthar

Weapons Monthly

The Weapons Monthly magazines lists the items that are required to remodel a weapon. It is not compulsory, since when you have obtained its requirements the remodel option will appear on the junk shop.

Month	Remodel to	Where?
March	Revolver Metal Knuckle Nunchaku Chain Whip	Defeating Elvoret at Dollet's Communication Tower
April	Shear Trigger Maverick Pinwheel Valiant	Squall's desk after the SeeD's ceremony
May	Cutting Trigger Valkyrie Ulysses Slaying Tail	Galabadia's sewers
June	Flame Saber Gaunlet Morning Star Red Scorpion	Defeating BGHZ51F2 at Missile Base
July	Twin Lance Rising Sun Bismarck Crescent Wish	Balamb Garden's Training Center after Disc 2.
August	Punishment Ehrgeiz Cardinal Save the Queen	Near the Gargoyle in Trabia Garden.

Miscellaneous Items

Items that does not fit in any category.

Item	Description	Where?
Amnesia Greens	Makes a GF forget an ability	Timber and Esthar Pet Shops (1000 gil)
Chocobo's Tag	Changes Chocobo's name	?
Fuel	Fuel for a rental car	Most shops (3000 gil)
HP Up	Raises HP permanently by 10	Only refining
Luck Up	Raises Luck permanently by 1	Only refining
Mag Up	Raises Magic permanently by 1	Mug NORG's Left Pod (2x)
Magical Lamp	Summons GF Diablo	Talk to Cid after he sends you to help The Forest Owls
Pet Nametag	Changes Angelo's name	Man near Timber Maniacs building, Desert Prison
Rename Card	Changes GF's names	Give Zone Girl Next Door and for gave up at D-District Prison with the Moombas
Solomon's Ring	Summons GF DoomTrain	Tear's Point5
Speed Up	Raises permanently by 1 for	Only refining
Spr Up	Raises Spirit permanently by 1	Mug NORG's Right Pod
Str Up	Raises Strength permanently by 1	Desert Prison, mug or defeat Rajin and Fujin (2x for mug, 1x for win)
Vit Up	Raises Vitality permanently by 1	Only refining
Proof of Omega	Proves the defeat of the Omega Weapon	Beat Omega Weapon only

Notes

¹ Can only be used on World Map or Save Point

² Only purchasable at Johnny's Shop (Esthar)

³ Only available through the Pocketstation mini-game "Chocobo World"

⁴ Only purchaseable by Chicoboboy

⁵ You must have 6 Malboro Tentacles, Remedy+, and Steel Pipes