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There are 11 obtainable items in Secret of Mana. For most of the items, you are allowed to carry up to four of each. The exceptions are Moogle Belt, Midge Mallet, Flammie Drum, and Magic Rope; these four items are only obtainable once, but you can use them as many times as you need to throughout the course of the game.

Items are usable through the game's ring menu, accessed by pressing the Y button. Select the item you want with the A button. Items cannot be used during cut-scenes and when your character is in the middle of casting a magic spell. If you cannot use a particular item at a certain time, you will not be able to choose it (for example, you cannot use the Flammie Drum while indoors, or you cannot use a Cup of Wishes when all of your party is alive).

Click on an item to the right to get a detailed description.

[edit] Candy

Candy restores 100 hit points (HP).

[edit] Chocolate

Chocolate restores 250 hit points (HP).

[edit] Royal Jam

Royal Jam will restore all hit points (HP).

[edit] Faerie Walnut

Faerie Walnut restores 50 magic points (MP).

[edit] Medical Herb

Medical Herb cures most status ailments, such as poison, engulfed, frostied and petrified. It will not cure Moogle or shrunken statuses.

[edit] Cup of Wishes

Cup of Wishes revives a fallen ally.

[edit] Barrel

Barrel makes you temporarily invisible and invulnerable.

[edit] Magic Rope

Magic Rope will immediately send you to the main entrance of a cave or dungeon.

[edit] Flammie Drum

Flammie Drum will summon Flammie, to allow you to travel across the world.

[edit] Midge Mallet

Midge Mallet will inflict or cure shrunken status ailment to a member of your party.

[edit] Moogle Belt

Moogle Belt will inflict or cure moogle status ailment to a member of your party.