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The lists on this page are largely incomplete.

There is a plethora of items to be collected in Final Fantasy VII. This page contains lists of regular items and key items.

Regular items

These are the items that you see in your inventory. They can be used in battle, from the menu, and some can even be used in the field. A few of the easier ways get these items are listed, however, other methods may also exist. Weapons, Armor, and Accessories are not included in this section, although they are kept in the same inventory.

The selling price of any item is exactly half of its purchasing price.

Healing items

These items can generally be used both in and out of battles.

Item Price Target Effect Location
Potion 50 One ally Restores 100 health points;
deals 100 damage to undead enemy
Hi-potion 300 One ally Restores 500 health points;
deals 500 damage to undead enemy
X-potion One ally Restores all health points;
instantly defeats undead enemy
Phoenix down 300 One ally Revives dead ally with minimal HP;
instantly defeats undead enemy
Magic restoration
Ether 1500 One ally Restores 100 magic points
Turbo ether One ally Restores all magic points
Elixir One ally Restores all HP and MP Rare item: cannot be purchased in shops
Megalixir All allies Restores all HP and MP Rare item: cannot be purchased in shops
Status ailment remedies
Remedy 1000 One ally Cures all status ailments
Impaler 500 One ally or enemy Cures or inflicts "frog" status
Shrivel 500 One ally or enemy Cures or inflicts "mini" status
Soft 150 One ally Cures petrify status
Maiden's kiss 150 One ally Cures toad status
Cornucopia 150 One ally Cures mini status
Echo screen 100 One ally Cures silence status
Hyper 100 One ally Cures sadness status or causes fury status
Tranquilizer 100 One ally Cures fury status or causes sadness status
Antidote 80 One ally Cures poison status
Eyedrop 50 One ally Cures blindness status

Field items

These items can generally be used only out of battles.

Item Price Target Effect Location
Tent 500 All allies Restores all HP and MP of all party. Use at Save Point.
Save crystal All allies Can be used to generate a save point Found in the Northern Crater.


Chocobo greens and nuts

Greens have three uses: (1) learning an enemy skill; (2) capturing a chocobo; (3) upgrading a chocobo for a race. The three greens best suited for each of such tasks are highlighted in the table below.

The Chocobo Sage can be reached only after the heroes obtained the Highwind.

Item Price Battle effect Attributes upgrade Location
Gysahl greens 100 Eaten in 2 turns Increases speed and stamina Chocobo ranch
Krakka greens 250 Reduces Chocobo's chance to run to 1/3rd Increases intelligence Chocobo ranch
Tantal greens 400 Eaten in 3 turns Increases intelligence, speed and stamina Chocobo ranch
Pasana greens 800 Reduces Chocobo's chance to run to 1/5th Increases intelligence and tameness Chocobo ranch
Curiel greens 1000 Eaten in 5 turns Increases speed and stamina Chocobo ranch
Mimett greens 1500 Allows to use "Chocobuckle";
eaten in 1 turn
Increases speed and stamina Chocobo ranch
Reagan greens 3000 Eaten in 8 turns;
reduces Chocobo's chance to run to 1/8th
Increases speed and stamina Chocobo Sage
Sylkis greens 5000 Allows to use "Chocobuckle";
eaten in 1 turn
Increases all attributes Chocobo Sage


Nuts are used to breed chocobos. Chocobo breeding can be done only after the heroes obtained the Highwind. Actually, carob nuts and zeio nuts are the only ones that are needed.

Item Price Effect Location
Porov nut 2000 Breeds regular chocobos Buy: Chocobo ranch
Pram nut 1500 Breeds regular chocobos Buy: Chocobo ranch
Lasan nut 600 Breeds regular chocobos Drop/Steal: Mandragora (Disc 1, part 2, ch. 1)
Buy: Chocobo ranch
Saraha nut 400 Breeds regular chocobos Drop/Steal: Spencer (Disc 1, part 2, ch. 4)
Buy: Chocobo ranch
Luchile nut 200 Breeds regular chocobos Drop/Steal: Nibel wolf (Disc 1, part 2, ch. 6)
Buy: Chocobo ranch
Pepio nut 100 Breeds regular chocobos Drop/Steal: Dual Horn (Disc 1, part 3, ch. 1)
Buy: Chocobo ranch
Carob nut Required to breed Blue, Green and Black Chocobos Drop/Steal: Vlakorados (Disc 1, part 3, ch. 3)
Buy: Gold Saucer (300 GP)
Zeio nut Required to breed Gold Chocobos Drop/Steal: Goblin (Disc 2, part 1, ch. 2)


Attribute sources

These items, also known as "Enix seeds", are featured in every role-playing video game by Enix and, later, Square-Enix.

Item Price Effect Location Morph
Power source Raises strength by 1 unit Find (8): ...
Win: Heretic Hojo
Unknown, Heavy Tank, Screamer
Guard source Raises vitality by 1 unit Find (5): ...
Win: Dark Nation
Unknown 2, Bagnadrana, Spiral, Armored Golem, Maximum Kimaira
Magic source Raises Magic by 1 unit Find (6): ... Unknown 3, 8 eye
Mind source Raises Spirit by 1 unit Find (5): ... Serpent, Dragon Rider
Speed source Raises Dexterity by 1 unit Find (4): ... Poodler
Luck source Raises Luck by 1 unit Find (3): ... Bad Rap


Side-quest items

  • Limit break manuals

These items are sorted according to game progression. Each manual can be used on the corresponding character only, and only after the character learned all the previous six limit breaks. There is no manual for Cait Sith.

Manual Chapter and location
Red XIII's Cosmo Memory 1.2.6. in Nibel Mansion
Aeris' Great Gospel 1.3.1. as soon as the Tiny Bronco is obtained
Yuffie's All Creation 1.3.2. Wutai Pagoda
Barret's Catastrophe 2.3. Right after the huge materia train quest
Tifa's Final Heaven 2.4. Tifa's piano in Nibelheim
Vincent's Chaos 2.4. Lucrecia's cave (use green Chocobo or submarine)
Cid's Highwind 2.4. Sunken Gelnika (use submarine)
Cloud's Omnislash 2.4. Gold Saucer Battle Arena (Win for 32000 BP on disc 3 or 64000 BP on other discs)
  • Side-quest items
  • Unusable items

Battle items

These items can be used during battle only.

Support items

Battle items that target your allies.

Item Cost Target Effect Location
Smoke bomb 1000 All allies Allows party to escape battle
Light curtain All allies Causes "barrier" status (halves physical damage)
Lunar curtain All allies Causes "magic barrier" status (halves magical damage)
Mirror All allies Causes "reflect" status (spells bounce back to caster)
Speed drink One ally Doubles speed of character's battle gauge
Hero drink One ally Raises all attributes
Vaccine One ally Causes "resist" status (prevents status ailments)
Holy torch All allies or enemies Removes all status effects
War gong All allies or enemies Causes "berserk" status
(allies will fight with no need to input commands;
enemies will use physical attacks only)


Disabling items

Battle items that target the enemies and alter their status.

Item Cost Target Effect Location
Ink One enemy Inflicts "blindness" status Steal: Bad Rap
Dazers One enemy Inflicts "paralyze" status Win: Bad Rap, Battery Cap, Boundfat
Steal: Battery Cap Boundfat
Morph: Boundfat
Cauldron One enemy Inflicts 6 status ailments Win: Dragon Zombie
Steal: Dragon Zombie
Ghost hand One enemy Drains MP (reversed effect on undead) Win: Ghost
Steal: Ghost in Train Graveyard
Morph: Gi Spector, Sneaky Step
Hourglass All enemies Inflicts "stop" status (80% chance) Win: Edgehead
Morph: Kimara Bug in Gongaga area
Spider web All enemies Inflicts "slow" status (100% accurate) Win: Grashshtrike
Steal: Kimara Bug in Gongaga area
Morph: Grashshtrike
Dream powder All enemies Inflicts "sleep" status (80% chance) Morph: Crown Lance, Crysales
Mute mask All enemies Inflicts "mute" status (80% chance) Win: Bahba Velamyu, Garuda
Steal: Crazy Saw
Morph: Dorky Face in Shinra Mansion
Loco weed All enemies Inflicts "confusion" status (80% chance) Win: Corvette, Hammer Blaster, Razor Weed, SOLDIER:3rd, Sword Dance

Attack items

Battle items that deal damage to the enemies.

Item Cost Target Effect Location
Elemental attacks
Bolt plume Lightning 2
Swift bolt Lightning 3
Dragon fang Lightning 4 Win:
Steal:
Morph:
Molotov Fire 1
Fire fang Fire 2
Fire veil Fire 3
Antarctic wind Ice 2
Ice crystal Ice 3
Earth drum Quake 2
Earth mallet Quake 3
Graviball Gravity 1
Time-space bomb Gravity 2
Deadly waste Poison 2
Malboro tentacles Poison 3
Bird wing Wind
Dragon scales Water
Instant-defeat attacks
Basilisk claw
(vagyrisk claw)
One enemy Petrify
Kiss of death All enemies Instant-death
(fully heals undead)
Non-elemental attacks
Grenade One enemy
S-mine One enemy
8-inch cannon One enemy
Vampire fang One enemy Drains HP
(reversed effect on undead)
Shrapnel All enemies
Right arm All enemies
Stardust All enemies Comet 2

Key items

Key items are ones that can't be used by the player directly, although they often allow Cloud to interact with his environment in important ways. They generally progress the storyline, or point the player in the right direction. Some events depend on a choice of which key items you have (i.e. Corneo's mansion).

Item Name Description Location Use
PHS Able to call your party members from long distance. Kalm; received after Cloud's flashback. This enables the menu option to switch out your party members on the world map or at save points.
Battery Looks like it can start some sort of machine. Purchase for 100 Gil from weapons shop owner in Wall Market. Need at least two to reach Shinra Headquarters for the first time.

Don Corneo mission

Item Name Description Location Use
Cotton Dress Cotton-woven dress. Wall Market, Dress Shop. Choose a dress that feels "clean" to get this. The lowest-quality dress you can pick for Cloud. Cloud will not be picked if he is wearing this. A dress is necessary to get him into Don Corneo's mansion.
Satin Dress Dress made of satin. Wall Market, Dress Shop. The middle quality of three dresses Cloud can wear for Don Corneo. Cloud will not be picked if he is wearing this. A dress is necessary to get him into the mansion.
Silk Dress Dress made of silk. Wall Market, Dress Shop. Choose something "soft" that "shimmers" when you ask for a dress. This is the nicest dress you can choose for Cloud. A dress is necessary to get him into the mansion.
Wig Wig made from messed up hair. Wall Market, Big Bro's Gym. Consolation prize for losing the squat contest. The lowest quality wig Cloud can wear for Don Corneo. Cloud will not be picked if he is wearing this. A wig is necessary for him to get into the mansion.
Dyed Wig A dyed wig. Wall Market, Big Bro's Gym. Receive for a tie in the squat contest. The middle quality of three wigs that Cloud can wear. Cloud will not be picked if he is wearing this. A wig is necessary to get him into Don Corneo's mansion.
Blonde Wig A blonde wig. Wall Market, Big Bro's Gym. Reward for winning the squat contest. This is the nicest of the three wigs Cloud can wear for Don Corneo. A wig is necessary to get him into the mansion.
Glass Tiara A glass tiara. Wall Market, Materia Shop (from shopkeeper). Reward for buying the 50 gil item from the hotel vending machine. The lowest quality tiara Cloud can wear for Don Corneo. Cloud will not be picked if he is wearing this.
Ruby Tiara A ruby tiara Wall Market, Materia Shop (from shopkeeper). Reward for buying the 100 gil item from the hotel vending machine. The middle quality of three tiaras Cloud can wear to make himself more attractive to Don Corneo.
Diamond Tiara A diamond tiara. Wall Market, Materia Shop (from shopkeeper). Reward for buying the 200 gil item from the hotel vending machine. The nicest accessory that Cloud can wear to make himself more attractive to Don Corneo.
Pharmacy Coupon A coupon for a free item from the pharmacy. Wall Market, Diner. Order some food and say it was all right. Use this coupon to get medicine at the pharmacy for the woman hogging the bathroom at the bar.
Cologne Cheap perfume. Wall Market, Bar. Reward for giving disinfectant to the woman in the bathroom. The lowest quality perfume you can get for Cloud. Cloud will not be picked if he is wearing this.
Flower Cologne Flower scented perfume. Wall Market, Bar. Reward for giving deodorant to the woman in the bathroom. The middle quality of three perfumes that Cloud can wear for Don Corneo. Cloud will not be picked if he is wearing this.
Sexy Cologne A perfume that amorously arouses. Wall Market, Bar (woman in bathroom). Reward for getting her a digestive with a pharmacy coupon. The nicest perfume Cloud can wear for Don Corneo. Perfume makes him more attractive to the Don.
Member's Card Membership card to the Honeybee Inn. Wall Market, southern section. Talk to the guy walking in circles in the bottom right corner after you've picked out a dress. Gets you into the Honeybee Inn.
Bikini Briefs Tight-fitting briefs. Wall Market, Honeybee Inn, Group Room. Underwear that makes Cloud more attractive to Don Corneo.
Lingerie Perfumed underwear. Wall Market, Honeybee Inn, &$#% Room. Make sure you talk to the hostess before she runs off! Underwear Cloud can wear that makes him more attractive to Don Corneo.

Shinra headquarters mission

Item Name Description Location Use
Keycard 60 Allows you to go as far as the 60th floor in the Shinra Bldg. Shinra Bldg, 59th floor (Cloud automatically picks it up after beating the guards at the elevator). Lets you get to the 60th floor of the Shinra Bldg.
Keycard 62 Allows you to go as far as the 62nd floor of the Shinra Bldg. Shinra Bldg, 61st floor. Guy walking around near the stairwell will give it to you if you don't talk about Aeris. You can get to the 62nd floor on the glass elevators.
Keycard 65 Allows you to go as far as the 65th floor of the Shinra Bldg. Shinra Bldg, 62nd floor. Mayor Domino will give it to you if you can guess his password from the clues in the library. You can get up to the 65th floor on the glass elevators.
Keycard 66 Allows you to go as far as the 66th floor of the Shinra Bldg. Shinra Bldg, 65th floor. Completing the Midgar parts puzzle on the 65th floor unlocks the chest containing this keycard. You can get up the to 66th floor on the glass elevators.
Keycard 68 Allows you to go as far as the 68th floor of the Shinra Bldg. Shinra Bldg, 67th floor. Talk to Hojo's lab assistant after defeating Sample: HO512. You can get up to the 68th floor on the glass elevators.
Midgar Parts Part of the Midgar city model Shinra Bldg, 65th floor; found in chests. You can only hold one set of them at a time, and the chests containing them will unlock in a specific order. Put the parts into their corresponding places in the city model on the 65th floor to finally unlock a chest containing Keycard 66.