Black Tiger/Items

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Basic Items[edit | edit source]

Black Tiger will discover many items that help him survive his journey. Items are sitting out in the open, or are found in locked chests or by breaking pots. Pots must be struck twice to break them, revealing their contents. Defeated enemies drop zenny, which disappears after a few seconds if not collected or if scrolled off screen. Items dropped from pots will stay present until collected or a screen change occurs (i.e. entering a dungeon or store). However, some pots hide enemies which will attack when revealed.

Zenny

Zenny coins are currency, used to buy weapons, armor, antidote potions, or keys in the wise-man shops. Zenny coins come in many denominations, including 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, and 1000.

Hourglass

Running out of time during a stage will cost you a life. Collecting an hourglass adds 30 seconds to the timer.

Keys and treasure chests

Treasure chests each require a key to unlock, which are found in pots or purchased in the shop. Chests contain zenny, a potion that immediately restores all health, or traps that shoot jets of flame out of the floor.

Collecting a POW will instantly annihilate all on-screen enemies. These are not random drops, instead appearing in the open in certain places, or sometimes in a secret hole in the stage walls.

Captives and shops[edit | edit source]

You will encounter old men who have been frozen and turned to stone. You can free them by touching them. Once rescued, they reward you with advice, zenny, a health potion, a time boost, or offering to sell you supplies.

Buying a new weapon increases the attack power of both your main swing and your thrown daggers. Armor sets your armor level to a new value (2, 4, 6, or 8, depending on the armor purchased). Keys open chests. Antidotes are added to your inventory, and are automatically used to counteract poison when you are hit with a poisonous attack (snake bite, being eaten by man-eating plants, touched by red blobs, hit by green orcs, or being struck by blue fire pillars cast by flying witches or certain other enemies). Some poison attacks require more than one antidote to counter the poison effects. Being poisoned either causes you to not throw daggers, or reverses the joystick controls. Even if cured, poison attacks still do regular damage.

The price for keys (80 zenny in the Japanese version, 30 in all other regions) and antidotes (150) are fixed, but the price per weapon and armor changes according to the difficulty level set by DIP switch, and the region of the game (International or Japan). The following chart explains the cost per item for each level and region.

Difficulty setting → ↓ Item	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Level 2 Weapon	100 150	100 150	150 200	150 200	200 200	200 200	300 300	400 400
Level 3 Weapon	1000 1000	1200 1200	1000 1600	1600 1600	1200 2400	1600 2400	1600 2400	2400 2400
Level 4 Weapon	2400 2400	2400 3200	3200 3200	3200 4800	4800 4800	4800 6400	6400 6400	6400 6400
Level 5 Weapon	9600 9600	9600 9600	9600 9600	9600 12800	12800 12800	12800 12800	12800 19200	12800 19200
Level 2 Armor	80 80	80 80	100 100	100 100	150 200	150 300	200 300	200 400
Level 4 Armor	300 400	300 400	400 500	400 600	500 800	500 1000	600 1000	600 1200
Level 6 Armor	800 800	800 1000	800 1200	1000 1200	1200 1600	1200 1600	1600 2400	1600 2400
Level 8 Armor	1600 1600	2400 2400	2400 3200	2400 3200	2400 4800	3200 4800	3200 4800	4800 4800

Secret items[edit | edit source]

Secret items are revealed by destroying certain sections of wall throughout the stages. Each stage has three such hidden items (except stage 7, which only has two). Each given secret is always the same between playthroughs (though there is some variation between regions). Any of the following can be revealed:

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