List of items in Dragon Quest VIII

The following is a list of regular items that can be collected and be used by the party in Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King.

Regular Items

Name	Image	Price	Recipe	Effect	Description
Medicinal herb		8		Restores around 30-40 HP on use.	Restores 30 or more HP to a single ally.
Strong medicine		N/A	Medicinal herb + Medicinal herb	Restores around 50-70 HP on use.	Restores 50 or more HP to a single ally.
Special medicine		N/A	Strong medicine + Strong medicine	Restores around 90-120 HP on use.	Restores 90 or more HP to a single ally.
Rose-root		N/A	Medicinal herb + Medicinal herb + Medicinal herb Medicinal herb + Strong medicine	Restores around 70-90 HP on use.	Restores 70 or more HP to a single ally.
Amor seco essence		120	Holy water + Strong medicine	Restores around 70-90 HP on use.	Restores 60 or more HP to a single ally.
Antidotal herb		10		Removes poison effect.	Cures a single ally of the effects of poison.
Strong antidote		N/A	Antidotal herb + Medicinal herb	Removes Poison effect and restores around 30-40 HP on use.	Restores 30 or more HP to a single ally and cures the effects of poison.
Special antidote		N/A	Medicinal herb + Antidotal herb + Antidotal herb Strong antidote + Strong antidote	Removes poison effect and restores around 60-80 HP on use.	Restores 60 or more HP to a single ally and cures the effects of poison.
Moonwort bulb		30		Removes Paralysis and wakes up all party members.	Cures the entire party of the effects of Paralysis.
Rose-wort		N/A	Medicinal herb + Medicinal herb + Moonwort bulb Moonwort bulb + Strong medicine	Removes Paralysis effect and restores around 60-80 HP on use.	Restores 60 or more HP to a single ally and cures the effects of paralysis.
Moon's mercy		N/A	Moonwort bulb + Moonwort bulb + Moonwort bulb	Removes Paralysis effect and restores around 110-120 HP on use.
Lesser panacea		N/A	Special medicine + Special medicine	Removes Paralysis and Poison effect and restores all HP on use.	Fully restores the HP of a single ally and cures the effects of poison and paralysis.
Greater panacea		N/A	Special medicine + Special medicine + Special medicine Lesser panacea + Rose-root + Rose-wort	Removes paralysis and poison effect and restores all HP on use.
Yggdrasil leaf		1000		Revives one fallen party member.
Yggdrasil dew		N/A	Magic water + Yggdrasil leaf	Recovers all party members HP.
Magic water		300	Holy water + Seed of magic	Restores around 30-40 MP on use.	Restores 30 or more MP to a single ally.
Elfin elixir		300	Magic water + Yggdrasil dew	Restores all MP on use.
Holy water		20	Amor seco essence + Rock salt	Repels weaker enemies.	Temporarily prevents weaker monsters from attacking the party.
Chimaera wing		25	Wing of bat + Wing of bat	Casts Zoom.	Allows you to warp instantly to a selection of places you have previously visited.
Mystifying mixture		N/A	Antidotal herb + Medicinal herb + Moonwort bulb Cowpat + Holy water + Wing of bat	Casts Fuddle.
Rockbomb shard		450		50-100 damage on all enemies.
Timbrel of tension		N/A	Magic beast hide + Sun crown + Tough guy tattoo	Increases all party members' Tension by one level.
Seed of life		N/A		Augments max HP.	Permanently increases the maximum HP of a single ally.
Seed of magic		N/A		Augments max MP.	Permanently increases the maximum MP of a single ally.
Seed of strength		N/A		Augments strength.	Permanently increases the strength of a single ally.
Seed of defence		N/A		Augments resilience.	Permanently increases the resilience of a single ally.
Seed of agility		N/A		Augments agility.	Permanently increases the agility of a single ally.
Seed of wisdom		N/A		Augments wisdom.	Permanently increases the wisdom of a single ally.
Seed of skill		2000 (one time offer)		Adds 5 skill points.

Incredible Items

These items are (usually) one of a kind and cannot be sold to merchants.

Name	Image	Price	Recipe	Effect	Description
Crystal ball		N/A	N/A	Return to Kalderasha.	The crystal ball for fortune-telling which Valentina asked you to find.
Moonshadow harp		N/A	N/A	Allows Ishmari to get the ship to the ocean.	A royal treasure from Ascantha that contains some sort of mysterious power.
Sun mirror		N/A	N/A	Allows entry into the Dark Ruins	Once a magical mirror. Now drained of its former power. The magic mirror, restored to its true from by the power of the sea dragon.
Argon Heart		N/A	N/A	Nothing.	A gizzard stone from an argon lizard
Great big Argon heart		N/A	N/A	Return to Argonia in exchange for the Magic Mirror.	A gizzard stone from the Great Argon lizard.
Sand of serenity		N/A	N/A	A phial of mysterious powder received from Felix.	Puts Baurem's soul to rest at Yggdrasil.
Baumren's bell		N/A	N/A	Summons a Great sabrecat.	A bell received from Master Felix.
The Big Book of Barriers	N/A	N/A	N/A	Give to Dominico for him to create a magic barrier.	An encyclopaedia of the world's magic barriers.
Kran Spinels		N/A	N/A	Give to Dominico to help him create a barrier.	A pair of precious jewels that were set into the eyes of the statue of Alexandra.
Illuminated sea chart		N/A	N/A	An old sea chart that shows the secret path to the Godbird Isle.	Reveals the path to the Godbird Isle.
Godbird's soulstone		N/A	N/A	A sacred gem that allows the party to fly freely through the skies.	Grants the power of flying.
Darktree leaf		N/A	N/A	Works like a compass, guiding the user to the source of evil.	Shows the location of Rhapthorne on the world map.
Godbird sceptre		N/A	N/A		Destroys the barrier protecting Rhapthorne.
Sage's stone		N/A	Gold bar + Orichalcum + Yggdrasil dew	Restores HP to the party when used in battle.	Restores 100* or more HP to the entire party when used as an item in battle.
Double bubble		N/A	N/A	A shining sphere with the power to double the experience and double the gold earned from battles!	Doubles experience and gold earned by the party for 10 battles after using.