List of items in Dragon Quest VIII

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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[edit]

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

Incredible Items[edit]

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

Name Image Price Recipe Effect Description
Crystal ball
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N/A N/A Return to Kalderasha. The crystal ball for fortune-telling which Valentina asked you to find.
Argon Heart
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N/A N/A Nothing. A gizzard stone from an argon lizard
Great big Argon heart
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N/A N/A Return to Argonia in exchange for the Magic Mirror. A gizzard stone from the Great Argon lizard.
Baumren's bell
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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.
Sage's stone
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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.