EarthBound Beginnings

This page contains notes for the game EarthBound Beginnings.

Item ID List#

The information below is an expanded version of the table found on the Mother item ID page of Hakuda2. The table has been updated to include the item names found in Beginnings.

Some unused items were given dummy names in the localization that copy other used items' names, such as ButterKnife.

To do:
Badly needs updating / expansion: *Y/N rows for if the unused items can be used/dropped/equipped, etc, properly indicate what item is in each version, etc. *ALSO, a source for the "first item created" information. *Better track items that changed like the Friendship Ring to Repel Ring.

#	JP Name	Translation	EN Name	Use	Notes
01	でかぶくろ	Big Bag	Big Bag	Able to fit 30 magic herbs.	The Big Bag is the first item in the list. But, if that means it was the first item created, why does it come before the Magic Herb?
02	テレホンカード	Telephone Card	Phone Card	Allows you to make 50 phone calls.
03	パンくず	Breadcrumbs	Crumbs	Allows you to return to the place you used the Bread item.	A useful item for glitching, used to walk anywhere. Don't try it at home, kids.
04	[Blank]		Repel Ring		04~09 are empty. In the remake, 04 is used for the Repel Ring, while 06 is used for the Memory Chip.
04*	まよけのゆびわ	Amulet Ring	Repel Ring	Prevents weak enemies from being encountered.	A useful QoL feature added in Beginnings and retained in MOTHER 1+2, it replaces slot 04.
05	[Blank]		ButterKnife
06	[Blank]		ButterKnife
*	メモリーチップ	Memory Chip		Warps to EVE's location.	This item is exclusive to the remake. You can obtain it after EVE is destroyed.
07	[Blank]		ButterKnife
08	[Blank]		ButterKnife
09	[Blank]		ButterKnife
0A	ナイフ	Knife	ButterKnife	Teddy's weapons.
0B	サバイバルナイフ	Survival Knife	Surv.Knife		Let's be sure to use this knife for its intended purpose. Like peeling fruit...
0C	アシガルソード	Ashigaru Sword	Sword		Ashigaru: the lowest rank of samurai.
0D	KATANA	Katana	Katana		Written in romaji instead of kana in the Japanese version, for some reason.
0E	ショックガン	Shock Gun	Stun Gun	Lloyd's weapons.	Apparently a weapon that shocks your opponents, stunning them.
0F	エアガン	Air Gun	Air Gun	Lloyd's weapons.	Lloyd will probably be using his Beam items more often than he Fights with the Air Gun. Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Toy Air Gun weapon.
10	ボロのバット	Worn-Out Bat	Plastic Bat	Ninten's weapons.	Is it a bat that looks like it could break at any time? Who wore it out, anyway? Was it Dad? (And moreover, what kind of store sells pre-worn-out baseball bats? Is this some kind of "distressed jeans"-type deal?) Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Cracked Bat weapon.
11	ふつうのバット	Ordinary Bat	Wooden Bat		Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Tee Ball Bat weapon.
12	いいバット	Good Bat	AluminumBat		Even though there's a Good Bat, there's no Bad Bat. Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Sand Lot Bat weapon.
13	さいこうのバット	Supreme Bat	Hank's Bat		Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Hall of Fame Bat weapon.
14	フライパン	Frying Pan	Frying Pan	Ana's weapons.	Let's be sure to use this frying pan for cooking.
15	いいフライパン	Good Frying Pan	NonstickPan		Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Deluxe Fry Pan weapon.
16	とびきりのフライパン	Superior Frying Pan	IronSkillet		Let's be sure to use this superior frying pan to cook up some superior dishes.
17	スリングショット	Slingshot	Slingshot	Weapons everyone can equip.	A slingshot can also be called Pachinko. It also seems to wield considerable power in the real world.
18	ブーメラン	Boomerang	Boomerang	Weapons everyone can equip.
19	さっちゅうスプレー	Insecticide Spray	Insecticide	Defeats insect enemies in one shot. Insecticide has a 1/8 chance to break after each use, while the Super Spray can be used an unlimited number of times.
1A	スーパースプレー	Super Spray	Super Spray
1B	ノミとシラミ	Fleas & Lice	Flea Bag	Greatly reduces enemy Offense and Defense.	We owe a thank you to this item for enabling so many exploits. Strangely effective against robots, too.
1C	あいのことば	Words of Love	WordsO'Love	Says "I love you". (Useless)	No matter how many times you say it to enemies, they never understand your feelings.
1D	のろいのことば	Cursed Words	Swear Words	Says "I hate you". (Useless)	A useless item, really only good for using up turns.
1E	ねばねばマシン	Sticky Machine	StkyMachine	Paralyzes all enemies. Has a 1/8 chance to break after each use.	This is the only invention item you can actually use, and it appears before the others in the list. Perhaps the other, useless inventions were created later on. Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Slime Generator item.
1F	やみのライト	Shadow Light	Flashdark	Blinds all enemies.
20	いしのもと	Cause of Stone	StoneOrigin	Used by enemies. Petrifies the target.	An enemy-exclusive item that the player can't obtain. Targets a single enemy of the player's choice if used. It can't be sold.
21	どくばり	Stinger	PoisnNeedle	Used by enemies. Poisons the target.
22	かえんほうしゃき	Flamethrower	Fl Thrower	Damages all enemies. Has a 1/8 chance to break after each use.	Handle with care! Lloyd's primary weapon in the endgame.
23	ボム	Bomb	Bomb	Damages all enemies. Single-use.	A popular weapon that also appears in MOTHER 2.
24	スーパーボム	Super Bomb	Super Bomb	Eradicates your enemies, but also damages your allies. Single-use.	The side-effect of friendly fire was removed in MOTHER 2.
25	レーザービーム	Laser Beam	Laser Beam	Damages all enemies. Has a 1/8 chance to break after each use.	This item is also in MOTHER 2 as one of Jeff's gun weapons. EarthBound translates the name as "Laser Gun".
26	デスビーム	Death Beam	Plasma Beam		This item is also in MOTHER 2 as one of Jeff's gun weapons. EarthBound translates the name as "Death Ray". The Beginnings team seemed to have been a bit more cautious with using the word "death" here.
27	ITEM39	ITEM39	Rope	Unused item. Can't be used.	Another dummy item that retains a placeholder name in the Japanese version.27 in hex is 39 in decimal. If it were used, it might have been an in-battle item.
28	ロープ	Rope	Rope	Binds all enemies and slows them down.
29	[Blank]		Peace Coin		29~2C are empty. If there were more battle items, perhaps this is where they would have gone.
2A	[Blank]		Peace Coin
2B	[Blank]		Peace Coin
2C	[Blank]		Peace Coin
2D	やすらぎのコイン	Coin of Silence	Peace Coin	Armor everyone can equip.	This protective item also appears in MOTHER 2. Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Coin of Slumber.
2E	まもりのコイン	Coin of Protection	ProtectCoin		Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Coin of Defense.
2F	まふうじのコイン	Magic-Sealing Coin	Magic Coin		Has the same Japanese name as EarthBound's Talisman Coin.
30	ようせいのうでわ	Fairy Bracelet	Brass Ring		In MOTHER 2, it's placed fairly high among the Bracelet items. Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Pixie's Bracelet.
31	てんしのうでわ	Angel Bracelet	Silver Ring		Also appears in MOTHER 2. It's not for sale and is obtainable towards the end of the story. Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Cherub's Band.
32	めがみのうでわ	Goddess Bracelet	Gold Ring		The strongest ring in both MOTHER 1 and 2. Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Goddess Band.
33	しずくのペンダント	Tear Pendant	H2o Pendant		These pendants also appear in MOTHER 2. In 2, there's also a Night Pendant, but the Flashdark has disappeared, probably due to the existence of PK Flash. The Sea Pendant is the strongest in 1, while the Star Pendant is the strongest in 2. These items have the same Japanese names as EarthBound's Rain, Flame, Earth, and Sea Pendants, respectively.
34	ほのおのペンダント	Flame Pendant	FirePendant
35	だいちのペンダント	Earth Pendant	EarthPendnt
36	うみのペンダント	Sea Pendant	Sea Pendant
37	[Blank]		OrangeJuice		37~3B are empty. If there were more equippable items, perhaps this is where they would have gone.
38	[Blank]		OrangeJuice
39	[Blank]		OrangeJuice
3A	[Blank]		OrangeJuice
3B	[Blank]		OrangeJuice
3C	オレンジジュース	Orange Juice	OrangeJuice	Restores HP.	I feel like there's something a bit off about walking around with this item. Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Can of Fruit Juice item.
3D	フライドポテト	Fried Potato	FrenchFries		Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Bag of Fries item.
3E	マジックハーブ	Magic Herb	Magic Herb		The Magic Herb item appears quite far down in the list from the Big Bag.
3F	ハンバーガー	Hamburger	Hamburger
40	スポーツドリンク	Sports Drink	SportsDrink
41	きずぐすり	Wound Cream	LifeUpCream		The item of the same Japanese name in Pokémon is depicted as a spray medicine and localized there as "Potion", but in Beginnings, the translation is more accurate to the original Japanese term, which can refer to topical medicines such as salves, creams, etc.
42	ぜんそくスプレー	Asthma Spray	AsthmaSpray	Stops asthma attacks.	Despite "inhaler" being a commonly understood term in the West for this type of medicine, Beginnings vied for a more literal translation of the Japanese name.
43	どくけし	Antidote	Antidote	Cures poison status.
44	うがいぐすり	Mouthwash	Mouthwash	Cures cold status.	Not the first thing you'd think of to cure a cold in most cases, so in MOTHER 2 and EarthBound it was replaced with the more sensible Cold Medicine.
45	いちごとうふ	Strawberry Tofu	Berry Tofu	Restores 15 HP.	The amount of HP recovered is low for something so expensive. In 2, it appears as a key item. Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Trout Yogurt.
46	ITEM70	ITEM70	Bread	Unset item. Can't be used.	An unset item. It was probably meant to be a recovery good. 46 in hex is 70 in decimal.
47	パン	Bread	Bread	Restores HP. Turns into Bread Crumbs when used.	Exploits aside, this item is also useful in the regular game.
48	エンジェルシード	Angel Seed	Noble Seed	Removes the Wicked Seed's curse.
49	サイパワーストーン	PSI Power Stone	PSI Stone	Restores PP. Has a 1/8 chance to break after each use.	The only way to recover PP on the field.
4A	[Blank]		MagicRibbon		4A is empty. Perhaps this slot could have once held a PP-replenishing item, or a personal stat-boosting item for Ninten?
4B	ふしぎなリボン	Mysterious Ribbon	MagicRibbon	Raises Ana's force.
4C	ふしぎなキャンディ	Mysterious Candy	Magic Candy	Raises Lloyd's fight.	Same Japanese name as EarthBound's Rock Candy item. Amusingly close in name to Pokémon's Rare Candy item (ふしぎなアメ).
4D	ITEM77	ITEM77	QuickCapsul	Unset item. Can't be used.	Item that still has a placeholder name in the original Japanese version (4D in hex = 77 in decimal). Might have been a personal stat-boosting item for Teddy?
4E	スピードカプセル	Speed Capsule	QuickCapsul	Increases your speed.
4F	ウィズダムカプセル	Wisdom Capsule	Wisdom Caps	Increases your wisdom.
50	フィジカルカプセル	Physical Capsule	PhysicalCap	Increases your physical.
51	フォースカプセル	Force Capsule	ForceCapsul	Increases your force.
52	ファイトカプセル	Fight Capsule	FightCapsul	Increases your fight.
53	[Blank]		BasementKey		53 and 54 are empty. If there were more capsule items, perhaps these two slots could have had capsules for one of the following stats that aren't represented by the existing items in the game: Offense, Defense, HP, and PP.
54	[Blank]		BasementKey
55	ちかしつのカギ	Basement Key	BasementKey	A key to the house basement.
56	どうぶつえんのカギ	Zoo Key	Zoo Key	A key to the Choucream Zoo.
57	ゆうれいやしきのカギ	Haunted House Key	Ghost Key	A key to the haunted house.	It was a haunted house built for Rosemary's elder sister...
58	そうそふのにっき	Great Grandpa's Diary	GGF's Diary	A key to Magicant.
59	つうこうきょかしょう	Pass	Pass	A key to the Duncan Factory.
5A	ライブのチケット	Live Ticket	Ticket	A key to the Live House.	Hope you don't buy this from the old guy who's scalping tickets.
5F	カナリアのこども	Canary Chick	CanaryChick	Lola the singer's child.
60	ITEM96	ITEM96	BottlRocket	Unset item. Can't be used.	Unlike most of the unused items in the original Japanese version, this one has a unique name. 60 in hexadecimal is 96 in decimal.
61	ペンシルロケット	Pencil Rocket	BottlRocket	Battle and event item.	The chosen localization here is identical to that of EarthBound.
62	ぼうし	Hat	Hat	Event item.
63	いれば	False Teeth	Dentures	Event item.
64	チケットのはんけん	Ticket Stub	Ticket Stub	Collect 10 to ride the tank.
65	ICチップ	IC Chip	IC-chip	Cut item. There's no way to acquire this.	It seems like this item was intended to be one of Eve's components. Beginnings and 1+2 have the Memory Chip, however.
66	きぼうのオカリナ	Ocarina of Hope	Ocarina	Play melodies you've learned.	In other words, the Sound Stone, but you don't need it to beat the game.
67	ITEM103	ITEM103	FranklnBdge	Unset item. Can't be used.	Judging by its placement, perhaps this was intended to be a key item.
68	フランクリンバッヂ	Franklin Badge	FranklnBdge	Bounces back PK Beam γ.	An extremely useful item. In EarthBound, it bounces back Thunder and other non-PSI electric attacks instead.
69	ゆうじょうのゆびわ	Friendship Ring	FrndshpRing	Useless item.	Replaced by Repel Ring.
6A	ITEM106	ITEM106	Onyx Hook	Useless item. Can't be used.	Perhaps this was going to be an item that you could obtain in Magicant? 6A in hex is 106 in decimal.
6B	めのうのつりばり	Agate Fish Hook	Onyx Hook	Warp to Magicant.
6C	さいしゅうへいき	Ultimate Weapon	Last Weapon	Useless item.
6D	ものさし	Ruler	Ruler	Useless item.
6E	キャッシュカード	Cash Card	Cash Card	Allows you to withdraw cash.	Same Japanese name as EarthBound's ATM Card item.
6F	あかいくさ	Red Grass	Red Weed	Can be transformed into a Magic Herb at Queen Mary's Fountain.	Since you get the Big Bag in Magicant, this item tends to be rarely used.
70	ふしぎなメガホン	Mysterious Megaphone	Bullhorn	Can be used in battle for a 50/50 chance to either decrease the target's Fight, or increase their Offense.
71	ちず	Map	Map	Allows you to view the map.	This item was removed in later releases, since those let you view the map anytime.
72	[Blank]		Debug		72~7E are empty. This marks the end of the normal items, so the remaining entries are probably just unused space. The "Debug" label is retroactively applied from the next "valid" item at 7F. Whether some or all of these entries were once used as options on a debug menu (with 7F as a remnant) is possible, but unknown.
73	[Blank]		Debug
74	[Blank]		Debug
75	[Blank]		Debug
76	[Blank]		Debug
77	[Blank]		Debug
78	[Blank]		Debug
79	[Blank]		Debug
7A	[Blank]		Debug
7B	[Blank]		Debug
7C	[Blank]		Debug
7D	[Blank]		Debug
7E	[Blank]		Debug
7F	ざひょう	Coordinates	Debug		A debug item with a seemingly different effect from the original use (probably a screen coordinate display). A variety of things happen when you use it. Mostly, it just freezes the game.
80	マイホーム	My Home	MyHome		Starting from here are "items" named after places. These are probably the options when using Teleportation. You can't use these items, equip them, or sell them, naturally.
81	マザーズデイ	Mother's Day	Podunk
82	サンクスギビング	Thanksgiving	Merrysville
83	レインディア	Reindeer	Reindeer
84	ハロウィーン	Halloween	Spookane
85	スノーマン	Snowman	Snowman
86	イースター	Easter	Youngtown
87	バレンタイン	Valentines	Ellay
88	[Blank]				88~8F is a range of empty space, likely to have been a placeholder in case it was needed for more teleport destinations (or other location-based menu options).
89	[Blank]
8A	[Blank]
8B	[Blank]
8C	[Blank]
8D	[Blank]
8E	[Blank]
8F	[Blank]
90	レインディア	Reindeer	Reindeer		Starting here are "items" named Reindeer, Halloween, Snowman, and three named Santa Claus, corresponding to the names of the train stations. They can be used, but not equipped. Some of them can't be thrown away, but others can.
91	ハロウィーン	Halloween	Spookane
92	スノーマン	Snowman	Snowman
93	サンタクロース	Santa Claus	Union
94	サンタクロース	Santa Claus	Union
95	サンタクロース	Santa Claus	Union
96	ハロウィーン	Halloween	Spookane
97	スノーマン	Snowman	Snowman
98	レインディア	Reindeer	Reindeer
99	スノーマン	Snowman	Snowman
9A	レインディア	Raindeer	Reindeer
9B	ハロウィーン	Halloween	Spookane
9C	Aコース	A Course	FlightplanA		Items used for the Advent Desert sightseeing flight, and items used for the Game Assistant girl in Halloween.
9D	Bコース	B Course	FlightplanB
9E	Cコース	C Course	FlightplanC
9F	ヒント１	Hint 1	Hint 1
A0	ヒント２	Hint 2	Hint 2
A1	ヒント３	Hint 3	Hint 3
A2	どくけし	Antidote	Real Rocket		There are four duplicate dummy Antidotes here, well out of place, that do nothing. Their name is instead borrowed from the subsequent Real Rocket in Beginnings.
A3	どくけし	Antidote	Real Rocket
A4	どくけし	Antidote	Real Rocket
A5	どくけし	Antidote	Real Rocket
A6	ロケット（ほんもの）	Rocket (Real One)	Real Rocket	Useless invention.	There may be a reason why these items are so far down on the list.
A7	タイムマシン	Time Machine	TimeMachine	Useless invention.
A8	[Blank]				A8~B7 are another empty range.
A9	[Blank]
AA	[Blank]
AB	[Blank]
AC	[Blank]
AD	[Blank]
AE	[Blank]
AF	[Blank]
B0	[Blank]
B1	[Blank]
B2	[Blank]
B3	[Blank]
B4	[Blank]
B5	[Blank]
B6	[Blank]
B7	[Blank]
B8	（？？？）	[???]	[???]	This item's name changes depending on your position. It might be called M, or H, for example.
B9	[Blank]				B9~C0 are empty. There's nothing displayed in the item column, either, so you can't select these with your cursor.
BA	[Blank]
BB	[Blank]
BC	[Blank]
BD	[Blank]
BE	[Blank]		x
BF	[Blank]		x
C0	[Blank]
C1	テレパシー	Telepathy	Telepathy		Starting here are PSI abilities as "items". You learn Telepathy first, then Teleportation some time later.
C2	テレポーテーション	Teleportation	Teleport
C3	[Blank]		LifeUp α		C3~C7 are empty. Given their position after the special abilities above, they might have been intended for any additional PSI powers with uses outside of battle.
C4	[Blank]		LifeUp α
C5	[Blank]		LifeUp α
C6	[Blank]		LifeUp α
C7	[Blank]		LifeUp α
C8	ライフアップα	Life Up α	LifeUp α		The five different kinds of Life Up.
C9	ライフアップβ	Life Up β	LifeUp β
CA	ライフアップγ	Life Up γ	LifeUp γ
CB	ライフアップπ	Life Up π	LifeUp π
CC	ライフアップΩ	Life Up Ω	LifeUp Ω
CD	[Blank]		Healing α		CD~CF are empty. There may have been more LifeUp PSI abilities that eventually became too redundant and were cut back to five, or another type of healing ability entirely was in these slots.
CE	[Blank]		Healing α
CF	[Blank]		Healing α
D0	ヒーリングα	Healing α	Healing α		Healing PSI abilities.
D1	ヒーリングβ	Healing β	Healing β
D2	ヒーリングγ	Healing γ	Healing γ
D3	ヒーリングπ	Healing π	Healing π
D4	スーパーヒーリング	Super Healing	SuprHealing	Not Healing Ω?
D5	サイコシールドα	Psycho Shield α	PSIShield α		The PSI abilities continue to the end of the list. While there are no gaps in this section of the list unlike the others, there are actually two entries for "Hypnosis" (DA and E7). EarthBound has PSI Hypnosis Ω that affects all enemies at once, so maybe they planned to have two different levels of Hypnosis.
D6	サイコシールドβ	Psycho Shield β	PSIShield β
D7	パワーシールド	Power Shield	PowerShield
D8	ブレインショック	Brain Shock	Brainshock
D9	ブレインサイクロン	Brain Cyclone	BrainCyclon
DA	さいみんじゅつ	Hypnosis	Hypnosis
DB	パラライシス	Paralysis	Paralysis
DC	ダークネス	Darkness	Darkness
DD	サイマグネット	PSI Magnet	PSI-Magnet
DE	シールドオフ	Shield Off	Shield-Off
DF	サイコブロック	Psycho Block	PSI-Block
E0	オフェンスアップ	Offense Up	OffenseUp
E1	ディフェンスアップα	Defense Up α	DefenseUp α
E2	ディフェンスアップβ	Defense Up β	DefenseUp β
E3	クイックアップ	Quick Up	QuickUp
E4	ディフェンスダウンα	Defense Down α	Def.Down α
E5	ディフェンスダウンβ	Defense Down β	Def.Down β
E6	じげんスリップ	Dimension Slip	4th-D Slip
E7	さいみんじゅつ	Hypnosis	Hypnosis
E8	PKフリーズα	PK Freeze α	PK Freeze α
E9	PKフリーズβ	PK Freeze β	PK Freeze β
EA	PKフリーズγ	PK Freeze γ	PK Freeze γ
EB	PKフリーズΩ	PK Freeze Ω	PK Freeze Ω
EC	PKファイアーα	PK Fire α	PK Fire α
ED	PKファイアーβ	PK Fire β	PK Fire β
EE	PKファイアーγ	PK Fire γ	PK Fire γ
EF	PKファイアーΩ	PK Fire Ω	PK Fire Ω
F0	PKビームα	PK Beam α	PK Beam α
F1	PKビームβ	PK Beam β	PK Beam β
F2	PKビームγ	PK Beam γ	PK Beam γ
F3	PKビームΩ	PK Beam Ω	PK Beam Ω
F4	PKサンダーα	PK Thunder α	PK Thunder α
F5	PKサンダーβ	PK Thunder β	PK Thunder β
F6	PKサンダーγ	PK Thunder γ	PK Thunder γ
F7	[Blank]		Faintd		F7 - FF are empty, all of which are given the "Faintd" string in Beginnings. It's likely that if any further PSI abilities were added, they'd have gone in this section.
F8	[Blank]		Faintd
F9	[Blank]		Faintd
FA	[Blank]		Faintd
FB	[Blank]		Faintd
FC	[Blank]		Faintd
FD	[Blank]		Faintd
FE	[Blank]		Faintd
FF	[Blank]		Faintd

{{source|詩衣雫月 - Original Table & Notes, West - Earth Bound Item IDs, GlitterBerri - Original translation, Catstorm - further work and amended translations}