Mother 3/Item data

Item data table
Game	MOTHER 3
Start Address	0xE5108
End Address	0xEBD07
# of Entries	256 (0x100)
Entry Length	108 bytes (0x6C)
Total Length	27648 bytes (0x6C00)
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Overview

The item data table contains the stats and parameters for each item in the game. It does not include the item names; for that, see the item names table.

Format

Each entry in the table uses 108 bytes.

Field listing

• 00-00 (01) = [ A ] Item number
• 01-03 (03) = Unclassified data
• 04-04 (01) = [ B ] Item type
• 05-07 (03) = Unclassified data
• 08-08 (01) = [ C ] Key item flag
• 09-09 (01) = Unclassified data
• 0A-0B (02) = [ D ] Sell price
• 0C-0C (01) = [ E ] Equip flags
• 0D-0F (03) = Unclassified data
• 10-13 (04) = [ F ] HP increase (signed)
• 14-15 (02) = [ G ] PP increase (signed)
• 16-17 (02) = Unclassified data
• 18-18 (01) = [ H ] Offense increase (signed)
• 19-19 (01) = [ I ] Defense increase (signed)
• 1A-1A (01) = [ J ] IQ increase (signed)
• 1B-1B (01) = [ K ] Speed increase (signed)
• 1C-1F (04) = Unclassified data
• 20-35 (16) = [ L ] Status ailment protection
• 36-3A (05) = [ M ] Elemental protection
• 3B-4D (13) = Unclassified data
• 4E-4F (02) = [ N ] Lower HP value
• 50-51 (02) = [ O ] Upper HP value
• 52-52 (01) = [ P ] Status ailment
• 53-5B (09) = Unclassified data
• 5C-5D (02) = [ Q ] Battle text number
• 5E-6B (0E) = Unclassified data

Table view

       00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   0A   0B   0C   0D   0E   0F
    +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
00  | [ A] [      ?     ] [ B] [      ?     ] [ C] [ ?] [   D   ] [ E] [      ?     ]
10  | [        F        ] [   G   ] [   ?   ] [ H] [ I] [ J] [ K] [        ?        ]
20  | [                                      L                                     ->
30  | <-             L            ] [           M          ] [          ?          ->
40  | <-                                 ?                                ] [   N   ]
50  | [   O   ] [ P] [                     ?                    ] [   Q   ] [   ?  ->
60  | <-                            ?                           ]

Item type

Not fully known. Values range from 0 to 9:

00: Weapon

01: Body armor

02: Headgear

03: Armgear

04: Food

05: Status healer

06: Nausea

07: Fleas

08: Burned

09: Solidified

Key item flag

Seems to be 01 for non-key items, 00 for key items.

Equip flags

This is a bitfield indicating who can equip this item:

• 01 = ?
• 02 = Flint
• 04 = Lucas
• 08 = Duster
• 10 = Kumatora
• 20 = Boney
• 40 = Salsa
• 80 = ?

Status ailment protection

Indicates how much to protect against certain status ailments. A more negative value means more protection. Each value is a 16-bit signed integer. There are 11 values, corresponding to the table below:

00: Poison

01: Paralysis

02: Sleep

03: Strange

04: Cry

05: Forgetful

06: Nausea

07: Fleas

08: Burned

09: Solidified

0A: Numbness?

Elemental protection

Similar to the status ailment protection, an item may also protect from elemental damage taken from PSI or Bomb items. Each value is an 8-bit signed integer. There are 5 values, corresponding to the table below:

00: Neutral (PK Love, Starstorm, Ground)

01: PK Fire

02: PK Freeze

03: PK Thunder

04: Bombs

Lower and upper HP values

The lower and upper HP values indicate the range of recovery for recovery-based items. Each value uses 16 bits.

Status ailment

This seems to control which status ailment to heal for items such as the Antidote, Fresh Mint, etc., according to the table below:

01: Poison (Antidote)

02: Numbness (Anti-Paralysis)

03: Sleep (Alarm Cicada)

04: Confusion (Paper Fan)

05: Crying (Eye Drops)

06: Forgetfulness (Recollection Bell)

07: Nausea (Fresh Mint)

08: Fleas (Flea Powder)