EarthBound Beginnings/Item data

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Item data
Game	EarthBound Beginnings
Start Address	1800
End Address	1FFF
# of Entries	256
Entry Length	8 (0x8)
Total Length	2048 bytes (0x800)
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The Item data table contains data for items (entries 00-7F), teleport locations (80-87), train destinations (90-9B), items you can "buy" but can't actually have such as the plane flight plans (9C-A7), character levelup data (B8-BF), and PSI (C0-FF).

Format

Items

• Bytes 0-1: Pointer to name
• Byte 2: Flags
  • Bits 0-5: Who can use it
  • Bit 6: If set, item is edible
  • Bit 7: If set, item cannot be dropped
• Byte 3: Equipment
  • Bits 0-5: Attack (weapon), defense (coin/ring), or resistance (pendant)
  • Bits 6-7: Type (0=weapon, 1=coin, 2=ring, 3=pendant)
• Byte 4: Item action (non-battle)
• Byte 5: Item action (battle)
• Bytes 6-7: Price

Teleport locations

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Train destinations

• Bytes 0-1: Pointer to name
• Bytes 2-3:
  • Bits 0-5: Music to play
  • Bits 6-15: Train start location X
• Bytes 4-5:
  • Bits 0-5: Start direction
  • Bits 6-15: Train start location Y
• Bytes 6-7: Price

Character levelup table

• Byte 0: Experience requirement constant
• Bytes 1-2: Unknown
• Bytes 3-7: Stat growth rates

PSI

• Bytes 0-1: Pointer to name
• Byte 2: Level for Ninten to learn
• Byte 3: Level for Ana to learn
• Byte 4: Action (non-battle)
• Byte 5: Action (battle)
• Byte 6: Unused
• Byte 7: PP required