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An '''Item''' is anything in [[Neopets (website)|Neopets]] which can be placed in a user's [[Inventory]] for use while playing on the website. The term "item" itself is very broad, and can describe non-living things - e.g. [[food]], [[book]]s, etc. - as well as certain living things - [[Petpet]]s, [[Bottled Faerie]]s, plants, etc. Items may be traded, sold, given away or discarded, with the exception of a few special items where this is restricted, such as with Petpets or paintbrushes from the newbie-pack, or certain plot items. 

The basic [[Neopia]]n currency - [[Neopoint]]s - do not exist as physical items, but certain others - [[Dubloon]]s and [[Nerkmid]]s - do. The single case where [[Neopoints]] do appear in one's inventory is as the item ''Bag of Broken Neopoints''. In this state, they do not serve as a [[Wikipedia:Medium of exchange|medium of exchange]], but can be fixed by [[Donny]] - being removed from the users inventory in the process - and become actual Neopoints.

Many users make it a hobby to collect certain items or types of items, and many make a [[Item Gallery|gallery]] to share them with others. As of July 2008, there are over 25,000 different items in Neopia.

The buying and selling of items is also the main way many users make Neopoints, either through restocking or investing. Restocking (or RS) is when a user finds items at a main shop that sell for less than the user shops on the Shop Wizard. Investing is done by finding items in the Shop Wizard or elsewhere that are currently selling for less than what the user believes they will be selling for later. For example, Christmas items in June sell for a lot less then they do in December.

==Item Categories==
There are many different types of items in Neopets, all of which have different uses and purposes. Below are all the current categories items fall under as of September 2011:

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*[[Altador Cup#Altador Cup Tournament items|Altador Cup Tournament]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Altadorian Armour|Altadorian Armour]]
*[[Food#Altadorian Food|Altadorian Food]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Altadorian Magic|Altadorian Magic]]
*[[Petpet#Altadorian Petpet|Altadorian Petpet]]
*[[Food#Aquatic Food|Aquatic Food]]
*[[Petpet#Aquatic Petpet|Aquatic Petpet]]
*[[Food#Baked|Baked]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Battle Magic|Battle Magic]]
*[[Book]]
*[[Book#Booktastic Book|Booktastic Book]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Brightvale Armour|Brightvale Armour]]
*[[Book#Brightvale Books|Brightvale Books]]
*[[Food#Brightvale Fruit|Brightvale Fruit]]
*[[Mote|Brightvale Motes]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Brightvale Potions|Brightvale Potions]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Brightvale Scroll|Brightvale Scroll]]
*[[Furniture#Brightvale Windows|Brightvale Windows]]
*[[Toy#Broken Toy|Broken Toy]]
*[[Food#Candy|Candy]]
*[[Clothes]]
*[[Food#Coffee|Coffee]]
*[[Cog's Togs|Cogs Togs]]
*[[NeoDeck|Collectable Card]]
*[[Stamp Album|Collectable Coin]]
*[[Toy#Darigan Toy|Darigan Toy]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Defence Magic|Defence Magic]]
*[[Food#Desert Food|Desert Food]]
*[[Petpet#Desert Petpet|Desert Petpet]]
*[[Furniture#Desert Pottery|Desert Pottery]]
*[[Book#Desert Scroll|Desert Scroll]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Desert Weapon|Desert Weapon]]
*[[Food#Exotic Foods|Exotic Foods]]
*[[Book#Faerie Book|Faerie Book]]
*[[Food#Faerie Food|Faerie Food]]
*[[Furniture#Faerie Furniture|Faerie Furniture]]
*[[Petpet#|Faerie Petpet]]
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*[[Battledome Equipment#Faerie Weapon|Faerie Weapon]]
*[[Petpet#Fanciful Fauna|Fanciful Fauna]]
*[[Food]]
*[[Furniture]]
*[[Furniture#Gardening|Gardening]]
*[[Petpet#Geraptiku Petpet|Geraptiku Petpet]]
*[[Gift]]
*[[Grooming]]
*[[Food#Gross Food|Gross Food]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Haunted Weaponry|Haunted Weaponry]]
*[[Food#Healthy Food|Healthy Food]]
*[[Food#Hot Dog|Hot Dog]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Ice Crystal|Ice Crystal]]
*[[Toy#Instrument|Instrument]]
*[[Island Merchandise]]
*[[Food#Jelly Food|Jelly Food]]
*[[Furniture#Kiko Lake Carpentry|Kiko Lake Carpentry]]
*[[Food#Kiko Lake Food|Kiko Lake Food]]
*[[Food#Kreludan Food|Kreludan Food]]
*[[Furniture#Kreludan Furniture|Kreludan Furniture]]
*[[Lampwyck's Lights Fantastic|Lampwycks Lights Fantastic]]
*[[Magic Item (Item Type)|Magic Item]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Maractite Weaponry|Maractite Weaponry]]
*[[Petpet#Maraquan Petpet|Maraquan Petpet]]
*[[Disease|Medical Cures]]
*[[Disease|Medicine]]
*[[Food#Medieval Food|Medieval Food]]
*[[Petpet#Medieval Petpet|Medieval Petpet]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Medieval Potion|Meridell Potion]]
*[[Book#Moltaran_Books|Moltaran Books]]
*[[Petpet#Moltaran_Petpet|Moltaran Petpets]]
*[[Food#Molten_Morsels|Moltaran Morsels]]
*[[Mystic Mushroom]]
*[[Mystical Surroundings]]
*[[Furniture#Neovian Antiques|Neovian Antiques]]
*[[Clothes#Neovian Attire|Neovian Attire]]
*[[Food#Neovian Pastries|Neovian Pastries]]
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*[[Book#Neovian Press|Neovian Press]]
*[[Petpet]]
*[[Furniture#Petpet Supplies|Petpet Supplies]]
*[[Petpetpet]]
*[[Petpet#Pirate Petpet|Pirate Petpet]]
*[[Food#Pizza|Pizza]]
*[[Plushie|Plushies]]
*[[Food#Qasalan Food|Qasalan Food]]
*[[Book#Qasalan Tablets|Qasalan Tablets]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Qasalan Weaponry|Qasalan Weaponry]]
*[[Disease|Remarkable Restoratives]]
*[[Petpet#Robot Petpet|Robot Petpet]]
*[[Furniture#Roo Island Merchandise|Roo Island Merchandise]]
*[[Neoschool|School]]
*[[Stamp Album|Sea Shells]]
*[[Food#Slushie|Slushie]]
*[[Food#Smoothie|Smoothie]]
*[[Food#Snow Food|Snow Food]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Space Battle|Space Battle]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Space Defence|Space Defence]]
*[[Food#Space Food|Space Food]]
*[[Special (item type)|Special]]
*[[Food#Spooky Food|Spooky Food]]
*[[Spooky Furniture]]
*[[Petpet#Spooky Petpet|Spooky Petpet]]
*[[Stamp Album|Stamp]]
*[[Toy]]
*[[Neopets TCG|Trading Card]]
*[[Food#Tropical Food|Tropical Food]]
*[[Food#Tyrannian Food|Tyrannian Food]]
*[[Furniture#Tyrannian Furniture|Tyrannian Furniture]]
*[[Petpet#Tyrannian Petpet|Tyrannian Petpet]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Tyrannian Weaponry|Tyrannian Weaponry]]
*[[Usuki|Usuki Doll]]
*[[Utility Fish]]
*[[Petpet#Wintery Petpet|Wintery Petpet]]
*[[Battledome Equipment#Wonderous Weaponry|Wonderous Weaponry]]
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==Item Rarity==
Item Rarity - not to be confused with [[Rare Item Code]]s - is a relative scale of showing how rare an item is. An item is rare if they are harder to get than other items. Usually this will also mean they are more expensive. Whenever you see an items rarity it will be listed as a number. These numbers have the following meanings. All items with rarity over 70 show an inventory tag when seen in a user's inventory, helping users identify rare items faster. 

Items with a rarity between 1-100 are sold in the main [[Neopian]] shops.

Items with rarities above 98 do not appear in the Neopets Search Engine.

*'''1-70''' - ''Common'', easily found in main Neopian shops and given out by random events.
*'''71-79''' - ''Uncommon''
*'''80-84''' - ''Rare''
*'''85-90''' - ''Very Rare''
*'''91-95''' - ''Ultra Rare''
*'''96-100''' - ''Super Rare''
*'''101-109''' - ''Mega Rare''
*'''110-119''' - ''Special'', these items cannot be obtained through the normal shops. Normally these are only given out as part of a special offer.
*'''120''' - This rarity is reserved for [[Brain Tree]] [[Brain Tree Quest|Quest]] prizes.
*'''121-179''' - ''Special'', as the 105-119 rarity items, but these are more potent.
*'''180''' - ''[[Retired]]'', this item will never again be released and its rarity will never be changed from 180.
*'''200''' - ''Artifact'', these items are sold in the [[Hidden Tower]]. 
*'''250''' - ''Artifact'', these are either [[retired]] [[Hidden Tower]] items or [[Cooking Pot]] items made from two [[Hidden Tower]] items.
*'''450''' - ''[[Petpet Park]]'', These items are used in the new Petpet Park game by Neopets. Thus far these items may not be used or acquired on the normal Neopets site.
*'''500''' - This rarity is reserved for [[NC Mall]] items.

If a user feeds their [[Neopet]] a food item with a rarity 90-100 it is considered a ''Gourmet Food'' and will qualify their [[Neopet]] in the [[Gourmet Club]].

Items with a high rarity value may not in fact be rare at all: certain items with high rarities are given out in large quantities, devaluing them, such as with [[omelette]]s. 

===Inventory Tags===
When seen in the users inventory, some items will be labelled with certain tags after their name, which signify difference between them and other items. They are...

*'''Special''' - Items which usually require the user to perform certain actions to obtain. These can include prizes from [[Dailies]], [[Games Room|games]], [[Quest|Quests]], [[plot|plots]], [[Rare Item Code|Rare Item Codes]], special shops, [[Treasure Maps|Treasure Map]] pieces, [[World Challenge]] pieces, the [[Cooking Pot]], the [[NC Mall]], and items which give the user other items when used (such as the ''cracker'').
*'''Shaking''' - Exclusive for [[Codestone|Codestones]], it notes the shaking and instability of the Codestone while the user is holding it.
*'''Humming''' - Tag used to mark [[Paint Brush|Paint Brushes]].
*'''Wearable''' - Signifies a clothing item that can be placed in the user's "closet" for [[Neopets Customisation]].
*'''Neohome''' - Signifies a furniture item that can be placed in the user's "Neohome Storage Shed" to decorate their [[Neohome]]. Note: This does not mean the item can necessarily be put in Classic Neohomes!

==Trivia==
*There is a book titled ''Rare and Retired Items'', which is said to reveal "what those hard to get items are all about". However, owning this book or reading it to a Neopet doesn't give a user any new knowledge about items.

==External links==
*'''Help File:''' [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=20 A Pant Devil stole my items!], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=30 Why are my items disappearing?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=119 Help one of my items was turned to sludge!], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=120 How do I get a Safety Deposit Box?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=158 How do I see my items?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=169 What do you do with videos?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=284 Can you hold more than 50 items?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=304 Can you get items in NeoQuest that will go into your Inventory on 'Your Items' or are all the items based on staying in the game itself?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=321 What is the difference between donating and discarding an item from your inventory?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=360 I'm on a quest, where can I find my item?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=373 How do I donate an item?], [http://neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=388 What does rarity mean?]
*'''Selected Fansite:''' [http://www.neoitems.net NeoItems.net],[http://npinvestors.getboard.net/forum.htm NP Investors]
*[http://neopets.com/objects.phtml?type=inventory User's Inventory]

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