Difference between revisions of "Item"

Revision as of 14:41, 8 July 2008

An Item is anything in Neopets which can be placed in a users Inventory for use while playing on the website. The term "item" itself is very broad, and can describe non-living things - e.g. food, books, etc - as well as certain living things - Petpets, Bottled Faeries, 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 Neopian currency - Neopoints - do not exist as physical items, but certain others - Dubloons and Nerkmids - 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 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 gallery to share them with others. As of July 2008, there are over 25,000 different items in Neopia.

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 February 2007:

Item Rarity

Item Rarity - not to be confused with Rare Item Codes - 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.
71-84 - Rare
85-90 - Very Rare
91-95 - Ultra Rare
96-99 - Super Rare
100-104 - Mega Rare
105-119 - 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 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.
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 omelettes.

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, Quests, plots, Rare Item Codes, special shops, 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 Codestones, it notes the shaking and instability of the Codestone while the user is holding it.
Humming - Tag used to mark Paint Brushes.
Wearable - Signifies a clothing item that can be placed in the user's "closet" for Neopets Customisation.

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

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 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 2007, there are 21,819 different items in Neopets (not including unannounced, replaced, or [[1-Player Challenger]] items).
+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.
-==Item categories==
+==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 February 2007:
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-==Item rarity==
+==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.
-*'''1-70''' - ''Common'', easily found in main [[Neopian]] shops and given out by random events.
+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.
 *'''71-84''' - ''Rare''
 *'''85-90''' - ''Very Rare''
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 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===
+===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]]s, [[plot]]s, [[Rare Item Code]]s, 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'').
+*'''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]]s, it notes the shaking and instability of the Codestone while the user is holding it.
+*'''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]].
-==Item status==
-New items are always being added to Neopets, and the status or creation process of an item is something of interest to many users, who look forward to the newest items or are discovering images or information about them before their release. While there are 21,819 active and noted items which users can acquire as of July 2007, there are many items items whose status in the item database is on hold due to special reasons.
-#An item's name can be found via the sidebar search or the [[Shop Wizard]], which means it is in the item database but does not have an ID yet. Items like this may sometimes be announced in the news before they are officially released. There are 3,258 of these items.
-#The item has not been mentioned in the [[New Features]] and all that is known is the item's image URL. There are 203 of these items.
-#An item's image and name is found, but for some reason is never officially released, even when mentioned in the New Features (sometimes considered [[Wikipedia:Missing in action|MIA]], after the terminology used on [[NeoItems.net]]). There are 188 of these items.
-#Items (usually [[Battledome Equipment]]) which is only used by [[1-Player Challengers]], and can never be acquired by users. There are 202 of these items.
-#An item has been redrawn, renamed, or both, either taking them out of the database or replacing them with a new one. Items such as this are noted for their historical significance, due to the changing style of art or direction in Neopets. There are 93 of these items.
 ==Trivia==