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Balamb-Station-ffviii-outside

The general store in Balamb train station.

The following is a list of shops available in Final Fantasy VIII. The game has a general shop used in many shop fronts that always sells the same basic items. In addition to the general store, there are some unique shops that sell special items.

The support ability Familiar is needed for some items to become available in Timber and Esthar City, and the Haggle and Sell High support abilities can be used to modify the shops' prices. The Call Shop menu ability can be used to access shops from the menu; this is especially useful beyond the point of no return when the towns are no longer accessible, although if the player can get a chocobo to reach Ragnarok they can find a shop there.

Weapons are modified in junk shops and require items to be used in lieu of gil to upgrade.

Unlike most previous Final Fantasy games, the shop buildings don't have interiors in Final Fantasy VIII; entering a shop just opens the shop menu.

List of shops[]

General Store[]

CC Joker shop inside Ragnarok from FFVIII Remastered

CC Joker's shop is the general store.

The general store is the basic shop accessed via various points: Balamb Garden training center (CC Joker appears randomly in the righthand screen of the area), Balamb Town train station, Timber item store, Dollet town square, Deling City shopping arcade, D-District Prison Floor 8, Fishermans Horizon and downtown Winhill. In the time compressed world, CC Joker will sell items from the general store aboard the Ragnarok (even if the player did not complete the Card Club quest). There also exists a dummied general shop, called Trabia Shop, with the same items.

The shop in Winhill can also be used as Laguna; in fact, Laguna's pool of gil is independent of the money the main party has, and thus the only use of Laguna's money is to spend it in the shop, as the player can still get the items to the main inventory and use them with the main party.

Item Price
Potion 100
Hi-Potion 500
Phoenix Down 500
Antidote 100
Eye Drops 100
Soft 100
Echo Screen 100
Holy Water 100
Remedy 1000
Tent 1000
Fuel 3000
Normal Ammo 20
Shotgun Ammo 40
G-Potion 200
G-Hi-Potion 600
G-Returner 500

Timber[]

Timber-Pet-Shop-FFVIII

Timber Pet Shop.

Timber's item store is a general store, but the other shops have unique items. The souvenir shop cannot actually be used to buy anything, as everything but the "naughty magazine" is out of stock and the party is not of age to purchase one. During an event, the player can also buy a drink from the pub to the drunk man to get past.

Junction-items (marked with a [note]) become available at the pet shop after the player has Familiar.

Timber Pet Store[]

GF Items Cost Group Items Cost
G-Potion 200 Pet House 1000
G-Hi-Potion 600
G-Returner 500
Magic Scroll 5000
Draw Scroll 5000
GF Scroll 5000
HP-J Scroll[note 1] 10,000
Str-J Scroll[note 1] 10,000
Vit-J Scroll[note 1] 10,000
Mag-J Scroll[note 1] 10,000
Spr-J Scroll[note 1] 10,000 Magazine Cost
Item Scroll 5000 Pet Pals Vol. 3 1000
Amnesia Greens 5000 Pet Pals Vol. 4 1000
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Familiar ability required

Souvenirs Shop[]

Souvenir Cost Souvenir Cost
Owl's Tears Out of stock Model Train Out of stock
Map of Timber Out of stock Naughty Magazine Out of stock

Aphorora Pub[]

Drink Cost Drink Cost
Krakka 100 Mimett 100
Tantal 100 Reagen 100
Curiel 100 Sylkis 100

Esthar City[]

Esthar Shopping Mall

The Esthar City mall.

Esthar City has a shopping mall where the shops are accessed via a computer terminal. These shops have the game's best stock, but some are initially closed. Shops can yield items randomly when the player tries to access them. Don Juan's Shop is a junk shop.

Items marked with [note] only appear when the GF Tonberry has learned the Familiar ability.

Rinrin's Store[]

Item Price
G-Potion 200
G-Hi-Potion 600
G-Returner 500
Pet House 1,000
Amnesia Greens 1,000
HP-J Scroll 10,000
Str-J Scroll 10,000
Vit-J Scroll 10,000
Mag-J Scroll 10,000
Spr-J Scroll 10,000
Pet Pals Vol. 5 1,000
Pet Pals Vol. 6 1,000
Giant's Ring[note 1] 20,000
Power Wrist[note 1] 20,000
Force Armlet[note 1] 20,000
Hypno Crown[note 1] 20,000

Johnny's Shop[]

Item Price
Potion 100
Hi-Potion 500
X-Potion[note 1] 5,000
Mega-Potion 10,000
Phoenix Down 500
Mega Phoenix[note 1] 10,000
Elixir[note 1] 50,000
Antidote 100
Eye Drops 100
Soft 100
Echo Screen 100
Holy Water 100
Remedy 1,000
Tent 1,000
Cottage 1,800
G-Potion 200

Karen's Store[]

Item Price
Weapons Mon 1st[note 1] 50,000
Weapons Mon Mar 1,000
Weapons Mon Apr 1,000
Weapons Mon May 1,000
Weapons Mon Jun 1,000
Weapons Mon Jul 1,000
Weapons Mon Aug 1,000
Combat King 001 1,000
Combat King 002 1,000
Combat King 003 1,000
Combat King 004[note 1] 1,000
Combat King 005[note 1] 30,000
Pet Pals Vol. 1 1,000
Pet Pals Vol. 2 1,000
Occult Fan I[note 1] 35,000
Occult Fan II[note 1] 35,000

Cloud's Shop[]

Item Price
Hi-Potion 500
Phoenix Down 500
Eye Drops 100
Soft 100
Remedy 1,000
Tent 1,000
Fuel 3,000
Normal Ammo 20
Shotgun Ammo 40
Dark Ammo 300
Fire Ammo 500
Demolition Ammo[note 1] 800
Fast Ammo[note 1] 100
G-Potion 200
G-Hi-Potion 600
G-Returner 500
  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Familiar ability required

Cheryl's Store[]

The shop is always closed. The player may receive a Rosetta Stone for trying to access it.

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