Junk shop (Final Fantasy VIII)

A Junk Shop in Balamb Town.

Junk Shop menu.

Remodel weapons and increase their power

Game Instruction Manual

In Final Fantasy VIII, items can be taken to a junk shop where they can be used to modify and upgrade a character's current weapon for a fee. Recipes to create new weapons can be found in Weapons Monthly magazines, but the magazines themselves are not needed to create weapons: the player simply needs the appropriate components.

The junk shop serves as the equivalent of the weapon shop from previous Final Fantasy games, offering a list of advancements for each character. Upgrading a weapon in the Steam version earns the player the achievement Handyman.

Junk Shop is also an ability known by the Guardian Force Doomtrain, which allows the player to visit a junk shop anywhere via the menu. This is useful for beyond the point of no return, as towns are inaccessible, although the player can still access junk shop within the Ragnarok if they salvage it from the Kashkabald Desert.

See also: Synthesis

List of junk shops

• Balamb Town - Town center
• Dollet - Within the Nautilus
• Timber - Next to the hotel
• Deling City - Shopping Arcade
• Fishermans Horizon - Docks
• Esthar City - Don Juan's Shop
• Ragnarok endgame - CC Joker (Card Club sidequest does not need to be completed)

Items used in junk shops

See enemies' individual articles for more drop/mug details on the items.

Item	Used for	Obtain
Screw	2x for Revolver and Ulysses 4x for Shear Trigger, Flame Saber and Valiant 8x for Cutting Trigger, Punishment, Rising Sun and Bismarck 12x for Twin Lance 18x for Exeter	Win: Geezard, GIM47N, GIM52A Mug: Geezard Refine: Geezard cards
	Used for remodeling weapons
Steel Pipe	1x for Shear Trigger, Valiant and Ulysses 2x for Bismarck	Win: GIM47N and Wendigo Mug: GIM47N and Wendigo Refine: Elastoid cards
	GF learns SumMag+10% ability
Mesmerize Blade	1x for Cutting Trigger and Cardinal	Win: Mesmerize Mug: Mesmerize Refine: Mesmerize cards
	Long, sharp blade
Betrayal Sword	1x for Flame Saber	Win: Blitz (LM) and Forbidden (L) Mug: Blitz and Forbidden Refine: Forbidden cards
	Sword that betrays allies
Turtle Shell	1x for Flame Saber and Punishment	Mug: Adamantoise (LM) and Armadodo Refine: Adamantoise cards (3:1), X-ATM092 cards
	GF learns Vit+20% ability
Dino Bone	1x for Twin Lance 2x for Exeter	Win: T-Rexaur Mug: T-Rexaur Refine: Armadodo, T-Rexaur and Sacred cards
	Large dinosaur bone
Red Fang	2x for Twin Lance	Win: Chimera and Hexadragon Mug: Chimera and Hexadragon Refine: Hexadragon cards
	Dragon's fang with fire element
Chef's Knife	1x for Punishment	Win: Tonberry Mug: Tonberry Refine: Tonberry and Tonberry King cards
	Tonberry knife
Dragon Fang	4x for Lion Heart	Win: Blue Dragon, Grendel, Hexadragon, SAM08G, T-Rexaur
	Dragon's fang with recovery force
Pulse Ammo	12x for Lion Heart	Obtain some from the Grease Monkey sidequest Refine: Laser Cannon, Energy Crystal (see this list) or Power Generator
	Bullet with sealed energy
M-Stone Piece	2x for Chain Whip and Flail 3x for Pinwheel 4x for Metal Knuckle 6x for Revolver	Common item, win from various enemies Refine: Funguar and Bite Bug cards
	Stone with weak magic power
Shear Feather	1x for Valkyrie	Win: Thrustaevis Mug: Thrustaevis Refine: Thrustaevis cards
	Bird's feather that flies on wind
Magic Stone	1x for Valkyrie 2x for Slaying Tail	Common item, win from various enemies Refine: Grat, Buel and Jelleye cards
	Stone with magic power
Saw Blade	1x for Rising Sun	Win: Belhelmel Mug: Belhelmel Refine: Belhelmel cards
	Serrated blade
Cockatrice Pinion	2x for Cardinal	Win: Cockatrice Mug: Cockatrice Refine: Cockatrice cards
	Feather with petrifying power
Sharp Spike	1x for Cardinal and Slaying Tail 2x for Morning Star 4x for Save the Queen and Crescent Wish	Win: Armadodo, Death Claw and Grand Mantis Mug: Grand Mantis Refine: Grand Mantis cards
	Long, sharp nail
Windmill	2x for Shooting Star	Win: Abyss Worm, Death Claw and Thrustaevis Refine: Abyss Worm cards, Pandemona card
	Windmill with absorbed wind energy
Regen Ring	1x for Shooting Star	Win: Chimera, Lefty, Torama, Turtapod, Mesmerize and Vysage Mug: Biggs (second battle) and Torama Refine: Chimera cards
	GF learns HP+20% ability
Force Armlet	1x for Shooting Star	Win: X-ATM092, Edea (second battle), Forbidden, Ochu Refine: Spr-J Scroll Buy: Esthar City RinRin's Shop Obtain from Angelo Search
	GF learns Spr+40% ability
Energy Crystal	2x for Shooting Star 4x for Save the Queen	Win: Behemoth, Elnoyle and Ruby Dragon Refine: Elnoyle cards Obtain from Angelo Search
	GF learns SumMag+30% ability
Fish Fin	1x for Metal Knuckle	Win: Fastitocalon and Fastitocalon-F Mug: Fastitocalon and Fastitocalon-F
	Sand-dweller's fin
Dragon Fin	1x for Maverick and Chain Whip	Win: Grendel and SAM08G Mug: Grendel Refine: Grendel cards
	Very hard dragon's fin
Spider Web	1x for Maverick	Win: Caterchipillar Mug: Caterchipillar Refine: Caterchipillar cards
	Learns Ultra Waves
Dragon Skin	1x for Gauntlet 2x for Red Scorpion 4x for Ehrgeiz	Win: Anacondaur and Grendel
	Durable dragon skin
Fury Fragment	1x for Gauntlet and Ehrgeiz	Win: Blue Dragon, Grendel and Ruby Dragon Mug: Blue Dragon Refine: Blue Dragon cards
	Stone with morale sealed inside
Adamantine	1x for Lion Heart, Ehrgeiz and Strange Vision	Win: Adamantoise Mug: BGH251F2 Refine: Minotaur card Obtain from Angelo Search
	GF learns Vit+60% ability
Ochu Tentacle	2x for Red Scorpion	Win: Ochu Mug: Ochu Refine: Ochu cards
	Strong, flexible tentacle
Malboro Tentacle	2x for Save the Queen	Win: Malboro Mug: Malboro Refine: Malboro cards
	Learns Bad Breath
Bomb Fragment	1x for Flail and Ulysses	Win: Bomb Mug: Bomb Refine: Bomb cards
	Stone with Fire element
Steel Orb	2x for Morning Star	Win: GIM47N and Wendigo Mug: GIM47N Refine: Wendigo cards
	Orb with gravitational power
Inferno Fang	1x for Crescent Wish	Win: Hexadragon and Ruby Dragon Mug: Ruby Dragon Refine: Ruby Dragon cards
	Learns Fire Breath
Life Ring	1x for Crescent Wish	Win: Lefty, Mesmerize, Torama and Turtapod Mug: Lefty Refine: Torama cards
	Ring with life force
Star Fragment	2x for Punishment 2x for Exeter 3x for Strange Vision	Win: Anacondaur, Chimera, Hexadragon, Iron Giant, Ruby Dragon, T-Rexaur, Tri-Face Refine: Iron Giant cards
	GF learns SumMag+20% ability
Curse Spike	2x for Strange Vision	Win: Creeps, Forbidden, Grand Mantis, Imp, Malboro, Tri-Face Mug: Tri-Face Refine: Tri-Face cards Obtain from Angelo Search
	Learns LV?Death
Dynamo Stone	4x for Bismarck	Win: Blitz, Cockatrice, Creeps and GIM47N Mug: Elastoid Refine: Blitz and Quezacotl card
	Stone with Lightning element