Items

Nioh 2 item guide detailing effects from Herbal Remedy to Summoner Candles. Learn what each item does and how to use it.

This section details the effects of various items for new players who may be unsure of their uses.

Item Effects:

• Herbal remedy: Full heal item.
• Summoner candle: Calls your yokai spirit back from the grave, along with all amrita (experience points) and soul cores.
• Book of reincarnation: Resets your level and restores all used amrita, allowing for the reassignment of core stats.
• Zen manual: Resets prestige points for titles, similar to the Book of Reincarnation for stats.
• Sacred salt (no limit): Gets rid of visitors (other players or NPCs).
• Harakiri: Kills yourself, causing you to lose amrita and return to the last shrine (checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death)) you prayed at, but does not leave your grave behind.
• Divine branch fragment: Lets you quit a mission, but you lose all amrita.
• Fragrant wood: Removes the stench (a status affliction that can slow you) status effect.
• Sacred Ash: Removes any abnormal status effect.
• Red spider lily: Increases Anima (a resource used for Yokai abilities).
• Shinobi box: Restores 30% of ninja tools used up (only those prepared at a shrine).
• Sacred brush: Restores 30% of onmyojutsu (Onmyo magic) tools used up (only those prepared at a shrine).
• Noble dung ball: Used to inflict stench on enemies, particularly effective on revenants (hostile player ghosts).
• Righteous Jasper: Allows you to leave a benevolent grave (a grave that helps other players).
• Divine branch: Similar to the Divine Branch Fragment, but you keep your amrita when quitting a mission.
• Antidote: Removes the poison status effect.
• Antiparalytic needles: Removes the paralysis status effect.
• Daion-jin's sake: Prevents all elemental afflictions for a period of time.
• Lantern Plant fruit: Gives a small amount of anima.
• Whetstone: Increases the Familiarity (a measure of how much you've used a weapon) of weapons by 150.
• Glue (NG+ only): Increases the Familiarity of armor.
• Saisetsu-shin's sake: Increases amrita gains.
• Uchiko powder: Makes it easier to increase weapon familiarity.
• Yokai incense: Attracts yokai (monsters), which is handy for using traps and ambushes.
• Yokai water pot: Creates Yokai realms (areas that empower yokai) where thrown.
• Hyotokko mask: Allows you to use a fire breath attack.
• Clay bell of beckoning: Calls a Scampuss (a small yokai companion) to follow you.
• Burning oil jar: Creates fire where thrown.
• Tengu's fan: Creates tornado attacks.
• Inspiriting gem: Temporarily restores your amrita gauge over time.
• Ninja tools: Disposable versions of ninja tools that can be used to raise Ninjutsu proficiency early in the game.
• Onmyo talismans: Disposable versions of onmyojutsu tools that can be used to raise Onmyo magic proficiency early in the game.
• Elixir: Your main source of healing throughout the game.
• Sacred water: Increases Ki (stamina) recovery.
• Dung ball: Same effect as Noble Dung Ball.
• Sticky pot: Prevents enemies (revenant only) from changing weapons or using items.
• Salt: Causes large Ki damage to nearby yokai and afflicts them with purification (removes buffs and debuffs).
• Mud jar: Creates a pool that inflicts stench.
• Sign post amulet: Creates a marker on your compass (a mini-map) to help you avoid getting lost.
• Visitor amulet: Summons a visitor (another player or NPC (non-player character — anyone the game controls, not you)) to your location.
• Amulet of camaraderie: Allows you to assist a distant ally.
• Travel Amulet: Takes you back to the last shrine you prayed at.
• Ammo: Various types of ammunition for ranged weapons.
• Material: Various kinds of materials used for forging (crafting) new equipment.