History: Items Out of Use

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If you came to this page by searching for an item, it is possible that item no longer exists in-game. Take a look at the lists below to discover why or possibly when the items were removed. Some of these items were never available in the game, and existed entirely in the DAT files, never implemented, before being removed at some point.

General

The first source of information on new items is generally from people who decipher the .dat files and read the item information. But not all items listed there can be obtained in the game. This page lists some of the items that exist (or have existed at some point) in the dat files, but for which no method of obtaining them have been discovered.

Goldsmithing 102 High Quality Rings

These rings appeared to be the high-quality results of a Goldsmithing 102 synthesis. Many goldsmiths reported that they had seen a high quality animation on their synthesis attempt, but did not get any other result than the normal one. During one of the monthly updates the information on these rings has been removed from the .dat files, finally confirming that these rings were never obtainable in-game. The Rings in question are:

Neptune's Ring (supposed HQ of Aqua Ring)

Auster's Ring (supposed HQ of Breeze Ring)

Pluto's Ring (supposed HQ of Dark Ring)

Vulcan's Ring (supposed HQ of Flame Ring)

Apollo's Ring (supposed HQ of Light Ring)

Aquilo's Ring (supposed HQ of Snow Ring)

Terra's Ring (supposed HQ of Soil Ring)

Jupiter's Ring (supposed HQ of Thunder Ring)

Removed Jug Pets

When the Beastmaster Job Ability "Call Beast" was added with the Rise of the Zilart expansion, many of its Jug Pets (excluding the CoP ones) were added in the April 2003 update. Five Jug Pets, however, have sat idle in the game's files, unable to be crafted because they lack recipes. To date, they have not been added, nor does it appear there are any plans for them to be added. They are:

Lucky Lulush (Rabbit, possibly of another color)- Lucky Carrot Broth (Lv23)

Coeurl Familiar (Coeurl)- Brain Broth (Lv38)

Fatso Fargann (Leech)- Foul Blood Broth (Lv43)

Swift Sieghard (Slime or Hecteyes)- Mellow Bird Broth (Lv53)

Crafty Clyvonne (Coeurl)- Cunning Brain Broth (LV63)

Onion Gear

The body armor items Onion Harness, Onion Doublet, Onion Vest, and Onion Tunic, and Head armors Onion Hat, Onion Cap, Onion Bandana, were originally planned to be the starting armor (depending on which job you chose to create your character as). They were removed from the game after the Japanese Beta ended and were replaced by the Level 1 Race Specific Armor. The DAT's for these files were not removed until recently, when the DAT files themselves were changed to support new items being added to the game.