How to open console in renpy

How To Enable Console in Renpy games

First you’ll want to find the folder named “renpy”, this should be in the first page after opening up your game.

You’ll want to open this folder and double click the folder named “common”.

Once opened you’ll want to hit “Ctrl + F” to opening up the search bar and you’ll being searching for False, refer to image if confusing.

You’re looking for the part that highlights this False

You’ll then change the line “config.console = False ” to config.console = True, refer to image if confusing

Finally, look to the top right of notepad, select File, and then save.

Start up your game and load file and hit “Shift + O” and this should bring up the console command prompt. From here you’ll be able to use any commands that were listed in your choice of game forums.

How To Enable Console In Renpy Games

You recently launched your shiny new Ren’Py game and discovered that the console doesn’t open the console with the usual commands?

Well, it’s probably due to a configuration made when the game developer compiled the game.

But don’t worry, there’s a quick fix to get it back.

This article will show you how to enable the Renpy developer console in compiled games by unlocking it even when Shift+O isn’t working.

3 Easy Steps to Unlock the Ren’Py Developer Console

For some reason, you should also be looking to open the console in an already compiled game that has been publicly released.

You could do it for example:

The good news is that you can easily do this in most Renpy games.

It will take you less than 2 minutes to do.

Open The 00console.rpy File

The first step is to open the game room folder of the compiled game.

You should see something like this in your folder.

Your game root folder should look like this

For our example, we use the excellent Doki Doki Literature Club, one of the highest-rated visual novels made with Ren’Py that you can get for free.

Now that you are in the root folder, open the Renpy folder.

Inside the renpy subfolder

Then open the common folder and look for the 00console.rpy file.

Check for the 00console.rpy file

Enable the Renpy Console

Now that you have localized the 00console.rpy, open the file in your favorite text editor and look for the following lines.

If you read the whole article, you probably already know what we will do.

If you don’t, I highly suggest you take a minute to read the whole article.

Anyway, let’s continue by turning on the developer console by editing these previous lines to new ones.

Now that you have done your modifications, don’t forget to save your file!

Open the Dev Console in-Game

Then press on SHIFT+O in a game to display the Renpy dev console!

Renpy console activated in a game

That’s all you need to know to enable the dev console in Renpy.

By following all these steps, you should normally be able to use the Renpy developer console commands again to edit or cheat in your favorite Ren’Py games.

And If you need more flexibility and a more complete tool to be able to get more details like the script file name and the line inside where an even trigger, find a potential variable name, and so on, take a look at our article to enable the Ren’Py developer mode.

Remember that some game developers can also break this simple tip with advanced encryption to avoid people modifying or cheating in their games.

If this article helps you a bit, feel free to let me know in a comment, and don’t hesitate to share it with your community!

Thanks for reading!

Casual game maker in my free time, I enjoy more working on games and writing tutorials rather than playing video games myself.

How To Open Renpy Console

To open the console command prompt in a Renpy game project, press on Shift+O.

The config console is active by default in Ren’Py 7.4+.

That should allow you to try out variables, get their values, or assign new values.

It should work with most of your Ren’Py games, but if it doesn’t, it’s probably due to a wrong configuration in your project.

This article will cover everything you need to know, steps by steps, to open the Renpy console for your own projects.

How To Open Console on Renpy?

Open the Options.rpy File

Ancient version (before Ren’Py 7.x)

In the ancient versions of Renpy, the console was activated by default in the /game/options.rpy file.

The option.rpy file should be in your game project folder

As soon as you have located this file, open the options.rpy file with your favorite text editor and look for the following variable:

If you would like to turn off the config console for some reason, then you just have to edit this variable to:

Last versions (Ren’Py 7.x+)

In the last versions of Ren’Py, the config console is managed differently.

If you want to know how to proceed, then our next point will give you an answer.

Activate/Deactivate the Config Console

In the last versions of Ren’Py, the console is no more displayed in the options.rpy but still activated by default.

That means that if you are still working on your game, then that’s okay, and you will probably don’t need to deactivate it.

But if you would like to try out without this one being deactivated, then you can add these lines in your options.rpy or any other custom Renpy’ screen.

Be aware that just deactivating the config console will not be enough to disable it entirely.

If you want to remove it altogether, then you have to add both lines of codes to your Ren’Py’ screen.

And as soon as you need to bring it back to the console, you can either remove these lines or edit them like below.

Open the Console Prompt Directly in a Game

Now that you have correctly activated the config console, you have to launch your project with the Ren’Py game engine and press on SHIFT+O while the game is running.

For this example, we have launched The Question, a free and open-source game provided by Renpy.

You should see a screen like this appear when you press on in your game.

A screenshot from the game “The Question” with the console opened

There, you should now be able to assign new values to your variables.

If you took a closer look at The Question’s code, then you should see these variables available in the script.rpy file.

So the MC is called “Me”, that’s something that you would like to change, and that’s really easy to do.

Edit the following lines with your character name like we did for our Begamous character and give him a HEX color.

In this case, we simply renamed the “Me” character by the “Begamous” character with a new attributed color.

Here’s how you can apply this edit in-game:

A screenshot showing how you can edit variables

Don’t forget to press ENTER to validate your change, then press ESC to return to the main game.

A screenshot showing how your variable edition can modify a Renpy game

Really simple right?

And the best is that you can also use it after enabling the console even for compiled Ren’Py games, which is helpful to cheat.

Alternatively, you can also activate the developer menu that will trigger the console automatically simultaneously.

That’s all you need to know to open the console in Renpy.

If you have any suggestions or questions that you would like to ask, let me a comment below, and I’ll try to answer at my best!

And if it helps you a bit, feel free to share it with your community!

Thank you for reading!

Casual game maker in my free time, I enjoy more working on games and writing tutorials rather than playing video games myself.

How To Enable Developer Mode In Renpy Games

Do you recently bought a new game and found all these grinding strategies annoying and unfriendly? Or maybe you just want to find the correct variables to cheat, add money, edit relationship points, or speed up characters’ stats progression?

Why not, after all, that is just the way to start modding games, and I love modding and cheating in games! *hehe* The DDLC game root folder should look like this

Next, open the renpy folder and go into the common one:

Inside the renpy subfolder

Then look for the 00library.rpy file, which is your new favorite one!

Open it in your preferred text editor, and let’s go to the next step!

Enable the Renpy Debug Console

Now that your file is open, we will have to look for the lines that locked the Ren’Py developer menu.

Browse the file and search for these lines:

What we will have to do now is to comment on all these lines.

We don’t need them for our utilization.

Then add the following line just below the previous block:

If you followed all these steps, you should have an edited file with these lines:

Don’t forget to save your file, and let’s go to the final step!

Activate the Developer Menu In-Game

Now that you made the required file editions, all you have to do is launch the game then press on Shift+D in-game to display the developer menu.

That’s all you need to know to enable it!

Ren’Py developer menu

This menu is one of the most powerful Ren’Py native tools, including the console, the variable viewer, the interactive director, and the image location picker.

An interesting point to consider is that all these editions also activated the console.

You don’t need to make the manipulation to enable it if you allow the developer mode instead.

That simple change gives so many opportunities to mod and cheat your favorite games that I’ll have to make a complete article for that.

I’m getting lazy. 😀

As usual, don’t hesitate to let me know what you think of this article in the comments, and feel free to share it with your community!

Thanks for reading!

Casual game maker in my free time, I enjoy more working on games and writing tutorials rather than playing video games myself.

How to open console in renpy

First things first, enabling the console.

Open the game directory. (Right-click game in steam > properties > local files tab > browse local files)

Once there, go to renpy > common
Then find the file 00console.rpy
Open it in your preferred text editor and look for the line «config.console = False»
Change it to «config.console = True»
Save and close the file, and you’ve enabled console

To bring it up in game, press Shift + O (That’s the letter, not zero)

*Use of the console can break your game or introduce bugs that wouldn’t otherwise exist, so if you ever get a bug whilst console is enabled, or with a save that has had anything altered with console, include that in a potential bug report. (TL;DR: you’re responsible for the mess you make)
**Bear in mind that the devs can probably completely remove the ability to enable the console if they want to.
***This guide may or may not contain spoilers, but i will not use any black bars.

Now that you’ve enabled the console, you need something you can do it with, so here is a list of a few commands.

player_actor.full_heal()
— Heals the player character completely.

set_level(player_actor, 50)
— Sets the designated characters level, haven’t yet checked what the name is for all of them yet, will come back to this.

special_inv.append(angel_wings)
— Adds the special item angel wings to inventory, which reduces all travel time to 5 minutes and remove combat time entirely.

food_inv.add(seafood_soup, 1)
— Adds items to the food inventory, refer to the food item list.

player_inv.add(magic_essence, 1)
— Adds items to the players inventory, in this case, 1 Magical Essence, refer to the item lists.

player_actor.change(«hp», 1337)
— Change any value, you can replace «hp» with things like def, res, str, agi, int, mp, and so on.

This section contains the ID’s of all items that go into the special_inv

Maria’s Charm
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Dungeon Manual
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Salamander’s Tail
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Lily’s Spirit Signal
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Maria’s Spirit Signal
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Dolly’s Spirit Signal
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Iris’s Spirit Signal
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Felina’s Spirit Signal
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Arisa’s Spirit Signal
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Rocky’s Core
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Fafnir’s Jewel
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Fafnir’s Recharged Jewel
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Powered Boots
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Angel Wings
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Dimensional Pocket
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Ren’s Fan
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Dragon Crystal
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Recovery Kit
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Arcane Scroll
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Ino’s Hairpin
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Magic Goggles
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Shop Key
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Yami’s Token
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Lucifer’s Token
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Phantom’s Token
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Garde’s Token
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This section contains IDs for all food items, for use with food_inv (for food materials, check the material section)

Emilia’s Lunch Combo
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Apple
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Strawberry
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Banana
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Sunny Side Up
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Bread
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Cheesecake
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Fruit Cake
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Apple Pie
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Meat Stew
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Fresh Sushi
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Smoked Salmon
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Fish Pate
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Pate Baguette
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Fried Fish
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Rejuvenating Soup
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Seafood Soup
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Deluxe Meal
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Mushroom Noodle
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Cutlet Bowl
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Mixed Pizza
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Royal Hot Pot
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This section contains IDs of all materials, for use with player_inv

Iron
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Silver
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Mythril
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Platinum
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Dragon Scale
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Adamantite
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Wool
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Spider Web
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String
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Ribbon
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Cloth
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Wool Cloth
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Silk
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Satin
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Magic Cloth
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Garnet
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Aquamarine
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Citrine
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Onyx
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Tiny Fang
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Light Feathers
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Leather
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Rough Skin
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Soft Fur
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Quills
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Turtle Shell
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Magic Goo
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Tough Leather
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Sharp Fang
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Blue Shell
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Demon Horn
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Mystic Fur
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Metal Goo
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Chimera Hoof
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Concentrated Venom
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Rainbow Prism
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Ancient Tusk
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Amber Beak
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Black Mythril
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Iron Sand
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Egg
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Flour
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Cheese
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Lemon
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Raw Meat
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Potato
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Herbs
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Wild Mushroom
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Shrimp
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Tuna
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Trout
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Eel
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Squid
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Salmon
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Lobster
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Swordfish
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This section contains the IDs of all weapons, for use with player_inv

Wooden Katana
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Odachi
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Kanshou
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Bakuya
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Onimaru
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Kiku-Ichimonji
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Asura
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Masamune
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Muramasa
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Wooden Sword
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Iron Sword
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Mythril Blade
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Claymore
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Flamberge
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Durandal
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Excalibur
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Blood Sword
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Wooden Rod
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Iron Rod
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Ocean Rod
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Wizard Rod
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Mystic Rod
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Volcanic Rod
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Prism Rod
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Icarus
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Paper Fan
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Dictionary
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Thunder Tome
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Frosty Memoir
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Holy Tome
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War Grimoire
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Encyclopedia
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Niflheim
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Yellow Bell
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Silver Bell
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Healing Chime
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Demonic Chime
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Hell’s Lullaby
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Seraphic Bell
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Bell of Chaos
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Iron Lance
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Steel Spear
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Knight Lance
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Mythril Halberd
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Longinus
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Dragon Lance
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Gae Bulg
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Gungnir
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Cat Claws
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Silver Claws
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Mythril Claws
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Vampire Talons
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Tiger Claws
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Platinum Claws
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Death’s Grip
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Blank Chip
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This section contains the IDs of all armor, for use with player_inv

Kunoichi Outfit
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Light Armor
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Enchanted Dress
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Cheongsam
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Lingerie
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Clothes
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Leather Vest
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Wool Sweater
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Silk Clothes
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Hunter Outfit
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Feral Tunic
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Ranger Cape
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Master Gi
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Battle Suit
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Assassin Garb
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Beastmaster
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Desert Vest
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Heroic Cloak
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Dragon Tunic
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Iron Armor
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Silver Chainmail
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Silver Breastplate
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Quill Armor
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Tortoise Plate
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Mythril Chainmail
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Mythril Armor
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Platinum Armor
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Bone Armor
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Azure Plate
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Jade Hauberk
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Black Mail
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Dragon Cuirass
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Sentinel
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Apprentice Robe
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Silver Lace Gown
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Warm Robe
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Silk Robe
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Slimy Robe
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Magician Robe
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Witch Mantle
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Satin Robe
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Gothic Dress
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Spirit Vestment
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Rainbow Dress
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Mystic Shroud
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Luminous Gown
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This section contains al IDs of accessories, for use with player_inv

Gladiator Ring
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Knight Ring
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Sorcerer Ring
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Psychic Ring
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Thief Ring
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Silver Ring
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Mystic Charm
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Fire Bracelet
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Ice Bracelet
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Thunder Bracelet
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Shadow Bracelet
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Wild Necklace
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Feather Charm
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Dusty Charm
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Titan Bracelet
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Ren’s Ribbon
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Monkey Paw
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Mini Barrier
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Leather Sash
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Trainee Gloves
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Jeweled Necklace
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Lucky Charm
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Garuda Charm
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Tiger Eye
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Champion Badge
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Paladin Badge
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Archmage Badge
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Templar Badge
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Assassin Badge
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Heroic Crest
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Berserker Soul
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Guardian Soul
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Dragon Soul
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Mythril Bangle
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Adamantite Guard
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Molten Amulet
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Frost Amulet
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Thunder Amulet
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Shadow Amulet
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Twilight Bangle
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Demonic Ring
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Demonic Ring II
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Seraphic Ring
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Seraphic Ring II
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Fiery Core
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Freezing Core
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Lightning Core
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Shadow Core
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7 Colored Amulet
>*Yes, this one starts with an _, it is not a mistake.

Holy Emblem
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Dragon Jewel
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Power Wrist
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5-leaf Clover
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Crest of Nobles
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Spirit Emblem
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Midas Gloves
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Phantom Mask
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