Junk shop (Final Fantasy VIII)

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.
==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
 	2x for Revolver and Ulysses4x for Shear Trigger, Flame Saber and Valiant8x for Cutting Trigger, Punishment, Rising Sun and Bismarck12x for Twin Lance18x for Exeter	Win: Geezard, GIM47N, GIM52AMug: GeezardRefine: Geezard cards
 	Used for remodeling weapons 	Used for remodeling weapons
 	1x for Shear Trigger, Valiant and Ulysses2x for Bismarck 	Win: GIM47N and WendigoMug: GIM47N and WendigoRefine: Elastoid cards
 	GF learns SumMag+10% ability 	GF learns SumMag+10% ability
 	1x for Cutting Trigger and Cardinal 	Win: MesmerizeMug: MesmerizeRefine: Mesmerize cards
 	Long, sharp blade 	Long, sharp blade
 	1x for Flame Saber 	Win: Blitz (LM) and Forbidden (L)Mug: Blitz and ForbiddenRefine: Forbidden cards
 	Sword that betrays allies 	Sword that betrays allies
 	1x for Flame Saber and Punishment 	Mug: Adamantoise (LM) and ArmadodoRefine: Adamantoise cards (3:1), X-ATM092 cards
 	GF learns Vit+20% ability 	GF learns Vit+20% ability
 	1x for Twin Lance2x for Exeter 	Win: T-RexaurMug: T-RexaurRefine: Armadodo, T-Rexaur and Sacred cards
 	Large dinosaur bone 	Large dinosaur bone
 	2x for Twin Lance 	Win: Chimera and HexadragonMug: Chimera and HexadragonRefine: Hexadragon cards
 	Dragon's fang with fire element 	Dragon's fang with fire element
 	1x for Punishment 	Win: TonberryMug: TonberryRefine: Tonberry and Tonberry King cards
 	Tonberry knife 	Tonberry knife
 	4x for Lion Heart 	Win: Blue Dragon, Grendel, Hexadragon, SAM08G, T-Rexaur
 	Dragon's fang with recovery force 	Dragon's fang with recovery force
 	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 	Bullet with sealed energy
 	2x for Chain Whip and Flail3x for Pinwheel4x for Metal Knuckle6x for Revolver 	Common item, win from various enemiesRefine: Funguar and Bite Bug cards
 	Stone with weak magic power 	Stone with weak magic power
 	1x for Valkyrie 	Win: ThrustaevisMug: ThrustaevisRefine: Thrustaevis cards
 	Bird's feather that flies on wind 	Bird's feather that flies on wind
 	1x for Valkyrie2x for Slaying Tail 	Common item, win from various enemiesRefine: Grat, Buel and Jelleye cards
 	Stone with magic power 	Stone with magic power
 	1x for Rising Sun 	Win: BelhelmelMug: BelhelmelRefine: Belhelmel cards
 	Serrated blade 	Serrated blade
 	2x for Cardinal 	Win: CockatriceMug: CockatriceRefine: Cockatrice cards
 	Feather with petrifying power 	Feather with petrifying power
 	1x for Cardinal and Slaying Tail2x for Morning Star4x for Save the Queen and Crescent Wish 	Win: Armadodo, Death Claw and Grand MantisMug: Grand MantisRefine: Grand Mantis cards
 	Long, sharp nail 	Long, sharp nail
 	2x for Shooting Star 	Win: Abyss Worm, Death Claw and ThrustaevisRefine: Abyss Worm cards, Pandemona card
 	Windmill with absorbed wind energy 	Windmill with absorbed wind energy
 	1x for Shooting Star 	Win: Chimera, Lefty, Torama, Turtapod, Mesmerize and VysageMug: Biggs (second battle) and ToramaRefine: Chimera cards
 	GF learns HP+20% ability 	GF learns HP+20% ability
 	1x for Shooting Star 	Win: X-ATM092, Edea (second battle), Forbidden, OchuRefine: Spr-J ScrollBuy: Esthar City RinRin's ShopObtain from Angelo Search
 	GF learns Spr+40% ability 	GF learns Spr+40% ability
 	2x for Shooting Star4x for Save the Queen 	Win: Behemoth, Elnoyle and Ruby DragonRefine: Elnoyle cardsObtain from Angelo Search
 	GF learns SumMag+30% ability 	GF learns SumMag+30% ability
 	1x for Metal Knuckle 	Win: Fastitocalon and Fastitocalon-FMug: Fastitocalon and Fastitocalon-F
 	Sand-dweller's fin 	Sand-dweller's fin
 	1x for Maverick and Chain Whip 	Win: Grendel and SAM08GMug: GrendelRefine: Grendel cards
 	Very hard dragon's fin 	Very hard dragon's fin
 	1x for Maverick 	Win: CaterchipillarMug: CaterchipillarRefine: Caterchipillar cards
 	Learns Ultra Waves 	Learns Ultra Waves
 	1x for Gauntlet2x for Red Scorpion4x for Ehrgeiz 	Win: Anacondaur and Grendel
 	Durable dragon skin 	Durable dragon skin
 	1x for Gauntlet and Ehrgeiz 	Win: Blue Dragon, Grendel and Ruby DragonMug: Blue DragonRefine: Blue Dragon cards
 	Stone with morale sealed inside 	Stone with morale sealed inside
 	1x for Lion Heart, Ehrgeiz and Strange Vision 	Win: AdamantoiseMug: BGH251F2Refine: Minotaur cardObtain from Angelo Search
 	GF learns Vit+60% ability 	GF learns Vit+60% ability
 	2x for Red Scorpion 	Win: OchuMug: OchuRefine: Ochu cards
 	Strong, flexible tentacle 	Strong, flexible tentacle
 	2x for Save the Queen 	Win: MalboroMug: MalboroRefine: Malboro cards
 	Learns Bad Breath 	Learns Bad Breath
 	1x for Flail and Ulysses 	Win: BombMug: BombRefine: Bomb cards
 	Stone with Fire element 	Stone with Fire element
 	2x for Morning Star 	Win: GIM47N and WendigoMug: GIM47NRefine: Wendigo cards
 	Orb with gravitational power 	Orb with gravitational power
 	1x for Crescent Wish 	Win: Hexadragon and Ruby DragonMug: Ruby DragonRefine: Ruby Dragon cards
 	Learns Fire Breath 	Learns Fire Breath
 	1x for Crescent Wish 	Win: Lefty, Mesmerize, Torama and TurtapodMug: LeftyRefine: Torama cards
 	Ring with life force 	Ring with life force
 	2x for Punishment2x for Exeter3x for Strange Vision 	Win: Anacondaur, Chimera, Hexadragon, Iron Giant, Ruby Dragon, T-Rexaur, Tri-FaceRefine: Iron Giant cards
 	GF learns SumMag+20% ability 	GF learns SumMag+20% ability
 	2x for Strange Vision 	Win: Creeps, Forbidden, Grand Mantis, Imp, Malboro, Tri-FaceMug: Tri-FaceRefine: Tri-Face cardsObtain from Angelo Search
 	Learns LV?Death 	Learns LV?Death
 	4x for Bismarck 	Win: Blitz, Cockatrice, Creeps and GIM47NMug: ElastoidRefine: Blitz and Quezacotl card
 	Stone with Lightning element 	Stone with Lightning element
Category:Final Fantasy VIII
Category:Shop lists