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Every item in Peak serves an important purpose. Some are vital survival tools, aiding your injuries or keeping your tummy full to keep you climbing for longer. Others can jeopardize an entire expedition in an instant. Depending on who you’re playing with, the latter can be dangerous–there’s always that one player who won’t hesitate to create a TikTok-worthy moment.
Here’s the trick with items in Peak: While the game tells you its name, it doesn’t actually explain what an item does. Some are easy enough to guess from looks alone, but more often than not, you should be wary of using something to avoid being penalized or affecting the run by accident. Don’t fret, though–if you’re wondering what things like the book of bones or the shroomberries do, the list below includes every item in Peak and what they doso you can have a helpful page at hand to dispel doubts in the group chat.
NEW GAMES Peak Items List and What They Do
The list includes every item up to the Roots update of Peak, which was officially released on November 5. There have been quite a few smaller patches, but by and large, here are all the items available thus far. Note that we’re skipping most of the food, as their purpose is largely self-explanatory.
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ancient Effigy | Revives any dead player or players. |
| Ancient Idol | You gain invulnerability to everything… as long as you hold it, that is. |
| Antidote | Cures poison partially |
| Anti-rope Cannon | When shot at a surface, it releases a rope that “falls” upwards instead, starting from the point of impact. |
| Anti-rope Spool | It releases a rope that “falls” upwards instead. |
| Backpack | It can carry up to four items |
| Bandages | Restores health partially. |
| Berrynana | You can throw it on the ground to cause other people to fall. |
| Big Lollipop | Grants infinite stamina for about seven seconds, and inflicts the drowsy status immediately after. |
| Bing Bong | Basically just a cute plushie, and part of a tough achievement that involves finishing a run while carrying it, in a similar fashion to Gnome Chompski in Left 4 Dead 2. |
| Binoculars | No abnormal effect here. They’re just binoculars. |
| Blowgun | Shoots a dart that clears negative status except for the curse status. The player who receives the shot will be temporarily drowsy. |
| Blue Shroomberry | Random bad effect. |
| Book of Bones | Turns a player into a skeleton, becoming immune to most status illnesses. |
| Bounce Fungus | Creates a mushroom platform when thrown at a surface, making for a good spot to rest while climbing. |
| Bugle | Plays a song, or heinous sounds, depending on your taste. If you use it around the capybaras in Alpine, you’ll get an achievement. |
| Bugle of Friendship | Boosts everybody’s stamina momentarily. |
| Cactus | It does nothing, but beware of its thorns if you throw it around. |
| Chain Launcher | Shoots a chain to the spot you’re aiming at. Be mindful of your current stamina before committing to it. |
| Checkpoint Flag | Creates a respawn checkpoint for one use, available to whoever placed the flag. |
| Cloud Fungus | Creates a platform in mid-air. |
| Compass | Points north, which matches the peak of the mountain. |
| Conch | It does nothing. You can throw it at your friends if you want, though. |
| Cure-All | Cures all negative statuses. |
| Cursed Skull | Heals allies at the expense of your own health. |
| Dynamite | Causes an explosion, which can also cook items. |
| Energy Drink | Increases speed momentarily while inflicting the drowsy status afterward. |
| Faerie Lantern | Gets rid of all negative statuses. It doesn’t help with hunger. |
| First Aid Kit | If injured, it restores all of your health, while also curing poison. |
| Flare | This emits a big smoke cloud that alerts others of your location. It’s also used at the peak to call the helicopter. |
| Flying Disk | You can just have some fun with this. |
| Fortified Milk | You become immune to fall damage for around 15 seconds. |
| Green Shroomberry | Random bad effect |
| Heat Pack | When used, it gradually removes cold for some time. Useful for blizzards in the Alpine biome. |
| Lantern | Emits light, and its heat also removes cold gradually. |
| Magic Bean | It summons a beanstalk, which is great for climbing. |
| Mandrake | Removes curse if eaten, but it will also scream out loud and cause drowsiness for a few seconds. |
| Pandora’s Lunchbox | It removes all negative effects upon use, but you also get a random assortment of new effects, which can be either positive or negative. Thanks, Pandora. |
| Parasol | Along with protecting you from the sun, you can use it for gliding. |
| Pirate’s Compass | Points toward suitcases nearby. |
| Python | Adds a piton on any suitable surface that you can grab onto to restore stamina. |
| Portable Stove | Useful for cooking items and reducing cold. |
| Purple Shroomberry | Grants either a good or a bad effect at random. |
| Red Shroomberry | Random good effect. |
| Remedy Fungus | It creates a healing mist when thrown against the ground. If you’re playing with others, make sure you’re all gathered together first. |
| Rescue Claw | Another grapple hook, but this one is to grab teammates at a distance, either conscious or unconscious. |
| Rope Cannon | Shoots a harpoon to where you’re aiming, which releases a rope in the place of impact. |
| Rope Spool | Releases a rope. You can adjust the height and, once ready, press the action button again to anchor it to the surface you’re standing on so it stays in place. |
| Torch | A great source of light, albeit limited. |
| Scout Cannon | You can shoot yourself from a long distance with it. |
| Scout Efficy | Revives another player. If more than one player is dead, the item picks one at random. |
| Scoutmaster’s Bugle | If you’re playing solo, using this rare bugle summons the Scoutmaster. Useful for an achievement. |
| Scroll | There’s a chance of seeing them at the summit of biomes. You can use them to create Torn Pages. |
| Shelf Fungus | It creates a mushroom platform when thrown at a surface, great for climbing or to provide an extra platform when attempting long jumps. |
| Strange Gem | It does nothing. At least for now. |
| Torn Page | Mostly for an achievement, which tasks you with collecting eight Torn Pages. |
| Weird Shroom | No weird side effects, it just restores your health partially. |
| Yellow Shroomberry | Random good effect. |
| More to come at some point | There’ll likely be more items added in the future. |
That’s all the items available in Peak at the time of writing. Have fun climbing!
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