Shields

Learn about all the items you can find in Pathways into Darkness, including weapons, crystals, potions, and miscellaneous items. Essential for your walkthrough!

Items

Over the course of the game, you'll find several items in the pyramid that you can make use of. Picking up certain objects will give you a point. For every two points you receive, you'll gain one health point. Items can be divided into five categories.

Weapons

Weapons are your main method of combating monsters. Some weapons use multiple types of ammo, including HE and Sabot (armor piercing.)

Crystals

During the course of the game, you'll acquire several different crystals, each with a separate special power. After equipping a crystal, it takes several seconds (the exact duration varies from crystal to crystal) to charge before it can be used. After each use, the crystal takes longer and longer to fully charge up. After a while, the crystal will shatter into a fine powder and be removed from your inventory. The only exception to this limitation is the yellow crystal (which allows you to talk with the dead), which can be used an unlimited number of times.

Potions

Occasionally you'll encounter a potion in a bottle, affecting you in different ways when consumed, depending on which type of potion. Effects can range from making you invincible to slowing time. The effects of a potion only last for a short duration.

Miscellaneous Items

Certain objects are used at certain times in order to solve puzzles (such as the red cloak), are required for a feature of the game (such as the map), will hold other objects (such as the canvas bag), or serve a unique role (such as the tinderbox).

Treasure

During the game, you'll also encounter a variety of different and very valuable treasure items.