Kingdom Hearts PlayStation 2 SYNTHESIS: Minimum Items Required CONTENTS A. CATEGORIZED 1. SHARDS 2. GEMS 3. CRYSTALS 4. OTHER B. ALPHABETICAL C. ON-SCREEN ITEMS LIST D. MYSTERY MOLD E. FAQ & AUTHOR INFO To synthesize one of every available item in the Synthesis Shop, the following components are needed. Note. Best viewed with a monospace font, such as Monaco or Courier. For more information on unlocking item sets and each item's cost, please see WolfKnight's excellent Synthesis Guide. A. CATEGORIZED ======================================== 1. SHARDS Blaze Shard 2+2+1+3+3 11 Bright Shard 2+1+5+5 13 Frost Shard 2+1+1+3+3 10 Lucid Shard 2+3+5 10 Mythril Shard 4+2+2 8 Power Shard 2+2+3+3+5+3+5 23 Spirit Shard 2+2+3+3+3+5 18 Thunder Shard 2+1+1+3+3 10 2. GEMS Blaze Gem 3+2+5 10 Bright Gem 3+3+5 11 Frost Gem 3+2+5 10 Lucid Gem 1+2+3+5 11 Power Gem 1+3+3+5 12 Spirit Gem 2+2+3 7 Thunder Gem 3+2+5+5 15 3. CRYSTALS Bright Crystal 1+2+1+3 7 Lucid Crystal 1+1+3 5 Power Crystal 1+1+3 5 Shiny Crystal 1+1+2+3 7 4. OTHER Gale 2+1+3+3 9 Mystery Goo 1+1+3 5 Mythril 3+2+3 8 Orichalcum 1+2+3 6 B. ALPHABETICAL ======================================== Blaze Gem 3+2+5 10 Blaze Shard 2+2+1+3+3 11 Bright Crystal 1+2+1+3 7 Bright Gem 3+3+5 11 Bright Shard 2+1+5+5 13 Frost Gem 3+2+5 10 Frost Shard 2+1+1+3+3 10 Gale 2+1+3+3 9 Lucid Crystal 1+1+3 5 Lucid Gem 1+2+3+5 11 Lucid Shard 2+3+5 10 Mystery Goo 1+1+3 5 Mythril 3+2+3 8 Mythril Shard 4+2+2 8 Orichalcum 1+2+3 6 Power Crystal 1+1+3 5 Power Gem 1+3+3+5 12 Power Shard 2+2+3+3+5+3+5 23 Shiny Crystal 1+1+2+3 7 Spirit Gem 2+2+3 7 Spirit Shard 2+2+3+3+3+5 18 Thunder Gem 3+2+5+5 15 Thunder Shard 2+1+1+3+3 10 C. ON-SCREEN ITEMS LIST Placement in the left or right column varies, depending on what items are in inventory. This dynamic flow goes from left to right, then to the next line. If at least one of each item is in stock, the order is as follows. ======================================== Lucid Shard 2+3+5 10 Lucid Gem 1+2+3+5 11 Lucid Crystal 1+1+3 5 Spirit Shard 2+2+3+3+3+5 18 Spirit Gem 2+2+3 7 Power Shard 2+2+3+3+5+3+5 23 Power Gem 1+3+3+5 12 Power Crystal 1+1+3 5 Blaze Shard 2+2+1+3+3 11 Blaze Gem 3+2+5 10 Frost Shard 2+1+1+3+3 10 Frost Gem 3+2+5 10 Thunder Shard 2+1+1+3+3 10 Thunder Gem 3+2+5+5 15 Shiny Crystal 1+1+2+3 7 Bright Shard 2+1+5+5 13 Bright Gem 3+3+5 11 Bright Crystal 1+2+1+3 7 Mystery Goo 1+1+3 5 Gale 2+1+3+3 9 Mythril Shard 4+2+2 8 Mythril 3+2+3 8 Orichalcum 1+2+3 6 These are the minimum numbers of items needed to unlock and synthesize Sora's Ultima Weapon. More components are necessary for equipping all characters with the best accessories or creating more status-increasing items. D. MYSTERY MOLD Mystery Mold, obtained by finishing off a Black Fungus with a critical hit, is not used in item synthesis. Keep one if playing for a complete inventory, but molds may be sold for 9,999 munny, excellent for buying unused weaponry and completing the inventory. Mold has no other use. E. FAQ & AUTHOR INFO Copyright (c) 2006, by Falconesque. Governed by U.S. Copyright Law (www.copyright.gov). Permission granted for posting as-is to GameFAQs.com, for the personal, noncommercial use of the site's members; all other rights reserved. FAQ version 1.0 (submitted February 22, 2006). No updates are anticipated. About this FAQ. The information was compiled as an aid in obtaining Sora's Ultima Weapon as soon as possible in the game. Little is more frustrating than realizing too late that one goo too many has been spent. Contact. The author welcomes comments and feedback via falcon [dot] gfaqs [at] esque [dot] com. Requests for permission to repost this FAQ may also be submitted to this e-mail address. Please include "KH-FAQ" (sans quotation marks) in the Subject: to ensure a prompt response. END OF LINE.