# Return to Dark Tower — Items

## Overview

There are four types of items: **Potions**, **Gear**, **Treasures**, and **Quest Items**. You gain items by Reinforcing, defeating foes, exploring dungeons, and completing quests. You can only use your items on your own turn.

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## Item Types

### Potions

- **Capacity:** Unlimited
- **How to gain:** Draw the top card of the potion deck (Reinforce at a citadel, haggle die result, quest rewards, etc.)
- **When spent or lost:** Return to the bottom of the potion deck.
- If no potions remain in the deck, you can take a potion of your choice from another hero (competitive mode).

### Gear

- **Capacity:** Up to one of each type (6 types available)
- **How to gain:** Choose 1 card from the gear stacks (Reinforce at a bazaar, haggle die result, etc.)
- **When spent or lost:** Return to the matching gear stack.
- If you gain a duplicate gear, you must lose one.
- Gear often provides **automatic Advantages** (black background).

### Treasures

- **Capacity:** Up to four
- **How to gain:** Choose 1 of the face-up treasures from the market (Reinforce at bazaar enhanced effect, quest rewards, etc.)
- **When spent or lost:** Return to the bottom of the treasure deck.
- When a treasure leaves the market, replace it with the top card of the treasure deck.
- If you gain a 5th treasure, you must lose one.

### Quest Items

- **Capacity:** Unlimited
- **How to gain:** Find and take from the quest item deck in the box (quest rewards, dungeon completion, etc.)
- **When spent or lost:** Return to the game box.

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## Item Capacity Summary

| Item Type  | Carry Limit       |
| ---------- | ----------------- |
| Potion     | Unlimited         |
| Gear       | Up to one of each |
| Treasure   | Up to four        |
| Quest Item | Unlimited         |

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## Spending vs. Losing Items

- **Spending** is optional and can be done at any point during your turn. When you spend an item for a different effect (e.g., activating a virtue), you do **not** also get the item's normal effect.
- **Losing** is mandatory. If you cannot resolve the loss fully, lose as much as you can and gain a single corruption.

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## When Spent or Lost — Return To:

| Item Type  | Returns To                  |
| ---------- | --------------------------- |
| Warriors   | The general supply          |
| Spirit     | The general supply          |
| Potion     | Bottom of the potion deck   |
| Gear       | The matching gear stack     |
| Treasure   | Bottom of the treasure deck |
| Quest Item | The game box                |

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## Gaining Items During Battle/Dungeon

- If you gain an item in the middle of a battle or dungeon, you gain any **automatic Advantages** it gives and can use them immediately.
- If you lose an item that gave you an automatic Advantage, you **don't** lose that Advantage for the current action.

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> **TODO:** Expand with specific item names, effects, and costs from the physical cards. This data is not in the rulebook PDF but is printed on the potion, gear, treasure, and quest item cards.