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Items are power-ups in Catherine/Catherine Classic and Catherine: Full Body which can be found scattered across the Nightmare stages and can also be purchased at most landings between levels. Unused items will carry over across floors all the way to the end of a chapter. The price of each item, if it can be purchased, is noted in the title.

Checkpoint[]

CheckPoint

A checkpoint saves the player's progress in a level, spawning the player at that spot if they die. Using a retry gives the option of starting over, or starting from the last checkpoint touched. If the player starts from a checkpoint, the tower blocks will be exactly in the same positions as when the player touched the checkpoint (this can be a good or bad thing). Also, step chain bonuses are not saved in a checkpoint. Therefore, the only way to guarantee a Gold in a stage is to play it all the way through without dying.

Enigma Coins[]

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Main article: Enigma Coins

These coins represent the player's score in the Nightmare levels, and can also be spent on the landings to buy items. Each pile of coins collected give 1,000 points. If the player spends coins on buying an item, it will make it more difficult for them to obtain a Gold or Silver prize in that stage, since they are essentially trading their own score for the item.

In Catherine: Full Body, there are now gold bars which give 5,000 points. They tend to be placed at diffcult locations in the stage.

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Bible[]

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These one-time use books will destroy every enemy on screen at once in a rain of lightning.

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Mystic Pillow (3000 coins)[]

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In the original Catherine and Catherine Classic, collecting these pillows gives the player extra retries in case the player dies while ascending the tower. The number of retries each pillow gives is based on the difficulty; in Very Easy and Easy, the player gets 3 retries per pillow, in Normal the player gets 2 retries per pillow, and on Hard the player gets 1 retry per pillow.

In the initial launch of the Japanese version of Catherine prior to its first update, Mystic Pillows each only granted one retry regardless of the difficulty.

In Catherine: Full Body, Mystic Pillows now increase the maximum number of Undos for that stage by 1 per pillow.

Pillow

Dark Block (3000 coins)[]

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This will allow the player to place one Immovable Block directly in front of Vincent.

White Block/White Cube (5000 coins)[]

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In the original Catherine and Catherine Classic, this item will allow the player to place one White Block directly in front of Vincent. In Catherine: Full Body, this item now creates a platform of 3-by-3 White Blocks at the player's feet, which enables the player to create footing, even in tight spaces.

The Merchant Sheep labels it as a "White Cube."

Bell (8000 coins)[]

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The bell turns all special blocks on the screen into normal White Blocks; this is especially helpful on bosses that affect the blocks around Vincent, or when faced with a wall of Immovable Blocks. These do not affect the combination blocks in Remix Mode of Catherine: Full Body and in Full Body, the effect "radius" seems to be much smaller compared to the original Catherine and Catherine Classic.

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Energy Drink (9000 coins) (Black cap)[]

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This allows Vincent to climb up two block heights instead of just one.

In the original Catherine and Catherine Classic, the player will be surrounded by a glow, and they can make several climbs before it wears off. In Catherine: Full Body, Energy Drinks now only lets the player jump up two block heights one time only though they will receive three drinks. In Babel of Full Body, each player gets three Energy Drinks.

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Power Drink (Yellow cap)[]

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This allows Vincent to climb up three block heights instead of just one. Once used, Vincent will be surrounded by a glow, and he can make several climbs before it wears off. This item shows up randomly whenever the player pulls out blocks in Very Easy mode. There are also several Power Drinks in Level 6-3 on Hard Mode in Catherine and Catherine Classic. The Japanese on the label of this drink reads 鼈 (Chinese Soft-Shell Turtle). It is based on an actual energy drink in Japan, made from soft-shelled turtle extract, said to enhance stamina.

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