Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Shop Guide
Version 1.1
Last updated: March 28, 2005
By Andrea Robinson
Part 1 - Introduction
Part 2 - Prisoner of Azkaban Shop Guide
2.1 - Belts
2.2 - Charms
2.3 - Gloves
2.4 - Boots
2.5 - Hats
2.6 - Cloaks
2.7 - Miscellaneous
Part 3 - Other Stuff
3.1 - Disclaimer
3.2 - Acknowledgements
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NOTICE: This guide is sanitized and spoiler-free for your protection.
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Part 1 - Introduction
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This guide is for the Game Boy Advance version of "Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban." While the game itself isn't bad - it's a nice simple RPG
with puzzle dungeons, and it doesn't require much thought - it has a very bad
shopping interface. To make up for that, this guide lists the items for sale in
Fred and George's Shop, their prices, the stat boosts they provide, and any
other miscellaneous information that may apply.
Some of these items are dropped by bosses or can be found in treasure chests.
All, however, can be bought in Fred and George's Shop, which is located in the
southeast corner of the seventh floor of Hogwarts.
In five of the seven item categories, there are five dragon-hide items. To save
space and to save typing, I've listed just the dragon name. It should be
obvious enough.
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Part 2 - Shop Guide
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General equipment tip:
- For Belts, Gloves, Boots, Hats, and Cloaks, Hungarian Horntail Dragon-hide
equipment is easily the best. However, it's unlikely you can afford them your
first time through. So buy what you can afford - you'll pick up a lot of
items in chests and as rewards for completing quests and defeating bosses.
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2.1 - Belts
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BELTS |Price | Def.| Agi.|M.Def| Wearer |
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Ordinary Belt | 20 | +1 | -1 | +0 | all |
Leather Belt | 30 | +2 | +0 | +0 | Hermione |
Rope | 120 | +4 | -3 | +0 | Ron |
Swedish Shortsnout | 245 | +4 | -2 | +0 | all |
Common Welsh Green | 445 | +4 | +0 | +0 | all |
Romanian Longhorn | 630 | +6 | +1 | +0 | all |
Chinese Fireball | 775 | +8 | +2 | +0 | all |
Hungarian Horntail | 850 | +8 | +3 | +0 | all |
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Tips:
- Early in the game, the Leather Belt is fine for Hermione, but the Ordinary
Belt is fine for the guys. Ron can't afford the Rope's agility penalty, and
Harry doesn't have any other inexpensive option.
- Don't even bother with the Swedish Shortsnout belt. For that matter, don't
bother with the Chinese Fireball belt either - it's only 75 sickles more for
the Hungarian Horntail belt, which gives an extra agility point.
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2.2 - Charms
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CHARMS |Price | Def.| Agi.|M.Def| Wearer |
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Pocket Watch | 245 | +3 | -2 | +4 | Harry |
Quidditch Wrist Guards | 275 | +4 | +2 | +5 | Ron |
Eagle Feather Quill | 500 | +5 | -2 | +7 | all |
Crystal Ball | 635 | +6 | +2 | +8 | all |
Dragon Liver | 900 | +6 | -2 | +8 | all |
Rabbit Fur Gloves | 925 | +6 | +2 | +8 | all |
Spellotape | 1150 | +0 | -2 | +30 | Hermione |
Golden Snitch | 1230 | +12 | +2 | +10 | Harry |
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Tips:
- The Golden Snitch is the best possible Charm for Harry. Before you get it,
go Crystal Ball with him. (You can get it free as a quest reward before the
end of the game, so you don't have to actually buy the snitch.)
- Do not buy the Dragon Liver. It has the same Defense and M.Defense bonuses as
the Crystal Ball and Rabbit Fur Gloves, but with an Agility penalty the other
two lack.
- And on that note, there's really no reason to buy the Rabbit Fur Gloves,
either, since they provide exactly the same stat bonuses as the Crystal Ball,
which costs almost 300 sickles less.
- Hermione has excellent agility, so she can definitely afford to equip the
Spellotape. It has an agility penalty of -2, but with an M.Defense bonus of
+30 and her naturally high agility, she can take it. Before buying it (or
getting it as a reward), a Crystal Ball is fine.
- Ron's kind of out of luck in the Charm department. Early on, buy Quidditch
Wrist Guards (he needs that agility bonus), or just hold off until you can
afford a Crystal Ball for him; it's the best he can use.
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2.3 - Gloves
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GLOVES |Price | Def.| Agi.|M.Def| Wearer |
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Mittens | 30 | +1 | +0 | +0 | all |
Leather Gloves | 105 | +2 | -1 | +0 | Hermione |
Quidditch Gloves | 140 | +2 | +0 | +0 | Harry |
Potions Gloves | 200 | +3 | +0 | +0 | Ron |
Swedish Shortsnout | 250 | +4 | +0 | +0 | all |
Common Welsh Green | 310 | +5 | -1 | +0 | all |
Romanian Longhorn | 390 | +6 | +2 | +0 | all |
Chinese Fireball | 500 | +7 | +3 | +0 | all |
Hungarian Horntail | 550 | +9 | +4 | +0 | all |
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Tips:
- The Quidditch Gloves for Harry are a good bet, but Ron's Potions Gloves are
so close in cost to the first dragon-hide set that you may as well hold out
for another fifty sickles.
- Skip the Common Welsh Green Dragon-hide Gloves. For 80 sickles more, you get
another defense point and a net total of 3 agility points.
- Since Hungarian Horntail gloves are so close in price to - and yet so much
better than - Chinese Fireball gloves, don't even bother with the Chinese
Fireball.
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2.4 - Boots
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BOOTS |Price | Def.| Agi.|M.Def| Wearer |
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Sneakers | 30 | +2 | -2 | +0 | all |
Leather Boots | 135 | +2 | -3 | +0 | Hermione |
Galoshes | 225 | +2 | -1 | +0 | Ron |
Quidditch Boots | 320 | +4 | -1 | +0 | Harry |
Swedish Shortsnout | 470 | +6 | -3 | +0 | all |
Common Welsh Green | 775 | +7 | +0 | +2 | all |
Romanian Longhorn | 1000 | +7 | +0 | +3 | all |
Chinese Fireball | 1225 | +7 | +0 | +5 | all |
Hungarian Horntail | 1350 | +10 | +5 | +5 | all |
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Tips:
- Skip Swedish Shortsnout. Agility penalty = bad.
- If you buy Common Welsh Green Dragon-hide boots, don't bother putting up the
money for Romanian Longhorn and instead take Chinese Fireball or Hungarian
Horntail on your next upgrade.
- However, if you skip Common Welsh Green and go straight to Romanian Longhorn,
skip over Chinese Fireball as well and upgrade directly to Hungarian Horntail
when you get the chance.
- Ron and Harry are fine with their own cheap equips until you can afford good
Dragon-hide. However, leave Hermione in Sneakers until dragon-hide time. Why
would you want to spend 135 sickles on boots for Hermione that are actually
WORSE than the cheapest footwear option?
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2.5 - Hats
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HATS |Price | Def.| Agi.|M.Def| Wearer |
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Cap | 25 | +1 | +1 | +0 | all |
Black Pointed Hat | 110 | +2 | +1 | +1 | Hermione |
Rear Admiral's Hat | 160 | +3 | +0 | +1 | Ron |
Quidditch Helmet | 225 | +4 | -1 | +2 | Harry |
Swedish Shortsnout | 315 | +4 | -1 | +3 | all |
Common Welsh Green | 450 | +5 | -2 | +3 | all |
Romanian Longhorn | 600 | +6 | -2 | +4 | all |
Chinese Fireball | 780 | +7 | -3 | +5 | all |
Hungarian Horntail | 1100 | +7 | +3 | +5 | all |
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Tips:
- The Black Pointed Hat is very good for Hermione right up until you can buy
her a Hungarian Horntail hat (or until the game hands you something better
than the Black Pointed, but don't actually waste money on hats for her
between those two). If you feel you must absolutely buy her a hat in between,
go with Romanian Longhorn.
- Ron's Rear Admiral's Hat is also a great choice right up until Hungarian
Horntail time. Once again, if you feel you must absolutely buy hats in
between, pick up Romanian Longhorn.
- But leave Harry with the Cap, unless you're having problems, in which case,
get him a Swedish Shortsnout hat instead of the Quidditch Helmet - it's only
an 80 sickle difference for an extra M.Def. point.
- Don't bother buying the Chinese Fireball hat at all; it's the same as the
Hungarian Horntail in terms of Defense and M.Defense, but the six-point
agility difference between the two is worth the 320 extra sickles.
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2.6 - Cloaks
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CLOAKS |Price | Def.| Agi.|M.Def| Wearer |
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School Robe | 80 | +3 | +0 | +0 | all |
Quidditch Robe | 190 | +5 | +0 | +4 | Harry |
Winter Cloak | 255 | +7 | -3 | +8 | Hermione |
Potions Robe | 320 | +10 | -3 | +10 | Ron |
Swedish Shortsnout | 450 | +12 | -3 | +10 | all |
Common Welsh Green | 780 | +17 | +0 | +12 | all |
Romanian Longhorn | 1000 | +20 | +3 | +15 | all |
Chinese Fireball | 1230 | +22 | +3 | +18 | all |
Hungarian Horntail | 1350 | +25 | +3 | +20 | all |
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Tips:
- The massive Defense and M.Defense bonuses from Hermione and Ron's special
equipments are worth the agility penalty.
- Once again, do not buy Swedish Shortsnout Dragon-hide equipment. It's only
marginally better than Ron's Potions Robe. Hold out at least until you can
afford Common Welsh Green instead.
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2.7 - Miscellaneous
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MISCELLANEOUS |Price | Description |
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Chocolate Frog | 5 | Adds cards to collection |
Wiggenweld Potion | 30 | Restores 20 Stamina Points |
Grand Wiggenweld Potion| 60 | Restores 50 Stamina Points |
Pepperup Potion | 40 | Restores 20 Magic Points |
Grand Pepperup Potion | 80 | Restores 50 Magic Points |
Antidote | 30 | Cures Poison |
Anti-Paralysis Potion | 20 | Cures Paralysis |
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Tips:
- Chocolate Frogs: Many (but not all) of the cards used for Harry's special
moves are available by buying Chocolate Frogs - and even if you're just
trying to complete the sets, some cards are available ONLY through the shop.
It's a good way to stock up or simply to complete parts of your collection,
since each completed category unlocks a chest in the card collector's room,
and one chest contains three dragon-hide robes, and another has a Golden
Snitch and a level-up, and another has two level-ups.
- Obviously, the Grand versions of both potions are a much better deal (2.5
times the healing at only twice the price of the regular version), but until
your max HP hits 100 or so, the regular versions are fine. If you're only 30
HP short of max, it's silly to waste 60 sickles' worth of potion.
- Definitely stock up on Pepperups early - not every enemy can be dealt with by
spamming Flipendo for 0 MP.
- Don't bother with Antidotes, as Poison has almost no effect. However, pick up
a few Anti-Paralysis Potions now and then if you don't have a small supply of
them from treasure chests and random battles. You only need five or ten, just
as an insurance policy; there's only one plot battle where having one or two
is almost essential, and the rest are just in case a random enemy paralyzes
a character and you don't have the HP or the patience to wait for it to wear
off.
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Part 3 - Other Stuff
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3.1 - Disclaimer
I am not affiliated with WArner Brothers, EA Games, Nintendo, Scholastic, J.K.
Rowling, or any publishers of guides or walkthroughs, and I do not claim their
work as my own, nor am I profiting from this guide, monetarily or otherwise.
This guide was written out of love for the Harry Potter universe, the need for
a shop guide for this game, and a desire to help other players.
However, the design and contents of this guide are copyright 2005 Andrea
Robinson. Please do not copy or plagiarize this guide or claim it as your own
work.
The only site that may host this guide is
http://www.gamefaqs.com.
If you have questions, please reread the guide and make sure your question
has not already been answered. If it isn't there, or if it lies outside the
scope of Fred and George's Shop and the items sold there, check with other
FAQs, and if that doesn't help, direct your question to the "Prisoner of
Azkaban" message board on GameFAQs, located at:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=919439
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3.2 - Acknowledgements
Although portions of this information are available in other FAQs and
walkthroughs, I gathered all of this information on my own, in the game itself.
That said, I'd like to extend special thanks to...
- J.K. Rowling, for creating the wonderful Harry Potter universe.
- Blockbuster, for renting me the game.
- The guys on FFT General, for their overall kindness and constant pimping of
my FFT guides.
- And, as always, thanks to Aaron, who bought me the GBA I played this game
on, who read the Harry Potter books at my urging, and without whom I would
never have played RPGs at all. I love you, Aaron. Thanks for everything.
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