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~ マンモスとヒミツの石 ~
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JAWA ~Mammoth To Himitsu No Ishi~ : Equipment Guide
Version 0.9 : August 19, 2019
Written by : humanofmicomage
Translation by : cqallenwalker & humanofmicomage
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Table Of Contents [TOC]
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(1) Changelog [VER]
(2) Equipment And You [INT]
(3) List Of Necklaces [NEC]
(4) List Of Bracelets [BRC]
(5) Closing [CLS]
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Changelog [VER]
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Version 0.8 - April 17, 2017
- Initial release.
Version 0.9 - August 19, 2019
- Fixed some translation oopsies.
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Equipment And You [INT]
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Getting equipped in JAWA? You may as well, since there's nothing else for you
to spend your money on. Your character has three equipment slots: one for a
necklace, and two bracelet slots for their left and right wrists
(respectively). The benefits are wide-ranging both in and outside of combat,
so it's worth considering regardless of how you play the game.
Equipment is bought using Das, the game's currency, which is obtained by
defeating animals in the rhythm game. Most equipment can be purchased from
the various oyaji (the bearded men) scattered around the main overworld
areas, using the first option in their dialog tree. They all have the same
stock, so it doesn't matter which one you talk to. Initially, very few things
will be available for purchase, but more will unlock as you progress through
the game's story.
The equipment below is given in the order it appears in your equipment menu.
The listing is mostly self-explanatory if you've ever played a video game
before, but there are two subsections worth explaining. One, the "localized"
item names. These are just for fun and flavor, and are not in any sense
official. Two, the ratings system. The four possible ratings are as follows:
Highly Recommended: Essential. Buy it as soon as you are able.
Recommended: Good. Has some utility, but is limited or situational.
Not Recommended: Mediocre. Overpriced or too minimally beneficial.
Avoid: Awful. A total waste of your money and equipment slot.
And that's all there is to it!
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List Of Necklaces [NEC]
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JAPANESE NAME: ナガイキのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Long Breath Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Diver's Pearls
PRICE: 500 Das
EFFECT: Doubles your air meter duration while diving (to 60 seconds).
RATING: Recommended
COMMENT: Helpful when diving for ingredients, or exploring the Sea. No real
utility beyond that, but at 500 Das, it's a bargain. I'm also pretty sure
that you need it to complete the Sea quest "クサイどうくつ".
JAPANESE NAME: ハナキキのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Nose Efficacy Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Scenthound's Collar
PRICE: 500 Das
EFFECT: Doubles the radius of your sense of smell.
RATING: Not Recommended
COMMENT: I actually think this makes it harder to pinpoint the location of an
ingredient. Plus, you run the risk of smells overlapping. Just read my
cooking guide (assuming that's ever finished)!
JAPANESE NAME: ウルオイのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Moisture Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Moistenite Marbles
PRICE: 750 Das
EFFECT: Greatly lowers the rate at which your thirst meter depletes.
RATING: Not Recommended
COMMENT: Delivers what it promises, but how often are you that far from a
source of water? Never. You can even drink seawater and TAR with no ill
effects. Not worth it.
JAPANESE NAME: ゲキゲンキのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Extremely Energetic Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Miraculous Metabolism Motivator
PRICE: 1500 Das
EFFECT: Doubles the amount of health gained from eating food.
RATING: Highly Recommended
COMMENT: Very useful if you get hit a lot. Even if you're pretty good at the
rhythm game, missing even a single guard command against tougher enemies can
result in you eating 6-8 pips of damage, which is likely to be half or a
third of your total health. A solid buy.
JAPANESE NAME: クイハヤのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Eating Fast Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Gurgitator's Gewgaw
PRICE: 750 Das
EFFECT: Eating requires fewer button presses.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Barely speeds it up at all. Even if it did, just stop eating in
plain view of aggressive animals. When will you ever learn?
JAPANESE NAME: シノビのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Shinobi Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Ninja Necklace
PRICE: 2500 Das
EFFECT: Very slight decrease in animal awareness radius.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: The difference is almost imperceptible. Timid herbivores still flee
at the sight of you, aggressive animals still attack undeterred. What a
rip-off!
JAPANESE NAME: ヒカリのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Light Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Luminous Lavalier
PRICE: 500 Das
EFFECT: Increases the light radius of the torch.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Even at night, it never gets particularly dark, and torchlight seems
to serve no practical purpose whatsoever (not unlike Torchlight the game).
Utterly, utterly useless.
JAPANESE NAME: オイカゼのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Tailwind Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Tailwind Trinket
PRICE: 1000 Das
EFFECT: Slightly increases your running speed.
RATING: Highly Recommended
COMMENT: I wish the effect were a little more dramatic, but it's not overly
expensive. This is the necklace I default to, because the only time it is not
useful is when you are swimming. The speed increase is much more obvious when
bunny hopping through shallow water, or if you unequip it after using it for
a long time.
JAPANESE NAME: スゴユミのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Awesome Bow Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Amazing Arrow Accoutrement
PRICE: 5000 Das
EFFECT: Greatly increases arrow damage.
RATING: Recommended
COMMENT: Turns you into a regular Errol Flynn. But at what cost? Nice if
you're sick of playing the rhythm game, but it's pretty overpriced if you
rarely use the bow.
JAPANESE NAME: ニクズニのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Meat Enthusiast Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Meat Lover's Mantle
PRICE: 3500 Das
EFFECT: Dead animals explode into meat pinata style when struck.
RATING: Highly Recommended
COMMENT: Extremely convenient, even with the time it takes to go into your
inventory to equip it. Works with both the club and the torch. Pairs well
with the Amazing Arrow Accoutrement, but it's a big investment if you're not
raising dinosaurs or trying to get all of the recipes.
JAPANESE NAME: ドロンのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Slip Away Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Slippery Sigil
PRICE: 1000 Das
EFFECT: Fleeing from combat only ever requires one round (I think).
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: There are only a handful of enemies in the game that require an
additional round to escape. They're so uncommon I actually could not find any
to test the necklace on. Are you really that afraid of missing a single guard
command? Skip it.
JAPANESE NAME: ???
PRICE: ???
EFFECT: ???
COMMENT: I don't know how to obtain this necklace.
JAPANESE NAME: ノロノロくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Slow Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Moderato Metronome
PRICE: Awarded upon clearing the Tower Of Trials.
EFFECT: Locks combat tempo at 100 BPM.
RATING: Not Recommended
COMMENT: If you made it far enough to earn it, you probably don't need it.
It's kind of like unlocking Free Play in an arcade port after clearing it on
a limited number of credits.
JAPANESE NAME: カルガルのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Hunting Eagerness Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Hasty Hunter's Helper
PRICE: 2000 Das
EFFECT: Walk at normal speed while carrying dead animals.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Very overpriced. Just cut out the middleman and save up for the Meat
Lover's Mantle.
JAPANESE NAME: ダスダスのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Das Das Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Double Das Dongle
PRICE: Awarded upon revealing all of the names in the staff roll (I think).
EFFECT: Doubles the amount of Das earned from combat.
RATING: Highly Recommended
COMMENT: It's great. Obviously. But you're not likely to get much use out of
it unless you're really into collecting equipment postgame.
JAPANESE NAME: オモイのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Emotion Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Dolittle Doodad
PRICE: 1500 Das
EFFECT: "Encouraging" ridden animals does significantly less damage to them.
RATING: Recommended
COMMENT: A great investment if you play this game like Grand Theft Animal.
You'll get a lot more mileage for your BUCK. Ha ha. Get it? 'Cause, t- oh,
nevermind.
JAPANESE NAME: オモワレのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Thoughtful Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Thinking-Of-You Bijou
PRICE: 3000 Das
EFFECT: ???
RATING: ???
COMMENT: Seems to do nothing except allow you to complete the Wetland quest
"ハラヘリのともだち". So. If you want to complete that quest, it's mandatory.
If you don't, it's useless.
JAPANESE NAME: ヒャクジュウのくびわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: All Animals Necklace
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: King Of The Beasts' Regalia
PRICE: 9999 Das
EFFECT: ???
RATING: ???
COMMENT: I think it says it allows you to ride all animals, but you can
already do that. I have no idea what it's supposed to do.
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List Of Bracelets [BRC]
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JAPANESE NAME: パオパオのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Toot Toot Bracelet
PRICE: 3500 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to mammoth-type animals.
RATING: Not Recommended
COMMENT: Works against all animals listed under the mammoth icon in the field
guide (top left, herbivore side). Apart from dinosaurs, mammoths tend to have
the highest health and award the most Das when defeated, but it's still too
expensive for what it does.
JAPANESE NAME: クエクエのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Caw Caw Bracelet
PRICE: 2500 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to (most) flightless bird-type animals.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Works against all animals listed under the flightless bird icon in
the field guide (bottom right, herbivore side) except for the Dodo. Too
expensive and too situational.
JAPANESE NAME: パカパカのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Clip-Clop Bracelet
PRICE: 2500 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to deer-type animals.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Works against all animals listed under the deer icon in the field
guide (top center, herbivore side). Too expensive and too situational.
JAPANESE NAME: ズドズドのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Thud Thud Bracelet
PRICE: 4000 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to rhinoceros-type animals and triceratops.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Works against all animals listed under the rhinoceros icon in the
field guide (bottom left, herbivore side) and the triceratops (bottom right,
carnivore side, first page only). Absurdly overpriced and too situational.
JAPANESE NAME: チョポチョポのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Chatter Chatter Bracelet
PRICE: 2500 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to dodo-type animals.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Are you kidding? There's only six dodos in the entire game, and I
could only find four of them! Bar none, THE worst equipment that you can buy.
Its only conceivable utility is facilitating the obvious "this must be why
they went extinct!" joke. Awful, awful, awful.
JAPANESE NAME: ガルガルのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Growl Growl Bracelet
PRICE: 3500 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to cat-type animals.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Works against all animals listed under the cat icon in the field
guide (top left, carnivore side). I don't know why wolves are considered to
be cats. Absurdly overpriced and too situational.
JAPANESE NAME: ギャウギャウのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Roar Roar Bracelet
PRICE: 4000 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to crocodile-type animals.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Works against all animals listed under the crocodile icon in the
field guide (bottom center, carnivore side). Absurdly overpriced and too
situational.
JAPANESE NAME: パタパタのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Flap Flap Bracelet
PRICE: 3500 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to flying bird-type animals.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Works against all animals listed under the flying bird icon in the
field guide (top right, carnivore side). Absurdly overpriced and too
situational.
JAPANESE NAME: ドシドシンのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Stomp Stomp Bracelet
PRICE: 4000 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to dinosaur-type land animals except triceratops.
RATING: Not Recommended
COMMENT: Works against all terrestrial animals listed under the dinosaur icon
in the field guide (bottom right, carnivore side), except for triceratops,
for some reason. Maybe worth it if you can be bothered to do the quests in
the Cretaceous. If you never make it that far, you'll never even see a
dinosaur.
JAPANESE NAME: ベリベリのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Peel Peel Bracelet
PRICE: 2500 Das
EFFECT: Double damage to ground sloth-type animals.
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: Works against all animals listed under the ground sloth icon in the
field guide (top center, carnivore side). This seems to be a catch-all
category for all non-feline/canine predators, except ground sloths were
herbivorous. In any case, too expensive, too situational.
JAPANESE NAME: ?????
PRICE: ???
EFFECT: ???
COMMENT: I don't know how to obtain this bracelet.
JAPANESE NAME: ?????
PRICE: ???
EFFECT: ???
COMMENT: I don't know how to obtain this bracelet.
JAPANESE NAME: ?????
PRICE: ???
EFFECT: ???
COMMENT: I don't know how to obtain this bracelet.
JAPANESE NAME: ヒダネのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Hot Coal Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Ember Chain
PRICE: 250 Das
EFFECT: Barely increases attack power.
RATING: Recommended
COMMENT: The increase in power granted by the attack-boosting bracelets does
not become significant until the Volcano Chain, but they're still the second
best thing you could be wearing on your wrist. The effect stacks with the
first best thing, the dude gems, so they're still quite good if you can
afford both. If you can't, the gems are a better value.
JAPANESE NAME: タキビのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Bonfire Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Blaze Chain
PRICE: 1200 Das
EFFECT: Slightly increases attack power.
RATING: Recommended
COMMENT: See above.
JAPANESE NAME: カザンのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Volcano Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Volcano Chain
PRICE: 2500 Das
EFFECT: Moderately increases attack power.
RATING: Highly Recommended
COMMENT: See above.
JAPANESE NAME: タイヨウのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Sun Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Supernova Chain
PRICE: 5000 Das
EFFECT: Greatly increases attack power.
RATING: Highly Recommended
COMMENT: See above.
JAPANESE NAME: シズクのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Drip Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Twinkle Brace
PRICE: 300 Das
EFFECT: Barely increases guard power during "danger".
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: More defense *sounds* good, but the braces will not reduce the
damage you take from missing a guard command. They only reduce the chip
damage you take from bosses when they're in "danger" mode (when they drop
below half health) on a "Successful" guard (silver), and not by a significant
amount. Perfect (gold) and Critical (rainbow) guards always negate all
damage, which drastically limits the usefulness of defensive items if you are
half-decent at combat. Their effect does stack with the dude gems, though, if
you really can't nail any perfect guards.
JAPANESE NAME: ニジのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Rainbow Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Prismatic Brace
PRICE: 1500 Das
EFFECT: Slightly increases guard power during "danger".
RATING: Avoid
COMMENT: See above.
JAPANESE NAME: ホシのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Star Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Starlight Brace
PRICE: 3000 Das
EFFECT: Moderately increases guard power during "danger".
RATING: Not Recommended
COMMENT: See above.
JAPANESE NAME: ツキのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Moon Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Moonlight Brace
PRICE: 5000 Das
EFFECT: Greatly increases guard power during "danger".
RATING: Not Recommended
COMMENT: If you're really struggling with the bosses endgame or in the Tower
Of Trials due to the large amounts of chip damage, this could make it easier
for you, especially if paired with the Transcendude Gem. Otherwise, don't
bother.
JAPANESE NAME: オヤジナガレのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Old Guy Flow Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Abidude Gem
PRICE: 500 Das
EFFECT: Barely increases attack power and guard power during "danger".
RATING: Recommended
COMMENT: The dude gems combine the effects of the attack and defense-boosting
bracelets, making them better than either one, and the all-around best thing
to be wearing in the bracelet slot. Buy them as soon as they are available.
JAPANESE NAME: オヤジヒビキのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Old Guy Echo Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Resoundude Gem
PRICE: 2000 Das
EFFECT: Slightly increases attack power and guard power during "danger".
RATING: Recommended
COMMENT: See above.
JAPANESE NAME: オヤジカナタのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Old Guy Beyond Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Beyondude Gem
PRICE: 4500 Das
EFFECT: Moderately increases attack power and guard power during "danger".
RATING: Highly Recommended
COMMENT: See above.
JAPANESE NAME: オヤジキワミのうでわ
LITERAL TRANSLATION: Old Guy Apex Bracelet
"LOCALIZED" TRANSLATION: Transcendude Gem
PRICE: 9999 Das
EFFECT: Greatly increases attack power and guard power during "danger".
RATING: Highly Recommended
COMMENT: The best bracelet in the game. Once you buy it, there's no reason to
ever unequip it.
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Closing [CLS]
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=[ PROPS ]=
Y'sk, for developing this game, and to Spike for publishing it.
sharc, for letting me piggyback on his From Japan order so I could buy it.
The developers of LetterBomb, the Homebrew Channel and GeckoOS, for enabling
me to play it on my NTSC Wii.
cqallenwalker, for being so generous with his time, and just generally being
a real chill dude.
Netizen 木になる森になる, for being the only other person on the planet who
thought that this game was worth writing about.
http://kininarumorininaru.seesaa.net/category/5479300-1.html
Niconico user やひつじ for helping me through some frustrating quests with his
invaluable playthrough of the game, the only one I could find.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/34973563
=[ SLOPS ]=
The US/EU publishers who allowed this game to slip through the cracks. For
shame.
=[ CONTACT ]=
Questions? Feedback? Hate mail? You can get at me on tumblr. I think you're
probably clever enough to guess my username.
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[ JAWA ~マンモスとヒミツの石~ (C) 2008 Spike Co., Ltd. ]
