Etrian 2:Item Identification

Item Identification in  Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 entails items whose name and effects, and number of uses for Sigils, are hidden. Sigils are unidentified in Hyperspatial Boundary, Mutation Cave, and Spatial Mutation Cave. Scrolls are unidentified in Mutation Cave and Spatial Mutation Cave. Bottles are unidentified in Spatial Mutation Cave. The names used to hide the real names of items are random and are unkept from one dungeon exploration to the next, however once an item is identified or renamed all items of the same type will be known. When an item is unidentified, its icon is replaced by .

Tips to identify items

General Tips

Assess Scrolls can be used to identify one item and has a low chance of identifying all items. If you find a Bewitching Dungeon Shop you can try to sell items to know their selling price. It can be used to reduce the number of possibilities on the identity of the object. At the end of the dungeons, when entering Oberfay, every item in the inventory will be identified.

Bottles

A way of knowing the effect of a Bottles without using it, is to throw a bottle that you have spares of at a monster and rename it when you know what are its effects. It can also be used in a room without monster to see its effects without the risk of being attacked by a monster. Most dangerous bottles to drink can be sold to 75 Ental.

Scrolls

When using a Scroll, every other scroll of the same type will be identified. To reduce risks, scrolls should be read while standing on a staircase so you can move to another floor. Moreover, every Scrolls with negative effects have a selling price of 50 Ental.

Sigils

A way to identify them without the Assess Scroll is to use them on a monster and rename the Sigil when you know what are its effects. Most Sigils are good to used to monsters except Haste Sigil, Elemental Strengthening Sigil, and Physical Strengthening Sigil. The Haste Sigil is to only one that can be sold at 150 Ental.

Unidentified Items Name List

For a full list of names that can be used to hide the real name of unidentified items, see: List of Unidentified Item Names. As the names used to hide the real names of items are random and are unkept from one dungeon exploration to the next this cannot be used to identify items.

Description of unidentified items

Bottles

物体変位現象で色や成分が変化した薬 迷宮に入る度に変化する為、種類は判別できない 識別の巻物を使うと判別できる

Scrolls

物体変位現象で記述言語が変化した巻物 迷宮に入る度に変化する為、種類は判別できない 識別の巻物を使うと判別できる

Sigils

物体変位現象で印や材質が変化した印石 迷宮に入る度に変化する為、種類は判別できない 識別の巻物を使うと判別できる

In Other Languages

Language		Name
English		Unidentified
Japanese		未識別