Market

The market lady greets the player in the Forest area (World 2).

The market is a type of room in Yokai Dungeon. It allows the player to equip one item that has an effect on gameplay or the rooms.

Layout

In each area, one square on the map is guaranteed to be the market. Once visited, the location is marked with an orange bag icon until the player moves onto the next area.

The market consists of an inside perimeter shaped like a portrait-oriented rectangle that is fenced off around all areas except for two sides in the middle. Within the enclosed area is a woman with three items laid out in front of her, with the middle item being concealed in a locked box. There are three white question marks on the ground, one in front of each item.

The outside of the perimeter has some decorative trees and blocks, as well as chickens that the player can chase around. An NPC will always be seen outside the perimeter at the front of the room.

Behaviour

Upon entering the market, the player will automatically be spawned in front of the shop lady, where she will bow and greet them. The player can then view a description of the items presented by standing on the question mark. Walking over the item will automatically equip it and be displayed in the top-left corner of the screen. The player can also review the item's function in the pause menu.

Players can only have one item equipped at a time. Equipping a new item will replace the previously equipped one and leave it on the market's display, where the player can return to take back the previous item as long as they have not cleared the world.

Rare item

Rare items are presented in a locked box in the middle and require players to watch an ad before opening unless they have the Premium upgrade. They generally provide greater enhancements over the regular items. When standing over the question mark while the box is still in tact, the market lady will always say, "Rare Secret Item". Touching the front of the box will reveal the item inside, and standing over the question mark in this state will display the item's description.

Items

In the game's code, items are divided into three categories:

• Health - These items affect the player's invincibility or their ability to gain lives. They appear as different types of foods.
• Attack - These items affect the behaviour of minions, boss health or the spawning of hourglass or bomb blocks. They appear as different types of weapons or masks.
• Luck - These items affect the player's luck status or any miscellaneous abilities including walking speed and resistance to certain hazards or surfaces. They mainly appear as different types of footwear or real-life items associated with luck.

There are 52 items in total that can be encountered in-game.

Name	Type	Category	In-game description
Onigiri	Normal	Health	Start a new room with invincibility on.
Ikura sushi	Rare	Health	Get invincibility every 5 blocks destroyed.
Tamago nigiri	Normal	Health	Invincibility increased of 1 second.
Salmon sushi	Normal	Health	Invincibility increased of 2 seconds.
Tuna sushi	Rare	Health	Invincibility increased of 5 seconds.
Apple	Normal	Health	Get 1 life every 100 coins collected.
Ebi tempura	Rare	Health	Get invincibility after you stand still for 5 seconds.
Maki roll	Normal	Health	Get invincibility every 10 blocks destroyed.
Cake slice	Rare	Health	Get full lives if boss is defeated without any life loss.
Hot pepper	Rare	Health	Get 1 life every 50 coins collected.
Daikon	Normal	Health	Get 1 life every 200 coins collected.
Melonpan	Normal	Health	Get 1 life every 100 blocks pushed.
Dango	Normal	Health	Get 1 life every 10 new rooms visited.
Taiyaki	Normal	Health	Get 1 life every 50 blocks pushed.
Takoyaki	Rare	Health	Get 1 life every 5 new rooms visited.
Gourd bottle	Rare	Health	Get invicibility every 3 minions defeated.
Kunai	Normal	Attack	1 random minions is defeated at start of old room.
Shuriken	Normal	Attack	2 random minions are defeated at start of old room.
Bow and arrow	Rare	Attack	All minions are defeated at start of old room.
Nunchaku	Normal	Attack	Slows down minions of 10%.
Bo	Normal	Attack	Slows down minions of 20%.
Kanabo	Rare	Attack	Slows down minions of 50%.
Iron sai	Normal	Attack	25% chance reducing boss life of 1 unit.
Big sword	Normal	Attack	50% chance reducing boss life of 1 unit.
Katana	Rare	Attack	Reduces boss life of 1 unit.
Sickle	Normal	Attack	10% extra chance of spawning bomb blocks.
Flail	Normal	Attack	20% extra chance of spawning bomb blocks.
Bomb	Rare	Attack	50% extra chance of spawning bomb blocks.
Venetian mask	Normal	Attack	10% extra chance of spawning hourglass blocks.
Hockey mask	Normal	Attack	20% extra chance of spawning hourglass blocks.
Tengu mask	Rare	Attack	50% extra chance of spawning hourglass blocks.
Iron hammer	Normal	Attack	25% chance defeating a minion when losing a life.
Silver hammer	Normal	Attack	50% chance defeating a minion when losing a life.
Gold hammer	Rare	Attack	Defeat one minion when losing a life.
Geta	Normal	Luck	10% speed increased.
Jika-tabi	Normal	Luck	20% speed increased.
Roller skates	Rare	Luck	50% speed increased.
Scuba fins	Rare	Luck	No water slow down.
Ice skates	Rare	Luck	No ice drift.
Grey shoes	Rare	Luck	No spike damage.
Red shoes	Rare	Luck	No fire damage.
Hand fan	Normal	Luck	10 coins spawn when new room is visited.
Omamori	Normal	Luck	20 coins spawn when new room is visited.
Lucky cat	Rare	Luck	50 coins spawn when new room is visited.
Beetle	Normal	Luck	Extra 1 coin spawn when defeating minion in new room.
Scroll	Normal	Luck	Extra 2 coins spawn when defeating minion in new room.
Prayer beads	Rare	Luck	Extra 5 coins spawn when defeating minion in new room.
Travel bag	Normal	Luck	20% extra chance of getting coin from destroyable blocks.
Daruma doll	Rare	Luck	50% extra chance of getting coin from destroyable blocks.
Four leaf clover	Normal	Luck	10% luck increase.
Ladybug	Normal	Luck	20% luck increase.
Alex's bell	Rare	Luck	50% luck increase.

Unused items

Two items exist in the game's files with names and descriptions, but are not seen in-game.

Name	Type	Category	In-game description
Silver sai	Not specified	Not specified	Bullet damage x4.
Golden sai	Not specified	Not specified	Bullet damage x8.

NPC quotes

Each NPC at the front of the marketplace says one line of dialogue when interacted with. This line is chosen from a set of five lines per world and is selected for the duration of the run.

Village

Old man

"Visited rooms tend to spawn less coins." "Luck increases the rate of coins being spawned." "Line up star blocks to get a lot of coins." "Stand on the ? symbol to get infos about the item." "Have you played Super Cat Tales 2?" "You can change controls from settings in the pause menu."

Forest

Woodcutter

"Wild boars can jump over a block. Watch out!" "Don't wait too long in a visited room or death will appear." "Have you played Snow Kids?" "Don't touch the blue onibi fires floating around." "Be sure to always check the map."

Swamp

Fisherman

"I'm after the legendary giant catfish Onamazu." "Walking into deep water will slow you down." "Some yokais cannot step into deep water." "There are some nice hot springs nearby." "Be sure to equip a rare item, if you can."

Cemetery

Graveyard keeper

"I.. dig.. grave." "Yokai.. no good." "Saw.. giant.. skeleton." "Graveyard.. no safe." "Ciao.."

Mountain

Old woman

"Do you spare anything warm to drink?" "Ha ha! I love snowy nights." "I'm oshiroi baba." "Are you scared by my appearance?" "My straw hat broke."

Volcano

Master

"I can control the fire element. Ha ha!" "I forge powerful katanas inside the volcano." "Some yokais leave a fire trace. Don't step on it." "I was supposed to go to the lantern festival." "Remember, not all yokais are evil."

Trivia

Gionathan standing behind the shopkeeper.

• When the player stands directly behind the market lady and faces forward, she will look visibly uncomfortable after a while.
• The market is the only room where death will not spawn if the player enters and stays in the room for a long duration. However, it is still possible to have death chase the player in the market if they revisit when death has spawned in another room.
• Alex's bell is a reference to the bell item in the main games of the Super Cat Tales series.