- Rest: Your character can take a short rest to restore some of their PP.
- Eat: Eating food or drink restores PP for a short time.
- Use Skills: Using skills or abilities restores PP for a short time.
- Use Items: Using items such as potions, scrolls, and wands restores PP for a short time. ..
Sleep in a hotel: To recover from sleep deprivation, sleep in a comfortable hotel room. Recovery items, such as Magic Pudding and PSI Caramel, can be used to help restore energy. Touching a Magic Butterfly can spawn in random locations, which will give players PP to use for PSI Magnet. ..
- PP (Point-based) PP is a method where players earn points for each action they take in the game, such as killing enemies or completing quests. These points can then be used to purchase items or upgrades from the in-game store.
- XP (Experience Points) XP is a method where players earn experience points for each battle they fight, and can then use these points to level up their character and unlock new abilities.
- Gold (In-game Currency) Gold is the main currency in the game, and can be used to buy items from the in-game store, or to upgrade your character’s abilities. ..
What is PP in Earthbound?
Psychic Points are a valuable resource for your party members and enemies. By collecting PP, they can use PSI abilities more easily.
Just like with HP, PP works on a rolling meter. ..
When a PSI ability is used, the meter will slowly roll down instead of immediately subtracting the relevant amount of PP used to cast the ability. ..
There’s apparently no way to exploit this like there is with HP – because ability animations are too long to gain any sort of advantage of the meter.
What’s The Best Way To Restore PP?
PP-restorative items are the most reliable way to heal a wound.
The following are some of the most useful items in the game. They can be expensive, but they are worth the investment. And, as with all things in life, there is a very small chance that one of these will become unavailable for a while.
In Summers, you can buy Magic Tarts for $480 which restore 20 PP for a single character. These are worth stocking up on if you can afford them. ..
In Earthbound, PSI Caramels are only dropped by enemies. They also restore 20 PP. ..
After the game, you’ll be able to buy Magic Puddings and Brain Food Lunch which restore 40 PP and 50 PP respectively.
Brain Food Lunch will restore Poo’s PP.
These can be purchased in Dalaam for $800 each.
If you’re looking for a way to add some luck into your life, you can try your luck with a Lucky Sandwich. These sandwiches can be purchased from multiple locations around Earthbound, but their effect is determined by RNG at the point of purchase. ..
A lucky sandwich effects range from a measly 5 PP restore, up to a full HP/PP restore.
Other Methods for Restoring PP
The alternate methods are either not as practical to use at any point, or they can take a while to unlock/find.
There are many ways to recover a party’s PP. ..
Magic Butterflies
In Earthbound, there are a variety of magical creatures that can spawn randomly. The most common ones are Butterflies, but there are also Dragons and Ghosts.
The fairies are small but easy to spot, resembling a small shiny fairy that floats up and down.
When touched, they restore 20 PP to the entire party. Afterward, they disappear. ..
Staying at Hotels
Hotels can be found in most towns on Earthbound, so they’re another great way to restore PP.
If you’re in a pinch and need to restore your party’s health and PP, there are a few cheap options available. Hotels won’t revive KO’d characters, but the items will do the trick. ..
PSI Magnet
There are only two PSI abilities in the game that can restore PP – and that’s PSI Magnet and PSI Surge.
The PSI Magnet is only usable by Paula and Poo, and it does not require PP to cast.
The PP system in the game is by absorbing enemy PP and restoring your own.
There are two different versions of the story: one that includes a gun and one that doesn’t.
The PSI Magnet α will drain between 2-8 PP from an enemy, provided the enemy has PP to begin with. The PSI Magnet Ω is the upgraded version, which has the same effect, but it will hit all enemies.