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An '''item''' is a [[tile]] which [[Chip]] or [[Melinda]] can collect and store in their inventory. Aside from [[key]]s and [[computer chip]]s which have separate inventories, players can hold at most four items in their inventory at once. Although the computer chip is technically an item, it does not appear in the player's inventory like the other items.

There are specific tiles which are ''not'' considered items even though Chip can remove them: [[socket]]s, [[dirt]], fake [[blue wall]]s, [[lock]]s, etc. are not items. Chip can also move [[block]]s, but they are not considered items.

In the original [[Chip's Challenge 1]], the only items aside from [[keys and locks|keys]] and [[computer chip|chips]] are fire boots, flippers, ice skates, and suction boots. Items cannot be moved and can only be collected by Chip. [[Thief|Thieves]] will only steal boots, not keys.

Most of the original properties of items apply in [[Chip's Challenge 2]]; however, the sequel also included multiple new items and mechanics. If the player attempts to pick up a fifth item, the last item in the player inventory is dropped to accommodate the new item. Players can also choose to rotate through the items in their inventory ('C' on the keyboard by default) and drop the last item in their inventory ('Q' on the keyboard by default).

Monsters and blocks can kill the player while the player is standing on or is about to walk onto an item, even if the item (not the terrain) normally prevents the monster or block from doing so. In Lynx, items do not behave differently in these circumstances.

Another new mechanic in CC2 is that certain [[monster]]s ([[ghost]]s, [[rover]]s, and [[player mirror]]s) and items (dropped [[bowling ball]]s and [[time bomb]]s) maintain their own inventory separate from the player inventory and can (with the exception of time bombs) also pick up items. In many cases, monsters can then use these items as the player would. All monsters and dirt blocks have the ability to pick up [[blue key]]s.

 

'''Suction boots''' or '''suction shoes''' allow [[Chip]] or [[Melinda]] to walk across [[force floor]]s at normal speed the same way he walks on ordinary floor.

 

The '''hiking boots''', also known as '''dirt boots''', allow [[Melinda]] and [[Player mirror|mirror Melinda]] to walk over [[dirt]] and [[gravel]] tiles, but have no effect when worn by [[Chip]] or any other [[monster]].

[[Lesson 6 (CC2 level)|Lesson 6]] is the only official level that uses speed boots.

 

The '''bowling ball''', once picked up by the player or a monster, remains in the inventory until dropped. Then, it will travel in a direction until it is destroyed by a hazard or is otherwise blocked by an obstacle (unless it is sliding on ice or a force floor, in which case it rebounds off the obstacle or stays put, respectively). It is capable of destroying [[monster]]s and [[block]]s, picking up [[item]]s, pressing [[button]]s, and more.

 

Bowling balls have an inventory of four tools: if they grab a fifth, the first will be dropped.

If [[Chip]] or [[Melinda]] holds at least one '''bribe''' in their inventory and step on a blue or red [[thief]], the bribe will be stolen but the rest of the inventory will be preserved. From monsters, a thief will take bribes, but not other items. If a player or monster has multiple bribes in their inventory, only one bribe will be used after stepping on a thief.  

It is only used in [[Lesson 6 (CC2 level)|Lesson 6]], [[Flea Market]], and [[Line and Sinker]].

 

The '''helmet ''' will make [[Chip]] or [[Melinda]] unable to be killed by [[monster]]s or moving [[block]]s. Monsters and moving blocks will instead treat Chip and Melinda as [[acting wall]] and vice versa. Similarly, monsters wearing the helmet will not be able to kill Chip or Melinda. Bowling balls are unaffected by helmets.

The '''hook''' allows the player and monsters to pull [[block]]s, [[ice block]]s, and [[directional block]]s. With the tool equipped, pulling happens automatically if Chip or Melinda walk directly away from the block and if the block is able to traverse the tile Chip or Melinda are currently standing on. It was first introduced in the level [[Flea Market]] and is used in only one level, [[Line and Sinker]], after its introduction.

 

The '''railroad sign''', often abbreviated as '''RR sign''', allows [[Chip]], [[Melinda]], [[player mirror]]s, [[bowling ball]]s, and [[rover]]s to cross [[railroad track]]s as if they were floor, although if they enter and exit a railroad with a track switch "legally", the track will still cycle. It has no impact on [[ghost]]s.

 

The '''secret eye''', when equipped by [[Chip]] or [[Melinda]], reveals the identity of [[invisible wall]]s, [[hidden wall]]s, [[blue wall]]s, [[green wall]]s, content under [[block]]s, and content under [[Tent canopy|canopies]], and it gives a unique look to [[floor mimic]]s. It has no impact on monsters.

 

'''Steel foil''', commonly shortened to '''foil''', allows [[Chip]], [[Melinda]], [[player mirror]]s, [[ghost]]s, and [[rover]]s to change normal [[wall]]s into [[steel wall]]s by pushing on them. Walls can also have steel [[wall slapping|slapped onto them]]; however, [[hidden wall]]s and real [[blue wall]]s have to be revealed before they can be converted to steel, and so would require 2 slaps to be come steel walls if never touched directly, or touched for at least 2 ticks otherwise.

 

When a '''time bomb''', also known as '''dynamite''', is left behind by [[Chip]] or [[Melinda]] on a tile with no [[no sign]], the time bomb will count down for about 4.3 seconds before exploding.

 

The '''yellow teleport''' is technically a terrain tile, but if the exit directions for all yellow teleports except the one being entered are blocked or are covered, the player or moving tile (excluding [[ice block]]s and [[directional block]]s) will collect the yellow teleport as if it were an item. It can then be dropped on another floor tile as long as no item is currently on that tile (even if it is under a [[no sign]]).