Earthbound: How To Find The Sword Of Kings And The Rest Of Poo's Equipment

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While it can get a bit wacky and bizarre at times, Earthbound features some pretty standard RPG mechanics. Like most role-playing games, your party members all acquire and equip various weapons and gear that affect their offense, defense, and other stats. The only exception to this is Poo, whose stats actually decrease if you try to equip anything on him that isn't specifically made for him.

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For whatever reason, some of the rarest or hardest-to-find items in all of Earthbound belong to Poo. As many are rediscovering the cult classic SNES RPG due to its release on Nintendo Switch Online, we've made this guide to help you locate the equipment for Poo to make the fight against Giygas a little bit easier.

This is the only weapon that Poo can equip effectively. While you can give him yo-yos or slingshots, those will reduce his attack power. Unless you find the Sword Of Kings, Poo will remain unarmed throughout all of Earthbound. Unfortunately, getting the Sword Of Kings isn't going to be an easy task. In fact, it may be the hardest item to get in the entire game.

It can only be acquired during one specific point in Earthbound. After you reach the Tenda Village in the Deep Darkness swamp, you'll speak with the chief who will inform you that the people of his village are too shy to talk to you. In order to help them get over their shyness, you need to give them a book called Overcoming Shyness. You won't know how to get this book until you leave the village.

Once you do, you'll receive a phone call from Apple Kid, who will tell you that he's currently at the lab of Dr. Andonuts working on an Eraser Eraser. Then some kind of commotion