Question about consumable items

[Artifex]

Hi guys.
So I have a question regarding buying items in the shop in... well any dmc really...

Basically, you know how when you buy an item from the lion statue (like a green star), the price goes higher for the next one you want to buy?

I was wondering if there was a limit to this, for example: If I buy 50 green stars, will the game eventually stop selling the whole item to me at #50, or will the price of the item rise ad infinitum to the point that it is no longer reasonably affordable in a human lifetime?

I have always been really miserly with consumables for this reason, I was never sure if this would bring problems at higher difficulties... (for example, if I buy all the yellow orbs and use them on hard mode, but then have none for DMD mode...)

[Necroth]

Not 100% sure about DMC3, but on DMC1 the only items that raise their value according to the amount you already own are purple orbs, yellow orbs and blue orbs.

You can only buy 7 purple orbs (you start with 3 devil trigger, after buying 7 purple orbs, you end up with the max devil trigger amount of 10).

Base(3) + Consumable Purple orbs(7) = Max(10)

Similar goes with blue orbs but I'm not sure about the amounts, I know the base length is 6 and the maximum is 20:

Base(6) + Consumable Blue Orbs/Fragments + Secret Mission Blue Fragments/Orbs = Max(20).

Yellow orbs go from 350 to 550 (staying there) on normal mode. On hard/DMD modes they're value is higher.

So technically you can't buy infinite purple/blue orbs.

The other items have a limited amount you can own in your inventory, but I don't think they raise their price.

On DMC1 you can only have 1 Untouchable, 10 Devil Stars, 5 Holy Water and 1 Vital Star. Well tbh you can have more if you gather: If you already have, let's say, 10 devil stars and gather 2, you'll end up with 12 devil stars. This only works on DMC1 tho, as on DMC3 dante refuses to get them.

[Artifex]

Originally posted by Necroth:

Not 100% sure about DMC3, but on DMC1 the only items that raise their value according to the amount you already own are purple orbs, yellow orbs and blue orbs.

You can only buy 7 purple orbs (you start with 3 devil trigger, after buying 7 purple orbs, you end up with the max devil trigger amount of 10).

Base(3) + Consumable Purple orbs(7) = Max(10)

Similar goes with blue orbs but I'm not sure about the amounts, I know the base length is 6 and the maximum is 20:

Base(6) + Consumable Blue Orbs/Fragments + Secret Mission Blue Fragments/Orbs = Max(20).

Yellow orbs go from 350:DMCRedOrb: to 550:DMCRedOrb: (staying there) on normal mode. On hard/DMD modes they're value is higher.

So technically you can't buy infinite purple/blue orbs.

The other items have a limited amount you can own in your inventory, but I don't think they raise their price.

On DMC1 you can only have 1 Untouchable, 10 Devil Stars, 5 Holy Water and 1 Vital Star. Well tbh you can have more if you gather: If you already have, let's say, 10 devil stars and gather 2, you'll end up with 12 devil stars. This only works on DMC1 tho, as on DMC3 dante refuses to get them.

Yeah I know about the limits on blue and purple orbs/orb fragments, I was more interested in knowing if there was a limit for the stuff like holy water, devil stars, etc. (items that can be consumed and disappear) or if you can purchase them infinitely as long as you have the dosh.

But now that you mention it, any difference in dmc games is interesting to note.

[Nihilfist]

After buying enough consumables, the price stops increasing. You can buy however many your inventory space allows.