Editing Gold Needle

'''Gold Needles''', known as '''Soft''' in earlier games, is an item that appears in many ''[[Final Fantasy (franchise)|Final Fantasy]]'' games, and they first appear in the first game, ''[[Final Fantasy]]''. It can cure a character with the [[Petrify]] status if used on them.

==History==
===''Final Fantasy'' series===
====''Final Fantasy''====
In ''Final Fantasy'', Gold Needles can be bought in a few [[Item Shop]]s, but most of them are found inside [[treasure chest]]s. In an Item Shop, Gold Needles can be bought for 500 [[gil]] each and sold at 250 gil each. In the original [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] release, they are named '''SOFT'''. In the original release and ''[[Final Fantasy Origins]]''{{'}}s Hard Mode, Gold Needles cost 800 gil each and can be sold for 400 gil each. The [[Stona]] spell has the same effect as a Gold Needle.

{| style="text-align: left;width:100%;border: 1px solid black" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:{{FFcolor}}" | '''Ways to obtain a Gold Needle'''
|- style="vertical-align:top"
!Item Shops:
||[[Elfheim]], [[Onrac]]
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!Treasure chests:
||[[Chaos Shrine]] (present), [[Cavern of Earth]] (B3), [[Mount Gulg]] (B4, B5), [[Dragon Caves]], [[Flying Fortress]] (3F)
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!Enemies:
||[[Basilisk]]s, [[Cockatrice]]s, [[Pyrolisk]]s
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!Other:
||Gold Needles are among the rewards for completing the hidden minigame, [[15 Puzzle]].
|}

====''Final Fantasy II''====
In ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'', Gold Needles have the same purpose as in ''Final Fantasy''. They are a lot more common because they are for sale at every Item Shop. However, they are not as commonly found in treasure chests. In the original [[Famicom]] release and ''Final Fantasy Origins''{{'}}s Hard Mode, Gold Needles can be bought for 2,500 gil each and sold for 1,250 gil each, making them more expensive than in the first game. In later releases, Gold Needles are sold at a lower price of 500 gil, and can be sold for 250 gil, the same as in the first ''Final Fantasy''{{'}}s later releases.

{| style="text-align: left;width:100%;border: 1px solid black" class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:{{FF2color}}" | '''Ways to obtain a Gold Needle'''
|- style="vertical-align:top"
!Item Shops:
||All of them
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!Treasure chests:
||[[Castle Deist]] (1F), [[Cave of Mysidia]] (B4)
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!Other:
||Gold Needles are among the rewards for completing the hidden minigame, [[Concentration]].
|}

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