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Welcome to the Which Items in Reternal Are Permanent page of the official IGN Wiki Guide and Walkthrough for Returnal on PlayStation 5. Here, we’ll keep a running tab of all the items that are permanent in Returnal that you can keep beside you for quick reference.
Are you worried about using this item during the current run instead of a future run? Are you even sure if this item will still be in your inventory during your next run? These questions and more can be answered with a quick glance at the table below.
All Items That Are Permanent in Returnal
Below is a table of the permanent items in Returnal, what they do, and where they can be found:
All Permanent Equipment in Returnal |
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| Item | Description | Biome Location | Item Type |
| Anathema Key | Opens the Anathema Vault (which leads to the first boss of the game — the vault door will remain open for the rest of your time playing Returnal. | Overgrown Ruins | Equipment |
| Atropian Weapon Charger | Grants Alt-Fire mode to weapons | Overgrown Ruins | Equipment |
| Crimson Key | Powers the Crimson Gateway (which is a permanent gateway in the Overgrown Ruins that always leads to the Crimson Waste) | Overgrown Ruins — dropped by the first boss of Returnal. | Equipment |
| House Key | An antique key for a 20th Century house. | Overgrown Ruins | Equipment |
| Hermetic Transmitter | Allows you to teleport between translocation devices and access fast travel points. | Overgrown Ruins | Equipment |
| Icarian Grapnel | Allows you to use a grappling hook to access grappling points and travel long distances. | Crimson Wastes | Equipment |
| Hadal Ballasts | Allows you to walk on the ocean floor. | Fractured Wastes | Equipment |
| Delphic Visor | Allows you to see “unseen” platforms. | Abyssal Scar | Equipment |
| Promethean Insulators | Allows you to bypass hazardous terrain. | Fractured Wastes | Equipment |
All Permanent Resources in Returnal |
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| Ether | A permanent resource that interacts with other timelines and cleanses Malignancy — not dropped upon death. | All biomes | Resource |
| Xenoglyph Cipher | Fragment of the language of the sentients. Collect to unlock further translation tiers in Xenoglyps. | All biomes | Resource |
| Xeno-Tech Prism | Gain an additional Consumable slot. | Crimson Wastes, Echoing Ruins | One-time use item |