AP Boost

AP Boost (APアップ), also called AP Up, is an item that can be obtained in the Kingdom Hearts series. AP Boosts will permanently increase a character's overall by one. This item can only be used from the items menu after it is obtained. It can be found in treasure chests or created through synthesis.

In Kingdom Hearts Final Mix: Beginner Mode, Sora starts off with 4 AP Ups in his stock.

Kingdom Hearts

 * Olympus Coliseum - Complete Phil Cup in under three minutes.
 * Deep Jungle - Complete Green Serpent course of Jungle Slider.
 * Neverland - Clock Tower, return when 5:00 and 7:00 doors are lit.
 * 100 Acre Wood - Tigger's Giant Pot x2, chest in tree trunk and rare nut reward from Owl.
 * Hollow Bastion - Library, on bookshelves.
 * End of the World - World Terminus, Atlantica section.

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix

 * Traverse Town - 9th Postcard

Kingdom Hearts II

 * Twilight Town x3 - Tram Common, Underground Concourse, Sunset Terrace
 * Hollow Bastion x5 - Borough, Postern, Corridors, Restoration Site, Crystal Fissure
 * Cavern of Remembrance x6 - Depths (x2), Mining Area, Engine Chamber, Mineshaft (x2) Note: Only in Final Mix
 * The Land of Dragons x4 - Village Cave, Ridge, Throne Room (x2)
 * Note: The reward for completing all of Li Shang's missions is an AP Boost.
 * Beast's Castle x3 - Dungeon, West Hall, Courtyard
 * Olympus Coliseum x4 - Cave of the Dead: Passage, Underworld Caverns: Entrance, Underworld Caverns: Atrium, The Lock
 * 100 Acre Wood x5 - Pooh's House, Piglet's House, Rabbit's House, The Spookey Cave x2
 * Disney Castle - Courtyard
 * Timeless River - Waterway
 * Port Royal x3, Town, Isla de Muerta Powder Store x2
 * Agrabah x3, Agrabah, Bazaar, Cave of Wonders Stone Valley
 * Halloween Town x2 - Hinterlands, Santa's House
 * Pride Lands x3 - Elephant Graveyard, Wildebeest Valley, Oasis
 * Space Paranoids x2 - I/O Tower Hallway, Central Computer Mesa
 * The World That Never Was x3 - Fragment's Crossing, Memory's Skyscraper, Ruin and Creation's Passage

Kingdom Hearts
AP Up can be synthesized once the second list is unlocked.
 * Spirit Shard x3
 * Spirit Gem x2
 * Mythril x3

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
AP Up can be synthesized once the third list is unlocked.
 * Blaze Gem x 2
 * Frost Gem x 2
 * Thunder Gem x 2
 * Mythril x 4

Kingdom Hearts II
Besides being synthesized, AP Boosts can be awarded by completing certain Moogle Lists:


 * Obtain 25 Synthesis material types
 * Obtain all Mythril materials

In this game, the Skill Recipe is required before AP Boost can be made. To make an AP Boost, the following ingredients are required:


 * Mythril Gem
 * Power Crystal x3
 * Dark Crystal x3
 * Frost Crystal x3