Red Orb
Red Orbs are the most basic spirit you can hold, they are essentially the monetary system of DMC. You can expend red orbs to purchase Devil Abilities and items, as well as open locked doors.

Green Orb
Green orbs cannot be bought; they are attained upon defeating specific enemies in an area and will heal Dante by a certain percentage.

Purple Orb
The Purple Orbs will increase the amount of Devil trigger gauges Dante has.

Yellow Orb
Essentially these are Dante’s “lives.” If you are killed, the use of a yellow orb will allow you to start again at specific continue points within the level.

Blue Orb
Blue orbs come in two forms, Blue orbs and Blue Orb Fragments. Blue orbs may be purchased or attained from specific bosses and will increase Dante’s life gauge immediately. Blue orb fragments must be collected to form a whole Orb. Four Blue Orb fragments will create a Blue Orb.

Green Star
The green star must be purchased, when used, they release healing energies that will heal Dante by a certain percentage of health.
 

Untouchable
This awesome item can be purchased or attained by reaching a certain area of the game, when used, it unleashes it’s chaotic energies and transforms Dante into an elevated Devil State. Rendering him Invincible and in Devil Trigger for a period of time.

Purple Star
The purple star can be attained or purchased, and when used, it unleashes it’s demonic energies to refill Dante’s Devil trigger gauge.

Holy Water
The bane of the Underworld, this item must be purchased and is always good to have on hand. When used, Dante will hold this above his head and shatter it, spraying the blessed water everywhere, damaging all enemies in a radius around him.