History MundaneUtility / VideoGames

** In ''VideoGame/FateSamuraiRemnant'', Rogue Berserker's boundless strength and stamina make him a formidable opponent. But while working for Dayu, she has him help with chores and groceries for the locals by using his strength to carry stuff around. One civilian remarks that she saw him carrying ten bags of rice at once.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX,'' Vivi's fire magic is put to use heating the stove during Eiko's cooking minigame. Earlier in the game, it's used to melt ice blocking the path.

** Some people have Pokémon used only for HM-moves, known as HM-slaves. As it turns out one of the most effective Pokémon for this is Mew, a legendary once rumored to be the strongest Pokémon in the world, due to its ability to learn any TM or HM in the game.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':

* In a somewhat meta example, the UsefulNotes/WiiU's Gamepad can be used as a television remote control out of the box.

* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3'' has a creative use of the powerful Plasma Beam. In previous games it was your InfinityMinusOneSword, capable of tearing through hostile creatures quickly, and second only to weapons found during the final bosses. It turns out if Samus lowers the power and focuses it on a small point, she can also use this item as a welding torch to fix broken electric panels.

* In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations]]'', Maya uses her abilities to channel her deceased older sister Mia...in order to have [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey significant enough cleavage to convince a witness]] to cooperate with them (And an upset Mia says she can't believe Maya would do ''that''). She also does it to pass messages to Phoenix in desperate situations by writing a note, channeling her sister who then reads said note, and having Mia go to be channeled by Pearl and pass the message along.

** In the series' backstory, Wulfharth Ash-King was the legendary ancient King of the Nords and noted [[GodInHumanForm Shezarrine]] who [[EternalHero has died and come back to life]] at least three times. He was known to have a powerful [[LanguageOfMagic Thu'um]], which he used to accomplish his many great feats. On the more mundane level (or at least as mundane as something like the Thu'um can be), he once used it to "swallow a thundercloud" to protect his army from "catching cold".

* ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus:'' Kasane specializes in using [[MindOverMatter Psychokinesis]] for throwing knives and environmental objects at her foes in battle. She also uses this power to water a potted flower Yuito gives her at the HomeBase.

*** Some of the weapons have secondary uses depending on their element or characteristics. For example, the game's FlamingSword can be used to warm yourself, melt ice, and so on. Likewise, the effective indestructability of the Master Sword means it can be used for mundane tasks such as cutting down trees or splitting open mineral deposits without spending an inventory slot on a dedicated tool or wasting the durability of your other weapons.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' games, alchemy can be used for things as fantastic as making a PhilosophersStone or the components needed to build an airship. However, it is quite often used for things like cooking or simple repair work, as well as making items which help to fight the monsters which plague alchemists when they're out gathering the ingredients to make said items.

** And now, the Perpetual Testing Initiative demonstrates that Aperture developed interdimensional travel (apparently reliable, at least as much as any of their other products), and decided to use it to get other Apertures in parallel universes to build test chambers for them. This is like having a key that can open any lock and using it to steal office supplies. They did, however, eventually find not one but two universes made entirely of American money, and use that as their own funding.
** One Alternate-Cave managed to use the interdimensional travel portal to ''play practical jokes'' on Cave-Prime, because that Alternate-Cave is apparently evil and a dick. Shenanigans include teleporting in a huge cube of frozen urine (which was bigger than Cave-Prime's own portal, so they had to melt it with hair dryers before shoving it back), doing a human pyramid out of the blue, and stealing someone's lunch.

*** The immense power of the [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um shouts]] allows the player to smash enemies with a variety of useful and devastating effects. At the same time...
*** Unrelenting Force lets you fling enemies way from you. It also lets you clear annoying companions and heavy objects out of your path, set off traps, swat bugs to collect their body parts and is probably the best method for fishing.
*** Ice Form, normally used to freeze enemies in their tracks, lets you freeze animals in place to make hunting easier.
*** Aura Whisper, while allowing you to locate and avoid guards or discern if the next room has an ambush awaiting you, can help you find people in large buildings or locate your companions.
*** Whirlwind Sprint can, theoretically, be used to rush close to an opponent, run ''away'' from an opponent, or bypass traps. More practically, it gets a lot of mileage by getting lazy, overencumbered players to shops faster.
*** Elemental Fury allows you to swing weapons much faster than you normally could, destroying your enemies with a devastating flurry of blows. It can also be used to mine ore really fast, and since it doesn't work on enchanted weapons, eventually that's all you're ever going to use it for.
*** Slow Time helps you strike with tremendous speed, dodge incoming blows, grab enemy arrows out of the air and extend the duration of crafting potions to make more overpowered gear, not to mention fishing for salmon jumping up waterfalls, the only source of Salmon Roe in the game.
*** Become Ethereal prevents you from both dealing and taking any damage; when you need to get the bottom of a tall cliff, accept no substitutes. It also emits a slight glow, making it a useful (if brief) night vision for stealth users avoiding light spells and torches.
*** Fire Breath, Frost Breath, and Unrelenting Force are the best friends of the lazy fisherman.
*** Clear Skies makes Skyrim's weather itself yield, allowing you to stop impassable blizzards blocking your path, or just to get rid of annoying rain. Or, if it's night, to cause an [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome aurora]].
*** Bend Will, which lets dominate even dragons, but all they'll really do is let you ride on them from point A to point B and take in the scenery, and while they will fight for you, unless you rushed straight into ''Dragonborn'' you'll likely have learned one or both of the Shouts that summon much stronger dragons.