Extra
Extra noun - Something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary.
Usage example: the motel is clean and comfortable, but there are no extras
Requirement
Requirement noun - Something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable.
Usage example: this science course is a requirement for graduation
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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It's also a requirement for recovering hit-points, gaining power-ups, and extra smart-bombs.
Source: Video Game / Steel Saviour -
In many of the hard-core non-survey sims, a significant manual was a requirement not an "extra" as mastering the avionics systems was quite a feat in and of itself.
Source: Feelies - They also have an extra requirement, which might be HP, levels or something similar.
Source: Guide Dang It / Eastern RPG
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