DQ3 SFC Route For the love of Pete, learn this game from literally anyone else's notes, not mine. These characters appear after a space at the end of the first line, except the last one, but the last one is three lines instead of two. 勝利は YNNNYYY (Do you find life boring?) 太陽は YNNNNYYY 人生は NNYNYYY (A year after proofreading my notes Haktical is now saying this is the "Boring" one.) 冒険は NNNYNYYY 冒険に出 NYNNNNYY DIFFERENT, Three Lines Aliahan Hero room str seed Castle luck seed F Merchant (A?) F Mage (Ma?) F Thief (Ke?) Any personality she gets with decent stamina is acceptable (Tough, Ironman, Gourmet) M Warrior (AAAA) (Hold turbo) Tough > Ironman (Warrior must be Tough) Divvy out items Club to Solider Stick to Thief T-Clothes to Wizard (trade for clothes) Reeve 4 wings, herbs Get Thief Key Re-order W/T/M/H at level 2 Get magic ball, seed and antidote in ball guy house Romaly Toughness Rock in church Leather hat in top left house Book on middle shelf in church Shoptional! Buy shield for warrior and armor for thief, and/or herbs Armor for Warrior instead of shield? Cheaper. Assaram Moth Powder in inn Buy fur hood for Thief Revive if needed Pyramid - 3rd 2nd 1st 4th Re-order H/W/T/M after Magic Key Loot Isis Don't get right room BL chest Prayer ring Wing to Isis Sell stuff Sell Golden Tiara, Flashy Clothes, Prayer Ring, "junk" (like Hero's Sword) Iron helmets for Hero and Warrior Iron shield for Hero (Skip if no Flashy Clothes) Iron armor for Hero and Warrior Buy items 36 wings 4 holy water, 4 antidote H E R B S Agility seed left of well Book in well if Thief isn't a Tafu Guy Loot Aliahan Rune Staff to mage Hero Bangle to Thief Robe to mage Use all seeds on Hero (except life nuts) Get meteorite armband (Hero, equip in battle if you won't forget) Portoga Sell ruby thing Buy Steel Sword for Soldier Buy steel whip for hero, thief Sort items Buy herbs for Thief/Mage L O O T Mist Staff to Warrior Kanave -> Kandar * Kazave has optional Fur Hood + Lifeforce Nut. Hidden stairs above top-right building. Dresser, pot. Hood goes to Mage. Armband to Thief, bracelet to hero After fight, swap back * Just a note that party order doesn't matter for this fight as enemies ignore it. Baharata Sell tattoo, M rune staff Buy magic shield x3 - H T M talk to old guy Inn Iron shield to W Kandar 2 Loot seed storage Re-order W H T M Or Thief before Hero, who cares Thief M Armband, Hero hero bracelet Warrior can use Mist Staff in battles, 30% to hit Save MP for Outside BOAT SOO Sort items staff inv. herb soldier use holy water Aliahan -> Red orb (all chests) Reeve -> Jipang, Dhama Portoga -> Eginbear Party suit, tux LOL Thirsty pitcher Thunder staff to mage heavy metal ring to mage party dress thief hero bracelet thief, armband hero SOO Sort items Sell iron shield, tuxedo Buy needles for thief, mage Buy silver tiara for mage As many Poison Moth Powder as possible (ref. vid bought 9-9-9-7) All the herbs you can EAT Me ta ru Re-order T H W M after Warrior dies (~150 HP, level 13-14) Steel Sword from Warrior to Hero Equip silver tiara on thief Thief 20,get sage book Sage Jipang->Muor Inn Helmet for extra gold? Talk to top bard 3 times (make sure to be saying Yes). leather kilt in inn dresser LIFE NUT in church * Note you can buy Muor powder if you used a bunch. Final Key Sort ONLY SAGE items Heavy Metal Ring to Sage Armband to mage H Steel sword to Sage Hero bracelet (bag) Hero Moth Powder to Sage, Hero Wizard hits 21 at 45676 * Level 22 is, uhh, 54106? the last digit might be wrong. * You can kill the Hero off at some point if you want. Lots of flexibility here. "Common" approach is to do it once he learns Stopspell (50/50 at 18, guarantee at 19). Can do sooner in first grind if you want to be risky. It's nice to have Hero alive for the start of Grind2 until Sage learns Expel at level 2. Baharata -> Lancel Thunder staff to Sage Armband to Sage Heavy Metal to Mage Use Agi seeds on Sage * I usually save these until a little later because I'm never sure if this soft-caps the stat. It's probably fine to use them now. ORB, Gaia Armor Portoga -> Tedanki Revive along the way Gaia Armor to Warrior ORB -> Inn -> Lamp (Lifeforce Nut in crypt) Eginbear -> Samanosa -> Mirror * Option at this point to wing to Romaly to grab the Assassin Dagger from the castle basement. Sells for ~4500? Can also shop for herbs/wings. * In the cave, in the Chest Room, the... second chest? has a strenght seed. Basically straight left and up just a couple of tiles. * I find it useful to trade ~5 herbs to the mage. Sometimes useful for BT + Orochis. Str seed left pot house north of shopping centre * Agility seed in the graveyard too, if you want. Sell mage/hero magic shields, sell from bag until 20,300 Buy Zombie Slasher for Warrior Buy Dragon Shield for Mage, Hero, Warrior Use Lamp LIFE NUT in castle garden NE flowers Re-order H W S M Fight Big T * H+W Stopspell then defend, S/M increase. * Stack Increase 6-7 times. Sage healmore as needed. * Should bikill BT on T4, before he gets back to his crits in his rotation. But sometimes it has to wait until T5 if you've had to heal a lot. * Once setup with Increase + Bikill, Sage can try Sap but only 30% to hit. * Mage can Snowstorm if MP, or throw herbs, or just defend. * Heal line after setup: 80ish. I forget if his max hit is 41 or 42? Use holy water Kanave -> Noaniels -> Elf Town Str seed in Noaniels Sell hero whip, gaia armor, thunder staff * Can choose to keep Hero's Whip, especially if you got extra gold. Nice to have for encounters before Thunder Sword. Buy sleep staffx2 for Sage (E), move one to mage (remove heavy metal ring) * I like buying these first so I don't have to math for prayer ring count. Buy 2+ Wizard rings to Sage Eginbear -> Thigh Bone -> Ship Str seed SW pot in storeroom Noaniels -> E to gaia sword Necrogond Re-order S H W M after volcano * Can also do S/W/H/M if you prefer. Swordedge to Warrior Thunder Sword to Hero * Optional safety inn before Orochi if you spent a bunch of MP. Samanosa fastest. Orochi Orochi Sword to Mage * Orochi 1: * Surround then Sap with Sage * If Surround misses: T2 - Increase with Sage + Mage instead of trying again * Bikill H + W * Sage heals after setup (heal line 60 or 80 depending on character) * Mage can use the sleep staff after setup (only 30%) * Make sure Sage has ~40MP for Orochi 2. Swap W for Merchant, merchant town Tidy items, sort bag Noaniels -> BIRD Dhama -> Leaf -> Orb Baramos Reclaim W Sleep staff to Warrior, Mage Mist Staff to Warrior Re-order H W M S Demon Axe to Warrior Zombie Slasher to Sage Leaf on Hero Re-order W H M S Fight the guy explodet - attack - breath - attack - blazemost - chaos - explodet - limbo * Equip the Misery Helm on Hero in combat. Or if you want to listen to the jingle, do it sooner, I won't judge you. Dark World Re-order M W H S Str seed in landing zone Stone of Sunlight Rocky Cave Safety ring? * I usually get this if I only bought 2 in elf town AND have broken one. Sword/Armor Oricon Kol Sell to 70k, wing to Kol * Sell devil armor, sword of destruction, oricon, and sage's zombie killer. Buy Sage Staff for Sage WFC for Sage Blade armor for Mage (6500) Flute, Inn Buy King Sword Thunder Sword to Mage Orochi Sword to Sage Kol Tower Two seeds second floor (S set, NW & SE) Light Armor to Hero when you use the flute Hauksness -> Staff of Rain -> Rainbow drop -> Zoma's Castle Get all the stuff Altar Sage Stone to Sage (Sleep Staff to Warrior) Sleep Staff back to Sage (Sage Staff to Warrior) * Instead of the above trades, you can choose to have Sage Stone on Warrior the whole time. Just put it in the first slot. King Hydra * Stone on Sage T1: Increase / Sleep / Sleep Staff / Sap * Afterwards, bikill H W M. Sage uses Stone to heal. * If you hit a sleep, can do Speedup. * Stone on Warrior T1: I dunno. Bikill H / Stone / Sleep / Increase? * Then Bikill M / Stone / Attack / Sap * Advantage that Sage can guarantee use Speedup, and T1 Increase guards vs 2x Physical Sphere of Light to Sage * This should already be there but yes, this is good to double check. * Can bag tidy to clean stuff up. Swap Sage Stone and Sage Staff (Stone Warrior, Staff Sage) Leaves are on Mage, Hero Bomus * T1 Bikill / Stone / Attack / Sap * Mage can get an attack in if at high HP, or defend if Bomus is rude. * Sometimes I forget memory cursor on Speedup from Hydra. If you accidentally (or intentionally) Speedup, use the equipment glitch on Warrior to reset his agility (just like resetting defense). Gonus * Increase / Defend / Defend / Increase * Increase / Stone / Defend / Increase * Stack to 6x Increase total. * Bikill H, W, M. * Stone if needed but Sage Staff can usually keep up after setup. N U T U P * Rough goals: 280 / 300 / 200 / 200. Priority Warrior > Hero / Mage > Sage Thunder Sword to Warrior (Demon Axe to Mage) * Heavy Metal Ring to Mage. I forget this a lot. Extra Agility for Bikill before Hero attacks. Zoma #EZPZ