Dragon Warrior 3
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Saving and money tip
Well-balanced party
How do you open secret passage for the Vase of Drought?
Fighting bomb crags
Fighting Goopies tip
Fight metal slims and metal babbles
Wining some weapons
Geting spells
Character tip
Fighting Zoma
Golden Claw tip
Fighting Metal Babbles
Learn six combat spells
Geting gold at the start of the game
Geting experience points
Finding the Poison Needle
Entering the Castle of Edinbeark
Finding the Sphere of Light
Finding the Sword of Kings
Finding the Shield of Heroes
Finding the Armor of Radiance
Finding the Fairy Flute
Saving and money tip
Sent in by Joan Class
You can have a free return to wherever your game is saved. How?
Return via magic spell or wings to Aliahan (the town you start at).
Visit your hero's home to up your HP and MP. This is free and should
be used extensively in the game to save your party the cost of staying
at an inn. Transact any business you need (sell items, buy herbs etc.,
put items or money in the vault.) Once you are ready to go back to some
other town where your game is saved, go talk to Louisa at the eatery
(the place where you added your friends to your party). Choose SEE LIST.
She will ask for your permission to save the game. Say yes. Then just
push reset and your entire party will be in front of the person who last
saved your game in another town and your party will be fully rested
and ready to go.
Well-balanced party
Sent in by Alex
To begin the game with a well-balanced party, create your own
characters upstairs at Luisa's Place and keep creating and
recreating your character until the game generates you a character
with high stats. Then, before you add them to your party, leave
the castle and build up your level by yourself to level 3 or 4. The
classic party of Hero-Soldier-Priest-Wizard is a well-balanced
start, and is of even greater benefit later in the game if the Priest
becomes a Sage and the Wizard (with all spells learned) becomes a
Fighter. Fighters typically have extremely high agility, which allows
for quicker magic casting as well. This will help you quickly
exterminate hordes of Metal Slimes/Babbles with BeDragon,
which will give you lots of experience points.
How do you open secret passage for the Vase of Drought?
Sent in by Travis Cook
In Edinberg, you'll need an invisibility herb. You can get one in Lancel.
When you have one, use it in Edinberg so you can pass the guard. Look
around and you will find some stairs. Move the left rock first, then
the right one, then worry about the middle one. You move the left one
to the space down and right of the upper left corner. Then you move it
up. Then you move it right until it can be pushed up to the top-left.
Then go to the right side of the right one. Move it left until it comes
to the space down and right of the upper left corner. Then move it up
and do the same thing that you did with the left one. Go to the middle
one and do the same thing with that. Once, you are done, a passage will
open, and you are free to get the vase of drought.
Fighting bomb crags
Sent in by Daniel
When fighting bomb crags, damage them first until they're about to
use Sacrifice. When your turn comes again before they use Sacrifice,
cast Ironize. This will make the Bomb crags Sacrifice over and over
until they lose all of their MP's. You can usually be ironized long enough
for them to lose all the MP's. Then finish them off without fear. You can
get TONS of experience points.
Fighting Goopies tip
Sent in by Strigal@aol.com
In the second world, fight the Goopies (the little hands), kill all but one
and it will call for reinforcements. I recommend using SpeedUp and Upper
during the fight. Sit and fight for a long time and watch your levels
sore, the longer you fight, the more you will get.
Fight metal slims and metal babbles
Sent in by Strigal@aol.com
In the first world, there is an island that has a shrine and some ice on
the North Eastern end. Fight there at night and you will fight metal
slimes in groups of 2 or 3 and an occasional group of metal babbles.
Wining some weapons
Sent in by Jacob
You can win Demon's axes by defeating a mimic. This happens very
rarely. You can also win an armor of Terrafirma by defeating
Stone Hulks. Again, this happens rarely. To find the original
Demon axe you have to visit Baramos' Castle. To find the original
armor of Terrafirma, you must visit the Navel of the Earth east of
the village Lancel. I have also found an Unlucky helmet. It raises
defence by 11 points.
Geting spells
Sent in by Viper
In the Pyramid (north of Isis), there is a basement level where
all spells are mysteriously contained (i.e. permanent StopSpell).
This room consists of four main chambers (connected by short
narrow halls). There is an exit off the lower-left chamber. This
chamber is shaped like a + sign, albeit a wide one. There are halls
leading to the other chambers off the top and right sides. Walk
to the upper-right area of the lower-left chamber. There is a sand
pattern on the floor of this chamber that consists of a 1x1 + sign.
Search in the middle square of the plus sign and you'll uncover a
stairway. This stairway leads to the Golden Claw, an excellent
weapon for the Merchant, and it is worth 11250, a very hansom
price for this period in the game. ** Note: The Golden Claw is a
monster lure (meaning you will encounter up to five times more
monsters). I suggest that you return to the Pyramid in levels 16-17
because since all spells are contained, you cannot cast Heal or
Outside. The monsters will rip you apart in levels 12-13.
Character tip
Sent in by Gillian Kinney
Take a Soldier, Fighter, and Pilgrim along so that you won't use tons
of MP attacking. Use the Book of Satori to turn your Pilgrim into a
Sage later on.
Fighting Zoma
Sent in by Gillian Kinney
When fighting Zoma, use Healall on him to take off about 170 damage
points per spell. Keep doing this and he croaks el pronto as he only
has about 1100 hit points.
Golden Claw tip
Sent in by Gillian Kinney
Store the Golden Claw in the Vault so that you can use it to build up
levels quickly later on if necessary. You can equip your fighter with
it for extra attack power.
Fighting Metal Babbles
Sent in by Gillian Kinney
Use BeDragon to kill Metal Babbles. They leave tons of experience.
Learn six combat spells
When you start your game, get your players and take them out and fight
until your Hero knows Heal and Return. Go back into the town and go
to the Hall of Registration, and keep Registering people until you
can't register any more. Go downstairs and your Hero will have learned
six combat spells.
Geting gold at the start of the game
At the start of the game, go and register three soldiers, then take
them to the shop and sell there Clubs and Leather Armor. You will make
over 400 gold each time you do that.
Geting experience points
From the town of Kanave, go east to the bank of the river where the
forest ends, walk around by the water, and you can fight monsters that
give you around 750 experience points. You should wait until you are at
about Level 11. The Anenges are the best monstors to fight, but the
Bomb Crags can wipe you out with Sacrifice.
Finding the Poison Needle
To get the Poison Needle, return to Kanave at night and enter the Item
Shop at night.
Entering the Castle of Edinbeark
To enter the Castle of Edinbeark, buy the Invisibility Herb at the
Village of Lancel, the go to the castle and use the hurb to enter.
Finding the Sphere of Light
To get the Sphere of Light, fly to the Dragon Queen's Castle, then
find her and talk to her.
Finding the Sword of Kings
To get the Sword of Kings, go to Hauksness and find the horse. Search
the area to find Oricon, go to the Village of Kol and visit the
shopheeper. Give him the Oricon, then leave. When you return, the
Sword of Kings will be for sale.
Finding the Shield of Heroes
The Shield of Heroes is in a cave northwest of Tantegel, in the third
basement.
Finding the Armor of Radiance
The Armor of Radiance is in the Tower West of Kol.
Finding the Fairy Flute
The Fairy Flute is in the Village of Kol, four steps south from the
fountain, just like in Dragon Warrior 1.