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Dragon Warrior III

aka: DQIII, Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu he

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Dragon Warrior III is the concluding game of the first Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior trilogy, and its story takes us back to the time period of the legendary Erdrick (also known as Loto), the ancestor of the first game's hero. You are the son of a powerful warrior Ortega, skillful in physical combat and spellcasting. Your father went out to fight the evil Baramos, who is responsible for the appearance of monsters in your region, and never returned. You are sent by the king on a quest to continue your father's brave deeds and to defeat Baramos.

Dragon Warrior III is a top-down role-playing game where you travel around the overworld, caves, castles, cities and other locations while battling random encounters, buying equipment, and talking to people. You and your party members receive experience when they beat up monsters and level up with enough experience, increasing their stats. The game features a day/night cycle - as you travel, day slowly changes to night and vice versa; shops are typically closed at night.

You begin with control of just the main character but can quickly recruit three more members to your party. During the game you can choose to drop your current characters and recruit others at any time. The recruitable characters are divided into six classes: soldier, fighter, merchant, goof-off, pilgrim and wizard.

The game has a unique job system, giving you the ability to switch your hired characters' classes after they have achieved at least level 20 in their base class. Characters can switch to the other beginning classes, as well as the sage class, which is not available at the beginning. When a character switches classes, they lose all earned experience points, and half of their stats, but retain all of the abilities of the previous class. In this way, you can create powerful combination characters that are able to cast spells and fight effectively.

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  • ドラゴンクエストIII:そして伝説へ - Japanese spelling
  • 勇者斗恶龙III - Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Trivia

Beginning

Dragon Warrior III was the first RPG where the quest begins with the hero waken up by his mother. This opening has been copied by many games, such as Chrono Trigger, Golden Sun and several others.

Music

As of 2007, the Famicom/NES version of Dragon Quest/Warrior III is the only title in the series which does not feature the Dragon Quest overture music at title screen.

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Released 1990 on NES
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Released 1987 on NES, 1988 on MSX
Dragon Warrior VII
Released 2000 on PlayStation
Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi
Released 2001 on PlayStation
Dragon Quest V: Tenkū no Hanayome
Released 2004 on PlayStation 2

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Game added by Shawn Gwinn.

NES added by Christopher Jones.

Additional contributors: Trixter, Unicorn Lynx, Apogee IV, Bregalad, —-, Patrick Bregger.

Last modified February 27th, 2023.