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This is a guide to the best accessories in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (DQM). Learn the best accessory for each strategy, each of their effects, and where you can find them.

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Best Accessories

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Accessories with Best Stats Max MP Accessories Comfort Accessories
Auto-Recovery Accessories Elemental Accessories Resistance Accessories

Accessories with Best Stats

Accessory Effect How to Get
Mighty Amulet Attack+100
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Earthwyrm's Eye Defence+100
Bonus:
Defence+10
・Drop from metal dragon guarding the 4th Gate of the Circle of Caprice, Upper Echelon.
Meteorite Bracer Agility+100
Bonus:
Agility+10
・Monster Drop:
Sock-It Locket Wisdom+100
Bonus:
Wisdom+10
・Monster Drop:
・Obtained from a Treasure Chest in (Circle of Conquest) Upper Echelon / Conqueror's Keep
Argon Ring Attack+30, Agility+40, Max HP+30
Bonus:
Attack+7, Agility+7
・Monster Drop:

When looking to boost your monsters' performance, look for accessories that can significantly boost their stats (such as those giving 100+ points).

Increasing a monster's stat can determine how much damage it deals or receives, or whether it will act first ahead of others. You will want these accessories on your best monsters!

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Best Max MP Accessories

Accessory Effect How to Get
Ancient Ankh Max MP+30, MP Cost Reduction
Bonus:
Max MP+10
・Monster Drop:

The Ancient Ankh not only increases maximum MP by a large amount, but it also reduces MP consumption by 3/4.

It is highly useful because it increases the amount of times monsters can cast spells! Great for main attackers and healers.

Witch's Brooches are Easy to Obtain

Accessory Effect How to Get
Witch's Brooch Max MP+10, MP Cost Reduction
Bonus:
Max MP+10
・Monster Drop:
・Obtained from a Treasure Chest in (Circle of Indulgence) Upper Echelon / Battenburg

The Witch's Brooch is an excellent alternative for increasing maximum MP. It is also easy to obtain since you can find it as an item drop from Togres which can be found in the Cradle of Corruption Middle Echelon.

Best Comfort Accessories

Accessory Effect How to Get
Trainee's Medal Greatly increases the amount of experience gained. ・Win Exa Arena S rank
Trainee's Badge Increases the amount of experience gained. ・Win Exa Arena B rank
Scavenger's Badge Scavenger ・Win Endor Arena B rank
Gold Medal Gold Up (L) ・Exchange 60 Mini Medals at the Medallist in Exa Arena
Scout's Badge Improves the likelihood of a Show of Force succeeding
Bonus:
Scout's Honour
・Obtained from a Treasure Chest in (Circle of Conquest) Upper Echelon / Conqueror's Keep
Cupcake Cane Gold Panner, Iota Experience, Rummager ・Obtained during the progress of (Circle of Indulgence) Middle Echelon.

The best accessories for comfort involve ways to make it easier for obtaining resource, such as experience gains and gold.

Most of these accessories are awarded at the arena, and are recommended to equip them to your monsters to get faster level-ups and resource collection.

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Best Auto-Recovery Accessories

Accessory Effect How to Get
Care Ring Max HP+30, Defence+30, Auto-Restora
Bonus:
Max HP+10
・Monster Drop:
Goddess Ring Max MP+30, Wisdom+30, Auto-Cadabra
Bonus:
Max MP+10
・Monster Drop:

Auto-recovery accessories are highly-valuable simply for their ability to recover the HP of the equipped monster regularly.

The above accessories are also selected since they provide good stat boosts!

Warrior's Ring and Priest's Ring

Accessory Effect How to Get
Warrior's Ring Attack+10, Defence+10, Auto-Restora
Bonus:
Max HP+10
・Monster Drop:
Priest's Ring Wisdom+10, Max MP+10, Auto-Cadabra
Bonus:
Max MP+10
・Monster Drop:

While the above accessories' stats are not as high as the Care Ring and Goddess Ring, they are good alternatives for having some form of auto-recovery in battle.

Best Elemental Accessories

Accessory Effect How to Get
Asbestos Armband Attack+40, Crafty Frizzer
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Waterproof Armband Attack+40, Crafty Splisher
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Aerofoil Armband Attack+40, Crafty Woosher
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Concrete Armband Attack+40, Crafty Cragger
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Blast-Proof Armband Attack+40, Crafty Banger
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Anti-Freeze Armband Attack+40, Crafty Cracker
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Rubber Armband Attack+40, Crafty Zapper
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Mirror Armband Attack+40, Crafty Sizzer
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Glow-In-The-Dark Armband Attack+40, Crafty Zammer
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:

Elemental Accessories are primarily focused on exploiting a monster's elemental weakness and improving the overall damage of the equipped monster towards specific enemy types.

These accessories are great for physical attackers since not only do they give advantage against weaknesses, but they also add points to Attack.

Best Resistance Accessories

Accessory Effect How to Get
Ring of Clarity Defence+40, Clear Thinker
Bonus:
Wisdom+10
・Monster Drop:
Full Moon Ring Defence+40, Fidget
Bonus:
Wisdom+10
・Monster Drop:
Ring of Vigour Defence+40, Granite Chin
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Ring of Immunity Defence+40, Antioxidant
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Endure Ring Defence+40, Death Defier
Bonus:
Attack+10
・Monster Drop:
Rational Ring Defence+10, Clear Thinker
Bonus:
Defence+10,Insomniac, Granite Chin
・Synthesized at the Tinkerer's Toolshop
Tingly Ring Defence+10, Fidget
Bonus:
Defence+10, Antioxidant, Death Defier
・Synthesized at the Tinkerer's Toolshop

Resistance Accessories revolve around improving your equipped monster's resistance against certain elements. Generally, they also increase the equipped monster's Defense (like the above mentioned accessories boosting Defense by 10 points).

Be sure to find and collect them in case you need protection from specific elements in battle.

How to Equip Accessories

Equip from the Accessory Menu

Dragon Quest Monsters The Dark Prince - Accessories Menu

Equip accessories to a monster by selecting them through the Accessories menu in Your Monsters. Do not forget to equip your accessories so be sure to check this menu from time to time!

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