There are 10 job classes you can choose from in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake (DQ3). See all the possible job classes and vocations in the game, including the recommended classes you can go for, and how to change your class in this guide!

List of All Classes and Jobs

All Vocations in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake

Vocation	Description
Hero	Recommended for Beginners ▸ Versatile job; can be a great offense or a great defense. ▸ Stat growth is balanced and is easily increased. ▸ Can choose any personality with the Personality Quiz.
Sage	Recommendation Level: ★★★ ▸ Can learn all spells from the Mage and Priest Class. ▸ Unique class change: Words of Wisdom needed to change into this class or you need to come from the Gadabout Class.
Thief	Recommendation Level: ★★★ ▸ Can steal items from enemies at the end of the battle. ▸ Has high Agility stat and able to cast spells.
Monster Wrangler	Recommendation Level: ★★★ ▸ Can hit multiple enemies with one spell. ▸ Can also heal the team.
Warrior	Recommendation Level: ★★☆ ▸ High HP and Attack. Excellent frontline. ▸ Low speed.
Mage	Recommendation Level: ★★☆ ▸ Excellent offensive spellcaster and support. ▸ Except for its Intelligence stat, all stats are low.
Martial Artist	Recommendation Level: ★★☆ ▸ High attack power and speed. Has the highest critical hit rate. ▸ Difficult to use at their early levels.
Priest	Recommendation Level: ★★☆ ▸ Best pure support vocation. ▸ Stats are average.
Merchant	Recommendation Level: ★☆☆ ▸ +10% Gold increase at the end of the battle.
Gadabout	Recommendation Level: ★☆☆ ▸ Only use is to change to Sage class at level 20.

All Job Classes and Vocations Explained

All Vocations in DQ3
Hero	Warrior	Martial Artist	Mage
Priest	Sage	Thief	Merchant
Gadabout		Monster Wrangler

Hero Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Tough Cookie ▸ Vamp (Female Only)
	Job Route
	Job Change Not Allowed

The Hero job class is an easy to use vocation because of its balanced offensive and defensive capabilities and easy to stat growth. It's an ideal class for beginner players.

Hero Job Class and Best Personality

Warrior Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Tough Cookie ▸ Paragon
	Job Route
	Mage ▸ Warrior

The Warrior class is characterized by high HP and high attack power, making them the ideal frontline in any battle. While they do have low agility, you can offset this by building them in a way that can increase their durability.

Warrior Job Class and Best Personality

Martial Artist Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Bat Out of Hell ▸ Tough Cookie ▸ Vamp
	Job Route
	Gadabout ▸ Sage ▸ Martial Artist

The Martial Artist class are the best attackers you can have in your party. Their high speeds and high critical hit rate can easily mop the floor with enemies. However, they can be difficult to use in their early levels, so make sure to support them with Sages or Priests in your party!

Martial Artist Job Class and Best Personality

Mage Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Genius ▸ Vamp
	Job Route
	Mage ▸ Warrior Mage ▸ Sage

The Mage class has a good balance between an offensive spellcaster to a defensive support buffer or healer. Their spell, Twin Hits, can buff an ally, increasing the party's overall dps.

Mage Job Class and Best Personality

Priest Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Tough Cookie ▸ Vamp
	Job Route
	▸ Sage

Priests are the ultimate support class that can keep your party alive while upping your damage and offensive capabilities. It's ideal to have at least one in your team.

Priest Job Class and Best Personality

Sage Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Genius ▸ Vamp
	Job Route
	Thief / Martial Artist ▸ Sage

The Sage is a mix of both Mage and Priest classes. They can learn a lot of spells, making them the ultimate magic character in your party. The downside to this vocation is its slow growth, so it's best to change to this vocation towards the later stages of the game.

The Sage is not available at the start of the game. You can only turn into this class by either being a Gadabout class first or using the Words of Wisdom item.

Sage Job Class and Best Personality

Thief Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Tough Cookie ▸ Vamp
	Job Route
	Thief ▸ Sage Gadabout ▸ Sage ▸ Thief

The Thief has the most agility stat growth amongst all vocations. With the proper class changes throughout the game, this can be the most useful and most versatile character you can have in your party.

Thief Job Class and Best Personality

Merchant Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Tough Cookie ▸ Vamp
	Job Route
	Merchant ▸ Gadabout ▸ Sage

Merchants have a quick growth rate and a decent amount of attack power. They're especially useful for earning gold because of their special ability where you can get more gold after a battle. However, for the later stages of the game, it's best to just change this class into other, more powerful classes.

Merchant Job Class and Best Personality

Gadabout Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Tough Cookie ▸ Vamp
	Job Route
	Gadabout ▸ Sage

Gadabouts are unpredictable when it reaches higher levels. You can take the risk of having them improve your party's capabilities or destroy your chances of winning a battle! This class is the only class that can be changed into a Sage at level 20, so we recommend ditching the jesters hat for a magic staff when this happens!

Gadabout Job Class and Best Personality

Monster Wrangler Class

	Recommended Personalities
	▸ Lone Wolf ▸ Vamp
	Job Route
	Monster Wrangler ▸ Martial Artist Monster Wrangler ▸ Warrior ▸ Martial Artist

Monster Wranglers use skills from recruited friendly monsters all around the world in a fight. It is an offensively-leaning class that focuses on dealing a lot of damage with monster skills.

Players can switch over to the Martial Artist or the Warrior to the Martial Artist class once they've levelled up Monster Wrangler's Wild Side that allows them to attack twice.

Monster Wrangler Job Class Guide

How to Change Classes and Vocations

Change Jobs in Alltrades Abbey

To change a character's vocation, you must reach level 20 with them then go to Alltrades Abbey. This can be done to all vocations except for the Hero class. For the Sage class, you must come from the Gadabout class first or have the Words of Wisdom item.

All party members with new vocations revert to Level 1, retaining 50% of their attributes. Spells learned from the previous class are also kept, offering more versatility upon reclassing.

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Personality Quiz Answers	Best Personalities
Can You Change Gender?	List of Equipment
Trophy Guide	All Mini Medal Locations
How to Earn Gold Fast	How to Change Personalities
Best Party Setup	How To Unlock Zoom
Best Classes Tier List	How to Level Up Fast
How To Unlock Zoom	All Secret Spot Locations
Class Change Guide	All Friendly Monsters
Best Starting Party	Metal Slime Farming Guide
Best Equipment for Each Class	Best Friendly Monster Tier List
All Sparkly Spot Locations	All Stat and Growth Rate Explained
All Missables and Points of No Return	Best Starting Personality
Best Abilities Tier List	Best Spells Tier List