Tips and Tricks: Beginner's Guide to Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake (DQ3)

This is a tips and tricks beginner guide that teaches players how to get the most out of Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake (DQ3). Check out some beginner tips for combat, difficulty settings, and more!

Beginner's Guide to Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake (DQ3)

1. Tough Cookie and Vamp as Personalities
2. Assemble A Complete Party
3. Look Out For Shiny Spots
4. Farm Near Cities
5. Equip Your Best Armor and Weapons
6. Collect Mini Medals
7. Open the Red Door
8. Use Evac to Get Out of Dungeons Quickly
9. Put Your Battle Speed at Max
10. Turn Autorun On
11. Use Seeds to Increase Stats
12. Set Your Difficulty
13. Experiment with Different Vocations

Tough Cookie and Vamp as Personalities

There are countless Personalities that the player can receive at the start of the game.

We highly recommend getting the Vamp or the Tough Cookie Personalities for your Hero during the Personality Quiz as these Personalities give the most stat bonus to your player character and will help build them more efficiently.

List of All Personality Types

Assemble A Complete Party

Before you set out to your journey, it's best for you to fill out your party completely at Patty's Party Planning Place. You will be able to bring along 3 more party members on your journey.

These party members will be customizable, down to appearance and vocations so make sure to pick them up from Patty!

Look Out For Sparkly Spots

Sparkly Spots are found all around the world and contain valuable loot. Keep an eye out for these blue sparkling spots on the ground!

How to Respawn Sparkly Spots

Farm Near Cities

When farming for levels or gold, we recommend staying near a city. A city will contain an inn for the party to rest at and heal their HP and MP to continue farming.

Equip Your Best Armor and Weapons

As with any Dragon Quest game, it is best for players to equip and upgrade their best gear constantly to keep up with the difficulty of the game.

A simple equipment upgrade might be the key to defeating a boss that has been stonewalling your progress!

List of All Weapons

Collect Mini Medals

Mini medals are found all over the world and can be exchanged for rare equipment for your party.

Keep an eye out for these Mini Medals when exploring dungeons and the world!

Grab the Thief's Key

The Thief's Key is a valuable key item and is obtainable through the first dungeon, the Dreamer's Tower.

This allows the player to unlock all Red Doors in the world, which usually contains books that allows the player to change Personalities.

Use Evac to Get Out of Dungeons Quickly

If you need a quick way out if you're in a pickle, use the spell Evac to quickly teleport out of towns and dungeons.

If you find yourself low on HP, MP and items in the middle of the dungeon, be sure to use this spell to get out of that place in a jiffy.

Put Your Battle Speed at Max

Battling and farming can take long so we recommend putting your battle speed at the maximum level, to allow for battles to breeze through quickly.

Turn Autorun On

Through the strategy menu, players can turn on Autorun to make exploring around the game easier and faster.

Use Seeds to Increase Stats

Throughout exploration, you will find chests, shiny spots, or monsters that drop Seeds. These Seeds are valuable and rare and allow the player to raise their raw stats or their max HP or MP.

Use these Seeds to improve your character furthur to take down more challenging content!

Seed Farming Guide

Set Your Difficulty

Dragon Quest 3 gives the player three different difficulty levels to tackle the game in, giving them different options on how they want to experience the main campaign.

Players can opt to only focus on story and make battles a breeze to go through or give themselves a challenge throughout their journey. Make sure to choose the best difficulty for your playstyle!

Difficulty Differences and How to Change

Experiment with Different Vocations

Vocations give the player flexibility to build their best party and to experiment with different team compositions. Visiting Alltrades Abbey will give the player the option to switch their party members' Vocations and continue expanding on their member's skills and abilities.

Keep your journey interesting by switching your party composition up!

How to Change Vocation

All Tips and Tricks

All Tips and Tricks Guides

Tips and Tricks
Difficulty Differences	When to Change Vocation
How to Revive Party Members	What Does the Luck Stat Do?
Seed Farming Guide	What Happens When You Die?
How to Respawn Shiny Spots	Does the Protagonist Have a Canon Name?
True Name Guide	Autosave Guide
How to Dash	All Key Locations
How to Heal	How to Restore MP
How to Change the Time	How to Change Party Personality with Seeds
Things to Do at the Church	How to Customize Party Appearance
What is the Birthday Used For?	How to Fly Using Ramia
What if You Don't Meet With the King?	How to Get Rip-Off Merchant Trophy
How to Get to Slime Hill	Post Game Guide
Is There New Game Plus?	When to Use Seeds
All Status Effects and How to Cure	Cursed Items Guide
Best Sparkly Spot Drops	-

All Key Locations

All Key Locations
Thief's Key	Magic Key
Ultimate Key

All Stat Guides

All Stat and Growth Rate Explained
Strength	Resilience
Agility	Stamina
Wisdom	Luck

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Related Guides

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Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Guides

List of Categories
Walkthrough	Tips and Tricks
Personalities	Classes
Bosses	Maps
Spells and Abilities	Monsters
Monster Arena	Weapons
Armor	Shields
Helmets	Accessories
Items	Seeds
Books	News and Game Info

Recommended Guides

All Recommended Guides
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