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Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7)

Best Monster Hearts

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DQ7 - Best Monster Hearts

This is a list of the Best Monster Hearts in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined (DQ7). Find out what the best monster hearts are how to use them here!

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Best Monster Hearts

Little Devil Heart and Very Devil Heart to Restore MP Automatically

Heart Effect
Little Devil Heart Little Devil Heart Allows the bearer to automatically use a single phial at the start of a turn if their MP are at 50% of lower.
Very Devil Heart Very Devil Heart Allows the bearer to automatically use magic water at the start of a turn if the bearer's MP are at 50% or lower.

The Little Devil and Very Devil monster hearts are ideal for MP-hungry builds, automatically restoring MP when it drops to 50% or lower at the start of a turn.

Little Devil uses a Single Phial, while Very Devil upgrades this effect by consuming Magic Water, making it better for late-game spellcasters who burn through MP fast.

Goon Heart and Swagman Heart to Restore HP Automatically

Heart Effect
Goon Heart Goon Heart Allows the bearer to automatically use a medicinal herb at the start of a turn if their HP are at 50% or lower.
Swagman Heart Swagman Heart Allows the bearer to automatically use strong medicine at the start of a turn if their HP are at 50% or lower.

The Goon and Swagman monster hearts help keep characters alive by automatically healing HP when it falls to 50% or lower at the start of a turn.

Goon uses a Medicinal Herb, while Swagman uses Strong Medicine, making Swagman the stronger pick for tougher encounters and frontline units.

Golem Heart for Survivability

Heart Effect
Golem Heart Golem Heart Allows the bearer to survive a killing blow with 1 HP remaining.

The Golem Heart's effect lets whoever is equipped, survive a fatal blow with 1 HP remaining. This is especially useful for your main healers, as if the last attack was a multihit and all party members die except them, your party can still be restored.

This monster heart becomes available after defeating the Golem boss in the Tower at Ballymolloy (Past).

How to Beat the Golem

Cyclops and Clawcerer Heart for Critical Boosters

Heart Effect
Clawcerer Heart Clawcerer Heart Makes the bearer's critical spells 50% more effective.
Cyclops Heart Cyclops Heart Critical hits are 30% more powerful.

The Cyclops and Clawcerer monster hearts enhance critical damage output, making them excellent picks for offensive builds.

Cyclops boosts the power of physical critical hits, while Clawcerer strengthens critical spells, making each heart suited for different damage-focused roles.

Cactiball, Grody Gumdrops, and Zoma Heart for Immunity

Heart Effect
Cactiball Heart Cactiball Heart 100% chance of reflecting physical damage taken.
Grody Gumpdrops Heart Grody Gumpdrops Heart Nullifies all attacks once every three turns.
Zoma Heart Zoma Heart Mantles the bearer in a Cloth of Darkness at the start of every fight, reducing damage taken by 300%.

These monster hearts focus on damage mitigation and immunity, greatly increasing survivability in tough fights.

Cactiball reflects all physical damage, Grody Gumpdrops periodically nullifies all attacks, and Zoma grants a massive damage reduction buff at the start of every battle, perfect for tanky or high-risk setups.

Metal King Slime, Metal Slime and Gold Golem Heart for Farming

Heart Effect
Metal Slime Heart Metal Slime Heart Experience earned from battle increased by 20%.
Gold Golem Heart Gold Golem Heart Gold coins earned from this battle increased by 50%.

The Gold Golem, Metal Slime, and Metal King Slime monster hearts are perfect for farming Gold, Metal Slimes and EXP, as their effect boosts gold drops by 50% and grants +20% experience per battle respectively!

The Metal Slime and Gold Golem monster hearts are both included in the Jam-Packed Swag Bag! DLC content which is included in the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game!

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Numen and Xenlon Heart for Post Game Equips

Heart Effect
Numen Heart Numen Heart Start battles in a worked up state.
Xenlon Heart Xenlon Heart Increases all attributes when five turns have passed.

Both these monster hearts are good to equip during post-game since that is when they become available. You can equip this once finishing the game and backtracking to obtain the Platinum trophy!

Post-Game Guide

How to Use Monster Hearts

Equip Them as Accessories

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Monster Hearts function as accessories in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, letting each character equip up to two accessories. This means you can mix and match regular accessories and monster hearts, or even equip two monster hearts at once.

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