Dragon Quest IX Nintendo DS guide
Developer: Level 5
Publisher: Nintendo
Release date: 11 July 2010
Platform/genre: NDS/ RPG
ESRB Rating: E10+
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Main Quest:
1. Prologue
4. Doomingale forest to Brigadoom
You don’t need follow this guideline to complete fygg fruit quest, but there is some quest you must solve first before you can continue further (especially when you need a ship to travel).
6. Port liaffan to Twyll cave (Fygg fruit 1)
7. Tower of trade (Fygg fruit 2)
8. Dourbridge to height of loneliness (Zere rock) (Fygg fruit 3)
9. Bloomingdale to Bad cave (Fygg fruit 4)
10. Gleeba to Plumbed depth (Fygg fruit 5)
11.Swinedimples to oldschool (Fygg fruit 6)
12. Batsureg to Gerzuun (Fygg fruit 7)
You can only progress to part 13 when you already finished all fygg fruit quest. So make sure you check it before you ask question. Enjoy 
15. Gorfortress
16. Realms of Almighty to Gittingham Palace and Oubliette
17. Realm of Mighty (Final Dungeon)
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18.Post game (Tower of Nod)
Misc:
- World map and harvest point location.
- Grotto location (Lead to ffsky.cn, use google trans or click the slime button).
- Best Normal Leveling Place (Level 1-38)
- Bestiary
- Weapon Alchemy (98% complete)
- Accessories Alchemy
- Shield Alchemy (NEW!!!)
- Armor Alchemy (head, torso, arm, legs, and feet) (NEW!!!)
- Item Alchemy
- Weapon Skill Tree.
- Job/Vocation Skill Tree
Important info(credit to TEAM PUFF PUFF):
Whenever you boot up the game you will see three slimes during the loading screen, and sometimes you may see an orange she-slime. These orange she-slimes not only increase the item drops from monsters after battle, but they also increase chances of successfully stealing from them, and also the likelihood of spawning rare alchemy items and mini medals from blue chests and pots. On top of that, they increase your success with certain side-quests, especially the ones that require ‘Critical Hits’ or ‘Important Item’ drops from specifics monsters!
So, if you ever see that orange she-slime during the loading screen, DO NOT turn off your game. Put it on pause until you’ve finished as many side-quests as you can and found all the items from the pots and the blue treasure chests that you can find, and stole as many items from certain monsters as possible.
Side quest:
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- Side quest 1-10 (100% done)
- Side quest 11-20 (60% done)
- Side quest 21-30 (100% done)
- Side quest 31-40 (90% done)
- Side quest 41-50 (100% done)
- Side quest 51-60 (50% done)
- Side quest 61-70 (40% done)
- Side quest 71-80 (100% done)
- Side quest 81-90 (60% done)
- Side quest 91-100 (50% done)
- Side quest 101-110 (30% done)
- Side quest 111-120 (20% done)
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how do you get a seed of skill!
You can only really get them from some quests, but they are a super rare drop on some mobs (gem slime???).
where do you get a erdics sword
You need the rusty sword, which you can find in the Realm Of The Mighty, or blue chests in high level grottoes, just look at the weapons page, it has it near the bottom of the sword section.
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. do you play it too?
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There is one slime you missed in the loading screen and that is the metal slime,it ups the rate of metal slime appearances but ups the rate of fleeing
So, I’ve gone through all the fyyg quests, and I went to wormwood, but couldn’t do anything, so i came and looked at this guide, found out you need 7 fyggs to go any farther, I checked my fyggs and i only have 6, but i have done all of the fygg quests, anyone else have this problem?
Help! I am on quest 18 “precious precious”. My hero is alone in the party and has the slood and gooey gear equipped and nothing else. The #001slimes just run from me or i defeat them and nothing happens. What am i doing wrong?
Be patient. Your just unlucky.
Here Erin, this is how I got it (FIRST TRY!):
1. Drop off your party members at Patty’s until it’s just you’re hero
2. Dress your character with THESE 3 ITEMS = Gooey Gear, Slood, Slime Earrings AS LONG AS you’re wearing these you’re gonna get it (you can wear other items as well just wear those 3)
3. Go to Angel Falls, and fight a slime. It’ll probably happen first time, it says something after the battle like “the slime with the red collar looks over at you” or something like that. If it doesn’t, keep fighting.
4. Go back to the mountain pass, talk to the kids & then the mom
5. You are done!
Hope I helped!! ^_^
You don’t need the slime earrings but they are the easiest part of that set to get. It may take awhile to get because of the RNG.
what about the extra quests :\ like perk up patty (125) or prayermongering (142)HELP PLEASE!!!!!!
You need to have Internet for it and talk to Selma.
PLEASE im lv 50 and v cleared thee game twice and have NEVER seen a king metal slime how do you PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To find Metal King Slimes, you need to get to level 99, like, 10 times. (I forget if you had to do it for all four characters, but it probably won’t hurt, since you would be leveling them all up at the same time, anyway.) Then, you need to get a new Grotto Map. Metal King Slimes are still pretty rare on the maps that they actually show up, so make sure to search every nook and cranny on each new map after you train to level 99 10 times (you can probably find them sooner, but it’s best if you’ve re-classed at least 10 times before even trying to find them). The best way to train after re-classing several times is to find a Grotto with a lot of Metal/Liquid Slime spawns, which aren’t very rare after about five or six re-classes.
Please Note that once you level to 99 ten times with all four characters (any class/job thing will work for this, by the way, but you have to re-class with the same job over and over again to get a +10 next to its name), you still need to get a NEW good Grotto. And even then, getting Metal King Slimes to spawn somewhere in the new Grotto(es) is not very easy. There’s also chance to find big Diamond monster things in these high-level Grottoes, which give the most of everything when killed (such as EXP and Gold and the best equipments droppable).
I’ll be looking at this page more often, like I used to when I actually played the game the first few times, and making comments/replies to people as per used to, so ask ON THIS PAGE if you have any more questions as I try to kick my brain back in gear to remember more and more about this game.
I just remembered that Metal King Slimes supposedly show up in the Tower of Nod. I am pretty sure that’s a post-story/game-area-only, but I could be wrong. I actually almost completely forget. Lol. My sub-conscience is telling me it’s most likely a post-story/game area, though. Even if it isn’t, you’ll probably want to wait until you’re level 80+ with all your characters, anyway, since it’s pretty damn challenging even with an all level 99 team. Heh. Good luck.
(P.S. – Personally, I just did the extra work and searched for Grottoes that had multiple Metal King Slimes in them. Also, I’m pretty sure what I said about the “you must reach level 99 10 times with each character” is only to have a CHANCE to find Platinum King Jewels, which give very nearly twice the amount of EXP a Metal King Slime gives. (Metal King Slimes = 120,040 EXP; Platinum King Jewels = 240,000 EXP.) Still, it’s really a good idea to level to 99 at least 5 times with each character to get a good chance of finding Metal King Slimes. I hope that clarifies what I said previously. Sorry for the confusion I may have caused anyone.)
Oh yeah, and I bet you didn’t even beat Coffinwell did you, well you know what, you need to… so you can talk to Selma at Quester’s Rest.
Quick question can you ever get inside the locked door of the building in bloomingdale right beside where you originally get the boat?
Yes you can, but it’s pregame and there’s nothing that exciting in it (unless there’s an wi-fi quest in it or something). I don’t really remember.
Oops I mean post-game.
how do u deafeat corvus
see my guide and follow your other advices that you gave to other people
ok thanks contact me if u need help on the wii version
How do you deafeat hootingam gore?
see my guide, I already include my tips on that section
Quest 118 is in glebba in the dancing hall after completing the story line!!!!!
1.how do you get a luminary?
2.how do you defeat the dreadmaster?he also has crackle, 25-40 damage to each character(15 if ice shield is equipped.(I think.)
3.your guide is awesome!!!!!!!
1. you need to do a side quest which required you to kill certain monsters that live in high level grotto. (don’t know which quest ..). COnsidering you still havetrouble defeating dreadmaster then
2. just level up and make sure you have priest so you can heal your party.
3. Thank you
to deafeat dreadmaster level up make good weapons an armor ill give u some alchemy ingrdients….fire blade :3lava lumps 1 valkyrie sword and 1 rockbomb shard hope u get to deafeat dread master
can someone give me a hint as to how to solve quest 184 aka bleats me? this quest was one i never attempted because you dont know what to grab.. also for that matter does anyone know how to make quest 135 aka To Brigadoom! accessible?
You beat quest 185 by beating quest 59 (east of wormwood creek) and giving the reward to the sheep. Quest 135 is accessible by beating 133 which is accessible by beating 131 by beating 127 (gasp!).
how do i get legacy bosses
high level map just keep defeating grottos bosses
I have all my guys sages, revocated 10 times, and have 4 of EVERY type of gear
i would just like to comment on team puff puff’s contribution regarding the orange she-slime in the start-up screen. first of all, the only proven effect of this screen is an increased success rate of alchemiracles. spawning “rare” alchemy items from chests is due to opening a chest at the exact second the chests “chest-timer” reaches that specific item on its chest timer list. the she-slime startup screen cannot affect the chest timer in any way, since it is constant for every blue chest. whether or not it increases monster or boss drop rates i cannot confirm or deny, only offer my personal experience on the matter, which is to say that ive never seen an increase in any drops, despite having gotten the startup screen more than once.
it makes sense ty
What does it mean if you see a metal slime?
How do you find the king metal slimes PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Dude, I Saw a Comment Asking How To Get Aquila,
First After Defeating the Gittish Empire (Corvus)
You Return To Angel Falls, And Go to the Guardian Statue, Aquila Will be Standing tyhere, Talk With him (Or Theres an Auto Scene Not Sure) And He Will Expalin he Became Mortal After Killing King Godwyn. He Will then Join Your Party
Also, There Is a way To Guarantee Rare Loot From a Boss, If You Unlock All Of Your Players Coup De Grace’s Then You Use The Co-Op De Grace ‘Haulellujah’ And after performing it You will see ‘Rare Loot Guaranteed’
Thanks
-Jay
that doesnt work i tried help:(
He is correct in that you get a guaranteed rare loot when that message shows up… Unfortunately, the chances of that message showing up so that you get the rare loot is actually quite a small one. I’ve personally tested this, myself, and I’ve found that you only really have either a 4/10 chance or a 6/10 chance (I forget which one–it was a long time ago now–but I know it was a 60/40 chance rate of failure or success.) to get the message and get the guaranteed loot to drop… Which leads me to wonder why it even says “Rare Loot “GUARANTEED”" when the chance of that happening is so small. Heh.
Also, I can’t remember if it was this game or another game whose name I can’t remember at the moment, but I got a pre-released version of the game well before it even came out in stores. This may affect the rates inside my game for better or for worse; I don’t know. Keep that in mind, I suppose.
(Note that my version of the game is still in the English Language.)
it’s after a wi-fi extra quest
I bought this game when it first came out and played nonstop I did every quest got all alchemiracles leveled up all my characters to level 100!!!!! Then I got half a million seeds got 4 of all weopons and now I have a sage who casts awesome spells takes hits better than a palidin and hits way better than a gladiator
wow were the same now I’ve done all that too.:D some of the seeds take way to long to get. and i even got four of all weapons just in case i want all of my people to have them. i like to have my hero be a priest and all its stats are at 999. and i bought this game the day it came out. we have probably spent the most time playing this game, how long have you played?.and i can’t wait to play the new one for wii. i did this all without cheating i hope you did too.
I did it without cheating and got 4 of every armour for fun
I don’t have four of every armor
ok i thought the highest level was 99. someone clue me in here on how i can get level 100?
WOW this is a great help. I got stuck on leveling up my Mage and I’ve been trying to find that king metal slime for months. All the answers are here. Thanks for the help.
easier way to find king metal slimes is actually deep nature or ruins grottos. thats where i find the most of them and the tower of nod contains barely any.. or if it does extremely rare
guys its me bob dq9 is probably my favorite game ive played it for over 1000 hours and im not kidding. i hope the new dq for wii is super fun ive always been a fan of dq.i have all the best armor for warriors and stuff (that means legendary armor and the others…) i also like this guide its been very helpfull thanks noobgodlike.and do you know when the dq10 is coming out for wii?
Thanks
. Don’t know when dq 9 will released in NA. But NIntendo will release it this year in JP so we will get it next year (probably). WHen DQ X is out i will try to cerate a better guide and finish it this time 
ok well i cant wait. ive done zomas map 30 times and no silver orb
. i can beat him lvl 10 with just my hero 
HI,
i was wondering where you get the grotto maps from? i have almost beat the martial artist cat thing and havent found a SINGLE map yet!
thanks for all your help that i gained from this site.I hope you continue to help gamers for years to come and no doubt i will keep coming back here for all my gaming needs.
thanks.
just keep playing the game and you’ll get it eventually. AFter you have obtained one, explore it and you’ll get another map
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DQ IX is so freakin’ immense and vast for a portable game … I mean,before i finished the game i have registered 100 hours of gameplay! Finaly beat Corvus 15 minutes ago! Woohoo…
I like to take it slow and grind/lvl up so that it feels like i actualy completed the game. But now i see how much Extra Quests (Story Quests) there are… plus all the other side-quests …and grottos. Oh man, this game is so good that it beats most Final Fantasy games in my opinion.
Can you immagine a SEQUEL FOR THIS GAME ON A 3DS ?? (I hope it wont be heavy on 3D effects though…i like the cell-shaded style like in DQ IX)
So blah blah blah and thank you for your guides
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next dragon quest won’t be appear on 3ds but on nintendo wii
. If you have 3ds I suggest you to play resident evil mercenaries 3d (I have made the guide in this site)
ive been playing dq9 alot lately i got my defence to 999 and my hp to 999 and attack to 999 i cant die and it helps my alchmiracles alot.
how do i complete quest l2l
from what i’ve heard you have to take down a cumulus rex with a miracle sword or uber miracle sword. and it may take a few tries too.
Ummm…. Based on boss difficulty, overall storyline, and order of towns… The towns “Port Liaffan” and “Alltrades tower” need to be switched along with “Batsureg” and “Swinedimples”
purretty please i need some purrfect tips to purrsecute me.
i have:
hero lv42 minstrel, infernoblade,silvershield,mirrorarmor,dw(dragonwarrior)gloves,dwboots,mythrilhelm,dwtrousers,lifebracer.
2nd lv36 martial
3rd lv32 theif
4th lv31 priest with moreheal
first, you must always have your dragon armour on your because only u can wear it, and put ur other stuff on your other people. Also get a sage/mage
preist-to lvl 38.
dragon warrior stuff are bad you can make a lot better stuff out of alchemy and get a better thing then a life bracer!!!!!!!
i am only 11 and cleared the game in 83 hours so i hope it helps!!!! ps.theres a thing to get skill points …. change vocation level them up then dont spend skill points go back to original vocation and spend skill points (misc menu)
i thought you couldnt transfer skill points through classes? if you can then i’m in the money! my friend helped me with (and i know this is probably frowned upon) a cheat that maxed out my main characters skill points. if you can transfer skill points through classes i’ll be able to max out each and every skill for one class. maybe more
When I was loadin the game u no how blue slimes appear?mine showed a metal slime.any idea y?
it purrobably means the item drop rate from monsters and steal rate is increased even more.
PURRFECT!
I think it means you’ll find metal slime family easier.
Tbh. You don’t need sage or A Mage. I did it first time round with a paladin, martial artist, warrior and priest all roughly level 32-34 based on vocation changes makingthe levels vary x)
Sorry if this doesn’t make sense, but are there level boundaries for the ranks of grottos, as I’ve heard you can get the Poker from a rank S grotto, but my highest level grotto is The Diamond World of Hurt LV 95. Is this enough??
Once when I loadad the game. One of the three slimes was gray like a metal slime. What does it mean?
I CANT FIND MALROTHS GROTTO!!!!! CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLZZZZZ!!!!
You get it via quest 151, like a reward. Like the other legacy bosses,that is how they are obtained.
Im trying to make me a orichalum claws. i need 2 orichalums and i only have 1. the one i have is from mini medals guy. i dont want to wait for mini medal shop to open and is there any other way to get it?
in very deep grottos
Depending on how far you’ve got on the storyline, you can get some from the Observatory after you get the key.
In a cave at lonely coast there is a oricalum in a chest.
anybody know where i can get asterang as i am going for all weapons and stuff and i just need asterang location so i can farm and create meteorang stellarang and alchemiracle for galaxarang thanks
i dont think there is a location besides deep grottos. for that matter you’re going to want to dig deep into high level grottos