Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

For alchemical processes, the game measures the distance your buttwad hero travels. To speed up the concoction, do your alchemical mix and locate a house or space where your hero can walk against the wall or corner. Tilt the joystick off center to get your hero moving and keep it steady. You can use rubber bands, an eraser, paper clips, or just rest your PS2 controller on its "legs" and flip it so the sticks are kept off center to do this.

Now you can leave it and do something else (like your homework). When you come back, your mixture will be finished done. Most mixes takes only about 3 to 4 minutes real time using this method.

After defeating Rhapthorne, a secret dungeon and town will become available. Finish that quest in the secret town to obtain Argon Ring. Defeat Rhapthorne another time while equipping this item to obtain a slightly different ending.

After you get the Godbird Soulstone, fly to the area overlooking the desert. Tere you will find a lot of metabbles, sometimes as many as eight in one battle. Unfortunately, there are some other powerful monsters in that same region, so you need to use caution when babble hunting.

To do this all you have to have is the ability to protect yourself from weak enimies (your hero should have this ability for use outside of battle). Put the ingedients into the alchemy pot that you would like to use and cast the move. This works best in areas that have really weak monsters compared to your level. That way no monsters will attack you.

Once the move is cast, just walk around until you hear the ding or the move wears out. If the move wears out before your item is done, just recast it and continue walking around. You must walk around or this won't work. The amount of time it takes to create an item in the alchemy pot is measured by the amount of steps you take, not by the amount of time it takes. Also, walking in the world map takes less time to create an item than walking in a town or dungeon.

Submitted by Slipknot_33

The alchemy pot speed is based on number of steps, not on time, and it goes twice as fast in fields/dungeons than in town, but the problem is that you get attacked by monsters, right? Except for ONE place on the map - the small field where the magic tree appears at night (near Baccarat and Chateau Felix). It's a field, but you never get attacked! So have your hero run against the rocks in the middle, and put something on your controller so it keeps going, and your items will be finished fast - promise, it worked for me!

Submitted by jtampio

The best way to kill Metal Slimes is to use attacks that inflict critical damage. The hero's Lightning thrust ability performs a critical attack on these enemies. Another method is to use Falcon Blades, which allows you to attack twice -- this theoretically doubles your chances of inflicting a critical blow.

Get the rusty sword from Trodain. Earn a slime crown by fighting metal slimes or King slimes. One slime crown is inside the well on the hilltop hut. The final ingredient, Orihalcum, is difficult to get with an external cheat device. The easiest source is to accrue 83 medallions and trade them to Minnie for the item. Drop all three ingredients into the alchemy pot for the rare Liquid Metal Sword.

You require the Ruinous Shield, Orihalum, and Saints Ash for this armor. Purchase the Saints Ash from the Dragovian Village after clearing the game once (and do a game clear save, or you'll want to defenestrate yourself after your PS2). The Orihalum is earned by collecting medals and trading enough of them to the island princess north of Peregin Quay. The Ruinous Shield may be found in the air-only part of the island where the Doulmagus was killed (at the mirror puzzle).

Put the rusty sword and the iron nail (at Paraguay Quey) to make the Thieves' Key. This item lets you open any locked chest.

For this item, you require the Sun Crown, Magic Beasts Hide, and Tough Guy Tattoo. The first two items are the ones that are hard to find.

Bag the Sun Crown by finding the Skull Helmet in the second area of the Heavenly Dias, near a dragon skull. Combine it with an Urn of Saints' Ashes to make it. The Heavenly Dias is located by accessing the extra dungeons and Dragovian Sanctuary. Go to Chateau Felix and use the Godbird Stone to land on the platform to portal with the item.

After you're able to defeat the Jargons in the Maella Region in a couple of hits and the Dingalings only cause 1 to 2 HP of damage to you, you'll be able to get as much XP as you could possibly want.

All you have to do is run around (or Whistle) until you run into a Dingaling. Do not kill the Dingaling, you should kill all other monsters that assist a Dingaling and leave only one Dingaling on the field. Have Jessica, Hero, and Angelo (if applicable) defend and Yangus Psyche up.

When the Dingaling calls for backup, attack with Yangus for an easy kill. Keep doing this and the Dingaling will keep calling Jargons to help it, and you can kill them in one move. If the Dingaling calls for backup before Yangus psyches up enough, just have your weakest attacker assist him.

During the bazarr in Argonia there is a shop that will sell Yggdrasil leaves, but they will only allow you to have one and won't sell another unless you have zero leaves. The game cannot detect items in your alchemy pot. So you can trick the game and stock more than one leaf. Buy a leaf and TEMPORARILY combine it in your alchemy pot with some magic water or some red and blue mold. Then you simply buy another leaf and abort the alchemy pot process and reclaim your first leaf.

Accessories Formulas

• Agility ring = Prayer ring + Seed of agility

• Catholicon ring = Full moon ring + Ring of truth + Ring of immunity

• Elevating shoes = Fishnet stockings + Happy hat

• Full moon ring = Gold ring + Poison moth knife

• Goddess ring = Recovery ring + Orichalcum

• Holy talisman = Tough guy tattoo + Holy water + Gold rosary

• Life bracer = Recovery ring + Gold bracer

• Meteorite bracer = Agility ring + Agility ring + Orichalcum

• Mighty armlet = Strength ring + Titan belt

• Prayer ring = Gold ring + Seed of Magic

• Recovery ring = Prayer ring + Seed of life

• Ring of awakening = Gold ring + Dream blame

• Ring of clarity = Gold ring + Fallen angel rapier

• Ring of immunity = Gold ring + Poison needle

• Ring of truth = Gold ring + Sandstorm spear

• Ruby of protection = Prayer ring + Seed of defence

• Scholar's specs = Ring of awakening + Ring of clarity + Seed of wisdom

• Skull ring = Sorcerer's ring + Devil's tail

• Sorcerer's ring = Skull ring + Saint's ashes + Saint's ashes

• Strength ring = Prayer ring + Seed of strength

• Titan belt = Leather kilt + strength ring

Armor Formulas

• Angel's robe = Flowing dress + Magical skirt

• Bandit mail = Heavy Armour + Bandit axe + Bandit's grass skirt

• Boxer shorts = Bandit's grass skirt + Bandana

• Bronze armour = Chain mail + Bronze shield

• Bunny suit = Silk bustier + Bunny tail

• Chain mail = Wayfarer's clothes + Chain whip

• Crimson robe = Sage's robe + Magic water + Nook grass

• Dancer's mail = Silver mail + Dancer's costume

• Dark robe = Cloak of evasion + Devil's tail + Wing of bat

• Divine bustier = Dangerous bustier + Shimmering dress

• Dragon mail = Silver mail + Dragon scale + Dragon Scale

• Fur poncho = Magic beast hide + Magic beast hide

• Gigant armour = Bandit mail + Mighty armlet + Mighty armlet

• Iron cuirass = Iron shield + Iron shield

• Leather armour = Wayfarer's clothes + Magic beast hide

• Leather dress = Dancer's costume + Magic beast hide

• Leather kilt = Leather whip + Bandana

• Magical skirt = Bandit's grass skirt + Magical hat + Magical mace

• Magic armour = Full plate armour + Prayer ring + Ruby of protection

• Metal king armour = Liquid metal armour + Slime crown + Orichalcum

• Mirror armour = Sivler mail + Mirror shield + Mirror shield

• Platinum mail = Zombie mail + Saint's ashes

• Princess's robe = Angel's robe + Gold rosary + Shimmering Dress

• Robe of serenity = Cloak of evasion + Boxer shorts

• Sage's robe = Magic vestment + Scholar's cap

• Scale armour = Chain mail + Bronze shield

• Shimmering dress = Sprangled dress + Ruby of protection + Gold bracer

• Silver cuirass = Iron cuirass + Silver platter + Silver platter

• Spiked armour = Magic armour + Edged boomerang

• Templar's uniform = Way farer's clothes + Templar's shield

• Wayfarer's clothes = Plain clothes + Plain clothes

• Zombie mail = Platinum mail + Devil's tail

• Zombie mail = Silver mail + zombiesbane

Axes formula

• Bandit axe = Battle-axe + Thief's key

• Golden axe = Iron axe + Gold nugget

• Iron axe = Farmer's scythe + Farmer's scythe

• King axe = Golden axe + Slime crown

• Moon axe = Golden axe + Moon's mercy

• Stone axe = Stone hardhat + Cypress stick

Boomerang Formula

• Flametang boomerang = Swallowtail + Flame shield

• Metal wing boomerang = Razor wing boomerang + Metal king spear

• Razor wing boomerang = Edged boomerang + Wing of bat + Steel scythe

• Reinforced boomerang = Boomerang + Iron nail

Bow Formulas

• Cheiron's bow = Eros' bow + Power shield

• Eros' bow = Hunter's bow + Garter

• Hunter's bow = Cypress stick + Cypress stick + Strength ring

• Hunter's bow = Short bow + Chain whip

• Odin's bow = Cheiron's bow + Eros' bow + Great bow

Cheese Formulas

• Angel Cheese = Fresh milk + Premium mould + Yggdrasil dew

• C-c-cold cheese = Cold cheese + Premium mould + Dragon dung

• Chilly cheese = Cool cheese + Waterweed mould

• Chunky cheese = Plain cheese + Magic water

• Cold cheese = Chilly cheese + Waterweed mould + Waterweed mould

• Cool cheese = Plain cheese + Waterweed mould

• Cured cheese = Fresh milk + Premium mould + Amor seco essence

• Hard cheese = Plain cheese + Rock salt

• Highly-strung cheese = Super spicy cheese + cold cheese + Rock salt

• Mild cheese = Plain cheese + Amor seco essense

• Plain cheese = Fresh milk + Rennet powder

• Plain cheese = Scorching cheese + C-c-cold cheese

• Scorching cheese = Super spicy cheese + Premium mould + Dragon dung

• Soft Cheese = Fresh milk + Rennet powder + Rock salt

• Spicy cheese = Plain cheese + Red mould

• Super spicy cheese = Spicy cheese + Nook grass

• Super spicy cheese = Spicy cheese + Red mould + Red mould

Dagger Formulas

• Assassin's dagger = Eagle dagger + Poison needle

• Falcon Knife = Slime earrings + Tough guy tattoo + Agility ring

• Imp knife = Assassin's dagger + Devil's tail

Hammer Formulas

• Megaton hammer = Uber war hammer + Conquerer's axe + Orichalcum

• Sledgehammer = Giant mallet + Iron helmet + Iron helmet

• Uber war hammer = War hammre + Mighty armlet

Helmet formulas

• Bronze helmet = Stone hardhat + Bronze knife + Bronze knife

• Bunny ears = Hairband + Bunny tail

• Feathered cap = Leather hat + Chimaera wing

• Fur hood = Feathered cap + Fur poncho

• Golden tiara = Thinking cap + Silver tiara + Gold nugger

• Hades' helm = Mythril helm + Saint's ashes

• Happy hat = Feathered cap + Elevating shoes

• Hermes' hat = Feathered cap + Mercury's bandana

• Mercury's bandana = Bandana + Agility ring

• Mythril helm = Hades' helm + Saint's ashes

• Phantom Mask = Iron headgear + Dark robe

• Pointy Hat = Leather hat + Iron mail

• Raging bull helm = Mythril helm + Cowpat + Fresh milk

• Scholar's cap = Magical hat + Scholar's specs

• Silver tiara = Coral hairpin + Silver platter

• Skull helm = Sun crown + Devil's tail

• Stone hardhat = Stone axe + Pointy hat

• Sun Crown = Skull helm + Saint's ashes

• Thinking cap = Scholar's cap + Iron headgear

• Turban = Bandana + Bandana

Ingredient Formulas

• Premium mould = Red mould + Waterweed mould + Yggdrasil leaf

• Thief's key = Bronze knife + Iron nail

Scythes Formulas

• Hell scythe = Steel scythe + Poison moth knife + Hade's helm

Shield Formulas

• Bronze shield = Leather shield + Bronze knife

• Dragon shield = Steel shield + Dragon scale + Dragon scale

• Flame shield = Magic shield + Flametang boomerange

• Goddess shield = Thanatos' shield + saint's ashes

• Ice shield = Magic shield + Icicle dirk

• Leather shield = Pot lid + Magic beast hide

• Magic shield = Steel shield + Prayer's ring + Ruby of protection

• Metal king shield = Ruinous shield + Saint's ashes + Orichalcum

• Power shield = Magic shield + Strenght ring + Cured cheese

• Ruinous shield = Metal king shield + Devil's tail

• Saintless shield = Mirror shield + White shield + Holy water

• Scale shield = Leather shield + Dragon scale

• Silver shield = Mirror shield + Amor seco essence + Magic water

• Templar's shield = Iron shield + Templar's uniform

• Thanatos' shield = Goddess shield + Devil's tail

• White shield = Iron shield + Silver platter

• White shield = Light shield + Fresh milk + Fresh milk

Spear Formulas

• Demon spear = Battle fork + Poison needle + Devil's tail

• Holy lance = Long spear + Gold rosary

• Iron lance = Cypress stick + Dagger

• Long spear = Cypress stick + Cypress stick + Iron lance

• Sandstorm spear = Partisan + Saint's ashes

Staff Formulas

• Magma staff = Wizard's staff + rockbomb shard

• Staff of antimagic = Wizard's staff + Rune staff

• Staff of resurrection = Rune staff + Life bracer + Yggdrasil leaf

Sword Formulas

• Blizzard blade = Bastard sword + Icicle dirk + Cold cheese

• Copper Sword = Bronze knife + Bronze knife

• Double-edged sword = Uber double-edge + Devil's tail

• Dragon slayer = Dragonsbane + Mighty armlet

• Fallen angel rapier = Holy silver rapier + Devil's tail + Wing of bat

• Holy silver rapier = Templar's sword + Holy talisman

• Liquid metal sword = Rusty old sword + Slime crown + Orichalcum

• Mercury's rapier = Fallen angel rapier + Mercury's bandana + Mercury's bandana

• Rusty old sword = Liquid metal sword + Mystifying mixture + Cowpat

• Shamshir of light = Rune staff + Light shield + Shimmering shoes

• Uber double-edge = Double-edged sword + Saint's ashes + Saint's ashes

• Uber falcon blade = Falcon blade + Meteorite bracer

• Uber miracle sword = Miracle sword + Life bracer

• Zombie slayer = Zombiesbane + Holy talisman

Expendable Item formulas

• Amor Seco Essense = Holy Water + Strong Medicine

• Chimaera wing = Wing of bat + Wing of bat

• Elfin elixir = Yggdrasil dew + Magic water

• Greater panacea = Lesser panacea + Rose-root + Rose wort

• Greater panacea = Special medicine + Special medicine + special medicine

• Holy water = Amor seco essense + Rock salt

• Lesser panacea = special medicine + special medicine

• Magic water = Holy water + Seed of magic

• Moon's mercy = Moonwort bulb + Moonwort bulb + Moonwort bulb

• Mystifying mixture = Holy water + Wing of bat + Cowpat

• Mystifying mixture = Medicinal herb + Antidotal herb + Moonwart bulb

• Strong Medicine = Medicinal Herb + Medicinal Herb

• Special Medicine = Strong Medicine + Strong Medicine

• Rose Root = Medicinal Herb + Medicinal Herb + Medicinal Herb

• Rose Root = Strong Medicine + Medicinal Herb

• Rose-wort = Medicinal herb + Medicinal herb + Moonwart bulb

• Rose-wort = Strong medicine + Moonwart bulb

• Sage's stone = Gold nugget + Orichalcum + Yggdrasil dew

• Special Antidote = Medicinal Herb + Antidotal Herb + Antidotal Herb

• Special Antidote = Strong Antidote + Strong Antidote

• Strong Antidote = Medicinal Herb + Antidotal herb

• Timbrel of tension = Sun crown + Tough guy tattoo + Magic beast hide

• Yggdrasil dew = Yggdrasil leaf + Magic water

Whip Formulas

• Demon whip = Scourge whip + Devil's tail

• Dragontail whip = Snakeskin whip + Dragon scale + Dragon scale

• Leather whip = Devil's tail + Saint's ashes

• Scourge whip = Demon whip + Saint's ashes

• Snakeskin whip = Leather whip + Scale shield

Submitted by gx_huynh

You must give Dodgy Dave a Reinforced Boomerang.

You can buy it at Pickham for 1,000 Tokens.

You must get Rank B at the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank F in the monster arena.

You must get Rank E in the Monster Arena.

You must equip the Dancer's Costume on Jessica.

You must equip the Dangerous Bustier for Jessica.

You must get Rank S in the Monster Arena.

It cost 10,000 Tokens at Baccarat.

You must collect 52 Mini Medals.

You must get Rank A in the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank S in the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank D in the monster arena.

You must get Rank S in the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank F in the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank A in the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank E in the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank C in the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank B in the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank G in the Monster Arena.

You must get Rank D in the Monster Arena.

You must spend 1,500 Tokens at Pickham.