DQ9 Encyclopedia

Paladin

How to get it
advanced vocation: after quest 106 “Taking Soul Control”
Coup de grâce
Knight Watch (base chance after each action: 1%, details)
Vocation book
“Paladin's Primer”
Revocation medal
Order of chivalry
Quests that require this vocation
107 “Off the Record”, 108 “Top-Flight Knight Fight”

The essentials

  • Strengths at level 99: Max HP (rank 1), Resilience (rank 2)
  • Weaknesses: Agility (rank 12), Deftness (rank 12)
  • Skill lines: Hammer Skill, Spear Skill, Wand Skill, Shield Skill, Virtue
  • 8 spells, from Buff (level 2) to Kerplunk (level 46).

Rank among the 12 vocations, base stats without equipment (“The 12 vocations at level 99” table).

Skill lines

Hammer Skill

Also for: Gladiator

PointsEffect
3learns Heart Breaker
7Attack +10 with this weapon type
13learns Penny Pincher
22more critical hits with this weapon type
35learns Bagsy Last
42Attack +20 with this weapon type
58learns Monster Masher
76Attack +30 with this weapon type
88learns Crackerwhack
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Hardcore Hammering” (in the pocket) : Big Banga

Spear Skill

Also for: Warrior, Priest

PointsEffect
3learns Mercurial Thrust
7Attack +10 with this weapon type
13learns Cattle Prod
22learns Pressure Pointer
35more critical hits with this weapon type
42Attack +20 with this weapon type
58learns Thunder Thrust
76Attack +30 with this weapon type
88learns Multithrust
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Clear Spear Theory” (in the pocket) : Lightning Storm

Wand Skill

Also for: Priest, Mage, Armamentalist, Sage

PointsEffect
3Max. MP +10
7learns Antimagic
13MP absorbed +2% of damage dealt (added to the weapon's absorption)
21learns Beelzefreeze
31Max. MP +30
44learns Caduceus
57MP absorbed +4% of damage dealt (added to the weapon's absorption)
70Max. MP +60
84with a wand in hand: at the end of each turn, 1 MP plus a number rolled between 0 and level ÷ 10 (rounded down)
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Wands and Beyond” (in the pocket) : Zing Stick

Shield Skill

Also for: Warrior, Priest, Mage, Minstrel, Armamentalist, Sage, Luminary

PointsEffect
6learns Blockenspiel
12shield block chance +2%
18learns Defending Champion
25shield block chance +2%
32learns Immense Defence
40learns Magic Mirror
52shield block chance +2%
66learns Holy Impregnable
82learns Back Atcha
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Secrets of the Shield” (in the pocket) : with a shield, always (100%) blocks monsters' critical hits and desperate attacks

Virtue

PointsEffect
4learns Pincushion
10Resilience +10
16learns H-Pathy
22Magical Mending +30
32learns M-Pathy
42Resilience +30
55learns Selflessness
68Resilience +60
82learns Forbearance
100Max. HP +80
book“Paladin's Primer” (in the pocket) : Solar Flair

Spells learnt by levelling up

LevelSpell
2Buff
7Heal
10Spell Checker
20Midheal
26Kabuff
28Magic Barrier
33Kamikazee
46Kerplunk

Stats by level

Without equipment, skills or seeds. EXP = total experience to reach the level; skill points = total earned since level 1.

Lv.EXPMax HPMax MPStrengthAgilityResilienceDeftnessCharmMag. mendingMag. mightSkill pts
10361121422171000
51285917357351111603
101,396882652115311724012
157,2651173469147022332026
2023,8871454286188722840038
2560,091174511032110433448052
30127,378203591202512233955072
35239,851232681372813934563090
40413,7472607615432156450710108
45666,7752898417135174456790126
501,017,4463189318839191561870134
551,433,56934710120542208567950140
601,849,692376110222462256731030148
652,265,815404118239492436781110154
702,681,938433126256532606841180160
753,098,061462135273562777891260168
803,514,184491143289602947951340174
853,930,3075191523066331281001420180
904,346,4305481603236732981061500188
954,762,5535771683407034691121580194
995,095,4526001753547336091161640200

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