DQ9 Encyclopedia

Dragon shield

Bouclier du Dragon
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise
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A shield of dragon's scales that stifles fire- and ice-based strikes.

The essentials

  • Simplest: buy it, 9,800 G (Wormwood Creek – Weapon & Armour Shop, Upover – Armour Shop).
  • Sells for 4,900 G.
  • Defence +24: 20th of 44 shields; top: Soul sucker (+40).

“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.

Defence +24Block Chance 3.5%

Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Priest, Mage, Minstrel, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage, Luminary

Resistances: fire, ice -10% damage

Style: Vanity 22 · Naive 21 · Aloof 18 · Allure 15 · Casual 15 · Chic 14

Shops Read in the code

  • 9,800 G: Wormwood Creek – Weapon & Armour Shop, Upover – Armour Shop

Alchemy Read in the code

  • Magic shield ×1 + Dragon scale ×3 + Raging ruby ×1
  • Recipe in the book “Dragon Digest” (Upover – Mayor's House)

Crafting tree

Quantities for 1 Dragon shield. Every ingredient that can be made is broken down to raw materials: the ones you can buy, pick up, find in furniture and blue chests or get from monsters, with no limit. Open or close a branch: the total follows, what is open gets made, the rest is to gather.

To gather: 3 raw materials, 1 use of the Krak Pot.

Raw materialSimplest way to get it
Magic shield×1Buy it, 4,000 G (Gleeba).
Dragon scale×3From a monster, Rashaverak (1/8).
Raging ruby×1From a monster, Brainy badboon (1/32).

Tree idea: Antoine. Thank you!

Monsters and bosses Read in the code

DQVC (Wi-Fi shop, online) Community (yabd.org)

  • 4,900 G: Dragon Extravaganza (Oct 15)

Best defence in the category, by vocation

Under the hood

Internal item number: 21391; record no. 1182 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 4900; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.

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