DQ9 Encyclopedia
Soul sucker
A superlative shield that brings a magical barrier into being.
The essentials
- Simplest: make it in the Krak Pot, Psyche swiper ×1 + Agate of evolution ×3 + Green orb ×3 — alchemiracle when making “Devilry drinker”: 10–50% depending on the hero's Resilience (300–999).
- Sells for 35,000 G.
- Defence +40: the best of the 44 shields.
“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.
Use
- In battle: shields the whole party from spells: −25% damage, 5 turns then wears off
- Never used up
Read in the code Exact values, computed like the game code
Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Priest, Mage, Minstrel, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage, Luminary
Resistances: fire, ice, wind, lightning / blast, darkness -10% damage
Style: Aloof 60 · Vanity 50 · Chic 48 · Casual 46 · Allure 44 · Naive 38
Alchemy Read in the code
- Psyche swiper ×1 + Agate of evolution ×3 + Green orb ×3 — alchemiracle when making “Devilry drinker”: 10–50% depending on the hero's Resilience (300–999)
Crafting tree
Quantities for 1 Soul sucker. 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.
- Soul sucker×1
Psyche swiper×1- Brain drainer×1or make it
Agate of evolution×1
Sainted soma×2or make it
Lucida shard×4or make it
Brighten rock×12
Evencloth×12
Sage's elixir×4or make it
Magic water×4or make it
Royal soil×4
Nectar×12
Astral plume×4or make it
Ethereal stone×2or make it
Enchanted stone×2or make it
Thunderball×4
Ice crystal×4
Mystifying mixture×2or make it
Perfect panacea×2or make it
Panacea×2or make it
Special medicine×2or make it
Strong medicine×4or make it
Superior medicine×2or make it
Medicinal herb×2- Strong medicine×2or make it
Moonwort bulb×2
Angel bell×2
Wakerobin×2
Narspicious×4
Chronocrystal×1
Green orb×1
- Agate of evolution×3
- Sainted soma×6or make it
- Lucida shard×12or make it
- Brighten rock×36
- Evencloth×36
- Sage's elixir×12or make it
- Magic water×12or make it
Holy water×12- Royal soil×12
- Nectar×12
- Royal soil×12
- Nectar×36
- Astral plume×12or make it
Flurry feather×36
Fresh water×24- Angel bell×12
- Ethereal stone×6or make it
- Enchanted stone×6or make it
- Thunderball×12
- Ice crystal×12
- Mystifying mixture×6or make it
- Perfect panacea×6or make it
- Panacea×6or make it
- Special medicine×6or make it
- Strong medicine×12or make it
- Superior medicine×6or make it
- Medicinal herb×6
- Strong medicine×6or make it
- Moonwort bulb×6
- Angel bell×6
- Wakerobin×6
- Narspicious×12
- Chronocrystal×3
- Green orb×3
To gather: 5 raw materials, 6 uses of the Krak Pot.
| Raw material | Simplest way to get it |
|---|---|
| Brain drainer×1 | From a monster, Sir Sanguinus, grotto boss, loot (2%). |
| Sainted soma×8 | In a chest, Grotto chests rank S (10%). |
| Ethereal stone×8 | In a chest, Grotto chests rank A (10%). |
| Chronocrystal×4 | Buy it, 50,000 G (Lonely Coast – Interior (post-game)). |
| Green orb×4 | From a monster, Psaro, legacy boss, loot (lv 1-3: 5%, 4-8: 5%, 9-15: 6%, 16-25: 6%, 26-40: 7%, 41-56: 7%, 57-68: 8%, 69-80: 8%, 81-90: 9%, 91-99: 10%). |
Tree idea: Antoine. Thank you!
Best defence in the category, by vocation
- Warrior: Soul sucker (+40)
- Priest: Soul sucker (+40)
- Mage: Soul sucker (+40)
- Minstrel: Soul sucker (+40)
- Armamentalist: Soul sucker (+40)
- Paladin: Soul sucker (+40)
- Sage: Soul sucker (+40)
- Luminary: Soul sucker (+40)
Under the hood
Internal item number: 21013; record no. 1157 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 35000; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.
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