DQ9 Encyclopedia
Starsmasher
A pounder of peerless power, whose cosmic clout could crack a star.
The essentials
- Simplest: make it in the Krak Pot, Earthsplitter ×1 + Agate of evolution ×3 + Yellow orb ×3 — alchemiracle when making “Moonmasher”: 10–40% depending on the hero's Resilience (300–999).
- Sells for 36,000 G.
- Attack +176: the best of the 19 hammers.
“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.
Vocations that can equip it: Gladiator, Paladin
Effects: ×1.1 against material
Style: Naive 100 · Casual 74 · Vanity 68 · Chic 68 · Allure 52 · Aloof 48
Alchemy Read in the code
- Earthsplitter ×1 + Agate of evolution ×3 + Yellow orb ×3 — alchemiracle when making “Moonmasher”: 10–40% depending on the hero's Resilience (300–999)
Crafting tree
Quantities for 1 Starsmasher. 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.
- Starsmasher×1
Earthsplitter×1- Groundbreaker×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
Yellow 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
- Yellow orb×3
To gather: 5 raw materials, 6 uses of the Krak Pot.
| Raw material | Simplest way to get it |
|---|---|
| Groundbreaker×1 | In a chest, Grotto chests rank S (1%). |
| 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)). |
| Yellow orb×4 | From a monster, Murdaw, 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 attack in the category, by vocation
- Gladiator: Starsmasher (+176)
- Paladin: Starsmasher (+176)
Under the hood
Internal item number: 19168; record no. 915 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 36000; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.
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