DQ9 Encyclopedia82
To Shell and Back
Le tort tue en masse
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise
The essentials
- Take the quest: Swinedimples Academy – Main Building Lv 1 (from: Starflight Express obtained (back to the world below), after quest 81; a party member with 100+ points in “Hammer Skill”)
- The request: Mrs Mallet from Swinedimples wants to teach you the ultimate hammer ability, but first you'll need to defeat a liquid metal slime with Bagsy Last while wearing a tortoise shell.
- Find: what the request names
Liquid metal slime — Earliest: The Bowhole – Cave 5 - B2 — 5.6% (6.5% of battles)
Tortoise shell — Simplest: buy it, 1,550 G (Porth Llaffan – Weapon & Armour Shop, Slurry Quay).
- Reward (first time):
Mrs Mallet from Swinedimples wants to teach you the ultimate hammer ability, but first you'll need to defeat a liquid metal slime with Bagsy Last while wearing a tortoise shell.
Where to get it
When and requirements
from: Starflight Express obtained (back to the world below), after quest 81; a party member with 100+ points in “Hammer Skill”
Reward (first time)
Quest completed (game text)
You passed Mrs Mallet's challenge, and received a book called “Hardcore Hammering” in return. Put it in your inventory, and you'll be able to use
Big Banga.
Under the hood
Internal quest number: 76 (scenario/questorder3.bin, entry 102); the number shown (82) is the in-game list's.
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