Ngelmu Iku: Dragon Quest Monsters Joker Walkthrough

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Nintendo DS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[DQ1] Introduction

[DQ1A] Scouting

[DQ1B] Monster Rank

[DQ1C] Synthesizing

[DQ1D] Battle

[DQ1E] FAQ's

[DQ2] Walkthrough

[DQ2A] Get the Scout Pledge!

[DQ2B] Darknonium and Shrine!

[DQ2C] Visit Palish and Madame Rummy!

[DQ2D] The Sun Temple!

[DQ2E] The Moon Temple!

[DQ2F] Fert Isle & last Shrine

[DQ2G] Domus and Metal Menagerie

[DQ2H] Find Commissioner Snap!

[DQ2I] Into Tarturus!

[DQ2J] Ending, finally!

[DQ3] Post-story and Side quests!

[DQ3A] Advance Monster Scout Proficiency Test!

[DQ3B] Arena!

[DQ3C] Estark!

[DQ3D] Captain Crow!

[DQ3E] Seed Hunting!

[DQ3F] NPC List!

[DQ3G] Uncharted Islands!

[DQ3H] Heligator!

[DQ4] Wrap up and Credits!

Version History:

1.0 - Released draft.

1.1 - Added to the skill seed section and updated Introduction.

1.2 - Updated information regarding recruitment.

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[DQ1] Introduction

Name: Thomas J. Gazay

E-mail: qwerty45230@yahoo.com

NOTE: Please not e-mail me for help, advertisements, or anything other then

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Dragon Quest Monster fans rejoice! We have another game on our hands, though a

bit shaky on the storyline you'll find it both satisfying and ahead of its

competitors (namely Pokemon) by leaps and bounds. If your reading this guide

then you obviously made the right choice; read on fans of DQM read on!

For first timers who ask, what is Dragon Quest Monsters? You travel with your

monster party and beat up monsters and other people's monsters. Sounds like

Pokemon right? Well, technically they are similar but comparison wise you'd

find a lot of different things about it. The monsters are designed differently,

for one skill's and abilities and the way they are passed on.

By Synthesizing (we'll get to that later) you can give monsters the skills you

want and even make stronger versions of them. Unlike the pocket monsters, you

are not limited by four moves instead you can have a wide array of abilites at

your fingertips. Skills come in sets which your monster starts out with, along

with extra traits that are similar to abilities.

You can fight with up to three monsters at once with and assigned designated

tactics to their AI (did I mention you have the option of letting your monsters

Semi-Auto-Battle?) Instead of Elements there are families which monsters come

from:

@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@

| Monster Family | Description |

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

| Slime | Shapeless monsters with unmatched potential |

| Dragon | Fearsome lizard-like monsters |

| Nature | Monsters uprooted from the earth |

| Beast | Savage monsters who carry a feral power into battle |

| Zombie | Undead monsters that walk among the living |

| Material | Monsters that sometimes pose as lifeless objects |

| Demon | Unholy monsters from the underworld |

| Incarnus | A mysterious breed of monster relevant to the story |

@----------------+-------------------------------------------------------@

You do not win badges. Instead you travel to several Islands in search of items

that will help you complete the storyline (as little spoilers as possible.)

Synchronizing passes down skills and stats, that's right! This is where the big

differences are; depending on your level you could end up with a completetly

different monster stat-wise and skill-wise offering a higher level of

personalization then you could ever dream of!

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[DQ1A] Scouting

Scouting is the bread and butter of DQM: Joker. With this easy to learn method

you can capture monsters in the wild and even from other trainers! Simply get

into a fight with a random monster or trainer and use the scout command to

attempt to win favor.

The percentage bar in the upper-left corner tells you how well you're doing

with your monsters. Ranging from 0 ~ 100 the game determines if a monster will

join you depending on how much the percentage rises. Your monsters psychical

strength is the key to a good Scouting.

Psyche is a trait you may be familiar with if you ever played Dragon Quest VIII.

If not here is a short introduction. Psyche is a trait only obtainable with

certain monsters. With the trait (not skill but trait) is that when using it

you can achieve a high level of attack power if you keep charging. Since using

Psyche will increase your attack power by the truckload why not use this power

to scout hard to get monsters? The problem is that once you use it you have to

charge all over again to achieve the same result.

5 -> 20 -> 50 -> 100

During those charge turns you can attack at anytime however know that you risk

exposing yourself to enemy attacks.

Attack increasing spells can have a dramatic effect when scouting. Spells like

Oomph can increase the power of the attacking monster temporarily, when

combined with Psyche it could turn the tables for any Scout.

Written by Reedisaudry

While I was playing, I found another move to add to the combo. One of my

monsters also knows Helm Smash, and because the recruit percentage is based on

the empty damage dealt, lowering defense also seems to increase the percentage

gained. I normally have to make that monster defend a lot, because he doesn't

have much hp, but I use that time to max out Psychc Up's power, then I use Helm

Splitter on the same turn as Psychc goes to 100, then Oomph (if my party's hp

is high then i use it on everyone), and if def. did not decrease, then I use it

again on the same turn as oomph. Between the times I was able to use Helm Smash

and was not able to( usually my monster was dead), I noticed a significant

difference. Without def. reduction, it rarely hits 100%, but with it, the

meter becomes full almost every single time. It seems to be very effective for

me.

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[DQ1B] Monster Rank

Rank is the basic overall rating of a monster; for a small description here's a

table of the Ranks.

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| Rank | Description |

|~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

| Rank F | Super Weak |

| Rank E | Weak |

| Rank D | Bad |

| Rank C | Okay |

| Rank B | Average |

| Rank A | Above Average |

| Rank S | Super |

| Rank X | God-like |

@~~~~~~~~+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@

Rank F is the lowest ranking monsters and also the ones you start out with, as

time passes you will either synthesize those lowly F ranks into much higher

classes or discard them. However some monsters are not obtainable in the wild,

some need to be synthesized and others are so rare that they have special

requirements; all of them are X/S rank monsters though which aren't necessary

to beat the game.

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[DQ1C] Synthesizing

Synthesizing has replaced Breeding in the last DQM (yes this is a sequel >.>;)

and with it many monsters (from other Dragon Quest games, including the final

bosses) have been unlocked. Basic Synthesizing takes place a Scout Base (which

are located on almost all islands.) In order to synthesize you must have two

level 10 monsters, other then that you're set.

Inheriting stats is pretty basic. Let's set an example:

Monster A (100 Att.) + Monster B (100 Att.)

Okay, let's say that you wish to synthesize 'Monster A' with 'Monster B' and

want to know what Attack Stat the new monster will receive. If both Monsters

have an attack of 100 you can expect that stat to be halved to 50 when it

carries over to the newly synthesized monster (stat growth is still the same.)

Inheriting Skills gets trickier, but easy once you understand. Each Monster is

capable of inheriting skills from the synthesized monster (grand total of

three.) Let's say for example you wanted to get a monster with Attack Boost,

how would you get it? The first step would be to 'Scout' a monster with Attack

Boost, if you want to go a step further you could synthesize that monster with

Attack Boost and the synthesized monster would inherit the skill. By choosing

Attack Boost in the skill menu you can actually choose which skills you wish

your monster to inherit? Sounds great because it is!

Going deeper into it, there are plenty of monsters in the game to synthesize, a

word of advice though, don't start too early. If you get caught Synthesizing

too much you'll end up with monsters with stats that could be better. Some

suggest waiting for awhile, while others say it's alright. The great thing

about this game is that either way you go it won't hurt you in the long run.

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[DQ1D] Battle

Battling goes a little like this.

@-----------------------------------------------------------@

| Battle Preview |

|--------------------+--------------------------------------|

| Top Monster | Monster most likely to get hit |

|--------------------+--------------------------------------|

| Middle Monster | Monster less likely to get hit |

|--------------------+--------------------------------------|

| Bottom Monster | Monster even less likely to get hit |

@--------------------+--------------------------------------@

Like in Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King; the front one is more

likely to be hit by the opponent's monster.

Here is a layout of the menu:

@----------------------------------------------------@

| Battle Menu |

|--------------------+-------------------------------|

| Fight | Fights using AI |

|--------------------+-------------------------------|

| Give Orders | Manual control |

|--------------------+-------------------------------|

| Tactics | Change your monsters tactics |

|--------------------+-------------------------------|

| Scout | Scout a monster |

|--------------------+-------------------------------|

| Item | Use an item |

|--------------------+-------------------------------|

| Flee | Run away |

@--------------------+-------------------------------@

Easy as breathing; most of the time you just let your monster work on the AI.

Depending on what Tactics you give them...

@---------------------------------------------------------------------@

| Tactics for AI |

|--------------------+------------------------------------------------|

| Show No Mercy | Attack sparing no MP |

|--------------------+------------------------------------------------|

| Mix It Up | Fight using a variety of spells and abilities |

|--------------------+------------------------------------------------|

| Focus on Healing | Pay attention to party members HP |

|--------------------+------------------------------------------------|

| Don't Use Magic | Fight without spells and abilities |

|--------------------+------------------------------------------------|

| View Attributes | Views a monster's attributes |

@--------------------+------------------------------------------------@

You can customize your team's AI. This can be useful for tournament as you are

not allowed to give your monster's orders during battle.

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[DQ1E] FAQ's

Q: What is with the animation, did I walk into another DBZ?

A: The Dragon Quest series and Dragon Ball series was done by the same animator,

Akira Toriyama.

Q: How long does this game last?

A: Some clocked 30 hours just finishing the storyline; others choose to build

better teams which can clock in easily at 100+ hours. Seriously, you'll be

using most of that time to Scout Metal Slimes.

Q: How do I Scout a monster?

A: Like I said it's easy; just select the command Scout during an enemy

encounter. Depending on how much psychical power you have there are chances of

making the monster join.

Q: Why did they censor my monsters name!

A: Square-Enix doesn't like potty-mouths (probably the Enix part, blame ESRB.)

Q: What are Scout posts for?

A: Scout posts are literally the main base and the only place where you can

synthesize monsters, rest until night turns to day, and save your game. It's

also a good place to meet your fellow rivals and see who is ahead in the race.

Q: How can I make it night/day?

A: Resting at a Scout post can turn it either day or night. The reason why you

want this is because different monsters come out at night/day.

Q: Where do I buy items?

A: There is a machine in Scout posts that offer basic items and yes, weaponry

for your monsters. Eventually you will be able to unlock a department store on

Domus that sells scrolls, weaponry, and more.

Q: How does Storage work?

A: A very interesting difference between Pokemon and DQM: Joker is that even

stored monsters receive a small amount of EXP. To check your storage you simply

check with an attendant at the Scout post.

Q: How does Substitution work?

A: It's a sub-storage system that allows you to keep up to three monsters in a

separate but accessible container. In other words you can switch your monsters

with a substitute on the field without having to return to a Scout post.

Q: Where can I find all the Darknonium!

A: It's scattered around the islands. Know that collecting Darknonium is

literally 80% of the game, so don't rush it. Also, I'll mention a few places

where you'll find it, the rest are just common sense places you run into anyway.

Q: The Hero gets skills/spells?

A: Yeah, not grand spells since he cannot help in battle; however he can

eventually gain helpful abilities.

Here is a short list of spells:

@----------------------------------------------------------------------------@

| Skills Obtainable |

|--------------------+---------+---------------------------------------------|

| Skills | Shrine | Description |

|--------------------+---------+---------------------------------------------|

| Zoom | First | Returns you to Scout post last used |

|--------------------+---------+---------------------------------------------|

| Evac | Second | Returns you to outside of dungeon entrance |

|--------------------+---------+---------------------------------------------|

| Whistle | Third | Summons random monsters of the area |

|--------------------+---------+---------------------------------------------|

| Vanish | Fourth | Makes party members invisible |

@--------------------+---------+---------------------------------------------@

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[DQ2] Walkthrough

Before we begin take a look at the location table example:

@-------------------------------------------@

| Location |

|---------+---------+---------+-------------|

|---------+---------+---------+-------------|

@---------+---------+---------+-------------@

Each will display the Island, the middle shows the Monsters, Ranks, Family, and

time of Day.

[DQ2A] Get the Scout Pledge!

CELL HQ

The game begins slowly, obviously it's not the perfect storyline but we're not

here for the storyline but the easy going game play. Starting in a small cell

you are jostled by a man named Black Jacques; opening your cell you arrive in

none other then 'your' father's office. Oddly enough he agrees to send you to

the Scout tournament on a mission. Mysterious, odd, and a bit confusing; its

just the way the story unravels.

Make your way towards the Jetty; here you'll learn basic navigation off the

maps. Remember the L button and the R buttons are your best friends; with the

navigation controls you can shift the camera in the 3D environment. From here

you can mingle with the random NPC's but really it doesn't matter.

You'll meet the strong-armed fellow by the Jetty, get used to these guys

because they are generic NPC's. Anyway, before leaving we come to a crucial

moment where you'll need to decide which F Rank Monster you'll begin with. They

are Mischievous Mole, Platypunk, and Dracky.

Mischievous Mole can be a great starter, as it has Psyche which comes in handy.

However it's not great for later Synthesizing. If you can ignore the fact then

Mischievous Mole might be the one for you.

Dracky was my choice, great if you want speed. Most people choose this one

because of the fact it can be synthesized with Komodo dragon to make Frou-fry

(the best F ranked monster.) Dracky has some okay skills as well; Dark Knight

is a great beginner skill. All and all, Dracky is a good all-around monster.

No one ever chooses Platypunk. Platypunk has Naturalist which is basic skills

101. He has no precious skills or potential since Frou-fry can be made from

Dracky. If you want a loner take Platypunk.

All these creatures and more can be found on Infant Isle. So no worries, it's

just a formality.

Domus Isle

@----------------------------------------------@

| Domus |

|----------+----------+----------+-------------|

|----------+----------+----------+-------------|

@----------+----------+----------+-------------@

Heading to Domus on the Jetty you'll be saddened to find out that the

tournament is not ready, getting the appropriate information, head to Infant

Isle where your adventure begins. You might want to visit the Scout base before

departing; take a look at the machine that sells you items.

@----------------------------------------------------------@

| Shop (Domus) |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Item | Price | Description |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Medicinal herb | 8 | Restores 30 HP |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Antidotal herb | 10 | Cures poison |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Moonwart bulb | 30 | Cures paralysis |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Chimaera wing | 25 | Teleports to Scout post |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Exodust | 50 | Teleports to outside dungeon |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Cypress staff | 150 | 4 attack |

@-----------------+--------+-------------------------------@

Medicinal Herbs are a must; you don't have a lot of money so just get a few of

those. You always want to have a few Medicinal herbs on hand. If you're done

with shopping, head to the Infant Jetty.

Infant Isle

@------------------------------------------------------@

| Infant (Peak) |

|-------------------+---------+---------+--------------|

|-------------------+---------+---------+--------------|

|-------------------+---------+---------+--------------|

|-------------------+---------+---------+--------------|

|-------------------+---------+---------+--------------|

|-------------------+---------+---------+--------------|

|-------------------+---------+---------+--------------|

|-------------------+---------+---------+--------------|

|-------------------+---------+---------+--------------|

@-------------------+---------+---------+--------------@

This is where all beginners start, and for good reason. Infant Isle is the

easiest Isle to navigate hands down. Infant Isle works like a spiral going in a

counter-clockwise direction (right and keep going.) Make sure you get at least

one of every monster (going Noah.) If you want, at night go capture four

Winky's outside of the Monster Proficiency tent (it's the only tent on the

island, plus it leads to the upper ramp.) If you feel adventurous you can

experiment in synthesizing.

By combining four Winky's, by combine I mean synthesize two sets of two Winky's

and make an early C Rank monster known as Diemon. You can do this exact formula

to make King Slime as well which is a really early healer.

Getting back to the scene, go around until you see the tent (you might see a

bridge but there's no way you can get there right now.) You can go into the

tent and address the old man; here he'll give you a serious of mini-quests that

involve gathering monsters.

Here is a short list to the answers of Beginner's Monster Scout Proficiency

Test:

1. Slime Knight

2. Spitnik

3. Stump chump

4. Dragon family

5. E Rank monster

6. Living Statue

7. Dingaling

8. Jumping Jackal

9. King Slime

10. A Rank monster

Answers by arline6.

Before we leave take a look at the shop here in Infant, it's in the Scout post.

@--------------------------------------------@

| Shop (Infant) |

|-----------------+--------+-----------------|

| Item | Price | Description |

|-----------------+--------+-----------------|

| Medicinal herb | 8 | Restores 30 HP |

|-----------------+--------+-----------------|

| Antidotal herb | 10 | Cures Poison |

|-----------------+--------+-----------------|

| Copper sword | 270 | 10 attack |

|-----------------+--------+-----------------|

| Stone axe | 120 | 7 attack |

|-----------------+--------+-----------------|

| Oaken club | 90 | 3 attack |

|-----------------+--------+-----------------|

| Stone claws | 75 | 5 attack |

@-----------------+--------+-----------------@

Now we start our climb to the top. Head up the obvious ramp when you feel

prepared, now when I say prepared I mean you have at least three monsters in

your party. Slimes are okay but there are far better monsters (Dracky,

Platypunk, and Mischievous Mole) but you're free to choose. Okay, if you

followed the ramp upwards you should have ended up in a cave.

@-----------------------------------------------------@

| Infant (Cave) |

|-----------------+---------+-----------+-------------|

|-----------------+---------+-----------+-------------|

|-----------------+---------+-----------+-------------|

|-----------------+---------+-----------+-------------|

@-----------------+---------+-----------+-------------@

Worthless, Dracky is the only monster worth recruiting in here (unless you are

seeking to complete your library.) And chances are you already have him, by now

your in a small area. This can be tough as it means a lot of fights; Lips will

try to attack you more then once out of nowhere. Find your way out of the cave

and proceed to the pixilated light and climb the rope.

@----------------------------------------------------@

| Infant (Peak) |

|-----------------+---------+----------+-------------|

|-----------------+---------+----------+-------------|

@-----------------+---------+----------+-------------@

King Slime is one of the first re-spawn monsters you can find. Of course there

are Slimes there when the King Slime is absent along with his party sometimes

being slimes. King Slime is different from Gigantes because unlike Gigantes you

actually have a slight chance of capturing it with the right strategy (Psyche

Moles.) King Slime is incredibly hard to recruit, however get used to it. For

if you get above 10% consider yourself lucky. This game requires a little bit

more dedication when it comes to hard monsters but you'll need strong monsters

to finish the game. However the first time you get up there head around to

witness a fight.

Oh noes! A mysterious creature called an Incarnus as described in the booklet

is fighting with another blue-haired angry looking girl (phew!) After the

Incarnus flees, she will introduce herself as Solitaire (another card name, how

original.) When the dime store dialog is over retrieve the odd Scout Pledge and

proceed to the neat shortcut that places you oh so near the Scout base.

Heal up and head back to Domus Isle when you ready.

[DQ2B] Darknonium and Shrine!

Wow, talk about generic. We're back in Domus with the ceremony about to take

place; take this time to examine your bearings along the mini-map. Just walk

around because the Islands are all attached Domus, it's kind of like the main

base of the islands and central HQ of the spectacle (because it is a spectacle.)

Anyway, after the opening ceremony remember the face of Dr. Snap as its

important to the storyline. After that you head towards the Monster Scout HQ,

it's not hard to miss. It's surrounded by water, yeah, great. Register with the

secretary here now you will be required to collect Darknonium, ten pieces to be

exact. Here we have the game in a nutshell; collect the Darknonium then 80% of

the game is done. Once you've finished this it's pretty much towards the end.

So enjoy collecting it or else you'll regret it.

Here the scene will open up, someone's complaining; we call this a head-

lamp/lantern (meaning the creators know the plot is bad but roll with it.) Now

actually quite limited; in fact the only place you can really go to is Xeroph

Isle. You can tell what Ranks the Islands are by running up to the Jetty and

checking. In this case you will need to head over to Xeroph, you can't really

do anything right now however you can purchase some items depending on how much

money you made.

Xeroph Isle

Let's take a look at the shop items here at the Xeroph Scout post:

@----------------------------------------------------------@

| Shop (Xeroph) |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Item | Price | Description |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Medicinal herb | 8 | Restores 30 HP |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Antidotal herb | 10 | Cures poison |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Moonwart bulb | 30 | Cures paralysis |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Chimaera wing | 25 | Teleports to Scout post |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Exodust | 50 | Teleports to outside dungeon |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Divine dagger | 530 | 13 attack |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Iron lance | 310 | 11 attack |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Woodcutter axe | 650 | 14 attack |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Sludgehammer | 400 | 12 attack |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Leather Whip | 380 | 2 attack |

|-----------------+--------+-------------------------------|

| Cypress staff | 150 | 4 attack |

@-----------------+--------+-------------------------------@

Spend what you have and leave. Notice that there are certain weapons for

certain monsters; not all can equip the most powerful items. Load up on some

Medicinal herbs and a few Antidotal herbs in case you get poisoned by a

Scorpion.

@------------------------------------------------------@

| Xeroph (Outer Bowl) |

|-------------------+---------+-----------+------------|

|-------------------+---------+-----------+------------|

|-------------------+---------+-----------+------------|

|-------------------+---------+-----------+------------|

|-------------------+---------+-----------+------------|

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