Dragon Quest VIII - Great way to level up

This is a kind of help guide for those who want to know a great way to level up in Dragon Quest VIII. Ones of the best methods by far is to kill Metal King Slimes who dole out about 30,000 EXP if you beat them.

In the video I'm fighting MKS in the Dragon Graveyard, my preferred place to fight them. For those of you who don't know where it is, the Dragon Graveyard is where you do the Cash & Carrie sidequest and is found in the middle of the large desert at the bottom of the Western Continent.

You can also find MKS on Howlwind Hill, in the Arcadia region, however it's only accessible by air. I prefer the Dragon Graveyard because MKS have the possibility of spawning with Beezlebuzzes, as shown in the video. Metal King Slimes can also spawn on their own, in twos, or with other monsters. Also be aware that Metal King Slimes are also quite rare, so you may have to search around a bit. I like to use Yangus' Whistle skill to encounter them.

The significance of Beelzebuzzes is that they have the ability to revive all other monsters by using Kerplunk. This means if you kill a Metal King Slime the Beezlebuzz will be able to bring it back to life again and you can kill it again for more exp.

Roles for the battle:
Hero - Using either the Thunder Thrust skill (Spears, 12 points) or Lightning Thrust (Spears, 59 points)
Yangus - Using either the Hatchet Man (Axes, 19 points) or Executioner skill (Axes, 66 points)
Jessica - casting Acceleratle to ensure your party goes before the MKS
Angelo - Doesn't matter. He can either clear out other monsters or attack a MKS and hope for a critical hit.

When you've got a MKS paired with Beelzebuzzes it is essential that you do not kill the last Beelzebuzz. Once you've managed to kill the Metal King Slime either kill all the other monsters there or defend until the Beelzebuzz uses Kerplunk. Once the Beelzebuzz uses Kerplunk, kill the MKS as fast as you can before it runs away.

In the video the MKS comes with two Beelzebuzzes. If you're wondering why I went and killed Beelzebuzz A after it had been resurrected instead of just killing the MKS and waiting for it to use Kerplunk again, it is because ONCE A BEELZEBUZZ USES KERPLUNK, IT CANNOT USE IT AGAIN EVEN IF REVIVED BECAUSE IT HAS RUN OUT OF MP.

As you can see I got about 60,000 EXP in the video, and it would have been 90,000 EXP if the Metal King Slime had not fled at the end.

Most things should be self explanitory in the video, but if you're still stuck then just say so and I'll try to help

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• DQ8
• Dragon
• Quest
• VIII
• Metal
• King
• Slime
• fast
• Level
• Up
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• guide
• PS2
• DQVIII

[fawell00]

i could use help with this, i need to find a good spot to grind from level 22 all the way to 30. cuz im way under leveled, i beat great argon without having a lvl 26 for that matter, so im desperate to get angelo lvl 30 for dhoulmagus.

[AngeloBlaze]

@fawell00 Best place I found to level up around then was if you follow the path round from the Royal Hunting Grounds, you'll eventually see a waterfall, and then a little foresty area just north-west of it. Metal Slimes appear here, not especially regularly, but I personally found it the best place to grind.

[BeyFan97]

@AngeloBlaze not especially regularly? Are you kidding me? I ran into packs ranging from 2 to 8 metal slimes, almost every time.

[AngeloBlaze]

@BeyFan97 I should have said King Metal Slimes, not regular metal slimes, I wasn't clear

[losewe3]

i miss DQ 8... stupid ps3 not playi ps2 games XO

[KidAnime20]

@AngeloBlaze Is this "foresty area" supposed to be INSIDE the hunting grounds, or outside of it? And is it the spot with those pink-cloud pumpkin patches?

[rjchp7sbiggestfan]

@afromaster02

its the dragovian armor

you finish the dragovian trials which are a bonus dungeon which you unlock after beating the final boss

[cherrychan38]

those mofos keep on runnin!! Dx Thank you for the tips :3

[Anon5241]

The best level up place is actually the hill in back of the (after Yangus gets his Executioner skill, and the other two get Falcon Swords, and Jessica gets Timbrel of Tension) is the mountain near Neos. Don't finish the story, just go at night with Jessica set on Psych Up as tactic, and Angelo on Heal Everyone. If he has Metal Sword, he'll use it anyway. So just tell Yangus to Executioner and Hero to Metal Sword, and Angelo will clean up after him. After Savella, Neos is gone...

[LuckyNumber5000]

lol i felt so awesome because i thought i was the only one in the world who did this.....but i never made it to 99 tho o.o i stopped after 65 with hero

[bcount1]

This is the best place to level up, Untill you get the soulbird stone. I got my whole party to level forty... it took all day btw but was worth it

[afromaster02]

how do you get that armor for the hero?

[michaelscholer1]

Do you play DQ8 a lot and where's the best place to lvl up at the begining of the game email me at michaelscholer27@yahoo.com and we can talk DQ8

[Demaker222]

This is the right way not to use metal slash

[fawell00]

@TheBolt12 new models of ps3 don't do that anymore, something about graphics.