 Welcome back folks to another episode of Let's Play Dragon Quest 1 on the Switch. Last episode we did some exploring, we made it to Gallenholm, we fought some monsters and we came back to the king to report to him. We discovered a secret from Erdrich's tomb. And that secret is that there are three stages hidden in the world somewhere and they each have three items that I need in order to venture on my quest further. So if you check the map, every single town in this game is or even the important location in general is marked here. So up in the top right corner up there, it looks like that might be a good spot to search around so I'm gonna move over there I guess. Now let's see there's mountain rangers blocking the path which means going right from here might be the best way and then I can go around from there. Hopefully the path isn't, oh there's a mountain rage blocking me here. Hopefully the enemies aren't too tough. Now how much money do I have? 58, that's like nothing. That's nothing at all. Oh boy, ghost appears. Alright, not bad. And here's a bridge, looks like we're on the right path. Alright, moving onwards, bit of a long trek across there. There's a bridge down below so I gotta start moving downwards now. And then I can move upwards towards whatever town is up there looks like, here we go. And there's a poison bog down there, a Dracolite, that's new. He's tough, he's very tough. Oh wow, he was really tough actually, that was surprising. Oh no, he's telling me I'm reckless. 3070xp to save. Alright, so we're gonna head down and stop by the shop to grab some more items. I need some more medicinal herbs because there's actually tougher monsters. I thought it would be easy but it looks like that's not the case. Alright, here we go, alright let's see. This guy doesn't have any medicinal herbs but this dude here must have some, I'll buy three of those. On this game there's no bag, you just have your own inventory and then whatever you run out of then that's it. So if I check my inventory, oh actually it does stack so you don't run out of inventory very quickly as long as you're saving up medicinal herbs. Alright, let's head off, hopefully this is a better plan than before, it's tough getting over there. I made it. Now we gotta move downwards. There's a nursery slime. I only need about 34 more EXP to gain our level, a draggy. Alright, not bad. Now let's see this map. There's a town up there that looks like in between that mountain range. We'll head up there. Wow, I made it. Alright, not bad. The map is a lot smaller than I thought it would be. Oh, new town. Uh, the village of Cole. Wow. Hello there. Pretty stranger Terry a while and hear the news of the village. A housewife going by the name of Claire. Her husband left looking for magic keys and didn't return. What kind of man leaves her to... Claire, is this Claire? Yeah, it's Claire. Her husband left to go find keys and she's crying about it. Oh no. You know Rimmeldar. I hear a merchant there has keys. So Claire's husband must have gone to Rimmeldar to find the keys. Oh, I don't have the keys. So if I had keys, this would be easy. Now in Dragon Quest 1, the key system is really kind of annoying. Basically, you don't get one key that'll unlock multiple doors. Each key unlocks one door and then they break afterwards. So you have to have a bunch of the keys saved up and it's really annoying. What is this? Oh wow! Okay, listen. In the original game, there wasn't a sparkling thing on the floor that told you where the fairy flute was. You had to guess where it was because some guy in Rimmeldar would tell you exactly where to find it. He would say go four steps to the left in front of this bath house. But in this game, they made it so obvious that it was just there on the floor shiny and you just found it easily. I don't know if I like that. What's the point of going to Rimmeldar now if I'm not gonna get the hint from the guy? That's kind of dumb if you ask me that it made it so easy. What is this lady saying? Oh wow. I'm not trying to hit on her is that what she's thinking? Alright, what does this guy have to say? No, I haven't gone to the Isle South of this place yet. Oh no wait, I have it I said. Rimmeldar. It's hard to get there apparently. Oh what does this guy got to say? Puff puff. Oh wow what? Public baths enter and cleanse itself. So I'm going to do in front of her. Oh wow. Essential puff puff for a meal of 20 gold coins. For reduced price. I don't have any money for the puff puff. Well, clothes. Oh see the skill. I don't have enough money for puff puff. What does this guy have to say? Oh. No, that weapon will not serve to vanquish the red dragon lord. The sword of your ancestor remains in this land. Seek it out and lend it. There's a special sword in this game that I can use to defeat the dragon lord. Interesting. Cave south of this place in which I'm made in most fair. But the cave is in question is over on with falphines. Wait a minute. You talking about the princess? Is she in a cave south of here? Tower and Golem. Oh the fairy flute makes them fall asleep. Fairy flute makes them fall asleep. Fairy flute you use against golems. I see. I see how it is. The enemies here are tough and I have no money. I have absolutely nothing. Out of my way. Can I go down as well? They didn't include that feature yet in this game. I should probably rest at the end before I leave. I'm gonna go north. Yeah, I'm gonna rest. Alright, thanks for the insta. I'm gonna leave now. So, check in the map. I gotta go left and upwards. So... And how much HP do I have? 29. Hopefully I can make it. Let's see. A little bit further down. Across this land bridge right here. Ah here we go. There's some kind of easy enemies in here. I'm surprised. That magic drake light was pretty tough, but these guys are easy. And the world is smaller, I think. It looks like the world is a lot smaller than before. I'm not sure if that's true or not. Alright, looks like this must be some sort of in place. Ah, this must be one of the sages. Where are the other quests to defeat? The dragon lord has reached even this far-flung place. I must first be tested. Somewhere in this world is a harp. Bring me this curious instrument and it shall be thine. The harp. Aren't they talking about Gallon's harp? But his tomb had a locked door, which means... In order to get the harp, I need to get keys. And in order to get keys, I need to go south to Rimbaldar. So it looks like it's a tough journey up ahead. Let's see. Gotta go south. Maybe that'll help me get to the Isle of South because I can't think of another way. There's a cave down there. I'll press the gator. Okay, well that wasn't too hard. Alright, keep moving down. Bit by bit. Oof. Ouch. Okay, gotta attack this guy. This is... This isn't a tough move. Geez, he's killed me again. I thought I would be able to beat him, but he's actually tough. I guess I'll save while I'm here. Okay, let's head onwards. I think I know where to go now. Alright, moving on. I'm moving up. To the east. I've got a lot tougher than these ghosts. I wish I had a good sword, though. Or a good weapon. Alright, here we go. It's time to move south. Really tough. Let's go. Or it wasn't south. It was past the land bridge, actually. Now that I think about it. Imagine how hard this game would be if you did not have a map. You'd have to draw the map yourself. Luckily, yeah, you're going south. There's a land bridge. There's a bridge here. Scorpion, these guys are tough. Wow, he's not taking no damage at all. Do I have any magic? All I have is heal. Actually, that's pretty good. Yikes. There's a lot of HP being taken away. Alright, so, what do we have? We don't have the torch. Well, luckily, I know what to do because I've played this game before, so we're going to cheat a little bit. Why don't you just go straight? It's a straight path down. Oh, I can't believe I escaped, actually. It's a straight path down, and then you have to go to the left. No, I could beat him. Yeah. Ghosts? That's not a problem. Keep going down. Oh, a lunatic. I should flee. And one of these will come in handy. Of course. Alright, and moving downwards here, and there should be a staircase right there. Nice. Alright, we made it to the second island. Rimaldar should be that island right there in the middle of the continent. So this is going to be tough. It's going to be tough getting down there. I've got to figure out the safest route. If I go to the west, it'll be harder. There'll be a lot of strong enemies. Alright. Enter downwards. Here's Rimaldar. Wow, it's actually a lot quicker than I thought it would be. I thought this would be like a really big map. Skeleton. I got to flee. I'm surprised that I've managed to flee so far every single fight. They haven't blocked my path. An iron scorpion yampling from him. Well, I'm able to flee from everybody. That's interesting. That would come onto the town of Rimaldar, Stranger. We bid thee welcome. Okay. I have 37 gold, and let's investigate a little bit. We'll bring us the hither friend. I come from Cole. Oh, that's Claire's wife, her husband. Let's see. I came from Cole to ply for my wares to his beloved wife, Claire. So he can't go back because there's too many strong monsters, and this old man has got his door locked. Hmm. Interesting. Wait, did he just offer me a living arrangements? Oh, it's his family in. Hello. Oh, traveling merchant. Well, you know, I don't have a lot of money, so wait, I could sell him stuff, actually. I could sell him. I could sell him this. There's gotta be something else I could sell. No, no, no, not much else. Let's see. I could use a seed of strength on Omi, couldn't I? Oh, wow. That's a lot of strength they gave me. Oh, she's changing her clothes. Oops. Didn't know that. I'm on a enamored upgrade here, Erdric. Some say Erdric was sent to us from around beyond the clouds. Huh? Erdric fell from the sky or something? Whoa. Come and search for a merchant rumor to purve keys, and he hasn't found anything. Legends tell of how mighty Erdric did use the rain's bow as a bridge to reach the forsaken Isle North and the west of here. They speak also of how he did descend into the darkness through a hidden doorway in a throne room of his foe. So in the Dragon Lord's castle, there is a hidden doorway in the throne room. I should remember that. The rain's bow also brings you across the land bridge. Okay, thanks. I am the descendant of Erdric, by the way. Oh, who's that? Oh, there's a guy in the outskirts of town. I should go check that out. Hello, I shall not dwell upon the Dragon Lord's coming tested thought. Is there any weapon that can destroy the Dragon Lord? Oh, she knows who I am. As though I haven't gone to the Holy Shrines. South of this place, there is a Holy Shrine. That must be where the next... That's gotta be where the next guy is, then the next sage. A ring. I don't have a ring. I will move up here. Hello. Erdric. Is that like her boyfriend or something? Someone missing? Oh, what's going on here? This must be that secret key vendor I was told about. Oh, Seed of Resilience. 117 gold. Wow. So, I just took money from this guy and I used it. Nice. Resilience is up. Yeah, I need magic keys. So... Yeah, but I need another. I need another, and another, and another, and another. Okay, that thing should be enough. How many magic keys do I have? Six. Hi friend, I'm Erdric. What business does that with me? Oh, he thought that... Oh, he's gonna tell me something of use in return. From the Baths of Coal, walk two paces south and look beneath your feet, you'll find a true treasure. See, listen, that would have been great if it wasn't a glowing thing that I already saw already, and I already knew it. I should probably... Maybe I should get more keys, actually. Yeah, I need more more. And another. Oh, I'm not allowed to sell anymore. He's not allowed to sell anymore to me. Uh, that sucks. How much is the end? I'm gonna spend all my money on the end and then I'm gonna get the medicinal herbs that I need and that should be good. Good to go. I came here a lot earlier than I normally should have. 24 gold. Well, I guess I could use it. Geez, that's expensive. I should go south. Let's see, where is... Gotta be a shi- oh yeah, that's the traveling merchant right there. Oh, there's a weapon shop here. Okay, oh wow. That'll make me way tougher. Iron axe. Steel broad sword. Iron armor. Full plate magic armor. This is all good stuff. Alright, I'm gonna buy medicinal herbs. Alright, I'm just gonna keep buying medicinal herbs until I have a lot of money. One more medicinal herb. What sucks is you can't buy multiple at once. They're keeping the old the way it was in the original. Alright, let's head off south towards that place that we need to go to. We need to go... Yeah, that island down there, that should be... That's where the dude is. A ledger man. Is. If I beat this guy. Alright, we're gonna use a medicinal herb on myself. Yikes! Okay, that was not good. But there is a bright side. We have keys now, so we can explore the castle and use the keys on there. Another nine. Yeah, sure, we'll save. And we'll continue onwards. Let's check out this castle now. I have these keys. Oh, look at those treasure chests. A true hero not stooped to pedithevery. Hmm. Seed of magic. Seed of agility. 44 gold. Uh, well, I guess I did stooped to pedithevery. He was just standing there watching me steal all that stuff. He didn't even care. He passed me on this point and I periled. If that was not turned... I almost faced him in the physical hardness turn back before it was too late. Jeez, if I go through there, I'll die. Let's pray for success of our hero. Are they to heal me? Oh, cool. So that means... If that reaches place, it's a proof of your fortitude. Are you strong enough to... Go to Gallonholm? What was the point of that? I didn't get anything out of that. Jeez. Okay. The fact that I managed to get through there means I was strong enough. That means I was strong. Jeez. Okay, fine. I could use some more healing, but... Thank you. Alright, not bad. What does she have to say? When rain and sun, the twain do meet. The rainbows... The rain's bow shall abridge complete. Rain and... Rain and sun. I wonder what that means. Oh, he's selling magic keys for a lot of money. First thing. So I don't need to go to Rimmeldor. I can just go to him. I have five magic keys. Okay. Okay, I see how it is. So, let's see. Let me think. Where should I go next? There's gotta be something in this castle hidden somewhere. I mean... I know for a fact that there is. There's a sage in the castle. I just know it. It has to be. Or I guess not. We need to go get that harp. We need to go get that damn harp. Maybe we should grind a little bit before going upwards. Just a little more and then we'll level up. Hopefully there's some tough monsters here. We'll give us some EXP. Okay. I'm gonna flee. Oh crap. Flee flee. Okay, thank you. At least I got the heal spell now. Okay, there's gotta be a good weapon up there somewhere. We'll play level up soon. Maybe next fight I'll level up. Gallon home's up here. I'm gonna grind a little more until I level up and then we'll see what happens next. Okay. I should almost be at one more level. Actually slime. Alright, not bad. Level up. 05 now. Ranked increases by 4. Agility, resilience, HP, 4 and 4. So let's go. Which means, not only that but I have Seed of Agility Seed of Magic and yeah, that's about it. Now let's check this out. There's an Oak and Club that'll make me stronger. This copper sword on the other hand will make me really strong. The chainmail will make my defense higher. I think the chainmail is probably a better investment. Copper sword would be nice though. I'll get the chainmail. Yeah, I'm equipping it. And I'm gonna sell my old armor. Leather suit to sell in that cred. And we'll stay at the inn. Hopefully that should make me tougher now. Let's head downwards. Let's go back to Elfguard. I'm already in Elfguard. Let's go back to Tentacle Castle. Alright, going downwards. And there's a Drakky, of course. We're going to the point where I can kill all these guys in one hit. 120 already. Wow. Let's report to the king and make our save file. It's a little bit of a hassle that you have to always go back to him but it's fine, I guess. It's a small world. I need more points till I get the next level, I guess. Yep, alright. So I think we're gonna end today's episode here. I think we made some good progress again, those keys and everything. So yeah, thanks for watching and we'll see you next time when we continue Dragon Quest on Nintendo Switch. Bye.