Dragon Quest Xi Save Irwin Again

You'll start outside Arboria. Go Forward. Enter the Cathedral. Reequip your party with all the best gear. Head into the first forest. Go up to Yggdrasil again. In the heart of Yggdrasil, you'll face Jasper again. Use the shadow of shadows to defeat him. Take the sword of light from the heart of Yggdrasil. Don't equip it yet, equip your best two-handed sword. Leave the heart. Zoom to Heliodor. Go right up to the castle and into the throne room. After a cutscene, go to the guest quarters above the main hall. Rest on the bed. After you wake up, leave the guest room and go to the throne room to fight Mordegon again.

Mordegon HP 2400 MP Infinite Attack 152 Defense 189 Agility 201
Casts dark magic, removes pep and other buffs. Summons copies of his staff. Can summon purple mist that reverses healing and buffs.

Mordegon's staff HP 840 MP 999 Attack 144 Defense 129 Agility 281.

Hero will be the only one of your party at high level, so protect the rest. Hendrick will help out in this fight. Have Erik use Cobra strike/Victimizer, it's about the only thing that does some real damage. Winning this fight will earn you

Head to the throne room. Leave the throne room and go up the stairs on the right or left and out onto the balcony. There will be some cutscenes. Go to the Emerald Coast on foot. There will be a cutscene and you'll get on the flying whale. Go the floating island in the northeast. Go up the stairs, around the circle to the north, and stand on the platform. Here, go west up the path. Open the three chests behind you to get an ultimate key, and two outfits. Go to the temple in the center. Talk to the watcher inside. All your companions will level up to where they were at the end of act two. Use the character builder to assign them skills. Have Hendrick learn blind man's biff in Heroism. Have Erik learn Half-inch and Critical Claim in guile. Also, set Hendrick's tactics as you prefer. Go to the inn in the southwest and talk to the purple dot. He'll send you on a side quest to improve Blind Man's Biff. Go to the item shop in the east. Talk to the purple dot here for a quest to improve Serena's harp skills. You'll need to reequip Hendrick. The item shop here sells some good gear.

Now play the Calamus flute. Head over to the Warrior's rest inn, and look for a landing spot. Follow the path here, and you'll come across a blue tockle. (16/25 Pastwords)

Where would we even find a caravan?

Continue along this path until you come to a seedling. Interact with it. Play the flute again and this time, go towards Gondolia and look for a place to land. Go along the path and touch the seedling again. Zoom to Angri-La. The last seedling is to the left, before the first set of steps. In the white space, walk forward and touch the tree. Touch the tree again. Talk to the wizard. Head into Angri-La and talk to the purple dot in front of the inn. Zoom back to Havens Above. Return to the mural in the Northwest. Play the Calamus Flute and go back to the tower north of Yggdrasil. Make your way up the tower. Talk to the tall tockle. You'll unlock

Zoom to the warrior's rest inn, and spend the night there. Go to the ruins and go down the western stairs. Step on the glowing symbol on the ground. In the realm between worlds, walk forward to the glowing symbol. Now, you'll be in a place that looks like the snaerfelt. Go to a teleport pad at the green dot on the west side. Up here, you need to defeat and mount a face invader to smash the blocks of ice. With this, you'll be able to get up to the library. You'll be back in the realm between worlds. Use the statue to heal up and save, then step on the platform. This will take you to Trial isle. First, run around the outer ring here to find a red tockle. (17/25 pastwords)

Also, look for a chest.

Now, enter the temple. Touch the seedling on the left. Now, pay attention, because there's lots of important loot in this next area. You can come back if you miss anything. For the first level of this dungeon, you'll be in the Cruel crypt going backwards. There's one chest which contains a recipe that makes the late-game boss fights much easier. You need to run down the hallway on the east side of the cruel crypt. You'll fall down into an area with a chest. Inside you'll learn how to make Catholicon Rings, which can protect from most status aliments.

This is where you need to fall.

Once you have this recipe, make for the entrance, which is now the exit. There's a mimic surrounded by restless knights along the way. It drops another seed of skill. You'll be back in the realm between worlds, where you'll probably want to save and heal. Now, you'll be in the reversed Eerie Valley. There are a couple necessary items here. Leave the waterfall and go to the Phoenix's nest in the Northeast. You'll need to open a chest here.

Next, you'll need to go to the southeast. You'll find a chest with recipes for better weapons.

Go into the cave system on the Eastern side. In a dead end, you'll find Drustan's Helm, part of an outfit and the best option for Hendrick at endgame.

With all of this, go to the green dot marked "???" on the map. Step on the platform to leave this area. Save in the realm between worlds, then enter the vault. Drustan will appear. Accept his challenge. You will face Blind Hatred and need to defeat him in 25 moves or fewer.

Blind Hatred HP 4200 MP 180 Attack 540 Defense 460 Agility 180
His shadow has 900 HP.

You may be underleveled for this fight. If you're below 65, Zoom out of the vault and follow the guide until we start the Second trial. Then, redo the first trial here. When you beat Blind Hatred in 25 moves or less, ask Drustan for a powerful weapon. Zoom to Gallopolis, enter the castle, and talk to the prince for a side quest. Play the flute. Land at the First Forest Whale way station, directly north of the floating tree. Follow the path and look for a yellow tockle (18/25 Pastwords)

After the tockle, look for a golden sparkle at the base of a big tree.

Take this back to the prince. (29/40 side quests) He'll give you four pep pips. This instantly pep up a party member and will be needed when we go for level 99 achievements. Leave the castle and go to the stables. Exit to the north on the ground floor of Gallopolis. Now we need to win at the racing game. You need to win the four easy cups to earn the Forging Hammer. Hold and use to drift. Go through the green flames to restore stamina. Going over a ramp will also restore stamina. To win the final race, you need to hit nearly all of the green flames and ramps. Try to avoid hitting the walls, too. Ignore the pumpkins. Zoom to Nautica once you win the platinum cup. Go to the queen and have her tell you of her plight. Zoom to L'Academie de Notre Maitre des Medailes. Talk to the lips outside the academy for a side quest. Equip items to raise your hero's charm to 330 and talk to her again. If you don't have the gear, return after you reach level 99, and this quest is much easier. Go to the center of the academy and talk to Malodorine Delamorgue. Accept her side quest. Turn around, and on the east, accept a side quest form Madame Augustine as well. Go north to the library and talk to a shell slime. She will ask you a riddle. We'll come back for this. Zoom to Gondolia, which is overran with monsters. You'll need to defeat all ten groups of monsters without leaving Gondolia. Once all the monsters are defeated, head to the white gate. There's tockle here along with two chests. (19/25 Pastwords)

Go to the item store and buy the cat suit and cat hat if you haven't already. Go to the weapon store and buy a fizzle foil for later. Now you'll run between two brothers, bargaining down the price of an outfit for Jade.

Run back and forth until the one in blue offers you the Divine Bustier for 20,000 GP. Buy it. Zoom to Downtown Heliodor. There's a kid hiding behind the fence with a purple dot. Talk to him to receive a side quest. Run down the alley and talk to the other purple dot here. Zoom to the first forest summit. Grab the golden sparkle at the base of the waterfall.

Zoom to Octagonia. Go to the weapon shop and buy a steel Broadsword. Zoom to the Hotto Steppe. Go to the Gryptic Crypt. In the top right corner of the boss room, talk to a walking corpse named Fetide. Continue north and open the white gates and chests here. The chest in the top left is a mimic, but it drops another seed of skill. The chest in the top right has a recipe for an outfit for Hendrick. In the lower left cell is a tockle (20/25 Pastwords)

Zoom to Sniflheim, and go to the weapon and armor shop. Talk to a little girl upstairs. Rest at the campsite here until night, then zoom to the academy. Talk to the purple dot, near the church symbol. Go to the purple dot near the entrance, and talk to her. (30/40 side quests) Talk to the walking corpse near the center. (31/40 side quests) Go north to the red door, open it and talk to the man inside. Go to the library, equip the steel broadsword on the hero and talk to the shell slime. Switch to the fizzle foil and talk to the shell slime again.(32/40 side quests) Zoom to downtown Heliodor city. Talk to the hiding kid. (33/40 side quests) Run down the alley and talk to Mistress Bev again. (34/40 side quests) Zoom to Cobblestone. Talk to Gemma under the pink dot here. Head south to the Cobblestone Tor. Go up the Tor to a cutscene with Derk being attacked. The hades Condor here is tough, but he's no boss fight. Once you rescue Derk, make sure you ask him to join Cobblestone. Zoom to the Heliodor Castle. Talk to the pink dot here, then go out to the courtyard. Touch the Yggdrasil root. Follow the shadow. Open the dresser in the pantry, then go to Jasper's room. Talk to the shadow and read the book. Turn north, and read the book on the left here for a side quest.

Head down into the dungeons, and down further to the lower level. Use the white key to open all the doors and chests down here. You'll learn how to make an outfit for Erik. Now, go up to the center of the banquet hall. Talk to the shadow. Continue to follow it up the stairs. Go out to the balcony. Hendrick will have a solo fight with Jasper here. If you have trouble, load Hendrick with MP-Restoring items. If you die, you'll get another shot. When he defeats Jasper, Hendrick will equip a new armor and outfit. Zoom to the strand, and sail south. Disembark on Insula Incognita, and go to the white gate. You'll learn an outfit for Serena. Play the Calamus flute and head to the south, to the battlefield. Follow the same path you traveled before to find the ore. Along the way, open the white gate and fight the monster in here.

Crystalotl HP 4800 MP 90 Attack 699 Defense 450 Agility 110
Attacks three times.

Defeating the is important for a side quest and upgrade to Serena. Make sure you use the ore behind the Crystalotl. Get the ore from act 2 and Zoom to the Dundrasil Campsite. Go up the ramp, put Eric in your party, and look for three-tailed dragons. You need to steal two Serpent souls from them.Go down the well, and run to the hole in the wall you used in act two. Head through the dungeon to fight the Gloomivore, which has gotten tougher.

Gloomivore HP 5250 MP 999 Attack 421 Defense 440 Agility 289
Attacks twice. Can sleep the party. Can remove pep and buffs.

Open the chests to got a new outfit for Hero. Zoom to Sniflheim. Go to the castle and talk to the witch Krystalinda. Have her turn your serpent souls into Crimsonite. Zoom to Hotto. Go in the inn and pick up a treasure hunting side quest. Talk to the pink dot outside the item shop by the forge and sell him the orichalcum. Go to the room in the back of the shrine and read a book here. Leave Hotto and go to Mount Huji. Go to the secret entrance. Before you leave mount Huji, but after you open the door, look for a red tockle on the left. (21/25 Pastwords)

At the end of the secret entrance is a golden sparkle. Pick it up.

Head back out to the main Huji Caves. Talk to the pink dot here. Give her the Lumen Essence from Dustan's trial. You will be returned to Hotto. Go to the inn and talk to the purple dot. (35/40 side quests) Go to the item shop by the forge and Buy the sword of kings. Go up to the shrine and talk to the shrine maiden and receive a key. Now, return to Mount Huji and go all the way north to the crucible. Make the sword of light. Open the forge and craft the supreme sword of light.

Swordsmith of Light

Awarded for crafting the finest of all weapons on the Fun-Size Forge.

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Equip the Supreme Sword and a shield. Go to a Priest and respec Hero into one-handed swords. Zoom to the Snaerfelt and go North into the Hekswood. Continue North to the Church symbol. Here'll fight the Jormun.

Jormun HP 2800 MP 999 Attack 620 Defense 424 Agility 230
Attack three times. Can sleep the party. Can remove Pep and buffs.

When Jormun's health is low, hit him with one of Hero's Zap spells. Talk to Jormun after you defeat him, and invite him to Cobblestone. Zoom to Octagonia. Go to the hole in the Orphanage. Go through this dungeon again to fight the possessed gladiators. Use attacks that hurt all of them at once, and focus on Sinderella first, Whambelina second, and golden boy last. You'll immediately fight Arachtagon.

Arachtagon HP 5600 MP 999 Attack 520 Defense 367 Agility 365
Weak to fire, Attack twice, poisons or confuse the party.

After the fight, talk to the underdigger and ask him to go to cobblestone. Head up into the casino. Talk to Sinderella, Whambelina, and golden boy, they each give you an outfit piece.

Zoom to Gondolia and talk to Noah.

Ask him to go to cobblestone, and zoom there yourself. Head to your home, and open the wardrobe here for an outfit.

The item shop here sells endgame items, so equip your party as well as you can. Make sure you buy the pirate king's coat, an outfit for Erik. Once you'll fully equipped, zoom to trial island and take the sage's trial. Take the teleport pad to the northwest. Go into the cave and open the chest here for an uber agate of evolution. Go to the far west and open a chest for a recipe for Rab.

Take the teleport pad back to the top. Go under the Summit Altar and around the circle to the southeast. In a chest here, you'll find Serenica's Circlet, a fantastic item and outfit piece for Serena

Return to the teleport pads and take the southeast one this time. Run from here to the pad in the far southeast. This one will take you to the bridge, where you'll have to fight a dragon. The last teleport here will take you to the realm Between worlds. Save here. Now, you'll be in hoarder's keep. Look out for the slot machine enemies. Erik can still mini medals from them. Under Misc and info, you can see how many you've acquired. You need 90 for all achievements. 100 will get you the best shield for Hero, if you want it. Continue through the dungeon. After one more trip to the realm between worlds, you'll meet with Drustan again. This time you must beat Unfathomable Anger in 30 moves or less.

Unfathomable Anger HP 7500 MP 999 Attack 770 Defense 380 Agility 105
can poison the party.

Choose "I wish I could pick someone to stay with me forever and ever!" Then choose anyone. You'll be in Cobblestone. Head to your home and talk to the person you choose. Tell them you are not ready for bed. Leave Cobblestone to the south and go to the Tor. Go up to the top. You'll have an easy fight on the way. At the top, you'll earn

Magic Moments

Awarded for spending some quality time with a special someone.

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Leave the Tor and return home. Say you've walked enough. Leave Cobblestone to the north. Zoom to Puerto Valor. There will be a cutscene. Go down the stairs leading to the beach, and open the white gate. There's a shiny tockle and a chest here. (22/25 pastwords)

Now go to the Don Rodrigo's house. Enter his bedroom for a cutscene. Now teach Hendrick Hatchet man and Sylvando Metal slash. Zoom to L'Academie De Notre Maitre Des Medaliles. With the Supreme Sword of Light and Irwin's armor, you should be able to pass the lips tastes. You need to pass this side quest to get an outfit for Sylvando. (36/40 side Quests) Head into the academy and the little hut inside. Turn in all 90 mini medals to get several outfits and the achievement:

Zoom to the Emerald Coast campsite. Set your party with Hero, Hendrick, Sylvando, and Serena or Rab. Save, then go south to the Kingsbarrow. Go through the dungeon here and fight Tweedledoom and Tweedledeath.

Tweedledoom and Tweedledeath HP 3000 MP 70 Attack 400 Defense 460 Agility 150

Pay close attention to their health, and when it's low, use the pep power Executioner with Hendrick. This can be tricky to pull off, and may take a couple tries. You'll need to pep Hendrick twice. You may want to use a pep pip for the second time. When you defeat Tweedledoom and Tweedledeath using Executioner, Hendrick and Sylvando will unlock a bunch of skills. Make sure to teach Hendrick Kazing. Zoom back to Puerto Valor and talk to Servantes to get an outfit for Sylvando. Zoom to Lonalulu and go to the left immediately. There's a purple dot here. Accept the quest. Go along the path and talk to the purple dot on the left past the stall. Then talk to the pink dot on the right and say yes. Go to the beach and talk to the man lying down with a purple dot. Head east from here and talk to the purple dot by the canoes. There's one more purple dot in Lonalulu, in the bar on the peninsula. Sail away from Lonalulu. Sail North along the East side of the map until you reach an island. Disembark at Insula Orientalis. Open the white gate here, and get the chest inside. Leave the island and continue north. The next island is not marked on the map, and you can't disembark here, but you will have an important boss fight as you sail near. Sail directly north, and the harp will start to play, and you'll fight Bathysfear.

Bathysfear HP 5600 MP 999 Attack 460 Defense 641 Agility 242

Bathysfear hits hard and is resistant to most damage, so be prepared for a long fight. He only acts twice and can't remove buffs. From here, sail West along the top of the world. Look for a glowing spot on the water to travel inland, and reach Insula Centralis. Look for a glowing dragonrider to mount. Open the red gate and chest inside, then fly around to all the surfaces. In the southern peak, you'll find 3 agates of evolution, which we'll need for crafting. To the north, you'll find 3 vials of sainted some, another key crafting ingredient. And far to the West, you'll find an outfit for Eric.

Zoom to Sniflheim, and sail south, then east to reach Insula Algarum. Talk to the finned fellow fishing, and receive the Dulcet Dulse. Look again for a dragonrider to mount. Once again, fly around, picking up crafting ingredients. What's important is the Tockle in the southeastern part of the island. (23/25 pastwords)

Now zoom to cobblestone. In the house directly north of the church is another Tockle (24/25 pastwords)

Zoom to Nautica, and tell the queen you defeated Bathysfear. Have her turn you into a fish. East of the weapon shop, swim up to a purple dot. Go into the weapon shop and talk to the shark. He sells a few interesting items, but you must buy the Corsair's Coat, an outfit for Erik. From here, swim southwest and up, looking for a golden sparkle. It's the sage's stone.

Swim down and talk to a purple dot in the shipwreck. Zoom to Havens above. Talk to the purple dot outside the item shop to turn in a side quest and improve Serena's harp skills. (37/40 side quests) Zoom to Gondolia. Go to the very north, and talk to the purple dot here. (38/40 side quests) He gives you an item, which was my 500th item.

If you don't have this yet, there's plenty more items to find/craft/buy. Zoom to the strand, fight the mermen. and sail north. Disembark on the island here, Insula Occidentalis, and open the red and white gates. Head into the cottage and talk to the man here, then open the chest. Zoom to Lonalulu. Talk to the purple dot immediately to the left and give her the Dulcet Dulse. (39/40 side quests) Go behind the item shop and talk to the old lady here. Zoom back to Nautica and turn into a fish again. Return to the museum and give the turtle the cannon. (40/40 side qests) This should earn you the achievement, but we'll do one more, just in case. Return to the shipwreck and give the notes to the mermaid lawyer (41/40 side quests)

With that done, we're ready to finish the last trial. Zoom to Trial Isle and save. Enter the third trial. This trial has lots of important and powerful gear in it, including the last tockle. Enter the Citadel of Spite. Pass through the central, circular room, and go north to the top of the stairs. Here's the last tockle (25/25 Pastwords)

Head down the stairs, and look underneath the landing for a chest. This chest has some powerful recipes. Go south to a teleport pad. Defeat and mount an eggoskeleton for a mount. Jump up the steps and reenter the citadel. Run straight down this hallway to find Erdwin's Coronet, and outfit piece and powerful equipment for Hero. Enter the circular room on the third level and cross to the other side. Don't bother with the path to the east, go west. Exit the Citadel again. Go North to the teleport pad. Go forward and re-enter the citadel. Take the teleport pad on the left. Jump on the button, then exit the citadel. Up the chest for 3 slime crowns that we'll need for crafting. Teleport back to the center and enter the circular room on the fourth level. Defeat a dragonrider here to get a mount. Fly over to the east, and open a chest to get 4 pep pips, which will help with leveling up. Fall to the bottom and take the door to the east. Jump on the button here to lower a barrier and make it easier to go through here again. Return to the circular room and take the south door. Exit the citadel. Take the teleport pad out here. You'll find yourself on the fourth floor's east side. Go and press the button over here. Take the teleport pad back. Grab a dragonrider mount and head back up. On the fourth floor, go open the north door. Open the chests on the left and right for some recipes for powerful weapons. Step on the red platforms and press the buttons on the right and left. Return to the circular room and take a dragonrider down to the bottom. Take the north door and open the three chests here.

In this three chests are outfit pieces and powerful equipment for Hero, Hendrick, and Serena. Take another dragonrider back up to the fourth floor. Run straight north for the teleport pad. Save in the realm between worlds. When you meet Dustan, you'll need to defeat Sheer Decadence and All-Consuming Greed in 40 actions or fewer.

Sheer Decadence HP 4800 MP 999 Attack 450 Defense 450 Agility 320
Can drain MP and mesmerize party members.

All-Consuming Greed HP 2600 MP 999 Attack 450 Defense 600 Agility 160
Can call in backup. Can turn party member into gold.

After a tough fight, choose "I wish I could change Serena's Hairstyle" to get an outfit piece for her. There are two more challenges you can face if you pass through any of the trials again, and you can pick up the Ooler's Digest and top-tier horse racing, but those aren't needed for achievements. You could fight Calasmos now, but instead let's wrap up a few other achievements.

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