The Dark World is, in fact, Alefgard (of the previous installments of the series), where the Hero must acquire several of the artifacts that were collected in the original Dragon Quest, including the Sun Stone and the Rain Staff. He attacks and opens a pit to the Dark World, which the Hero jumps into. Ramia allows the Hero and their party to travel to Baramos' castle, which is surrounded by mountains.Īfter defeating Baramos in a ferocious battle and returning to Aliahan, the Hero's celebration is cut off as Zoma, Baramos's master and the game's true villain, reveals his existence. With the ship, the Hero acquires the Final Key and the six mystical orbs which are used to revive the legendary bird Ramia.

After saving two people of the town of Baharata from the rogue Kandar and stealing back the King of Romaly's crown, the Hero receives Black Pepper, which they then trade for a sailing ship at Portoga. A major portion of the adventure is the quest to acquire the last two of the three keys needed to open doors throughout the game.

The Hero leaves their home country of Aliahan to travel the world and complete their father's quest to defeat Baramos. The Hero then is able to recruit up to three traveling companions to help fight Baramos. On their sixteenth birthday, the Hero (from here on referred to as 'they' for the sake of convenience) is summoned to the castle and is given by the King of Aliahan the challenge to rid the world of the evil archfiend Baramos, which Ortega attempted in the past but seemingly perished in a volcano. The story revolves around the Hero, son or daughter (the player can choose to be either male or female, with few gameplay changes) of the legendary warrior Ortega. A wicked fiend named Baramos threatens to destroy the world. It also allowed the player to freely swap characters in and out of their party and introduced the day/night cycle in which certain items, characters, and quests are only accessible at specific times of the day.ĭragon Quest III is set many years before the original Dragon Warrior in a world separate from the first two games. And while earlier Dragon Quest games were non-linear in structure, Dragon Quest III featured an even more open-world experience.

These include simpler door opening, a bag to store items instead of keeping them at a bank, quick item sorting with 'Tidy Item' and 'Tidy Bag' command, and a 'Full HP' command to automate the process of casting healing and status restoring spells. The battle system is turn-based like the other games in the series, though the remakes incorporate various interface changes from later titles. The game uses basic role-playing video game conventions such as leveling up by gaining experience points and equipping items. Dragon Quest III is noted for greatly expanding upon the gameplay of the original Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest II.

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