Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake update now available, adds traversal improvements, ‘short-cut’ feature, and more

Publishers Square Enix and developers Artdink have rolled out updates for the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, with version 1.1.0.0 available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch, and version 1.2.0.0 on PC. These updates bring enhanced traversal, a convenient “shortcut button” for spells and abilities, and numerous battle adjustments to the game.

Here are the patch notes:

Traversal

  • The movement speed when travelling by boat or using Ramia has been increased.
  • Adjustments have been made to avoid boat travel speed being reset by opening the menu or getting into a battle while travelling by boat.
  • A feature has been added whereby pressing the menu button while flying with Ramia allows the player to switch between automatic and manual flight modes.

Vocations

  • Critical hit rates for the Hero and Martial Artist have been increased.
  • The Hero’s Falcon Slash and Gigaslash abilities have been made more powerful.
  • The Warrior’s Cutting Edge ability has been made more powerful.
  • The Priest can now equip the Duplic Hat.
  • The Monster Wrangler’s Monster Pile-On ability has been changed to have reduced power until all friendly monsters have been found, and to carry out a random number of attacks between 3 and 5.
  • The amount of MP used by the Monster Wrangler ability Wild Side has been changed to 30.

Battle

  • A limit has been placed on the number of times that some monsters can perform certain actions within one turn.
  • Some monsters have been adjusted so that they no longer use Defending Champion in the next turn after they become the last remaining monster.
  • The status-ailment resistance of boss monsters has been increased for Draconian Quest difficulty.
  • Adjustments have been made to make it more difficult for both enemies and party members to be successively afflicted with the same status ailments.
  • Some monsters (Metal Chimaera and Hardy Hand) now yield more experience points when defeated.
  • Defense has been lowered for all monsters except for metal monsters.
  • Minor adjustments have been made to the way that damage is dealt.

Miscellaneous

  • Once the Mini Medal Manor has been visited, it will be added to the list of Zoom destinations.
  • A new “short-cut button” feature has been added that allows spells and abilities to be assigned to specific buttons. For more information, please refer to Traveller’s Tips in-game.
  • In the Temple of Trials, the number of Elfin Elixirs required to be handed over to the guard has been changed to 10.
  • A treasure chest has been added to the Temple of Trials, allowing players to acquire one more Gringham Whip.
  • Fixed a bug whereby levelling up after using the Seed of Life or Seed of Magic items would cause the status increase value to be calculated twice.
  • Adjustments have been made so that if trophies and achievements have not been acquired correctly, selecting Misc. > Info in the menu allows some of them to be reacquired.
  • Miscellaneous fixes for minor bugs.

You can now play the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake on your PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, or personal computers through Steam and Microsoft Store!

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2025-05-23 15:47