Surprise Dragon Quest 3 Remake Patch Includes Loads of Welcome Improvements

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Unexpectedly, an update for the HD-2D remake of Dragon Quest 3 has been released, introducing some delightful enhancements to the classic role-playing game.

In these improvements, there are two main focus points. Firstly, we’re boosting boat speeds universally. Additionally, navigating Ramia while flying has become easier with the integration of both automatic and manual flight switches.

The second section encompasses aspects related to combat. It appears that players have been given numerous enhancements (buffs), while the nuisance behaviors of opponents have been reduced significantly. We don’t want to imply that these changes will automatically make battles less challenging, but they seem to be moving in that direction overall.

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Update 1.2.0 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.
  • Defence 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.

Could it be that you’re planning to dive back into the Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake following this update, my friend? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions in the comment section below, I’d love to hear your take on it!

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2025-05-23 19:07