Retro Game Tips for Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Nintendo DS)
Achievement: Getting started
When:
during the game
How:
Character Creation
After starting a new adventure log, the first step is to create your character. It is an eight step process involving:
1.Gender - male or female
2.Body Type - 5 types
3.Hairstyle - 10 styles
4.Hair Colour - 10 colours
5.Face - 10 types
6.Skin Colour - 8 colours
7.Eye Colour - 8 colours
8.Name - up to 8 characters
[edit] Conversation and Investigation
When moving around you may see an action icon appear above your character. A white face means you can talk to a person while a blue face means you can receive a quest from a person. A blue exclamation means you can examine pots, bookshelves, chests, etc. for items. Red chests can only be open once. Blue chests reset after a set amount of time. A pink exclamation means you can pick up an item. Press the button to perform one of the above actions.
[edit] Towns
Each town may have the following establishments:
¡Church
¡Inn
¡Weapon Shop
¡Armor Shop
¡Item Shop
Churches provide the following services:
Confession
saves game
Divination
displays experience points needed for next level
Resurrection
brings party member back to life
Purification
treats poison
Benediction
lifts a curse
For a small fee, you can stay overnight or rest until the evening at an inn. In both cases your are fully healed. The time of day changes when you awake, which may be needed to trigger certain events.
[edit] Equipment
Each character can equip up to eight items which include a weapon, six pieces of armor, and an accessory. The six types of armor are shield, head, torso, arms, legs, and feet. There are twelve types of weapons: Swords, Spears, Knives, Wands, Whips, Staves, Claws, Fans, Axes, Hammers, Boomerangs, and Bows.
[edit] Quests
There are a large number of side quests that can be completed. NPCs that have a quest can be identified by the blue talk symbol. Up to eight quests can be accepted at one time. The battle records has a quest list displaying all quests accepted and completed.
After starting a new adventure log, the first step is to create your character. It is an eight step process involving:
1.Gender - male or female
2.Body Type - 5 types
3.Hairstyle - 10 styles
4.Hair Colour - 10 colours
5.Face - 10 types
6.Skin Colour - 8 colours
7.Eye Colour - 8 colours
8.Name - up to 8 characters
[edit] Conversation and Investigation
When moving around you may see an action icon appear above your character. A white face means you can talk to a person while a blue face means you can receive a quest from a person. A blue exclamation means you can examine pots, bookshelves, chests, etc. for items. Red chests can only be open once. Blue chests reset after a set amount of time. A pink exclamation means you can pick up an item. Press the button to perform one of the above actions.
[edit] Towns
Each town may have the following establishments:
¡Church
¡Inn
¡Weapon Shop
¡Armor Shop
¡Item Shop
Churches provide the following services:
Confession
saves game
Divination
displays experience points needed for next level
Resurrection
brings party member back to life
Purification
treats poison
Benediction
lifts a curse
For a small fee, you can stay overnight or rest until the evening at an inn. In both cases your are fully healed. The time of day changes when you awake, which may be needed to trigger certain events.
[edit] Equipment
Each character can equip up to eight items which include a weapon, six pieces of armor, and an accessory. The six types of armor are shield, head, torso, arms, legs, and feet. There are twelve types of weapons: Swords, Spears, Knives, Wands, Whips, Staves, Claws, Fans, Axes, Hammers, Boomerangs, and Bows.
[edit] Quests
There are a large number of side quests that can be completed. NPCs that have a quest can be identified by the blue talk symbol. Up to eight quests can be accepted at one time. The battle records has a quest list displaying all quests accepted and completed.
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Achievement: Get loads of gold !
When:
during the game
How:
Name Family E.X.P Gold Items dropped
Gold golem Material 414 505 Gold ring
You can find gold golems of Gleeba in djust desert
Gold golem Material 414 505 Gold ring
You can find gold golems of Gleeba in djust desert
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Achievement: Unlock all Party tricks !
When:
during the game
How:
¡Pray (Quest 3)
¡Pirouette (Quest 2)
¡Bow (Alltrades Abbey)
¡Belly Dance (Quest 33)
¡Royal Regards (Quest 129)
¡Swinedimples Salute (Quest 36)
¡Cap'n's Curtsy (Give 80 mini medals to the collector in Dourbridge)
¡Sultry Dance (Talk to ghost in well in Upover)
¡Weird Dance (Talk ghost in the Bowhole)
¡Wallop (House in Ondor Cliffs)
¡Cheer (Zere, cave)
¡Provoke (Dr. Phlegming's room in Coffinwell)
¡Salute (Mirage Mahal)
¡Professor's Pose (Quest 141)
¡Pirouette (Quest 2)
¡Bow (Alltrades Abbey)
¡Belly Dance (Quest 33)
¡Royal Regards (Quest 129)
¡Swinedimples Salute (Quest 36)
¡Cap'n's Curtsy (Give 80 mini medals to the collector in Dourbridge)
¡Sultry Dance (Talk to ghost in well in Upover)
¡Weird Dance (Talk ghost in the Bowhole)
¡Wallop (House in Ondor Cliffs)
¡Cheer (Zere, cave)
¡Provoke (Dr. Phlegming's room in Coffinwell)
¡Salute (Mirage Mahal)
¡Professor's Pose (Quest 141)
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Achievement: Unlock all acolades
When:
during the game
How:
¡Service Provider - complete 20 quests
¡Victoria - 100 battle victories
¡On-Fire Fighter - 500 battle victories
¡Winning Streaker - 1000 battle victories
¡Name Dropper - 10 accolades
¡Glory Hunter - 50 accolades
¡Huntswoman - 10% defeated monster list
¡Hunter Gatherer - 25% defeated monster list
¡Top Tracker - 50% defeated monster list
¡Follower of Fashion - 10% equip items
¡White Sticker Save - deposit 100000 gold in the bank
¡Birthday Girl -
¡Princess of Posers -
¡Haughty Beauty -
¡Swordswoman - grade 1 sword proficiency
¡Skilled Swordswoman - grade 2 sword proficiency
¡Fine Fencer - grade 3 sword proficiency
¡Fab Fencer - grade 4 sword proficiency
¡Shield Wielder - grade 1 shield proficiency
¡Beater Blocker - grade 2 shield proficiency
¡Courageous Kid - grade 1 courage
¡Plucky Devil - grade 2 courage
¡Bold Soul - grade 3 courage
¡Brave Heart - grade 4 courage
¡Intrepid Adventurer - grade 5 courage
¡Stout-Hearted Sort - grade 6 courage
¡Gallant Girl - grade 7 courage
¡Valiant Combatant - grade 8 courage
¡Believer - grade 1 faith
¡Postulant - grade 2 faith
¡Mediocre Invoker - grade 1 spellcraft
¡Charm School Graduate - grade 2 spellcraft
¡Sort-Of Sorcerer - grade 3 spellcraft
¡Fair Fanner - grade 1 fan
¡Fan Fancier - grade 2 fan
¡Energiser - grade 1 focus
¡Surpriser - grade 2 focus
¡Chastiser - grade 3 focus
¡Galvaniser - grade 4 focus
¡Secret Seeker - grade 1 acquisitiveness
¡Gold Digger - grade 2 acquisitiveness
¡Booty Uprooter - grade 3 acquisitiveness
¡Trovehound - grade 4 acquisitiveness
¡Treasure Hunter - grade 5 acquisitiveness
¡Recoverer of Riches - grade 6 acquisitiveness
¡Cache Machine - grade 7 acquisitiveness
¡Smooth Mover - grade 1 litheness
¡Duck 'n' Diver - grade 2 litheness
¡Bruiser - grade 1 guts
¡Brawler - grade 2 guts
¡Battler - grade 3 guts
¡Challenger - grade 4 guts
¡Slight Knight - grade 1 valour
¡Alright Knight - grade 2 valour
¡Polite Knight - grade 3 valour
¡Light Knight - grade 4 valour
¡Bright Knight - grade 5 valour
¡White Knight - grade 6 valour
By the way some titles may be worded differently depending whether you main character is a boy or a girl but still awarded for the same thing.
¡Victoria - 100 battle victories
¡On-Fire Fighter - 500 battle victories
¡Winning Streaker - 1000 battle victories
¡Name Dropper - 10 accolades
¡Glory Hunter - 50 accolades
¡Huntswoman - 10% defeated monster list
¡Hunter Gatherer - 25% defeated monster list
¡Top Tracker - 50% defeated monster list
¡Follower of Fashion - 10% equip items
¡White Sticker Save - deposit 100000 gold in the bank
¡Birthday Girl -
¡Princess of Posers -
¡Haughty Beauty -
¡Swordswoman - grade 1 sword proficiency
¡Skilled Swordswoman - grade 2 sword proficiency
¡Fine Fencer - grade 3 sword proficiency
¡Fab Fencer - grade 4 sword proficiency
¡Shield Wielder - grade 1 shield proficiency
¡Beater Blocker - grade 2 shield proficiency
¡Courageous Kid - grade 1 courage
¡Plucky Devil - grade 2 courage
¡Bold Soul - grade 3 courage
¡Brave Heart - grade 4 courage
¡Intrepid Adventurer - grade 5 courage
¡Stout-Hearted Sort - grade 6 courage
¡Gallant Girl - grade 7 courage
¡Valiant Combatant - grade 8 courage
¡Believer - grade 1 faith
¡Postulant - grade 2 faith
¡Mediocre Invoker - grade 1 spellcraft
¡Charm School Graduate - grade 2 spellcraft
¡Sort-Of Sorcerer - grade 3 spellcraft
¡Fair Fanner - grade 1 fan
¡Fan Fancier - grade 2 fan
¡Energiser - grade 1 focus
¡Surpriser - grade 2 focus
¡Chastiser - grade 3 focus
¡Galvaniser - grade 4 focus
¡Secret Seeker - grade 1 acquisitiveness
¡Gold Digger - grade 2 acquisitiveness
¡Booty Uprooter - grade 3 acquisitiveness
¡Trovehound - grade 4 acquisitiveness
¡Treasure Hunter - grade 5 acquisitiveness
¡Recoverer of Riches - grade 6 acquisitiveness
¡Cache Machine - grade 7 acquisitiveness
¡Smooth Mover - grade 1 litheness
¡Duck 'n' Diver - grade 2 litheness
¡Bruiser - grade 1 guts
¡Brawler - grade 2 guts
¡Battler - grade 3 guts
¡Challenger - grade 4 guts
¡Slight Knight - grade 1 valour
¡Alright Knight - grade 2 valour
¡Polite Knight - grade 3 valour
¡Light Knight - grade 4 valour
¡Bright Knight - grade 5 valour
¡White Knight - grade 6 valour
By the way some titles may be worded differently depending whether you main character is a boy or a girl but still awarded for the same thing.
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Achievement: How to unlock the starflight express (where you want to fly it)
When:
After the main story
How:
Talk to jona after you have completed the story and finish her quest and you obtain sterling whisle and use it to summon the starflight express.
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