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"Can the remnants of our past lead us to a future...?"


Dragon Quest: Legacy of the Lost is a fangame highly inspired by Dragon Warrior 7. The game will feature the shard system and time travel aspect found in Dragon Warrior 7. The underlying story, however, is not the same and besides the time travelling portion, no plot sequence will be taken from Dragon Warrior 7.

STORYLINE:
“Join a story that spans the ages! Through a series of seemingly unrelated events, a young man finds himself in the middle of a divine conflict. Picking up allies along the way, the man will confront the darkness and bring back the legacy of the lost!”

The world of Araginol is at peace… or so it seems. As far back as the people of this land can recall there is little in terms of land. The continent of Erdrich is all that has been discovered by seafarers and captains of the seas…

“How can this be? Is it truly possible that the world be so small?”

Unknown to the people of the current era, Araginol had once consisted of several islands and continents. Through the power of the demon lord, the islands that occupied Araginol fell one by one, eventually leaving no remnant of their passing.

Just when it seems Erdrich has been spared from this tragedy, several unfortunate events begin to plague the land. It is up to you, the hero, to traverse the rifts of time and save the world from evil’s vile clutches!


CREDITS:
SCRIPTS:
Nelderson (RPGMaker VX Community) Ekras, Sojabird, Yanfly, Gexrox, Woratana, Fridgecrisis,
StorymasterQ, Synthesize, Ty, Diedrupo, Night5h4d3.

RESOURCES:
Square Enix
Dragon’s Den
Oran Gemeo (Logo, Title Screen and Game Over)
Myself

Latest Blog

The Final Patch Has Arrived!



The final patch for the game has arrived! Many players were looking for a larger post-game, like many Dragon Quest games offer, and this patch aims to add that extra challenge for players!

The patch does a lot more than add the final content though. It fixes many issues and makes many adjustments to the game to make it hopefully more fun for the player! I've put a lot of work into this patch and thanks to my diligent testers, I am fairly certain that it will be bug free!

The patch notes are pretty comprehensive. The details are either in the PDF file here or in the spoiler tags below. I hope you all enjoy the final update and patch for Legacy of the Lost!

Story Related:

- The final dungeons, “Temple of Earth”, “Temple of Flame”, “Temple of Water”, “Temple of Wind”, and “Saint’s Harbour” have been added. These story-related dungeons are only accessible after clearing the main game and are meant to be a challenge for the player.
- The post game scenario begins by entering your house after the game's conclusion.


Gameplay Related:

- The max level has been raised to 60.*
- In battle, status changes on characters now cycle through if you have more than 2 buffs/debuffs cast on you.
- Poison no longer lasts the entire battle.
- Many monster stats (representative of their dropped gene) have increased. Monsters that were deemed too weak for effort obtained or too weak at all have had all stats increased.**
- You can now change equipment in battle by pressing the “A” key on a character’s turn.
- A new Olian specific trial, “Runic Ward”, has been added to the Dharma Temple.
- The HP of many bosses has been lowered.
- In accordance with the above change, many bosses’ stats have been increased.
- Monsters in Esrarch, Yuria and Onyu now grant higher EXP points.
- Each arena level now has a recommended level specified by the class name.
- On the world map, red icons used to be random and mean nothing. Now they blink and indicate a shard left to find.



Item Related:

- A new category of weapons, “Monster Claws”, have been added.
- It is possible to see a better comparison of weapons and armor in the shop window by hitting the shift key.
- Attributes for many weapons and armor have changed. Two-handed weapons, in particular, have become noticeably stronger (to see changes, go to equipment list on main page. Changes are in red).
- Text help for items now scroll if the description was too long. In accordance with this change, weapon and armor descriptions now display more information to the user.
- Drop rates on most items have increased. A select few have decreased.
- Most enemies drop more gold.
- New post game equipment has been added. In accordance with this, new monster ingredients and recipes have been added.
- Price of torches has been reduced from 400 gold to 220.
- Drop rates on most Notorious Monster’s second item has increased to be no lower than 33%



Skill Related:

- All spells are now represented by an icon that depicts spell type and element.
- Text help for spells now scroll if the description was too long.
- All human characters learned several new abilities.
- Two of Aldain’s abilities have changed: “Sizz -> Firewave” and “Rainslash > Fury”.
- The following abilities changed in function/potency: Thordain, Thor’s Blade, Drain Magic, Frizzle, Kasizzle, Kacrackle, Kaboom, Flare, Blizzard, Blood Rite, Oomph, MegaMagic, HighJump, Ramming, Dodge, Sacrifice, Megaslash, Gigaslash, Darkbolt, Absolution, Opposition, Polarity, RockThrow, Evilslash, MPass, Mysticism, Absolute Zero, Thunder Roar.
- Added a spell, “Teleport”, that takes you make to the Great Shrine regardless of location.
- The following abilities now learned at different levels on Olian: Return Will, Detox, Envision, True Will, Purge.
- Missing spells because you have an old version has been addressed with the “Skillset” items available in the Great Shrine if your file is deemed an old version.*
- The “Oomph” spell is now just as strong as TwinHits.



Other Changes:

- The sprites for the main heroes (and a few other NPCs) have changed.
- A new item, “Repellant”, and a new spell, “Repel”, was added to prevent monster encounters.
- The achievement “The Ultimate Mage”, that required you to attain an essence of MegaMagic is no longer an achievement. Instead, the achievement is “The Ultimate Hunter” which requires you to defeat every notorious monster. This was done so that it is possible to get all achievements on any playthrough.
- A NPC very early in the game was added to make mention of the “Who Needs the Church!?” achievement.
- It is now harder to obtain Teal and Violet Medals. In addition, Metalys and Metabbles now run away at a higher frequency.
- The monster, Dragos, now joins at level 8.
- The brightness of tiles in the arena (present time) / treasure game have been lowered.
- Doors opened by the thief’s key / master’s key are now color coded. The only exception is that the prison doors in Castle Persivor (opened by master’s key) are still gray.
- Certain NPC dialogue in the present has changed to make it less ambiguous on who may want to go to Onyu.
- The dialogue for Melody joining your party has changed.
- Some tracks have been changed to create more musical consistency.
- Messages for some states have been changed to be less ambigious.
- The evasion parameter for all enemies has been lowered.
- The trainer who offers up her Slime to breed with you has been moved from Yu’Tolio to Present Time Quevi.
- It is easier to encounter the following monsters: Facetree, Grakos, Kingslime, Aiatar* and IceGiant*. Aiatar and IceGiant are only more common on the lowest level of the dungeon that they can be found.
- The secondary drop of Facetree and Kingslime have changed.
- A NPC has been added that mentions the optional treasure in Esrarch Tower.
- The Dracky NPCs in the Wisdom Trial are now ghost NPCs that don’t move.
- Any discrepancies involving the Monster Library have been fixed.
- A new NPC that sells monster essences has been added to the Abandoned Caves in present Esrarch (This NPC sells a possible six genes to you and can be encountered infinite amount of times)
- The music “Cardial in Crisis” no longer plays during battle for the Cardial Region at a certain point.
- The portals that take you back to the entrance in the Lyndbaum Mountain Range are now colored green, whereas correct portals are color coded blue. The portal maze remains unchanged.
- The “Safestep” spell now alerts you when it has worn off.
- The Achievement “Mystic Talent” now only requires you to complete 8 trials instead of the possible 10.
- The Achievement “I Cannot Live a Lie” is more lenient. You can now have one point in the wrong area respectively and still earn the achievement.
- The NPC innkeeper that is interested in moving on Onyu now has dialogue to make it more obvious.
- The following legendary monster accessories have changed in name: “Rosevine’s Grasp” -> “Rose Grip”, “Demon’s Volition” -> “Volivoir”, “The Eternal” -> “Agonizer”.
- The game’s font “Press Start 2P” should automatically display without having to install the font.


Bug Fixes:

- The window for spells learned has been resized when you level up – making sure that no spell’s name is cut off.
- A fix for missing Melody’s spells has been implemented. Now, she will have her full spell list regardless of what level perform the arcanist class change.
- The lag on some machines in the escape scene for Mount Wyubori has been alleviated. (It is still possible that some lag exists though).
- In the battle against Angsti, an additional check is performed to ensure Absolute Zero only goes off if the required conditions are met.
- Torch light is now always centered on the screen. In the old version, various locations would cause the torch light to go off center.
- Being able to solve the ice block puzzle in the Room of Rites in two steps has been fixed.
- Door leading to great shrine doesn’t reset to being closed anymore.
- The portal in Wyubori Volcano plays the intended shorter animation.
- Hopefully all issues where the hero is called “Aldain” regardless of your name have been fixed.
- It was impossible to clear the achievement “This is Yardrick (Past)!!!” if you cleared the present arena first. This has been fixed.
- When crossing a certain area in the shrine, Aldain’s graphic would reset to default regardless of costume. This has been fixed.
- Many NPCs incorrectly referred to the Phoenix as Pheonix.
- Issues with final battle 1 and 3 as a result of failing the battle / the timing in which you killed certain bosses / and re-challenging the boss fight upon game completion have been fixed. The issues involved certain bosses being locked into a set attack phase and the final boss being harder than he should be if you cleared the game.
- In the battle with Gripevine, his “burrowed” form caused him to be weaker. This has been corrected.
- You can now sell to the weapons/armor vendors in Onyu (Present Time).
- Various typos have been fixed.
- It is no longer possible to fight Deathtrap and Killjoy Slime before clearing Quevi.


If You Are Playing an Old File (Notice):

*If you are playing from an old version file:*

Even though the level cap has raised to 60, your level will stay at 50. In addition, any skills learned from the new version will not be learned naturally as you level.

However, you can still “level” past 50 and gain all the skills you missed! For files registered as old, several new NPC’s have been added in the Great Shrine. Head the where the saint’s plaque was located to find the ghosts of your past heroes. NOTE: Olian will only appear if you managed to recruit him. Also, when you clear the game, a monster ghost will appear that will grant an exclusive armor called monster mastery to replicate the effect of leveling from 50-60.

Leveling Up:
Each ghost will present you with a log item (Hero’s Log, Mage’s Log, Maiden’s Log, Cleric’s Log). When you use the item, it will perform a level check on how much experience is needed to reach level 51. When you hit the required experience, using the item will play the level up sound, display your stat changes and permanently increase your stats. The stat gains are exactly the same as if you had played the new version normally. Next time you use the item, it compares your EXP to level 52 and continues all the way to level 60. Note: If you gained a lot of excess experience past 50 on your old file, you may/will need to use the item multiple times to gain all of your hard-earned level ups!

Acquiring Missing Skills:
Each ghost will present you with a skillset item (Hero’s Skillset, Mage’s Skillset, Maiden’s Skillset, and Cleric’s Skillset). Using the item will replace your old skills with the new ones (Maiden’s Skillset also works if your old file caused Melody to be missing some arcanist spells). The game won’t inform you of changes, so check the charts below to see when you should use the item (it has unlimited use).

Posts

@Wildwind:

Yep, that was it! It all had to be in CAPS. :)

@Spandam:
Think back to everything you've done so far in the game. Is any thing that you've seen that is "holy"?

Grab another vial of Holy Water from Gustav in Erdrichia. :)
Hey, its me again... I am really enjoying your game, but I am stuck again... I can't find where the Phoenix is hiding... At the entrance to the pyramids, it says that no one can enter while the eternal is living, so I figure I gotta defeat the Phoenix before I can enter... Thanks for the great game, and the advice :)
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
I think I hit a snag. At this point, whether I did something incorrectly or there is a bug in the game, I'm not sure ...

I beat the first boss in the volcano and was dropped down. I wasn't able to use Evac to warp to the beginning so I walked down from the little tower where I fell and eventually got a game over when I stepped onto the fresh lava (even though it appeared to have shifted to another area; is there any other choice to get out?).

When I returned to the volcano, I found that everything looks the same as before including that the boss I had just defeated is still where I found him and can be fought all over again. The entry for the boss even appears in the monster book!

There are a couple of blocks sticking up in the lower levels that I haven't figured out how to push them down, since I haven't found a switch that does so.

BTW, I also have to report that moving in the first level of the volcano seems somewhat sluggish, to the point that pressing Shift doesn't seem to do much to movement speed. In the other levels, it does seem to work OK.

Anyway, any clues regarding what I should do to go forward would be appreciated. Luckily, I have a separate savefile before beating the boss so if I need to do something differently, I can do so. Or I could send you my savefiles if you need to check them. Thanks in advance!
@edchuy:

You haven't messed up at all! You want to make sure when the volcano is in the "erupting" sequence that you hurry up and get out of there. The bright red lava / blinking lava will kill you if you step in it.

@jf1810:

Try spending a night at the Lidenburg Inn. :)
what is the second trigger after sleeping at the lindenburg inn? i still cant get to the mayor.
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
Thanks! I got out as quickly as I could and I should be able to proceed forward.

Still, I think there's an issue in the game in case you die if you don't leave quickly enough (what happened to me earlier). As it is, the game basically resets the volcano with no explanation whatsoever of what happened once you reappear in town and you end up having to refight the boss again. The other option would be having the events moving forward even if you die. To me, this latter option would make sense since you did defeat the boss. The earlier one would require some sort of explanation for it.
author=Ociris
what is the second trigger after sleeping at the lindenburg inn? i still cant get to the mayor.


As long as you've done the following, the mayor will speak to you:

1. Save Bariden from the flames.
2. Have Olian read the hieroglyphics to you at the pyramid base.
3. Talk to the Bariden man in the Lidenburg Inn (requires you to rest).
Just found out the hard way that Exodus' room is bugged. His dialog and battle starts if I enter his room even though I already beat him. He's a lot harder without Olian in my party.

Edit:
Found a few other places where events repeat.
author=Orias_Obderhode
author=Ociris
what is the second trigger after sleeping at the lindenburg inn? i still cant get to the mayor.
As long as you've done the following, the mayor will speak to you:

1. Save Bariden from the flames.
2. Have Olian read the hieroglyphics to you at the pyramid base.
3. Talk to the Bariden man in the Lidenburg Inn (requires you to rest).


could i have messsed that up by sleeping at the inn before putting out the flames
author=Ociris
could i have messsed that up by sleeping at the inn before putting out the flames


Not at all! Have you obtained the Clearwater Dew and returned to the Bariden Mayor? Until you've done that, the guy from Bariden won't be in the inn.

@TEO:
I'll send you a PM. Exodus' battle should not restart unless you failed the fight
In the pyramid, is there a level you ought to be at?

I have spoken to the guy in the inn, but I still can't meet the mayor... Is he hidden somewhere or is he in his house? Thanks in advance :)
Thanks! I have no idea where to go in the damn pyramid. Ive been everywhere but all I run into is something blocking my way. Obviously I have missed something!
Oh...had to have Melody in my party to speak to the mayor :(
Roy, are you on the lower level (when it is dark?) There is a center pedestal that you need to place the recovered sun ring on.

You'll find the sun ring from one of those armos statues.

@jf1810: I'm surprised I made that a requirement. I figured most people would use her, but I didn't mean to make her required for that scene!
Yes I accidentally found out.....and I lit the fires which went out.....and I have no clue what is next. Am I supposed to go somewhere else or is something missed there?
On the floor above the basement there are 9 torches in the same pattern as the ones that lit up. If you light them in the same order, the passage will open. :)

(You can watch the pattern as many times as you need if you touch the pedestal again).
Damn! I suspected as much! Damned evil of you, good Orias!
Memorize the flames, like a phone pad!! =D