Every village needs a wealth of rooms, when night falls dangers lurk and so first on the agenda are bedrooms for the villagers to sleep and make it to dawn.
This first village teaches the core gameplay concepts the basics of smashing blocks, collecting them, then reusing them the basics of farming, to gather food, feeding the Builder and the villagers on how to cleanse the poison in the land, making new potential farmland, and, most importantly, of building. This strengthens and grows the tree, pushing back the corruption. Along with a handful of characters met along the way, the Builder is tasked with building up the village, to recruit townsfolk, and to assist in their requests. At the heart of the village is a tree known as the Deitree, a tiny sapling trying desperately to hold back the corruption that is poisoning the land. The Builder has a chance to try to push back this corruption when a chance encounter with an NPC leads them toward a certain decimated little village. An ill wind sweeps over everything and a poison infects the land itself. The land of Furrowfields isn't doing particularly well. This is the hub of the game and from here the builder embarks to many other lands to learn to become a Master Builder. Accompanying and protecting them on the first steps across this Isle of Awakening. Regardless, Malroth becomes the muscle for the builder.
So, when an amnesiac human boy with a penchant for breaking stuff named Malroth turns up, knowledgeable players of the series history will fairly quickly guess where that story thread is going. A figure that appears fairly regularly through the franchise. Now, those who played Dragon Quest 2, or one of the various spin-off titles that reference it, may remember Hargon's plan was to raise the God of Destruction. That's until that boat ride is cut short.Īfter a short swim, the hero finds themselves on the Isle of Awakening, and there the Builder meets a young man named Malroth.
Captured, on a boat and being dragged off to death. Playing as one of these captured Builders, it seems death is just around the corner. Hargon may be defeated, but now a group of people calling themselves the 'Children of Hargon' are trying to avenge their evil masters by gathering up all Builders in the world and slaughtering them - removing the power of creation. Share the experience with other Builders.The story does not follow on from the first Dragon Quest Builders, and instead follows the conclusion to Dragon Quest 2. New content: fast travel, swimming, dashing, gliding, first-person perspective gameplayīecome the Builder to rebuild a ravaged world.Ĭhoose a female or male Builder as you navigate islands with Malroth and fight against the Children of Hargon Play and experiment to unlock crafting and building recipes in this RPG adventure filled with exploration, questing, and challenging battles Go on an adventure to gather, craft, and build a fantasy world of your making and defend it from monsters. In the Isle of Awakening, you and up to three other Builders can explore together in local wireless* or play online** together too. Dash, glide, swim, fast travel, and play in optional first-person perspective as you try to find them all.
As you progress, you’ll unearth crafting and building recipes. In this RPG adventure, you’ll explore huge islands, gather and craft with materials, design towns, level them up, and defend them from monsters and bosses alongside townspeople. To stop the worshippers of an ancient evil, you must join forces with the mysterious Malroth and build a ravaged world into the realm of your dreams.