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Welcome to Dragon Warrior II for NES
Complete Walkthrough
Author: David Zabroski
DragonMaster@dragonwarrior2000.every1.net
Check out my Dragon Warrior/Quest Website at:
Http://www.Dragonwarrior2000.atfreeweb.com
Updated 8/21/00
I. Introduction
a. Story
II Join your Allies
a. Midenhall
b. Leftwyne
c. Cancock Castle
d. Spring of Bravery
e. Leftwyne II
f. Lake Cave
g. South of Cancock
h. Hamlin
i. Castle Moonbrook, optional
j. Mirror of Ra
k. Hamlin II
III. Getting a Ship
a. Locating the Tower of Wind
b. Tower of Wind
c. Locating the Dragon's Horns
d. Dragon's Horns
e. Dew Yarn, Optional
f. Lainport
IV. Tantegel Castle
a. Tantegel is located East of Lainport
b. Charlock Castle
V. Quest for the Crests
a. Echoing Flute
b. Fire Monolith
VI. Quest for the Keys
a. Golden Key
b. Jailor's Key
c. Watergate Key
VII. Quest for the Crests II
a. Osterfair
b. Hamlin II
VIII. Extras
a. Cancock
b. Midenhall
IX. Quest for the Crests III
a. Lighthouse
X. Extras II
a. Zahan
XI. Reach Hargon
a. Platue
b. Tuhn
c. Tower of the Moon
d. Sea Cave
e. Beran
XII. Quest for the Crests IV
a. Cave to Rhone
XIII Meet the Wizard
XIV. Cave of Rhone II
a. Edrick's Armor
b. Sword of Thunder
XV. Rhone
XVI. Master Equipment
XVII. Hargon's Castle
XVIII. Malroth
XIX. Victory
I. Introduction
a. Story
After the Decendent off Erdrick defeated
the Great Dragon Lord again, Princess
Gwaelin and the love the hero journey
far to find a new kingdom to rule.
They create the kingdom of Midenhall,
to the east of the continent of Alefgard.
Gwaelin beared three children. The older
prince is given Midenhall, the younger
prince is given Cannock, and the middle
prince is given Moonbrooke. Times
changed and the land grew. They each
married and beared thier own children.
The youngest of the family are Prince
of Midenhall, Prince of Cancock, and
the Princess of Moonbrooke.
Then something happened that no one
expected. A evil Wizard Hargon rose
and attacked Moonebrooke. Word of
this spread quickly. The castle's
destructions was seen across the
world. It is time for our Hero's
to reunite and stop the new threat.
He was even feared by the Dragon
Lord's decendents.
II Join your Allies
II Join your Allies
a. Midenhall
i. After the Hargon scene the lone
Soldier arrives at Midenhall
Castle near death. Your Father
hears his story and sends you
out on your Quest. Take the
Chests and equip your Weapons
& Armor
b. Leftwyne
i. Here you can talk to villagers about
your cousin. He is the Price of
Cancock. Rest up and head north.
1. Buy any new equipment you
can afford, and buy some
Herbs for your travels
2. Here you can play the lottery.
You can get one from Item
Shop Keepers, monsters, or
chests. In the beginning they
are worth 60+ GP so it might
be a good idea to sell them.
3. If you decide to keep it or play
later here is how to play.
a. A ticket is given and
you have to get three
matching symbols to
win a prize. If you get 2
of the same king in
there you get a free
game.
i. If you get 3
hearts you get a
Medical Herb
ii. 3 Stars Wizard
Ring
iii. 3 Moons
Wizard Wand
iv. 3 Sun Golden
Card
v. 3 Water
Dragon Bane
c. Cancock Castle
i. You find that your Cousin went to the
Spring of Bravery to prepare for his
journey against Hargon.
ii. Rest up, save and buy any equipment
you need
d. Spring of Bravery
i. You should be around level 6-7
ii. Walk North to the shore from
Cancock and follow the seacoast over
the mountains. At the very end is a
cave, enter it
iii. Follow the main path stopping to
collect items.
iv. Talk to the old man at the spring and
get anointed. Then ask him for
information about your cousin. He
said he went home
e. Leftwyne II
i. Head back to Leftwyne and stay at the
inn
ii. When you wake up your cousin will
be in the room. Talk to him and he
will join your party.
iii. Stock up on equipment and herbs, you
are going to need it
f. Lake Cave
i. Head west past the mountains and
arrive at the Lake cave
1. Enter the cave and keep going
to the bottom floor to find the
Silver Key
g. South of Cancock
i. Head south to the cave
1. Follow it through to the bottom
and exit.
h. Hamlin
i. After you exit the cave head south to
the town of Hamin.
ii. Princess Bow-Wow
1. You second Cousin is in the
town. When you go to the man
who saves your game you
might see a dog. Talk to her
and she will follow you like
she is a member of your party.
i. Castle Moonbrook, optional
i. You can visit the castle if you want. It
is south of Hamlim. Make sure you
level up first.
ii. Inside you will find flames walking
around. Talk to them and you find that
they were once people.
iii. Head to the Throne room and find the
King. He will tell you his daughter
was turned into a Dog.
iv. You can follow the out edge of the
castle and enter the stairs the princess
tried to go. Inside is a Solider. He will
tell you that the Mirror of Ra is in
between 4 bridges.
j. Mirror of Ra
i. Head East from the Castle and find a
swamp. Search the area and find the
mirror.
k. Hamlin II
i. Now that you have the mirror you can
save the princess. Use the mirror on
her and she will turn back into a
human.
1. Once she joins your party you
must take time to heal and gain
levels. She is very weak, but
can gain some powerful spells.
a. Equip her with a Magic
Knife and Wayfarer's
Clothes
III. Getting a Ship
a. Locating the Tower of Wind
i. Now that you are a full party and the
Princess is a little more powerful from
gaining EXP, you can now get the
Cloak of Wind. It is in a cave on the
other shore of the continent.
1. Go east past the bridge and
then go north.
2. Keep going north until you
reach the other shore. You
know you are in the right spot
if you have a very narrow path
between the shore and the
mountains
3. Follow it south and you should
arrive at your destination the
tower
b. Tower of Wind
i. This is a great spot to gain EXP, at the
top you will find the Cloak if Wind.
There are several courses you can
take, but only one leads to the cloak.
The others may have some useful
items and armor
c. Locating the Dragon's Horns
i. It is located above Moonbrook Castle.
You should see what looks like a
grave (it's called a Monolith, that will
help you later, trust me)
1. Follow through and go to the
other side. You are now in a
desert.
2. Follow the desert north past
the oasis, nothing there, and
arrive at a tower, Dragon's
Horns
d. Dragon's Horns
i. It is simple towers just follow the
outside edge and walk up the stairs.
When you arrive at the top, make sure
your Cloak of Wind is equipped and
jump off the North Side
1. There are some Metal Slimes
in the tower, great for EXP
e. Dew Yarn, Optional
i. Now that your over the other side of
the continent. You can jump ahead of
the game and receive an items used
towards the end of the game. Dew's
Yarn
1. Just climb the North Dragon's
Horn tower and go to the 3rd
floor.
a. Search the left area
alcove and soon you
will find Dew's Yarn
f. Lainport
i. You arrived at Lainport, a Harbor
Town Rest up and get new equipment.
Don't bother getting the Wizard's
Wand at the shop
1. Go to the North West part of
Town and you will see a girl
being attacked by gremlins
a. She will ask for your
help
b. Kill the gremlins in an
easy battle.
2. She will take you to her
Grandfather who will give you
a ship
IV. Tantegel Castle
a. Tantegel is located East of Lainport
i. It has some new weapons for you and
armor for you
ii. If you talk to the town's people they
find the King is in hiding because of
fear of Hargon.
1. The King is located in the inn
2. Pick up some Dragon's Bane
on the way
b. Charlock Castle
i. Stop into Charlock Castle and make
your way through the dungeons. Grab
the Sword of Edrick and go to see the
Dragon Lord.
1. He is mad that Hargon is doing
what he could not
2. He will surprisingly help you
on your quest. He will tell you
about Rubiss the Wizard in the
Sea. You must now collect 5
crests to summon her.
V. Quest for the Crests
a. Echoing Flute
i. Lost Treasure
1. Now that you have a ship a
whole new world opens to you.
If you talked to the man in the
house that talks about a lost
treasure you may want to look
for the ship.
2. To find it just head due north.
Until you see a square barrier
reef, search that area and you
come up with the treasure.
3. Bring it back to that man and
you will get the Echoing Flute.
It will let you know if a Crest
is in the area
a. There are 5 crests
located throughout the
world. If you find them
you can find call upon
the Wizard of the Sea.
b. Sun Crest
b. Fire Monolith
i. Go north of Lainport until you
reach a new continent with a
town. If you go into the town
you will find a Golden key
locks the door.
ii. Head back to the boat and
follow the coast around to the
island with a singe tree. Search
the tree and find the Leaf of
the World Tree, it will revive a
ally
iii. Keep heading East until you
find the Fire Monolith
1. Walk around the edge
and search the top and
find the Sun Crest
VI. Quest for the Keys
a. Golden Key
i. Now that you are here you can get the
Golden Key
1. Go a little bit south of the
Shrine and then go east.
a. You should see a small
town. It may look
familiar if you took the
traveler's gate in
Midenhall.
2. Once in the town of Zahan you
can get the Golden Key. Walk
to the far east side of the town
and talk to the dog. He will run
to a spot in the ground. Search
that area and you will find the
Golden Key.
a. (For money
opportunities see
Osterfair for a glitch in
the game)
b. Jailor's Key
i. Now that you have the Gold key you
can open the town of Wellgarth that
you had to pass earlier
ii. Go to the item shop on the left side of
town. When he shows you his wares
click on the empty space to get the
Jailor's key. It costs over 2,000GP.
c. Watergate Key
i. Go to the far right building and visit
the Jail. If you talk to the Guard he
will say that Rouge Fastfinger escaped
from prison again.
ii. Check the top right cell and search the
walls. You will find a passage leading
to an alcove in the cell. Talk to Rouge
Fastfinger and get the Watergate key.
VII. Quest for the Crests II
a. Moon Crest
i. Osterfair
1. Now that you have all
they keys you can
continue onto the next
crest.
2. Osterfair is south of
Midenhall.
3. To get there quick you can
take the ship to the peninsula
south of Midenhall and use the
Golden key to open the transport
gate. You will end up in Osterfair
back door to the armor shop.
1. If you open the door to
the shop you can get the
Armor of Gia and a magic
knifea. You cando a get rich
quick scam on the Armor shop.
i. If you take the Magic
Knife and return to
the Travelers' Gate
the return the shop
again the knife will
be there again. Keep
doing this until your
pockets are full of
knifes then sell them
at Midenhall Item shop
and return to do it
again.
ii. Talk to the King
and accept his request for entertainment.
1. Fight the panther and you will be
rewarded with the Moon Crest.
b. Water Crest
i. Return to Hamlin and save your game.
ii. Enter the little building to the left.
iii. Open the cage doors and talk to the
gremlins to begin a fight.
iv. After you defeat them search the right
hand corner of the cage where on of
the gremlins was sitting. You will find
the Water Crest.
VIII. Extras
a. Cancock
i. Return to Cancock and get Edrick's
Shield from the locked door with the
Golden Key.
b. Midenhall
i. Edrick's Token
1. It is in Midenhall treasure
room just before the Jail.
a. Take the Token to the
Monolith of Holy,
South of Tentegel to
get Edrick's Helmet.
ii. Staff of Thunder
1. If you feel brave head to the
Jail and go to the cell on the
bottom. Walk across the
barrier and then heal up. Talk
to the prisoner and he thanks
you for letting him escape. He
then fights you.
2. Defeat the Evil Clown and get
the Staff of Thunder.
a. (Optional) Fools Gold
i. Sell the Staff of
Thunder and
save your game.
ii. Hit reset and
return to the
saved game
then go back to
the cell.
1. You can
fight the
Evil Clown
again.
He will
drop
another
Staff of
Thunder
and Keep
selling
them
and
getting
new
ones
until you
are
filthy
rich!!!
IX. Quest for the Crests III
a. Lighthouse
i. Make sure you are fully equipped and bought
you're the best armor. If you did the money
glitch you should be all set.
ii. Enter the tower and work your way up to the
top.
iii. Once there you should see a gremlin
run off into the shaded roof of your
view
1. Follow him and you will see
an old man standing there. He
asks if you are looking for the
Star Crest. He says he will lead
you to it.
iv. Follow the man he is very fast in his
old age and will not wait for you. He
will wait at stairs for 2 seconds and
then move on.
1. He will not move unless you
are on the same floor. So if
you get lost just try to find the
stairs he went down, and you
should see him walk off again.
v. Once you arrive at his destination you
will discover that he is in fact Hargon,
and you must fight a group of
monsters to survive.
1. Once they are dead Hargon
will be long gone. Search the
area and you will find the Star
Crest.
2. Cast outside and rest up
X. Extras II
a. Zahan
i. Head back to Zahan to collect another
extra item
ii. Go to the top of the village where
there is a small shrine covered by a
stripped barrier, go to the top left
door and open the door to get the Magic
Loom.
XI. Reach Hargon
a. Platue
i. Hargon is not too far away now, but you
have to get the items necessary to reach
him. His lair is upon a high platou, in
accessible to a normal man.
b. Tuhn
i. Now it is time to head to Tuhn. This can
be a little tricky. You have to enter a
river system at a certain spot. Follow
these directions:
1. From the Light House go around
the coast through the channel
between the Dragon's Horns. On
the other side follow the coast
south past the Desert. Keep
going until you see a series
of rivers. Ride the boat in
until you can see a spot where
the land makes a path through
the rocks around the rest of the
river system. You have to go
far north and walk around until
you see the village Tuhn.
2. First step is to open the flood
gates. Go to the northern tip of
town to arrive in a huge open
field. In the upper left
corner of the field is a locked
door with the Jailors key.
Open it and enter. Go to the
floodgates and use the
Watergate key.
3. Now that you released
the water, the sand bar was
overflowed and you can now use
the ship to enter the town as
well as the Tower of the Moon.
4. Water Flying Cloth.
a. Once you get to town open the
house next to the lake in the
middle of the town. Talk to
the man and he
will be happy you brought
back his loom and dew yarn.
He will make you a Water
Flying Cloth for the Princess.
Save your game and press Rest.
The Cloth should be done.
c. Tower of the Moon
i. There are a lot of hard enemies in the tower,
but it is considerably easy. Once you find
the Moonstone just leave.
d. Sea Cave
i. The Sea Cave is located south west of
Osterfair. Once you see the cave
covered by barrier reefs go to the
lower middle part and use the stone.
The reef will open up allowing you to
enter the cave.
1. The cave is actually simple.
Just bring a lot of herbs and
use heal a lot. The floor is a
mostly red barrier, like
swamps.
2. Once you find the 2 Evil
Clowns and defeat them you
can get the Eye of Malroth.
a. The Eye of Malroth
will open the Road to
Rhone, the lair of
Hargon.
e. Beran
i. To get to Beran you can just go East
of Wellgarth. It is a small town that
looks like Rimuldar.
ii. You can save your game inside and re-
stock on supplies and weapons.
iii. Talk to the man near the weapons
shop he will tell you about a legendary
sword called the Sword of Thunder.
Hmmm.
iv. When you are ready you can go to
Rhone. The travel gate behind the
Healing Shrine is the Traveler's Gate
to the entrance to Rhone.
XII. Quest for the Crests IV
a. Cave to Rhone
i. The Life/Heart Crest is located in the
Cave to Rhone.
ii. Fall down on the first floor and end up
in the basement. There are a ton of
Zombies roaming around this floor.
The chest in the corner contains the
Life Crest
XIII Meet the Wizard
a. Now head to Midenhall. Go directly south of the
castle and you will see a small monolith
surrounded by the ocean.
b. Keep heading down the stairs until you reach
the basement.
i. Walk into the middle of the room and
4 torches will light up. Rubiss will
give you Rubiss' Charm.
ii. Return to Beran and return to the Cave
of Rhone.
XIV. Cave of Rhone II
a. Edrick's Armor
i. The armor is located on the 3rd floor.
To the far right. It is in a little alcove
surrounded by the wall.
b. Sword of Thunder
i. It is located on the 3rd Floor. The only
problem is that you cannot reach the
chest using stairs; you have to fall
down a pit to reach it.
1. Go to the 5th floor and fall
down a pit to the 4th floor. In
the lower right hand corner is
another pit. Fall down and you
can now have the Sword of
Thunder.
c. You fall down another pit and are returned to
the 2nd floor. Start over again and go to the 5th
Floor.
d. There are tons of pits here follow these
directions exactly. Press the control pad the
same was. L=Left, R=Right, D=Down, ect.
i. D, D, L, L, D, D, D, D, R, R, R, D.
1. There is a longer route, but this
is the easiest.
e. Your not out of the woods Floor 6 has a
return maze if you go in the wrong path you
get returned. Here is the path you should take
i. Right, past the upsieddown L, to the
upper fork, Upper Left fork, Right.
ii. Congradulations you are at Rhone.
XV. Rhone
a. You now have to make the journey to the
Sancutary. Head north. You should soon see a
monolith enter it and save. If you would like
to go back and get some items take the
traveler's gate. Make sure you save with the
Priest first, and not save in the outside world.
If you mess up you have to repeat the cave
again.
b. Once you are ready and around all your guys
are around level 30.
i. Go to the North along the Edge and
walk into the castle.
XVI. Master Equipment
a. To beat the game you must have the Best
equipment possible.
i. Prince of Midenhall (HERO)
1. Sword of Thunder
2. Edrick's Shield
3. Edrick's Armor
4. Edrick's Helmet
ii. Prince of Cancock
1. Falcon Sword
2. Magic Armor
3. Shield of Strenth
iii. Princess of Moonbrooke
1. Staff of Thunder
2. Water Flying Cloth
3. Shield of Strength as an item
XVII. Hargon's Castle
a. Home Again?Ö
i. When you walk in the castle you are
back at Midenhall Castle. You can rest
at the inn, but when you exit or use
the Charm you will return to your actual
HP/MP, same at the item shop.
1. Use the Charm of Rubiss to
erase this false world and now
you are in Hargon's True
Castle.
b. Fight your way to the canter of the Barrier in
the middle of the Castle.
i. Use the Eye of Malroth to take you to
the tower where Hargon is resting.
ii. In order to get to Hargon you have to
fight three battles
1. Atlas
2. Bazuzu
3. Zarlox
a. If you fight Atlas or
any of them and defeat
them, but die on
another one, return to
the Castle without
saving and the ones
you did defeat will not
be there anymore.
iii. Defeat them and Heal up with your
fight with Hargon.
1. The best way to beat him is to
have the Price of Cancock use
the Shield of Strength and have
the Princess do the same or
cast Sleep on him.
2. Hargon's Master
a. You soon discover that
there is a Mask of
Truth in the quest.
Hargon is not the
master, Malroth is!
XVIII. Malroth
a. He is one tough @$$%%. He can only attack
once, but his attacks are brutal
i. Fire Breath 40-70 to all
ii. Hits are 40-70
iii. Has Healall Spell
b. Just do the same, cast defence, increase, and
use the Shield of Strenth. With the blood line
of Edrick and his weapons you do stand a
chance!
XIX. Victory
a. Now that you have beaten Hargon & Malroth
the game is over. Walk back to the Shrine and
take the Travler's Gate back. Then watch the
scenes roll by!!
Congradulation! Job Well Done!
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