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Dragon Quest: Builders |OT| - "If you build it, they will come."
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Unknown?
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Yes but not in Ch 1, there is in Ch 2.
patrickthehedgehog
Member
Can you ever see the stars in the night sky or is that being blocked out part of the story?
Mihos
Gold Member
Well, kind of both.
You clear the sky, but then the chapter ends during the day... not sure if you can load and see the clear sky at night... or maybe in free mode which I haven't touched yet.
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Actually chapter doesn't end immediately, but I didn't hang around until night or look up
Shouta
Member
You should be able to assign rooms sometime in Chapter 1 so everyone goes to their own space instead of going to the inn. The male/female signs are where you assign it after placing them, I think but it could be a different sign. It's been awhile.
Mihos
Gold Member
Nah, you have it right. You put a boy or girl sign, then click 'write' and it lists all the boys or girls in your town to assign. You have to build it up as a private room first though (bed, pot, lightsource, door)
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Do you eventually get the ability to warp to key places or do you really have to walk all the way there each and every time? I know you have the item that instantly takes you back to your home town, but what about something that would let me then warp back instantly to a far away locale (ex...castle)?
Echo the thoughts of someone else who said that the lack of a quest log/tracker in your menu someplace is baffling.
Echo the thoughts of someone else who said that the lack of a quest log/tracker in your menu someplace is baffling.
ThatStupidLion
Gold Member
not much of an in game clock, but it does say how many in-game days you've played....so if you want to be anal, you could time how long it takes for a day/night cycle to complete, and multiply that by days...itll give a rough estimate though since i think time pause during certain actions and menus etc.
Pyros_Eien
Member
They change clothes without having to go there? They only change once though, from the rags they start with when they come to your town to normal clothes. If you upgrade weapons I think they go back there but don't actually change clothes, just hit harder.
Nope can't teleport back. You can however bring a crafting station to make items on the spot which is helpful for some of the quests, but some of them have you running back and forth. And there's no movement speed item either, other than the meager increase from the first set of clothes. I mean ch3 has a movement item near the end of it kinda, but it's literally right before the end and it's kinda terrible anyway since it stops everytime you hit something and can't jump. They should have made these semi useless colored orbs you find in each teleporter island actually let you teleport to them. There's not too much backtracking though I've found, at least necessary backtracking(sidequests/challenges have a bunch of it).
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
It took me about 15 hours but I finally finished chapter 1. I'm guessing that I'm pretty terrible at this game, as I didn't do any of the challenge objectives.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
So the vita version is digital on PSN only?
Any retail stores have codes?
Any retail stores have codes?
N° 2048
Member
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
The only one I think you'd complete on accident would be the "Kill 3 Dragons". And of the 5, the Cantilon Garden one is the biggest bullshit since I don't really know how you're supposed to know what the garden looks like without looking it up online. Maybe I'm missing something, though.
oktarb
Member
You can't be terrible at this game. Take your time, smell the roses. Unless you're mad rushing through chapters to unlock recipes for free play mode. Seems to me if someone is fiending for free play mode might find a better option...out...there *Cough* minecraft.
I think this game is more about taking each chapter and squeezing everything you want out of it. Each chapter will sing to different people.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Oh yes, I'm definitely loving the game I just feel like I'm being a bit punished for not completing the first chapter in a certain amount of time (47 days, when the goal was 20) but I'm not too worried about the objectives I suppose (especially since I didn't even know about them until after the end of the chapter).
The menu screen spacing makes me think there are 4-5 chapters at least, so I feel like this game will take a hefty amount of time to finish. I'm okay with that, but it'll probably fall to the wayside in favor of World of Final Fantasy or Final Fantasy XV in the next few months.
Are you following a video for it? I think this one's strategy guide fodder. I don't think I would have figured that one out from the quest giver's description.
Room recipes: http://www.gamersheroes.com/game-guides/dragon-quest-builders-room-building-guide-materials-bonuses/
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
The speedrun achievements in each chapter just give recipes for the free build mode. So if you decide not to do them, it's not the end of the world.
I hope in the sequel (if they make it) they ditch these fixed room utilities because it's just plain a stupid mechanic.
I had my room in free mode with my bed and stuff. Remodeled it with a different shape. Now it won't recognize it as a room no matter what, it has the door, the light source and the necessary blocks. I wouldn't mind that if it wasn't because now I can't sleep because the game does not allow to sleep unless it's recognized as a room. A bed should work no matter what the game thinks the room is.
I had my room in free mode with my bed and stuff. Remodeled it with a different shape. Now it won't recognize it as a room no matter what, it has the door, the light source and the necessary blocks. I wouldn't mind that if it wasn't because now I can't sleep because the game does not allow to sleep unless it's recognized as a room. A bed should work no matter what the game thinks the room is.
ThatStupidLion
Gold Member
yup - pretty sure this is a bug, im seeing more and more accounts of it... when a room is altered and tried to be rebuilt or added the game doesnt register it any more...i need to try to trouble shoot my issues tonight.
the game hasnt registered any rooms i make since i tried to add more room to my mason workshop/studio... I can use all the items though even if it's not "in" a specified room, unlike your bed situation
I honestly don't know what is happening. I rebuild the room multiple times, even going back to the original shape, and now it refuses to recognize a room.
I mean, I can't think it's a bug because the game is almost a year old but I just don't understand this and I already lost too much time with this shit.
EDIT: Ended reloading the save from the cloud and now it works. Something must be going on because I did exactly 1:1 the same.
Anyways, finally got my first villager in my free mode town, and she's working! If you get an NPC that you don't want (for example an animal) just reload the save and a different one will pop. Seems like NPCs may pop after loading a save.
Yesssss. PS4 copy, here I come.
Seriously, I think you are just measing up wall placement. The walls for a room can not be outside of the base boundary. If they are, the room will never be recognized as anything but a "Room".
Being able to use items doesn't mean anything, since you can use chests and workbenchs anywhere, outside the base or not.
I'm on Chapter 3 now, have spent over a hundred in-game days each in both Chapter 1 2, building and rebuilding rooms. I have never encountered any bugs with room recognition. Every problem I encountered was due to an error on my part.
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I was able to get this after some work. Apparently you need a medium sized tree. Small and large ones won't trigger it.
SynthFetish
Member
Chapter 4 question.
during the first phase dragonlord fight, there is a door locked with a magic key to the left of his throne. Anyone know if there is a way to craft a second magic key to unlock it?
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Yeah, it does that. First game in a while that kept me playing... for hours and hours.
In other news, I stupidly forgot to remove the legendary shield, and so that challenge is left uncomplete. Only one left, doh.
Pretty sure it's just decoration.
You can mark locations, but you still have to walk to them. Basically trips are one way thanks to Chimera Wings.
Now for some spoiler options:
You get a vehicle in Chapter 3 and 4 and you can make it in Free Play that greatly increases movement speed.
You can build tracks and ride a minecart. Going to set up routes to the portals in free play
You can build tracks and ride a minecart. Going to set up routes to the portals in free play
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
You would think that after I played through chapters 1 and 2, that I would learn my lesson, and not go too nuts with my towns because they don't carry over past the chapter...but I just can't seem to help myself!! It becomes so addicting to just build and build shit. I spent so much time on this place in chapter 3, that I just had to show it off.
At first I started with only a second floor, but when I went for a third, I went as high as the game would allow me,lol.
Around the entire first floor of the city, I have these pistons that should push enemies away from the town if they get too close. Seems like it doesn't work on some of the bigger ones though.
Since the bottom is always where enemies eventually break through, and the most damage is done, I kept it minimal, and built all the main rooms higher up away from enemies. Still got some building stations, and their hot spring room, lol.
On the second floor, I gave everyone their own private bedroom, with the ladies having the more luxurious of them. The boys just get straw beds, lol.
Upper floor has the nice workshop, and teleporters, but it's also has places where we can just sit back and relax, haha.
I kinda still want to figure out someway to make use of the minecart materials....
At first I started with only a second floor, but when I went for a third, I went as high as the game would allow me,lol.
Around the entire first floor of the city, I have these pistons that should push enemies away from the town if they get too close. Seems like it doesn't work on some of the bigger ones though.
Since the bottom is always where enemies eventually break through, and the most damage is done, I kept it minimal, and built all the main rooms higher up away from enemies. Still got some building stations, and their hot spring room, lol.
On the second floor, I gave everyone their own private bedroom, with the ladies having the more luxurious of them. The boys just get straw beds, lol.
Upper floor has the nice workshop, and teleporters, but it's also has places where we can just sit back and relax, haha.
I kinda still want to figure out someway to make use of the minecart materials....
LifeBrandRobot
Member
Finally got my copy from Amazon. God, hearing that opening on a PS4 gave me chills.
old manatee
Banned
This is a really good Minecraft clone. I would love an Animal Crossing game in this style.
Splash Wave
Member
Thank you!
I love the bathhouse and the diner! Nice attention to detail.
HoopzBarkley
Member
I don't care if towns aren't that important after a new chapter its fun just seeing what you can build. My chapter 1 town I made into a castle and I made an underground town too lol.
Not sure if this was posted yet but the Japanese Dragon Quest site held contests and had some really cool entries.
http://www.dragonquest.jp/builders/sp/contest
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nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Question for people who bought digital - when I go to the store and look at the Day One Edition, it looks like I can still add it to cart to purchase. Is that normal? That's what I bought but it still gives me a choice to purchase it?
Narpas Sword0
Member
I have a similar story. Didn't get the COD beta either.
RoaringMdog
Member
All done with chapter 1, did the speedrun in 9 days, could have been 8 but i died once. Think i'll take a break for now and play some shorter games and come back to this in a few weeks.
Freezasaurus
Member
Question - when I use the teleport pad and come out in a new area to explore, can I break that one down and move it somewhere new, or only the one in the town? I'd sure love to not have to make long treks to get to good mining areas.
