Best Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Party Comp

Finding the best Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake party composition takes some experimentation. You could take the premade characters at Patty’s Party Planning Place and be done with it. However, there are nine vastly different options available in this new version of the classic RPG, and some even get new abilities that debut in the remake, so it’s worth at least seeing what they’re about.

Knowing which classes to put into your party at the beginning of your adventure in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake is important, as some monsters can be quite the challenge for the unprepared. So if you want to know which classes are the best for the early game, particularly if you know of and are actively seeking the new Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake friendly monster locations, then the guide below will teach you all you need to know. It also includes a breakdown of the class skills on level up, as well as how to unlock the secret class.

Best Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Party Comp Classes

The best Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Party Comp is Hero, Mage, Priest, and Monster Wrangler. While there are advantages to other classes in the game, you don’t actually need to spec too far outside this archetype, thanks to the Alltrades Abbey you’ll find later in the story. There, you can change your party’s class to give them the opportunity to learn new abilities and spells. Changing a class will reduce your character back down to level 1, but they’ll keep all learned spells and abilities and only decrease their stats by around half of their current levels.

The advantage of this setup is that you have a powerful DPS option in your Hero. Your best option is to answer the Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Personality quiz in such a way that it offers better stat distribution for strength, such as Paragon for example. You can also use books or equipment to alter their personality to a strength-buffing personality. The range of spells and abilities that the hero gets in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake is rather remarkable, with decent spells from both Mage and Cleric classes, as well as access to new abilities such as Flame Slash.

As for the rest of your party, the new Monster Wrangler class makes it slightly easier to find and tame friendly monsters. They also learn abilities based on how many you’ve rescued, as well as a mix of offensive and healing skills that make it a jack-of-all-trades. The Priest gains access to early-game healing, and while it is slightly outclassed by the Monster Wrangler very early on, they do learn revival skills very quickly to save you a trip to the town priest. As for the Mage, their wide range of offensive spells and buffs for allies make them a worthy, if rather squishy addition to the party.

What about the other Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake classes?

Of course, there are five other classes to consider. The Warrior is a decent replacement for the Monster Wrangler if you fancy a more offensive fighter with greater access to advanced weapons and armor, as well as new skills to protect themselves as they batter in the enemy one by one. The Martial Artist is another option that’s rather simple to maintain as they use their fists to fight, learn damage skills, and have a high critical hit rating, but is a bit less good defensively.

If you can handle not having a Mage on the team, a Thief is a good status-based melee alternative, able to riddle the enemy with poison, sleep, and all sorts of nasty effects. They’re also not quite as defensively bad as the Mage. They can also tell you where items are, and also reduce the encounter rate.

While the Merchant used to be even worse than the Gadabout, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake gives them new rock-throwing abilities, giving them much-needed multi-targeting abilities. These do fixed damage and ignore defense. They’re also able to get extra cash in battle, can appraise items, and call inns and shops while you’re out in the wilderness.

The Gadabout is the worst class in the game, and it’s fully intentional. The more levels they gain, they gain new abilities that actively nerf their fighting abilities. At the start of the game, do not take a Gadabout. You should only use this class when you reach Alltrades Abbey, and then only for a little bit.

How to unlock the Sage class in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake

There are two ways in which your party members can ascend to greatness and become a Sage. The first is by having the Words of Wisdom, which you can get in the Tower of Transcendence north of Alltrades Abbey. The second is to level up a party member as the otherwise useless Gadabout class until they reach level 20. Since the tower dungeon is nearby and only requires you find an item, you don’t really need to bother with the Gadabout unless you want more than one Sage in your party.

To find the Words of Wisdom, go to the Tower of Transcendence and do up the northwest tower. Follow it to the teleporter, the go up the middle staircase to the right. Ascend the stairs to the south find a rope you can walk across. Go along the rope until you see a triangular flag and drop off the edge. Make sure to pick up the seed in the pot on the collapsed roof you drop onto, before going down the hole next to you. In the next area, head downstairs, then examine the chest to your right to find the Words of Wisdom.

Whichever step you take, head to the Alltrades Abbey and speak to the abbot to change the party member’s class to Sage. Any party member that becomes a Sage will fast become the very best spellcaster in the game, able to cast both Mage and Cleric spells. Their stat distribution is also very similar to the Priest, meaning that you have a far sturdier range of magic damage potential available to you.

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake Class level-ups

The following list of abilities and spells is different from every other version of Dragon Quest 3, so it is, therefore, still under construction. We’ll keep this list updated as and when we find more abilities and spells for every class.

Hero

Mage

Priest

Monster Wrangler

Warrior

Sage