DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS

Missable!

There are 5 Challenges within the Chapter, only 1 is missable. Except for the missable, other Challenges can be completed at anytime or even after completing a Chapter by reloading an earlier save. Challenges will be permanently saved to your profile once completed, however, you must complete a Chapter in order for a Challenge to register as completed. It's advisable to collect all these at the end game or load a save to acquire them, apart for the Time Limit Challenge of course.

1. COMPLETE THE CHAPTER IN 30 DAYS

This is plenty of time to complete this Chapter, even on your first time, always attempt this Challenge first. Then when you have finished the Chapter and completed the Chapter, load your recent save and complete the other Challenges. There are a few tips to apply to make this easier.

Items/Materials

When looting plants for their materials, do not break every single one just in case you may need some more later, possibly acquired by a SHOVEL. And wherever you go, if you ever spot a new item, always try to grab/farm a few just in case you need it for something later.

The COLOSSAL COFFER is always the priority initially, you always want to craft this at the earliest possible opportunity. Another small tip about the COLOSSAL COFFER, when you do acquire it, you will likely have a lot of items already in chests. Rather than take the contents out and transfer them to your COFFER individually, just destroy the chest so all the items drop, then pick them up and they will go straight into your COFFER. Then just place the chest back.

Don't unnecessarily waste any items/materials, if you must use anything while not Quest related, always try to leave a few of that material or even more if you had a large number initially just to be safe.

When exploring buildings, you may find a lot of useful furniture, if you have the COLOSSAL COFFER collect as much furniture as possible as these can easily be used to increase your points in your base. Especially SCONCES as these are all over castles, they take up only 1 block of space and give 100pts.

Food/Hunger meter

A lot of the items you collect are often used later so it's difficult to know exactly what to use for food. I'd advise to always create a CRUDE KITCHEN as early as possible. This is because your Town residents will use it to craft food for you so you won't even have to craft much food because your residents will do it for you.

When you do have to craft food to fill your hunger meter, craft something that uses a material that is easy to come by, a material that you have a high number of. And only craft what you need at the time, don't craft a whole bunch of food just in case you need the materials for something else, and you may be acquiring some food soon anyway.

Equipment

Your weapons won't degrade fast, but your axes/hammers will, so always have a few of your current type on you just in case.

Saving

Always save regularly, if you make a big mistake, you can then reload your previous save and try again. Make sure you save before you head to the beacon at the end of a Chapter, that way if you need to come back, you can do so right at the end of the Chapter with all that same gear.

Warping

Whenever you are away from base, the quickest way back is to warp using CHIMAERA WINGS so don't use these sparingly.

If you have a NPC with you, make sure they are with you and not stuck behind a rock or unable to reach you (you can jump gaps but they won't) before warping. If they are not with you, they will stay behind and you will have to make your way back to collect them.

Time Penalties

If you die or warp using the option in the menu, the game will advance a day, so try not to die. This may sound like a problem, but you can always spare a few deaths, just if you die to many times, a save reload may be the best option.

Sleeping also advances the day obviously, so never sleep unless you have to.


2. RAISE YOUR BASE TO LEVEL 5

Pretty straight forward, you will likely acquire this without even planning to.

Always loot furniture on your travels once you have the Colossal Coffer, this furniture is free and can all be placed in your rooms for additional points. Sconces that you will find on walls in castle areas are very useful, they take up little space, give 100pts and sometimes you can acquire 50 of these from one castle.

Not all enemies can destroy your base, but during battles, just plan to keep all enemies away to be safe.

The most important instruction I can give is when your base advances a level, stop for a moment whatever your doing if possible. Now remove all your doors and once all are removed, place them all back. This may sound daft, but the game has a strange base leveling system, and this will cause you to acquire a lot of free points, you will see for yourself. You must apply this always in all Chapters whenever you advance a level, honestly, this is really important, will save a lot of time.

Everything must be placed in your base, otherwise you won't receive points for it.


3. DEFEAT ALL BOSS TROLLS AND GIGANTES

You will find four large hostile Trolls or Gigantes, one on each island, you must kill all 4 four to complete this Challenge. Wait until the end of the Chapter to kill these so that you have the best possible equipment. You could even use Magic Cannons from a distance if you wish, or use the Bashmobile.

• The first Boss Troll can be found south of the base just past the gate.
• The second Boss Troll can be found through the blue teleportal in the southwest fort where Barbella was held. This is the Boss Troll that was behind the gate guarding the four red chests.
• A Gigantes can be found through the red teleportal, follow the mountain north of you, northwest and you will find this in the open area. If you have reached the forest area before the frozen lake then you have gone to far.
• The last Gigantes is found through the green teleportal. Head southeast over the mountains and you will find it in the centre of the igloos.

4. BUILD THE SPECTACULAR SPA

Head through the green teleportal and head southeast over the mountain. Once over the mountain with the igloo area ahead, turn around and look in the nearby area for any caves in the wall of the mountain you just dropped down. If you find any caves, enter them and look for a chest inside that has a random location. If you find the chest, grab the Spectacular Spa blueprint from it and head back to base.

If you didn't find the blueprint in these caves, head southwest across the igloo area and over to the mountain in the distance. Once near the mountain, keep an eye out for any caves in the cliff walls you pass. Enter any cave you come to and look out for the treasure chest with the Spectacular Spa blueprint. If you still haven't found the blueprint, look for some more caves in the area and you should find it then, it can spawn in a cave along the cliffs southwest of the igloos, or the walls north of the igloos.

Once you have it, warp back to base and place it somewhere, then complete it as you should have all the ingredients/materials required by now as long as you left this till the end of the Chapter to complete. Everything is pretty straight forward to craft for this apart for the following:

• Tea service - In order to craft this, first you will need to craft a HEARTY CREAM CAKE (wheat, sugar cane, dracky butter, heartfruit) and a CROCKERY (clay, coal), all at the BRICK BARBECUE.
• Fierce fountain - Enter the blue teleportal and head north to the far north east near the shore, where you will find a building with a Troll beside it. Place a block in the hole that the Troll is peeping through, then talk to the girl to acquire the Fierce Fountain recipe.
• Hot water cyrstal - This is the orange water block that was in your base at the start of this Chapter.
• Cedar tree - For this you just need to plant a CEDAR SEEDLING in its place, which will eventually grow into the tree.
• Freezia & Medicinal shrubs - The actual plants are what's needed and they're acquired with a SHOVEL, these can be found through the red teleportal.

Once the Spectacular Spa blueprint is complete, this Challenge is complete, you just need to complete the Chapter to register it.


5. OBTAIN THE RECIPE FOR THE LYRE OF SLIME MEMORIAL

Craft 15 Blue Blocks that you acquired the recipe for in a Quest at the end of the Chapter and then head through the red teleportal, and walk north to the cliff wall near you, but don't climb it. Now follow this cliff wall left (west), keep following it and it will soon bend round to the north near where the Gigantes is or was. Keep following the cliff wall north and just before it reaches the forest area, you will come to a lit cave.

Enter the cave and place the Blue Blocks in the gaps in the centre that you acquire through the story. Once done, enter the door where the Evil Idol was and carry on through the tunnels. Use the blue flooring as guidance for the correct tunnels to take. Once at the end, loot the Treasure Chest to learn how to craft a LYRE OF SLIME IMMEMORIAL, the Challenge is now complete.