Overview

Part 1: Builder Basics

Welcome to Alefgard, hero! This official Dragon Quest Builders strategy guide gets you started on your adventure by introducing all the skills needed to play through the game, from building basic items to overcoming obstacles by using your environment. Beyond the basics, we provide information that helps you place blocks with quick efficiency while building, remove negative status conditions during combat, and tackle Story Mode challenges that unlock additional recipes in Free Play.

Part 2: Alefgard Adventure

Story Mode is divided into four chapters: Cantlin, Rimuldar, Kol/Galenholm, and Tantegel, which are the four regions of Alefguard you, as the hero, are tasked to free from the Dragonlord. Each region is composed of four islands, which almost always require teleportals to reach.

Our coverage of each chapter begins with a preview of five challenges (we provide detailed explanations and rewards at the end of each chapter), base camp score requirements, and all available recipes. We also give you an overview of what items you can obtain from enemies. An overall world map reveals the positions of each island in every region.

For the individual regional islands, we provide maps that mark out quest destinations, plus the locations of treasure chests and other bonus items, such as blueprints that teach you how to build new rooms. You also get a detailed breakdown of building and raw materials available on each island and how to acquire them, plus a summary of the enemies wandering nearby.

Part 3: Free Play

We kick off coverage of the six islands of Free Play with an overview of how this mode differs from Story Mode, how recipes learned in Story Mode become available in Free Play, plus a breakdown of where to find raw materials.

Maps for each island include a listing of randomly placed treasure chests and their contents, as well as notable locations such as puzzles to solve and wandering enemies.

In addition, our Terra Gladiatoria section covers the encounters initiated when you use battle tickets. Here you’ll find advance tips on what types of enemies spawn, how many of each appear, and what items they drop.

Part 4: Appendices

Having trouble finding a certain material? Need ideas for the best ways to level up your base? Check out our appendices to get the most out of your gaming experience. We provide master lists of raw materials, crafted items, equipment, building blocks, and other materials; plus coverage of special buildable rooms and every enemy you’ll encounter throughout your adventure. We’ve even got a fishing appendix for you, which includes maps revealing what all you might catch in Story Mode and Free Play—not only fish and items, but monsters too. They’re eager to interrupt your efforts!

Go now, hero, and rid the realm of the Dragonlord once and for all!