Overview — Dragon Quest Builders eGuide

Free Play is for building and sharing what has been built. Every recipe you learned while playing through Story Mode becomes available in Free Play, and Terra Incognita has a number of recipes unique to it.

Banner Of Hope

The Banner of Hope on Terra Incognita has new commands. You still use it to save your progress, and it’s where you return when you use a chimaera wing. The new commands are to travel to Terra Gladiatoria, since there’s no teleportal to it; Reset Island, which returns one of the islands beyond the teleportals to its original state; and Resident’s Register, which allows you to see a full list of residents, set certain residents as favourites, and summon residents to the Banner of Hope.

Six Islands

Terra Incognita serves as your base of operations. It’s free of enemies and has adequate resources to start your base and adventuring. Completing Story Mode chapters opens a teleportal that provides access to new islands. The four unlocked islands are filled with monsters and additional raw materials that allow you to expand your base on Terra Incognita.

Complete…	To Open…
Chapter 1: Cantlin	Terra Australis
Chapter 2: Rimuldar	Terra Orientalis
Chapter 3: Kol and Galenholm	Terra Borealis
Final Chapter: Tantegel	Terra Occidentalis

The sixth island, Terra Gladiatoria, serves as a proving ground. When you find blank tickets, take them to Terra Gladiatoria and turn them into battle tickets at the forbidden altar. Use the tickets to begin battles against a set number of enemies. There’s more information about each island on the following pages.

Sharing What Is Built

Building in Free Play works exactly the same as it does in Story Mode. The big change is the ability to share what you build. Sharing stones allow you to share your creations with your friends. Summoning stones allow you to summon the creations of other players. Books near each of the already-placed stones on your home island have more information.

Potential Residents

Your base on Terra Incognita attracts residents, and now even monsters want to live with you. An NPC appears at your Banner of Hope after you use a chimaera wing. You must wait three in-game days before you can earn another NPC in this fashion. The NPC that appears is random, and you may even get duplicate monster residents.

There are fewer potential human residents, but they take advantage of the bonuses earned through the creation of rooms. They switch to upgraded equipment, gain additional health, and create items and leave them in chests.

Available After Completing Chapter 1

Name	Notes
Hatted lass	Fights with thrown weapons. Makes medicine.
Hazel-haired lady	Prefers building in workshops.
Likely lad	Cooks and makes water-based items.
Bunicorn	Monster resident. Charges with horn.
Couragooze slime	Monster resident. Uses body slam.
Dracky	Monster resident. Bite and body slam attacks.
Phlematic slime	Monster resident. Runs from battles.

Available After Completing Chapter 2

Name	Notes
Bobby girl	Not a good fighter. Enjoys cooking.
Bright-eyed boy	Good fighter. Creates building materials.
Masked muscleman	Melee fighter. Creates building materials and furniture.
Chimaera	Monster resident. Ranged attack.
Drohl drone	Monster resident. Poison lob attack.
Hammerhood	Monster resident. Attacks with a hammer.
Killerpillar	Monster resident. Rolling attack.
Lunatick	Monster resident. High HP. Ranged blast attack.
Prestidigitator	Monster resident. Avoids melee combat. Hurls magic.
She-slime	Monster resident. Uses body slam.
Skeleton	Monster resident. Attacks with a sword.
Spiked hare	Monster resident. Charges with horn. More powerful than bunicorn.
Treeface	Monster resident. Sturdy ally.

Available After Completing Chapter 3

Name	Notes
Cool girl	Wields hammer in combat. Prefers welder’s workshop.
Dandy gentleman	Wields hammer in combat. Excellent cook.
Bewarewolf	Monster resident. Claw attack.
Bodkin archer	Monster resident. Uses ranged attack.
Dancing flame	Monster resident. Low HP. Breathes fire.
Frostburn	Monster resident. Low HP. Frost breath.
Ghost	Monster resident. Available at all times. Punch and fireball attacks.
Hawk man	Monster resident. High attack and HP, but low defense.
Knight errant	Monster resident. Shield boosts defense. Attacks with an axe.
Muddy hand	Monster resident. Poor combatant.
Powie yowie	Monster resident. Ranged snowball attack.
Rockbomb	Monster resident. Does not self-destruct.
Scorpion	Monster resident. Spinning attack.

Available After Completing Final Chapter

Name	Notes
Martial maiden	Wields sword. Prefers workshops.
Military man	Wields sword. Prefers workshops.
Cannibox	Monster resident. Powerful bite attack.
Golem	Monster resident. Strong attacker, poor HP.
Killing machine	Monster resident. High HP and a variety of attacks.
Metal slime	Monster resident. Rare. High defense but low HP.
Troll	Monster resident. Swings club but doesn’t break blocks.