Dragon Warrior VII Immigrant Town Guide/FAQ Version 1.6 by Michaël Tousignant (Sanctus Evanidus) evanidus@videotron.ca Section 0: Revisions History Section 1: The Immigrant Town (General Information) Section 2: Immigrant spawn spots -> Immigrant spawn spots -> Permanent immigrants spots Section 3: Town Phases Section 4: Town Management Section 5: Possible Final Forms -> Farm -> Slum -> Bazaar -> Cathedral -> Normal Town Section 6: Tips for getting final forms Section 7: FAQ Section 8: Credits Section 9: Copyright + Contact information ******************************************************************************** Section 0: Revisions History 04/29/02 - Version 1.6 - Added permanant immigrants names and did a few minor corrections/additions. Added rumors about another permanant immigrant spot and about save/resets. Also did some sorting in the immigrants spots list to make reading easier. 01/29/02 - Version 1.5 - New immigrant spot added (Thanks to IHateYourScreenName/Dennis/Sky Render), also added a 'Credits' section and did various other small changes and additions (too long to list) 01/19/02 - Version 1.4 - New immigrant spot added (Thanks to CronoLV99), also did some minor corrections. 01/12/02 - Version 1.3 - New immigrant spot added (Thanks to rmilan again), a few small mistakes were corrected and a question was added to the FAQ. 01/11/02 - Version 1.2 - A new immigrant spot was added (Thanks to rmilan) 01/07/02 - Version 1.1 - New immigrant spot added (Thanks to vertigoRI) and another one that was forgotten by me. Pointed out which immigrant spots were the bests for forcing an immigrant spawn. Also added two questions to the FAQ and a few extra notes in answer to questions seen after the initial release. 01/06/02 - Version 1.0 - Initial Release ******************************************************************************** Section 1: The Immigrant Town (General Information) Early in the game, you'll meet an old man named Sim on an island southeast of Fishbel in the present. He will request your help to find people who could join him in his dream which is to build a town. These people, that we'll call "immigrants", can be found at many different locations in the world. When you first meet Sim, there won't be much of these, but this will increase at you advance in the game. ******************************************************************************** Section 2: Immigrant spawn spots At the following locations, you'll be able to meet immigrants to which you'll be able to tell about Sim's town. These immigrants appear randomly, sometimes you'll see one, sometimes you won't. To force them to appear simply keep entering/exiting the room. Once you 'see' an immigrant at a spot, no matter what you do (e.g. even if you recruit him or don't talk to him at all), no more immigrants will spawn at this specific spot until you save/reset the game. (However, I heard rumors that its actualy possible to see them again at a spot without save/reset, but havn't tested it yet due to lack of time. To do so, you'd need to see an immigrant somewhere else and/or rest at a inn) Note: Immigrants only appear in the present Estard: 2nd floor of the Inn/Pub Rexwood: Inn* Engow: Inn Orph: - Inn* - Item shop* Falrish: - Inn - Church* Mentare: Old house on the path leading to the monastery* Verdham Ruins: In the west part of the area Inn/Pub near Dharma: In the basement/pub* (not the well) Mezar: Inn* Dune Village: Inn** Krage: Inn* Litorud: - Inn* - Church* Hamelia: - Inn - Pub Sphinx: Second floor, past the ladder* Probina: - Armor shop* - Inn* Loomin: Inn* (Room with beds, not in front of the table) Loomin Ruins: Western part of the town? (unchecked) Mardra: - Inn - Church* - 2nd floor of the NW tower in the castle* (Right under the guest room which is where the parents of the king used to be in the past) Great Fane (south of Mardra): Underground* (Upon entering Mardra, enter the door on the other side of the stairs (rotate the camera). The immigrant will appear in the room right after going down the stairs) Gorges: Inn* Labress: Inn Coastarl: - 2nd floor of the inn* - 2nd floor of the church* - basement of the armor shop* The tunnel in the mountains connecting the "Archeological Dig side" and the one with the Lake Altar: At the eastern entrance* Total known normal spawn spots: 32 * You can see the immigrant upon entering the room or from stairs in this same room with the 'right camera angle'. (Good spots when doing in/out to force an immigrant spawn) ** Worse spots for doing in/out, avoid them. (Note: Others require only a little walking and still can be good) - Permanent immigrants spots - There are (as far as I know) five 'special' immigrant spots where you'll meet only one immigrant who will have a specific profession and name. They'll always be present, no matter if you leave the room, they'll wait until you tell them about the town. Once you do, they will stay permanently in your town, you'll never be able to get rid of them even if you want to. The best is to recruit them only at the end when it become really hard to find immigrants. (Keep reading to learn more) Dharma: Second Floor (Nurar the Trader) Mezar: Between the Inn and the Church (Elena the Dancer) Church near Hamelia: Inside (Sara the Sister) Loomin: Inn, sitting at the table (Bean the Farmer) Lefa/Wind Fane (North of Gorges): Back room near the barrels (Jissa the Priest) Total known permanant spots: 5 Rumor: I've received e-mails mentioning a spot with another permanant immigrant appearing somewhere in Mt. Flame. It is suposed to be only avaible at a certain point in the game. (I've checked carefully at the end of disc 1 and end of disc 2 and didn't find it. If he is avaible, it should be at some specific point in disc 2) Note: It is suposed to be a Warrior (which is not useful for any of the special final forms) ******************************************************************************** Section 3: Town phases As you progress in the game, you'll be able to find more and more immigrants. In disk 1, you'll be able to find up to 27 immigrants and near the end of disk 2, up to 40. (The final forms of the town give you some of the best items in the game so it's normal) 1-4 immigrants: Nothing special but Sim will comment on the last immigrant. 5-9: Sim will ask you to name the town. He'll first suggest three names based on the Hero's name and if you refuse for each, he'll let you find a name. Sim will then move to his house outside town. 10-14: Start to have some buildings 15-19: A store, selling useless stuff, comes in. 20-24: An inn is added and you are now able to "manage" the town (keep reading for more information) 25-29: Church added, more shops comes in. (also selling useless stuff) 30-34: Bank added and shops start selling better stuff (still not great) 35-40: Final form (the final form will change based on which immigrants you recruited, keep reading for more info) Important note: Be sure to carefully search each forms of the town that are before 20 immigrants because you'll never be able to these forms back. (Some have TinyMedals) For those after 20, you can always kick immigrants out (see Town Management below) to get them back at any time. ******************************************************************************** Section 4: Town Management When your town reach 20+ immigrants, when you talk to Sim in his house you'll get a few options: 1. "Residents" Will show a list of immigrants currently living in your town with their name, origin and type/profession 2. "Exchange" Allow you to trade immigrants with a friend's Dw7 save. All you need is to put the memory card with your current adventure journal in your first card slot and the one with your friend in your second. You'll then have to choose which immigrants you want to swap. Notes: - You can't trade immigrants with your own saves, you'll need to start a new (different) game if you want to do it. - You can't trade back immigrants you received by trading until you save/reset the game. - You can have duplicate immigrants by doing this and it "shouldn't" cause any problems (e.g immigrants with same name) - You can't trade permanent immigrants (see permanent immigrants spots list above) 3. "Asks to move" This allow you to kick an immigrant out of town. When selected, you'll get a small list of three immigrants to chose from (if you want to keep these three, hit cancel and select 'Asks to move' again to get a new list). Notes: - Sim warn you that if you kick an immigrant out, it will never come back. Well that's not true, you may see it again at any immigrant spawn spots one day. - You can't kick immigrants you just received from trading (exchange) you'll need to save/reset the game first. - You can't kick permanent immigrants. (see permanent immigrants spots list above) - You can't kick anyone if you only have 24 immigrants or less in your town. Sim will tell you that no one wants to leave. ******************************************************************************** Section 5: Possible Final Forms When you get over 35 immigrants, your town will get its final form which can vary based on what kind of immigrants are in your town. For example, if your town have at least 21 merchants/traders and a total of 35+ people, it will become a bazaar where you'll be able to buy a lot of things. (Note: After reaching a final form, if you wish to get a different one, you can kick everyone out and try to replace the immigrants to match the requirements of another final form. It is possible to get each of them in a same game but it is hard (see the tips section below for help)) Below you'll see a list of the five possible final forms of the town, their requirements and what they can give you. I added a description to important items among with a list of who can equip them for equipments. (A=Aira, H=Hero, G=Gabo, Mb=Maribel, Mv=Melvin): Note: When a requirement ask for X of this kind/this one/and this one, you always need at least one of each a total of X. (Ex: 6 sailors/prisoners mean you need at least 1 sailor and 1 prisoner and in total (prisoner+sailor) you need 6. - Farm - Requirements: 13 farmers, 10 halflings/bulls/horses/pigs (cats aren't needed) Treasures: Boxer, Leather Boxer, Dung, LifeAcorn, TinyMedal, Rib General Store: - Sickle Sword, 1700 G - Hacksaw Sword, 8800 G - Monster Fangs, 17000 G - Oricon's Fangs, 30000 G (135 ATK, 37 APR (G)) - Boxer, 100 G - Leather Boxer, 310 G - LifeRock, 800 G Sim's diary: "Page 210 - The once promising 'town name' has gradually turned into a farming collective. It's surprising, but could this be a sign of the times? Life on a plantation is no life at all. Regardless, there's nothing I can do about it." - Slum - Requirements: 10 bunny(girls)/mixers/dancers, 8 bullies, 6 sailors/prisoners Treasures: STRseed, DEFseed x 2, LifeAccorn, Dung, Bunny Ears, TinyMedal x 2 160, 16 and 7 Gold. Armor shop: - Viking Armor, 7000 G - Dance Armor, 6300 G (37 DEF, 38 APR, Often dodge attacks (A,Mb)) - Silk Coat, 7800 G - Spangle Dress, 11500 G - Garter, 3300 G - Tights, 2200 G - Bunny Ears, 750 G Weapon shop: - Power Claws, 7100 G - Shears Axe, 6000 G - Dragon Whip, 7500 G - Flame Boomerang, 13000 G - Seduce Sword, 9800 G - Devil Sword, 45000 G (110 ATK, Not cursed but user may lose turns (A,H)) Casino prizes: - Trendy Mail, 2000 Coins - Starry Ring, 15000 Coins (5 APR, Double user AGL (All)) - MetlKing Armor, 30000 Coins (115 DEF, 47 APR, Abate flame and cold (A,H,Mv)) - RainHawk Spirit, 100000 Coins - Wreck whip, 300000 Coins (125 ATK, 26 APR, Attack all Enemies (A,H,G)) - Dream Camisole, 500000 Coins (73 DEF, 88 APR, Sometimes make enemies lose turns like for the TeenIdol Class and change Maribel's look (Mb)) - ...and various lucky panel prizes: You mostly get the same things as in Coastarl's casino but rare things appear more frequently. There is only a "few" new treasures that "for most" you can easily buy at the disk 2 shops or the slum's casino normal prizes. The main use of this lucky panel is probably to get "kind of" rare monster spirits (like Andreal) with more ease than in Coastarl. Sim's diary: "Page 350 - The casinos in this town are highly attractive, as are the women that they have drawn. I've grown addicted to both. But despite the robust local economy, crime has begun to run rampant throughout 'town name'. Unsavory characters are everywhere, and I dread leaving home." - Bazaar - Requirements: 21 merchants/traders Treasures: TinyMedal, MysticNut, Wyvern Spirit, Life Ring (5 DEF, 8 APR, Heal HP while walking (All)), 160 Gold Monsters: MadPot x 2 Weapon shop: - Dragon Whip, 7500 G - Flame Claws, 7700 G - Platinum Sword, 3000 G - Tempt Sword, 7300 G - Bow Gun, 37000 G (110 ATK, 25 APR (A,H)) - MetlKing Sword, 37000 G (130 ATK, 40 APR (A,H,Mv,Mb)) Armor shop: - Party Dress, 11800 G - Silk Tuxedo, 3500 G - Trendy Mail, 13200 G - Turban, 410 G - Silk hat, 1200 G - Tights, 2200 G - Bow Tie, 2400 G Item shop: - Herb, 8 G - Antidote, 10 G - MoonHerb, 30 G - SpiderWeb, 35 G - Star Ort, 500 G - LifeRock, 800 G - Speed Ring, 3100 G Item shop #2: - Slime Ring, 850 G - Slime Clothes, 1200 G - Slime Armor, 15000 G - MetlKing Shield, 10000 G (70 ATK, 40 APR, Reduce various damage (A,H,G,Mv)) - SeaShell Hat, 250 G Special Shop (with waiting lines, can only keep one copy of the item) - Rib, 694 G Sim's diary: "Page 275 - Today, I was able to purchase a wonderful item from a new store. Now that business is flourishing, 'town name' will grow bigger than ever. But it saddens me that a better balance between commerce and habitation could not be found. The town is so full of shops that there is no room for houses anymore." - Cathedral - Requirements: 20 priests/sisters Treasures: None General store: - Herb, 8 G - Antidote, 10 G - Repellent, 20 G - Potion, 200 G - LifeRock, 800 G - Wizard Ring, 3000 G - Vivify Cane, 45000 G (66 ATK, 38 APR, Cast Vivify if used in battle (Mv,Mb)) General store #2: - Wind Cane, 1000 G - Holy Spear, 3300 G - Sage Cane, 15000 G - Lune Fan, 7700 G - Sun Fan, 22000 G (110 ATK, 49 APR, Attack a group (A,Mb)) - Spirit Armor, 12000 G - Water Clothes, 16800 G Sim's Diary: "Page 250 - The city has grown bloated with clergy. The women that have been drawn to this town are so cold and demure. I went to the temple again this morning. It's become a part of my daily ritual. Every day, I pray for God to annihilate the religious zealots that now choke the roads of 'town name'. I pray that they all die suffering." - Normal Town - Requirements: Anything else (Before getting any other town, there is good chances that you'll first see that one, easiest final town to get) Treasures: Traveler's Clothes, TinyMedal, King's Armor (105 DEF, 60 APR (A)), ? Shard. Monsters: DorasBox (Be careful about this one) Weapon shop: - Destruct Sword, 5400 G - Dragon Whip, 7500 G - Flame Claws, 7700 G - Lune Fan, 7700 G - War Hammer, 12000 G - Hero's Staff, 18500 G (103 ATK, 60 APR, Cast Barrier if used in battle (Mv)) Armor shop: - Steel Armor, 5000 G - Wizard Robe, 4200 G - Magic Armor, 11000 G - Mirror Armor, 38000 G (95 DEF, 50 APR, Sometimes reflect magics (A,H)) - Dragon Shield, 7100 G - Platinum Helm, 6100 G - Great Helm, 30000 G (45 DEF, 30 APR (A,H)) Item shop: - Herb, 8 G - Antidote, 10 G - MoonHerb, 30 G - SpiderWeb, 35 G - WarpWing, 25 G - Repellent, 20 G Sim's diary: "Page 100 - The road has been long, but my dream has finally come true. 'Town name' is now a great city. Melancholy has begun to set in. As the days pass, it seems the city slips further and further from my hands." ******************************************************************************** Section 6: Tips for getting final forms The "normal" form is easy to get but for the other "specific" ones, it can really be a pain because the more immigrants you get, the harder they get to find and the more immigrants you get of the same type, the rarer this type become. For example, if you have like 19 merchants/traders and a total of 37 immigrants and are hoping to get your 2 last merchants/traders, you're wasting your time! Read these tips: 1. The less immigrants you have in your town, the easier it will be to get them to spawn. Kick all the people you don't need out of your town until you meet the requirements of the final form you want. 2. Don't recruit immigrants you don't need (you'll just end up kicking them out) ignore them and wait to see the right ones. 3. Based on #1 and #2, you must not keep immigrants for multiple final towns at the same time. For example: Don't get all the traders/merchants and priests/sisters you find in order to first get a Bazaar, destroy it, and then get more priests/sisters to get a Cathedral. Having more immigrants will lower chances for new ones to spawn and it will become very hard to get the last 3-4 immigrants you need to finish meeting the requirement of a specific town. 4. Keep permanent immigrants for last (see Permanent Immigrants Spots), these immigrants will always be waiting for you. So if you are missing 1 merchant/trader, instead of taking 3 hours trying to find the one you need by doing multiple in/outs in various locations to get the right immigrant to spawn (e.g. at the point where it is the hardest). Just go get the permanent trader who should be waiting at Dharma. 5. If you wish to get many of the final forms and are on your second game, use your old game save to put your extra immigrants. (Ex: If you want a Bazaar and a Cathedral, keep all the merchants/traders you find and exchange your sister/priest for useless immigrants or merchants/traders from your old save. (kick the useless one) This way, once you get your Bazaar, you'll then be able to trade your merchants/traders for your sisters and priest and go for your Cathedral) 6. If you wish to "cheat" and have two different game save. Simply do a backup save of one of your game, with your different one get immigrants from it and then trade them with the original. (You can do another and another backup after which can make you end up with 40 copies of the same immigrant) I strongly suggest you don't do this (it may even end up causing bugs) play fair :) ******************************************************************************** Section 7: FAQ Q: All this immigrant town stuff look hard and time consuming, do I need to put work in this to finish the game? A: No, but you'll need to at least the "normal" final immigrant town (which is very easy to get) to be able to access to the second bonus dongeon (? shard). However, I strongly recommend you do get at least one of the special town since most of these give some of the best equipements in the game as well as extra TinyMedals that you 'might' need if you missed many. Q: I only want to get two of the final forms for the town. The normal one because it is easy to get and another one... which one should I get? A: Well, this is hard to say... You should check the item list each town offer and make your own choice. Here is some pointer for the most important items... If you don't get the Bazaar, you won't be able to get multiple MetlKing shields for all your characters (excluding Maribel). This shield is very useful since it reduce all kind of damages and it also have the best DEF for shields. Also, you won't be able to get the MetlKing Sword which is a good (better exists however) weapon for everyone except Gabo. If you don't get the Slum, you won't get any Starry ring (double AGL, it can easily help you to become faster than metal/fast monsters with 255+ AGL) or the MetlKing Armor (one of the best armor in the game but I personally prefer the Sacred Armor). Note: You can also get a Wreck Whip in the Slum which is, I think, the best weapon for Gabo after the Oricon's Fangs. (You'd need to get the Farm to obtain the Oricon's Fang which don't worth the trouble) Anyway, if you really want only one of the four special town, I'd suggest you get the Bazaar, the MetlKing Shields really worth it. Q: I'm before the last dungeons, have 33 immigrants in my town and I can't find more! A: After 33 it becomes really hard to see new immigrants. Just go at a immigrant spawn spot where you can easily see the exact spot from the entrance and keep doing in/out until you see one. (These spots are marked by an asterisk in the Immigrant spawn spots list) Q: I'm in disk 1, I have 27 immigrants and I can't find more! A: The immigrants limit in disk 1 is 27, you'll need to wait until near the end of disk 2 to get more. Q: I'm trying to get a Bazaar, I have 19 merchants/traders and I'm not seeing any more of them! A: Keep searching, there is sadly not much more to say. (You may also want to have a look at the tips section to make searching faster.) Q: At which location does "this kind" of immigrant appear the most? A: It's totaly random, this spot or this one... It doesn't matter. Q: I've been exchanging a lot of immigrants between my different games saves and for some reasons I can't trade anymore! They just stopped being listed in the Exchange window, I can't even kick anyone!. I've tried reseting the game multiple times but nothing happen... Bug? *sniff* A: I don't think it is a bug but to solve the problem, load each of these games, enter and exit their Immigrants Town and save/reset. (All the immigrants should appear on the list now) - If it don't work, try to rest at the inn too. Q: Some of the immigrants I recruited just don't want to leave my town! I don't need them anymore but the game won't let me kick or exchange them. A: It may be because you recruited some of the permanent immigrants (see permanent immigrants list), you can't do anything about it. It may also be because you are trying to kick or exchange again immigrants you just exchanged, in this case, just save/reset the game and try again. Q: I started a new game. If I name my hero and the town the same as I did in my previous game, will I still be able to exchange immigrants between the two? A: Yes. Q: Is there any other special town I can get? For example if I get a town with a lot of warriors/swordmans/soldiers, will I get something like battle arena? A: If there was any other towns, after all the time the japanese version of the game was released, someone would have discovered them. So no. Q: So are people like, warrior, scholar, cats etc... Totaly useless? A: Yes, they arn't needed to reach any special town. Yet you might want to use them to reach a total of 35 immigrants after you meet the requirement of the special town you want or to simply quickly get the normal final town. Q: I discovered a new town!!!! I found a medal, a curselamp heart and more! And it is not listed in your FAQ! A: It is not a 'final' town. You have 30-34 immigrant which mean you have one of the intermediate town (see Town Phases section). Get 35+ immigrants. I did not find it useful to list the treasures of intermediate towns since you don't have to "choose" if you want these towns or not because you'll get them while reaching the final form. Q: I got the normal final town but I didn't find the King's Armor, the ? shard etc... Instead I found a Curselamp heart and some other stuff. What's wrong? A: See the question above. Q: Hey dude, can you send me Dex drive saves with "this and these" immigrants? Please! I'd really appreciate it! A: No! (I don't even have a dex drive anyway) Q: Do you know any GameShark codes to get specific immigrants? A: No! (I don't even have a GameShark anyway) ******************************************************************************** Section 8: Credits I must thanks VertigoRI for telling me about the spawn point in the Sphinx, CronoLV99 for the spawn point in the inn of Probina, rmilan for the one in the tunnel east of Lk. Altar and the non-permanant spot in Loomin's Inn, and finaly, IHateYourScreenName, Dennis and Sky Render for telling about the one at the Great Fane. Thanks. I'd also like to thanks my cat for supporting me while writting this small FAQ. ******************************************************************************** Section 9: Copyright + Contact information This Guide/FAQ is Copyright (C) 2002 Sanctus Evanidus, if you wish to use it for your site, please contact me first. Do not use it for anything else and do not change its content. Moreover, do not use it anything giving any sort of profits. If you have any problem, requests or wish to contribute (you'll be credited of course), feel free to email me at evanidus@videotron.ca ********************************************************************************