There are many armor sets you can get Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remakebut one of the strongest is the Auroral Armor. This set of blue, red, and gold protective gear improves a character’s innate defensive stats and offers several unique additional benefits. However, to obtain this armor, you will have to travel to a dangerous dungeon that could trick you into losing everything.
The Auroral Armor is the first of two separate pieces of Auroral gear that you can find. The Armor can be combined with the Auroral Helmet to make your Hero’s protagonist look like the rest of the game if desired. Among the vocations available in Redo DQ3the Auroral Armor and Helm can only be used by the Hero archetypelimiting its use to the main character on your team.
Where to find Auroral armor
Explore the right dungeon
Auroral Armor can be found in the Tower of Rubiss dungeonan isolated location near the north of your map. This place exists almost on the edge of your mapso you can head north and travel around the perimeter of the world to find the Tower easily. Once there, you will have to climb several floors of this location to reach the Armor.
You cannot travel to the Tower of Rubiss without first entering the World of Darkness, Alefgard. You also need to have defeated the boss Baramos before this dungeon becomes available for you to begin exploring.
The Tower of Rubiss is neither the biggest nor the most complex dungeon in the game. However, you will still have to fight several monsters in Redo DQ3 during random encounters to get through different floors. To get closer to the Auroral Armor, you need climb the Tower to its fourth floor (4F) as your group survives several fights.
You may notice as you pass through the rooms of the Rubiss Tower how the tiles throughout its various floors stand out with patterns of yellow and blue diamonds. These parts change your controlscausing whichever character is leading your party to change direction. When you step on a tile, one direction will light up red after a momentindicating which movement is “advance” as long as you remain on that tile.
On the fourth floor, you can only get to the Auroral Armor by crossing a narrow bridge full of these pieces. For each tile you step on, your navigation changes 90 degrees in one compass direction, so take the time to carefully figure out how your controls have changed. Falling off the bridge will cause your party to end up on the ground below the Armor, forcing you to start over.
The easiest way to get across the fourth floor bridge is Don’t move from a piece until you know where each move leads. Guide your group to figure out which movement inputs are up, down, left, and right before moving any distance. Rinse and repeat this process to reach the other end of the bridge, where the Auroral Armor can be found in a chest.
Everything to know about Auroral armor
Elemental Protection and Consistent Healing
One of the biggest benefits of Auroral Armor is how adds 82 points to your Defense stat combining it with the item’s protection score. Additionally, the Armor has two unique effects which are applied the moment you equip it to a character. These passive abilities include:
- Reduces damage done by fire and ice spells
- Recovers HP while a character walks
Resistance to fire and ice attacks can be great against spellcasters, especially bosses like the Palmist in Redo DQ3. Many of the remaining enemies in the Tower of Rubiss dungeon after you obtain the Armor are carriers of these two elemental damage. Using Auroral Armor can help you clear the rest of the Tower, including the boss fight at the end of it.
Auroral Armor’s best ability, however, is passive healing. Typically, you need a priest or other support class to heal your party consistently without using items, especially in a dungeon crawl. With Armor, you can recover health by simply walking around, allowing your group combos to come in Redo DQ3 to be more flexible as you may find less need for a dedicated curator.
No matter how you choose to use this equipment, it remains one of the most powerful pieces of equipment you can equip. When combined with the Auroral Helm, the Auroral Armor in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake It could be the ultimate ultimate gear for your hero as your party marches towards the game’s final challenges.