Any% Route

Setup: 


Reset game after intro cutscene ends (this creates a fresh save starting next to your bed)


 

General advice: Always open any quick chests on screen, if you can't use it you can sell it! Avoid Neptunes.


 

To Boneshackle:  


Turn off battle fx and item auto descriptions


Get potion and spear from your bedroom


Get large potion from chest by Mom


Complete stacked rock puzzle challenge den for dragon scale #1


Get 2 large potions and herb in house north of Dagorn Town


Beat the four thugs for dragon scale #2 (use skill attack on first 3 guys, heal w/ large potion before 4th guy and use normal attack on him).


Activate warp shrine to your right.


Buy 5x Salt at shop (for when you get paralyzed during grind coming up)


Talk to woman in green roof house at top middle of town to activate raft quest


Activate warp on way to Mt. Ragan, recover inside mountain.


GRIND until lvl 22 and open chests in the room. Use skill attack and then mortar. End fights with a magic move to get mana +1's


Continue through dungeon and get ore while avoiding fights.


Warp out, walk to forest and activate forest warp and recover at witch's house.


Grab Mushrooms, sandwich, Mr. Wiggles the quakzal, and rescue girl.


Warp to forest after witch conversation to skip their dialogue that happens if you walk out the door.


Give sandwich to man in house to the right for raft wood.


Warp to Dagorn Town and give quakzal to man in blue roofed house for rope


Buy: x8 Super Potion, x5 Mana Potion, 2x Offense Herb, x1 Defense Balm.


Give blacksmith ore for nails


Get raft from the carpenter.


Go down river to alphabet den for the dragon scale.


Warp to Boneshackle Basin


 

Boneshackle Basin:


Recover


Go right, solve invisible maze (open both chests)


Two Skullheads fight: Use mortarflame for damage (manaphagy as needed).


Next room avoid Zahlet and go up to get dragon key, let Skullhead out to get small key from cell.


Go down through false wall for small key 2


Go to lobby to recover.


Left path


Defeat required Zahlet, go right and enter this combination South row: LRRR North row: RLRL to turn valve.


Fight two weak Zombies in previous room and get magic powder from zombie room before that, fight Zombies until lvl 26, recover.


Enter mouth, through spike room.


Get magic powder at top right of next room with 3 zombies.


Go up through skullheads, pause when needed to avoid them. Hit two switches in next room and enter boss room.


Rurvin Boss (Kris @ lvl 26): Use Defensive Balm x2, Offensive herb x3, !large potion and then salt if you get paralyzed! 


Use Mortarflame for damage and Manaphagy is your main healing method, use large potions as needed.


 

To Lab 9:


Walk to miner's house to get dynamite, warp to forest and go to bridge blocked by boulder and remove it.


Go to house at base of Nagrogg mountain and talk to woman missing her husband


Take route to husband, return down and push rock off ledge to open new cave, collect dragon scale from wife.


Enter new cave and proceed to enter secret message den (must be done to get scale later)


Enter cave to the right and up to Nadrogg town, activate teleporter.


Talk to blacksmith, get Shadow Garb from old lady.


Go down to hideout, equip shadow garb, recover, enter.


Hideout path: Up, Right, Up, Left (first two answers are the default choice), get super potion in mess hall and fight Zahlet. HEAL HP if <45.


Rykard Boss: (can hit you for 42 damage, you manaphagy for 33hp). Soul shot then use super potions until he misses, use soul shot two more times. 


Go down to get dragon scale from right room, walk the mountain to secret message den for dragon scale.


Warp to Nadrogg town, remove garb and talk to blacksmith for Thermal Armor, equip it.


Enter Lab 9 and recover.


 

Lab 9: 


From research library main room:


Go to bottom right teleporter then fall through upper ice for mana potions, super HP potions, mana potion, strength potion.


Go to middle of library room to trigger the three ice ghost cutscene.


Ghost 1: Go down one room and right one room to end of row of open cages (get super HP potion via upper teleport in cage room), 


use mortarflame in each ghost fight.


Ghost 2: Go left one room, use left push block to open door to the south.


Ghost 3: From ghost 2, go up and fall through the ice near the top of the room


Return to library and use central teleporter.


Teleporter activation sequence is UL UR UL UL DL DR UR UR (the DL switch from library: fall through ice left of bottom-left teleporter) 


Go to boss teleporter and use last answer when ghosts question you.


Daghur Boss (Kris lvl 28): Use Magic Powder, attack with Mortarflame, manaphafy if <41hp.


Max damage to you is 40 via Ice Prison.


RECOVER before leaving!


 

To Ancient Factory:


Warp to Nagrogg shop and buy: 1x curia shroom, 3x defense balm, the rest on super potions


Warp to forest and take lake Gonrad to upper river and get dive suit in Dragon Firth (walk out when you get it), activate warp pedestal.


Raft left to next screen's dive spot, go all the way left to exit at farm.


Talk to farmer, re-enter dive spot and exit middle at corn maze area, talk to man in house for cow food.


Enter maze and go up/down until screen with dragon scale, get it and warp to dragon firth.


Enter dive spot on screen to the left and go to far left exit back to farm,give food to farmer for dragon scale.


Raft down a screen to dive spot, collect underwater sparkling dragon scale.


Warp to dragon firth and enter Ancient Factory.


 

Ancient Factory:


Lower water


Go to bottom left room to activate main room elevator


Enter human room to push block onto dried purple enemy


Raise water, Human room to push block onto two purple enemies


Crab room to push far rightmost block onto ceiling switch


Lower water


Enter lower human room to push block onto switch


Raise water


Human room to push block into main room and onto boss gate button.


Lower water


Enter lower lobster room, activate fan


Use crane to drop lobster block to the far left bottom of track. Double jump to switch to open gate. Push lobster block onto boss gate button 


(WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THE BLOCK LANDING BEFORE ENTERING SEAHORSE ROOM).


Enter seahorse room, high bounce from bouncepad left of fan to next bouncepad to the left, high bounce to ceiling switch to turn on fan.


Use fan to fall onto bouncepad to the right, activate ceiling switch to get seahorse block, push into main room and align it with the ledge.


Push the block off and immediately hold left to fall onto the platform below and left of you.


Raise water, enter boss room and walk straight to go under neptune, then swim over the next neptune.


Use curia shroom to heal poison, use health potion to max your health.


Eirga Boss (Kris @ lvl 28): Use magic powder, 3x protective balms, attack with mortarflame. He hits 


for 43 damage max if unbalmed, 34 balmed. After 3x balms, use super potions until he misses/leaves you with 35hp or more and then attack, 


repeat.


 

GRIND #2:


Leave dungeon and get through dialogue until standing at sea port.


EQUIP DIVE SUIT, warp to forest and go down to grind Skullhead outside Boneshackle using Mortarflame/Earthsnare then Ice Stakes


at lvl 32 (weakness), recover in Boneshackle, reach level 38. 


 

To Archendria:


Warp to Dagorn Town and talk to left most witch to board ship, continue dialogue until you gain control at water fountain.


SHOP TO SELL strength potions, buy 1 curia shroom, 6x protective balms, rest on large potions. 


Go to ramen abr to find King.


Walk to co-op shrine, HEAL.


 

Co-op Shrine:


Room 1: Stand just left of left pressure plate and enchant left statue, place it on right pressure plate. 


Move second statue to other plate, cross bridge and move same statue to Kris' pressure plate.


Room 2: Return to princess, move statue to nearest plate, control Kris to push block right twice then up twice,


down 6 and then to the pressure plate. Move Kris to just above the unused block, change to princess.


Walk across bridge and move statue to top-right pressure plate. Move second statue to just below nearby pressure plate.


Control Kris to push the block up, right, onto switch, change to princess and walk to exit for battle. Use chainsaw x3.


Room 3: Pause and use super potion, use chainsaws in battle. Move Kris to exit (blocks get glitched out of the way), switch to princess and follow.


Use chainFENCE first, then chainsaw, large potion as needed.


EQUIP Thermal Armor!


 

Rykard Boss: Magic Powder AND IMMEDIATELY Protective balm, heal, x2 more protective balms


(he hits for 36 max then 32 once balmed x2, then 28 when x3). **Attack with Acid Rain x 3, then Soul Shots**


After cutscene, use enemy to the right of inn using skill/manphagy until level 39 (GET MAGIC POWDER UPSTAIRS AT INN),


SHOP IF <9 large potions, 4 mana potions, 1 salt. Go to final dungeon, RECOVER AND SAVE.


Final Dungeon: Kill left demon creature with unison gale, one soul shot, then skills.


HEAL 


Fight room 1 (Skullhead): Unison Gale, then ice stakes.


HEAL


Fight room 2 (Neptune): Unison Gale, Acid rains until mana gone, skills.


USE MANA POTION, HEAL


Fight room 3 (Ice Ghost): Unison Gale, one Acid Rain, Skills.


Blackest Night (Kris @lvl 40): Magic powder first, protective balm x3 (large potions only until x3 balmed), use acid rain x3, mortarflame until dead.


(he hits for 44 max at first, then 40 after 1 balm, 32 after 2 balms, 30 after 3 balms.

Detailed Game Guide

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gbc/346539-dragonyhm/faqs/81909

Obtaining the Best Ending

- In Town #1, talk to the couple (Ace & Eryth) in the Item Shop, before beating the 1st Dungeon.
- Read the book inside the house of the witches, before beating the Ice dungeon.
- In Nodreg Town, talk to the old wizard in the house & to Metriya outside, before beating the Ice dungeon.
- On the boat, talk to the couple (Ace & Eryth).
- When searching for the King in Archendria, talk to the witch Metriya that exits the blacksmith shop.
- Obtain each of the Dragon trading cards: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-DPupKHdIeOpI4k76pqaZMPsthI1kOHOpS6kfFKHR0A/edit?pli=1&gid=0#gid=0
- Wait until after the "The End... ?" text in the credits

Trading Card and Dragon Statue Locations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-DPupKHdIeOpI4k76pqaZMPsthI1kOHOpS6kfFKHR0A/edit?pli=1&gid=0#gid=0

Quakzal locations to get the quakzal card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0wTm6KjGNY

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Any% Route	aleckermit 18 days ago
Detailed Game Guide	aleckermit 18 days ago
Obtaining the Best Ending	aleckermit 18 days ago
Trading Card and Dragon Statue Locations	aleckermit 18 days ago