Saint's ashes

Saint's ashes is a recurring item in the Dragon Quest series. When it was introduced, it could be used in the Alchemy Pot to remove curses from cursed equipment, upgrading them in the process. In later games, it is used as a crafting material.

Saint's ashes
Japanese	聖者の灰 せいじゃのはい (IX onward)
Romaji	Seija no hai
Old Localisations	N/a
Found in	Dragon Quest VIII Dragon Quest IX Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest Heroes Dragon Quest Heroes II Dragon Quest Treasures
Effect	Used to purify cursed equipment. (VIII and IX only) Used as an ingredient to create items.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Game	Description
	Holy ashes that can be used to purify cursed objects.

Saint's ashes are used in the Alchemy Pot in order to purify pieces of cursed equipment, allowing characters to safely use them with no harmful effects. Devil's tail is used for the opposite effect to place curses on items. Saint's ashes can be purchased as a casino prize at Baccarat for 5,000 tokens. Urns of saint's ashes can also be dropped by Dark ministers, Dark moths, Dark gryphons, Dark sabrecats, Silhouettes, and Wight kings. In the postgame, saint's ashes can be purchased at the Dragovian Sanctuary for 12,000 gold each and sold for 150.

Urns of saint's ashes can be found in:

• A treasure chest in the Dark Ruins.
• A treasure chest in the Dark Godbird's Eyrie*.
• A barrel in the Black Citadel.
• A bag in the Dragovian Sanctuary
• A pot in the Altar of Wroth in the Nintendo 3DS version.
• Received as a prize for clearing Rank C in the Monster Arena.

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Devil's tail	Saint's ashes	-	Leather whip

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Zombie mail	Saint's ashes	-	Platinum mail

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Partisan	Saint's ashes	-	Sandstorm spear

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Hades' helm	Saint's ashes	-	Mythril helm

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Demon whip	Saint's ashes	-	Scourge whip

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Thanatos' shield	Saint's ashes	-	Goddess shield

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Ruinous shield	Saint's ashes	Orichalcum	Metal king shield

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Skull helm	Saint's ashes	-	Sun crown

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Double-edged sword	Saint's ashes	Saint's ashes	Über double-edge

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Skull ring	Saint's ashes	Saint's ashes	Sorcerer's ring

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Game	Description
	Abrasive ash that cleans off curses. Alchemise it!

Icon in IX

Saint's ashes are used once again to cleanse cursed equipment in the Krak Pot. Urns of saint's ashes can be found in the Plumbed Depths* and the Magmaroo. They can be received from Cap'n Max Meddlin' in exchange for 8 Mini medals each after turning in 80. Some could be purchased for 1,600 gold from the DQVC during many sales when it was still available. One urn is received as a reward for completing Quest #21: Spud-She-Like and more can be received by repeating Quest #177: Tones of the Bones. Urns of saint's ashes have a 1% chance of being found in Rank 4 (F) blue treasure chests and a 10% chance of being found in Rank 7 (C) blue treasure chests. They can also be dropped by Sculptrices, Genie sanguinis, and Seaverns. The urns can be sold for 800 gold.

Saint's ashes are used in the following alchemy recipes:

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Archdemon whip	Saint's ashes	-	Scourge whip

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Hades' helm	Saint's ashes	-	Great helm

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Skull ring	Saint's ashes	-	Sorcerer's ring

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Reckless necklace	Saint's ashes	-	Lucky pendant

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Oh-no bow	Saint's ashes x3	-	Odin's bow

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Ruinous shield	Saint's ashes x3	-	Saintess shield

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Skull helm	Saint's ashes x3	-	Sun crown

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Nightmare gown	Saint's ashes x3	-	Celestria's gown

Dragon Quest X

Saint's ashes are used as a material for crafting weapons and armour or in Alchemy to give a Magical Mending bonus to armour and legwear. Starting with this game, it is simply used as a crafting material as cursed equipment does not exist. It can be purchased from a material shop for 1,300 gold, received by exchanging 2 Mini medals, occasionally found in black treasure chests, or dropped by certain monsters, including Gargoyles, A3G15s, and Hybirds.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Game	Description
	An urnful of abrasive ash that cleans off curses.

Icon in XI

Saint's ashes can be picked up from a singular sparkly spot in the Fortress of Fear during the second act. Urns of saint's ashes can be found in the Royal Library, Arboria, the First Forest, the Heliodor Sewers*, the Heliodor Dungeons, and Havens Above. One urn is received as a reward for completing the first trial of the Wheel of Harma within 12 moves. After the player has filled out the album de médailles at L'Académie de Notre Maitre des Médailles, saint's ashes can be received in exchange for a Mini medal each. More urns can also be dropped by Silhouettes and their vicious counterparts, Dark sabrecats, Dark gryphons, and Wight kings. They can be sold for 800 gold.

Saint's ashes are used in the following recipes for the Fun-Size Forge:

• Recipe: Zombie slayer = Platinum ore x2 + Saint's ashes + Extra mural
• Recipe: Demonsbane = Platinum ore x3 + Saint's ashes x2
• Recipe: Sorcerer's ring = Gold ore x2 + Saint's ashes
• Recipe: General's jackboots = Dragon hide x2 + Gold nuglet + Saint's ashes + Evencloth x2
• Recipe: Lucky dragon's wing = Dracolyte x2 + Saint's ashes + Serpent skin x2 + Serpent bone x2
• Recipe: Earthwyrm's eye = Serpent soul + Saint's ashes + Dracolyte
• Recipe: Xenlon hair ring = Gold bar x2 + Spectralite + Crimsonite + Serpent's soul + Saint's ashes x2
• Recipe: Xenlon gown = Serpent skin x3 + Kaleidocloth x2 + Finessence x3 + Serpent's soul + Saint's ashes x2
• Recipe: Heaven's talon = Orichalcum x2 + Crimsonite + Serpent's soul + Saint's ashes + Red wood x2
• Recipe: Sword of judgment = Densinium x2 + Angel bell x3 + Kaleidocloth x2 + Sainted soma + Saint's ashes
• Recipe: Sacred spear = Mythril ore x3 + Brighten rock x2 + Spectralite + Sainted soma + Saint's ashes

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Saint's ashes can be dropped by Corpse corporals and Cureslimes or received from King Flaminio in exchange for 5 Mini medals each on the Stonecloud. They can also be received as a reward for completing Showdown: Unholy Horde with gold clear time from the second time onward or Grudge Match: Unholy Horde with silver clear time from the second time onward. Saint's ashes can be used in the quick recipe for the Block-it locket or the classic recipe for the Gold rosary in the Alchemy Pot or sold for 450 gold. Three pinches of saint's ashes are required to complete Quest #62: Jilting the Jinx.

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Saint's ashes are used as a material for improving various accessories or sold for 450 gold. They can be dropped by Wight priests and Wight kings.

Dragon Quest Treasures

Game	Description
	A powder used to cleanse cursed relics. Used mainly to make pellets. Mostly dropped by wight kings.

Icon in Treasures

Saint's ashes are dropped by all variants of the Shadow minister or sometimes received by sending a dispatch team to the Greywing Bridge area of the Wingswept Moors. They are mainly used for crafting pellets at the Werks or for scouting monsters.

• Recipe: Electrifying pellet = Princely powder x4 + Sandelion x3 + Tingletops x3 + Saint's ashes x2
• Recipe: Cryonising pellet = Princely powder x4 + Cool head x3 + Lotus nectar x3 + Saint's ashes x2
• Recipe: Vulcanising pellet = Princely powder x4 + Bleached bone x3 + Lava lump x3 + Detonut x3 + Saint's ashes x2
• Recipe: Terraforming pellet = Princely powder x4 + Loadstone x3 + Scorched earth x3 + Black glumpet x3 + Saint's ashes x2

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Cenizas de santo	Spanish for "saint's ashes".
Français	Cendres sacrées	French for "sacred ashes".
Deutsch	Heiligenasche	German for "ashes of saints".
Italiano	Ceneri del santo	Italian for "ashes of the saint".

Related items

• Devil's tail
• Malicite