Strong medicine

Strong medicine
Japanese	上やくそう
Romaji	Jō yakusō
Old localisations	N/a
Found in	Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Dragon Quest VII (3DS) Dragon Quest VIII Dragon Quest IX Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Dragon Quest Heroes Dragon Quest Heroes II Dragon Quest Builders 2 Dragon Quest of the Stars Dragon Quest Walk Dragon Quest Tact
Effect	Restores a decent amount of HP to one character.

Strong medicine is a healing item in the series. It restores around 40 or more HP to a single party member. In games where Alchemy appears, it can be created by mixing two medicinal herbs together, but later in the game it can also be purchased from various shops, as well.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Strong medicine (上やくそう)

Description
Restores at least 50 HP to a single ally. Consumed upon use.
Effect
Restores 50~60 HP
Price	Location
48 / 34	Sold at the item shops in Khoryv, Faerie Village, Ibis, Portoga, Baharata, Alltrades Abbey, Wayfarer's Shrine, Mur, Manoza, Immigrant Town (stages 4-6), Tantegel, and Kol. Dropped by Rumble bees, Whackanapes, and Battering rams. Received as a reward for completing Rank 1 of the Monster Arena. Found in a pot in B1F of Aliahan's castle. Sparkly spot southwest of Reeve. Secret spot north of Romaria. Sparkly spot north of Romaria. Sparkly spot west of Khoryv. Found in a barrel on 3F of Skyfell Tower. Sparkly spot north of Portoga. Found in a pot at Baharata. Sparkly spot north of Baharata. Found in a pot on 2F of Tower of Transcendence. Sparkly spot west of Norvik.* Sparkly spot on island south of Baharata.* Sparkly spot southeast of Shrine of the Dwarf. Sparkly spot northwest of Shrine of the Dwarf. Sparkly spot northeast of Olivia's Promontory. Sparkly spot south of Teleportal Shrine.* Sparkly spot southeast of Persistence. Sparkly spot southeast of Fifer's Spire. Sparkly spot north of Jipang.* Found in a pot in Manoza's castle. Sparkly spot southwest of Manoza. Sparkly spot northwest of Pirate's Cove. Sparkly spot on hill east of Manoza Cave.* Secret spot northwest of Tantegel. Found in a pot in Tantegel's inn. Sparkly spot southeast of Kol. Found in a bag in Damdara's inn. Sparkly spot west of Damdara. Sparkly spot southeast of Rimuldar. Sparkly spot on island south of Rimuldar.*

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Game	Description
	Restores a little of one party member's HP.

Strong medicine restores around 50~68 HP to a single character. It appears exclusively in the Nintendo 3DS version, being commonly found in DLC Tablets and Traveller's Tablets in pots, barrels, treasure chests, and occasionally dropped by monsters. It can be sold for 6 gold.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Game	Description
	Restores 50 or more HP to a single ally.

Strong medicine restores 50~68 HP to a single party member and is consumed upon use. In addition to being made in the Alchemy Pot, it can be purchased randomly from the girl selling herbs at Port Prospect for 10 gold. It can also be dropped by various monsters, including Gargoyless, Hades' condors, Stone golems, Treefaces, and Treevils.

In the original Sony PlayStation 2 version, strong medicine can be sold for 88 gold each for the first 29 sold, 264 gold each for the 30th to 49th sold, then back to 88 gold for the 50th onward. Since the Alchemy Pot works instantly in the Nintendo 3DS version, strong medicine can only be sold for 48 gold each for the first 29 sold, 32 gold each for the 30th to 49th sold, then only 16 gold each from the 50th onward.

Strong medicine can be mixed to make even more restorative items in the Alchemy Pot, as well.

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Strong medicine	Medicinal herb	Medicinal herb	-

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Amor seco essence	Strong medicine	Holy water	-

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Rose-root	Strong medicine	Medicinal herb	-

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Rose-wort	Strong medicine	Moonwort bulb	-

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Special medicine	Strong medicine	Strong medicine	-

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Strong medicine (上やくそう)

Description
A helpful herb that restores 40~60 HP to a single ally.
Rarity
★☆☆☆☆
Price	Location
36/18	Found in: Rank 1/I chests Sold in: Gleeba Batsureg Wormwood Creek Dropped by: Badboon (1/32) Bag o' laughs (1/64) Leafy larrikin (1/32) Metal slime (1/64) Medislime (1/16) Treeface (1/32) Zumeanie (1/16)
Recipe
Ingredient for

Dragon Quest X

Strong medicine restores around 50 HP to a single character and can be found in various dungeons and made using the Alchemy Pot.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Game	Description
	Restores at least 50 HP to a single ally. Consumed upon use.

XI icon

Strong medicine can be purchased from various shops and roving emporiums around the world for 36 gold, starting from Gallopolis in the first act. It can be picked up from sparkly spots in the Heliodor Region, Laguna di Gondolia, and the Ruins of Dundrasil. Strong medicine can be dropped from various monsters, including Bongo drongos, Great sabrecats, Malicious hammerhoods, Medislimes, Stump grumps, Vicious drackies, Vicious fright bulbs, Vicious great sabrecubs, Vicious slimes, and Zumeanies. On the enemy side, Vicious stump chumps are able to heal themselves or a fellow monster with doses of strong medicine.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

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

Strong medicine will restore around 50 HP to whichever character the player is controlling. It appears as stage powerups that can be dropped by various monsters or found by smashing pots and barrels. Since it does not carry over between levels, it should be used as needed.

Dragon Quest Heroes II

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Dragon Quest Builders 2

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Dragon Quest of the Stars

Strong medicine restores around 60 HP to a single party member. It can be created by combining three medicinal herbs together.

Dragon Quest Tact

Strong Medicine Throw appears as a Perk that can be learned by Stump chump through Talent Blossoming. If an ally is attacked by an enemy within healing range, Stump chump will automatically heal them for a small amount of HP with a Strong Medicine.

Strong Medicine Throw (上やくそうなげ Jō yakusō nage)

Ability information

Strong Medicine Throw
Role *	Type *	Element	MP cost
Support	Martial		0
Range		Additional effects
1-2		None
Description
Heals a minor amount of HP for 1 ally
Naturally learnt by
Stump chump

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Medicina fuerte	Spanish for "strong medicine".
Français	Remède puissant	French for "strong remedy".
Deutsch	Starke arznei	German for "strong medicine".
Italiano	Medicine potente	Italian for "potent medicine".