Editing Dig

{{Spell Infobox
|title = Dig
|image = 
|japanese = あなほり
|romaji = Ana hori
|old = Excavate
|type = Field
}}
'''Dig''' is a skill that allows a character to search for buried treasure. It may be used in the world map, towns, castles, dungeons, but not on ships.

==Appearances==
==={{DQ3}}===
Appearing in the remakes, Dig is learned by [[Merchant]]s at level 12. It can only be used five times per area until the screen is changed and digging will normally excavate 1~5 coins, but there is a {{fraction|1|128}} chance to unearth '''50%''' of the party's gold.

There is also a {{fraction|1|8}} chance to dig up an item as well, but only in areas where monsters are present. The item is randomly selected from the list of those carried by local enemies, meaning an item with a {{fraction|1|256}} chance to drop can theoretically be raised to an eighth. However, due to the hard limit imposed on the chance to excavate items in the first place this actually makes digging for items less efficient than [[Thievery|stealing]], and Dig only appears in versions of ''III'' where [[Thief|Thieves]] can join the party anyway.

==={{DQ3HD}}===
Dig is learned by Merchants at level 12 if their wisdom exceeds 46 points. The skill as the same properties as it did in the 1996 remake.

==={{DQ6}}===
Dig is learned by advancing to rank 3 of the [[Merchant]] vocation, and it's also learned by [[Spot (DQ6)|Spot]]. It operates mostly the same as it does in ''III'', but is no longer limited to five uses per area and the number of coins collected has been lowered to 1~2. Characters that use dig do not receive a bonus for being in the merchant vocation--the skill works the same regardless of profession.

==={{DQ7}}===
A sea-dredging variant of Dig was originally going to be a [[Hero (Dragon Quest VII)|Hero]] only skill to further highlight the game's nautical themes, before being removed in the final version of the game.  
{{DQSkills}}
[[category:Skills]]
[[Category:Field skills]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest III skills]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake skills]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest VI skills]]