Red Orb: Difference between revisions

|title = Red Orb

|japanese = {{tt|レッドオーブ|reddo orbu (red orb)}}

|games = {{Dragon Quest III}}<br>{{Dragon Quest VIII}}<br>{{Dragon Quest IX}}<br>{{Dragon Quest XI}}

The Red Orb is an important item that must be found at [[Marta]]'s cottage near [[Orkutsk]] before the final battle with [[Rhapthorne]].

The Red Orb reappears in {{Dragon Quest IX}} as a very exotic alchemy ingredient, used for some of the highest [[Lists_of_alchemy_recipes_in_Dragon_Quest_IX|alchemy recipes]]. It is a rare drop from the [[Dragonlord]], [[Malroth]], and (at lowest levels) [[Nokturnus]] legacy bosses.

The Red Orb started out as a royal treasure of [[Heliodor]] before it was stolen by [[Erik]] about one year prior to the main events of the game. Before the {{Hero 11}} and [[Erik]] return to [[Cobblestone]], they visit Downtown [[Heliodor]] to take the Orb back from where it had been stashed. When the Orb is absent from the stash, they must track down Erik's former partner in crime, [[Derk]], who tells them that it has been taken to the [[Kingsbarrow]]. The Orb is regained there. Note that this is technically one of [[Erik]]'s possessions at this point, and does not appear in the Important Items inventory. Later on, when the Hero and his party discover that it is one of the Six Orbs needed to reach [[Yggdrasil]], Erik gives the Red Orb to the {{Hero 11}}.

During Act 2, the Red Orb is in the possession of the Spectral Sentinel [[Alizarin]], who uses it to surround himself with an impenetrable barrier before it was dispelled by the powers of the {{Luminary}}. Even during the boss battle, Alizarin also uses the Orb to increase the damage the main characters take by generating a crimson mist around the party. When Alizarin falls, the Hero regains the Red Orb.

Not long after this, Erik also reveals his complex reasons for having stolen the Orb in the first place.

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