Mercado

Mercado (Cantlin) is a walled city located in the south central region of Alefgard. It exists in Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest III. It does not appear in Dragon Quest II similar to many other locations in Alefgard. Mercado is most famous for being guarded by a golem in Dragon Quest.

Synopsis

Dragon Quest

In Dragon Quest, the city of Mercado is typically the last major city the hero visits. It is surrounded by some of the strongest outer world monsters. When first approached, the city is guarded by a golem monster, which is triggered when the hero first attempts to enter the mountain range surrounding the city. This battle is a one time event, and is the only place where a golem can be encountered. The weapons and armor shop in Mercado sells the best equipment the character can purchase in the game. Despite all of this, Mercado is a not a required location to visit in order to complete the game.

Dragon Quest III

In Dragon Quest III, Mercado contains references to its future representation in Dragon Quest, such as a man contemplating the construction of a golem to protect the city from attackers.

Weapon/Armor shop 1

This shop is located right next to the northern entrance to town.

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Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Bamboo Pole	10g	+2 Attack
Club	60g	+4 Attack
Copper Sword	180g	+10 Attack
Leather Armor	70g	+4 Defense
Chain Mail	300g	+10 Defense
Large Shield	800g	+10 Defense

Dragon Quest (SNES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Bamboo Pole	10g	+2 Attack
Club	60g	+4 Attack
Copper Sword	180g	+10 Attack
Leather Clothes	70g	+4 Defense
Chain Mail	300g	+10 Defense
Iron Shield	800g	+10 Defense

Dragon Quest (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
Bamboo Pole	10g	+2 Attack
Club	60g	+4 Attack
Copper Sword	180g	+10 Attack
Leather Armor	70g	+4 Defense
Chain Armor	300g	+10 Defense
Iron Shield	800g	+10 Defense

Weapon/Armor shop 2

This shop is located in the southeastern corner of town.

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Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Hand Axe	560g	+15 Attack
Broad Sword	1500g	+20 Attack
Full Plate	3000g	+24 Defense
Magic Armor	7700g	+24 Defense Heals 1 HP every 4 steps

Dragon Quest (SNES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Iron Axe	560g	+15 Attack
Steel Sword	1500g	+20 Attack
Steel Armor	3000g	+24 Defense
Magic Armor	7700g	+24 Defense Heals 1 HP every 4 steps

Dragon Quest (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
Iron Axe	560g	+15 Attack
Steel Sword	1500g	+20 Attack
Steel Armor	3000g	+24 Defense
Magic Armor	7700g	+24 Defense Heals 1 HP every 4 steps

Weapon/Armor shop 3

This shop is located on the east side of town behind a magic key door.

NESSNESGBC

Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Flame Sword	9800g	+28 Attack
Silver Shield	14800g	+20 Defense

Dragon Quest (SNES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Flame Sword	9800g	+28 Attack Casts Firebal when used as an item
Mirror Shield	14800g	+20 Defense

Dragon Quest (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
Flame Sword	9800g	+28 Attack
Silver Shield	14800g	+20 Defense

Magic key shop

This shop is located on the east side of town behind a magic key door.

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Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Magic Key	98g	Opens a magic key door, one use only

Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Magic Key	32g	Opens a magic key door, one use only

Item shop 1

This shop is located in the northwestern part of town. This shop does not appear in the SNES and GBC versions of the game. In the NES version, the item shop is referred to as a tools shop.

NES

Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Herb	24g	Heals a small amount of HP
Torch	8g	Lights a radius around the Hero

Item shop 2

This shop is located in the western part of town, just south of item shop 1. In the NES version, the item shop is referred to as a tools shop.

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Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Dragon's Scale	20g	Provides a small amount of Defense
Wings	70g	Warps the Hero to Tantegel Castle

Dragon Quest (SNES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Dragon's Scale	20g	Provides a small amount of Defense
Wing of the Chimera	24g	Warps the Hero to Tantegel Castle

Dragon Quest (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
D-Scale	20g	Provides a small amount of Defense
Warp Wing	24g	Warps the Hero to Tantegel Castle

Item shop 3

This shop does not exist in the original NES version. Instead the fairy water shop is located in its place.

SNESGBC

Dragon Quest (SNES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Dragon's Scale	20g	Provides a small amount of Defense
Wing of the Chimera	24g	Warps the Hero to Tantegel Castle

Dragon Quest (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
D-Scale	20g	Provides a small amount of Defense
Warp Wing	24g	Warps the Hero to Tantegel Castle

Fairy water shop

This shop is located in the central eastern part of town in the NES version. In the other versions, it has been moved to the southeastern corner of town.

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Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Fairy Water	38g	Keeps low level monsters away

Dragon Quest (SNES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Holy Water	12g	Keeps low level monsters away

Dragon Quest (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
D-Scale	20g	Provides a small amount of Defense
Warp Wing	24g	Warps the Hero to Tantegel Castle

Locked doors

Dragon Quest (NES)
Key Type	Info
Magic Key	2 doors in southwestern part of town. Lead to man with clue about Erdrick's Armor
Magic Key	2 doors in south central part of town. Lead to old man with clue about Erdrick's Token
Magic Key	Door in eastern part of town. Leads to Magic Key and Weapon/Armor shop.

Items

Dragon Quest (SNES)

Item	Location
Defense Seed	Dresser in the inn
Magic Key	Dresser in southwestern man's house

Location attributes

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Inn

Dragon QuestIII

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Dragon Quest (NES)
Price
100g

Dragon Quest (NES)
Price
50g

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Dragon Quest III (NES)
Price
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Gallery

• File:CANTLIN.png

References

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