Waterfall Shack

The Waterfall Hut is a location of the Farebury Region in Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. It is found upon going around the mountain of the Waterfall Cave and is home to a single old man.

Story

The Hero and his party visit the old man of Waterfall Hut several times throughout their quest, with the first visit involving the retrieval of his missing toolbag by a red tree east of Farebury. Afterwards, he takes notice of Munchie stating that he's no ordinary mouse and will give The Hero a portion of cheese from time to time.

Treasures

Searching the hut Holy water Seed of agility

Retrieving the tool bag 8 Plain cheese pieces

After getting the Magic mirror 2 Angel cheese pieces 2 Cured cheese pieces 4 Mild cheese pieces

Before arriving at the Black Citadel 3 Highly-strung cheese pieces

Nearby monsters

• Candy cat
• Dracky
• Lips
• Satyr
• Slime

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(Additional monsters after the fall of the Black Citadel)

• Archdemon
• Mimic king

Remake

The 3DS Version gives the old man's dialogue audio to accompany the text which was absent from the English PlayStation 2.

Trivia

• The Hermit living in the hut can be summoned in battle with the use of Yangus's ultimate Humanity skill, Golden Oldies, which summons a stampede of people composed by various side characters to crush the enemy.

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• The Hermit living in the hut is a Dragovian. When first met he hints to know what (and who) Munchie is. This is why he continuously offers cheeses to the hero. If the hero returns to his hut after Munchie identity is revealed an extra cutscene will play where he outright confirms he knew Chen Mui's identity, and in a post cutscene dialogue he addresses himself as a Dragovian.