Asham

Town
Asham
	; Super famicom artwork.
Japanese	アッサラーム
Romaji
Game	Dragon Quest III
Old localization	Assaram, Ashalam

Asham is a town in Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation.

It located southeast of Romaria and sits in the shadow of an immense mountain chain, which in correspondence to the real world would place it around Iraq.

Asham is a rest point before venturing through the harsh desert to reach Isis and the Pyramid. It is close to the left entrance of Nordy's Grotto, through which the player must pass to reach Baharata.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Asham is one of only a few towns to behave an active night life. In addition to having a dancing club and a fortune teller open at night, it also has a weapons and armor shop only open at night.

The older brother of the Isis minister lives in a townhouse locked behind a door that requires the Magic Key to enter. He waxes philosophically about water being the lifeblood and mankind, but also gives first-time players the direct hint that to enter the eastern lands they will need the Royal Missive from the Portogus Rex of Portoga. A lone Imp appears in the upstairs section of the building locked with at night, it's Morph spell and cat disguise having worn off. It will start a battle when confronted, but why it is there is never explained.

The dancers performing

Shops & services

The price of each item in the con man shops can be lowered to 1/8th by haggling with the merchant, similar to Morocco in the real world.

Con man's equipment shop (remakes)

Item	Price	Attributes
Wizard's staff	24,000	Attack +15
Holy lance	36,800	Attack +35
Iron axe	40,000	Attack +38
Iron helmet	16,000	Defence +16
Magical skirt	24,000	Defence +25
Black pyjamas	38,400	Defence +29

Con man's equipment shop (NES)

Item	Price	Attributes
Battle axe	40,000	Attack +40
Sizeable scissors	59,200	Attack +48
Somatic staff	40,000	Attack +55
Turban	2,560	Defence +8
Iron helmet	16,000	Defence +16
Cloak of evasion	46,4000	Defence +20

Con man's item shop

Item	Price	Attributes
Medicinal herb	128	Restores at least 30 HP to a single ally
Antidotal herb	160	Cures a single ally of poison
Holy water	320	Wards off weaker enemies
Chimaera wing	400	Whisks you away to a previously visited location
Tangleweb	560	Reduces a group of enemies' agility
Gold chain	16,000	Resilience +10

Regular armor shop

Item	Price	Attributes
Scandalous swimsuit	1,100	Defence +1
Chain mail	480	Defence +20
Iron apron	700	Defence +22
Iron armour	1,100	Defence +25
Bronze shield	180/250	Defence +7
Iron shield	700	Defence +12
Scale shield	600	Defence +12
Fur hood	250	Defence +10
Note: The swimsuit and Iron shield are only in the NES version

Night weapon shop (NES)

Item	Price	Attributes
Divine dagger	200	Attack +14
Chain sickle	550	Attack +24
Iron lance	750	Attack +28
Steel broadsword	1,500	Attack +33
Battle axe	2,500	Attack +40

Night weapon shop (remakes)

Item	Price	Attributes
Divine dagger	200	Attack +14
Chain sickle	320	Attack +16
Iron lance	650	Attack +26
Chain whip	1,000	Attack +27
Iron claws	870	Attack +25
Iron axe	2,500	Attack +38

Regular item shop

Item	Price	Attributes
Antidotal herb	10	Cures a single ally of poison
Moonwort bulb	30	Cures a single ally of paralysis

Treasures

Nearby monsters

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Asham is now set between a series of natural rock walls surrounding an oasis, with palm trees scattered through the town. The con man's item shop has been converted into a normal shop, leaving only the weapons dealer as the resident shyster. There is a bag o' laughs in the northwest corner of the town, who will flee if the player is not masked with musk.

Incidentally, the Puff-Puff scene is now fully voiced.

Shops & services

Item Shop

Item	Price	Attributes
Antidotal herb	10	Cures poison from one party member
Moonwort bulb	30	Cures paralysis
Dazzle-me-not	120	Lifts illusions

Con man's item shop

Item	Price	Attributes
Special medicine	70	Restores at least 80 HP to a single ally
Sage's elixir	4,200	Restores at least 80 MP to a single ally
Oomph powder	700	Casts Oomph
Snooze stick	1,700	Attack +29 Casts Snooze
Beastly bullwhip	2,900	Attack +34 +130% damage to beasts
Knuckledusters	4,400	Attack +43
Edged boomerang	1,385	Attack +24
Cloak of evasion III HD	1,200	Defence +28 Evasion +12.5%
Black pyjamas	1,700	Defence +33
Magical skirt	1,400	Defence +29 -25% spell damage Women only
Anti-freeze earrings	3,300	Wisdom +8 -25% Ice damage
Aerofoil earrings	3,300	Wisdom +8 -25% Wind damage
Note: Listed prices are post-haggling

Night shop

Item	Price	Attributes
Oaken club	60	Attack +6
Bronze knife	80	Attack +8
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Boomerang	540	Attack +11 Smacks all foes
Chain sickle	360	Attack +16
Thorn whip	470	Attack +19
Iron lance	750	Attack +24
Chain whip	1,300	Attack +27
Iron claws	970	Attack +27
Slapstick	1,600	Attack +31
Steel broadsword	2,000	Attack +32
Dragon scale	200	Defence +5
Hen's tooth	880	Luck +20 Lucky devil personality

Armour shop

Item	Price	Attributes
Shell armour	490	Defence +17
Chain mail	720	Defence +21
Sparring suit	960	Defence +22
Leather shield	120	Defence +4
Scale shield	350	Defence +11
Bronze shield	680	Defence +15

Treasure


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Nearby monsters

Etymology

The Japanese name, Assarāmu, is derived from as-salamu alaykum, an Arabic greeting that means "peace be upon you".

Trivia

In the NES version, the imp behind can the magic key door can be battled any time the player enters the room; in the remakes, it won't reappear.
In the remakes, the music from the Pyramid is used as the night theme.

Gallery

Map (NES)
Map (SFC)
HD map
Famicom era art
Asham (Cell phone)