Strong medicine

Strong medicine
Japanese	上やくそう
Romaji	Jō yakusō
Old Localisations	N/a
Found in	Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake; Dragon Quest VII (3DS); Dragon Quest VIII; Dragon Quest IX; Dragon Quest X ; Dragon Quest XI; Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker; Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2; Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D; Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key; Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince; Dragon Quest Heroes; Dragon Quest Heroes II; Dragon Quest Builders 2; Dragon Quest of the Stars; Dragon Quest Walk; Dragon Quest Tact
Effect	Restores a decent amount of HP to one character.

Strong medicine is a healing item in the series. It restores around 40 or more HP to a single party member. In games where Alchemy appears, it can be created by mixing two medicinal herbs together, but later in the game it can also be purchased from various shops, as well.

Appearances edit

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake edit

Strong medicine (上やくそう)

Description
Restores at least 50 HP to a single ally. Consumed upon use.^[1]
Effect
Restores 50~60 HP to a single party member.
Price	Location
48 gold / 34 gold	Sold at the item shops in Khoryv, Faerie Village, Ibis, Portoga, Baharata, Alltrades Abbey, Wayfarer's Shrine, Mur, Manoza, Immigrant Town (stages 4-6), Tantegel, and Kol. Dropped by Rumble bees, Whackanapes, and Battering rams. Received as a reward for completing Rank 1 of the Monster Arena. Pot in B1F of Aliahan's castle. Sparkly spot southwest of Reeve. Secret spot north of Romaria. Sparkly spot north of Romaria. Sparkly spot west of Khoryv. Barrel on 3F of Skyfell Tower. Sparkly spot north of Portoga. Found in a pot at Baharata. Sparkly spot north of Baharata. Pot on 2F of Tower of Transcendence. Sparkly spot west of Norvik, requires the ship. Sparkly spot on island south of Baharata, requires the ship. Sparkly spot southeast of Shrine of the Dwarf. Sparkly spot northwest of Shrine of the Dwarf. Sparkly spot northeast of Olivia's Promontory. Sparkly spot south of Teleportal Shrine, requires the ship. Sparkly spot southeast of Persistence. Sparkly spot southeast of Fifer's Spire. Sparkly spot north of Jipang, requires the ship. Pot in Manoza's castle. Sparkly spot southwest of Manoza. Sparkly spot northwest of Pirate's Cove. Sparkly spot on hill east of Manoza Cave, requires Ramia. Secret spot northwest of Tantegel. Pot in Tantegel's inn. Sparkly spot southeast of Kol. Bag in Damdara's inn. Sparkly spot west of Damdara. Sparkly spot southeast of Rimuldar. Sparkly spot on island south of Rimuldar, requires the ship.

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past edit

Game	Description
	Restores a little of one party member's HP.^[2]

Strong medicine restores around 50~68 HP to a single character. It appears exclusively in the Nintendo 3DS version, being commonly found in DLC Tablets and Traveller's Tablets in pots, barrels, treasure chests, and occasionally dropped by monsters. It can be sold for 6 gold.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King edit

Game	Description
	Restores 50 or more HP to a single ally.^[3]

Strong medicine restores 50~68 HP to a single party member and is consumed upon use. In addition to being made in the Alchemy Pot, it can be purchased randomly from the girl selling herbs at Port Prospect for 10 gold. It can also be dropped by various monsters, including Gargoyless, Hades' condors, Stone golems, Treefaces, and Treevils.

In the original Sony PlayStation 2 version, strong medicine can be sold for 88 gold each for the first 29 sold, 264 gold each for the 30th to 49th sold, then back to 88 gold for the 50th onward. Since the Alchemy Pot works instantly in the Nintendo 3DS version, strong medicine can only be sold for 48 gold each for the first 29 sold, 32 gold each for the 30th to 49th sold, then only 16 gold each from the 50th onward.

Strong medicine can be mixed to make even more restorative items in the Alchemy Pot, as well.

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Medicinal herb	Medicinal herb	-	Strong medicine

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Strong medicine	Holy water	-	Amor seco essence

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Strong medicine	Medicinal herb	-	Rose-root

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Strong medicine	Moonwort bulb	-	Rose-wort

Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3	Item
Strong medicine	Strong medicine	-	Special medicine

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies edit

Strong medicine (上やくそう)

Description
A helpful herb that restores 40~60 HP to a single ally.^[4]
Rarity
★☆☆☆☆
Price	Location
36/18	Found in: Rank 1/I chests Sold in: Gleeba Batsureg Wormwood Creek Dropped by: Badboon (1/32) Bag o' laughs (1/64) Leafy larrikin (1/32) Metal slime (1/64) Medislime (1/16) Treeface (1/32) Zumeanie (1/16)
Recipe

Ingredient for

Dragon Quest X edit

Strong medicine restores around 50 HP to a single character and can be found in various dungeons and made using the Alchemy Pot.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age edit

Game	Description
	Restores at least 50 HP to a single ally. Consumed upon use.^[5]

XI icon

Strong medicine can be purchased from various shops and roving emporiums around the world for 36 gold, starting from Gallopolis in the first act. It can be picked up from sparkly spots in the Heliodor Region, Laguna di Gondolia, and the Ruins of Dundrasil. Strong medicine can be dropped from various monsters, including Bongo drongos, Great sabrecats, Malicious hammerhoods, Medislimes, Stump grumps, Vicious drackies, Vicious fright bulbs, Vicious great sabrecubs, Vicious slimes, and Zumeanies. On the enemy side, Vicious stump chumps are able to heal themselves or a fellow monster with doses of strong medicine.