Salt of the earth
Salt of the earth is a recurring item in the Dragon Quest series. It is high quality salt that is used as an ingredient in cooking or for Alchemy.
| Salt of the earth | |
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| Japanese | ごくじょうソルト |
| Romaji | Gokujō soruto |
| Old Localisations | N/a |
| Found in | Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below Dragon Quest Heroes II Dragon Quest of the Stars Dragon Quest Treasures |
| Effect | Used as an ingredient for cooking dishes or to create items. |
Appearances
Dragon Quest X
Salt of the earth is used as an ingredient in a variety of different cooking recipes and can be purchased by exchanging 80 fish coins.
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below
Salt of the earth can be dropped by Slimes, She-slimes, and Agoomulators, found randomly in barrels and treasure chests on the Stonecloud, or exchanged for one Mini medal from King Flaminio on the Stonecloud. It can be used to create Gold rings and Scholar's specs in the Alchemy Pot or sold for 1 gold coin. Three pinches of salt of the earth are required to complete Quest #52: Belle of the Bowl.
Dragon Quest Heroes II
Salt of the earth is used as an ingredient to improve various accessories. It can be dropped by Slimes, She-slimes, Agoomulators, and Heavy hoods.
Dragon Quest of the Stars
Salt of the earth is a 1★ material that is used in a variety of cooking recipes.
Dragon Quest Treasures
Salt of the earth can be foraged from green crystals on the Paternoggin or received by sending a dispatch team to the Snouterhorn or the Forsaken Station areas on the Paternoggin. It is used for cooking dishes at the canteen or for scouting monsters.
- Recipe: Bubble and shriek = Succulent steak x2 + Lethal leaf x2 + Hot stuff x2 + Salt of the earth x2
- Recipe: Hubble bubble and shriek = Succulent steak x5 + Lethal leaf x5 + Hot stuff x5 + Salt of the earth x5 + Gloaming grass x2
- Recipe: Nobbling noodles = Wondrous wheat x2 + Aggressence x2 + Salt of the earth x2
- Recipe: No-nonsense nobbling noodles = Wondrous wheat x5 + Aggressence x5 + Salt of the earth x5 + Pixie dust x2
- Recipe: Regenerice = Rice blossom x2 + Overgrown onion x2 + Salt of the earth x2
- Recipe: Reheated regenerice = Rice blossom x5 + Overgrown onion x5 + Salt of the earth x5 + Moonrise moss x2
- Recipe: Restorative riceballs = Rice blossom x2 + Sainted soma x2 + Salt of the earth x2
- Recipe: Really restorative riceballs = Rice blossom x5 + Sainted soma x5 + Salt of the earth x5 + Candlecup x2
- Recipe: Bang bang noodles = Rice blossom x2 + Supreme steak x2 + Budding spud x2 + Salt of the earth x2
- Recipe: Banging bang bang noodles = Rice blossom x5 + Supreme steak x5 + Budding spud x5 + Salt of the earth x5 + Moonrise moss x2
- Recipe: Dark side rice = Rice blossom x2 + Tough nut x2 + Killer tomato x2 + Salt of the earth x2
- Recipe: Darker side rice = Rice blossom x5 + Tough nut x5 + Killer tomato x5 + Salt of the earth x5 + Candlecup x2
- Recipe: Slightly sprightly spaghetti = Wondrous wheat x2 + Free-range eggs x2 + Overgrown onion x2 + Salt of the earth x2
- Recipe: Seriously sprightly spaghetti = Wondrous wheat x5 + Free-range eggs x5 + Overgrown onion x5 + Salt of the earth x5 + Gloaming grass x2
Description
| Game | Description |
 | A superb seasoning that lends any food a fine flavour.[1] |
 | The simplest of seasonings, but easily the most important. Used mainly for cooking. Mostly found on the Paternoggin.[2] |
In Other Languages
| Language | Translation | Meaning |
 Español | Sal de la tierra | Spanish for "salt of the earth". |
 Français | Sel de la Terre | French for "salt of the earth". |
 Deutsch | Qualitätssalz | German for "quality salt". |
 Italiano | Sale eccellente | Italian for "excellent salt". |
Etymology
Salt of the earth is a phrase which traces its origin to the Book of Matthew of the New Testament from the Greek τὸ ἅλας τῆς γῆς (to halas tēs gēs). It can be used to describe a person that is decent, dependable, and unpretentious.