The Words of Wisdom is an enlightening tome that allows any character, no matter their level or vocation, to become a Sage.

Words of Wisdom
Japanese さとりのしょ
Romaji Satori no sho
Old localisations Book of Satori (NES)
Zen Book (GBC)
Found in Dragon Quest III
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
Effect Allows a character to become a Sage

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

The Words of Wisdom allows any vocation to become a Sage at Alltrades Abbey. The treatise can only be used once, and is found in the Tower of Transcendence. The 16-bit remake add another one in Rimuldar. In the NES version of the game belisha beakons have a 1/2048 chance of dropping the scroll, but this was removed in all other iterations of the game.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

  Words of Wisdom (さとりのしょ)  
Description
A scroll that reveals the innermost secrets of life. Once used to change the reader's vocation, it will fade into the ether
Effect
Allows any vocation to become a Sage
Price Location
N/A Tower of Transcendence

The HD-2D Remake adds another copy of the scroll in the small clearing in the mountains southeast of Khoryv, hidden in a barrel.

Dragon Quest Treasures

The scroll is treasure No. 255 in the key items category, with a base value of 1,400,000.

Dragon Quest Walk

Etymology

Satori is a Buddhist term for Awakening, Understanding and (total) Comprehension.

Trivia

In the official Famicom guide book, the English title of this item is the Book of Understanding.

See also

Gallery

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