List of raw materials in Dragon Quest Builders

Raw materials are found while exploring the world, and there is no way to create them manually. The most common methods of acquiring materials are defeating monsters, smashing blocks, and cutting down plants. The following is a list of unrefined materials that the Builder can work into a variety of tools and items.

Beastly by-products

Image	Name	Obtention	Description	Uses
	Bewarewolf pelt	From Tearwolf.	A hide of untied hair that once belonged on a bewarewolf’s back.	Craft:
	Blue goo	From Slime.	An incendiary ooze with a brilliant blue hue.	Craft: Herbalist’s cauldron
	Celestial skein	From Gargoyle.	A spool of heaven-sent string within which water flows.	Craft:
	Chimaera feather	From Chimaera, Cosmic chimaera, Hocus chimaera, Ghost, Fightgeist.	A feather filled with an unearthly energy.	Craft:
	Coarse cloth	From Skeleton, Skeleton scrapper, Skeleton soldier, Dark skeleton.	An old roll of musty and moth-eaten material.	Craft: ragged rags, wayfarer’s clothes, guard’s garb, trader’s tunic, villager’s vesture
	Confusing claw	From Scarewolf.	A tapering talon imbued with a mind-bending toxin.	Craft:
	Crab claw	From Crabid, Crabber dabber doo, Handsome crab.	A prodigious pincer with a serrated inner edge.	Cook:
File:Dracky butter.png	Dracky butter	From Drackyma.	A rich and creamy spread of uncertain origins.	Cook:
	Face guard fragment	From Knight errant, Knight aberrant.	A bit of body armour broken off a metal-plated monster.	Craft: Spiked armour
	Finest fur	From Spiked hare.	A soft and shiny skin of superior quality.	Craft: Fancy carpet, red carpet, scandalous swimsuit, full plate armour, auroral armour, wailer’s mail, featherfall footwear,
	Flame orb	From Dancing flame.	The combustible core of a fiery fiend.	Craft: Power crystal
	Float-o-copper	From Troll.	A mysterious mass of metal that changes shape when exposed to magic.	Craft:
	Frost orb	From Frostburn.	The ice-cold core of a boreal beast.	Craft: Power crystal
	Fur	From Hammerhood, Brownie, Tearwolf.	The thick and hairy hide of a thick and hairy monster.	Craft: colossal coffer, leather armour, iron armour, spiked armour, leather shield
	Hareloin steak	From Spiked hare.	(hammerhood, brownie, tearwolf)	Cook:
	Meat	From Bunicorn.	Marbled monster meat with a nice balance between fat and lean.	Cook:
	Meaty bone	From Troll, Death scorpion, dread dragon, Gigantes.	A big bit of meat with a bone through it.	Cook:
	Mechrochip	From Hunter mech, Killing machine.	A mysterious microprocessor that controls a mechanical monster’s movements.	Craft: Power crystal
	Monster egg	From Chimaera, Cosmic chimaera, Hocus chimaera, Ghost, Fightgeist.	A massive, mottled egg laid by a monster.	Craft: , , evil idol
	Newt	From Vis mager.	An air-dried amphibian with soot-black skin.	Cook:
	Orange oil	From She-Slime.	A greasy, golden goo that burns at high temperatures.	Craft: , magic dye, button, pressure plate, wayfarer’s clothes, training togs
	Paralystinger	From Killerpillar	A stunning stinger that once topped a killerpillar’s tail.	Craft:
	Powie yowie fur	From Powie yowie.	The snow-white hide of a huge, hairy horror.	Craft: magic armour, flowing dress,
	Rockbomb shard	From Rockbomb.	A red-hot rock expelled by an exploding rockbomb.	Craft: Wrecking ball, fire blade
	Rusty nuggets	From Skeleton scrapper, Skeleton soldier.	Chocolate-coloured chunks of oxidised iron.	Craft: Brick barbecue, wooden door, key, divine dagger, ballista, falcon blade, iron broadsword, shovel, iron axe, battleaxe, gourmand’s girdle
	Scorpion horn	From Iron scorpion.	The heavy, honed horn of an armoured arachnid.	Craft: War hammer, spiked armour
	Shot silk	From Legerdeman.	Finely woven fabric that feels soft and silky to the touch.	Craft: Fancy carpet, red carpet, princess-sized bed
	Silvery sludge	From Metal slime. Fishing.	Sticky, slimy metal sourced from a shiny metal slime.	Craft: Sword of ruin, Erdrick’s sword, wailer’s mail, Thanatos shield
	Sludgestone	From Bloody hand.	A gluey gobbet of highly flammable matter.
	Sticky liquid	From Drohl diabolist, Drohl drone.	A poisonous purple fluid that’s tacky to the touch.	Antidotal herb, liquid silver
	Whopping needle	From Hammerhood.	A knitting needle in the shape of a hammerhood’s hammer.
	Grass seed	From Dracky.	A sprouting seed of bright green grass.	Grows grass on nearby earth floors.
	Lemongrass seed	From Drackolyte.	A sprouting seed of golden grass.	Grows lemongrass on nearby earth floors
	Lichen limb	From Muddy hand.	A suspiciously soggy stick that won’t stop wiggling.	Grows moss on nearby earth floors
	Limegrass seed	From Drackyma.	A sprouting seed of dark green grass.	Grows limegrass on nearby earth floors
	Witchgrass seed	From Drohl drone.	A sprouting seed of gangrenous grass.	Grows witchgrass on nearby earth floors.

Materials from plants

Image	Name	Obtention	Description	Uses
	Bigonia flead	Destroy Bigonia plants.	The vast, veiny leaf of a plant that grows only in hot and humid places.	Craft: Cook:
	Butterbeans	Dig up with a shovel. Destroy butterbean plants.	Small green beans in a small green pod.	Cook:
	Cactus cutlet	Destroy cactus crown, cactus trunk.	A succulent slice of a succulent.	Cook:
	Cotton	Destroy cotton plants.	A flyaway flock of fluffy white fiber.	Craft: Sewing station, ragged rags, plain clothes, wayfarer’s clothes, cloak of evasion
	Fibrous frond	Destroy Fibrous fern plants.	A big blade made up of a lot of little leaflets.	Craft:
	Freezia flower	Atttack Freezia plants.	A snow-white flower that can be pulped to make paper.	Craft: confetti
	Grassy leaves	Destroy green grass clumps.	Long, strong leaves plucked from the stalwort plant.	Craft: Straw floor, cookfire, straw door,
	Medicinal leaf	Destroy medicinal shrubs	A leaf that’s replete with remedial ingredients.	Craft: antidotal herb, medicinal herb, Yggdrasil essence Cook:
	Pink petals	Destroy coralily plants.	Peachy petals plucked from the colourful coralily.	Craft: antidotal herb
	Potato	Destroy potato plants. Dig up with a shovel.	An ugly but edible root that’s surprisingly scrumptious.	Craft: Cook:
	Sandgrass	Destroy sandwort plants.	Torrid tufts plucked from the sandwort plant.	Straw floor, cookfire, straw door,
	Strong stalks	Destroy bogwort plants.	Poisonous purple prongs plucked from the bogwort plant.	Cookfire, straw door,
	Sugar cane	Destroy sugar plants. Dig up with shovel.	A sweet and sticky syrup exudes from the stalks when they’re squashed.	Craft: Cook:
	Wheat	Destroy Wheat plants.	Golden grass grains that form a fundamental foodstuff.	Craft: Cook: ,
	White petals	Destroy Milkblossoms.	Pale petals plucked from the medicinal milkblossom.	Healing cream, Yggdrasil essence, faerie fertiliser
	Yellow petals	Destroy Daffodaisies.	Pretty petals plucked from the distinctive daffodaisy.	Craft:

Edible raw materials

Image	Name	Obtention	Description	Uses
	Heartfruit	Destroy Heartfruit plants. Dig it up with shovel.	A sweet and slightly sour fruit shaped like a symbol of love.	Eat: Fills hunger meter by 10% Craft: Cook:
	Plumberry	Destroy Plumberries on the ground.	A pretty pink fruit found at the foot of a plumberry tree.	Eat Fills hunger meter by 10%. Cook:
	Prickly peach	Destroy Prickly peach cacti.	The fleshy fruit of a cactus that can be eaten as is.	Eat: Fills hunger meter by 10%. Craft: Fishing rod
	Snow cone	From Frostburn.	A cone of crushed ice coated in a sticky syrup.	Eat: Fills hunger meter by 20%.

Minerals

Image	Name	Obtention	Description	Uses
	Coal	Smash Coal veins.	A lump of fossilised flora formed over many millennia.	Stone foundation, brick wall, , stone wall, forge, furnace, buttress, Ancient Emblem, glass, copper ingot, iron ingot, magic dye, steel ingot, fire blade.
	Copper	Smash Copper veins.	A chunk of malleable metal with a warm orange glow.	Forge, copper ingot, all tussle tickets
	Gold	Smash Gold veins.	A glittering nugget of precious gold.	Fancy carpet, Falcon blade, Sword of Kings, Erdrick’s sword, hero’s shield, auroral armour, ring of immunity, strength ring, catholicon ring, meteorite bracer, Hammer of the Builder, all trauma tickets
	Iron	Smash Iron veins.	A nugget of dull grey metal from which many things are made.	Forge, iron ingot
	Mythril	Smash Mythril veins.	A lightweight alloy that’s stronger than steel.	Magic ingot
	Orichalcum	Smash Orichalcum veins.	A mystical metal that glimmers with a golden glow	Ancient Emblem, , fire blade, Sword of Kings, sword of ruin, Erdrick’s sword, Hammer of the Builder, auroral armour, wailer’s mail, Thanatos shield, featherfall footwear
	Ruby	Smash Ruby veins.	A crimson crystal that blazes like a burning inferno.	auroral armour, hero’s shield, gourmand’s girdle, ring of criticality, strength ring
	Sapphire	Smash Sapphire veins.	A sky-blue stone suffused with supernatural energy.	Cloak of evasion, silver shield
	Silver	Smash Silver veins.	A precious piece of purest silver.	, , diviner’s altar, Sheen salts, liquid silver, divine dagger, Lyre of Ire, Sword of Kings, catholicon ring, meteorite bracer, ring of criticality, all trouble tickets
	Zenithium	Smash Zenithium veins.	A bright blue material that shines like the sky.	Ancient altar, diviner’s altar, auroral armour, hero’s shield, gourmand’s girdle

Blocks

Image	Name	Obtention	Description	Uses
	Cedar lumber	Destroy cedar lumber trees Fishing	A large log of cedar wood that could be used to build a charming chalet.	Decoration Craft:
	Golemite	From Stone Golem (Large)	A block of bricks that’s as diabolically dense as the body of a golem.	Decoration Craft:
	Palm lumber	Destroy palm lumber trees Fishing	A large log of palm wood that could be used to build a beautiful beach hut.	Decoration Craft:
	Salmon	Destroy plumberry lumber trees	A large piece of plumberry wood that could be used to make a lovely log cabin.	Decoration Craft:

Other materials

Image	Name	Obtention	Description	Uses
	Curious contraption	Ch3 Chest in Galenholm. TI Chest available after defeating the Frozen hand.	A complex configuration of interconnected cogs.	Craft:
	Broken branch	Destroy branches, blighted branches, dying trees. Fishing. From Bodkin archer, Bodkin fletcher.	A shriveled stick that’s as black as night.	Cypress stick, oaken club, shovel, giant mallet, carpenter’s workstation, cookfire, miner’s refiner, , fencing, saloon door, straw door, bucket, fishing rod, horn-rimmed bucket, rake
	Hot water	Scoop up with bucket in hot springs.	A scoop of spa water that’s full of medicinal minerals.	Cook:
	Pure water	Scoop up with bucket next to filtering fountain.	A scoop of perfectly pure, crystal clear water.	Craft: Cook:
	Water	Scoop up with bucket.	A scoop of standing water that isn’t safe to drink.	Craft:
	Pumice	From Rocky box slime.	A collection of nicely rounded rocks.	Decoration. Break:
	Pumice pieces	Smash pumice stones.	Small shards of soft white stone.	Craft:
	Huge horn	Destroy the horns sticking up from the ground.	An unbelievably enormous horn that was once on the head of an unknown animal.	Decoration. Craft: Thanatos shield
	Scare root	Tresure chest.	A sinister tuber that shrieks when pulled from the soil.	Craft:
	Stone	Smash large stones.	A chunk of broken stone.	Craft: blue temple tile, bronze temple tile, carved castle tile, castle tile, purple flagstone, stone foundation, timbered capital, timbered foundation, timbered wall, castle battlement, castle crenellation, castle foundation, castle wall, flagstone, stone wall, ridge tiling, stone window, colour wheel, forge, mason’s workstation, transmutation table, , buttress, stone capping, stone coping, mini merlon, , stone sword, stone axe

Materials from fishing

Image	Name	Obtention	Description	Uses
	Cod		A sizable saltwater swimmer with silvery scales.	Decoration Craft:
	Frog		An aquatic animal with a curiously croaky voice.	Cook:
	Red snapper		A fine-tasting fish with ruby-red scales.	Cook:
	Salmon		A medium-sized swimmer with distinctive pink flesh.	Cook: ,
	Sardine		A pocket-sized pilchard that’s full of fine bones.	Cook:
	Slime skin		Bright blue skin sloughed off by a growing goo ball.	Craft:
	Squid		A ten-tentacled marine mollusk with a wibbly-wobbly body.	Cook:
	Tuna		A supersized finfish that’s delicious even when eaten raw.	Cook:

Decorative materials

Image	Name	Obtention	Description	Uses
	Big rock	From Rocky box slime.	A massive mass of solid stone emerging from the earth.	Decoration Break:
	Bigonia	Dig up with a shovel.	A plant found only in the rainiest of rainforests.	Decoration Break:
	Blighted branch	Dig up with a shovel.	A shriveled stick that’s as black as night.	Decoration
	Bogwort	Dig up with a shovel.	This poisonous plant grows in sharp, spikey shafts resembling a sea urchin.	Decoration
	Bones	From Skeleton, Skeleton scrapper, Skeleton soldier, Dark skeleton.	No reply. It’s just a corpse. (Note: Once placed, bones can’t be picked up again.)	Decoration Craft: Faerie fertiliser, forbidden altar, wailer’s mail Purifitcation:
	Branch	Destroy branches, dying trees, blighted branches. From Bodkin archer, Bodkin fletcher. Fishing.	The lopped-off limb of a tall tree, perfect for planting in the ground.	Decoration
	Broken barricade	Destroy broken barricade	Destroy broken barricade	Decoration
	Cactus crown	Dig up with a shovel.	The prickly pinnacle of a stately succulent.	Decoration
	Cactus trunk	Dig up with a shovel.	The barbed body of a stately succulent.	Decoration
	Cedar seedling	Smash cedar stumps.	The sprouting shoot of a cedar tree.	Will grow into a cedar tree when planted within your base.
	Chili peppers	Dig up with a shovel. Destroy Chilli peppers plants.	The super-spicy fruit of a super-spikey shrub.	Decoration Cook:
	Cotton plant	Dig up with a shovel.	A pretty pink flower with the leaves still attached.	Decoration Break:
	Coralily	Dig up with a shovel.	A pretty pink flower with the leaves still attached.	Decoration Break:
	Coralily bud	From Dracky.	The bud of a bloom with pretty pink petals.	Produces a coralily flower when planted.
	Daffodaisy	Dig up with a shovel.	A lovely little flower with yolk-yellow petals.	Decoration. Break:
	Daffodaisy bud	From: She-slime.	The bud of a bloom with sunny, saffron petals.	Produces a daffodaisy flower when planted.
	Dead tree	Dig up with shovel.	A long-dead tree that’s well past its prime.	Decoration
	Dilapidated crate	Destroy dilapidated crate.	A wooden box that has been battered, beaten, and abandoned.	Decoration
	Dragon bones	Destroy dragon bones.	The bleached bones of what was once a dangerous, death-dealing dragon.	Decoration Craft: sword of ruin Purification: ?
	Fibrous fern	Dig up with shovel.	A fern whose firm, fibrous fronds can fulfill many functions.	Decoration
	Freezia	Dig up with shovel.	A frosty flower that’s as white as freshly fallen snow.	Decoration
	Frogstool	Dig up with shovel. Destroy frogstool.	A pretty pink mushroom that’s totally toxic.	Craft: fishing rod Cook:
	Grass	Dig up with shovel.	Lovely little leaves that grow on the ground.	Decoration
	Holyhock	Dig up with shovel. Destroy holyhock.	A blessed blossom imbued with purifying powers.	Craft:
	Infernal ivy	Dig up with shovel.	A creepy creeper that’s as black as night.	Decoration Can be climbed when placed on walls.
	Ivy	Dig up with shovel. Destroy ivy.	A vigorous vine that won’t rip no matter how roughly you pull it.	Decoration Craft: Cord Can be climbed when placed on walls.
	Leather sack	From Brownie (large).	A big bag designed to be hung on the wall.	Decoration
	Marshroom	Dig up with shovel. Destroy marshroom.	A fungus found on the forest floor that has a slightly sour flavour.	Cook:
	Medical shrub	Dig up with shovel.	A therapeutic thicket ripped from the ground, roots and all.	Decoration Break:
	Metal memorial	Destroy metal memorial.	An iron monument erected for an unknown individual.	Decoration
	Milkblossom	Dig up with shovel.	A fragile flower carefully collected so as not to damage the delicate petals.	Decoration Craft: Break:
	Milkblossom bud	From Slime.	The bud of a bloom with pure white petals.	Produces a milkblossom flower when planted.
	Palm seedling	Destroy pal stumps.	The sprouting shoot of a palm tree.	Will grow into a palm tree when planted within your base.
	Plumberry seedling	Destroy plumbery stumps.	The sprouting shoot of a plumberry tree.	Will grow into a plumberry tree when planted within your base.
	Pongsettia	Dig up with shovel.	A parasitic plant with a particularly pungent perfume.	Decoration
	Prickly peach cactus	Dig up with shovel.	A thorny fruit that’s filled with fluid.	Decoration
	Pristine plumberry	Dig up with shovel.	A plump plumberry plucked from under a plumberry tree and prepared to be placed once more.	Decoration Break:
	Pumice	From Rocky box slime.	A collection of nicely rounded rocks.	Decoration. Break:
	Sandwort	Dig up with shovel.	A wasteland weed that won’t wither in dry weather.	Decoration
	Septic shrub	Dig up with shovel.	A blackened bush used in arcane incantations.	Craft: Bronze temple tile, sword of ruin, wailer’s mail, Thanatos shield
	Shadowgrass	Dig up with shovel.	Ghostly grass that’s a shadow of its former self.	Decoration
	Small stones	Smash small stones (Builder's hammer). From Rocky box slime (small).	Regular, irregular rocks. The sort you’re likely to see sitting in a cave.	Decoration Break:
	Stalwort	Dig up with shovel.	A grassy plant whose leaves are long and strong enough to make mattresses.	Decoration
	Tainted tree	From Treevil.	A sickly tree stunted and shriveled by the stinking swamp it sprouted in.	Decoration
	Tattered standard	Destroy tattered standard.	A torn and tattered relic of a war lost long ago.	Decoration
	Tingleweed	Dig up with shovel.	A flowering plant whose petals produce a potent paralytic poison.	Decoration (Note: Inflicts paralysis when stepped on.)
	Tingleweed bud	From Drackolyte.	The bud of a stunning, stinging weed.	Produces a tingleweed flower when planted.
	Twisted tree trunk	From Treevil.	The trunk of a tall tree that was withered by its vile environment.	Decoration
	Witchgrass	Dig up with shovel.	These lavender-coloured leaves grow by the sides of swamps and are packed with poison.	Decoration