Since we just got another infinite reroll ticket I'm not too sure what weapon to pick. I currently have metal sword, queens whip, ice staff, and falcon blade and my party is priest, thief, wizard. Haven't been able to be wrektor yet. Just wondering if anyone has any input on what the best next weapon for me could be.

GUIDE UPDATED FOR DQ1 CHAPTER 2

IN THIS GUIDE:

-Class Stat increases and Permanent stat Boosts

-Memories Needed to fill slot requirements

-General tips/ Progression reccomendations

Hey everyone, hope everyone's enjoying the game as much as I am so far. For context I'm entirely F2P and plan to keep it that way, which means I, like many others, will need to make sure I'm making the most out of every possible upgrade to my party. One of the most important mechanics in this game are the Vocation trees, and there's alot to unpack here. To make it easier for others, and to have a personal reference sheet, I figured I'd make a guide for anyone with Vocation related questions. Let's get into it:

Each Vocation has multiple ways of buffing your character, these include:

-Raw stat Boosts (Ex. STR+)

-Damage Taken/Dealt multipliers (Ex. Breath Res +%)

-Party Buffs (Ex. Warrior "Courage")

-Solo Skills.( Ex. Mage "Sages Breath")

-Memory Nodes

The following is a Summary of Each class' list of Buffs and Skills within their tree when all nodes are complete at level 55 with all memory slots filled to meet requirements:

WARRIOR

Max HP+ 58

Physical Damage+ 26%

CdG Physical Damage+ 21%

CdG Magic Damage+ 0%

Physical Res+ 3%

Strength+ 46

Resilience+ 31

Magical Resistance+ 6%

Magic Defense+ 5

Deftness+ 5

Breath Resistance+ 6%

Physical Res+ 3%

Attack Speed+0

Status Ailment Success+0

Magical Damage+0

Magical Might+0

Spell Lock Res+0

Spell Crit chance+ 0%

Force of Nature???+ 0%

Hearty Healing???+ 0%

Crit Rate+ 0%

《PARTY SKILLS:》

-Immense Defence: Sometimes reduces damage taken by an enemies attack

-Courage: Increases all character's Magic and physical Defence by 10%.

《PERMABUFFS:》

Strength+ 6

Resilience+ 21

HP+ 29

《NEEDED MEMORIES》

-NODE 5 (Demon Family, cost>60)

~JINKSTER~

-NODE 7 (??? Family, cost>10)

~WARRIORS MEMORY IN GAUNTLET SHOP~

-NODE 8 (Cost 80+, Def<=100)

~AUTOMATON~

-NODE 6 (Cost 80+, Bird Family)

CURRENTLY UNOBTAINABLE

THIEF

Max HP+ 14

Physical Damage+ 26%

CdG Physical Damage+ 26%

CdG Magic Damage+ 0%

Physical Res+ 3%

Strength+ 56

Resilience+ 10

Magical Resistance+ 3%

Magic Defense+ 21

Deftness+ 9

Breath Resistance+ 3%

Attack Speed+ 9%

Status Ailment Success Rate+ 3%

Magic Damage+0

Magical Might+0

Magical Mending+0

Spell Lock Res+0

Spell Crit Chance+ 0%

Force of Nature???+ 0%

Hearty Healing???+ 0%

Crit Rate+ 0%

《SOLO SKILLS》

-Dodgy Character: Enemy attacks will sometimes be dodged

《PARTY SKILLS》

-Quick Step: Party Movement Speed +10%

《PERMABUFFS》

Strength+ 16

Magic Defense+ 16

HP+ 9

《NEEDED MEMORIES》

-NODE 7 (??? family, Cost>10)

~THIEF MEMORY GAUNTLET SWAP SHOP~

-NODE 5 (Material Family, cost>40)

~GRINADE~

-NODE 6 (Undead Family, Cost>60)

~MUMMY~

-NODE 8 (Cost 80+, Deftness <= 65)

~LEMON SLIME~

MAGE

Max HP+

Physical Damage+ 0%

CdG Physical Damage+ 0%

CdG Magic Damage+ 21%

Physical Res+ 0%

Strength+0

Resilience+ 6

Magical Resistance+ 3%

Magic Defense+ 41

Deftness+ 5

Breath Resistance+ 3%

Physical Res+ 3%

Attack Speed+0

Status Ailment Success+0

Magical Damage+ 26%

Magical Might+ 68

Magical Mending+0

Spell Lock Res+ 3%

Spell Crit Chance+ 4%

Force of Nature??? + 2%

Hearty Healing???+ 0%

Crit Rate+ 0%

《SOLO SKILLS》

Sages Breath: CdG Gauge Charges on its own while controlling the mage

《PARTY SKILLS》

Vim: Increases the amount actions will fill the CdG gauge by 10%

《PERMABUFFS》

Magic Might+ 19

Magic Defense+ 16

Resilience+ 6

《NEEDED MEMORIES》

-NODE 7 (??? family, Cost 10+)

~MAGE MEMORY GAUNTLET SWAP SHOP~

-NODE 5 (Slime family, Cost 40+)

~LIMESLIME~

-NODE 6( Cost 65+, Material family)

CURRENTLY UNOBTAINABLE

-NODE 8 ( Cost 90+, Magic might 100 or less)

CURRENTLY UNOBTAINABLE

RIP Mages man. We got an icy toothpick with a skill that only works at close range for a ranged class and we're missing 2 memories. Fat L

PRIEST

Max HP+0

Physical Damage+ 15%

CdG Physical Damage+ 8%

CdG Magic Damage+ 8%

Physical Res+ 0%

Strength+ 11

Resilience+ 5

Magical Resistance+ 3%

Magic Defense+ 25

Deftness+0

Breath Resistance+ 3%

Physical Res+ 3%

Attack Speed+0

Status Ailment Success+0

Magical Damage+ 15%

Magical Might+ 11

Magical Mending+ 68

Spell Lock Res+ 0%

Spell Crit Chance+ 0%

Force of Nature??? + 0%

Hearty Healing??? + 15%

Crit Rate+ 0%

《SOLO SKILLS》

Heal: While controlling the priest, you will heal the member of your party with the lowest % of their Max HP

《PARTY SKILLS》

Faith: Increases the HP you receive from Healing and Healing Items by 10%

《PERMABUFFS》

Magic Defense+10

Magic Mending+19

Strength+6

Magic Might+6

**《**NEEDED MEMORIES》

-NODE 7: ( ??? Family, Cost 10+)

~PRIEST MEMORY GAUNTLET SWAP SHOP~

-NODE 5: (Cost 60+, Elemental Family)

~DEAD MANS SOUL~

-NODE 6: (Cost 70+, Humanoid Family)

~BIG HAMMER~

-NODE 8: (Cost 80+, Magical Mending 85 or less)

~GLACIAL GOLEM~

MARTIAL ARTIST

Max HP+ 11

Physical Damage+ 31%

CdG Physical Damage+ 21%

CdG Magic Damage+ %

Physical Res+ %

Strength+ 83

Resilience+ 5

Magical Resistance+ 3%

Magic Defense+

Deftness+ 41

Breath Resistance+ 3%

Physical Res+ 3%

Attack Speed+

Status Ailment Success+

Magical Damage+ %

Magical Might+

Magical Mending+

Spell Lock Res+ %

Spell Crit Chance+ %

Force of Nature???+ %

Hearty Healing???+ %

Crit Rate+ 5%

《SOLO SKILL》

Pressure Pointer: Martial Artist will sometimes just one shot an enemy with low HP

《PARTY SKILL》

Focus: Increases the crit rate by all character's by 10%

《PERMABUFFS》

Deftness+ 36

Strength+ 19

HP+ 6

《NEEDED MEMORIES》

-NODE 7:( ??? Family, cost 10+)

~MARTIAL ARTIST MEMORY GAUNTLET SWAP SHOP~

-NODE 5:( Cost 70+, Humanoid Family)

CURRENTLY UNOBTAINABLE

-NODE 6:( Cost 50+, Demon Family)

~MINIDEMON~

-NODE 8:( Cost 80+, Attack 90 or less)

~WRECKTOR~

CONCLUSION

It will take months to reach level 50 with each Vocation on a single character, but for anyone curious, here are the total Hero Boosts, and why it's going to be important to decide when to bring another class rather than wasting XP:

STRENGTH: +47

RESILIENCE: +27

HP: +44

MAGIC DEFENSE: +42

MAGIC MIGHT: +25

MAGIC MENDING: 19

DEFTNESS: +36

Overall, 4 of the 5 classes are valid and are worth putting the time into, the only outlier being the PRIEST. Your Best class for Pure DPS is going to be the martial artist, although I'm sure we will eventually be facing dungeons which require Magic so I'd make a point to at least be raising a mage as a secondary class so you don't end up scrambling to make ends meet when that does happen.

When it comes to what to prioritize, I would make sure I'm raising a mage and a Martial Artist to ensure getting the highest DPS regardless of what requirements are thrown at us, and then have your third character as either a Thief, or a Warrior. I'm sure there is a better pick of the 2, personally I chose warrior, but I have heard decent point regarding the speed boost from thief allowing for higher Damage output, while the Warrior is for prioritizing survivability.Once picking your classes, I would raise the party to Level 40 (I can currently clear almost anything at this level), and then raise your other vocations to level 20 to receive the Permanent stat Increases ( this takes around 92000 xp, and can be done with 3 metal slime tickets). Once finished with events and time sensitive tasks, and you've done as much as you can story wise, repeat the dungeons which drop Memories associated with filling your Vocation tree slots, as this is going to be the most time consuming aspect of maxing out job trees other than simply reaching level 50. Save your gems to pull equipment associated with your preffered vocations, and make sure to grind the shards you need on weekends.

Quick additional tip, if you're able to clear some of the Gauntlet, there are 25 large crystals of each color in the Gauntlet Swap Shop, this will allow you to unlock one of the memory slots for your Vocation way faster than grinding then out in lodestone quests, the large stones are rare.

Really hope this helps some people out, took a few hours but now anyone who needs info on Vocation trees should have everything they need. Kick Safe and Stay Ass boys, Cheers 🍻

Hello everyone, giving you context: I have finished the normal available story, however, I cannot decide what I should do with the next 3000 gems I'll get. This is my setup:

-MC with Eridrick's Shield, Sword and Helmet;
-Metal set status: got helmet, shield +1, helmet, upper armour;

I am looking for a single metal weapon, however I am NOT having luck at all with it, I am at the "guaranteed featured piece" stamp (done) and I have finished the passes: normal, AD pass and premium, so I cannot farm any more coins from them.

Erdrick's set also looks incredibly strong, also, the event is only at its beginning and I've already took all I could from what we can get from now (except useless chests drops).

What do you suggest? Should I continue to pull on the metal banner or should I invest everything on Erdrick's set? I am still missing a metal weapon and it's getting incredibly frustrating to farm metal slimes/medleys without one metal weapon.

Thank you for your answers!

Im just picky about how I spend my time optimizing my team. I preemptively chose thief as a vocational as its just my goto in a lot of games.

But anyways, I was wondering if i should level my metal boomerang thief to 40 as Im close or continue leveling my fire/grass sword warrior with no exclusive weapons and only some f2p rerolls.