Morning star

Morning star
Japanese	モーニングスター
Romaji	{{{romaji}}}
Old localizations	Mace
Found in	Dragon Quest III Dragon Quest IV (NES version only) Dragon Quest V Dragon Quest VI Dragon Quest VII Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below
Effect	Inflicts damage to a single group of enemies.

The morning star is a recurring flail in the Dragon Quest franchise. It is a mid-level weapon that consists of a spiked metal ball attached to a handle by a long chain. In most of the games it has appeared, the morning star is classified as a whip and inflicts damage to a single group of enemies.

Appearances[edit]

Dragon Quest III[edit]

The morning star has an attack bonus of +30. It can only be equipped by Priests and Sages. It can be purchased at Baharata, Theddon, and the Super Secret Faerie Village for 1,700 gold. In the Super Famicom and Game Boy Color versions, one can be acquired as a prize from completing the second Treasures n' Trapdoors track near Asham. It only appears in the remakes.

Dragon Quest IV[edit]

The morning star has an attack bonus of +33. The remakes of the game replace it with the Holy lance, as group-targeting weapons are mostly absent in all versions of IV.

Dragon Quest V[edit]

The morning star has an attack bonus of +45. It can be purchased for 3,000 gold in Helmunaptra, Battenberg, Lodestar Harbour, and Mostroferrato. The Hero's son, the Hero's daughter, Bianca, Nera, and Tuppence can equip it.

Dragon Quest VI[edit]

The morning star has an attack bonus of +38 and a style bonus of +14. It can be bought for 3,000 gold in Alltrades Abbey, Aridea, Wellshire, Ghent, Arkbolt, and Turnscote. It can also be sold for 2,250 gold. Ashlynn, Nevan, and Lizzie can equip it. Nevan is depicted in many illustrations to be wielding what appears to be the morning star.

Dragon Quest VII[edit]

The morning star has an attack bonus of +43 and a style bonus of +14. It can be equipped by Maribel, Sir Mervyn, and Aishe. It can be purchased at Spilton-on-Sea, Wetlock, and Providence for 5,500 gold and sold for 2,750.

Dragon Quest X[edit]

The morning star has an attack bonus of +20 and increases damage against Material family monsters by 10%. It can be equipped by Mages, Thieves, Luminaries, Monster Masters, and Fortune Tellers as long as they are at least level 21.

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below[edit]

The morning star is a whip for Jessica that has an attack bonus of +23. It can be purchased for 2,600 gold and sold for 1,300 gold.

Descriptions[edit]

Game	Description
	This mighty weapon can wallop a whole group of enemies at once.[1]

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