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Manoza Cave
Dragon Quest III

Manoza Cave

Navigate Manoza Cave in Dragon Quest III. Discover valuable treasures like Ra's Mirror, Zombiesbane, and Agility Ring, and face challenging enemies. Learn about monster arena rewards.

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Navigate Manoza Cave in Dragon Quest III. Discover valuable treasures like Ra's Mirror, Zombiesbane, and Agility Ring, and face challenging enemies. Learn about monster arena rewards.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    From Manoza, head southeast to find the cave entrance, which is surrounded by poisonous swamp.
  2. 2
    Enter the cave and proceed west, ignoring northern paths, until you reach the far west side. Take the eastern path to find a chest with Magic Water.
  3. 3
    Continue north to the top of the floor. At the next intersection, search the upper path for a chest containing a Full Moon Ring.
  4. 4
    Go south, then east, and finally south again to find the stairs leading to Basement 2.
  5. 5
    On Basement 2, follow the path of chests. You will encounter several Mimic Chests, a Leather Hat, a Chimaera Wing, an Ice Shield, an Antidotal Herb, 1,084 Gold, and Mini Medal #66.
  6. 6
    In an adjacent room to the east, three of the four chests are Mimic Chests. The bottom right chest contains an Iron Mask.
  7. 7
    Backtrack to the room where you found the Ice Shield. Use a Fading Jenny to capture the Friendly Monster Rockbomb (Rocky).
  8. 8
    Backtrack again to the start of Basement 2 and take the south path, which leads to a pit down to Basement 3.
  9. 9
    You will land on a small island on Basement 3. Open the chest for Ra's Mirror. Jump down the pit to Basement 4.
  10. 10
    Take the stairs back up to Basement 3. Walk west, following the river, and ignore the stairs for now. Continue north along the west side of the river to find a chest with a Cat Suit.
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    Backtrack to the stairs and take them up to Basement 2.
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    On Basement 2, head north to a room with three chests. The bottom and top left chests are Mimics. The top right chest contains a Yggdrasil Leaf.
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    Make your way west to the next intersection. A path northeast leads to five more chests: a Mimic Chest, 7,921 Gold, an Agility Ring (Acrobat), another Mimic Chest, and the Zombiesbane weapon.
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    Once you have collected all treasures, cast Evac or walk out of the cave.

Monster Arena Rewards:

After capturing 50 Friendly Monsters, return to the Monster Arena to receive the following rewards: Seed of Strength (x2), Seed of Defence (x2), Seed of Stamina (x2), Seed of Wisdom (x2), Seed of Agility (x2), and a Goddess Ring. This also allows your Monster Wrangler to learn the ability Wild Side.

Tips
  • Recommended Level: 19
  • Be prepared for Mimic Chests, which are enemies disguised as treasure chests.
  • Enemies in this cave include Wyrtle, Metal Slime, Lethal Armour, Voodoogooder, Cureslime, Mimic, Shadow, and Skeleton Swordsman.
  • Notable drops from enemies include Iron Helmet, Full Plate Armour, Seed of Magic, Seed of Stamina, Headsman's Axe, Black Pyjamas, and Steel Broadsword.

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