On Food

Learn how to manage your food supply in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince. Discover how food is consumed, how to refill it, and tips to keep your monsters fed.

Alright, so in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince, keeping your monsters fed is a pretty big deal, even if it feels a bit like a chore sometimes. Think of it like this: you've got a limit on how much food you can carry, and it just slowly ticks down as you travel around the world. You'll notice that food meter in the corner? If it's going down, you're using food!

The rate at which your food supply depletes really depends on where you're walking. Sticking to the plains or dungeon floors is pretty chill on your food reserves. But if you decide to trek through forests, you'll burn through it faster. Head for the hills or the desert, and your food will disappear even quicker! And here's a kicker: if you're towing your base camp around instead of just your regular wagons, you'll be using up food at double the speed. If your food supply ever hits zero, your monsters will start to take damage over time, kind of like they're suffering from a poison status effect.

So, how do you keep that food meter from hitting empty? You've got a couple of options. You can use specific food items like Apples (りんご), Big Apples (おおきなりんご), Fish (さかな), or Steaks (ステーキ) directly from your inventory. Alternatively, you can always pop into a shop or find the old lady in your camp to buy food. It's pretty straightforward: 1 Gold gets you 1 unit of food. You might occasionally get food dropped by defeated monsters, but honestly, don't rely on that to keep your whole crew fed.

Oh, and a little side note: sometimes you might get a random encounter where your characters mention they've been eating well and decide to go on a diet, which is supposed to lower food consumption. They'll eventually stop doing this on their own. Personally, I haven't really noticed a huge difference when this mode is active compared to normal, but hey, every little bit might help!