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Follow this guide to navigate the dangerous monster terrain on the Road to Cantlin in Dragon Quest. Learn how to defeat the Golem mini-boss and reach the town.

Once you have earned your gold, make sure you sleep at the Inn and have the Faerie Flute with you along with maximum Medicinal Herbs and Magic Keys. Deposit all your gold at the Vault and save with the King of Tantegel. This is going to be a little bit of a walk through rough monster terrain.

Once you are past Chimaera territory, you will have to flee from every single battle (except for Metal Slimes). I recommend Quick Saving after every couple battles. At level 14 it is highly unlikely that you will die during the walk. If you do die, do not worry. Your money is safe in the Vault.

Head back to the desert to the far south of Galenholm. Continue south until you reach the sea, then go east across the bridge. Continue to follow the path northeast, ignoring the next bridge. Eventually you should come to a bridge with a poisonous swamp next to it. Cross the bridge and approach the town to the south but keep at least four steps away from it. Heal up to maximum and Quick Save your game. Now try to go into the town. It's mini-boss time!

If you have the Faerie Flute, you should be able to defeat Golem without getting a scratch on you. Use the "Item" option and select your Faerie Flute to lull the Golem to sleep. If he stays asleep, attack him. If he wakes up, use the Faerie Flute again. He will never get a turn in to attack. In the NES version, the Golem could wake up and attack the Hero in the same turn, but not so much on the Switch.

For defeating him you get 2500 EXP and some pocket change. Now you can access a new town. Victory!

At this point you should be at least close to getting level 15, at which you will learn the Holy Protection spell. It wipes weak encounters off the map for 64 steps but does not work in dungeons. It is the same as using a Holy Water.