@hulklol - Yep. You'll have to go back at least 3 or 4 times to the Observatory to finish the game. I could say more but I'd spoil the plot of the entire game.

Hahaha ok, the game is very very cool, I have played some hours and I fell I have just started the history!!! These is really a awesome game!!!

Quick question: Where do you get Malicite?

I think mummys, blood mummys, grrrgoyles, and Hootingham-Gore all drop Malicite.

Nope, mummies/blood mummies just drop Grubby Bandages, Hootingham-Gore drops Sage's Elixer. Not come across grrrgoyles yet.

Either regular or bloody mummies, actually. The bandages are the common drops or steals, while malicite is the rarer steal/drop.

You can also create one through alchemy. (1 pink pearl, 2 terrible tattooes and 3 sprigs of narspicious)

Sorry about the confusion, I looked it up on Gamefaqs but forgot to tell you they were rare drops.

I finally got my copy today! The pre-order arrived last Thursday, but I was only able to pay the rest today. And I must admit, it's better than I expected! And I already had high expectations about it! My character is named Coryn, and he's currently Level 8. I'm about to head back to the Starflight Express with Stella...by the way, I LOLed at the fact that Ivor couldn't see it! "It's just a fallen tree!"...that's my quote of the day

By the way, I realise I'm a noob at this game...but it's only been out for less than a week here!

No worries. I found the recipe on a bookcase ingame anyway. Got the stuff I needed it for now

_{'Scuse my double post, but that's quite a nasty quote tower forming up there}

New question for ya; I've found recepies to cook up a Spring Breeze Hat, a Summer Cloud Hat, an Autumn Shower Hat and a Winter Sky Hat. Each of them requires one of the other hats as an ingredient (ie; spring requires winter requires autumn requires summer requires spring), so I'm wondering where you can obtain one of these hats so that the others can be alchemised (but preferably 4 of them, so I can have a full set)

@Raylax
Only one of those four hats can be obtained by means other than alchemization. The Spring Breeze Hat can be stolen or obtained as a drop item from the treasure map boss Fowleye, who resembles Hootingham - Gore. From my own experiences, Fowleye usually appears in a dungeon Lv 50 - 80.

Uh...how do I change the signature colours for my characters?

_{So asked the DQnoob}

Open the menu, go to Misc., then go to tactics. You should see each of your character's colors on the far right. Just click the one you want to change.

got about 85% of the completed monsters list but some of the grotto monsters are so hard to get. This includes the rank s monsters which I have barely acquired 5 of.

I also got Greygnarl in a treasure map but he is far to hard. Any strategies for him?

Bad news...I need to get a new copy of DQIX ASAP...say, just out of interest, how would you react if you lost your copy while out-and-about...exactly two days after buying it?

@NintendoPurist: Wow, that is really terrible. I feel for you man. I would be devastated if that happened to me. I currently have over one hundred hours of game time on my save file and I would hate to lose all of that progress.

It's okay...I wasn't very far into the game, so I should be able to catch-up quickly. I'd just defeated Morag in Brigadoom. Anyway, I'll just need to curb the withdrawals with DQWars.

Hey, does anyone know how to access the online functions such as the quests and such?

@Crazygamerfreak
If you have anyone who's mastered the fan skill tree, have them start off using Reverse Cycle. Afterwards, have a Paladin use Forbearence so that all of Greygnarl's roars are targeted at them, leaving the rest of your party time to buff up and attack.
@Turtlelink
You talk to Sellma, who is located in the Stornway Inn after you've progressed far enough in the game.

Just something I want to point out for those in the post-game. Well, two things actually, but you get my idea. The first: If you haven't been on DQVC in the last few days, you may want to check out this week's new quests. One of them, Tree-Hugging Titan, is a very repeatable post-game quest with random rewards. It's very easy to complete, but if you can't figure it out Mercy is a Ranger skill unlocked at 16 skill points in the Ruggedness skill tree. Also, if you've been having trouble with post-game quest Risqué Respects, this week's DQVC sale has a chance of selling the Dangerous Bustier you need to complete the quest. Just something I wanted to point out to everyone.