The hardest bosses in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, ranked

Key recommendations

• Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake features challenging bosses like Chiromancer, Orochi and Zoma.
• Players can adjust difficulty levels, but positioning and strategy are crucial in boss fights.
• Xenlon requires efficient turns to unlock wishes, making it a tough predecessor to the Great Dragon.

Dragon Quest is a series known for being a hardcore RPG. It takes a lot of grinding and solid strategy to even get through normal battles. When it comes to bosses, players need to keep their options in mind, and that couldn't be more true in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake.

Fortunately for the unusual Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remakethere are difficulty levels. Difficulty cheats aside, there aren't many bosses in the game, but the ones that are present can really make it difficult for veteran RPG fans. Let's go through some of the most challenging power and position based bosses in the game.

7 palmist

An individual battle

Chiromancer, if players are level enough, won't be incredibly brutal. Two factors can make it difficult, however. Players have to go through the Gaia's Navel dungeon on their own, and that includes fighting bosses. Chiromancer also has a vampire ally, giving enemies more chances to hit.

Taking down the vampire isn't that hard, and if players keep up with the healing, the Chiromancer will eventually fall. It can be hard to find a balance between healing and fighting when the hero is alone Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake.

6 Orochi (second version)

A Japanese classic

There are large gaps between bosses in the game, but strangely, players will have to fight Orochi twice within a few minutes. Both times are also at full power, but the second version seems harsher. The first boss battle will be in a volcanic layer and the second will be in Jipang Village.

From the name of the city to Orochi's name and design, it's clear that the entire event was based on Japanese folklore. Even with a well balanced party, it can be hard to take down Orochi once let alone twice due to his group attacks.

5 Garboy

Guardian of the Vulcan

Finding Garboyle requires a long series of steps involving the hero's father, Ortega. Back at his peak, Ortega met a man named Simao who had a cursed blade called the Mountaincleaver. Eventually, players will find Simao's ghost who wants the blade thrown into a volcano, aka Mt. Necrogond, like a scene from Lord of the Rings.

Before the sword can be destroyed, Garboyle jumps in to fight the party and has a lot of powerful area attacks from claws to clefts. Garboyle can also cause status ailments if players are not properly equipped with accessories Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake.

4 Soul of Baramos

Fake final boss

• Location: Rubiss Tower

Baramos is the primary goal for players at first as a way to bring peace to the world and get revenge on Ortega. Players will likely go into the Baramos fight thinking they must be fit and ready for a final duel only to find out there's still a lot of the game to go.

Even after defeating this powerful dark mage, Baramos will return many times. His second quest, renamed Soul of Baramos, is the hardest version in Rubiss Tower, as he has two Ashdemons with him. Facing multiple large or small enemies in any boss battle can be unfair.

3 Zoma

The final boss

• Location: Zoma Citadel

Zoma is the true final boss of the game, or at least the main story. He has a similar spell set to Baramos, favoring ice magic in general and introducing a lot of status ailments as well. The really tricky thing about this meeting is getting the pace right.

It's a marathon, not a race, as Zoma has a lot of HP and will drain players of a lot of them with powerful spells. That MP well may run dry for the party before the final blow is dealt. It may take a few times, but victory will taste sweet.

2 The Great Dragon

The Dragon at the End of the Road

• Location: Temple of Trials

The Grand Dragon is the ultimate boss in the game, and the ultimate dungeon in the game is called the Temple of Trials. It's a post-game dungeon that requires players to complete virtually every side mission Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake and also raise the party to wild proportions. The dungeon itself will be tough, but the Grand Dragon will be several leagues beyond that.

He looks like a golden version of Orochi with similar spells. If players have been grinding to the max then they might find this encounter easy, but it's hard to tell because every player is different.

1 Xenlon

Make three wishes and pray

While Grand Dragon is technically the hardest boss in the game in terms of attack power and HP levels, the boss right before him, Xenlon, is a bit above him. That's because players have to defeat Xenlon in a certain number of turns to get the full set of wishes. Xenlon is like Shenron from Dragon Ballthe mystical dragon that can grant people's wishes.

In Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remakeplayers have six wishes to choose from after the battle, one of which can unlock the aforementioned Temple of Trials. Xenlon has an enormous amount of HP, so getting any wish will take a lot of practice.