Cantlin

City Cantlin

Official art of Cantlin. Japanese メルキド Rōmaji Merukido Game Dragon Quest
Dragon Quest Builders Old localization Mercado (GBC era)

Cantlin is a walled city located in the south central region of Alefgard in Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation.

Cantlin is most famous for it's heavy fortifications and for being guarded by a Golem in the original game. It was recently featured in Dragon Quest Builders as the starting city, followed by Rimuldar.

Appearances

Dragon Quest

The city of Cantlin is typically the last city the player visits due to its distance from Tantegel and the strength of the surrounding monsters. When first approached, the city is guarded by a Golem whose battle is triggered when the Hero first attempts to enter the ramparts surrounding the city. This battle is a one time event, and is the only place where a Golem can be encountered. The weapons and armor shop in Cantlin sells the best equipment the character can purchase in the game.

Dragon Quest Builders

Despite all of this, Cantlin is a not a required location to visit in order to complete the game.

Locked doors

The first game has two doors in southwestern part of town, the first of which leads to man with clues to find Erdrick's Armour, and the second to the hidden shops.

Shops & Services

NorthwestItem Shop  Item Price Attributes Medicinal herb 8 Restores 20-35 HP to the Hero. Torch 8 Lights up the darkness of dungeons. Western Item Shop  Item Price Attributes Chimaera wing 25 Instantly teleports the Hero to Tantegel Castle. Dragon's scale 20 Defence +5 Holy water Shop  Item Price Attributes Holy water 20 Wards off weaker monsters. Northern Weapon Shop  Item Price Attributes Bamboo spear 10 Attack +2 Oaken club 60 Attack +4 Copper sword 180 Attack +10 Northern Armor Shop  Item Price Attributes Leather armour 70 Defence +4 Chain mail 300 Defence +10 Iron shield 800 Defence +10 Southern Weapon Shop  Item Price Attributes Iron axe 560 Attack +15 Steel broadsword 1,500 Attack +20 Southern Armor Shop  Item Price Attributes Full plate armour 3,000 Defence +24 Magic armour 7,700 Defence +24 Magic Key Weapon Shop  Item Price Attributes Fire blade 9,800 Attack +28 Magic Key Armor Shop  Item Price Attributes Silver shield 14,800 Defence +20 Treasures Seed of resilience (dresser in the inn) Magic Key (dresser in southwestern man's house) Nearby monsters Cosmic chimaera Green dragon Tearwolf Vis mager Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line Informing The Hero and his cousins about the Lighthouse containing 1 of 5 Sigils, the grandson of the Dragonlord points them to an island south of where Cantlin once stood. Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation The people of Cantlin have given into despair due to Zoma's tyranny, with the shops being left unattended and the merchants languishing in the streets. A family above the unmanaged inn despair as their child is slowly succumbing to his misery of living in such a world, and even withdraws his plea to The Hero to slay the archfiend out of hopelessness. The man in the next room over researches the technique to build an artificial guardian for the town, but with the people seeing the futility in even tending the fields it is a wasted effort. The only person not depressed is Galen the bard, who traveled to the town after a falling out with his parents. A Monster Arena lies beneath the town, where some citizens go to project themselves into the life and death struggles of the monsters to feel alive. It's just a distraction from the somber reality that surrounds them, and the only one to not dupe themselves into the false furor is a little girl looking for her father. The elder of Cantlin will instruct the player to travel to the Sanctum after acquiring the Sunstone, Staff of Rain, and Sacred amulet. This will open the way to Zoma's Citadel. After the devil is defeated, the people of Cantlin will find new meaning in life and beseech the Hero as their savior, with the languishing child becoming active again and the researching tossing away his notes for future generations to pick up instead now that the town no longer needs a guardian. Treasures The following are exclusive to the SFC remake and its ports. Dark robe (it will be available to search for in a grassy area in the center building after getting the second riddle in Cloudsgate Citadel) Mini medal (search in the building in the top left corner of town) Party dress (right drawer upstairs in the larger shop on the left side of the town) Prayer ring (search in the center of the building on the lower left corner of town) Skull ring (dresser in the inn) These personality changing books are all found in the researchers library: Being A Better Person Primm's Primer The Eureka Moment The Champion's Code Fail is a Four-Letter Word These tokens are unavailable in the Cell phone versions of the game: T'n'T ticket (search by the counter in the building on the lower right corner of town) T'n'T ticket (left drawer upstairs in the larger shop on the left side of the town) Nearby monsters Boss troll Chimaera Darth voodoo Ghoul Muddy hand Skelegon Stone guardian (Called by Muddy hand) Walking corpse (Called by Darth voodoo) Voodoogooder (Called by Ghoul) Dragon Quest Monsters A Golem appears as the boss of the Gate of Talisman traveler's gate, with the level being based on the encounter with the Golem in Cantlin from the original game. After defeating it, it will join Terry as a companion. Dragon Quest Builders See it's list of challenges. Map of Alefgard, highlighting the Cantlin region. Cantlin serves as the first area visited by the Builder, and it is the region less affected by the Dragonlord's influence. The Cantlin region consists of four different areas, the town region and three other areas that can be reached by using teleportals: Cantlin Plains, where the base will be located. Hammerhood Heights, where the builder learns how to make mallets. The Damdara Desert. Rockbomb Ravine. These areas collectively serve as the tutorial for the game, easing the player into the concepts of building, crafting, hunger, and the passage of time. Since the hunger meter and passage of time are activated after finishing Pippa's room request, it's adviced players explore and stock as much as possible before doing said quest. In this chapter, The Builder learns the dark truth of the time Alefgard fell, and how the survivors from Cantlin succumbed to selfishness which only made the Golem rage and destroy the citadel in order to stop humans from hurting each other. While most of the villagers believe the Builder will bring Cantlin to its former glory and defeat the Golem, one of them -a villager named Larouche- isn't so certain. Larouche, despite believing the Builder's efforts will only bring chaos once again, does nothing to stop the Builder and the other villagers from rebuilding Cantlin. In the end, the Golem is defeated and Cantlin is bursting with life once more. Dragon Quest Builders 2 Despite Cantlin not appearing directly in the game, it is also established that the Player is originally from Cantlin. Dragon Quest Tact The party comes across the city in Chapter 3, Episode 5 of the game's limited Dragon Quest I event, hoping to find some way that will allow them to return to Orchesterra. They are stopped by the Golem, who refuses to let any visitors into the city. Mindini becomes enraged and tries to force her way in with brute force, much to the frustration of her companions. Etymology The city takes its name from the Cantlin Stone, which sits near the boarder between England and Wales. The name comes from William Cantlin, a peddler who died under mysterious circumstances between the English Bettws-y-Crwyn parish and the Welsh Kerry parish. An dispute arose over which parish should bury the man who had no family, with Bettws taking the task and claiming the plot of land afterwards. The grave is marked by a cross standing tall in amid the empty field, giving the location its distinction. Gallery DQ Golem battle. Map for Dragon Warrior. (NES) Map for DQ. (SFC) Map for Dragon Warrior III. (NES) Map for III. (SFC) The Ravaged Realm. Hammerhood Heights. Damdara Desert. Rockbomb Ravine. Former site of Cantlin and the Shrine of the Spirit from II. (Cell phone) Cantlin from III. (Cell phone) Appearance in Stars. (Cell phone) Rubiss directing the player towards the ruins of Cantlin in Builders. How the ruined city looks upon placing the Banner of Hope. The Golem guarding the city in Tact.