Tantegel

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Tantegel Castle in the GBC version of Dragon Warrior II.

Tantegel (ラーダトメ, Radatōmu, Ladatōmu, Ladutorm) is a castle and nearby town which serve as the capital of Alefgard. It is featured in the first three Dragon Quest games: Dragon Quest, Dragon Quest II, and Dragon Quest III, as part of the Erdrick Trilogy. Tantegel is the starting and central location in the original Dragon Quest. It is the only location in Alefgard which has a castle and a reigning king.

In the original Famicom release of Dragon Quest, the town surrounding the castle is called the same name as the castle, Ladutorm. When the game was localized and released overseas it was decided to give the castle and town different names (Tantegel and Brecconary respectively). In all other English version releases both town and castle are referred to as Tantegel, and combined into one icon on the world map.

Synopsis

Dragon Quest

Tantegel is a location of central importance in Dragon Quest for many reasons.

• It is the starting location for the hero of the game.
• It is the only location where the player can save the game.
• It is the only castle in Alefgard that has a reigning king.
• It is the largest city (castle and town combined) in the game.
• It contains one of the essential items to complete the game (Stones of Sunlight).
• It is the location the hero returns to after completing the game.

Dragon Quest II

In Dragon Quest II, Tantegel is much less important. It is not reached until nearly halfway into the game, and the king is hiding out of fear of Hargon. No major items/information are located there and it can be skipped altogether if desired.

Dragon Quest III

Tantegel is the location of central importance in the 'dark world' of Alefgard in Dragon Quest III. It contains the essential Stones of Sunlight item in this game as well. It also serves as the location the heroes return to after completing the game, similar to Dragon Quest.

Weapon/Armor shop

Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Bamboo Pole	10g	+2 Attack
Club	60g	+4 Attack
Copper Sword	180g	+10 Attack
Clothes	20g	+2 Defense
Leather Armor	70g	+4 Defense
Small Shield	90g	+4 Defense

Dragon Quest (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
Bamboo Pole	10g	+2 Attack
Club	60g	+4 Attack
Copper Sword	180g	+10 Attack
Cloth Armor (Clothes)	10g	+2 Defense
Leather Armor	70g	+4 Defense
Leather Shield (Small Shield)	60g	+4 Defense

Dragon Quest II (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Wizard's Wand	2500	+8 Attack (NES) +27 Attack (remix) Casts Firebal when used in battle
Broad Sword (Steel Sword)	1500	+30 Attack
Giant Hammer (Hammer)	4000	+35 Attack (NES) +40 Attack (remix)
Clothes Hiding (Evade Cloak)	1250	+20 Defense (NES) +35 Defense (remix)
Full Plate Armor (Steel Armor)	1000	+25 Defense
Iron Helmet	3150	+6 Defense

Dragon Quest II (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
Wizard's Wand	2500	+8 Attack (NES) +27 Attack (remix) Casts Firebal when used in battle
Broad Sword (Steel Sword)	1500	+30 Attack
Giant Hammer (Hammer)	4000	+35 Attack (NES) +40 Attack (remix)
Clothes Hiding (Evade Cloak)	1250	+20 Defense (NES) +35 Defense (remix)
Full Plate Armor (Steel Armor)	1000	+25 Defense
Iron Helmet	3150	+6 Defense

Dragon Quest III (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Dragon Killer	15000	{{{attributes}}}
Angel Robe	3000	{{{attributes}}}
Dragon Mail	9800	{{{attributes}}}
Dragon Shield	3500	{{{attributes}}}
Silver Shield	8800	{{{attributes}}}

Dragon Quest III (SNES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Dragon Killer	15000	{{{attributes}}}
Power Knuckle	7100	{{{attributes}}}
Angel Robe	3000	{{{attributes}}}
Dragon Mail	9800	{{{attributes}}}
Dragon Shield	3500	{{{attributes}}}
Silver Shield	8800	{{{attributes}}}
Mythril Helmet	18000	{{{attributes}}}

Dragon Quest III (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
Dragon Killer	15000	{{{attributes}}}
Power Knuckle	7100	{{{attributes}}}
Angel Robe	3000	{{{attributes}}}
Dragon Mail	9800	{{{attributes}}}
Dragon Shield	3500	{{{attributes}}}
Silver Shield	8800	{{{attributes}}}
Mythril Helmet	18000	{{{attributes}}}

Item shop

In the NES version, the item shop is referred to as a tools shop.

Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Herb	24g	Heals a small amount of HP
Torch	8g	Lights a radius around the Hero
Dragon's Scale	20g	Provides a small amount of Defense

Dragon Warrior (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
Herb	10g	Heals a small amount of HP
Torch	8g	Lights a radius around the Hero
D-Scale	20g	Provides a small amount of Defense

Dragon Quest II (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Medical Herb	15	Heals a small amount of HP
Antidote Herb	8	Cures poison
Fairy Water	40	Repels monsters
Wing of the Wyvern	80	Returns you to your last save location
Dragon's Bane	640	Protects against non-damaging spells

Dragon Quest II (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
Herb	10	Heals a small amount of HP
Antidote	8	Cures poison
Repellent	40	Repels monsters
Warp Wing	25	Returns you to your last save location
Amulet	640	Protects against non-damaging spells

Dragon Quest III (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Medical Herb	8g	Heals a small amount of HP
Antidote Herb	10g	Cures poison
Fairy Water	20g	Repels monsters
Wing of the Wyvern	25g	Returns you to a zoom location
Full Moon Herb	30g	Cures paralysis

Dragon Quest III (SNES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Medical Herb	8g	Heals a small amount of HP
Antidote Herb	10g	Cures poison
Fairy Water	20g	Repels monsters
Wing of the Wyvern	25g	Returns you to a zoom location
Full Moon Herb	30g	Cures paralysis
Invisible Herb	300g	Makes party invisible for a short time

Dragon Quest III (GBC)
Item	Price	Attributes
Medical Herb	8g	Heals a small amount of HP
Antidote Herb	10g	Cures poison
Fairy Water	20g	Repels monsters
Wing of the Wyvern	25g	Returns you to a zoom location
Full Moon Herb	30g	Cures paralysis
Invisible Herb	300g	Makes party invisible for a short time

Fairy water shop

In Dragon Quest there is a fairy water shop located behind a magic key door in the town portion of Tantegel. In Dragon Quest II this shop has been replaced by a house of healing. Fairy water was added to item shops in later games, rather than having its own shop.

Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Fairy Water	38g	Keeps low level enemies away

Magic key shop

In Dragon Quest there is a magic key shop located in Tantegel castle behind a magic key door. This is convenient as the hero does not have to travel back to Rimuldar in order to purchase more magic keys.

Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Price	Attributes
Magic Key	85g	Opens a magic key door

Items

Dragon Quest (NES)
Item	Location
small amount of gold	chest behind magic key door
small amount of gold	chest behind magic key door
small amount of gold	chest behind magic key door
small amount of gold	chest behind magic key door

Inn

Dragon Quest (NES)
Price
6g

Dragon Quest II (NES)
Price
2g/person

Dragon Quest II (GBC)
Price
2g/person

Dragon Quest III (NES)
Price
1g/person

Locked doors

Dragon Quest
Key Type	Info
Magic Key	King Lorik's chamber
Magic Key	Door to treasure chests
Magic Key	Access to eastern area of castle
Magic Key	In town, access to fairy water shop

Location attributes

      This is a location where the game can be saved.

      This location can be reached using the Zoom spell.

Trivia

• One reason the town may have been given a different name in the NES version, is because the localizers may have thought that it would be odd to call it the same name as its castle, as it is entirely separate from the castle on the world map. However, in Dragon Quest II and III, Tantegel is composed of both combined locations.

Gallery

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  Tantegel Castle GBC version

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  Town of Tantegel GBC version

• Brecconary DQI NES.gif

  Brecconary NES version

References

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