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{{LocationInfobox
{{LocationInfobox
|game = ''[[Dragon Quest III]]''
|game = {{Dragon Quest III}}
|title = Asham
|title = Asham
|type= Town
|type= Town
|image = [[File:Asham gbc art.png|center|235px]]
|image = [[File:Asham gbc art.png|250px]]
|caption =Super famicom artwork.
|caption =
|japanese= アッサラーム
|japanese= アッサラーム
|romanji= Assarāmu
|romanji= Assarāmu
|old=Assaram, Ashalam
|old=Assaram, Ashalam
}}
}}
'''Asham''' is a town in ''[[Dragon Quest III]]''. It located southeast of [[Romaria]] and sits in the shadow of an immense mountain chain, which in correspondence to the real world would place it around Iraq. Asham is a rest point before venturing through the harsh desert to reach [[Isis]] and the [[Pyramid]]. It is close to the left entrance of [[Nordy's Grotto]], through which the player must pass to reach [[Baharata]].
'''Asham''' is a town in {{DQ3}}.
 
It located southeast of [[Romaria]] and sits in the shadow of an immense mountain chain, which in correspondence to the real world would place it around Iraq.
 
Asham is a rest point before venturing through the harsh desert to reach [[Isis]] and the [[Pyramid]]. It is close to the left entrance of [[Nordy's Grotto]], through which the player must pass to reach [[Baharata]].


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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Asham is one of only a few towns to behave an active night life. In addition to having a dancing club and a fortune teller open at night, it also has a weapons and armor shop only open at night.
Asham is one of only a few towns to behave an active night life. In addition to having a dancing club and a fortune teller open at night, it also has a weapons and armor shop only open at night.


The older brother of the Isis minister lives in a townhouse locked behind a door that requires the [[magic key]] to enter. He waxes philosophically about water being the lifeblood and mankind, but also gives first-time players the direct hint that to enter the eastern lands they will need the [[Royal Missive]] from the king of [[Portoga]]. A lone [[Imp]] appears in the upstairs section of the building locked with at night, it's [[Morph]] spell and cat disguise having worn off. It will start a battle when confronted, but why it is there is never explained.
The older brother of the Isis minister lives in a townhouse locked behind a door that requires the [[Magic Key]] to enter. He waxes philosophically about water being the lifeblood and mankind, but also gives first-time players the direct hint that to enter the eastern lands they will need the [[Royal Missive]] from the [[Portogus Rex]] of [[Portoga]]. A lone [[Imp]] appears in the upstairs section of the building locked with at night, it's [[Morph]] spell and cat disguise having worn off. It will start a battle when confronted, but why it is there is never explained.
 
[[File:Asham dancing hall.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The dancers performing]]
====Shops & services====
====Shops & services====
The price of each item in the con man shops can be lowered to 1/8th by haggling with the merchant, similar to Morocco in the real world.
The price of each item in the con man shops can be lowered to 1/8th by haggling with the [[merchant]], similar to Morocco in the real world.
{{WeaponShop/Start|title=Con man's equipment shop (remakes)|float=left}}
{{WeaponShop/Start|title=Con man's equipment shop (remakes)|float=left}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Wizard's staff|price=24,000|attributes=Attack +15}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Wizard's staff|price=24,000|attributes=Attack +15}}
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{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Iron helmet|price=16,000|attributes=Defense +16}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Iron helmet|price=16,000|attributes=Defense +16}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Magical skirt|price=24,000|attributes=Defense +25}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Magical skirt|price=24,000|attributes=Defense +25}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Black Pyjamas|price=38,400|attributes=Defense +29}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=nopic|display='''[[Black pyjamas]]'''|price=38,400|attributes=Defense +29}}
{{WeaponShop/End|note=}}
{{WeaponShop/End|note=}}
{{Clear}}
{{Clear}}
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{{ItemShop/Item|name=Chimaera wing|price=400|attributes=}}
{{ItemShop/Item|name=Chimaera wing|price=400|attributes=}}
{{ItemShop/Item|name=Tangleweb|price=560|attributes=}}
{{ItemShop/Item|name=Tangleweb|price=560|attributes=}}
{{ItemShop/Item|name=Gold chain|price=16,000|attributes=Vitality +10}}
{{ItemShop/Item|name=nopic|display='''[[Gold chain]]'''|price=16,000|attributes=Resilience +10}}
{{ItemShop/End|note=}}
{{ItemShop/End|note=}}
{{Clear}}
{{Clear}}
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{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Scale shield|price=600|attributes=Defense +12}}
{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Scale shield|price=600|attributes=Defense +12}}
{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Fur hood|price=250|attributes=Defense +10}}
{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Fur hood|price=250|attributes=Defense +10}}
{{ArmourShop/End|note=The swimsuit and iron shield are only in the NES version}}
{{ArmourShop/End|note=The swimsuit and [[Iron shield]] are only in the {{NES}} version}}
{{ArmourShop/End|note=}}
{{ArmourShop/End|note=}}
{{Clear}}
{{Clear}}
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{{ItemShop/End|note=}}
{{ItemShop/End|note=}}
{{Clear}}
{{Clear}}
====Treasures====
====Treasures====
*[[Coagulant]]  
*[[Coagulant]]  
*[[Mini medal]] x2
*[[Mini medal]] (2)
*[[Look, No Pants!]]
*[[Look, No Pants!]]


 
====Nearby {{MFamilies}}s====
====Nearby monsters====
*[[Bullmustiff]]
*[[Bullmustiff]]
*[[Cumaulus]]
*[[Cumaulus]]
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*[[Jackanape]]
*[[Jackanape]]
*[[Vampire cat]]
*[[Vampire cat]]
==={{DQ3HD}}===
Asham is now set between a series of natural rock walls surrounding an oasis, with palm trees scattered through the town. The con man's item shop has been converted into a normal shop, leaving only the weapons dealer as the resident shyster. There is a [[List of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake|bag o' laughs]] in the northwest corner of the town, who will flee if the player is not masked with [[musk]].
Incidentally, the [[Puff-Puff]] scene is now fully voiced.
====Shops & services====
{{ItemShop/Start|title=|subtitle=|float=}}
{{ItemShop/Item|name=Antidotal herb III HD|display='''[[Antidotal herb]]'''|price=10|attributes=Cures poison from one party member}}
{{ItemShop/Item|name=Moonwort bulb III HD|display='''[[Moonwort bulb]]'''|price=30|attributes=Cures paralysis}}
{{ItemShop/Item|name=Dazzle-me-not III HD|display='''[[Dazzle-me-not]]'''|price=120|attributes=Lifts illusions}}
{{ItemShop/End|note=}}
{{WeaponShop/Start|title=Con man's item shop|subtitle=|float=}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Special medicine III HD|display='''[[Special medicine]]'''|price=270|attributes=Restores at least 80 HP to a single ally}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Sage's elixir III HD|display='''[[Sage's elixir]]'''|price=4,900|attributes=Restores at least 80 MP to a single ally}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Oomph powder III HD|display='''[[Oomph powder]]'''|price=1,100|attributes=Casts [[Oomph]]}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Snooze stick III HD|display='''[[Snooze stick]]'''|price=2,100|attributes=Attack +29<br>Casts [[Snooze]]}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Beastly bullwhip III HD|display='''[[Beastly bullwhip]]'''|price=3,400|attributes=Attack +34<br>+130% damage to [[Beast family|beasts]]}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Knuckledusters III HD|display='''[[Knuckledusters]]'''|price=4,400|attributes=Attack +43}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Edged boomerang III HD|display='''[[Edged boomerang]]'''|price=1,800|attributes=Attack +24}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Cloak of evasion III HD|display='''[[Cloak of evasion]]''' III HD|price=1,500|attributes=Defence +28<br>Evasion +12.5%}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Black pyjamas III HD|display='''[[Black pyjamas]]'''|price=2,100|attributes=Defence +33}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Magical skirt III HD|display='''[[Magical skirt]]'''|price=1,700|attributes=Defence +29<br>-25% spell damage<br>Women only}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Anti-freeze earrings III HD|display='''[[Anti-freeze earrings]]'''|price=3,800|attributes=Wisdom +8<br>-25% Ice damage}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Aerofoil III HD|display='''[[Aerofoil earrings]]'''|price=3,800|attributes=Wisdom +8<br>-25% Wind damage}}
{{WeaponShop/End|note=Listed prices are post-haggling; these prices are still more expensive than at other shops selling the same items}}
{{WeaponShop/Start|title=Night shop|subtitle=|float=}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Oaken club III HD|display='''[[Oaken club]]'''|price=60|attributes=Attack +6}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Bronze knife III HD|display='''[[Bronze knife]]'''|price=80|attributes=Attack +8}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Boomerang III HD|display='''[[Boomerang (weapon)|Boomerang]]'''|price=540|attributes=Attack +11<br>Smacks all foes}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Chain sickle III HD|display='''[[Chain sickle]]'''|price=360|attributes=Attack +16}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Thorn whip III HD|display='''[[Thorn whip]]'''|price=470|attributes=Attack +19}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Iron lance III HD|display='''[[Iron lance]]'''|price=750|attributes=Attack +24}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Chain whip III HD|display='''[[Chain whip]]'''|price=1,300|attributes=Attack +27}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Iron claws III HD|display='''[[Iron claws]]'''|price=970|attributes=Attack +27}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Slapstick III HD|display='''[[Slapstick]]'''|price=1,600|attributes=Attack +31}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Steel broadsword III HD|display='''[[Steel broadsword]]'''|price=2,000|attributes=Attack +32}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Dragon scale III HD|display='''[[Dragon scale]]'''|price=200|attributes=Defence +5}}
{{WeaponShop/Item|name=Hen's tooth III HD|display='''[[Hen's tooth]]'''|price=880|attributes=Luck +20<br>[[Lucky devil]] personality}}
{{WeaponShop/End|note=}}
{{ArmourShop/Start|title=Armour shop|subtitle=|float=}}
{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Shell armour III HD|display='''[[Shell armour]]'''|price=490|attributes=Defence +17}}
{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Chain mail III HD|display='''[[Chain mail]]'''|price=720|attributes=Defence +21}}
{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Sparring suit III HD|display='''[[Sparring suit]]'''|price=960|attributes=Defence +22}}
{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Leather shield III HD|display='''[[Leather shield]]'''|price=120|attributes=Defence +4}}
{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Scale shield III HD|display='''[[Scale shield]]'''|price=350|attributes=Defence +11}}
{{ArmourShop/Item|name=Bronze shield III HD|display='''[[Bronze shield]]'''|price=680|attributes=Defence +15}}
{{ArmourShop/End|note=}}
====Treasure====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[File:ICON-Coagulant III HD.png|link=Coagulant]] ||  [[File:ICON-Look, No Pants! III HD.png|link=Look, No Pants!]] || [[File:ICON-Musk III HD.png|link=Musk]] || [[File:Seed of agility III HD icon.png|link=Seed of agility]] || [[File:Seed of luck III HD icon.png|link=Seed of luck]] || [[File:ICON-Mini medal III HD.png|link=]] || [[File:Leg warmers III HD icon.png|link=Leg warmers]] ||  [[File:Tough guy tattoo III HD icon.png|link=Tough guy tattoo]]
|-
| X1 || x1 || x1 || x1 || x1 || x2 || x1 || x1
|}
====Nearby monsters====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[File:Cumaulus DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Cumaulus]] || [[File:Drac the vlad DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Drac the vlad]] || [[File:Healslime DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Healslime]] || [[File:Illerpillar DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Illerpillar]] || [[File:Jackanape DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Jackanape]] || [[File:Restless armour DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Restless armour]] || [[File:Rottenweiler DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Rottenweiler]] || [[File:Vampire cat DQ III HD sprite.png|link=Vampire cat]]
|}
==Etymology==
*The Japanese name, ''Assarāmu'', is derived from ''[[wikipedia:As-salamu alaykum|as-salamu alaykum]]'', an Arabic greeting that means "peace be upon you".


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Japanese name, ''Assarāmu'', is derived from ''[[wikipedia:As-salamu alaykum|as-salamu alaykum]]'', an Arabic greeting that means "peace be upon you".
*In the {{NES}} version, the [[imp]] behind can the [[Magic Key]] door can be battled any time the player enters the room; in the remakes, it won't reappear.
*In the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] Version, the Imp behind can the Magic Key door can be battled any time the player enters the room; in the remakes, it won't reappear.
*In the remakes, the music from the [[Pyramid]] is used as the [[Day-night cycle|night]] theme.
*In the remakes, the music from the [[Pyramid]] is used as the night theme.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<center><gallery>
File:DQ III NES Assaram.png|8-bit map
DQ III NES Assaram.png|Map ({{NES}})
Image:Asham.jpg|Famicom era art
Asham 16-bit.png|Map ({{SFC}})
</gallery>
Asham map III HD2D.png|HD map.
 
Asham.jpg|{{Famicom}} era art.
Image:DQ III Android Asham.jpg|Overworld
DQ III Android Imp In Asham.jpg|
DQ III Android Asham Theater.jpg|
</gallery></center>


{{DQIII}}
{{DQIII}}
{{DQIIIHD}}


[[Category:Dragon Quest III locations]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest III locations]]
[[Category:Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake locations]]

Latest revision as of 17:10, 21 November 2025

Asham is a town in Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation.

It located southeast of Romaria and sits in the shadow of an immense mountain chain, which in correspondence to the real world would place it around Iraq.

Asham is a rest point before venturing through the harsh desert to reach Isis and the Pyramid. It is close to the left entrance of Nordy's Grotto, through which the player must pass to reach Baharata.

AppearancesEdit

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of SalvationEdit

Asham is one of only a few towns to behave an active night life. In addition to having a dancing club and a fortune teller open at night, it also has a weapons and armor shop only open at night.

The older brother of the Isis minister lives in a townhouse locked behind a door that requires the Magic Key to enter. He waxes philosophically about water being the lifeblood and mankind, but also gives first-time players the direct hint that to enter the eastern lands they will need the Royal Missive from the Portogus Rex of Portoga. A lone Imp appears in the upstairs section of the building locked with at night, it's Morph spell and cat disguise having worn off. It will start a battle when confronted, but why it is there is never explained.

 
The dancers performing

Shops & servicesEdit

The price of each item in the con man shops can be lowered to 1/8th by haggling with the merchant, similar to Morocco in the real world.

  Con man's equipment shop (remakes) 
Item Price Attributes
  Wizard's staff24,000Attack +15
  Holy lance36,800Attack +35
  Iron axe40,000Attack +38
  Iron helmet16,000Defense +16
  Magical skirt24,000Defense +25
  Black pyjamas38,400Defense +29


  Con man's equipment shop (NES) 
Item Price Attributes
  Battle axe40,000Attack +40
  Sizeable scissors59,200Attack +48
  Somatic staff40,000Attack +55
  Turban2,560Defense +8
  Iron helmet16,000Defense +16
  Cloak of evasion46,4000Defense +20


  Con man's item shop 
Item Price Attributes
  Medicinal herb128?
  Antidotal herb160?
  Holy water320?
  Chimaera wing400?
  Tangleweb560?
  Gold chain16,000Resilience +10


  Regular armor shop 
Item Price Attributes
  Scandalous swimsuit1,100Defense +1
  Chain mail480Defense +20
  Iron Apron700Defense +22
  Iron armour1,100Defense +25
  Bronze shield180/250Defense +7
  Iron shield700Defense +12
  Scale shield600Defense +12
  Fur hood250Defense +10
Note: The swimsuit and Iron shield are only in the NES version


  Night weapon shop (NES) 
Item Price Attributes
  Divine dagger200Attack +14
  Chain sickle550Attack +24
  Iron lance750Attack +28
  Steel broadsword1,500Attack +33
  Battle axe2,500Attack +40


  Night weapon shop (remakes) 
Item Price Attributes
  Divine dagger200Attack +14
  Chain sickle320Attack +16
  Iron lance650Attack +26
  Chain whip1,000Attack +27
  Iron claws870Attack +25
  Iron axe2,500Attack +38


  Regular item shop 
Item Price Attributes
  Antidotal herb10?
  Moonwort bulb30?


TreasuresEdit

Nearby monstersEdit

Dragon Quest III HD-2D RemakeEdit

Asham is now set between a series of natural rock walls surrounding an oasis, with palm trees scattered through the town. The con man's item shop has been converted into a normal shop, leaving only the weapons dealer as the resident shyster. There is a bag o' laughs in the northwest corner of the town, who will flee if the player is not masked with musk.

Incidentally, the Puff-Puff scene is now fully voiced.

Shops & servicesEdit

  Item Shop 
Item Price Attributes
  Antidotal herb10Cures poison from one party member
  Moonwort bulb30Cures paralysis
  Dazzle-me-not120Lifts illusions
  Con man's item shop 
Item Price Attributes
  Special medicine270Restores at least 80 HP to a single ally
  Sage's elixir4,900Restores at least 80 MP to a single ally
  Oomph powder1,100Casts Oomph
  Snooze stick2,100Attack +29
Casts Snooze
  Beastly bullwhip3,400Attack +34
+130% damage to beasts
  Knuckledusters4,400Attack +43
  Edged boomerang1,800Attack +24
  Cloak of evasion III HD1,500Defence +28
Evasion +12.5%
  Black pyjamas2,100Defence +33
  Magical skirt1,700Defence +29
-25% spell damage
Women only
  Anti-freeze earrings3,800Wisdom +8
-25% Ice damage
  Aerofoil earrings3,800Wisdom +8
-25% Wind damage
Note: Listed prices are post-haggling; these prices are still more expensive than at other shops selling the same items
  Night shop 
Item Price Attributes
  Oaken club60Attack +6
  Bronze knife80Attack +8
  Boomerang540Attack +11
Smacks all foes
  Chain sickle360Attack +16
  Thorn whip470Attack +19
  Iron lance750Attack +24
  Chain whip1,300Attack +27
  Iron claws970Attack +27
  Slapstick1,600Attack +31
  Steel broadsword2,000Attack +32
  Dragon scale200Defence +5
  Hen's tooth880Luck +20
Lucky devil personality
  Armour shop 
Item Price Attributes
  Shell armour490Defence +17
  Chain mail720Defence +21
  Sparring suit960Defence +22
  Leather shield120Defence +4
  Scale shield350Defence +11
  Bronze shield680Defence +15

TreasureEdit

               
X1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x2 x1 x1


Nearby monstersEdit

               

EtymologyEdit

  • The Japanese name, Assarāmu, is derived from as-salamu alaykum, an Arabic greeting that means "peace be upon you".

TriviaEdit

  • In the NES version, the imp behind can the Magic Key door can be battled any time the player enters the room; in the remakes, it won't reappear.
  • In the remakes, the music from the Pyramid is used as the night theme.

GalleryEdit

  • Map (NES)

  • Map (SFC)

  • HD map.

  • Famicom era art.

  • Overworld

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