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The '''Spell of Restoration''' (復活の呪文, ふっかつのじゅもん, ''fukkatsu no jumon'') is the password system used in the {{Famicom}} and {{MSX}} versions of {{DQ}} and {{DQ2}}. As was common for video games of the time, the player's progress was converted into a password to be written down and entered in a later session to pick up where the player left off.
The '''Spell of Restoration''' (復活の呪文, ふっかつのじゅもん, ''fukkatsu no jumon'') is the password system used in the {{Famicom}} and []MSX]] versions of {{DQ}} and {{DQ2}}. As was common for video games of the time, the player's progress was converted into a password to be written down and entered in a later session to pick up where the player left off.


With the advent of battery-backed saves in {{DQ3}}, ''Dragon Quest'' games stopped using the Spell of Restoration as a save mechanic. The Spell of Restoration later returned in {{DQ11}} with different functions.
With the advent of battery-backed saves in {{DQ3}}, ''Dragon Quest'' games stopped using the Spell of Restoration as a save mechanic. The Spell of Restoration later returned in {{DQ11}} with different functions.
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The Spell of Restoration in {{Dragon Quest}} consists of 20 characters arranged in a rough 5/7/5/3 haiku pattern.
The Spell of Restoration in {{Dragon Quest}} consists of 20 characters arranged in a rough 5/7/5/3 haiku pattern.


In the original Famicom version, accepting the [[Dragonlord]]'s offer at the end of the game results in an instant Game Over and a special Spell of Restoration that, when entered, starts the player off at level 1 with no equipment.
In the original {{Famicom}} version, accepting the [[Dragonlord]]'s offer at the end of the game results in an instant Game Over and a special Spell of Restoration that, when entered, starts the player off at Level 1 with no equipment.


=={{DQ2}}==
=={{DQ2}}==
Due its broader scope (three-member party, multiple flagged plot events, and a wider array of equipment), {{Dragon Quest II}} employed a larger 52-character Spell of Restoration: Four lines of 3-3-4, followed by a final line of 3-3-4-2.
Due its broader scope ([[Luminaries|three-member party]], multiple flagged plot events, and a wider array of equipment), {{Dragon Quest II}} employed a larger 52-character Spell of Restoration: Four lines of 3-3-4, followed by a final line of 3-3-4-2.


=={{DQ10}}==
=={{DQ10}}==
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=={{DQ11}}==
=={{DQ11}}==
The Spell of Restoration returns in Japanese versions of {{DQ11}}. Instead of saving progress, Spells of Restoration in {{XI}} serve more as cheat codes to start new files with boosted stats, items and [[gold]].


The Spell of Restoration returns in Japanese versions of {{DQ11}}. Instead of saving progress, Spells of Restoration in ''XI'' serve more as cheat codes to start new files with boosted stats, items and gold.
In Japanese versions of {{XI}}, inputting the Spell of Restoration "Horii Toriyama Sugiyama Dorakuesuto Pepepepe" will take the player to a fully playable recreation of [[Tantegel]] Castle's throne room in {{Dragon Quest}}. Exiting the throne room will prompt the current console's online store to download a remake of {{Dragon Quest}} for free.
 
In Japanese versions of ''XI'', inputting the Spell of Restoration "Horii Toriyama Sugiyama Dorakuesuto Pepepepe" will take the player to a fully playable recreation of Tantegel Castle's throne room in ''Dragon Quest''. Exiting the throne room will prompt the current console's online store to download a remake of ''Dragon Quest'' for free.


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