The Ravaged Realm

The Ravaged Realm, also known as Cantlin Plains, is the first area player explore in Dragon Quest Builders. It is the ruins of the former fortress of Cantlin, having been overgrown with saplings and debris in the century since the first game took place. This area is where the base for Chapter 1 is located.

Overview

 
The town's starting look, from the top.

The landscape is a tutorial area that is specifically designed to get players accustomed to the flow of the game. Specifically, the nature of building, the passing of time, and the hunger meter are addressed directly once work on the base has begun. Combating monsters, as well as fighting off raids, will also be covered.

This island has vast plains around the town and in the southwest area, some forest areas, mountains across the whole island, and a swamp area in the southern part. In the plains and forest areas, some puddles can be found.

The town is almost barren when the player first arrives, but some structures remain. One of the first quests is finishing a room in the northwest for Pippa, the first npc to join the village.

The main building resource in this chapter will be stone and minerals, with many recipes requiring either. Despite this fact, the Ravaged Realm doesn't have many rocky resources, needing to import them from the other parts of the Cantlin region, like Hammerhood Heights.

Villagers

Image Name Description
Pippa Pippa joins the base immediately after the player places the Banner of Hope. She offers a number of quests, but avoids battle. She is the first person the player meets.
Rollo Rollo is found under a rock some monsters stuck on top of him. A bombastic buffoon, he is a man of endless enthusiasm who encourages the builder with information he gleams from an old tomb called the Cantlin Chronicle.
Larouche Larouche appears at the base once the player acquires the blue teleportal. Larouche doesn’t engage in combat, but does provide quests that improve the base.
Kenelm Travel through the blue teleportal, defend Kenelm from skeletons, and he gratefully follows the player to the base. He becomes a vigilant defender of the base and teaches the player a special combat technique.
Sheridon Sheridon arrives at the base after the player places the red teleportal. While he does not participate in battles, he shares the secret of building wrecking balls, which are the key to defeating a powerful enemy.
Magnus A renowned blacksmith, Magnus has been locked up by evil forces. Once set free, he eagerly engages in battle at the player's base and shares his knowledge.
Cherie Cherie pops up at the Banner of Hope after the green teleportal is earned. She isn’t a fighter, but she does pitch in by creating items in the workshop.
Splatrick Splatrick is a slime found behind the Green Teleportal. He is a slime who is hated by the other slimes because he doesn't hate humans. He has the ability to talk to other monsters as seen after the final battle.

Points of Interest

The Builder's grave

The game's starting point. Rubiss awakens and guides the builder through a short tutorial. Once they are outside, she gives the protagonist a Banner of Hope.

Cantlin

The main base for Chapter 1. It's on the ruins of the original Cantlin from Dragon Quest I.

Dracky treasure

A cave where two drackys guard a chest that contains a seed of life. It's exact location changes from savefile to savefile, but it's always located to the south of Cantlin.

The chimaeras's tower

It's located southwest from the base, and chimaeras like to gather around it. There is a chest containing a seed of life, on top of it.

Challenge: the three dragons (1)

There is a field of flowers in the far southwest, beyond the mountains and chimaera tower. One of the three dragons needed for a challenge rests there. It drops a Comfy sofa once defeated.

The swamp

Far in the south, beyond the mountains, lies a poisonous swamp. There isn't much to do, but some gold veins can be found in it.

Rubiss's teleportal

Located south from Rollo's hidding spot, it's where the player must go in order to end the chapter.

If the player loads a finished savefile and then completes any remaining challenges, they can be claimed by finishing the chapter via Rubiss's teleportal.

Resources

List of available materials in Cantlin Plains.

Raw materials
 
Broken branch
 
Gold
 
Grassy leaves
 
Marshroom
 
Pink petals
 
Plumberry
 
Plumberry seedling
 
Pumice pieces
 
Stone
 
Strong stalks
 
White petals


Raw materials requiring a shovel
 
Bogwort
 
Branch
 
Coralily
 
Grass
 
Milkblossom
 
Pristine plumberry
 
Stalwort
 
Witchgrass


Building materials and decorations
 
Broken barricade
 
Chalk
 
Clodstone
 
Dilapidated crate
 
Earth
 
Obsidian
 
Pebblestone
 
Plumberry lumber
 
Poisonous peat

Monsters

List of enemies available in the Ravaged Realm.

Image Name HP Attack Defense Drop 1 Drop 2
  Chimaera 12 2 2  
Chimaera feather
 
Monster egg
  Dracky 11 8 1  
Coralily bud
 
Grass seed
  Fightgeist (Night only) 56 24 16  
Chimaera feather
 
Monster egg
  Ghost (Night only) 56 24 16  
Chimaera feather
 
Monster egg
  Hammerhood 18~88 12~26 4~8  
Fur
 
Whopping needle
  Skeleton 23~28 14~16 6~8  
Coarse cloth shard
 
Bones
  Skeleton Scrapper 55 18~25 12  
Coarse cloth shard
 
Bones
  Skeleton Soldier 75 29 16  
Coarse cloth shard
 
Bones
  Slime 7 4 0  
Blue goo
 
Milkblossom bud
  Treevil 60 11 3  
Tainted tree
 
Twisted tree trunk
Minibosses available in this area
  Green Dragon 550 33 40  
Comfy sofa
Boss Fight
  The Giant Golem ? ? ?  
Tarnished token

Gallery

See also