Avabranche

Avabranche is a recurring item in the Dragon Quest series. It is an ice-cold branch from a tree that is used as a crafting material. Its name is a combination of the words "branch" and "avalanche".

Avabranche
Japanese	氷の樹木
Romaji	Kōri no jumoku
Old localizations	N/a
Found in	Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Dragon Quest Heroes II
Effect	Used as an ingredient to create items.

Appearances

Dragon Quest X

Avabranche is used as a material for crafting weapons and furniture or in Alchemy to increase resistance against Drain Magic to weapons. It can be picked up from sparkly spots, purchased from a material shop for 340 gold, or dropped by various monsters, including Shivery shrubberies, Frostburns, Dead man's souls, and Snowbirds.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Game	Description
	A piece of timber so cold your tongue would stick to it.

Avabranche can be picked up from sparkly spots in the Sniflheim Region, the Snærfelt, the Hekswood, and the Path to Trial Isle, or can be dropped by Bongo fandangos and their vicious counterparts. It can be sold for 85 gold.

Avabranche is used in the following recipes for the Fun-Size Forge:

• Recipe: Winter's wing = Avabranche x2 + Permasnow x2 + Platinum ore x2
• Recipe: Shiverstick = Avabranche x2 + Purple eye + Sparkly sap
• Recipe: Ice claws = Silver ore x2 + Ice crystal x2 + Avabranche x2 + Savvy sapphire
• Recipe: Sacrosanct staff = Avabranche x3 + Sainted soma + Royal soil x3 + Sparkly sap x2

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Ramalancha	Derived from the Spanish rama and avalancha.
Français	Bois de givre	French for "frost wood".
Deutsch	Frostiger Zweig	German for "frosty branch".
Italiano	Geloramo	Italian for "frost branch".