Monster magnet

The monster magnet is an accessory exclusive to the cell phone version of Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride.

Monster magnet
Japanese	モンスターブローチ
Romaji	Monsuta burochi
Old localizations	None
Found in	Dragon Quest V
Effect	Tames monsters more easily

It was originally a piece of downloadable content for the Japanese version of the game, available for a brief time after the launch period and necessitating a code to be entered on the phone's given app store. It was made a permanent feature of the game on July eleventh, 2019 with the version 1.1.0 update, and released internationally for the first time.

Function

The brooch can only be equipped by the Hero, increasing his Defence by +5 and raising the probability of a monster joining him after battle by one stage. For example, both the Liquid metal slime and Barbatos have a 1/256 (0.39%) chance to join the party, but having the accessory equipped will raise this chance to 1/64 (1.56%). Thus, the original rates of

First	Second	Third
1/2	1/32	1/16
1/2	1/64	1/64
1/4	1/64	1/64
1/16	1/64	1/64
1/32	1/64	1/128
1/64	1/128	1/256
1/256	1/1024	1/1024

Become the following:

First	Second	Third
1/2	1/32	1/16
1/2	1/32	1/32
1/2	1/32	1/32
1/4	1/32	1/32
1/16	1/32	1/64
1/32	1/64	1/64
1/64	1/256	1/256

Locations

The monster magnet is available for exchange in every casino in the game, requiring just 20,000 tokens.

Trivia

The magnet shares it's sprite art with the restless heart accessory, looking identical.

Description

Game	Description
	Makes monsters more likely to like you.