Sainted soma

Sainted soma is a recurring item in the Dragon Quest series. It is a miraculous liquid with angelic power that is used as a crafting ingredient.

Sainted soma
Japanese	天使のソーマ
Romaji	Tenshi no sōma
Old localizations	N/a
Found in	Dragon Quest IX Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest Heroes Dragon Quest Heroes II Dragon Quest Treasures
Effect	Used as an ingredient to create items.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Game	Description
	Incredible liquid infused with an angelic essence. Alchemise it!

Sainted soma has a 10% chance of being found in Rank 10 (S) blue treasure chests or can be made in the Krak Pot. When the DQVC was still available, it could be purchased for 7,300 gold each during the Autumn Fayre, New Year's Sale, Spring Fayre, and Alchaid Week 4. One phial of sainted soma is required to complete Quest #51: A Martyr to His Ma and it can be repeated as many times as possible. Sainted soma is used in the following alchemy recipes:

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Sainted soma	Lucida shard x2	Sage's elixir x2	Astral plume x2

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Goddess ring	Life ring	Sainted soma	Gold bar

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Agate of evolution	Sainted soma x2	Ethereal stone x2	Chronocrystal

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Xenlon rod	Dragon rod	Dragon scale x3	Sainted soma x3

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Divine bustier	Silk bustier	Slipweed x7	Sainted soma x3

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Gold bar	Sainted soma x3	Ethereal stone x2	Birdsong nectar x5

Dragon Quest X

Sainted soma is used as a material for crafting weapons and armour. It can be received as a quest reward, received in exchange for 2 Mini medals each, or dropped by various monsters including Baalzebubs, Infernal armours, Imps, and Woebergines.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Game	Description
	An incredible liquid infused with an angelic essence.

Sainted soma can be picked up from a sparkly spot at Gallopolis - Whale Way Station or found in treasure chests at Insula Centralis*, Arboria, and the Fortress of Fear, as well as a pot in the Havens Above. It can also be purchased as a Casino prize at Octagonia for 30,000 tokens each starting in the second act. Phials of sainted soma can be dropped by Great keepers and their malicious counterparts, along with Phoenixes. It can be sold for 730 gold.

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

• Recipe: Springheal boots = Densinium x3 + Sainted soma + Dieamend x3
• Recipe: Archangel's boots = Lambswool x3 + Sainted soma + Flurry feather x2
• Recipe: Sacrosanct staff = Avabranche x3 + Sainted soma + Royal soil x3 + Sparkly sap x2
• Recipe: Saintess dress = Colourful cocoon x2 + Pale pearl x3 + Mirrorstone x2 + Sainted soma
• Recipe: Warrior princess's dress = Technicolour dreamcloth + Artful amethyst x2 + Slipweed x3 + Sainted soma
• Recipe: Field marshal's footwear = Serpent skin x2 + Gold nuglet x2 + Sainted soma + Grubby bandage x2
• Recipe: Sacred circlet = Slime crown + Savvy sapphire x2 + Brighten rock x3 + Sainted soma
• Recipe: Life ring = Mythril ore x2 + Dieamend x3 + Pink pearl + Sainted soma
• Recipe: Minerva's tiara = Orichalcum + Savvy sapphire x2 + Brighten rock x3 + Sainted soma
• Recipe: Minerva's raiment = Colourful cocoon x2 + Artful amethyst x2 + Slipweed x3 + Sainted soma
• Recipe: Monarch's mittens = Silkblossom x3 + Narspicious x2 + Lambswool x2 + Pale pearl x2 + Sainted soma
• Recipe: Goddess ring = Dracolyte x2 + Sainted soma + Dieamend x2 + Spectralite
• Recipe: Legendary armour = Dracolyte x3 + Angel bell x3 + Royal ruby x2 + Crimsonite + Sainted soma x2
• Recipe: Sword of judgment = Densinium x2 + Angel bell x3 + Kaleidocloth x2 + Sainted soma + Saint's ashes
• Recipe: Sacred spear = Mythril ore x3 + Brighten rock x2 + Spectralite + Sainted soma + Saint's ashes
• Recipe: Seraph's robe = Kaleidocloth + Faerie fluff x3 + Dieamend x3 + Sunny citrine x2 + Sainted soma x2

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Sainted soma can be dropped by Belials, Pandora's boxes, and Stone guardians, or can be received from King Flaminio in exchange for 8 Mini medals each on the Stonecloud. It can also be received as a reward for completing Grudge Match: Problem Child with gold clear time from the second time onward. Sainted soma can be used in the classic recipes of the Block-it locket, Catholicon ring, Pink pearl, and Venus' tear in the Alchemy Pot or sold for 975 gold.

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End

Sainted soma is used as a material to improve various accessories or sold for 975 gold. It can be dropped by Roseguardins or received in exchange for 10 Mini medals each.

Dragon Quest Treasures

Game	Description
	A solution infused with sacred strength. Used mainly for cooking. Mostly found on the Paternoggin and the Wingswept Moors.

Sainted soma can be collected from flowers on the Paternoggin and the Wingswept Moors or sometimes received by sending a dispatch team to the Greywing Bridge area of the Wingswept Moors. It is used for cooking dishes at the canteen or for scouting monsters.

• Recipe: Restorative riceballs = Salt of the earth x2 + Sainted soma x2 + Rice blossom x2
• Recipe: Really restorative riceballs = Salt of the earth x5 + Sainted soma x5 + Rice blossom x5 + Candlecup x2
• Recipe: Scaly soda = Slimedrop x6 + Moonrise moss x6 + Sainted soma x6 + Glimmergrass x6 + Waveweed x6
• Recipe: Upscaly soda = Slimedrop x12 + Moonrise moss x12 + Sainted soma x12 + Glimmergrass x12 + Waveweed x12

Etymology

In the Vedic religion of ancient India, soma is a ritual drink that was a fundamental offering of Vedic sacrifices. It was extracted from an unidentified plant and was valued for its exhilarating, possibly hallucinogenic, effect.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Santo y soma	Spanish for "holy and soma".
Français	Soluté sacré	French for "sacred solution".
Deutsch	Göttertrank	German for "god's potion".
Italiano	Succo sacro	Italian for "sacred juice".