Waveweed

Waveweed is a recurring item in the Dragon Quest series. It is a plant with the scent of a sea breeze that is used as a crafting material.

Waveweed
Japanese	しおかぜ草
Romaji	Shiokaze sō
Old localizations	N/a
Found in	Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key Dragon Quest Heroes II Dragon Quest Treasures
Effect	Used as an ingredient to create items.

Appearances

Dragon Quest X

Waveweed is used as a material mainly for crafting clothing and some weapons or in Alchemy to increase evasion rate on footwear. It can be purchased from a material shop for 230 gold each or picked up from sparkly spots.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Game	Description
	A plant that smells ever so slightly of the sea.

Waveweed can be purchased for 230 gold each from the item shops at Puerto Valor and Nautica or picked up from sparkly spots at the Laguna di Gondolia, Insula Australis, the Costa Valor, Insula Incognita, and Lonalulu. It can also be dropped by Brollyminators and their vicious counterparts. One sprig can be found in a barrel in Gondolia. It can be sold for 57 gold.

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

• Recipe: Jolly brolly = Witherwood x2 + Waveweed + Sparkly sap
• Recipe: Pretty pinny = Waveweed x2 + Faerie fluff
• Recipe: Dainty dress = Waveweed x2 + Crimson coral
• Recipe: Summer cloud hat = Colourful cocoon x2 + Chronocrystal + Savvy sapphire + Faerie fluff x3 + Waveweed x2

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

Waveweed is used as a material for improving various accessories or sold for 100 gold. It can be picked up from sparkly spots in the Greena Pastures and Blacka Pastures. It is one of the only materials in the game that is not dropped by any monsters.

Dragon Quest Treasures

Waveweed can be foraged from plants on the Wingswept Moors and the Hinterquarters or sometimes received by sending a dispatch team to the Soaring Steps on the Wingswept Moors. It is mainly used for making drinks at the canteen or for scouting monsters.

• Recipe: Windcheater = Wingtip nectar x3 + Nectar x3 + Waveweed x3
• Recipe: Witchy windcheater = Wingtip nectar x6 + Nectar x6 + Waveweed x6 + Candlecup x2
• Recipe: Syrupy serum = Emerald moss x3 + Wingtip nectar x3 + Nectar x3 + Waveweed x3
• Recipe: Sweetened syrupy serum = Emerald moss x6 + Wingtip nectar x6 + Nectar x6 + Waveweed x6 + Looking grass 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

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Flor de marea	Spanish for "marine flower".
Français	Valgue	Derived from the French vague and algue.
Deutsch	Wattkraut	Derived from the German Watt and kraut.
Italiano	Erba della brezza marina	Italian for "marine breeze herb".