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'''Dragon Quest Builders''' (ドラゴンクエストビルダーズ アレフガルドを復活せよ) is a sandbox game developed and published by [[Square Enix]] for the [[Sony PlayStation|PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita]].  

''Builders'' is divided into chapters, with the aim in each to restore light to the land by rebuilding a central town, with both the quality and quantity of the buildings and decorations contributing to an overall Base Level. The higher a town's Base Level, the more citizens it will attract, and better quality items will become available. Inhabitants of a town will give the player quests in order to better their surroundings, defend the town if monsters penetrate the defenses, and cook/craft items for the player to use. Each area has a set structure but certain elements like trees, rocks, flowers, and even caves are randomized upon starting the chapter. The game also features a [[Day-night Cycle|day/night cycle]] which affects the type of monsters that appear as well as their ferocity. Monsters can attack what the player has built and lower the town's "experience" as a result, though the Base Level can never actually decrease. Furthermore, the player will periodically need to defend the town against an organized horde of monsters, usually led by a boss monster.  

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| 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 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.

| 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 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.  

| The learned Gerontius becomes a valuable asset after he is recruited to the cause. He is a scholar, but has no problem getting dirty while battling monsters. His anguish is tied to the secrets he keeps.  

| Nosh is the first of many diseased people that must be carried back to the base. When he’s healthy again, Nosh becomes the driving force behind learning about how to fish.

| Casey must be rescued from the island beyond the blue teleportal. Casey’s illness requires two treatments, but she protects the base as soon she’s out of the sickroom.

| Hazel’s rescue involves a trip through the red teleportal and vanquishing a group of [[Treeface|treefaces]]. Feed her four meals to restore her health. She isn’t a fighter, but she builds items when the player creates the proper rooms.

| Glutimus is an overemotional and overly-dependent doofus that joins the base the moment the flag is planted. Sorely misses Barbella, and is fixated on restoring the Kol bath's. A coward at heart, he has to be forced to join the builder to rescue his mates.  

| Burley is a kind-of-but-not-really vegetarian that must rescued from a desert cave on the chapter’s starting island. Burley is a fearless fighter who defends the base and joins expeditions outside the base with equal zeal.  

| After rescuing Cecille from a trio of [[Killing machine|killing machines]] beyond the red teleportal at Baird’s behest, she quietly settles in at the base and insists she and Baird are only good friends. Later, she pops up again, when odd singing disturbs her sleep.

| Androoo is a [[Drohl drone|monster]] taking on the appearance of a human that can potentially be recruited to the base. Androoo has been shunned by other monsters because he doesn’t hate humans. Androo works so hard at passing for human that he’s willing to attack other monsters when they assault the castle.

| The blight of light and bane to the land, the Dragonlord is the devilish dictator of Alefgard, having kept humans in the dark for well over a century.  

Builders began development under series producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto, who wanted to address the unfamiliarity of sandbox-style games with Japanese players. As the series has a precedent of spin-off titles that eschew the traditional RPG formula of the main line games for more action focus, Fujimoto felt that an experimental title such as ''Builders'' would not clash with the fans, and instead introduce them to a new type of genre altogether through crafting.

The initial planning document specified that the game would be an open-world style adventure in which all areas were connected, rather than featuring sequential chapters that remove the resources accumulated previously. Director Kazuya Niinou proposed a change to this plan, citing that if players completed one area and moved to the next with their materials still accessible, the game would become too easy and not rewarding to play. He suggested a switch to the chapter format, which would have the added benefit of giving more distinction to each area and the people within along with resolving the difficulty curve issues.The chapters would originally reverse the order in which towns are normally reached in the original, which is why the game begins in Cantlin. This was changed later during production to begin near [[Dragonlord's Castle|Charlock Castle]] and radiate outwards before reaching Tantegel in the final chapter, rather than the more predictable reverse-order.  

*The challenges were changed. The timed ones were replaced by item collection ones.

*This version supports every language the game has ever been translated to (Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian) in a single version. It also includes two new translations: Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish.  

*A buildnoculars-like feature is available from the start. Players can build and destryo from afar with this feature by just clicking on the screen.

*Swipping up opens the bag / colossal coffer.  

*The bag can now hold more items as well. Chests can hold 50% more items, and the colossal coffer is also larger.  

*New tools and items for Terra Incognita:

**Gloves: They funcion similar to their Builders 2 counterpart, allowing players to hold and rotate items without breaking them.

**Pixel Ring triples the drop rate of pixel blocks when using the sabercub mount.

*Although ''Dragon Quest Builders'' marks '''Myrlund''''s first in-game appearance in any Dragon Quest game, his japanese name (ムツヘタ "Mutsuketa") is mentioned in the manual from the Famicom version of [[Dragon Quest|the first game]].<ref name="note">[http://vjump.shueisha.co.jp/dqnext/webno034.html V-Jump article confirming Myrlund's appearence in the Famicom manual of DQ1.]. </ref>  

*Due to timezones, it might appear that the game released first in the west than in the east. However, it released at the same time in all territories: When the clock marked 00:00 of May 27, 2022 in Japan.

*The mobile version marks the first time a Dragon Quest title has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish.