Royal ruby

Royal ruby
Japanese	赤い宝石
Romaji	Akai hōseki
Old localizations	Ruby
Found in	Dragon Quest X; Dragon Quest XI; Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key; Dragon Quest Heroes; Dragon Quest Heroes II; Dragon Quest Builders; Dragon Quest Builders 2; Dragon Quest Tact
Effect	Used as an ingredient to create items.

Royal ruby, also known simply as Ruby in certain titles, is a recurring item in the Dragon Quest series. It is a beautiful crimson-colored jewel that is used as a crafting ingredient.

AppearancesEdit

Dragon Quest XEdit

Royal ruby is used as an ingredient for crafting equipment. It can be received as a quest reward, found in blue treasure chests and dungeons, and dropped by various monsters such as Clawcerers, Drackolytes, and Rockbombs.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive AgeEdit

Game	Description
	A radiant red rock filled with fervour.^[1]

Royal rubies can be purchased from the shop at L'Académie de Notre Maitre des Médailles for 2,000 gold, picked up from sparkly spots at the Sniflheim - Whale Way Station, the Battleground, the Fortress of Fear, and the Citadel of Spite. It can also dropped by various monsters including Bloody hands, Chasmonauts, Face invaders, Flamethrowers, Goobonces, Lobster mobsters, Malicious eggsoskeletons, and Runny eggsoskeletons.

Royal ruby is used the following recipes for the Fun-Size Forge:

Recipe: Red dragon rod = Fire wood x2 + Dragon hide x2 + Royal ruby + Lava lump x2
Recipe: Wyrmwand = Fire wood x2 + Royal ruby x2 + Dragon horn x2 + Sparkly sap x2
Recipe: Queen's robe = Silkblossom x3 + Ethereal stone + Royal ruby
Recipe: Pallium regale = Technicolour dreamcloth x2 + Fire ball + Royal ruby x2 + Equable emerald
Recipe: Tiara tremenda = Gold ore x2 + Royal ruby + Belle cap x2 + Love potion x3
Recipe: Glad rags = Slipweed x2 + Royal ruby + Lambswool x2 + Love potion x3
Recipe: Cinderblock earrings = Gold nuglet + Royal ruby + Sunny citrine + Glass frit
Recipe: Empress's robe = Silkblossom x3 + Ethereal stone x2 + Royal ruby x2 + Colourful cocoon x2
Recipe: Mighty armlet = Mythril ore x2 + Royal ruby x2 + Finessence x2
Recipe: Swindler king's scarf = Technicolour dreamcloth x2 + Gold nuglet + Royal ruby x2 + Slipweed x2
Recipe: Inferno blade = Lava lump x2 + Rockbomb shard x2 + Royal ruby + Densinium x2
Recipe: Flame tang = Lava lump + Crimson coral x3 + Royal ruby + Densinium x2
Recipe: Banefire boomerang = Lava lump x3 + Lamplight x3 + Royal ruby + Densinium
Recipe: Combusticlaws = Lava lump x2 + Warmaline x3 + Rockbomb shard x3 + Royal ruby
Recipe: Crimson robe = Lava lump x3 + Fire wood x3 + Magic water x2 + Royal ruby
Recipe: Yggdrasil crown = Slime crown + Royal ruby + Gold nuglet x2 + Yggdrasil leaf
Recipe: Yggdrasil dress coat = Silkblossom x3 + Gold bar + Glimmergrass x2 + Royal ruby
Recipe: Suave scarf = Colourful cocoon x2 + Buzzberries x2 + Royal ruby x2 + Sparkly sap x2
Recipe: Catholicon ring = Gold bar + Perfect panacea x3 + Royal ruby x2 + Red wood x3
Recipe: Legendary armour = Dracolyte x3 + Angel bell x3 + Royal ruby x2 + Crimsonite + Sainted soma x2
Recipe: Hunter's moon = Gold bar x2 + Lucida shard x3 + Lunaria x3 + Royal ruby x2 + Spectralite
Recipe: Stud poker = Straight poker + Agate of evolution x2 + Wyrmwood x2 + Dragon horn x2 + Royal ruby
Recipe: Dragovian lord claws = Dragonlord claws + Agate of evolution x2 + Ethereal stone x2 + Dragon horn x2 + Royal ruby

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

Royal rubies can be dropped by Bomboulders, Canniboxes, Goodybags, King cureslimes, or received from King Flaminio in exchange for 5 Mini medals on the Stonecloud. It can be sold for 300 gold and can be used to create Raging rubies and Rubies of protection in the Alchemy Pot. Two royal rubies are required to complete Quest #70: A Birthday Behest.

Game	Description
	A radiant red rock filled with fervour.^[2]

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

Royal rubies are used as an ingredient to improve various accessories. They can be dropped by Bodkin bloodbows, Bomboulders, Goodybags, and Lethal armours.

Dragon Quest BuildersEdit

Rubies are a raw material obtained from breaking ruby vein blocks, which can be found through all chapters and even in free mode. The ruby vein blocks can be found in the Damdara Desert, Rockbomb Ravine, the Ancient Palace, the Holy Sanctum, the Bleak and Burning Badlands, the Island of Lava, Patchwork Island and in Terra Australis, Orientalis, and Borealis.

Rubies are used to make Naughty night lights, Auroral armours, Hero’s shields, gourmand’s girdles, rings of criticality, and strength rings.

Game	Description
	A crimson crystal that blazes like a burning inferno.^[3]

Dragon Quest TactEdit

Royal ruby appears as a material used for ranking up units, particularly monsters of the Beast, Undead, and ??? families. There are various ways to acquire it, including being able to purchase it up to 20 times daily at the gold shop for 100 gold each, received as a reward from the Royal Ruby: Beginner or Intermediate levels, the Beast, Undead, and ??? Family rank up levels, or redeemed from various event swap shops.

In Other LanguagesEdit

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Rubí real	Spanish for "royal ruby".
Français	Rubis royal	French for "royal ruby".
Deutsch	Königsklunker	German for "royal rock".
Italiano	Rubino reale	Italian for "royal ruby".