Sainted soma
Sainted soma | |
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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. |
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.
Appearances[edit]
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit]
Game | Description |
Incredible liquid infused with an angelic essence. Alchemise it![1] |
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 |
Agate of evolution |
Sainted soma x2 |
Ethereal stone x2 |
Chronocrystal |
Item | Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 |
Gold bar |
Sainted soma x3 |
Ethereal stone x2 |
Birdsong nectar x5 |
Dragon Quest X[edit]
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[edit]
Game | Description |
An incredible liquid infused with an angelic essence.[2] |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Game | Description |
A solution infused with sacred strength. Used mainly for cooking. Mostly found on the Paternoggin and the Wingswept Moors.[3] |
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[edit]
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.