Wormwood Creek

Town Wormwood Creek
In game map of Wormwood Creek Japanese ナザム村 Game Dragon Quest IX

Wormwood Creek is a town in Dragon Quest IX. It is a location of key importance in the plot relating to Serena and Corvus. Unless the hero arrive here along the storyline, all stores here (except the inn) will not serve any outsiders, including the hero. This is probably a protection setting to prevent the player obtaining better equipment too early, since the town is reachable from Porth Llaffan after the ship is acquired.

History

• This place used to be called Wyrmward Creek. The natives were supposed to be wardens of a great hero. But over the years, the people forgot their purpose and the village name got changed. The great hero was named Greygnarl, who rode a mighty dragon into combat against an evil dragon in the fiercest of battles. The Hero of the Heavens, as he was also known, lived with his followers atop the Magmaroo, a volcano to the west of the village.
• A saying in the town says "When he who seeks the way to Upover appears, open the gates of Wormwood with the light guarded by the sentry statue. " is a hint about how one should get pass the Wormwood Canyon.
• The stone tablets in the east wing if church says, "This stone stands in place of the abomination that brought disaster on our village. Trust outsiders at your peril. Fellowship starts and ends at home. "

Places of Interest

• Hope Springs (Northeast of the region)

Collectable items

Dragon Quest IX (DS)
Item	Location
"Faerie Tales" Recipes of: Purblind bow, Blinding bow, pixie boots, tricksie boots, Spirit bracer, Elfin charm	Bookshelf in Wallace's house
"Items you won't encounter anywhere else" Recipes of : Soul breaker, King axe, erazor-wing boomerang, tempest shield, raging bull helm, payback pumps	Bookshelf in the church
"Sun Worship and Moon Gazing" Recipes of: Lunar fan, Solar fan, Moon axe, Full moon axe, Sun crown, Apollo's Crown	Bookshelf in the item shop
Mini medal	Blue chest in item shop
Cotton gloves	Wardrobe in Inn
Lucida shard	Hope springs

Inn

Dragon Quest IX (DS)
Price
8G per person

Item Shop

Item Shop
Item	Price	Attributes
Strong medicine	36	Restore 40 HP
Moonwort bulb	30	Cure paralyze state
Angel bell	90	Cure confusion state
Magic water	500	Restore 30 MP
Coagulant	90	Paralyze one enemy
Tangleweb	35	Slow down one enemy
Lambswool	180	Alchemy ingredient

Weapon

Shop
Item	Price	Attributes	Vocations

Armor Shop

Shop
Item	Price	Attributes	Vocations

Quests

V - D - E Quest #038 - "Muffled Admiration"
Location	Wormword Creek - Weapon Shop.
Availability	not sure
Requested by	Scarface
Fulfilled to	Scarface
Reward	Elfin elixir
Detail	A warrior from Wormwood Creek wants you to pass on some handmade scarves he made for a selection of Sanguinis.
Hint for solution	Find and defeat: Teeny sanguini, Pink sanguini, and Genie sanguini.
Repeatable	{{{repeat}}}

V - D - E Quest #53 - "Magmalice Mania"
Location	Wormwood Creek - small house next door to inn
Availability	After completing the main story
Requested by	Hordy
Fulfilled to	Hordy
Item Required	Magmalice handprint
Reward	Prince's pea coat for first completion. Bow tie for subsequent completions.
Detail	Hordy from Wormwood Creek wants you to get him a magmalice handprint. He's given you a big bit of paper. If you're lucky, you should be able to get a magmalice handprint by defeating a magmalice at the Magmaroo. This quest is repeatable.
Hint for solution	Quest description tells you everything you need to know.
Repeatable	Yes.

V - D - E Quest #54 - "Moai Memorabilia"
Location	Wormwood Creek - inn
Availability	After completing the main story
Requested by	Stasha
Fulfilled to	Stasha
Item Required	Mega moai headprint
Reward	Princess's robe for first completion. Pink pearl for subsequent completions.
Detail	Stasha from Wormwood Creek wants you to get her a mega moai headprint. She's given you a big bit of paper. If you're lucky, you should be able to get a print by defeating a mega moai at the Magmaroo. This quest is repeatable.
Hint for solution	Quest description tells you everything you need to know.
Repeatable	{{{repeat}}}

V - D - E Quest #91 - "Critical Appraisal"
Location	Wormwood Creek - by the fence on the south edge of town
Availability	With a level 15 Warrior in your party
Requested by	Kevo
Fulfilled to	Kevo
Item Required	Enrage two monsters, then kill them with a critical hit from the Attack action while they're still angry.
Reward	Warrior's armour
Detail	Kevo from Wormwood Creek wants to know just how formidable you are! He wants you to get two monsters really angry and then finish them off with regular critical attacks.
Hint for solution	Use Whistle (or Eyes on Me if you've got a Luminary handy) to enrage the monsters; the monster doesn't have to be angry with the character who kills them. You cannot use a Coup de Grâce, Hatchet Man, or Thunder Thrust to achieve the critical hit.
Repeatable	no

V - D - E Quest #92 - "Warriors Three"
Location	Wormwood Creek - by the fence on the south edge of town
Availability	With a Level 40 Warrior in your party after completing quest 091
Requested by	Kevo
Fulfilled to	Kevo
Item Required	Enrage ten mandrake marauders at the Magmaroo and kill them.
Reward	5000G and 'Warrior's Workbook'
Detail	Farmer Kevo in Wormwood Creek needs you to protect his hometown! He wants you to get the attention of ten mandrake marauders at The Magmaroo and make them really angry before polishing them off.
Hint for solution	Use Whistle (or Eyes on Me if you've got Luminary experience) to enrage the required monsters.
Repeatable	{{{repeat}}}

V - D - E Quest #93 - "Eggclesiastics"
Location	Down the well in Wormwood Creek
Availability	With a level 15 priest in your party
Requested by	Old Man
Fulfilled to	Old Man
Item Required	None
Reward	ascetic robe and priestess's pinafore
Detail	An old man you met down the well in Wormwood Creek wants you to look after his egg. It appears to thrive off its carer's love and affection. All you need to do is defend yourself from attack thirty times, and you'll be a winner.
Hint for solution	You must do this quest in the Eastern Wormwood area just outside of Wormwood Creek. Defending against monsters in any other area will not count towards your total. Have the party defend and allow monsters to hit them. Each hit that strikes for damage counts toward the total. It is possible to get all 30 in one long battle if you are patient.
Repeatable	no

V - D - E Quest #94 - "Nurtural Selection"
Location	Down the well in Wormwood
Availability	With a level 40 Priest in your party, and finished Quest #93
Requested by	Old Man
Fulfilled to	Old Man
Item Required	Heal party members at critical HP (when their name/hp is an orange color) with Moreheal 20 times. This must be done during a battle.
Reward	Priest's Primer Scroll
Detail
Hint for solution	Find a lone monster so damage calculation is easy. Use your skills/defend to manipulate damage done to your characters. Alternately, have a low-level character walk over a poison marsh until he reaches critical HP and then heal the next time a battle begins.
Repeatable	{{{repeat}}}

V - D - E Quest #159 - "Have You Seen Charlene?"
Location	Wormwood Creek, Mayor's house
Availability	After downloading from DQVC.
Requested by	Wormwood Creek Mayor
Fulfilled to	Wormwood Creek Mayor
Item Required	Sleeping hibiscus, Celestial skein.
Reward	3 Mini medals
Detail	The mayor's daughter Charlene has gone missing. He doesn't think she would have wandered too far away.
Hint for solution	Head to the springs area northeast of Wormwood Creek to find Charlene. Bring 5 Sleeping hibiscus and 2 Celestial skeins to her so she can make a bouquet. She will then run home and you will have a brief conversation with the ghost of a little girl. You can buy the Sleeping hibiscus in Bloomingdale & use alchemy for the Celestial skein.
Repeatable	No
Date Released	January 14, 2011

V - D - E Quest #160 - "Chronic Delay"
Location	Wormwood Creek, Mayor's house.
Availability	After downloading from DQVC and completing Quest #159.
Requested by	Wormwood Creek Mayor
Fulfilled to	Wormwood Creek Mayor
Item Required	Lunaria, Aggressence, and Trailblazing bandana
Reward	Yggdrasil leaf
Detail	The mayor wants you to bring the Dragon chronicler in Upover to Wormwood Creek.
Hint for solution	Talk to the man in Upover's Inn. Bring him a Lunaria, Aggressence and Trailblazing bandana. You can use alchemy to make them. Then meet him on the summit of Magmaroo and report back to the mayor in Wormwood Creek.
Repeatable	No
Date Released	January 21, 2011

Monsters in the Area

Eastern Wormwood

• See main article: Eastern Wormwood

Western Wormwood

• See main article: Western Wormwood

Island

Dragon Quest IX (DS)
Enemy	Gold	Exp	Drop Item
#154 Moosifer	152 G	1240	Magic beast hide Seed of life	1/16 1/256
#157 Cyclops	84 G	1400	Oaken club Fur vest	1/16 1/128

Plateau

Note: Quest #039 must be completed to access this elevated area.

Dragon Quest IX (DS)
Enemy	Gold	Exp	Drop Item
#159 Bomboulder	144 G	1300	Rockbomb shard Yggdrasil dew	1/16 1/128
#170 Abyss diver	92 G	2700	Dragon's scale Watermaul wand	1/32 1/128
#176 Lethal armour	164 G	1680	Magic armour Seed of defense	1/128 1/256
#181 Fright knight	180 G	2180	Sword breaker Dark shield	1/64 1/128
#186 Bad karmour	132 G	2280	Iron ore Hades' helm	1/16 1/128
#188 King crab	146 G	2800	Sleeping hibiscus Poison moth knife	1/16 1/128

Location Attributes

      This is a location where the game can be saved.

      This location can be reached using the Zoom spell.

Gallery

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  In-game map of the town

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  Eastern region

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  Western region

Trivia

• The town was name "Wyrmward Creek", which are similar to the names of the nearby regions "Wyrmneck", "Wyrmwing", "Wyrmsmaw" and "Wyrmtail".
• Wormwood is a term used in the bible to describe a star which falls to earth and poisons the water supply. This description parallels the effect Corvus has on the town as a Celestrian.

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