Discover everything you need to know about the prologue walkthrough in Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, including how to progress in it.
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is a modern remake of the classic JRPG Dragon Quest VII. This updated version includes visuals, combat, and systems for new platforms. You start as a young fisherman’s child on the peaceful Estard Island and discover the mysterious Shrine of Mysteries.
You’re stuck in the past, where the lands are sealed. Each island has its own mini-story, so solve puzzles or defeat dungeon bosses. Battles are turn-based, so choose actions for each party member. Use auto-battle to speed up easier fights or handle regular enemies.
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Prologue Overview in Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
After the opening sequence and character creation, you’ll begin in Pilchard Bay. Explore this area to collect items, talk to NPCs, and open treasure chests. This helps you later and may reveal helpful seeds or herbs. Head back to your character’s home and sleep to advance the story objective. Speak with people like your dad and Maribel and head towards Estard Island.
Once on Estard Island, explore the town and enter Estard Castle. Head to the throne room to trigger the cutscene to unlock Rebecca’s involvement. Progress the story by heading to the Shrine of Mysteries on Estard and interacting with the Kiefer. The objective is to find Yellow Tablet Fragments so you can unlock the first real-time travel island.
Go beneath the town near the church to find a fragment trial area and solve the simple puzzle. Defeat two monsters to get the first fragment and speak with the Pike. Collect three empty bottles around Estard and fill them with them at Rainbow Cove to unlock the shard. Once you have enough fragments, place them on the pedestal in the Shrine of Mysteries to unlock the first island.
Pilchard Bay
You find yourself in a home after getting control of your character. Complete the quick tutorial and make your way to the southwest, and follow the beach. Eventually, you find yourself in a cave where you find a rock at the center. Make sure to find 6x Barrels from this cave and use them to acquire the Medicinal Herb.
Travel all the way to the right after making your way back to the home. Locate the Church with a large bell above it. You can get the Cypress Stick from the right side. Make your way around and up to the roof to get on the church’s roof to obtain blue sparkles.
They can spawn randomly in any area, so make sure to collect them to gain coins. Go back to the house and gain Medicinal Herb by destroying the pot. You can get the Wayfarer’s Clothes from the above section of the house, so use the ladder to get there.
Make sure to equip the Wayfarer’s Clothes and go to sleep to continue the scenes. Gain a Pilchard Sandwich from your mom, then leave to house to continue exploring the area. You can purchase multiple items from the Item Shop on the right side. You don’t have to use the coins to purchase any item from him; move to the north and enter the house.
You can acquire 10 coins by simply speaking with the old couple to check the dresser near the beds. Take the stairs to move down and collect the pots from where. Make sure to break everything to get a decent amount of coins.
Explore Church
Go all the way to the church and speak with the NPCs over there. Get inside the large house by moving to the east from the church to speak with Maribel’s mom. Obtain the Medicinal Herb by destroying the barrels below the stairs.
Make your way to the upper floor of this building and interact with the dressers to get a Hairband. You can get the Leather Hat from the room on the upper floor. Get out of the building and move south to jump on the ship. Doing so allows you to trigger a cutscene with Mayor Mayde and your dad.
Once the cutscene ends, get inside the ship and open the hidden chest to get 50 coins. Go to the south to enter the small area to get Rags from the dresser. After exploring this area, return to the Maribel and destroy all the barrels to obtain Medicinal Herb.
Interact with Maribel for the last time and move out of the ship. Return to your home after the ship departs. A new cutscene will trigger when you reach near the church to get back home.
You can save your game if you want to by getting inside the church. Speak with the seller NPC after moving out of the church to purchase Pilchard Crackers. Anyhow, return home and speak with your mom and describe everything.
Keep in mind that your interaction with every character in the game influences the gameplay and ending. You gain Parcel by speaking with her. Make your way out of the house and set your journey by exiting this town.
Estard Castle
This is the second location of the game in the prologue, which you get inside after leaving Pilchard Bay in Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. Go to your left and move inside the house to obtain Rags from the dresser. Get inside the Inn and speak with the NPCs like Pike. He’s your uncle wearing a blue hood, so interact with him to uncover the hidden truth.
Take the stairs to move up and collect the 20 coins from the dresser. You can also obtain the Chimaera Wing from the room on the north side. Get out of this area and enter the Inn from the other side. Make sure to collect Antidotal Herb by breaking the barrel.
Explore this side of the Inn to collect more useful items. Move out of the Inn and get inside the house in front of you. Explore this house, but you won’t find anything here. Get out of here and obtain the Seed of Resilience by destroying the barrels.
Move back to the house to obtain the Medicinal Herb from the pot. Go back to the town and save the game in the church before getting killed. Destroy the pots near the church to gain a Cypress Stick. Collect 30 coins from the dresser inside the house nearby. You can get the Medicinal Herb from the living room. Take the stairs to move up and open the hidden chest to acquire 50 coins.
Progress in Castle
You need to explore this house completely, so move out and enter the house from the east. Get 1 coin from the dresser. Move out of the house again and enter from the north side to collect the Medicinal Herb by destroying the barrels upstairs. You need to get inside the shop and speak with Maribel. Make your way out of the shop and continue moving towards the north of Estard Castle.
You will eventually find the Kiefer after getting inside. Once the cutscene commences, go to the room on the southwest side and speak with the NPC. Once done talking to him, speak with the lady NPC on the east side.
You gain the Medal Album by just speaking to this old lady here. Go to the room on the southeast side to collect the Seed of Strength. Move back and take the stairs to go up to the Throne Room. A cutscene with King Donald triggers after getting inside.
Collect Everything
Once the cutscene ends, take the stairs to go down and continue moving to the northwest side. Move up from here using the stairs and move east to enter the King’s chambers. Collect the Bow Tier from the dressers and gain a Mini Medal from the drawer.
You need to locate Princess Lisette, Kiefer’s sister, on the north side, on the north side. Move back to the rooftops and pass through the door to move down. Destroy all the pots here to get your hands on Medicinal Herb.
Get out of this area and cross the fountain to descend from the stairs. Speak with the first NPC you encounter after getting inside the next room. You can also collect the Rags from the dressers on the south side of this room.
Make sure to leave this area and take the stairs to go down to find the big door. This is the main area of the castle, so get inside the room from the left and take Pilchard Pie and 20 coins from the drawers.
Take the stairs to move down and speak with the chef near the stove. Give him the parcel that your mom gave back inside the house for 30 coins. Interact with the NPC after taking the stairs to move down. You can obtain Antidotal Herb, Medicinal Herb, and Wrecked Specs by destroying the pots.
Conversations with Kiefer
Make your way back to the rooftop and speak with the Kiefer to trigger a cutscene. You gain an Ancient Tome from this NPC, and he used the ring and Sizzling Stone during the cutscene. This is the same stone that Pike was finding, indicating that he stole it from him.
Once this scene ends, sometimes tries to speak with us and requires us to obtain the Fragments of Stone Tablet. There are a total of three remaining, so find them during exploration. Kiefer will join their party, and you must speak with him to get more clues.
Move back to the Estard and speak with the old NPC on the cliff. Take the stairs from the southwest side of the church to reach the edge of the cliff and speak with him. You can find this NPC in the lower level of the house, so interact with him to obtain the required key. Go out of the house and move into the cave from the left side to descend further deep down.
Trial Room
Approach the stone table and interact with it. The objective for you here is to move the pedestals to get it to the middle, allowing the shadow to fit and align with the wall on the north side. Position yourself on the grey tile in front of the shadow to complete it.
Get inside the room in front of you to obtain the table fragment. Defeat the monsters using the turn-based combat mechanic. You can give them commands due to their Follow Orders mode. Eliminating these enemies allows you to get the Yellow Fragment.
Collecting Yellow Fragments
Return to the town and speak with the Pike in his house to gain more info by giving him 3 bottles. Leave this house and collect the yellow fragment on your right. Quickly rush towards the church and collect the second fragment outside of it. Go to the exit south to collect the last yellow fragment. Move out of the town with the bottles in your inventory and head north to enter Rainbow Cove.
Locate the Pike on the side of the cove and speak with him to give him the bottles. You need to fill these bottles with water, so take the stairs to move up.
Throw two blocks into the holes to stop the water in the Trial Room. You can obtain the Yellow Fragment by going through the door. The last one is obtained from the Pilchard Bay by speaking with your dad.
Shrine of Mysteries
Make your way back to the Shrine of Mysteries and interact with the statue. Speak with the Kiefer to trigger a cutscene, showcasing the gates being opened. Quickly move towards the gate to start another cutscene. Meribel arrived here and finally joined your party.
Move to the north to approach the pedestals. Interact with the yellow one on the left and insert all fragments. Doing so allows you to enter a new area. You can find a Menacing Monster here to initiate the tutorial. That’s where the Prologue walkthrough in Dragon Quest VII Reimagined concludes.
