Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Nintendo 3DS)

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Easy Metal Slime (or any Monster) Spawn Exploit

Basically, you pan the camera (the overworld camera! NOT the new camera feature) with L and R on an area where a monster spawns. To be more specific, near the Riverside Church going down to the river's bank where Metal Slime spawn, just when you enter the brown bank a monster should either to your left or right depending on where your camera was facing. Stand in between an area where they tend to spawn then pan it Left and Right with L and R. Whenever you look away and look again, a new monster should spawn each time. Keep doing this until a Metal Slime spawns then chase it making sure your camera is facing it or else there's a chance it'll disappear. Don't worry about not being fast enough to chase it, it'll tire out eventually and stop along the path, it won't disappear at the end like the monsters in DQVII. The Ruined Abbey works too but I find the poison pools to be annoying. This should generally work with any monster that spawns so it's also good for monster defeat collection if you're after specific monsters. This exploit works best with an area that's narrow so you can just stand still and pan Left and Right.

Mini Medal Collection Rewards

Across the game are 139 Mini Medals - by collecting them and consigning them to Princess Minnie you can obtain some valuable rewards.

RewardHow to unlock
Dangerous BustierCollect 99 Mini Medals.
Dragon ClawCollect 115 Mini Medals.
Fishnet StockingsCollect 28 Mini Medals.
Flail of DestructionCollect 121 Mini Medals.
Gold NuggetCollect 52 Mini Medals.
Jester's OutfitCollect 110 Mini Medals.
KaleidoscopeCollect 127 Mini Medals.
Madarin DressCollect 133 Mini Medals.
Metal King HelmCollect 90 Mini Medals.
Meteorite BracerCollect 60 Mini Medals.
Miracle SwordCollect 68 Mini Medals.
OrichalcumCollect 83 Mini Medals.
Posh WaistcoatCollect 36 Mini Medals.
Sacred ArmorCollect 75 Mini Medals.
Staff of Divine WrathCollect 45 Mini Medals.

Save Anywhere (No church necessary)

To save anywhere, go into "Misc." in the menu. Go down to "Download Bonus Items". Even if there are no items to download this will still ask to save you current progress to download a bonus item. Using this method, you can save anywhere as long as you have access to the menu.