Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation/Arkbolt

Path to Arkbolt
The path to Arkbolt is very straightforward; just warp to Port Haven, sail to the island slightly east of Scrimsley, and travel a little bit east. You shouldn't even encounter that many monsters along the way. Once you're there, make sure you have a Amos, Carver, Milly, and Ressa/Nevan party.



Arkbolt


There are yet more doors that you cannot unlock yet, but that's fine; you can still get two Mini Medals as well as some new equipment here. You'll want to buy the Battle Axe for Carver, but after that, shopping recommendations depend on which version you're playing; you'll want to use Ressa instead of Nevan, but remake players won't be using Ressa. Keep that in mind as you read these next few equipment recommendations (and note that this guide will no longer specify the amount of Yggdrasil Leaves you should have, as it will vary).

Rest up at the Inn, talk to the guard blocking the entrance to the 2nd Floor, and you will fight a mini-boss!

VS. Bronson
This one is a fairly easy battle; Flame Slash is essentially just a physical attack that can do 1.3x regular damage to anyone who's not resistant. On the other hand, those who have strong resistance or immunity to Frizz will only take 75% and 30% Damage respectively. In other words, the elemental slashes are useful only to monsters, not to you.

In any case, Bronson has nothing but physical attacks to throw at you, so Buff and Kabuff utterly trivialize the fight. If you do not have those for whatever reason, you can simply heal everything off with the Ghent Staff. Once you defeat him, heal up at the Inn, get the Mini Medal on the next floor, and hurry to the next battle.

VS. Brick & Brock
This fight is mildly harder than Bronson, but still nowhere close to the level of Murdaw. If you haven't gotten Buff on anyone but Milly, you may wish to remove Rex's vocation, and have him fight instead. If you decide to do that, do the same for Milly, and be sure to give Rex the Fire Claw and Ghent Staff to use while he's Sapping Brick and Bronson (Amos is just fine with a Cautery Sword). If that's the route you decide to go, have Rex heal Milly on the first turn as she uses Buff on herself. After that, use Buff on Rex, and take it from there.

None of this should be necessary, however, if you followed the walkthrough; you should be able to trivialize this fight just by spamming Kabuff and using Buff on Milly and Nevan/Ressa. Once you do that, you can essentially just pound the two into submission with Focus Strength + Knuckle Sandwich and Frizzle. And use Boom every 3 turns; Brock will cover Brick, meaning that he'll take double the amount of Boom strikes he would've otherwise taken.

Whatever you decide to do, kill Brock first; he may not have Kasap, Oomph, or Double Up, but he attacks more often than Brick does.

Talk to the king after you have swept those two aside, and then talk to Brutus. He'll leave for the room marked by I; take the chance to rest at the Inn again. Once everyone is all healed up, get the second Mini Medal and fight Brutus!