Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation/Optional PowerUps (Remakes Only)

Port Haven Casino


You may have noticed by now that the DS version is easier than the SNES version in a variety of ways. And now, we've gotten to one of the most obvious examples of that, the Port Haven Casino. In the SNES version, this place is not worth the time it takes to walk to it; the slot machines in that version will only take 5 tokens at a time, and will only accept horizontal matches in the middle column. Even if you somehow manage to get a 777, that will only get you 1500 Coins. For an idea of how terrible that is, here are the prizes available...

All of these items are great of course...but you'll need to devote literal hours to actually getting anything past the Silk Tuxedo. For as strong as they are, they are not worth anywhere near the time it takes to get them.

In the remakes however, this all changes. They introduce a 100 coin slot machine in the center of the building, and allow you to invest up to 300 Tokens in it per row. Instead of only being able to put 5 coins on the middle row, you are now able to put 300 coins on each row! To make things even better, the maximum payout is now 3,000,000 COINS in this version! No, that was not a typo; the payouts actually can get that absurd. 6000 Coin payouts, for example, are practically common-place. Ca

The end result is this; it only takes an average of 14-38 minutes to get 21,000+ Coins, assuming optimal play. In light of this, it is recommended that you take advantage of this and purchase...


 * 2x Platinum Mails
 * 2x Dragon Shields
 * 20x Silk Tuxedos
 * Up to 20x Magic Waters

The Platinum Mails and Dragon Shields on their own are obscenely strong for this point in the game, and the Silk Tuxedos sell for 2625G per Tuxedo; money will never be a problem again so long as you use your money wisely. The Magic Waters, for their part, just about guarantee that you will never run out of MP in any of the game's dungeons, no matter how aggressive you are; but you don't need to purchase many of them, if at all.

This just leaves the task of actually getting all the coins needed to buy all of this amazing stuff. You likely don't have enough money to purchase more than 200 Coins, even after you've sold your armour, your shield, and whatever other spare items you have lying around. So here are a collection of methods that you can use; do note that the "14-38 minute" benchmark originated from Methods 1 and 2. It is unknown whether Methods 3 and 4 are as consistently fast.

Method 1

 * 1) Buy 210+ Coins, and keep betting 70 Coins per spin on the 10 Coin slot machines.  Save your game for every time you gain more Coins, and Reset if you ever run out.  Keep doing this until you have gotten 600 Coins.
 * 2) Start betting 300 Coins per spin on the 100 Coin slot machine now.  Do the same thing as you did in step 1, and be sure to increase the amount of Coins you spend as you keep gaining more and more.  In general, you should always spend enough Coins so that you will run out after just 3 bad spins.  Do this until you have gotten to 6000 Coins.
 * 3) Only save after you get 2000 more Coins than you had before, and start resetting every time you lose 6000 Coins or more. The "4 Blue Fruit" line-up is the last high paying line-up to have a reasonable chance of showing up per spin, and it gives that exact amount; if you've gotten to the point where even that cannot recoup your losses, you're better off just restarting.

Method 2
Get at least 200 Coins (300 is preferred), and keep betting it all, each and every spin. Save after every time you get at least 900 more Coins that what you started with. Once you get 6000 Coins or more, save whenever you win enough to increase your starting funds by 20%, and reset whenever you end up having 6000 Coins than you started with.

DO NOT ever let your Coins fall below 2700 before leaving; you start winning Coins much faster when you're able to bet 900 Coins three times before having to reset.

Method 3

 * 1) Afford 100 Tokens minimum (200 is preferred, but 100 is sufficient).  SAVE, then enter the Port Haven Slots and bet on the 1-Token slot machines.  Play until earnings hit 800 - 1,000 Tokens.  If everything is lost, reset.  If not, SAVE again.
 * 2) Next, return to the Port Haven Casino and play the 10-Token Slots and play until 5,000 - 10,000 Tokens are won.  If everything is lost, reset.  If not, SAVE once more.  It is highly recommended to play while watching a movie, as luck can be poor and the process tedious, however this is usually not the case but luck can hold out for a bit and still be boring before big winnings come pouring in.
 * 3) With that 5,000 to 10,000 Tokens, and the game SAVED, go back down to the Port Haven 100-Token slots.  This time watch a movie and play until winnings are at least 50k.  Save once more, return and play until satisfied.

Method 4

 * 5 Bet at 1 Coin slots: 0-300 tokens
 * 30 Bet at 10 Coin slots: 300+ Tokens
 * 60 Bet at 10 Coin slots: 600+ Tokens
 * 90 Bet at 10 Coin slots: 900+ Tokens
 * 300 Bet at 100 Coin slots: 2000-3000+ Tokens
 * 600 Bet : 6000+ Tokens
 * 900 Bet : 9000+ Tokens

Enchanted Armour


Well there we go; Rex and Carver have the ninth strongest armour in the game. Now, you can go ahead and get the twelfth strongest armour at Weaver's Peak while you're at it. Milly can't wear the Platinum Mail, but she CAN equip the Enchanted Armour, which reduces all direct-damage spells by 10 points.

Of course, it's not exactly convenient to get right now; you'd have to warp to the Alltrade Ruins, go into the Dream World, warp to the Weaver's Peak weapon shop, warp to Somnia, then walk all the way back through the Cave to Alltrades before you finally get back to Port Haven.

If that sounds too monotonous, you can always wait until after Moonmirror Tower in order to get it; you'll be required to go back to the Dream World after completing that dungeon, so that's a far more convenient opportunity for getting it. But if you do decide to get it, it is an amazingly strong piece of equipment for Milly.