Dragon Warrior III/Pachisi Track
Pachisi (a.k.a. Sugoroku in Japanese) is a board game where you move from a starting tile to one designated as the finish. On the way to the finish there are many obstacles and positive bonuses. You need a Pachisi Ticket to play.
Rules
At the start you will receive a set amount of dice on each track. For example you will get 10 dice for the first track and 70 for the fifth track.
When it is your turn, you can throw a die (if you haven't used them all yet), look around the map, check your stats, or quit playing Pachisi.
- Actions
- Throw: use a die to move 1-6 tiles forward and land on a new field.
- Look around the map:
- Check your stats:
- Quit:
- Rewards
After you reach the goal you can receive a wonderful prize. Also note that the game board also has some treasure chests, cupboards, and pots that can be looted one time. There are five tracks that can be reached by finding their location in the overworld and in Alefgard. Each track is harder than the previous ones. If you get the Gold Pass by acquiring 100 TinyMedal/Small Medals, you can play the tracks an unlimited number of times.
Yellow Fields
Yellow fields represent locations of treasure. You will get a single item from one of these. The next time you land on it, it will be empty.
Green Fields
On terrain fields you may get random treasure, gold, or a monster encounter. On forest and mountain tiles the encounter-rate is higher. Sometimes there is a trapdoor.
On these fields you can sleep for a small price.
Here you can buy stuff. Some shops have things you can't get anywhere else.
These force you to take a certain path. You can't use the other paths that are available.
The staircase tiles allow you to go up or down a level.
The door-like tile will drop you down a level, which is often outside the game. This will cause you to lose the Pachisi Track game and you will have to start it all over again.
The warp field brings you to another field (randomly selected) where you can continue playing.
Blue Fields
If you land on it, then you have to move back so much fields as it stand on Field (1-6).
The Amount of Dice you can throw will be reduced (1-3).
The Amount of Money you have will be reduced (50-3000).
Red Fields
If you land on one of these, then you have to move forward as many fields as the number displayed on the field (1-6).
The Amount of Dice you can throw will be added (1-5).
You will receive money (50-5000).
Special Fields
You start the game here.
When you reach the goal tile, you finish the game and are allowed to grab special treasure.
On the fourth track there is another goal which is marked with a key.
This tile will take away a chunk of your MP (up to 25%).
This tile will reduce your MP to zero!
Return you back to the "Start" tile.
What happens on this field is random. You may receive money, fight a battle, lose experience, change a character's personality, etc.
A character's stat will be adjusted, positively or negatively. First, throw the die to determine which stat will be changed (1-Strength, 2-Agility, 3-Stamina, 4-Wisdom, 5-Luck or 6-HP). Then throw a second die that will determine how much you will receive or lose (a roll of 1-3 results in a reduction of that amount, but a roll of 4-6 results in an addition of that amount).
Restore your party's HP and MP completely.
This will damage your party for up to 25% of your HP current.
Random monster encounter.
Pachisi Track 01
As you enter it, a man will fall down from the Game. Go right and talk with the hooded man. He mention a hole over the podest. Step on it and check the ground for a 
Token / 
Pachisi Ticket. That will be your entrance ticket if you don't have one yet. Go south and up the stairs. Talk to the man near the Startfield to start the game. You will then given 10 turns to complete the game.
| Shop | |
|---|---|
| Item | Prize |
Template:~  / Template:~ |
1,300G |
Template:~  / Template:~ |
420G |
Template:~  / Template:~ |
1,200G |
- Random drop (Grass, Forest and Mountain)
- Leather
/ Leather Shield - Antidote / Antidote Herb
- Herb / Medical Herb
- WarpWing / Wing of Wyvern
- Leather
/ Leather Hat - Club
/ Club - and more
- Treasure (Pot, Drawer and Chest)
- Knife
/ Sacred Knife (Chest) - Leather / Leather Hat (Pot)
- Herb / Medical Herb (Pot)
- Wooden
/Boomerang (Chest) - Token / Pachisi Ticket (Drawer)
- LifeAcorn / Life Nut (Chest)
- Prize (for beating the game)
- Steel
/ Steel Sword - 500G
Pachisi Track 02
Check the middle of the left Blue-Tile Ring for a Small Medal and go up. On this Track you are given 22 turns to complete the game.
| Shop | |
|---|---|
| Item | Prize |
| Template:~ | 1,500G |
| Template:~ | 1,200G |
| Template:~ | 3,300G |
- Random drop (Grass, Forest and Mountain)
- Rabbit's Foot
- Pot Lid Shield
- Antidote Herb
- Wing of Wyvern
- Holy Water
- Horned Hat
- Training Suit
- Turtle Shell Armor
- Leather Shield
- Stone Wig
- and more
- Treasure (Pot, Drawer and Chest)
- Strength Seed (Pot)
- Wooden Helmet (Drawer)
- Iron Claws (Chest)
- Pachisi Ticket (Drawer)
- Small Medal (Pot)
- Steel Needle (Chest)
- Prize (for beating the game)
- Small Medal
- Morning Star
Pachisi Track 03
The third is between Castle of Dragon Queen and Shrine Jail and can be reached once you got the ship. Go east from Noaniels with the ship along the coast until you see a blocked River. Enter the land east of it. South is the Castle of Dragon Queen. Go southwest of it to a cave where the third track.
As you enter it, search both grass for a Pachisi Ticket and a Small Medal. "Seek Out", a Thief skill, will help you to find where exactly it is. Go up, but don't start playing yet. Instead go in southwest corner and search there for another Small Medal. Now you can start playing Pachisi. You will then given 20 turns to complete the game, but you have to play at last three times to find all treasure on Track.
| Shop | |
|---|---|
| Item | Prize |
| Template:~ | 6,500G |
| Template:~ | 3,100G |
| Template:~ | 2,300G |
- Random drop (Grass, Forest and Mountain)
- Holy Water
- Antidote Herb
- Full Moon Herb
- Moth Powder
- Boomerang
- Zen Book
- Tube Socks
- Flee Ring
- Invisible Herb
- and more
- Treasure (Pot, Drawer and Chest)
- Strength Seed (Pot)
- Turban (Drawer)
- Luck Seed (Pot)
- Pachisi Ticket (Drawer)
- Flashy Suit (Chest)
- Small Medal (Pot)
- Assassin Dagger (Chest)
- Power Belt (Chest)
- Pachisi Ticket (Drawer)
- Mystic Nut (Pot)
- Silver Barrette (Drawer)
- Party Dress (Drawer)
- Magical Skirt (Chest)
- Prize (for beating the game)
- Dragon Tail
- Agility Seed
Pachisi Track 04
This Track is found in the Well of Kol, after you enter it go downstairs and search all 3 stars for 3 Pachisi Tickets. Go back up and another stairs up. Go right along the path and check the left grassfield near the -500 Field for a Pachisi Tickets. Now go left from the stairs until you reach the Flowerbeet. Search there for a Small Medal. Go downstairs and then go north right of the stairs and search the grass at the right corner for another Pachisi Tickets. Now you can begin to play and you need 25 turns to complete it.
| Shop | |
|---|---|
| Item | Prize |
| Template:~ | 6,500G |
| Template:~ | 27,000G |
| Template:~ | 65,000G |
- Random drop (Grass, Forest and Mountain)
- Magic Apron
- Stone Wig
- Cloak of Evasion
- Bunny Ears
- Flee Ring
- Rune Staff
- Power Knuckle
- and more
- Treasure (Pot, Drawer and Chest)
- Small Medal (Drawer)
- Life Nut (Pot)
- Life Stone (Chest)
- Mystic Nut (Pot)
- Flee Ring (Chest)
- Muscle Guidebook (Drawer)
- Dark Outfit (Chest)
- Agility Seed (Pot)
- Turban (Drawer)
- Dragon Tail (Chest)
- Stamina Seed (Pot)
- Small Medal (Pot)
- Yggdrasil Leaf (Drawer)
- Template:~ (Chest)
- Life Nut (Pot)
- Prize (for beating the game; Normal Goal)
- Light Dress
- Prize (for beating the game; Key Goal)
- Life Ring
- Gringham Whip
Pachisi Track 05
It will appear in Zipangu's Well after you defeat Divinegon/God Dragon and asked for a Pachisi Track. Return to Zipangu and go down the Well. Search in the middle there for a Starry Ring. Now enter the fifth and last Track. It's also the biggest of all as you will soon notice. Go north and upstairs. You are now near the Startpoint, but ignore that for now and go upstairs again.
Go on the other side of the room and search the fields surrounded by flower for a Life Ring and Gale Bandana. You will also meet the real Himiko here who got swallowed by Orochi. Now you can start the game and you will given 70 turns to complete the game.
- Random drop (Grass, Forest and Mountain)
- Ninja Suit
- Dragon Claw
- Dragon Robe
- Change Staff
- Wrecking Flail
- Stamina Seed
- Wisdom Seed
- Life Nut
- Mystic Nut
- Luck Seed
- Strength Seed
- Agility Seed
- and more
| Shop | |
|---|---|
| Item | Prize |
| Template:~ | 19,000G |
| Golden Tiara | 5,000G |
| Pachisi Ticket | 50G |
| Shop | |
|---|---|
| Item | Prize |
| Wizard Ring | 2,500G |
| Life Stone | 800G |
| Hero Guide | 200G |
- Treasure (Pot, Drawer and Chest)
- Life Nut (Pot)
- Mystic Nut (Drawer)
- Misery Helmet (Pot)
- Silk Hat (Drawer)
- Stone Wig (Pot)
- Tube Socks (Drawer)
- Demon Axe (Chest)
- Strength Seed (Pot)
- Pacifier (Drawer)
- Wizard Ring (Pot)
- Mohawk Wig (Drawer)
- Silver Rosary (Pot)
- Strength Seed (Pot)
- Power Belt (Drawer)
- Change Staff (Chest)
- Wizard Ring (Pot)
- Ninja Suit (Chest)
- Speed Ring (Drawer)
- Dragon Claw (Chest)
- Luck Seed (Pot)
- Tube Socks (Drawer)
- Ruby Ring (Drawer)
- Thor Sword (Chest)
- Tight Bikini (Drawer)
- Wisdom Seed (Pot)
- Sword of Destruction (Chest)
- Stamina Seed (Pot)
- Expel Shield (Chest)
- Sorrow Shield (Drawer)
- Strength Seed (Pot)
- Starry Ring (Pot)
- Prize (for beating the game)
- Mystery Bolero
- Goddess Ring
