Tower of Alexandra

DRAGON QUEST VIII guide · climbed to confront Jessica before her ancestor's statue ✓ Checked against sources

After obtaining Jessica's letter in Alexandria, the party travels east to the Tower of Alexandra with Bangerz, who opens the sealed entrance. The party navigates several floors filled with stairs and revolving walls to reach the top level and confront Jessica before the statue of her ancestor. There, the spirit of her brother Alistair speaks through the statue to reveal who truly murdered him, defusing Jessica's wrath and allowing the story to progress.

Items

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Secrets

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A locked door on Level 2 can be unbolted from the inside to create a permanent shortcut back to the entrance courtyard.

Enemies

Beetleboy

Steal / drop Medicinal Herb, Leather Hat

Attacks physically and appears in groups.

Drackmage

Steal / drop Medicinal Herb, Chimaera Wing

Can cast offensive support magic.

Frogface

Steal / drop Medicinal Herb, Amor Seco Essence

When struck, it rotates to show its angry back face, which uses fire breath and hits noticeably harder.

Funghoul

Steal / drop Antidotal Herb, Plain Cheese

Can put characters to sleep with Sweet Breath.

Healslime

Steal / drop Medicinal Herb

Focuses on casting Heal to restore its allies' health.

Imp

Breaths cold breath and attempts to cast high-level attack spells that consistently fail because it has insufficient MP.

Tips

Focus down Frogfaces one by one rather than spreading group damage, as hitting them causes them to flip and use stronger fire breath attacks.

Not listed for this area: shops and people.

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