Very Important: you can continually fight the axe knight where you find Edrick's armor by stepping on and off the trees. It's the best way to grind for a while.
I wouldnt suggest buying the magic armor, its very expensive and by the time you can buy the magic armor with all that grinding you'd probly be strong enough to just take out the armor guy who has edrick's armor in the abandoned town at least thats what I do. Just put that guy to sleep and wail on em! I actually beat him at a very low level once when i was a kid just out of mostly luck because he was sleep for like 8 turns lol , and I just run from the monsters. In these type of games I used to love to just explore way beyond where I was suppose to go and just run from the monsters . Back when everything was so new and refreshing
IDK about the flame sword as I've never bought it. from the last description it sounds useless. I don't regret getting the magic armor though. It's super useful.
I always get the flame sword, never the magic armor, I agree that it's pretty easy to just beat the axe knight if you've leveled properly and get Erdrick's armor for free.. On the other hand I was a player that never ran unless I had the orange screen of death and was trying to make it to a town (or castle Tantagel), so for me trying to go get Erdrick's sword right away wasn't worth it and the flame sword isn't bad, it was often actually the broadsword that I skipped buying.
@@adamavery3906 Says something that even a simple RPG like DW allows players chocies like that. Espicially since DW progression both levelling and equipment wise is rather linear. Just like, for me, I barely if ever use the fire based spells while I've seen others swear by them. L0L
The title is not misleading. While I also ASSUMED that this was a 5 minute speed run/glitch exploit video, we can't down-vote his hard work due to our misconceptions. Great tutorial.
Beating Dragon Warrior comes down to 12 mandatory accomplishments: 1. Purchase and maintain a supply of magic keys 2. Find stones of sunlight 3. Find silver harp 4. Swap silver harp for staff of rain 5. Find and rescue princess 6. Purchase silver shield 7. Find Erdricks Armor 8. Find Erdricks Token 9. Obtain rainbow drop 10. Use rainbow drop to create bridge to Dragon Lord's castle 11. Learn spell of Healmore 12. Find Erdricks Sword
You don't need the sword or armour, I believe. I doubt it, but I bet some hardcore dude has likely beaten the game without healmore (not me lol). I don't think you need the princess at least others say you don't.
Nope, nope nope, buy the club first and fight slimes until you have 70gp (10 more) then buy the leather armor!!!! Do not waste your money on the clothes
Watching this makes me extremely proud of myself for figuring out and beating this all by myself at the age of 9. What a feeling when I finally finished it!!!
Me too.. same with zelda.. ninja turtles was my nemesis, i could never get past some sewer level. I seem to remember the game always glitched out or something.
Rescue the princess & game over? Well you could leave her there till after you slay the dragon lord, & go back to the king with her in your arms. (Or never bother rescuing her at all.)
Dragon Warrior 1 was the first RPG game I ever played. I got it for free with Nintendo Power subscription back in the late 80s. I didn't even know what an console RPG game was. So when I bought it, I didn't understand why there was no action. Why was I walking around, and the screen kept changing into this other screen with pitcture of monsters that I had to kill and then change back to "world map". Why when my character moved on top of a little picture of "castle" I was suddenly transported into a new place. I entered a town but that concept was foreign to me. Then when I exited, I was back in world map. And no matter which side I exited, I always ended up back in same world map. I was so confused. I kept thinking, "Ok. So this is some weird preliminary thing before the REAL game begins." I kept waiting for the REAL fight to start not realizing that when I pressed fight and the HP for monsters went down, this WAS the fight. It took me a while to understand that this is how a turn based JRPG works. LOL
this was the greatest game ever for me when it first came out. i even drew my own maps and wrote down everything while playing it. i remember it being such a pain the ass to get the dragonlord took me a while to finally say yes when getting there to see what he says. it would be kinda cool to see them remake this game with todays graphics but same story line and items so i could bust out my original maps
As many others, I read the title wrong and was expecting a glitch to beat the game in less than 5 minutes. This video is actually much more useful. I'm currently playing the game in Japanese, and my Kanji reading skills are weak at best. Very helpful video. It's funny how before I clicked on the video it was listed as "5:01" minutes, and when watching the video it's "4:59". Lives up to the claim.
As an affluent Alefgard scholar with 2 Ph. D.'s in the history of Erdrick's descendants who is fluent in Tantegel Greek, I concur with Dr. L's methods. This is hands down the most efficient path to the eliminating the dragon lord and his minions thus acquiring the ball of light. The only thing I would add as a tip for finding Edricks sword, if you're unfortunate enough to encounter a red dragon or armored knight on this step, stopspell as a first move is appropriate in most cases, it gets pretty unforgiving when a red dragon puts you to sleep in level 18. This of course does not apply to your final journey to confront the dragon lord. Use good judgement when running from enemies, this point should be stressed.
@@volourn9764 Old comment but the ending is pretty much identical just without the princess being there. You just save the world, speak to the king and then leave alone.
Ok guys it takes a LITTLE longer than 5 minutes to beat the game but nice video anyways! This was my first RPG and have loved the whole series of them ever since
Probably aided by the fact that there really aren't that many places to go to or things to interact with. Once you're at a high enough level to survive the tougher monsters you can pretty much brute force your way through the game.
Not what I expected, but was not disappointed. Hilarious as hell! Perfect way to maks quickplays of these long ass games that I want to play, but never will. Thanks!
Spent so many hours playing this game one summer as a kid. Finally, after a whole summer, I beat it. Me and a friend had to figure most of the stuff he's talking about on our own.
It says less than 5 minutes, my guessing would be that he needed to explain he meant a less than 5 minutes whole explanation, because certainly the game would take longer than that to beat.
0:37 - WAIT!!! Is THAT what that guy is there for? I have been playing this game since 1989 - even before the original Final Fantasy came out stateside. My friend introduced me to Dragon Warrior through his own copy, as part of that Nintendo Power giveaway they did back then. I missed out on it myself, but Dragon Warrior was about as early to hop on the RPG band wagon as I could. All this time, I have never known about that guy. I have even asked out it, even through GameFAQS, and not one person was ever able to answer it. He says something, the screen flashes, and sure enough, magic points restored. !! Thanks for sharing. Never, ever thought I would get an answer to this one.
@@LorenHelgeson RPGs in this era definitely took a hands-off, "you figure it out" approach to solving the various puzzles in their games, but it is rather silly that nobody tells you what this guy does.
Yes! Now, take my absolute favorite RPG of all time - Phantasy Star IV. Take every approach, every step of the way... take what Dragon Warrior 1 does, and completely flip it for a total 180°...
Lol I grew up on this and the original Final Fantasy game, it's because of those two games that RPG's are my favorite genre to play. This was a hard game back then especially when you had to figure everything out by yourself. No internet or UA-cam made it so you had no choice but to learn on your own. I love the 4 Dragon Warrior games on the NES, I still go back and play them. I was so excited for Dragon Warrior II when it came out, I think it's my favorite of the four due to the nostalgia I get / got then and now.
Yup. I've gotten lazy in my old age, too. I remember spending time trying to figure things out on my own only to go 'how could I not know that earlier it is so simple you dumb ass'. L0L Now, I end up 'cheating' way too much when I get 'stuck' and go searching on the net. I also really loved playing these games with my brother and cousin , too.
"how to EXPLAIN how to beat DW in 5 mins" That would mean it's a how to video, telling you how to explain to someone else how to beat dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes. He's not telling you how to explain anything, he is the one explaining. And no one is beating dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes.
That description pretty much sums it up, lol! A lot of the time playing it on a first run is "I don't know what to do or where to go" and the grinding aspects. So players end up doing a lot of character chatting and backtracking to find out what to to, it seems a lot longer and vast than it actually is. I'm not saying that as like some insulting way towards the game of course. It's just one of those things where it becomes really noticeable on a repeat playthrough because everything you do becomes a lot more efficient due to acquired knowledge, including grinding because you'll know where you can go at what level with so-and-so equipment. Sure that could be said of other games as well when one's skill in a game improves. But for Dragon Warrior, you'll cut off several hours with ease and notice it as you go. Like saying "Oh, I remember it taking me much longer to reach X-thing".
I remember being at a friend's house and digging through their Nintendo games when I came across this cartridge for this.It's a pretty laid back game where you don't have to strain to figure things out.
My dad beat this game when I was a kid. Granted, he needed help from my mom who acted as a navigator (and possibly an advisor) but still, my dad did the grinding and legwork. Can't believe he did that AND beat the second game as well. :O
Keep grinding.
I don't wanna.
But thou must.
Best fucking comment. 🤣🤣🤣
Lol! Awesome!
Lotsa grinding in DW1
"How to beat Dragon Warrior...in less than 5 minutes" - Start game > Get equipment > Grind for 40 hours > Beat the Dragonlord.
just pretend you did it in 5 minutes
@@itzmeggy0074 the gameplay loop is 5 minutes over 40 hours. And it's great.
*How to beat Dragon Warrior in 5 seconds*
1) Kill stuff
2) Progress through story
3) Win
HowDoUPlay haha
Oh man it worked!
"""""story"""""
What story?
Get good
Ok I was hoping for a 5 minute speed run.
+truerubberlegs I think we all were.
+Link's Awakening. lol, same here! I never clued into that when I was a kid
I was too because I was wondering how on earth you could possibly do that
Yea I saw the title and I was like, Oh no way lol when it he started rambling I was like ok I was right LOL
It’s fucking clickbait, ugh 😑
"5 Minute Dragon Warrior Tutorial"
Lol you like the Dragon Quest series as well?
lolnopound same
Abdul Jackson had to do a double take to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
LOL It's your returning champion! Wtf are you doing here man?
ZEEEEERROOOO!!
The title is confusing, but this video is exactly what I needed! Perfect walkthrough, thanks bro!
I died at "BUT THOU MUST". Love it. Hadn't played the game in years and this refresher course was just what I needed.
Don’t forget to also…Git Gud
5 Second Mario Bros Tutorial:
Move to the right
Just go right hard
mom i dont wanna go to school
mom: *BUT THOU MUST*
buying clothes and a club actually slows you down. You can punch slimes naked and buy yourself a copper sword in the first 5-10 minutes
I loved this game as a child, I remember getting it with a copy of Nintendo Power when i was like 11 years old.
Same. As soon as I read about the giveaway I was bugging my parents to opt in. I think I still have the pocket sized strategy guide that went with it.
haha so many people got this free for getting 6-12 months of Nintendo power eh? me @ 9 WTF is an RGP? i don t wanna play it ,..but thou must!
That’s the only reason I got that game. Ended up playing it for countless hours.
Same!
Very Important: you can continually fight the axe knight where you find Edrick's armor by stepping on and off the trees. It's the best way to grind for a while.
I cannot tell you how proud of myself I was upon beating a metal slime.
"Put the Golem to seel with the Fairy Flute, hope it doesn't wake up" 😂😂😂
Got this game when it came out. It's the first RPG I completed. This game started my love affair for RPGs.
A final, "But Thou Must" at the very end would've made it EPIC.
how nice is it to have my child hood summed up in a little over 5 minute video...
I wouldnt suggest buying the magic armor, its very expensive and by the time you can buy the magic armor with all that grinding you'd probly be strong enough to just take out the armor guy who has edrick's armor in the abandoned town at least thats what I do. Just put that guy to sleep and wail on em! I actually beat him at a very low level once when i was a kid just out of mostly luck because he was sleep for like 8 turns lol , and I just run from the monsters. In these type of games I used to love to just explore way beyond where I was suppose to go and just run from the monsters .
Back when everything was so new and refreshing
Syndo true. the flame sword is equally a waste of gold and time it costs 8300 more gold than a broadsword for like 6 more attack power
IDK about the flame sword as I've never bought it. from the last description it sounds useless. I don't regret getting the magic armor though. It's super useful.
I always get the flame sword, never the magic armor, I agree that it's pretty easy to just beat the axe knight if you've leveled properly and get Erdrick's armor for free.. On the other hand I was a player that never ran unless I had the orange screen of death and was trying to make it to a town (or castle Tantagel), so for me trying to go get Erdrick's sword right away wasn't worth it and the flame sword isn't bad, it was often actually the broadsword that I skipped buying.
@@adamavery3906 Says something that even a simple RPG like DW allows players chocies like that. Espicially since DW progression both levelling and equipment wise is rather linear. Just like, for me, I barely if ever use the fire based spells while I've seen others swear by them. L0L
You know dragon warrior bears a striking resemblance to dragon quest, huh.
Just picked this game up for dirt cheap and I absolutely love it! Thanks for the fast, clear breakdown, much appreciated!
How to beat Dragon Warrior in one sentence....
"Try not to get killed"
The clothes are extremely optional. I usually skip both the leather armor _and_ the clothes, going straight from naked to chain mail.
I am very disappointed that I didn't learn how to beat the game in 5 minutes. Instead, I learned how to beat the game, in 5 minutes.
The title is not misleading. While I also ASSUMED that this was a 5 minute speed run/glitch exploit video, we can't down-vote his hard work due to our misconceptions. Great tutorial.
Will be interesting to see what this game does differently in the HD-2D style next alongside DQ2.
I'm sure it's been done to death, but that title is very misleading.
love how simple and to the point this video is. great work dude
This is incredibly well edited for 2011, and still solid now.
Beating Dragon Warrior comes down to 12 mandatory accomplishments:
1. Purchase and maintain a supply of magic keys
2. Find stones of sunlight
3. Find silver harp
4. Swap silver harp for staff of rain
5. Find and rescue princess
6. Purchase silver shield
7. Find Erdricks Armor
8. Find Erdricks Token
9. Obtain rainbow drop
10. Use rainbow drop to create bridge to Dragon Lord's castle
11. Learn spell of Healmore
12. Find Erdricks Sword
You don't need the sword or armour, I believe. I doubt it, but I bet some hardcore dude has likely beaten the game without healmore (not me lol). I don't think you need the princess at least others say you don't.
The title is misleading, but thou must find this satisfying.
This title is... kind of misleading. ^^;
If you could jump cut like he does then you would beat the game in 5 minutes.
More like.. How to beat Dragon Warrior - explained in less than five minutes. lol
Kind of??? lol
Nope, nope nope, buy the club first and fight slimes until you have 70gp (10 more) then buy the leather armor!!!! Do not waste your money on the clothes
This is such a well-done video. So much nostalgia. I don't understand how anyone could dislike it. Thumbs up, get!
Watching this makes me extremely proud of myself for figuring out and beating this all by myself at the age of 9. What a feeling when I finally finished it!!!
Me too.. same with zelda.. ninja turtles was my nemesis, i could never get past some sewer level. I seem to remember the game always glitched out or something.
Same
Even though the title was a little misleading, it helped me because I couldn't find that Sunstone!
Rescue the princess & game over?
Well you could leave her there till after you slay the dragon lord, & go back to the king with her in your arms. (Or never bother rescuing her at all.)
thank you for this video, i used it as a walkthrough to beat the game on a 3 day video game binge.
Dragon Warrior 1 was the first RPG game I ever played. I got it for free with Nintendo Power subscription back in the late 80s. I didn't even know what an console RPG game was. So when I bought it, I didn't understand why there was no action. Why was I walking around, and the screen kept changing into this other screen with pitcture of monsters that I had to kill and then change back to "world map". Why when my character moved on top of a little picture of "castle" I was suddenly transported into a new place. I entered a town but that concept was foreign to me. Then when I exited, I was back in world map. And no matter which side I exited, I always ended up back in same world map. I was so confused. I kept thinking, "Ok. So this is some weird preliminary thing before the REAL game begins." I kept waiting for the REAL fight to start not realizing that when I pressed fight and the HP for monsters went down, this WAS the fight. It took me a while to understand that this is how a turn based JRPG works. LOL
This was my role playing game. I miss that. It seem like over thirty years. Wow. This was one of my first game after my Atari 500 system on the NES
Is it just me that thought this video was a 5 minute speedrun before clicking?
this was the greatest game ever for me when it first came out. i even drew my own maps and wrote down everything while playing it. i remember it being such a pain the ass to get the dragonlord took me a while to finally say yes when getting there to see what he says. it would be kinda cool to see them remake this game with todays graphics but same story line and items so i could bust out my original maps
i mean the titl.. isnt really wrong,... it was i who made it misleading. but indeed it was explained in 5 minutes to save time. i approve.
That is indeed a good explanation of how to beat Dragon Warrior which lasts for five minutes.
As many others, I read the title wrong and was expecting a glitch to beat the game in less than 5 minutes. This video is actually much more useful. I'm currently playing the game in Japanese, and my Kanji reading skills are weak at best.
Very helpful video. It's funny how before I clicked on the video it was listed as "5:01" minutes, and when watching the video it's "4:59". Lives up to the claim.
as bs 漢字を勉強したいなら漫画を読んだほうがいいと思う
It takes that long to kill a slime.
As an affluent Alefgard scholar with 2 Ph. D.'s in the history of Erdrick's descendants who is fluent in Tantegel Greek, I concur with Dr. L's methods. This is hands down the most efficient path to the eliminating the dragon lord and his minions thus acquiring the ball of light. The only thing I would add as a tip for finding Edricks sword, if you're unfortunate enough to encounter a red dragon or armored knight on this step, stopspell as a first move is appropriate in most cases, it gets pretty unforgiving when a red dragon puts you to sleep in level 18. This of course does not apply to your final journey to confront the dragon lord. Use good judgement when running from enemies, this point should be stressed.
Tim Hackett I just run from everything in the castle. I've already done my leveling up, no point in fighting the toughest monsters in the game.
this game actually has 3 endings one with gwen one without and one where you say yes to the dragonlord lol
What happens without Gwen. I don't think I've ever not rescued her. I mean, recuing princesses is the main reason to play rps.
@@volourn9764 Old comment but the ending is pretty much identical just without the princess being there. You just save the world, speak to the king and then leave alone.
"Hope he forgets to cast sleep on you"
Lmao that one got me.
Lol intentional or not that title is hilarious. Better title "How to troll YT in 5 minutes". Well played, sir. Well played.
How to beat Dragon Warrior in less than 5 minutes*
*combat and walking not included
This was actually the most useful walkthrough I have seen.
He managed to create and use an inside joke in less than five minutes, while also still doing the explanation.
Alternate title: A 5 minute summary on how to beat Dragon Warrior 1.
Came for the speed run, stayed for the nostalgia.
You missed the ability to go straight to HURTing magidrakes and scorpions in the hills just southwest of Tantagel.
Playing the game for the first time right now. Best tutorial of it that I have seen.
That freakin' princess just won't take 'no' for an answer.
Warning: between the 4th minute and the 5th minute there is a 30-hour gap.
Ehh, it's not that bad if you know where/how to grind.
Thanks for the summary, currently playing on my phone, so i know what to expect :)
Clickbait is clickbait.
+Zombero Brilliant explanation of the reflexive property.
It's an important rule to remember.
Ok guys it takes a LITTLE longer than 5 minutes to beat the game but nice video anyways! This was my first RPG and have loved the whole series of them ever since
This is great. No way I would have found the hidden doors.
My adult self is dumbfounded at how my younger self was able to beat this game with no guides at all.
Probably aided by the fact that there really aren't that many places to go to or things to interact with. Once you're at a high enough level to survive the tougher monsters you can pretty much brute force your way through the game.
BUT. THOU. MUST. < That randomly pops in my head sometimes and it always makes me come back here just to hear someone else say it.
How to explain Dragon Warrior... in less than 5 minutes
Not what I expected, but was not disappointed. Hilarious as hell! Perfect way to maks quickplays of these long ass games that I want to play, but never will. Thanks!
Spent so many hours playing this game one summer as a kid. Finally, after a whole summer, I beat it. Me and a friend had to figure most of the stuff he's talking about on our own.
It says less than 5 minutes, my guessing would be that he needed to explain he meant a less than 5 minutes whole explanation, because certainly the game would take longer than that to beat.
I wonder if everyone remembers that early spot in the 1st area map where you can farm for xp early on.
You should do a video over Dragon Warrior 2.
It would be 5 seconds long and just say "Don't waste your time."
It takes five minutes just to travel around the land, forget the battles.
OOooooohhhh.... i get the title now.
"How to beat Dragon Warrior (explained) in less than 5 minutes."
I just beat the Switch version following a text guide but I wish I had this guide instead lol
I tried this...
but it still takes me more than 5 minutes to beat this game.
Try harder, then.
But thou must.
Not enough mentions of "Keep grinding."
I beat this back in the 80ies and I needed this to remember what to do now
There's an ellipsis between the title. So it's not clickbait; you just can't read.
0:37 - WAIT!!! Is THAT what that guy is there for? I have been playing this game since 1989 - even before the original Final Fantasy came out stateside. My friend introduced me to Dragon Warrior through his own copy, as part of that Nintendo Power giveaway they did back then. I missed out on it myself, but Dragon Warrior was about as early to hop on the RPG band wagon as I could.
All this time, I have never known about that guy. I have even asked out it, even through GameFAQS, and not one person was ever able to answer it.
He says something, the screen flashes, and sure enough, magic points restored. !!
Thanks for sharing. Never, ever thought I would get an answer to this one.
@@LorenHelgeson RPGs in this era definitely took a hands-off, "you figure it out" approach to solving the various puzzles in their games, but it is rather silly that nobody tells you what this guy does.
Yes! Now, take my absolute favorite RPG of all time - Phantasy Star IV. Take every approach, every step of the way... take what Dragon Warrior 1 does, and completely flip it for a total 180°...
Lol I grew up on this and the original Final Fantasy game, it's because of those two games that RPG's are my favorite genre to play. This was a hard game back then especially when you had to figure everything out by yourself. No internet or UA-cam made it so you had no choice but to learn on your own. I love the 4 Dragon Warrior games on the NES, I still go back and play them. I was so excited for Dragon Warrior II when it came out, I think it's my favorite of the four due to the nostalgia I get / got then and now.
Yup. I've gotten lazy in my old age, too. I remember spending time trying to figure things out on my own only to go 'how could I not know that earlier it is so simple you dumb ass'. L0L Now, I end up 'cheating' way too much when I get 'stuck' and go searching on the net. I also really loved playing these games with my brother and cousin , too.
lol that was how to EXPLAIN how to beat DW in 5 mins...
"how to EXPLAIN how to beat DW in 5 mins"
That would mean it's a how to video, telling you how to explain to someone else how to beat dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes. He's not telling you how to explain anything, he is the one explaining. And no one is beating dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes.
Thank goodness for apt use of ellipses.
I was also hoping for a 5 minute speedrun..
Grind grind grind. The more you grind the easier this game gets.
Unironically helped me. Thank you.
BUT THOU MUST. Best line in the game
That description pretty much sums it up, lol! A lot of the time playing it on a first run is "I don't know what to do or where to go" and the grinding aspects. So players end up doing a lot of character chatting and backtracking to find out what to to, it seems a lot longer and vast than it actually is.
I'm not saying that as like some insulting way towards the game of course. It's just one of those things where it becomes really noticeable on a repeat playthrough because everything you do becomes a lot more efficient due to acquired knowledge, including grinding because you'll know where you can go at what level with so-and-so equipment.
Sure that could be said of other games as well when one's skill in a game improves. But for Dragon Warrior, you'll cut off several hours with ease and notice it as you go. Like saying "Oh, I remember it taking me much longer to reach X-thing".
My opinion is the only one that matters and I thought this was a great idea. More 5 min tutorials, please!!!
But thou must
you should make one for 2 and 3
“Grind levels.” Thank you
great idea for a series. I would want to see more of these.
This is funny. but will you ever do videos like this again?
A game that takes 50 years to beat in 5 minutes. Awesome.
I just got this for my nes should arrive Monday; can't wait to play.
Geprodis amen that music is killing me. I had to mute the tv.
I played this 100 times.. so good.
I just can say one thing after watch this: But Thou Must!!!
And the moral of the story is... but thou must!
Hell this was great and hilarious! I would love to see more how to beat in 5 min vids.
I loved this game so much as a kid I rolled the Nintendo cart with the TV into the bathroom so I could play while I crapped.
At first i thought the video title meant that you could beat the game in 5 minutes, but it's just a 5 minute video on how to beat the game normally.
I remember being at a friend's house and digging through their Nintendo games when I came across this cartridge for this.It's a pretty laid back game where you don't have to strain to figure things out.
My dad beat this game when I was a kid. Granted, he needed help from my mom who acted as a navigator (and possibly an advisor) but still, my dad did the grinding and legwork. Can't believe he did that AND beat the second game as well. :O