Rapier for the fighters to start, then save your money till pirate town, then buy a sh. Sword. Save like crazy and buy a silver sword asap and give to a fighter, saves so much time early on, red mages can use the silver sword too. Fire vs creeps, ice vs ogre, lit vs sharks etc. take the ship to first town to use that inn. Go to dwarven cave to get some early chests and cash.
Don't forget about the ruins where you fought Garland, there's two swords in there that sell for a good bit of cash after you get the Mystic Key which will give you a chunk of money towards that Steel/Knight's Armor in Melmond. They're not as good as the Silver/Mythril swords you've been using, and in the NES version, the properties they were supposed to have don't function so it's OK to just sell them.
This game originally came with a thick manual that listed a lot of these early items to help you shop. I'd recommend a strat guide if you are playing the OG. The newer versions fixed shopping with some quality of life things like telling you who can equip the items before you buy and if they're better than what you got now.
@@thedigodragon Oh wow. I somehow have no memory of the manual. I think a qr code to it is included in the NES classic edition. I'll have to check on that.
You will need plenty of potions to heal poison status from marsh cave. Since you have a black mage make sure to get FIR2 it will help a lot with grinding early on. If you are feeling adventurous go grind at the “peninsula of power” When it comes to weapons with fighters always look at your status screen to look at the damage and hit%, it will give you an idea at what weapons are better. IIRC most of the elemental attributes to weapons don’t really work and TBQH they aren’t noticeable. IIRC every 32 hit% your character gains an extra hit. The short sword in general is better than the axe because it has better hit% so you will get 2 Hits earlier on, but once the axe gets 32 hit% IN THEORY it should do bettee in damage overall but the damage increment is very small, so i have always stuck with the short sword
If playing og version, having your item list topped off is always a good idea if your equipment is in order. Starting with the marsh cave you want plenty of healing and antidote.
Dragon Warrior was my intro into RPGs. I was 12 when Nintendo Power offered it as a free gift. My mother got that deal for me for Christmas. That being said, Dragon Warrior is quite basic even by FF1 standards. Though it does a few mechanics better. Try it out!
@@Angelalex242 I usually go for red mages, but I wanted something different this run. Some even say Monks are better than Fighters. I need to try them out next time.
@@dionelrthey aren’t. Some people will say otherwise. Only good thing about them is that they save you money. Black belts take a lot of levels before they start doing comparable damage to the fighter, but they will never be as tanky. The interesting thing about black belts is that they can 1-shot chaos with FAST but you gotta be either max level or basically be close to max. It’s fun watching them grow because they get 2x the hits every increment
Rapier for the fighters to start, then save your money till pirate town, then buy a sh. Sword. Save like crazy and buy a silver sword asap and give to a fighter, saves so much time early on, red mages can use the silver sword too. Fire vs creeps, ice vs ogre, lit vs sharks etc. take the ship to first town to use that inn. Go to dwarven cave to get some early chests and cash.
@@dantack_atger Great tips! I always forget about the dwarf cave.
Don't forget about the ruins where you fought Garland, there's two swords in there that sell for a good bit of cash after you get the Mystic Key which will give you a chunk of money towards that Steel/Knight's Armor in Melmond. They're not as good as the Silver/Mythril swords you've been using, and in the NES version, the properties they were supposed to have don't function so it's OK to just sell them.
This game originally came with a thick manual that listed a lot of these early items to help you shop. I'd recommend a strat guide if you are playing the OG. The newer versions fixed shopping with some quality of life things like telling you who can equip the items before you buy and if they're better than what you got now.
@@thedigodragon Oh wow. I somehow have no memory of the manual. I think a qr code to it is included in the NES classic edition. I'll have to check on that.
I still have that manual... albeit NOT in great condition... What can I say, it was heavily used.
1:10 Dio def has kids confirmed lol
@@ItConfuses LOL
You will need plenty of potions to heal poison status from marsh cave.
Since you have a black mage make sure to get FIR2 it will help a lot with grinding early on.
If you are feeling adventurous go grind at the “peninsula of power”
When it comes to weapons with fighters always look at your status screen to look at the damage and hit%, it will give you an idea at what weapons are better.
IIRC most of the elemental attributes to weapons don’t really work and TBQH they aren’t noticeable.
IIRC every 32 hit% your character gains an extra hit. The short sword in general is better than the axe because it has better hit% so you will get 2 Hits earlier on, but once the axe gets 32 hit% IN THEORY it should do bettee in damage overall but the damage increment is very small, so i have always stuck with the short sword
@@Larsgman Very good advice. It's tough at first, but we'll get through.
Thanks for watching my video. Do you think this stuff is worth the price? What other pricey things should I be preparing for?
If playing og version, having your item list topped off is always a good idea if your equipment is in order.
Starting with the marsh cave you want plenty of healing and antidote.
Dragon Warrior was my intro into RPGs. I was 12 when Nintendo Power offered it as a free gift. My mother got that deal for me for Christmas.
That being said, Dragon Warrior is quite basic even by FF1 standards. Though it does a few mechanics better.
Try it out!
I didn't know about that gift. That's neat. The Dragon Quest/Warrior series has so many games as well. Maybe I'll take a look at it in the future.
my first RPG was Ultima: Exodus. I can't remember if I played FF1 or DW1 first. I hated DW2 though... but DW3 and DW4 were great!
Fi/Fi/RM/RM better
@@Angelalex242 I usually go for red mages, but I wanted something different this run. Some even say Monks are better than Fighters. I need to try them out next time.
@@dionelrthey aren’t. Some people will say otherwise. Only good thing about them is that they save you money.
Black belts take a lot of levels before they start doing comparable damage to the fighter, but they will never be as tanky.
The interesting thing about black belts is that they can 1-shot chaos with FAST but you gotta be either max level or basically be close to max.
It’s fun watching them grow because they get 2x the hits every increment