DRAGON WARRIOR II STAT GAINS GUIDE (original NES version)

DRAGON WARRIOR II STAT GAINS GUIDE (original NES version)

In Dragon Warrior II, unlike in the other DW titles on NES, the stat gains are
absolutely set in stone for every person on every level. In case you are
curious what kind of gains you'll get before you get there, here they are!

********************PART 1: WHAT DO THESE NUMBERS MEAN?*********************

Strength: This number tells you how much damage you can do with a weapon. As
it increases, you cause more damage. Simple as that. Midenhall has the most;
Moonbrooke has the least; Cannock's is low until very late in the game when it
grows to be pretty high.

Agility: This is the basis of defense power. As agility increases, defense
power does as well and enemy attacks do less damage. In later Dragon Warrior
games, Agility affects the order your fighters take in combat, with fast
fighters tending to act first... but not in this game. It's totally random.
Moonbrooke has the most and Midenhall the least. However,
they are not all that far apart in agility.

Max HP: Higher max HP means that you can take more enemy attacks. Midenhall
has the most, Moonbrooke the least. In the middle of the game, Moonbrooke and
Cannock have about the same amount, but as you gain levels Cannock pulls
ahead.

Max MP: Casting spells uses MP so more MP means more spells you can cast
before resting. Moonbrooke has the most, Cannock fewer than Moonbrooke, and
Midenhall none at all because he cannot use spells.

Attack Power: Figured by adding strength to the power of your equipped weapon,
this is how much damage you can do to the enemies.

Defense Power: This is figured by adding half of your agility to the power of
your armor, the power of your shield, and the power of your helmet. Throughout
the game, Midenhall has way more defense power than the two magicians since he
can equip many more things than they can.

***************************PART 2: THE STAT GAINS***************************

Stats for the Prince of Midenhall:

Midenhall gains the most strength and HP. You might notice at about level 32,
his stats go up rather slowly (though at that time he is gaining levels more
often than the other two). Midenhall's max level is 50.

This is how much you GAIN: This is how much, total, you have:

Level +Str +Agi +HP Str Agi HP
1 5 4 28
2 2 1 9 7 5 37
3 5 2 3 12 7 40
4 5 0 8 17 7 48
5 1 5 4 18 12 52

6 2 6 3 20 18 55
7 9 3 1 29 21 56
8 1 3 2 30 24 58
9 3 0 0 33 24 58
10 3 4 2 36 28 60

11 5 2 2 41 30 62
12 3 3 1 44 33 63
13 5 4 1 49 37 64
14 4 0 1 53 37 65
15 2 4 3 55 41 68

16 3 6 2 58 47 70
17 3 2 5 61 49 75
18 5 0 3 66 49 78
19 3 3 4 69 52 82
20 6 4 13 75 56 95

21 6 3 6 81 59 101
22 6 6 9 87 65 110
23 4 1 9 91 66 119
24 3 4 6 94 70 125
25 5 0 9 99 70 134

26 4 3 8 103 73 142
27 4 6 11 107 79 153
28 5 3 10 112 82 163
29 4 4 7 116 86 170
30 5 2 3 121 88 173

31 6 2 5 127 90 178
32 3 1 2 130 91 180
33 1 0 8 131 91 188
34 2 2 2 133 93 190
35 1 2 2 134 95 192

36 2 1 5 136 96 197
37 2 2 3 138 98 200
38 3 2 1 141 100 201
39 1 2 4 142 102 205
40 1 3 1 143 105 206

41 2 2 4 145 107 210
42 1 2 1 146 109 211
43 3 1 4 149 110 215
44 1 2 0 150 112 215
45 0 3 5 150 115 220

46 1 5 1 151 120 221
47 1 3 1 152 123 222
48 3 7 7 155 130 229
49 1 2 6 156 132 235
50 4 8 5 160 140 240

Stats for the Prince of Cannock:

Though mediocre on strength for most of the game, at level 28 his strength
suddenly begins growing very quickly. He'll end up nearly as strong as
Midenhall if you level him enough, and your party will seem as if it had
gained a member. His max level is 45.

Level +Str +Agi +HP +MP Str Agi HP MP Spell:
1 4 4 31 6 Heal
2 0 2 3 6 4 6 34 12
3 2 2 1 4 6 8 35 16 Firebal
4 1 2 3 2 7 10 38 18
5 0 5 2 2 7 15 40 20

6 1 4 2 2 8 19 42 22 Antidote
7 1 2 0 5 9 21 42 27
8 6 0 2 5 15 21 44 32 Stopspell
9 0 7 1 2 15 28 45 34
10 1 4 2 4 16 32 47 38 Return

11 1 4 3 2 17 36 50 40
12 2 0 2 3 19 36 52 43 Outside
13 8 7 2 2 27 43 54 45
14 3 5 5 3 30 48 59 48 Healmore
15 4 0 4 2 34 48 63 50

16 5 7 2 4 39 55 65 54
17 0 2 4 8 39 57 69 62 Stepguard
18 1 3 3 3 40 60 72 65 Firebane
19 1 6 7 3 41 66 79 68
20 2 3 4 0 43 69 83 68 Increase

21 2 4 4 8 45 73 87 76
22 2 4 4 1 47 77 91 77
23 1 2 8 6 48 79 99 83 Defeat
24 2 3 7 4 50 82 106 87
25 1 0 7 4 51 82 113 91 Revive

26 2 3 12 0 53 85 125 91
27 1 8 13 3 54 93 138 94
28 4 0 5 5 58 93 143 99 Sacrifice
29 7 6 9 6 65 99 152 105
30 3 1 1 3 68 100 153 108

31 2 2 6 4 70 102 159 112
32 0 3 1 3 70 105 160 115
33 10 2 1 3 80 107 161 118
34 5 1 2 2 85 108 163 120
35 7 2 2 5 92 110 165 125

36 8 3 3 0 100 113 168 125
37 9 0 3 3 109 113 171 128
38 6 4 5 2 115 117 176 130
39 0 3 4 7 115 120 180 137
40 5 0 2 3 120 120 182 140

41 2 5 8 2 122 125 190 142
42 8 6 0 3 130 131 190 145
43 1 2 4 4 131 133 194 149
44 4 5 2 6 135 138 196 155
45 5 2 4 5 140 140 200 160

Stats for the Princess of Moonbrooke:

She gains levels quite a bit more slowly than the other two, because her max
level is only 35, but she gets there at about the same time that the others
get to 45 and 50.

Level +Str +Agi +HP +MP Str Agi HP MP Spell:
1 2 22 32 28 Healmore
2 0 4 0 0 2 26 32 28 Sleep
3 0 0 5 7 2 26 37 35
4 1 2 0 9 3 28 37 44 Infernos
5 0 5 1 4 3 33 38 48

6 1 7 1 0 4 40 39 48 Surround
7 1 2 1 2 5 42 40 50
8 1 5 5 2 6 47 45 52 Repel
9 1 3 5 6 7 50 50 58
10 1 5 6 5 8 55 56 63 Defence

11 0 1 2 6 8 56 58 69
12 1 2 1 2 9 58 59 71 Antidote
13 1 5 3 4 10 63 62 75
14 1 6 6 5 11 69 68 80
15 1 3 7 6 12 72 75 86 Healall

16 3 6 5 12 15 78 80 98
17 2 3 9 12 17 81 89 110 Outside
18 1 4 8 9 18 85 97 119
19 2 2 8 9 20 87 105 128 Explodet
20 0 9 7 7 20 96 112 135

21 3 4 12 3 23 100 124 138 Stepguard
22 2 10 9 2 25 110 133 140
23 4 7 7 11 29 117 140 151 Open
24 4 0 5 7 33 117 145 158
25 2 3 1 5 35 120 146 163 Chance

26 1 3 4 9 36 123 150 172
27 0 5 1 7 36 128 151 179
28 1 4 1 5 37 132 152 184
29 3 3 7 1 40 135 159 185
30 2 5 1 5 42 140 160 190

31 6 2 6 1 48 142 166 191
32 4 3 2 1 52 145 168 192
33 4 6 2 7 56 151 170 199
34 4 3 1 6 60 154 171 205
35 10 6 9 5 70 160 180 210