Dragon Quest Builders 2 details and screenshots

Square Enix has gone live with the official Japanese website for Dragon Quest Builders 2. Find a bunch of details and screenshots below, courtesy of Gematsu.

Overview

– Title: Dragon Quest Builders 2: The God of Destruction Malroth and the Vacant Island
– Genre: Block-Make RPG
– Players: 1 (or a maximum of 4 players in multiplayer—each player must own a copy of the game)
– General Director: Yuji Horii
– Character Designer: Akira Toriyama
– Composer: Koichi Sugiyama
– Planning and Production: Square Enix

Characters

– A Builder with the miraculous power to craft
– The ancestor of his ancestor’s ancestor is said to have been a legendary Builder who restored the world from being covered in darkness
– While the protagonist is currently still learning, they will rely on the “Builder’s Book” they carry on their back while aiming to become a full-fledged builder

World

– Dragon Quest Builders is a block-make RPG where you can enjoy simultaneously going on a grand adventure to save the world and sandbox-esque crafting
– By breaking the world, which is made of blocks, you can obtain materials, which can be used to create weapons, tools, buildings, and facilities
– By improving your building skills, the protagonist will gradually become stronger, and the range that they can explore will expand
– Make your adventure more comfortable by creating facilities like bedrooms and dining rooms
– You can also get valuable materials by defeating monsters

Vacant Island

– The protagonist washes ashore the “Vacant Island”
– This island, where there is currently nothing, will be the base of your adventure
– A certain event leads the protagonist to wash ashore on an unpopulated island called the “Vacant Island”
– This island, where there are few flowers and living things, and not yet any houses or towns where people live, will be the base of your adventure
– Use the power to craft possessed by Builders to build and build on the Vacant Island

God of Destruction Malroth

– The subtitle of Dragon Quest Builders 2 includes the surprising name, “God of Destruction Malroth”
– While he is the evil god of destruction that appeared in Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line, how will he be involved in the story of the Builder who possesses the power the create…?