Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince details online features

Square Enix passed along the latest details for Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince today, which covers the game’s Online Battles, Quickfire Contests, and Online Shop.

Online Battles make a return, but now feature Quickfire Contests. Fizzy will become available in Rosehill Tower at some point during the game who will share the online options currently available to experience, as well as the chance to purchase DLC content. By performing well in Online Battles and Quickfire Contests, players can earn rewards that include new monsters and rare items. Meanwhile, the Online Shop lets you spend gold coins to obtain items like scrolls, which teach a new Talent to one of the monsters within the team roster. 

Here’s some additional information about Online Battles, Quickfire Contests, and Online Shop in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince:

Online Battles

Several different battle categories to choose from, including:

• Ranked Matches: This mode pits wranglers against other players from around the globe as each competes to take top spot in the rankings. By rising through the ranks, fans can earn rare accessories and other items to strengthen monsters within their party.
• Friend Matches: Players will play for fun against other wranglers from within their registered friends in a player’s Nintendo account.
• Multiplayer Tournaments: Up to eight players will clash in a knockout format against friends and rivals until only one reaches the top.

Quickfire Contests

Once a player registers their party’s data, they will be ready to compete in Quickfire Contests. These massive competitions use the data of 30 players to conduct battles automatically in the blink of an eye. Participants can only earn rewards from a Quickfire Contest once per day, but they include items that can raise your monsters’ stats, as well as identical monsters (B Rank and below only) from any teams defeated over the course of the competition. After a contest, players can view the details of each battle, as well as use opponents’ party data to conduct Sparring Matches for practice. Utilize this information to improve one’s party composition and tweak battle tactics. Quickfire Contests are a fast and easy way to strengthen your party, recruit new monsters and earn useful items.

The Online Shop

The Online Shop updates its stock every day (real-world days, rather than in-game days), but the items available can also change as each player progresses through the story. With special scrolls that can teach a new Talent to a monster, many powerful accessories, and a selection of delectable meats available, the Online Shop has something of value for monster wranglers of all levels. Be sure to check back regularly and try not to let all that in-game gold burn a hole in Psaro’s pocket.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince launches for Switch on December 1, 2023.