DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake Vocations and Vocation Changes

The roles of all 10 vocations, requirements for becoming a Sage, and abilities learned by rescuing friendly monsters.

Scope: HD-2D edition, incorporating the changes of 2025-05-23. Separate from the SFC, GBC, and smartphone editions.

Checked scope: Covers roles and vocation-change requirements. Full learning levels, growth rates, and personality modifier tables for each vocation are not included.

Sources checked on: 2026-10-16

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Using the 10 Vocations

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Using the 10 Vocations：10 entries
Vocation	Role / Requirements	Party-Building Checks
Hero	Protagonist only; cannot change vocations	Handles both attacking and healing. Also decide who will use the Sphere of Light against Zoma.
Warrior	Front line / Physical abilities	Make use of equipment and durability. Give them a physical damage role while protecting their HP.
Martial Artist	Agility / Critical hits	A physical attacker who makes use of critical hits. The critical rate was adjusted in the 2025-05 update.
Priest	Healing / Revival	Handles party healing and status cures. Can also equip the Duplic Hat after the update.
Mage	Offensive spells / Support	Use different elements and strengthen allies. Requires MP and durability management.
Merchant	Exploration / Merchant town	Required for developing the town. Plan separately for the character left in town and your main party members.
Gadabout	A route to Sage	Can become a Sage from Lv20 without Words of Wisdom. Be aware of unreliable actions while training one.
Thief	Exploration / Agility	Helps with treasure hunting. Present since the SFC edition; not introduced in HD-2D.
Monster Wrangler	Rescue / Abilities	Some abilities are learned according to the number of friendly monsters rescued. Rescue differs from capturing enemies in normal battles.
Sage	Offensive and healing spells	An advanced vocation obtained at Alltrades Abbey. There are 3 routes: Words of Wisdom, changing from Gadabout, or the post-game More Guns 'n' Buns book.

Before Changing Vocations at Alltrades Abbey

Raise the companion changing vocations to at least Lv20. They return to Lv1 afterward, so prepare a training location first if changing several people at once.
Learned spells and abilities carry over. Decide the purpose of inheritance before training, such as changing a healer to a front-line vocation.
The usual route to Sage uses Words of Wisdom. Gadabouts at Lv20 or above do not need it. Obtaining More Guns 'n' Buns in the post-game also allows the change without consuming Words of Wisdom.
Check which items the new vocation can equip and reserve money to buy replacements.

Monster Wrangler Abilities Learned Through Rescues

This is not a system for defeating and capturing ordinary enemies. Find friendly monsters in towns and the field, then meet their conditions to rescue them.

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