Another iconic enemy that has always shown up in the Dragon Quest franchise is the Metal Slimes. These are both the dream and bane of all RPG gamers out there as they are incredible to find and kill. But the odds of actually killing them before they flee are extremely low at best!
How to farm metal slimes in Dragon Quest XI
The fastest way to level up in Dragon Quest XI is to farm Metal Slimes. These slimes are incredibly hard to kill, as they take very little damage and are prone to run away from a fight instantly. Metal Slimes can appear randomly in any location, but they are a few places you may go to increase your chances of battling them.
The metal family of monsters does not overly have a lot of HP; instead, they have incredibly high defense and evasion. Meaning, you’ll practically always hit them for 1 damage unless using a specific attack, and that’s if you hit them at all. They are a few surefire methods to 100% hit them, but they might run away before you even attack. There is nothing you may to stop them from running away. It’s more or less completely random.
Now, as you progress into the game, you may encounter Liquid Metal Slimes, Hardy Hands, and then King Metal Slimes. King Metal Slimes are the rarest of the rare, if you’re able to manage to kill one of these, you’ll earn massive EXP, and we mean massive!
Though they have patched the game, that the limit you can earn in a single fight is 200k experience. Compared to something daft like 500k+!
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The Farming Method
This method can only be used in Act 3 or after, as this is the part of the game that requires the most grinding. Until this point, the game was pretty easy, but Act 3 and beyond is where it truly ramps up the difficulty.
For this method, you need Hero, Erik, Sylvando, JAde, and Rab, to be powered up by Pep. So fight any random enemy, and swap out the characters that become Pepped up. This saves the Pepped up state; it’s a handy trick!
However, for this method to work, you need Hero and Jade to become Pepped up again to use their individual Pep Powers. This means that you need to buy a Pep Pop for 200000G from the rebuilt Cobblestone shop, that Peps up all of your active team. Or a Pep pip, that Peps up one active party member.
Here are the abilities needed:
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Once you have everyone Pepped up,save the game! Then do the following:
This is a very long and tedious method to set up, but increasing those levels, especially on Draconian mode, is extremely vital!
