Very Important: you can continually fight the axe knight where you find Edrick's armor by stepping on and off the trees. It's the best way to grind for a while.
The title is not misleading. While I also ASSUMED that this was a 5 minute speed run/glitch exploit video, we can't down-vote his hard work due to our misconceptions. Great tutorial.
Beating Dragon Warrior comes down to 12 mandatory accomplishments: 1. Purchase and maintain a supply of magic keys 2. Find stones of sunlight 3. Find silver harp 4. Swap silver harp for staff of rain 5. Find and rescue princess 6. Purchase silver shield 7. Find Erdricks Armor 8. Find Erdricks Token 9. Obtain rainbow drop 10. Use rainbow drop to create bridge to Dragon Lord's castle 11. Learn spell of Healmore 12. Find Erdricks Sword
You don't need the sword or armour, I believe. I doubt it, but I bet some hardcore dude has likely beaten the game without healmore (not me lol). I don't think you need the princess at least others say you don't.
Watching this makes me extremely proud of myself for figuring out and beating this all by myself at the age of 9. What a feeling when I finally finished it!!!
Me too.. same with zelda.. ninja turtles was my nemesis, i could never get past some sewer level. I seem to remember the game always glitched out or something.
Nope, nope nope, buy the club first and fight slimes until you have 70gp (10 more) then buy the leather armor!!!! Do not waste your money on the clothes
I wouldnt suggest buying the magic armor, its very expensive and by the time you can buy the magic armor with all that grinding you'd probly be strong enough to just take out the armor guy who has edrick's armor in the abandoned town at least thats what I do. Just put that guy to sleep and wail on em! I actually beat him at a very low level once when i was a kid just out of mostly luck because he was sleep for like 8 turns lol , and I just run from the monsters. In these type of games I used to love to just explore way beyond where I was suppose to go and just run from the monsters . Back when everything was so new and refreshing
IDK about the flame sword as I've never bought it. from the last description it sounds useless. I don't regret getting the magic armor though. It's super useful.
I always get the flame sword, never the magic armor, I agree that it's pretty easy to just beat the axe knight if you've leveled properly and get Erdrick's armor for free.. On the other hand I was a player that never ran unless I had the orange screen of death and was trying to make it to a town (or castle Tantagel), so for me trying to go get Erdrick's sword right away wasn't worth it and the flame sword isn't bad, it was often actually the broadsword that I skipped buying.
@@adamavery3906 Says something that even a simple RPG like DW allows players chocies like that. Espicially since DW progression both levelling and equipment wise is rather linear. Just like, for me, I barely if ever use the fire based spells while I've seen others swear by them. L0L
@@volourn9764 Old comment but the ending is pretty much identical just without the princess being there. You just save the world, speak to the king and then leave alone.
Probably aided by the fact that there really aren't that many places to go to or things to interact with. Once you're at a high enough level to survive the tougher monsters you can pretty much brute force your way through the game.
Rescue the princess & game over? Well you could leave her there till after you slay the dragon lord, & go back to the king with her in your arms. (Or never bother rescuing her at all.)
Ok guys it takes a LITTLE longer than 5 minutes to beat the game but nice video anyways! This was my first RPG and have loved the whole series of them ever since
As many others, I read the title wrong and was expecting a glitch to beat the game in less than 5 minutes. This video is actually much more useful. I'm currently playing the game in Japanese, and my Kanji reading skills are weak at best. Very helpful video. It's funny how before I clicked on the video it was listed as "5:01" minutes, and when watching the video it's "4:59". Lives up to the claim.
It says less than 5 minutes, my guessing would be that he needed to explain he meant a less than 5 minutes whole explanation, because certainly the game would take longer than that to beat.
this was the greatest game ever for me when it first came out. i even drew my own maps and wrote down everything while playing it. i remember it being such a pain the ass to get the dragonlord took me a while to finally say yes when getting there to see what he says. it would be kinda cool to see them remake this game with todays graphics but same story line and items so i could bust out my original maps
As an affluent Alefgard scholar with 2 Ph. D.'s in the history of Erdrick's descendants who is fluent in Tantegel Greek, I concur with Dr. L's methods. This is hands down the most efficient path to the eliminating the dragon lord and his minions thus acquiring the ball of light. The only thing I would add as a tip for finding Edricks sword, if you're unfortunate enough to encounter a red dragon or armored knight on this step, stopspell as a first move is appropriate in most cases, it gets pretty unforgiving when a red dragon puts you to sleep in level 18. This of course does not apply to your final journey to confront the dragon lord. Use good judgement when running from enemies, this point should be stressed.
Dragon Warrior 1 was the first RPG game I ever played. I got it for free with Nintendo Power subscription back in the late 80s. I didn't even know what an console RPG game was. So when I bought it, I didn't understand why there was no action. Why was I walking around, and the screen kept changing into this other screen with pitcture of monsters that I had to kill and then change back to "world map". Why when my character moved on top of a little picture of "castle" I was suddenly transported into a new place. I entered a town but that concept was foreign to me. Then when I exited, I was back in world map. And no matter which side I exited, I always ended up back in same world map. I was so confused. I kept thinking, "Ok. So this is some weird preliminary thing before the REAL game begins." I kept waiting for the REAL fight to start not realizing that when I pressed fight and the HP for monsters went down, this WAS the fight. It took me a while to understand that this is how a turn based JRPG works. LOL
"how to EXPLAIN how to beat DW in 5 mins" That would mean it's a how to video, telling you how to explain to someone else how to beat dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes. He's not telling you how to explain anything, he is the one explaining. And no one is beating dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes.
Spent so many hours playing this game one summer as a kid. Finally, after a whole summer, I beat it. Me and a friend had to figure most of the stuff he's talking about on our own.
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Ok I was hoping for a 5 minute speed run.
+truerubberlegs I think we all were.
+Link's Awakening. lol, same here! I never clued into that when I was a kid
I was too because I was wondering how on earth you could possibly do that
Yea I saw the title and I was like, Oh no way lol when it he started rambling I was like ok I was right LOL
It’s fucking clickbait, ugh 😑
Keep grinding.
I don't wanna.
But thou must.
Best fucking comment. 🤣🤣🤣
Lol! Awesome!
Lotsa grinding in DW1
"How to beat Dragon Warrior...in less than 5 minutes" - Start game > Get equipment > Grind for 40 hours > Beat the Dragonlord.
just pretend you did it in 5 minutes
@@itzmeggy0074 the gameplay loop is 5 minutes over 40 hours. And it's great.
*How to beat Dragon Warrior in 5 seconds*
1) Kill stuff
2) Progress through story
3) Win
HowDoUPlay haha
Oh man it worked!
"""""story"""""
What story?
Get good
"5 Minute Dragon Warrior Tutorial"
Lol you like the Dragon Quest series as well?
lolnopound same
Abdul Jackson had to do a double take to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
LOL It's your returning champion! Wtf are you doing here man?
ZEEEEERROOOO!!
The title is confusing, but this video is exactly what I needed! Perfect walkthrough, thanks bro!
5 Second Mario Bros Tutorial:
Move to the right
Just go right hard
mom i dont wanna go to school
mom: *BUT THOU MUST*
I died at "BUT THOU MUST". Love it. Hadn't played the game in years and this refresher course was just what I needed.
Don’t forget to also…Git Gud
buying clothes and a club actually slows you down. You can punch slimes naked and buy yourself a copper sword in the first 5-10 minutes
I loved this game as a child, I remember getting it with a copy of Nintendo Power when i was like 11 years old.
Same. As soon as I read about the giveaway I was bugging my parents to opt in. I think I still have the pocket sized strategy guide that went with it.
haha so many people got this free for getting 6-12 months of Nintendo power eh? me @ 9 WTF is an RGP? i don t wanna play it ,..but thou must!
That’s the only reason I got that game. Ended up playing it for countless hours.
Same!
Very Important: you can continually fight the axe knight where you find Edrick's armor by stepping on and off the trees. It's the best way to grind for a while.
"Put the Golem to seel with the Fairy Flute, hope it doesn't wake up" 😂😂😂
You know dragon warrior bears a striking resemblance to dragon quest, huh.
I cannot tell you how proud of myself I was upon beating a metal slime.
It takes that long to kill a slime.
I am very disappointed that I didn't learn how to beat the game in 5 minutes. Instead, I learned how to beat the game, in 5 minutes.
Got this game when it came out. It's the first RPG I completed. This game started my love affair for RPGs.
The title is misleading, but thou must find this satisfying.
A final, "But Thou Must" at the very end would've made it EPIC.
i mean the titl.. isnt really wrong,... it was i who made it misleading. but indeed it was explained in 5 minutes to save time. i approve.
The clothes are extremely optional. I usually skip both the leather armor _and_ the clothes, going straight from naked to chain mail.
how nice is it to have my child hood summed up in a little over 5 minute video...
The title is not misleading. While I also ASSUMED that this was a 5 minute speed run/glitch exploit video, we can't down-vote his hard work due to our misconceptions. Great tutorial.
Is it just me that thought this video was a 5 minute speedrun before clicking?
Clickbait is clickbait.
+Zombero Brilliant explanation of the reflexive property.
It's an important rule to remember.
Beating Dragon Warrior comes down to 12 mandatory accomplishments:
1. Purchase and maintain a supply of magic keys
2. Find stones of sunlight
3. Find silver harp
4. Swap silver harp for staff of rain
5. Find and rescue princess
6. Purchase silver shield
7. Find Erdricks Armor
8. Find Erdricks Token
9. Obtain rainbow drop
10. Use rainbow drop to create bridge to Dragon Lord's castle
11. Learn spell of Healmore
12. Find Erdricks Sword
You don't need the sword or armour, I believe. I doubt it, but I bet some hardcore dude has likely beaten the game without healmore (not me lol). I don't think you need the princess at least others say you don't.
Watching this makes me extremely proud of myself for figuring out and beating this all by myself at the age of 9. What a feeling when I finally finished it!!!
Me too.. same with zelda.. ninja turtles was my nemesis, i could never get past some sewer level. I seem to remember the game always glitched out or something.
Same
This is great. No way I would have found the hidden doors.
This is incredibly well edited for 2011, and still solid now.
This title is... kind of misleading. ^^;
If you could jump cut like he does then you would beat the game in 5 minutes.
More like.. How to beat Dragon Warrior - explained in less than five minutes. lol
Kind of??? lol
How to explain Dragon Warrior... in less than 5 minutes
How to beat Dragon Warrior in one sentence....
"Try not to get killed"
Nope, nope nope, buy the club first and fight slimes until you have 70gp (10 more) then buy the leather armor!!!! Do not waste your money on the clothes
Warning: between the 4th minute and the 5th minute there is a 30-hour gap.
Ehh, it's not that bad if you know where/how to grind.
Will be interesting to see what this game does differently in the HD-2D style next alongside DQ2.
I wouldnt suggest buying the magic armor, its very expensive and by the time you can buy the magic armor with all that grinding you'd probly be strong enough to just take out the armor guy who has edrick's armor in the abandoned town at least thats what I do. Just put that guy to sleep and wail on em! I actually beat him at a very low level once when i was a kid just out of mostly luck because he was sleep for like 8 turns lol , and I just run from the monsters. In these type of games I used to love to just explore way beyond where I was suppose to go and just run from the monsters .
Back when everything was so new and refreshing
Syndo true. the flame sword is equally a waste of gold and time it costs 8300 more gold than a broadsword for like 6 more attack power
IDK about the flame sword as I've never bought it. from the last description it sounds useless. I don't regret getting the magic armor though. It's super useful.
I always get the flame sword, never the magic armor, I agree that it's pretty easy to just beat the axe knight if you've leveled properly and get Erdrick's armor for free.. On the other hand I was a player that never ran unless I had the orange screen of death and was trying to make it to a town (or castle Tantagel), so for me trying to go get Erdrick's sword right away wasn't worth it and the flame sword isn't bad, it was often actually the broadsword that I skipped buying.
@@adamavery3906 Says something that even a simple RPG like DW allows players chocies like that. Espicially since DW progression both levelling and equipment wise is rather linear. Just like, for me, I barely if ever use the fire based spells while I've seen others swear by them. L0L
Even though the title was a little misleading, it helped me because I couldn't find that Sunstone!
Grind grind grind. The more you grind the easier this game gets.
That is indeed a good explanation of how to beat Dragon Warrior which lasts for five minutes.
BUT THOU MUST. Best line in the game
this game actually has 3 endings one with gwen one without and one where you say yes to the dragonlord lol
What happens without Gwen. I don't think I've ever not rescued her. I mean, recuing princesses is the main reason to play rps.
@@volourn9764 Old comment but the ending is pretty much identical just without the princess being there. You just save the world, speak to the king and then leave alone.
My adult self is dumbfounded at how my younger self was able to beat this game with no guides at all.
Probably aided by the fact that there really aren't that many places to go to or things to interact with. Once you're at a high enough level to survive the tougher monsters you can pretty much brute force your way through the game.
There's an ellipsis between the title. So it's not clickbait; you just can't read.
Just picked this game up for dirt cheap and I absolutely love it! Thanks for the fast, clear breakdown, much appreciated!
Lol intentional or not that title is hilarious. Better title "How to troll YT in 5 minutes". Well played, sir. Well played.
A game that takes 50 years to beat in 5 minutes. Awesome.
Rescue the princess & game over?
Well you could leave her there till after you slay the dragon lord, & go back to the king with her in your arms. (Or never bother rescuing her at all.)
Yeah, I agreed to rule with the Dragonlord and my game was ended.
How to beat Dragon Warrior in less than 5 minutes*
*combat and walking not included
thank you for this video, i used it as a walkthrough to beat the game on a 3 day video game binge.
This is such a well-done video. So much nostalgia. I don't understand how anyone could dislike it. Thumbs up, get!
It takes five minutes just to travel around the land, forget the battles.
Came for the speed run, stayed for the nostalgia.
Playing the game for the first time right now. Best tutorial of it that I have seen.
I came for a glitch but I stayed for the brevity 😊
I'm curious what glitch you're referring to.
i used this and it still took more then 5 minutes took 10.....
Ok guys it takes a LITTLE longer than 5 minutes to beat the game but nice video anyways! This was my first RPG and have loved the whole series of them ever since
As many others, I read the title wrong and was expecting a glitch to beat the game in less than 5 minutes. This video is actually much more useful. I'm currently playing the game in Japanese, and my Kanji reading skills are weak at best.
Very helpful video. It's funny how before I clicked on the video it was listed as "5:01" minutes, and when watching the video it's "4:59". Lives up to the claim.
as bs 漢字を勉強したいなら漫画を読んだほうがいいと思う
You missed the ability to go straight to HURTing magidrakes and scorpions in the hills just southwest of Tantagel.
It says less than 5 minutes, my guessing would be that he needed to explain he meant a less than 5 minutes whole explanation, because certainly the game would take longer than that to beat.
I wonder if everyone remembers that early spot in the 1st area map where you can farm for xp early on.
But thou must
I tried this...
but it still takes me more than 5 minutes to beat this game.
Try harder, then.
But thou must.
You should do a video over Dragon Warrior 2.
It would be 5 seconds long and just say "Don't waste your time."
this was the greatest game ever for me when it first came out. i even drew my own maps and wrote down everything while playing it. i remember it being such a pain the ass to get the dragonlord took me a while to finally say yes when getting there to see what he says. it would be kinda cool to see them remake this game with todays graphics but same story line and items so i could bust out my original maps
That freakin' princess just won't take 'no' for an answer.
Instructions unclear, still took me 5 hours
This was my role playing game. I miss that. It seem like over thirty years. Wow. This was one of my first game after my Atari 500 system on the NES
This was actually the most useful walkthrough I have seen.
And the moral of the story is... but thou must!
love how simple and to the point this video is. great work dude
I'm sure it's been done to death, but that title is very misleading.
true, but Cliff Notes are ok too.
As an affluent Alefgard scholar with 2 Ph. D.'s in the history of Erdrick's descendants who is fluent in Tantegel Greek, I concur with Dr. L's methods. This is hands down the most efficient path to the eliminating the dragon lord and his minions thus acquiring the ball of light. The only thing I would add as a tip for finding Edricks sword, if you're unfortunate enough to encounter a red dragon or armored knight on this step, stopspell as a first move is appropriate in most cases, it gets pretty unforgiving when a red dragon puts you to sleep in level 18. This of course does not apply to your final journey to confront the dragon lord. Use good judgement when running from enemies, this point should be stressed.
Tim Hackett I just run from everything in the castle. I've already done my leveling up, no point in fighting the toughest monsters in the game.
Alternate title: A 5 minute summary on how to beat Dragon Warrior 1.
I don't want to use a tutorial to beat the game.
"But thou must."
But I
"But thou must."
Bu-
"But thou must."
He managed to create and use an inside joke in less than five minutes, while also still doing the explanation.
I was also hoping for a 5 minute speedrun..
I just beat the Switch version following a text guide but I wish I had this guide instead lol
Dragon Warrior 1 was the first RPG game I ever played. I got it for free with Nintendo Power subscription back in the late 80s. I didn't even know what an console RPG game was. So when I bought it, I didn't understand why there was no action. Why was I walking around, and the screen kept changing into this other screen with pitcture of monsters that I had to kill and then change back to "world map". Why when my character moved on top of a little picture of "castle" I was suddenly transported into a new place. I entered a town but that concept was foreign to me. Then when I exited, I was back in world map. And no matter which side I exited, I always ended up back in same world map. I was so confused. I kept thinking, "Ok. So this is some weird preliminary thing before the REAL game begins." I kept waiting for the REAL fight to start not realizing that when I pressed fight and the HP for monsters went down, this WAS the fight. It took me a while to understand that this is how a turn based JRPG works. LOL
I just can say one thing after watch this: But Thou Must!!!
lol that was how to EXPLAIN how to beat DW in 5 mins...
"how to EXPLAIN how to beat DW in 5 mins"
That would mean it's a how to video, telling you how to explain to someone else how to beat dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes. He's not telling you how to explain anything, he is the one explaining. And no one is beating dragon warrior in less than 5 minutes.
Thank goodness for apt use of ellipses.
BUT. THOU. MUST. < That randomly pops in my head sometimes and it always makes me come back here just to hear someone else say it.
I beat this back in the 80ies and I needed this to remember what to do now
Not enough mentions of "Keep grinding."
This is funny. but will you ever do videos like this again?
Start grinding for 7700 gold for magic armor at level 1.
Got it.
"Hope he forgets to cast sleep on you"
Lmao that one got me.
OOooooohhhh.... i get the title now.
"How to beat Dragon Warrior (explained) in less than 5 minutes."
you should make one for 2 and 3
Thanks for the summary, currently playing on my phone, so i know what to expect :)
The end.
But thou must.
I don't get why everyone's mad, this was really helpful.
Spent so many hours playing this game one summer as a kid. Finally, after a whole summer, I beat it. Me and a friend had to figure most of the stuff he's talking about on our own.
How to beat dragon warrior... explained step by step in less than 5 minutes. ;)
I played this 100 times.. so good.
Can't believe he bought the Magic Armor.
Holy shit, he's not even wrong.
Unironically helped me. Thank you.
I just got this for my nes should arrive Monday; can't wait to play.
Geprodis amen that music is killing me. I had to mute the tv.
Love the post game content in this game. No monsters. No levelling. No cash. Yeaaah.
Its...
Great...