As you play via Dragon Quest II in Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, it’s possible you’ll be questioning: ‘The place is that damned Magic Key?’ You could have most likely encountered quite a few blue-colored chests and doorways as you discover the world of Alefgard, and it’s possible you’ll assume, “Did I miss it?”. This web page is right here to assist, however the brief model is that you just didn’t miss it, and you’ll finally get hold of the Magic Key from the mermaids – a brand new occasion within the HD-2D Remake.
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In case you communicate to a lady within the northwest home in Rimuldar, she is going to point out that she succeeded in making a Magic Key, however she misplaced it within the water on the best way to Tantegel. So that you may consider looking that space your self together with your boat. Do not do that, as you will not discover something.
What makes this extra sophisticated is that in earlier variations of Dragon Quest II, a ‘Golden Key’ was discovered by speaking to a couple NPCs within the village of Zahan. Whereas these interactions do nonetheless exist within the new HD-2D Remake, the implementation is completely different, and the rewards are usually not the identical. There isn’t any ‘Golden Key’ in Dragon Quest II HD-2D Remake.
The brief model is, in case you are searching for the Magic Key, you merely simply must progress the story additional to get the Magic Key. You didn’t and can’t miss it.

Dragon Quest II HD-2D Remake: Magic Key Location
You get the Magic Key from the Mermaids, a brand new situation added to the HD-2D Remake. So whereas the Rimuldarian girl did certainly drop the Magic Key within the water, it seems just like the Mermaids have claimed it.
Very like with the Golden Key occasion in older variations of Dragon Quest II, you do begin the Mermaid occasions within the remake equally. When you get hold of the boat, you’ll be able to Zoom to Shipwright Shrine and hop on over to the close by island city of Zahan. By continuing with the occasions right here, you’ll finally meet your first mermaids over on Gaggle Rock.
In a while, after gaining a number of sigils, you will be pointed again to Gaggle Rock from the Faeries in Shrine of Rain. The mermaids will provide you with the Faerie Trumpet, and you’ll enter the Faerie Palace the place the Dreamer’s Lake resides. You may need to undergo a number of hostile zones after this, together with the Faerie Palace and the Mermaid Sanctuary. Nonetheless, after saving the house of the Faeries, after which subsequently saving the house of the Mermaids, your final reward would be the Magic Key, lastly.
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I suppose which means the Mermaids’ beneficiant reward for you serving to them reclaim their sanctuary… is a key that fell to them from the floor world. That feels a bit scummy to me!
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