Editing Spell of Restoration

The '''Spell of Restoration''' (復活の呪文, ふっかつのじゅもん, ''fukkatsu no jumon'') is the password system used in the {{Famicom}} and MSX versions of {{DQ}} and {{DQ2}}. As was common for video games of the time, the player's progress was converted into a password to be written down and entered in a later session to pick up where the player left off.

With the advent of battery-backed saves in {{DQ3}}, ''Dragon Quest'' games stopped using the Spell of Restoration as a save mechanic. The Spell of Restoration later returned in {{DQ11}} with different functions.

=={{DQ}}==
The Spell of Restoration in {{Dragon Quest}} consists of 20 characters arranged in a rough 5/7/5/3 haiku pattern.

In the original {{Famicom}} version, accepting the [[Dragonlord]]'s offer at the end of the game results in an instant Game Over and a special Spell of Restoration that, when entered, starts the player off at Level 1 with no equipment.

=={{DQ2}}==
Due its broader scope ([[Luminaries|three-member party]], multiple flagged plot events, and a wider array of equipment), {{Dragon Quest II}} employed a larger 52-character Spell of Restoration: Four lines of 3-3-4, followed by a final line of 3-3-4-2.

=={{DQ10}}==
The system for transferring a character from a clear file of ''[[Dragon Quest X Offline]]'' to {{Dragon Quest X}} proper is named "Spell of Restoration" as a tribute to the password systems of the original two games. 

=={{DQ11}}==
The Spell of Restoration returns in Japanese versions of {{DQ11}}. Instead of saving progress, Spells of Restoration in {{XI}} serve more as cheat codes to start new files with boosted stats, items and [[gold]].

In Japanese versions of {{XI}}, inputting the Spell of Restoration "Horii Toriyama Sugiyama Dorakuesuto Pepepepe" will take the player to a fully playable recreation of [[Tantegel]] Castle's throne room in {{Dragon Quest}}. Exiting the throne room will prompt the current console's online store to download a remake of {{Dragon Quest}} for free.

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