List of raw materials in Dragon Quest Builders

The following is a list of unrefined materials that the Builder can work into a variety of tools and items.

Minerals

Image	Name	Description	Uses
	Coal	A lump of fossilised flora formed over many millennia.	Stone foundation, brick wall, flagstone, stone wall, forge, furnace, bottles, buttress, crockery, baguette, bony steak, bouillabaisse, bunicorn steak, cactus steak, cooked crab claw, cream of marshroom soup, fries, hell broth, pancakes, sailor’s stew, sardine-on-a-stick, searing steak, bread, buttermilk, brazier, fireplace, Ancient Emblem, glass, copper ingot, iron ingot, magic dye, steel ingot, fire blade
	Copper	A chunk of malleable metal with a warm orange glow.	Forge, copper ingot, all tussle tickets
	Gold	A glittering nugget of precious gold.	Fancy carpet, big bold banner, bold banner, column, Dragonlord’s throne, grandfather clock, round table, throne, treasure chest, naughty night light, sharing stone, Falcon blade, Sword of Kings, Erdrick’s sword, hero’s shield, auroral armour, ring of immunity, strength ring, catholicon ring, meteorite bracer, Hammer of the Builder, all trauma tickets
	Iron	A nugget of dull grey metal from which many things are made.	Forge, iron ingot
	Mythril	A lightweight alloy that’s stronger than steel.	Magic ingot
	Orichalcum	A mystical metal that glimmers with a golden glow	Ancient Emblem, Cantlin shield, fire blade, Sword of Kings, sword of ruin, Erdrick’s sword, Hammer of the Builder, auroral armour, wailer’s mail, Thanatos’ shield, featherfall footwear
	Ruby	A crimson crystal that blazes like a burning inferno.	Naughty night light, auroral armour, hero’s shield, gourmand’s girdle, ring of criticality, strength ring
	Sapphire	A sky-blue stone suffused with supernatural energy.	Cloak of evasion, silver shield
	Silver	A precious piece of purest silver.	Water crystal, hot water crystal, diviner’s altar, decorative shield, fountain, water jug, Sheen salts, lyre of slime immemorial, liquid silver, divine dagger, Lyre of Ire, Sword of Kings, catholicon ring, meteorite bracer, ring of criticality, all trouble tickets
	Zenithium	A bright blue material that shines like the sky.	Ancient altar, diviner’s altar, auroral armour, hero’s shield, gourmand’s girdle

Beastly by-products

Image	Name/Source	Description	Used for
	Bewarewolf pelt	A hide of untied hair that once belonged on a bewarewolf’s back.	Chain mail
	Blue goo (slime)	An incendiary ooze with a brilliant blue hue.	Blue flagstone, forbidden altar, herbalist’s cauldron, plant pot, pot, bonfire, candelabrum, candlestick, gentleman sign, torch, magic dye, colossal coffer, wayfarer’s clothes
	Celestial skein (gargoyle)	A spool of heaven-sent string within which water flows.	Flowing dress
	Chimaera feather	A feather filled with an unearthly energy.	Chimaera wing, stationery, talaria
	Coarse cloth (all skeletons)	An old roll of musty and moth-eaten material.	Armoire, comfy sofa, dining table, extravagant table, stuffed hammerhood, ragged rags, wayfarer’s clothes, guard’s garb, trader’s tunic, villager’s vesture
	Confusing claw (scarewolf)	A tapering talon imbued with a mind-bending toxin.	Defuddle drops
	Crab claw (all crabs)	A prodigious pincer with a serrated inner edge.	Bouillabaisse, cooked crab claw
	Dracky butter (drackyma)	A rich and creamy spread of uncertain origins.	Hearty cream cake, ice cream, pancakes
	Face guard fragment (all knights)	A bit of body armour broken off a metal-plated monster.	Spiked armour
	Finest fur (spiked hare)	A soft and shiny skin of superior quality.	Fancy carpet, red carpet, Dragonlord’s throne, item display stand, scandalous swimsuit, full plate armour, auroral armour, wailer’s mail, featherfall footwear, talaria
	Flame orb (dancing flame)	The combustible core of a fiery fiend.	Power crystal
	Float-o-copper (Troll)	A mysterious mass of metal that changes shape when exposed to magic.	Ultimate key
	Frost orb (frostburn)	The ice-cold core of a boreal beast.	Power crystal
	Fur (hammerhood) (brownie) (tearwolf)	The thick and hairy hide of a thick and hairy monster.	Comfy stool, stone stool, throne, towel rail, chest, king-sized bed, princess-sized bed, simple bed, colossal coffer, leather armour, iron armour, spiked armour, leather shield
	Hareloin steak (spiked hare)	(hammerhood, brownie, tearwolf)	Searing steak
	Meat (bunicorn)	Marbled monster meat with a nice balance between fat and lean.	Bunicorn steak
	Meaty bone (troll) (death scorpion) (dread dragon) (gigantes)	A big bit of meat with a bone through it.	Bony steak
	Mechrochip	A mysterious microprocessor that controls a mechanical monster’s movements.	Power crystal
	Monster egg (all chimaera)	A massive, mottled egg laid by a monster.	Forbidden altar, beastly burrow, draconic column, Dragonlord’s standard, helliportal, vile tile, vile visage, coddled egg, fried egg, evil idol
	Newt (vis mager)	An air-dried amphibian with soot-black skin.	Hell broth
	Orange oil	A greasy, golden goo that burns at high temperatures.	Purple flagstone, forbidden altar, book, pot, fries, sautéed salmon, lady sign, torch, magic dye, button, pressure plate, wayfarer’s clothes, training togs
	Paralystinger	A stunning stinger that once topped a killerpillar’s tail.	Tingle tablet
	Powie yowie fur	The snow-white hide of a huge, hairy horror.	Powie yowie rug, king-sized bed, magic armour, flowing dress, talaria
	Rockbomb shard	A red-hot rock expelled by an exploding rockbomb.	Wrecking ball, fire blade
	Rusty nuggets (all skeletons)	Chocolate-coloured chunks of oxidised iron.	Brick barbecue, wooden door, key, divine dagger, ballista, falcon blade, iron broadsword, shovel, iron axe, battleaxe, gourmand’s girdle
	Scorpion horn (iron scorpion only)	The heavy, honed horn of an armoured arachnid.	War hammer, spiked armour
	Shot silk (ledgerdeman)	Finely woven fabric that feels soft and silky to the touch.	Fancy carpet, red carpet, big bold banner, bold banner, chic chair, decorative drapery, Dragonlord’s standard, Dragonlord’s throne, throne, princess-sized bed
	Silvery sludge	Sticky, slimy metal sourced from a shiny metal slime.	Sword of ruin, Erdrick’s sword, wailer’s mail, Thanatos’ shield
	Sludgestone (bloody hand)	A gluey gobbet of highly flammable matter.	Candelabrum, candlestick
	Sticky liquid (both drohls)	A poisonous purple fluid that’s tacky to the touch.	Antidotal herb, liquid silver
	Whopping needle	A knitting needle in the shape of a hammerhood’s hammer.	Powie yowie rug, stuffed hammerhead

Foliage furnishings

Image	Name	Description	Used for
	Bigonia	A plant found only in the rainiest of rainforests.	Decoration
	Bigonia leaf	The vast, veiny leaf of a plant that grows only in hot and humid places.	Comfy sofa, filter fountain, sautéed salmon
	Blighted branch	A shriveled stick that’s as black as night.	Decoration
	Bogwort	This poisonous plant grows in sharp, spikey shafts resembling a sea urchin.	Decoration
	Branch	The lopped-off limb of a tall tree, perfect for planting in the ground.	Decoration
	Broken branch	A shriveled stick that’s as black as night.	Cypress stick, oaken club, shovel, giant mallet, carpenter’s workstation, cookfire, miner’s refiner, barrel, chest, fencing, pot plant, small table, towel rail, Treasures ’n’ Trapdoors, washtub, wooden memorial, bread basket, bonfire, saloon door, signpost, simple bed, straw door, torch, bucket, fishing rod, horn-rimmed bucket, rake
	Butterbeans	Small green beans in a small green pod.	Boiled butterbeans, buttermilk, butterbean sprout
	Cactus crown	The prickly pinnacle of a stately succulent.	Decoration
	Cactus trunk	The barbed body of a stately succulent.	Decoration
	Cactus cutlet	A succulent slice of a succulent.	Cactus steak
	Ceder lumbar	A large log of cedar wood that could be used to build a charming chalet.	Wood
	Cedar seedling	The sprouting shoot of a cedar tree.	Lumbar source
	Chili peppers	The super-spicy fruit of a super-spikey shrub.	Bony steak, searing steak
	Coralily	A pretty pink flower with the leaves still attached.	Decoration
	Coralily bud	The bud of a bloom with pretty pink petals.	Decoration
	Cotton	A flyaway flock of fluffy white fiber.	Sewing station, comfy sofa, comfy stool, filter fountain, simple bed, ragged rags, plain clothes, wayfarer’s clothes, cloak of evasion
	Cotton plant	A slender-stemmed shrub with soft and fluffy seed pods.	Decoration
	Daffodaisy	A lovely little flower with yolk-yellow petals.	Decoration
	Daffodaisy bud	The bud of a bloom with sunny, saffron petals.	Decoration
	Dead tree	A long-dead tree that’s well past its prime.	Decoration
	Fibrous fern	A fern whose firm, fibrous fronds can fulfill many functions.	Decoration
	Fibrous frond	A big blade made up of a lot of little leaflets.	Fibrous fabric
	Freezia	A frosty flower that’s as white as freshly fallen snow.	Decoration
	Freezia flower	A snow-white flower that can be pulped to make paper.	Book, note, portrait of a lady, Treasures ’n’ Trapdoors, confetti
	Frogstool	A pretty pink mushroom that’s totally toxic.	Fried frogstool, hell broth, Defuddle drops, fishing rod
	Grass	Lovely little leaves that grow on the ground.	Decoration
	Grassy leaves	Long, strong leaves plucked from the stalwort plant.	Straw floor, cookfire, straw door, straw mattress
	Holyhock	A blessed blossom imbued with purifying powers.	Holyhock seed, divine draught
	Infernal ivy	A creepy creeper that’s as black as night.	Decoration
	Ivy	A vigorous vine that won’t rip no matter how roughly you pull it.	Cord
	Marshroom	A fungus found on the forest floor that has a slightly sour flavour.	Cream of marshroom soup, hell broth, shrooms-on-a-stick
	Medicinal leaf	A leaf that’s replete with remedial ingredients.	Fruit salad, potato salad, super salad, antidotal herb, medicinal herb, Yggdrasil essence
	Medical shrub	A therapeutic thicket ripped from the ground, roots and all.	Decoration
	Milkblossom	A fragile flower carefully collected so as not to damage the delicate petals.	Verdant vision
	Milkblossom bud	The bud of a bloom with pure white petals.	Decoration
	Palm lumbar	A large log of palm wood that could be used to build a beautiful beach hut.	Wood
	Palm seedling	The sprouting shoot of a palm tree.	Lumbar source
	Plumberry lumbar	A large piece of plumberry wood that could be used to make a lovely log cabin.	Wood
	Plumberry seedling	The sprouting shoot of a plumberry tree.	Lumbar source
	Pink petals	Peachy petals plucked from the colourful coralily.	Pot plant, antidotal herb
	Pongsettia	A parasitic plant with a particularly pungent perfume.	Decoration
	Potato	An ugly but edible root that’s surprisingly scrumptious.	Fries, potato salad, super salad, potato
	Prickly peach cactus	A thorny fruit that’s filled with fluid.	Decoration
	Pristine plumberry	A plump plumberry plucked from under a plumberry tree and prepared to be placed once more.
	Sandgrass	Torrid tufts plucked from the sandwort plant.	Straw floor, cookfire, straw door, straw mattress
	Sandwort	A wasteland weed that won’t wither in dry weather.	Sandwort
	Septic shrub	A blackened bush used in arcane incantations.	Bronze temple tile, sword of ruin, wailer’s mail, Thanatos’ shield
	Shadowgrass	Ghostly grass that’s a shadow of its former self.	Decoration
	Stalwort	A grassy plant whose leaves are long and strong enough to make mattresses.	Decoration
	Strong stalks	Poisonous purple prongs plucked from the bogwort plant.	Cookfire, straw door, straw mattress
	Sugar cane	A sweet and sticky syrup exudes from the stalks when they’re squashed.	Gungerbread, hearty cream cake, ice cream, sugar cane seedling
	Tainted tree	A sickly tree stunted and shriveled by the stinking swamp it sprouted in.	Decoration
	Tingleweed	A flowering plant whose petals produce a potent paralytic poison.	Decoration
	Tingleweed bud	The bud of a stunning, stinging weed.	Decoration
	Twisted tree trunk	The trunk of a tall tree that was withered by its vile environment.	Decoration
	Wheat	Golden grass grains that form a fundamental foodstuff.	Baguette, bouillabaisse, gungerbread, hearty cream cake, pancakes, porridge, super salad, bread, wheat seed
	White petals	Pale petals plucked from the medicinal milkblossom.	Healing cream, Tingle tablet, Yggdrasil essence, faerie fertiliser
	Witchgrass	These lavender-coloured leaves grow by the sides of swamps and are packed with poison.
	Yellow petals	Pretty petals plucked from the distinctive daffodaisy.

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