When to Change Vocations in Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

One of the most powerful tools in your arsenal in Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is the ability to change vocations. Any character who undergoes a vocation change will come out stronger for it in the long run, gaining new skills and improving their stats. You will definitely want to make use of this system at some point. Here’s when to change vocations in Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake.

When should you change vocations in Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake?

One important point before we get going: you can change vocations more than once. As long as a party member has reached level 20 in their current vocation, they can change to a new one. You’re not locked in or anything. You can even return to a previous vocation, though that isn’t very efficient.

So when should you change? For your first vocation changes, it’s fine to do it as soon as you can after reaching the Alltrades Abbey. At this early point in the game, the gains from a vocation change will help you out a lot. While you might be sacrificing some skills your characters’ current vocations could learn at levels higher than 20, getting that stat buff is by far the most important thing.

Subsequent vocation changes might require more patience. In the case of magic users in particular, some of the best spells are learned after level 20. You might want to hang in there for another several levels to get some better magic to bring with you into the next vocation. Generally speaking, the more physical jobs can change at any point without too much fear. A Gadabout should change to a Sage as soon as possible in order to start building better stats.

Is there any reason to wait to change vocations?

Apart from learning more skills from the character’s current vocation, you might also want to consider how the stats will work out. When you change vocations, the character will return to level 1 and have all of their stats halved. The higher the character’s stats are before changing vocations, the higher the base stats they’ll start with in their new one. You’ll also want to keep in mind that while your newly-reclassed characters will level up fast, they’ll be weaker for a little while. Switching vocations just before a challenging dungeon run might not be a great idea. You’ll also probably want to stagger your vocation changes so that you don’t have a party full of weaklings in hostile territory.

Hopefully these tips help you figure out when to change vocations in Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake. Happy questing!

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is available on Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.