Dragon Warrior III (NES)/RAM map

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Chip tiny.png The following article is a RAM map for Dragon Warrior III (NES).

Main

Category Address Size Description
Unknown $0000 - $001b 28 bytes ...
Data $001c byte RNG
Unknown $001d - $002b 15 bytes ...
Data $002c byte Party Travel type (ground, ship, air)
Unknown $002d - $004b 31 bytes ...
Data $004c byte RNG
Unknown $004d - $0050 4 bytes ...
Battles $0051 byte Whose turn it is
Unknown $0052 - $00a3 82 bytes ...
Data $00a4 byte RNG
Unknown $00a5 - $00ac 8 bytes ...
Data $00ad byte Fairy Water Counter
Unknown $00ae - $00d7 42 bytes ...
Data $00d8 byte Music counter
Unknown $00d9 - $01ff 295 bytes ...
Graphics $0200 - $020f 16 bytes Player 1 - On Screen Sprite data
Graphics $0210 - $021f 16 bytes Player 2 - On Screen Sprite data
Graphics $0220 - $022f 16 bytes Player 3 - On Screen Sprite data
Graphics $0230 - $023f 16 bytes Player 4 - On Screen Sprite data
Graphics $0240 - $02ff 192 bytes On Screen Sprite data
Unknown $0300 - $04ff 512 bytes ...
Battles $0500 - $0501 word Enemy 1 - HP
Battles $0502 - $0503 word Enemy 2 - HP
Battles $0504 - $0505 word Enemy 3 - HP
Battles $0506 - $0507 word Enemy 4 - HP
Battles $0508 - $0509 word Enemy 5 - HP
Battles $050a - $050b word Enemy 6 - HP
Battles $050c - $050d word Enemy 7 - HP
Battles $050e - $050f word Enemy 8 - HP
Battles $0510 byte Enemy 1 - MP
Battles $0511 byte Enemy 2 - MP
Battles $0512 byte Enemy 3 - MP
Battles $0513 byte Enemy 4 - MP
Battles $0514 byte Enemy 5 - MP
Battles $0515 byte Enemy 6 - MP
Battles $0516 byte Enemy 7 - MP
Battles $0517 byte Enemy 8 - MP
Battles $0518 byte Enemy 1 - Agility
Battles $0519 byte Enemy 2 - Agility
Battles $051a byte Enemy 3 - Agility
Battles $051b byte Enemy 4 - Agility
Battles $051c byte Enemy 5 - Agility
Battles $051d byte Enemy 6 - Agility
Battles $051e byte Enemy 7 - Agility
Battles $051f byte Enemy 8 - Agility
Battles $0520 - $0521 word Enemy 1 - Defense
Battles $0522 - $0523 word Enemy 2 - Defense
Battles $0524 - $0525 word Enemy 3 - Defense
Battles $0526 - $0527 word Enemy 4 - Defense
Battles $0528 - $0529 word Enemy 5 - Defense
Battles $052a - $052b word Enemy 6 - Defense
Battles $052c - $052d word Enemy 7 - Defense
Battles $052e - $052f word Enemy 8 - Defense
Battles $0530 - $0531 word Enemy 1 - Status
Battles $0532 - $0533 word Enemy 2 - Status
Battles $0534 - $0535 word Enemy 3 - Status
Battles $0536 - $0537 word Enemy 4 - Status
Battles $0538 - $0539 word Enemy 5 - Status
Battles $053a - $053b word Enemy 6 - Status
Battles $053c - $053d word Enemy 7 - Status
Battles $053e - $053f word Enemy 8 - Status
Unknown $0540 - $0564 37 bytes ...
Battles $0565 byte Bikill flag on Enemy 1 (if 1)
Unknown $0566 - $056c 7 bytes ...
Battles $056d byte Enemy Group 1 - Type
Battles $056e byte Enemy Group 2 - Type
Battles $056f byte Enemy Group 3 - Type
Battles $0570 byte Enemy Group 4 - Type
Battles $0571 byte Group 1 - Count
Battles $0572 byte Group 2 - Count
Battles $0573 byte Group 3 - Count
Battles $0574 byte Group 4 - Count
Unknown $0575 - $06dd 361 bytes ...
Data $06de byte Level (World?) X Position, Level (World?) Y Position, Time of day (sub bytes)
Data $06df byte Time of day
Unknown $06e0 - $06ff 32 bytes ...
Stats $0700 byte Player 1 - Level
Stats $0701 byte Player 2 - Level
Stats $0702 byte Player 3 - Level
Stats $0703 byte Player 4 - Level
Stats $0704 byte Player 1 - Strength
Stats $0705 byte Player 2 - Strength
Stats $0706 byte Player 3 - Strength
Stats $0707 byte Player 4 - Strength
Stats $0708 byte Player 1 - Agility
Stats $0709 byte Player 2 - Agility
Stats $070a byte Player 3 - Agility
Stats $070b byte Player 4 - Agility
Stats $070c byte Player 1 - Intelligence
Stats $070d byte Player 2 - Intelligence
Stats $070e byte Player 3 - Intelligence
Stats $070f byte Player 4 - Intelligence
Stats $0710 byte Player 1 - Luck
Stats $0711 byte Player 2 - Luck
Stats $0712 byte Player 3 - Luck
Stats $0713 byte Player 4 - Luck
Stats $0714 byte Player 1 - Vitality
Stats $0715 byte Player 2 - Vitality
Stats $0716 byte Player 3 - Vitality
Stats $0717 byte Player 4 - Vitality
Stats $0718 byte Player 1 - Class/Gender
Stats $0719 byte Player 2 - Class/Gender
Stats $071a byte Player 3 - Class/Gender
Stats $071b byte Player 4 - Class/Gender
Stats $071c - $071d word Player 1 - HP
Stats $071e - $071f word Player 2 - HP
Stats $0720 - $0721 word Player 3 - HP
Stats $0722 - $0723 word Player 4 - HP
Stats $0724 - $0725 word Player 1 - Max HP
Stats $0726 - $0727 word Player 2 - Max HP
Stats $0728 - $0729 word Player 3 - Max HP
Stats $072a - $072b word Player 4 - Max HP
Stats $072c - $072d word Player 1 - MP
Stats $072e - $072f word Player 2 - MP
Stats $0730 - $0731 word Player 3 - MP
Stats $0732 - $0733 word Player 4 - MP
Stats $0734 - $0735 word Player 1 - Max MP
Stats $0736 - $0737 word Player 2 - Max MP
Stats $0738 - $0739 word Player 3 - Max MP
Stats $073a - $073b word Player 4 - Max MP
Stats $073c - $073d word Player 1 - Status
Stats $073e - $073f word Player 2 - Status
Stats $0740 - $0741 word Player 3 - Status
Stats $0742 - $0743 word Player 4 - Status
Stats $0744 - $0746 long Player 1 - Experience
Stats $0747 - $0749 long Player 2 - Experience
Stats $074a - $074c long Player 3 - Experience
Stats $074d - $074f long Player 4 - Experience
Stats $0750 - $0752 long Player 1 - Return List
Stats $0753 - $0755 long Player 2 - Return List
Stats $0756 - $0758 long Player 3 - Return List
Stats $0759 - $075b long Player 4 - Return List
Stats $075c - $0763 8 bytes Player 1 - Name
Stats $0764 - $076b 8 bytes Player 2 - Name
Stats $076c - $0773 8 bytes Player 3 - Name
Stats $0774 - $077b 8 bytes Player 4 - Name
Items $077c byte Player 1 - Item Slot 1
Items $077d byte Player 1 - Item Slot 2
Items $077e byte Player 1 - Item Slot 3
Items $077f byte Player 1 - Item Slot 4
Items $0780 byte Player 1 - Item Slot 5
Items $0781 byte Player 1 - Item Slot 6
Items $0782 byte Player 1 - Item Slot 7
Items $0783 byte Player 1 - Item Slot 8
Items $0784 byte Player 2 - Item Slot 1
Items $0785 byte Player 2 - Item Slot 2
Items $0786 byte Player 2 - Item Slot 3
Items $0787 byte Player 2 - Item Slot 4
Items $0788 byte Player 2 - Item Slot 5
Items $0789 byte Player 2 - Item Slot 6
Items $078a byte Player 2 - Item Slot 7
Items $078b byte Player 2 - Item Slot 8
Items $078c byte Player 3 - Item Slot 1
Items $078d byte Player 3 - Item Slot 2
Items $078e byte Player 3 - Item Slot 3
Items $078f byte Player 3 - Item Slot 4
Items $0790 byte Player 3 - Item Slot 5
Items $0791 byte Player 3 - Item Slot 6
Items $0792 byte Player 3 - Item Slot 7
Items $0793 byte Player 3 - Item Slot 8
Items $0794 byte Player 4 - Item Slot 1
Items $0795 byte Player 4 - Item Slot 2
Items $0796 byte Player 4 - Item Slot 3
Items $0797 byte Player 4 - Item Slot 4
Items $0798 byte Player 4 - Item Slot 5
Items $0799 byte Player 4 - Item Slot 6
Items $079a byte Player 4 - Item Slot 7
Items $079b byte Player 4 - Item Slot 8
Stats $079c - $079e long Player 1 - Wizard Battle Magic
Stats $079f byte Player 1 - Wizard Field Magic
Stats $07a0 - $07a2 long Player 1 - Pilgram Battle Magic
Stats $07a3 byte Player 1 - Pilgram Field Magic
Stats $07a4 - $07a6 long Player 2 - Wizard Battle Magic
Stats $07a7 byte Player 2 - Wizard Field Magic
Stats $07a8 - $07aa long Player 2 - Pilgram Battle Magic
Stats $07ab byte Player 2 - Pilgram Field Magic
Stats $07ac - $07ae long Player 3 - Wizard Battle Magic
Stats $07af byte Player 3 - Wizard Field Magic
Stats $07b0 - $07b2 long Player 3 - Pilgram Battle Magic
Stats $07b3 byte Player 3 - Pilgram Field Magic
Stats $07b4 - $07b6 long Player 4 - Wizard Battle Magic
Stats $07b7 byte Player 4 - Wizard Field Magic
Stats $07b8 - $07ba long Player 4 - Pilgram Battle Magic
Stats $07bb byte Player 4 - Pilgram Field Magic
Stats $07bc - $07be long Gold
Stats $07bf - $07c0 word Num Characters Registered
Stats $07c1 byte Player 1 - Character in Storage num
Stats $07c2 byte Player 2 - Character in Storage num
Stats $07c3 byte Player 3 - Character in Storage num
Stats $07c4 byte Player 4 - Character in Storage num
Unused $07c5 - $07ff 59 bytes Unused

Links

Useful information:

Character Stats

These are base addresses for the first character in the party. They are sorted by the size of the data in bytes.

8-bit values

These are addresses for the first party member. Add 1*the ally number to the address for other characters.

  • Level: 0x700
  • Strength: 0x704
  • Agility: 0x708
  • Intelligence: 0x70C
  • Vitality: 0x710
  • Luck: 0x714
  • Job Class/Sex: 0x718 (Character Classes Table)

16-bit values

Addresses for first party member. Add 2*Ally Number for other characters. Little endian byte order.

  • HP: 0x71C
  • Max HP: 0x724
  • MP: 0x72C
  • Max MP: 0x734
  • 'Status': 0x73C

24-bit values

Addresses for first party member. Add 3*Ally Number for other characters. Little endian byte order.

8-byte values

Addresses for first party member. Add 8*Ally number for other characters.

Gold pieces

Address for player's gold pieces (GP) (24-bit)

  • Gold: 0x7BC

Character Classes

This is located at 0x718 + character number.

....x... = 0 if male, 1 if female
.....xxx = Character Class
  • 0 = Hero
  • 1 = Wizard
  • 2 = Pilgrim
  • 3 = Sage
  • 4 = Soldier
  • 5 = Merchant
  • 6 = Fighter
  • 7 = Goof-off

Return Destinations

This is located at 0x750 + character number * 3.

The 3 bytes of Return Destinations store one bit per location visited. The upper 4 bits of the third byte are not used.

These go from least significant bit to most significant bit.

Byte 0

  • Aliahan
  • Reeve
  • Romally
  • Kanave
  • Noaniels
  • Assaram
  • Isis
  • Portoga

Byte 1

  • Baharata
  • Dhama
  • Lancel
  • Jipang
  • Eginbear
  • Samano
  • Soo
  • Tantegel

Byte 2

  • Hauksness
  • Cantlin
  • Kol
  • Rimuldar

Items

First character's inventory starts at 0x77C, add 8 * ally number for other characters.

Hexadecimal List of Items

  • 00 - Cypress stick
  • 01 - Club
  • 02 - Copper sword
  • 03 - Magic Knife
  • 04 - Iron Spear
  • 05 - Battle Axe
  • 06 - Broad Sword
  • 07 - Wizard's Wand
  • 08 - Poison Needle
  • 09 - Iron Claw
  • 0A - Thorn Whip
  • 0B - Giant Shears
  • 0C - Chain Sickle
  • 0D - Thor's Sword
  • 0E - Snowblast Sword
  • 0F - Demon Axe
  • 10 - Staff of Rain
  • 11 - Sword of Gaia
  • 12 - Staff of Reflection
  • 13 - Sword of Destruction
  • 14 - Multi-Edge Sword
  • 15 - Staff of Force
  • 16 - Sword of Illusion
  • 17 - Zombie Slasher
  • 18 - Falcon Sword
  • 19 - Sledge Hammer
  • 1A - Thunder Sword
  • 1B - Staff of Thunder
  • 1C - Sword of Kings
  • 1D - Orochi Sword
  • 1E - Dragon Killer
  • 1F - Staff of Judgement

  • 20 - Clothes
  • 21 - Training Suit
  • 22 - Leather Armor
  • 23 - Flashy Clothes
  • 24 - Half Plate Armor
  • 25 - Full Plate Armor
  • 26 - Magic Armor
  • 27 - Cloak of Evasion
  • 28 - Armor of Radiance
  • 29 - Iron Apron
  • 2A - Animal Suit
  • 2B - Fightting Suit
  • 2C - Sacred Robe
  • 2D - Armor of Hades
  • 2E - Water Flying Cloth
  • 2F - Chain Mail
  • 30 - Wayfarers Clothes
  • 31 - Revealing Swimsuit
  • 32 - Magic Bikini
  • 33 - Shell Armor
  • 34 - Armor of Terrafirma
  • 35 - Dragon Mail
  • 36 - Swordedge Armor
  • 37 - Angel's Robe

  • 38 - Leather Shield
  • 39 - Iron Shield
  • 3A - Shield of Strength
  • 3B - Shield of Heroes
  • 3C - Shield of Sorrow
  • 3D - Bronze Shield
  • 3E - Silver Shield

  • 3F - Golden Crown
  • 40 - Iron Helmet
  • 41 - Mysterious Hat
  • 42 - Unlucky Helmet
  • 43 - Turban
  • 44 - Noh Mask
  • 45 - Leather Helmet
  • 46 - Iron Mask

  • 47 - Sacred Amulet
  • 48 - Ring of Life
  • 49 - Shoes of Happiness
  • 4A - Golden Claw
  • 4B - Meteorite Armband
  • 4C - Book of Satori
  • 4D - '   '
  • 4E - Wizard's Ring
  • 4F - Black Pepper
  • 50 - Sage's Stone
  • 51 - Mirror of Ra
  • 52 - Vase of Draught
  • 53 - Lamp of Darkness
  • 54 - Staff of Change
  • 55 - Stone of Life
  • 56 - Invisibility Herb
  • 57 - Magic Ball

  • 58 - Thief's Key
  • 59 - Magic Key
  • 5A - Final Key

  • 5B - Dream Ruby
  • 5C - Wake-up Powder
  • 5D - Royal Scroll
  • 5E - Oricon

  • 5F - Strength Seed
  • 60 - Agility Seed
  • 61 - Vitality Seed
  • 62 - Luck Seed
  • 63 - Intelligence Seed
  • 64 - Acorns of Life

  • 65 - Medical Herb
  • 66 - Antidote Herb
  • 67 - Fairy Water
  • 68 - Wing of Wyvern
  • 69 - Leaf of the World Tree

  • 6A - '   '
  • 6B - Locket of Love
  • 6C - Full Moon Herb
  • 6D - Water Blaster
  • 6E - Sailors Thigh Bone
  • 6F - Echoing Flute
  • 70 - Fairy Flute
  • 71 - Silver Harp
  • 72 - Sphere of Light
  • 73 - Poison Moth Powder
  • 74 - Spiders Web
  • 75 - Stone of Sunlight

  • 76 - Rainbow Drop
  • 77 - Silver Orb
  • 78 - Red Orb
  • 79 - Yellow Orb
  • 7A - Purple Orb
  • 7B - Blue Orb
  • 7C - Green Orb

  • 7D - Stick Slime
  • 7E - Black Raven
  • 7F - Sword Horned
  • 80-FE - Equipped versions of items
  • FF - Nothing

Spell List

First character's magic list begins at 0x79C. Add 8 * ally number for other characters.

  • Byte 0-2: Wizard Spells (in battle)
  • Byte 3: Wizard Spells (field)
  • Byte 4-6: Pilgrim Spells (in battle)
  • Byte 7: Pilgrim Spells (field)

Note: Hero uses location of Wizard spells.

Wizard Battle Spells

Byte 0

  • Blaze
  • Upper
  • IceBolt
  • Increase
  • Firebal
  • Return
  • Bang
  • Slow

Byte 1

  • Blazemore
  • RobMagic
  • Snowblast
  • IceSpears
  • Firebane
  • Bikill
  • Boom
  • Bounce

Byte 2

  • Blazemost
  • Chaos
  • Snowstorm
  • BeDragon
  • Firevolt
  • Transform
  • Explodet
  • Chance

Wizard Field Spells

Byte 3

  • Outside
  • Return
  • X-Ray
  • StepGuard
  • Day-Night
  • CurseOff
  • Invisible
  • Open

Pilgrim Battle Spells

Byte 4

  • Sap
  • Heal
  • Expel
  • Antidote
  • Infernos
  • SpeedUP
  • Surround
  • Sleep

Byte 5

  • Defence
  • Healmore
  • Beat
  • NumbOff
  • Infermore
  • StopSpell
  • Limbo
  • Awake

Byte 6

  • Barrier
  • Healall
  • Defeat
  • Healus
  • Infermost
  • Vivify
  • Sacrifice
  • Revive

Pilgrim Field Spells

Byte 7

  • Heal
  • Antidote
  • Healmore
  • NumbOff
  • Vivify
  • Healall
  • Healus
  • Revive