Dragon Warrior/RAM map

The following article is a RAM map for Dragon Warrior.

RAM	Function	Details
0x003A	Player X Position	X position on current map. Map not redrawn on direct change.
0x003B	Player Y Position	Y position on current map.
0x003E	Player V-position on Overworld Map	#00 = Horizontal Strip two rows north of Garinham.
0x0042	Player H-position on Overworld Map	#00 = Verticalal Strip two columns west of Garinham.
0x0047	Button(s) pressed	Uses binary processing. Here are the values: Value Button Value Button *1 A 1* Up *2 B 2* Down *4 Select 4* Left *8 Start 8* Right
0x004F	Countup Clock on Overworld	Activates small status window in upper-left corner when player doesn't move.
0x0090-91	Player X Position (Sprite)	Increments of 0x10 for major position. Relates to NPCs. Should match with 0x003A to ensure NPCs are in correct location on the map.
0x0092-93	Player Y Position (Sprite)	Increments of 0x10 for major position. Relates to NPCs. Should match with 0x003B to ensure NPCs are in correct location on the map.
0x0094-95	Random Number generator state	0x95 is used for the random value; influenced by 0x94.
0x00BA-BB	Experience	Raw experience amount. Level and other stats are generated from this value (eventually reverting changes wihtin 0x00C5-CD)
0x00BE	Equipment	This byte contains your current equipment. It's compiled from the three values for your sword, your armor, and your shield. Values are below.
0x00BC-BD	Gold	Gold
0x00BF	Magic Keys	Set $00-$0A for that amount of keys. $0A will not show a number. $0B=1, $0C=2, etc.
0x00C0	Amount of Herbs
0x00C1-0x00C4	Items	Each nybble represents an item for a total of 8 items (not counting Magic Keys) in your inventory: Value Item Value Item 0 Nothing 8 Gwaelin's Love 1 Torch 9 Cursed Belt 2 Fairy Water A Silver Harp 3 Wings B Death Necklace 4 Dragon's Scale C Stones of Sunlight 5 Fairy Flute D Staff of Rain 6 Fighter's Ring E Rainbow Drop 7 Erdrick's Token F Herb
0x00C5	Player HP
0x00C6	Player MP
0x00C7	Player LV
0x00C8	Player Strength
0x00C9	Player Agility
0x00CA	Player Max HP
0x00CB	Player Max MP
0x00CC	Player Attack Power
0x00CD	Player Defense Power
0x00CE	Spells	Uses binary processing. Here are the values: Value Spell Value Spell *1 Heal 1* Stopspell *2 Hurt 2* Outside *4 Sleep 4* Return *8 Radiant 8* Repel
0x00CF	More Spells	The first two bits are used for spells, the latter 6 bits are unused/unknown: Value Spell *1 Healmore *2 Hurtmore
0x00d0	Light radius	Used to determine vision within dungons. Valid values are 01, 03, 05, 07. Can be set to 16, but values that high don't necessarily update the screen outside the centered 7x7 grid.
0x00d8	Menu horiz ptr	Horizontal position pointer for battle menu
0x00d9	Menu vert ptr	Vertical position pointer for battle menu
0x00da	Light timer	Set by Radiant spell and counts down. When it reaches 0, light radius is decreased.
0x00e0	Terrain / Enemy pointer	In battle, is a pointer to the current enemy type. Out of battle, is a pointer to the current terrain type. Enemy list below.
0x00e2	Enemy HP
0x00e6-e7	Music Track 1 position	Pointer
0x00ea-eb	Music Track 2 position	Pointer
0x00f4	Music note delay timer (drum/track 1)	Timers for two independent music sources. If set to 00, that track is paused.
0x00f8	Music note delay timer (flute/track 2)
0x00fc	Music tempo	00=off, ff=full
0x6003	In battle or not?	03=in battle, 02=not in battle.

Enemy IDs:
00 = slime
01 = red slime
02 = drakee
03 = ghost
04 = magician
05 = magidrakee
06 = scorpion
07 = druin
08 = poltergeist
09 = droll
0a = drameema
0b = skeleton
0c = warlock
0d = metal scorpion
0e = wolf
0f = wraith
10 = metal slime
11 = specter
12 = wolflord
13 = druinlord
14 = drollmagi
15 = wyvern
16 = rogue scorpion
17 = wraith knight
18 = golem
19 = goldman
1a = knight
1b = magiwyvern
1c = demon knight
1d = werewolf
1e = green dragon
1f = starwyvern
20 = wizard
21 = axe knight
22 = blue dragon
23 = stoneman
24 = armored knight
25 = red dragon
26 = dragonlord form 1
27 = dragonlord form 2 * setting this outside of battle will freeze all NPCs, make movement impossible, black out parts of the screen, etc.

Equipment values:

   Swords:

     Bamboo Pole:      0x20

     Club:             0x40

     Copper Sword:     0x60

     Hand Axe:         0x80

     Broad Sword:      0xA0

     Flame Sword:      0xC0

     Erdrick's Sword:  0xE0


   
   Armor:

     Clothes:          0x04

     Leather Armor:    0x08

     Chain Mail:       0x0C

     Half Plate Armor: 0x10

     Full Plate Armor: 0x14

     Magic Armor:      0x18

     Erdrick's Armor:  0x1C


   
   Shields:

     Small Shield:     0x01

     Large Shield:     0x02

     Silver Shield:    0x03

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