Revisional Differences

This is a sub-page of Dragon Quest Builders 2.

To do: Regional model differences: Babs' Sign reflects her localized name in different languages The Cottontail Costume changing its sleeve cuffs to wristbands

The game was updated extensively for several months after its release in Japan. Most of these features were made available in what amounts to a day-1 patch for international players. Aside from the usual Dragon Quest localization seasoning added to the game's text and character names, any regional revisions of the core story seem to be relatively minor to nonexistent.

Graphical changes#

The sign with Babs's name on it was edited to accommodate her name change from the Japanese version.

Icon (JP)	Model (JP)	Icon (EN)	Model (EN)

The cottontail costume had its cuffs changed to wristbands.

Icon (JP)	Model (JP)	Icon (EN)	Model (EN)

Name changes#

Characters#

To do: The two JP "Captain" name strings for Brownbeard and Whitebones may be unused/incorrect for the purposes of this chart, check their names in dialogue later.

Not at all unusual for Dragon Quest, many characters have different names between Japanese and English.

Generic villagers are simply named "farmer A", "farmer B", all the way up to H in Japanese. This seems to have done to resemble the naming conventions of random encounters in the mainline games. The English version instead gives them alliterative aliases. The generic monster villagers in Malhalla retain the alphabetic naming scheme in the English release.

A small sampling of the generic name changes are provided below.

Interestingly, the localization changes the unseen strings for the Midenhall castle illusions from "ローレシア", Midenhall's Japanese name, to "Rendarak". Both names are correct for the context, and seems to have been mostly made for clarity, as the location is mostly referred to as Rendarak ingame.

Some examples are provided below.

Locations#

The story islands, except Moonbrooke, all received new localized names.

Malhalla is a special case, where the code name and developer comments call it by one name, and the actual dialogue and title call it by a different name.

East/West mistranslation#

A relatively minor line of dialogue said by Rosie before the Harvest Festival incorrectly denotes that Moonbrooke lies to the east of Furrowfield. This can easily be disproven by looking at the world map for two seconds. Granted, the player will not be unlocking Moonbrooke as a location until several dozen hours of playtime after this text is shown. The Japanese release correctly states that Moonbrooke is to the west of Furrowfield.

Features missing from initial Japanese release#

While this is also covered by the update history section below, here is a summary so you don't need to crawl through patch notes. The following features were not available at Japanese release, but were available right away internationally:

• Buildertopia creation, and Buildertopia-related features in general
• The ability to place shallow water with the Botomless Pot
• The ability to ride golems outside of the specific story event in Khrumbl-dun

Features changed from initial Japanese release#

The inventory bag in the original release has 5 pages, as oposed to the 7 of the final release.

Original Worldwide Demo (Switch)	Final Worldwide (Switch)

Update history#

Version 1.1.0 Switch / 1.01 PlayStation#

Released December 20, 2018.

• Added 'Half' and 'Concave' options to the Chisel tool.
• Fixed an issue where Malroth wouldn't follow you from IoA to Furrowfield, making it impossible to progress.
• Fixed an issue where the screen would freeze when breeding pets.
• Various bugfixes.

Version 1.2.0 Switch / 1.02 PlayStation#

Released December 27, 2018.

• Added compatibility with the New Year's item pack, which can be downloaded from the online store for free.

Version 1.2.1 Switch / 1.03 PlayStation#

Also released December 27, 2018.

• Fixed a bug where the Furrowfield Retriever could not be petted, making it impossible to progress.
• Fixed an issue where the 'collect 30 pumpkin seeds' would not complete in Furrowfield even if the player had collected them, making it impossible to progress.
• Fixed an issue where the player could not use the "Water of Life" item on Furrowfield, making it impossible to progress.
• Fixed an issue on PlayStation 4 where a player could not find someone else's island if they had 26 or more friends.
• Various bugfixes.

Version 1.2.2 Switch / 1.04 PlayStation#

Released January 9, 2019.

• Some bugfixes.
• The quest icon has been increased an can now be changed from the settings
• The images displayed on the bulletin board will reflect the images from the daily rankings
• Adjusted appearance rates of monsters on the Isle of Awakening.
• Adjusted Malroth's attack power when equipped with a weak weapon during certain battles.
• Adjusted items dropped by some monsters.
• Increased probability of befriending some monsters.
• Quest icons in Furrowfield have been made easier to find.
• Fixed an issue in the "River Quest" where the quest did not display the mud block icon
• Fixed an issue that would make it impossible to progress if you completed a crafting recipe or travelled to another island while the Hairy Hermit was leading the way on IoA.

Version 1.2.3 Switch / 1.05 PlayStation#

Released January 11, 2019.

• Hammerhoods will no longer spawn in IoA on tiles displayed as 'dirt'.
• Added version display in-game. (Version shown is the one labelled 'Switch' in this page)

Version 1.3.0 Switch / 1.06 PlayStation#

Released January 31, 2019.

• Added the ability to create Buildertopias, randomly-generated empty islands that the player can build freely on.
• Added additional NPC dialogue.
• Added items that prevent monsters from appearing on the Isle of Awakening.
• Added 'Sharp Shot' option to the camera.
• Added a new setting type for the Builder Tool Switching.
• Adjusted blueprint construction (elaborate)
• Minor bug fixes

Version 1.4.0 Switch / 1.07 PlayStation#

PlayStation received another patch 1.4.0a/1.0.8 Released February 28, 2019. Either this update or v1.5.0 fixed an item duplication glitch.

• Added compatibility with the Hotto Stuff Pack DLC.
• Changed the information display for the Noticeboard
• Added prizes to those who rank highly in the daily Noticeboard rankings
• Added setting that directs characters to look at the camera in photo mode.
• Added expression change feature to photo mode.
• Added setting to enable or disable being able to see water through glass.
• Added ability to upload buildertopias to the Noticeboard.
• Doors can now be opened with switches.
• Chest of drawers, armoires and wardrobes can now hold items other than armor and clothing.
• Increased number of dyes available from crops.
• Added a way to obtain Salmon.
• Minor bug fixes.

Version 1.4.0b / 1.09 PlayStation#

Released March 5, 2019.

• Fixed a bug with obtaining the trophy 「海の王者」 in the PS4 version after updating to 1.4.0.

Version 1.5.0 / 1.11 PlayStation#

Released March 28, 2019.

• Added compatibility with the Aquarium Pack DLC.
• Added visual setting that enables the glass of aquariums to seamlessly mesh with water.
• Added visual setting for water opacity.

Version 1.5.1 / 1.12 PlayStation#

• Fixed a bug with the display water through glass setting not being saved after resetting the game.
• Minor bug fixes

Version 1.6.0 / 1.13 PlayStation#

To do: Nintendo's website credits most of the 1.6.0 updates to 1.6.1, also claiming 1.6.1 came out July 12th, go back and double-check sources to figure out the discrepancy.

Released May 30, 2019. The international versions of the game released with this version number.

• Added compatibility with the Modernist Pack DLC.
• A new item has been added – “cast iron door”
• The number of items that can be dyed has been increased
• The bag’s capacity has been increased
• The capacity of certain storage items (chests of drawers, wardrobes, armoires etc.) has been increased
• A “shallow mode” has been added to the upgraded bottomless pot
• A password feature has been added to the Buildertopia search that allows you to recreate islands you’ve visited
• Islanders recruited on Explorer’s Shores can now be renamed
• The Millennium Buggy Buggy’s lights can now be switched on and off once the game has been completed
• Friendly golem-type monsters can now be ridden
• The icon size feature now also applies to icons used during combat
• The stability of the game controls has been improved
• Other miscellaneous fixes

Version 1.6.1 / 1.14 PlayStation#

Released July 18, 2019.

• Minor bug fixes.

Version 1.7.0 / 1.15 PlayStation#

Released August 18, 2019. The last major free content update, dubbed the "Epilogue Update" by the developers.

• Added a short story section involving a group of characters from the endgame whose fates were unresolved in previous versions of the game. Consequently, this resulted in several new unique NPCs that can be added to the player's home island.
• Increased available save "profiles" from one to three, resulting in a total of six actual save slots, though three of these are autosaves.
• New setting for the Buildnoculars item allowing the cursor movement speed to be adjusted.
• New setting allowing plant growth to be disabled.
• A counter for the number of rooms on the current island was added to the pause screen. This is useful due to a 100-room cap on active rooms.
• Added several new hairstyles for the player character based on those used by NPCs.
• Added new items that allow the player to control the weather.
• Removed "learned a recipe" animation when unlocking recipes with gratitude points. (Considering the player would have to do this dozens of times, possibly at once, when unlocking these, this is a blessing for one's sanity.)
• Directional arrow demonstrating which way an object will face when placed was added.
• Additional functionality was given to the War Banner item. The player may now call non-combat NPCs to their side with it; previously, it could only be used to call NPCs capable of combat.
• Increased number of Buildertopias from one to three.
• Other bug fixes

Version 1.7.1 / 1.16 PlayStation#

Released November 4, 2019, and referred to as "1.7.1a" in Nintendo Switch copies.

• Added compatibility with the Jumbo Demo, though said demo wasn't actually announced when the update went live.
• Minor bug fixes

Version 1.7.2#

Released for the PC version only on December 23, 2019. This fixed several issues present in the PC release relating to control mapping and game performance.

• A problem where certain mice caused issues with camera speed was fixed by providing a setting relating to it.
• Change to how graphics settings are determined on initial game startup.
• Fixed detection issues relating to the game running above intended framerates.
• Fixed an issue where remapping of the jump command to certain inputs prevented NPCs from being able to jump.

Version 1.7.3 / 1.17 PlayStation#

Released for all versions March 19, 2020.

• Fixed an issue where images uploaded to the Bulletin Board stop being viewable by others.
• Fixes for small bugs

Version 1.7.3a#

Released for the Steam version on April 28, 2021. This patch appears to have fixed a significant bug where the game would hang on an infinite loading screen when writing a brand-new save file after completion of the tutorial segment.

• Measures to address bugs affecting saving.
• Jumbo demo is released

Version 1.7.3b#

Released for the Windows 10 and Xbox One version on June 28, 2021. This patch appears to have fixed a significant bug where the game would hang on an infinite loading screen when writing a brand-new save file after completion of the tutorial segment.

• Measures to address bugs affecting saving.
• Jumbo demo is released

Version 1.7.3c#

Released for the Windows 10 and Xbox One version on August 11, 2021.

• Minor bug fixes