New Gameplay Adjustments:

• New vocation: Monster Wrangler.
• Certain stats have been modified to modern standards.
• Stamina has been added to determine HP growth, using the same formula as Resilience in previous versions
• New spells, such as Moreheal, Zapple, and Zin.
• The inclusion of skills for melee vocations, such as Double-Edged Slash, Mercurial Thrust, and Cop Out .
• Boomerangs and whips can now land Critical Hits, though less frequently than single-target weapons.
• The inclusion of additional monsters, such as the frostburn, a new variant of it, and Garboyle, who originally was an unfightable monster in the game's SNES and Game Boy Color intro.
• Battle tactics, available for the first time in Dragon Quest III.
• Three modes of difficulty: Dracky Quest (Easy), Dragon Quest (Normal), and Draconian Quest (Hard).