Dragon Marked For Death
Dragon Marked For Death |
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Also known as: DMFD, DragonMFD This game has unused areas. This game has a notes page |
This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes. |
Dragon Marked For Death is a multiplayer-focused 2D side-scrolling action game for up to 4 players. It was in development from 2006-2019, spanning through four console generations (PSP, Xbox 360, 3DS, and Switch). The game was further heavily updated throughout 2020.
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Contents
- 1 Sub-Pages
- 2 Unused Areas
- 3 Unused Enemy Content
- 4 Unused NPC Content
- 4.1 Medius City "Hopeless" Sprites
- 4.2 Dreaming of Treasure Canere Run Animation
- 4.3 Sea of Tumult Bandero Animations
- 4.4 Dangerous Wine Caymar Animations
- 4.5 Cruise Escort Yunda Animations
- 4.6 Over the Ice Wall Bao Run Animation
- 4.7 Werewolf Hunting Cauda Walk Animation
- 4.8 The Bell Tolls Gratio Animations
- 4.9 Haunting Grounds Wursuth Animations
- 4.10 Twin Dragon's End Unknown Character
- 4.11 The Sleeping Tome Kasper Animations
- 4.12 A Cry from the Tower Propei Shivering Animations
- 4.13 Pillar Maintenance Paries Animations
- 5 Unused Items
- 6 Unused Objects
- 7 Unused Abilities
- 8 Unused Text
- 9 Unused Translations
- 10 Scrapped Black Market Crafting Materials
- 11 References
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Notes |
Unused and Unseen Graphics A visual representation of the game's evolution. |
Scrapped Flavor Text We had a peek at these in Version 1.1.0n. |
Unused Areas
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Debug Room
The Debug Room is stored in the file st000.stb (hashed as 60e85a0ef47154b0ad108220b60b374e in the Steam version).
The room contains several similar slope testing areas with different tile types (normal, ice, conveyor belt, etc.). When loaded in place of the Sica Village location in the quest "Ogre Fort," the Debug Room has no associated minimap, and the player spawns on a semi-jagged hill area. The room ends with a long, empty stretch and a wall of normal tiles.
Lanza Channel Second Boat
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00:19 | Quest start |
00:36 | No-clipping start |
00:45 | Extra space at the mouth of sea monster map |
01:00 | 1st boat map |
01:22 | 2nd boat map |
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Located directly to the right of the main boat is a separate map for a second boat that appears to be floating in midair, complete with its own mini-map. However, the mini-map does not match the actual location of the second boat. There is no water, no sails, and the ceiling is very low, so that the player cannot stand on the top masts. The walls and floor have collision detection. There is a wooden door that cannot be opened leading into the hull, but it is impossible to enter the hull, even through no-clipping.
Tarpol Mountains Placeholder Tiles and Odd Map Placement
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00:11 | Quest start |
00:15 | No-clipping start |
00:25 | Placeholder tiles in top-left corner of map |
00:41 | Strange level placement at the top of map |
2:05 | Unreachable tree branch and hook stump |
2:44 | Clipping through the barrier |
3:31 | Clipping to the inner ice cave map (used in Over the Ice Wall) |
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In the top-left corner of the map, there are white, hollow placeholder tiles as well as what looks to be a remnant or a copy of some level tiles. Some tiles at the top include ice spikes, wooden platforms, broken wooden platforms, and some background elements. This continues until around the middle of the overall mountain map.
There appears to be an unreachable tree branch placed much higher than the other branches. In the quest "Over the Ice Wall," this branch is accompanied by a tree stump that the Empress can hook onto. However, there are no other tree stumps near that area.
In the quest "Over the Ice Wall," there is a switch across the far-right barrier of the mountain. Clipping there reveals that it is attached to the wall you must destroy in the quest "The Frigid Nest".
Labyrinth of Flame Lower Area
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00:10 | Quest start |
00:34 | No-clipping start |
00:40 | Out-of-bounds in beginning area |
01:00 | Vacant patches |
01:08 | Closed-off area with enemies |
01:19 | Accessible teleporter glyph areas |
01:35 | Beginning area of quest "Resurging Flames," with enemies |
02:27 | Out-of-bounds in opposite beginning area |
02:38 | Giant unused area / loading area(?) underneath the entire map |
05:02 | Testing pillar length, out-of-bounds |
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Located directly underneath the main map, there appears to be an unused or placeholder loading area, with its own mini-map. This area does not appear to be traversable by any normal means. There is a copy of one of the Asura Goblin boss areas in the middle of the map. Most of it is submerged in a void with various background assets floating around. Some areas are covered in the fog filter, while others are not. There is no barrier at the bottom of the map, so it is possible to get lost by falling into the void while the camera does not follow.
Unused Enemy Content
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Unused Common Enemy Palettes
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Asura Bat | ||
Demonpillar | ||
Lampic | ||
Skullbee | ||
Tough Chick | ||
Watcher |
Unused Boss Enemy Palettes
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Jinryu / The Celestial's Goliath | ||
Lycanthrope |
Mismatched Lycanthrope Icons
Although this Lycanthrope palette is unused, it is incorrectly used as the Lycanthrope's icon in the final game.
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Unused Enemy Icons
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These "enemies" are in the game, but do not necessarily appear on the HUD as such.
Unused NPC Content
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Medius City "Hopeless" Sprites
Every interactable NPC in Medius City, both in the slums and in the Upper City, have unused sprites where they appear to look sad, hopeless, and almost lifeless. There are no transitional animations for these sprites. Currently, it is unknown what would have triggered these sprites to appear.
According to DMFD's director Ryota Ito in a 2020 interview:
"Early designs for DMFD shared a system with Dragon Contract — 'Sacrifice.' The protagonist could offer the souls of his allies to the elder dragons in exchange for power. Using the dragon’s power would cause these allies’ souls to slowly erode though, which eventually rendered them unable to talk."[6]
Based on the early DMFD designs and the lack of transitional animations, these sprites may have been intended to appear as a consequence of sacrificing the related NPCs' souls.
Dreaming of Treasure Canere Run Animation
The NPC Canere from the quest "Dreaming of Treasure" has an unused run animation. In the final game, Canere is idle.
Sea of Tumult Bandero Animations
The NPC Bandero from the quest "Sea of Tumult" has unused blinking and pouch animations.
Dangerous Wine Caymar Animations
The NPC Caymar from the quest "Dangerous Wine" has unused coughing and walking animations. These animations are identical to those of the NPC Capire from the Upper City.
Cruise Escort Yunda Animations
The NPC Yunda from the quest "Cruise Escort" has unused coughing and walking animations. These animations are identical to those of the NPC Capire from the Upper City, but in a blue costume instead of maroon.
Over the Ice Wall Bao Run Animation
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The NPC Bao from the quest "Over the Ice Wall" has an unused run animation. In the final game, Bao is idle.
Werewolf Hunting Cauda Walk Animation
The NPC Cauda from the quest "Werewolf Hunting" has an unused walk animation. In the final game, Cauda is idle.
The Bell Tolls Gratio Animations
The NPC Gratio from the quest "The Bell Tolls" has unused blinking and coughing animations. The coughing animation is identical to that of the NPC Capire from the Upper City.
Haunting Grounds Wursuth Animations
The NPC Wursuth from the quest "Haunting Grounds" has unused blinking, neck scratching, and walking animations.
Twin Dragon's End Unknown Character
This unknown NPC from the quest "Twin Dragon's End" has unused blinking, sighing, and surveying animations. This character is shown in the game's concept art as "シスター系".
The Sleeping Tome Kasper Animations
The NPC Kasper from the quest "The Sleeping Tome" has unused scratching and walking animations.
A Cry from the Tower Propei Shivering Animations
The NPC Propei from the quest "A Cry from the Tower" has unused shivering and walking animations.
Pillar Maintenance Paries Animations
The NPC Paries from the quest "Pillar Maintenance" has unused animations for walking, getting alarmed, and dying. Combined with the stage dialogue, these animations imply that "Pillar Maintenance" may have been an escort mission (similar to "Undying Dragon" and "The Castle Burns") at some point. In the final game, Paries simply arrives at the top of the tower before the player.
Interestingly, a unique idle animation, in which he blinks then thumbs his nose, plays only after the quest end gate appears.
Unused Items
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Food Drops
These raw meat, green apples, and green cacao fruit are in the sprite sheet for Item Drops, but are unused.
The raw meat sprites are recolors of the cooked meat sprites.
The green apple sprites are recolors of the red apple sprites with added leaves at the top.
The green cacao fruit is a recolor of the pink cacao fruit.
These food drops have names in the internal data:
Internal Name | In-Game Name (All Languages) |
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ID00_URI
ID00_CUT_URI |
Unknown |
ID01_RAW_MEET_SMALL
ID01_RAW_MEAT_BIG |
Unknown |
ID04_CACAO_BLUE | Unknown |
Black Market Item Chest
Version 2.0.0n (Nintendo Switch only) introduced the Black Market system, along with the Black Market Item Chest. These small chests had a chance of dropping from certain enemies, with specific crafting materials inside. For example, killing a Battle Crab may drop an item chest with a Crab Claw.
Version 2.2.0n removed the old Black Market Item Chest system and replaced it with the regional coins system. Any crafting materials earned from Black Market Item Chests could be exchanged for Litus coins.
Unused Gemstone Drops
These gemstone drops were intended for the DLC quest "Paying the Miser". Currently, it is unknown how many points these gemstones gave.
Unused Ice Crystal Drop
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This ice crystal drop was intended for the quest "Frozen Fusion". Although it has a noticeably different design from the used ice crystals, the ice crystal on the left has the exact same color palette as the crystals on the right. Currently, it is unknown how many points this ice crystal gave.
Unused Objects
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Pots
Three pots are unused for unknown reasons.
The first is a striped pot with a woven cover.
The second is a red variant of the blue pot seen in the stage "Muramasa Castle".
The third appears to be an industrial-themed pot related to the Pagnas region ("Tarpol Mountains" and "Labyrinth of Flame").
Cavern of Torment Breakable Block
This unused block with a red eye in the center is from the stage objects spritesheet of the quest "Cavern of Torment". Currently, the behavior of this object is unknown.
Tarpol Mountains Bunny
This is a mockup animation of the snow bunny found in the stage objects spritesheet of the stage "Tarpol Mountains". For some reason, there are stray red pixels in some of the frames. Currently, the behavior of this object is unknown.
Ensys Castle Rusted Bell
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According to the priest's intro dialogue in the quest "The Bell Tolls," there was originally going to be a rusted bell that the player would have to clean before ringing. This is reflected in the objects spritesheet of the stage "Ensys Castle." In the final game, instead of a rusted bell, the bell is already clean.
Unused Treasure Chests
In the spritesheet for treasure chests, there are two unused ones: a large yellow treasure chest and a small red treasure chest. Currently, it is unknown what these treasure chests were for.
Unused Abilities
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Unused Incantations and Incantation Levels
The second unused incantation sprite is similar to the Regen incantation sprite in the final game. The fourth seems to be an alternate version of the Cure incantation. Currently, it is unknown how these unused incantations functioned.
These unused incantation levels imply that that the Witch and Oracle were originally going to be able to cast BXBXBXBX up to 4 times (Level 5).
These Level 4 and Level 5 incantation sprites were used in place of Level 2 and Level 3 incantations during the Hangin' at Inti HQ Livestream on September 27, 2018 (YouTube, Timestamped 58:54). In that build, the level-ups seemed to tint basic Wind attacks purple, and Homing Wind attacks bright green.
Warrior Guard Point
This ability was originally used for the Warrior and the Axe weapon type. The Warrior's shield would flash orange before performing an attack similar to the Greatsword Tackle in the final game. The shield could be held onto for longer. If an enemy hit the Warrior while the shield was up, the Warrior would not be knocked over.
This ability was shown in the Hangin' at Inti HQ Livestream on August 23, 2018 (YouTube, Timestamped 32:33).
Unused Text
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Failsafe Gate Text in "Invisible Anger"
Blood has yet to be offered to every scroll.
In the quest "Invisible Anger," it is impossible to reach this area by normal means without offering blood to every scroll first, as the left side of the map is blocked off. After offering blood to all 3 scrolls, a teleporation glyph appears, which sends you to this area. However, if you somehow manage to reach this area by breaking the boundaries before this condition is fulfilled, this text appears and prevents you from fighting the boss of the quest.
Developer Text in Maps
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Unused Translations
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By the latest version of the game, Version 3.1.5 (all systems), only the languages of English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional), and Korean are used. However, there are several traces of menu sprites showing unused translations in French, Italian, German, and Spanish. These languages are not referenced in the game's internal data.
Currently, it is unknown who worked on these translations.
Status Effects
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Only the English sprites show the blue- and yellow-arrow status effects; they are present here along with the unused languages for comparison.
Loading Screen Text
Quest List Page Arrows
Scrapped Black Market Crafting Materials
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Version 2.0.0n introduced the Black Market system, along with the Black Market Item Chest. These small chests had a chance of dropping from certain enemies, with specific crafting materials inside. For example, killing a Battle Crab may drop an item chest with a Crab Claw. These materials were used to create special items.
Version 2.2.0n removed the old Black Market Item Chest system and replaced it with the regional coins system. Any crafting materials earned from Black Market Item Chests could be exchanged for Litus coins.
Although these items are technically unused, they remain in the game's data to compensate for any players who still have them in their inventory post-Version 2.2.0n.
Interestingly, although the game's different console versions do not have cross-play, data for these items still exist in them. Players of the Steam and PS4 versions of the game never got to collect these crafting materials, as those versions of the game were released with 3.0.0.
Item (English) | Item (Japanese) | Item (Korean) | Item (Chinese (Traditional)) | Rarity (Stars) | Dropped from Enemy | Obtainable before removal |
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Tough Beak | クチバシ | 부리 | 喙 | 1 | Tough Chick | ✔ |
Honey | 蜂蜜 | 벌꿀 | 蜂蜜 | 1 | Skullbee | ✔ |
Fiendish Carapace | 甲虫の甲殻 | 갑충의 갑각 | 甲蟲的甲殼 | 1 | Demonpillar | ✔ |
Sticky Thread | 粘糸 | 끈끈이 실 | 粘絲 | 3 | Demonpillar | ✔ |
Golden Scales | 金色の鱗 | 금빛 비늘 | 金色鱗片 | 1 | Flygolin (Thunder) | ✔ |
Blue Scales | 水色の鱗 | 푸른 빛 비늘 | 水色鱗片 | 1 | Flygolin (Ice) | ✔ |
Bombud Fruit | ボムツボミの実 | 폭탄 봉오리의 열매 | 炸彈花蕾果實 | 1 | Bombud (Yellow) | ✔ |
Bombud Poison | ボムツボミの毒 | 폭탄 봉오리의 독 | 炸彈花蕾的毒 | 1 | Bombud (Purple) | ✔ |
Fly Juice | 羽虫の体液 | 날벌레의 체액 | 昆蟲體液 | 1 | Fruit Fly | ✔ |
Slime Juice | スライムの体液 | 슬라임의 체액 | 史萊姆體液 | 1 | Deva Slime | ✔ |
Ice | 氷 | 얼음 | 冰 | 1 | Cloudfish (Ice) | ✔ |
Oil | 油 | 기름 | 油 | 1 | Cloudfish (Fire) | ✔ |
Paralyzing Venom | 麻連毒 | 마비 독 | 麻痺毒 | 1 | Cloudfish (Thunder) | ✔ |
Crab Shell | カニの甲羅 | 게의 껍데기 | 螃蟹殼 | 1 | Battle Crab | ✔ |
Crab Claw | カニの爪 | 게의 발톱 | 螃蟹爪 | 3 | Battle Crab | ✔ |
Do-dune Skin | ドードドーの皮 | 도도도의 가죽 | 渡渡渡鳥皮 | 1 | Do-dune | ✔ |
Suspicious Fruit | 怪しげな実 | 수상한 열매 | 詭異的果實 | 1 | Currently unknown | Currently unknown |
Smoldering Tail | 燃え続ける尻尾 | 불타는 꼬리 | 持續燃燒的尾巴 | 1 | Asura Bat (Fire) | ✔ |
Smoldering Wing | 燃え続ける羽 | 불타는 날개 | 持續燃燒的翅膀 | 4 | Asura Bat (Fire) | ✔ |
Frozen Tail | 凍った尻尾 | 얼어 붙은 꼬리 | 冰凍尾巴 | 1 | Asura Bat (Ice) | ✔ |
Frozen Wing | 凍った羽 | 얼어 붙은 날개 | 冰凍翅膀持 | 4 | Asura Bat (Ice) | ✔ |
Twitching Tail | 動き続ける尻尾 | 꿈틀 대는 꼬리 | 續蠕動的尾巴 | 1 | Asura Bat (Wind) | ✔ |
Twitching Wing | 動き続ける羽 | 꿈틀 대는 날개 | 持續抖動的翅膀 | 4 | Asura Bat (Wind) | ✔ |
Paralyzed Tail | 麻揮した尻尾 | 마비 된 꼬리 | 麻痺的尾巴 | 1 | Asura Bat (Thunder) | ✔ |
Paralyzed Wing | 麻痩した羽 | 마비 된 날개 | 麻痺的翅膀 | 4 | Asura Bat (Thunder) | ✔ |
Toxic Tail | 劇毒の尻尾 | 극 독성 꼬리 | 劇毒尾巴 | 1 | Asura Bat (Poison) | ✔ |
Toxic Wing | 劇毒の羽 | 극 독성 날개 | 劇毒翅膀 | 4 | Asura Bat (Poison) | ✔ |
Ogre Nails | オーガの爪 | 오우거의 손톱 | 巨魔指甲 | 1 | Ogre | ✔ |
Shockfish Scales | デンキウオの鱗 | 전기 어의 비늘 | 電魚鱗片 | 1 | Shockfish | ✔ |
Shockfish Sac | デンキウオの毒袋 | 전기 어의 독주 머니 | 電魚的毒袋 | 4 | Shockfish | ✔ |
Goblin Bow | ゴブリンの弓 | 고블린의 활 | 哥布林弓 | 1 | Pale Goblin | ✔ |
Bio-bulb Husk | バルブワームの抜け殻 | 벌브 웜의 허물 | 流體蟲的空殼 | 1 | Bio-bulb | ✔ |
Goblin Torch | ゴブリンの松明 | 고블린의 횃불 | 哥布林火把 | 1 | Red Goblin | ✔ |
Fire Rat Ear | 火ネズミの耳 | 불쥐의 귀 | 火鼠的耳朵 | 1 | Deva Rat (Fire) | ✔ |
Water Rat Foot | 水ネズミの足 | 물쥐의 발 | 水鼠的耳朵 | 1 | Deva Rat (Ice) | ✔ |
Electric Rat Tail | 電気ネズミの尻尾 | 전기 쥐의 꼬리 | 電鼠的耳朵 | 1 | Deva Rat (Thunder) | ✔ |
Toad Oil | ガマの油 | 두꺼비의 기름 | 蟾蜍油 | 1 | Thundertoad | ✔ |
Beetle Wing | 甲虫の超 | 갑충의 날개 | 甲蟲的翅膀 | 1 | Gold Beetle | ✔ |
Rusted Chain | 錆びた鎖 | 녹슨 사슬 | 生鋪的鎖 | 1 | Lampic | ✔ |
Spider Cocoon | クモの繭 | 거미의 고치 | 蜘蛛繭 | 1 | Void Spider | ✔ |
Watcher Whiskers | モルモルの髭 | 모르 모르의 수염 | 觸手眼球的鬚 | 1 | Watcher | ✔ |
Watcher Guts | モルモルの腸 | 모르 모르의 내장 | 觸手眼球的腸 | 5 | Watcher | ✔ |
Diamond | ダイアモンド | 다이아몬드 | 鑽石 | 8 | Unknown / None | |
Horse Meat | 桜肉 | 말고기 | 馬肉 | 8 | [not sure, Equus? Named Monster The Tempest Steed?] | ? |
Enormous Hoof | 巨大な蹄 | 거대한 발굽 | 巨蹄 | 8 | [not sure, Equus? Named Monster The Tempest Steed?] | ? |
Ogre Fang | オーガの牙 | 오우거 송곳니 | 巨魔牙 | 8 | [not sure, Ogre Prince? Named Monster The Horn Breaker?] | ? |
Gold Enhance Cube | エンハンスキューブ・金 | 인핸스 큐브 금 | 增幅魔方・金 | 1 | Unknown / None |
Placeholder Black Market Crafting Materials in Japanese Version
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These placeholder items were discovered in the Black Market shop list in Version 3.0.4s. Only in the Japanese translation do they have placeholder names. In the English, Korean, and Chinese (Traditional) translations, these item names are blank. All items listed have a rarity of 1 star and are in Item Trunk order.
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