Dragon's Crown
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40 free Dragon's Crown trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Dragon's Crown took the long way to release. The idea sat on a shelf for more than a decade, was turned down by one publisher after another, and came close to cancellation twice before it finally shipped in 2013 and went on to sell over a million copies. This quiz covers the whole story: the six playable classes and how they differ, the dungeons, loot and magic systems, the plot of kings, heirs and an ancient dragon, the artists and arcade classics that shaped the game, the row over its character designs, and the PlayStation 4 remaster. It is written for players who have cleared the campaign at least once, with enough behind-the-scenes detail to keep long-time fans of the studio guessing. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which publisher liked the 2009 pitch for Dragon's Crown but passed, doubting it would sell like Monster Hunter?
Capcom
Capcom's executives liked the idea but turned it down as a weaker seller. The director had once worked there on the arcade brawler Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom.
Q 02Dragon's Crown was first designed as a 3D sequel to the 1997 game Princess Crown for which console?
Dreamcast
Dreamcast was the planned home of the original version, which was scrapped when the director's studio closed. The idea then went unsold for a decade.
Q 03Programmer Kentaro Ohnishi based the loot system of Dragon's Crown on the one in which Western action role-playing game?
Diablo
Diablo supplied the model for the graded, randomised loot. Its random dungeon layouts were dropped early in development so players could memorise and master each stage.
Q 04Which Japanese studio, known for 2D games such as Muramasa: The Demon Blade, developed Dragon's Crown?
Vanillaware
Vanillaware made Dragon's Crown its first game for high-definition consoles. It was also the studio's longest and most expensive project up to then, taking four years.
Q 05Dragon's Crown was released for PlayStation 3 and which handheld console, chosen for its multiplayer appeal?
PS Vita
PS Vita was picked because the first publisher wanted a portable multiplayer hit. The handheld version went on to top the 2013 digital sales chart on Japan's PlayStation Network.
Q 06Dragon's Crown mixes action role-playing with which arcade genre, something its studio had never attempted before?
Beat 'em up
Beat 'em up brawling was the direction programmer Kentaro Ohnishi pushed for. Every class shares one basic moveset of attacking, dodging and jumping, as in the old arcade games.
Q 07Which Japanese publisher rescued Dragon's Crown in 2012 after its original backer pulled out of the games business?
Atlus
Atlus took the half-built game on and lent staff to help finish it. Its own parent company then went bankrupt in 2013, putting the project in danger a second time.
Q 08All three female classes in Dragon's Crown, including the Elf and Sorceress, share a high rating in which statistic?
Luck
Luck is the stat they share, and it raises the chance of finding more valuable loot in treasure chests.
Q 09Pressing on to another dungeon without returning to town in Dragon's Crown triggers which stat-boosting minigame?
Cooking
Cooking turns gathered ingredients and seasoning into meals that raise a character's statistics. The option only opens up after the first half of the game.
Q 10The publisher that rescued Dragon's Crown lent development help from the team behind which of its series?
Persona
Persona staff were loaned to the project when the new publisher stepped in. Katsura Hashino and Yousuke Uda came aboard as the game's new producers.
Q 11Revived in 2009 after Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Dragon's Crown was first planned for which console?
Wii
Wii was the target when the new pitch was first shown to a publisher. A later backer aimed for an international audience before the game settled on Sony's machines.
Q 12Dragon's Crown sends adventurers through nine dungeons surrounding a central town in which fantasy kingdom?
Hydeland
Hydeland is thrown into crisis when its king disappears, leaving his heirs to face a coup while monsters surge out of ancient sites across the land.
Q 13Which artist both directed Dragon's Crown and drew its characters, most backgrounds and full-motion illustrations?
George Kamitani
Q 21For the 2018 PlayStation 4 remaster Dragon's Crown Pro, the whole soundtrack was re-recorded using what?
A live orchestra
A live orchestra replaced the original recordings, with sessions held in Tokyo, Hyogo and Australia. The remaster's sprites were also redrawn to support 4K resolution.
Q 22In Dragon's Crown, which magical abilities are cast by activating three symbols, some hidden in the scenery?
Runes
Runes are cast by combining three symbols, up to two of which can be found in the background of a stage. A building in town keeps a record of the ones unlocked.
Q 23Which Dragon's Crown class is revealed in the ending as the lost grandchild of a noble family?
Amazon
George Kamitani founded the studio in 2002 and had directed Princess Crown, the 1997 game this one was first meant to follow.
Q 14The muscular, exaggerated artwork of Dragon's Crown drew heavy inspiration from which American fantasy painter?
Frank Frazetta
Frank Frazetta's paintings shaped the look. The director magnified each character's defining traits to give stock fantasy figures a fresh spin, and said the designs were not meant to be taken seriously.
Q 15Which composer, best known for Final Fantasy Tactics, wrote the Dragon's Crown soundtrack with his company Basiscape?
Hitoshi Sakimoto
Hitoshi Sakimoto treated it as his first solo soundtrack in many years. He sorted the tracks into three groups: humans, nature and monsters.
Q 16Alongside the fairy Tiki, which thief follows Dragon's Crown adventurers into every dungeon to unlock chests?
Rannie
Rannie tags along on every run to open treasure chests and locked doors. Tiki's job is to point out treasure hidden in the scenery.
Q 17After finishing Dragon's Crown on Hard, players unlock which third difficulty setting, capped at character level 99?
Infernal
Infernal opens after a second full playthrough. An even tougher Ultimate setting lifts the level cap to 255.
Q 18Loot found in Dragon's Crown is graded by letter, running from the lowest E up to which top rank?
S
S is the top grade, one step above A. Back in town, players can pay gold to appraise each item, which changes its selling value.
Q 19Where in the town of Dragon's Crown do players pay to resurrect bones found in dungeons as allies?
Canaan Temple
Canaan Temple revives the bone piles as computer-controlled companions for solo play, and also grants boons for the next dungeon run.
Q 20Which Dragon's Crown class can absorb damage aimed at allies, a trait one reviewer likened to an MMO tank?
Fighter
Fighter is the armoured, straightforward class that makes for an easier run, while spellcasters such as the Wizard demand far more finesse.
The Amazon is hailed by the people and claimed by nobles as their missing granddaughter. In combat her strikes grow stronger and faster the longer she keeps attacking.
Q 24Completing Dragon's Crown unlocks which tenth dungeon, whose layout is procedurally generated?
Labyrinth of Chaos
Labyrinth of Chaos opens once the story is finished. A still later eleventh dungeon, with more random areas and bosses, waits on the highest difficulty setting.
Q 25The studio behind Dragon's Crown took its present name in 2004 on moving to which Japanese city?
Osaka
Osaka became home when the company, founded two years earlier under the name Puraguru, relocated and rebranded.
Q 26A writer for which gaming site led criticism of the Sorceress design in Dragon's Crown before its 2013 release?
Kotaku
Kotaku's Jason Schreier called the design symptomatic of how the games industry treats women. The publisher defended the art, and one reviewer judged the whole cast equally exaggerated.
Q 27Which feature, missing from Dragon's Crown at launch and criticised by some reviewers, arrived in a later patch?
Cross-play
Cross-play between the PS3 and handheld versions came in one of five patches released between August and December 2013.
Q 28At the end of the Dragon's Crown story, which princess becomes queen and inherits the now-powerless crown?
Vivian
Vivian takes the throne after her brother Dean is crowned and then sacrificed by a dragon-summoning cult.
Q 29Post-launch DLC for Dragon's Crown let players replace whose voice with any of the six class voice actors?
The narrator
The narrator can be swapped for any of the six playable characters' voices. The voice pack was free for the first month after the North American launch, then went on sale as paid DLC.
Q 30The publisher that saved Dragon's Crown had earlier released which game by the same studio?
Odin Sphere
Odin Sphere was the link: with funding gone in 2011, the director went back to the company that had released it rather than see the new game cancelled.