Start with Memories if you are new or unsure where to spend upgrades. Open Vocations when class choice matters, and Blessings when run bonuses start changing your clears.
DRAGON QUEST Smash/Grow Mechanics Guide
Use this page when a game mechanic is confusing and you need the next useful guide, not a long detour. Start with Memories for upgrades, Vocations for class direction, and Blessings for run choices.
Quick Answer
Read Memories first, Vocations when choosing a class, and Blessings when planning runs.
If you are not sure where to start, open the Memory guide first. It affects early equipment decisions and upgrade spending. Use the vocation guide when your class choice is unclear, then check Blessings when a run or boss fight starts depending on temporary bonuses.
- Memories: equip broad-value bonuses first, then upgrade only the ones your main team keeps using.
- Vocations: pick the class that fits your best weapon and the role your party is missing.
- Blessings: learn the basic system first, then choose combo plans by whether the run needs room clear, boss damage, or survival.
Mechanics Guides
Choose a Mechanics Guide
Pick the page that matches today’s decision: upgrade a Memory, choose a vocation, or understand a Blessing run.
Class Choice
Vocation System Guide
Read this when your weapon pull or party role makes you choose a class.
Choose a vocation Run ChoicesHow Blessings Work
Open this when Blessings start changing your route, fights, or run rewards.
Learn Blessings Combo PlanBest Blessings and Skill Combos
Use this when you know the Blessing basics and need a practical combo plan for rooms, bosses, or survival.
Choose combosMechanics FAQ
Common mechanics questions
Memories matter once you have slots to fill and a main team worth supporting. Early on, use simple bonuses that help damage, survival, or repeat farming.
They answer different problems. Vocations shape your long-term class direction, while Blessings help individual runs, bosses, and farming attempts.
Read the combo guide after the basic Blessings page, when you need to choose between AoE clear, boss pressure, normal attacks, or survival during a run.
Next Guides
Use these after the mechanic makes sense
Tier Lists Compare the best options after you understand the mechanic
Use rankings when you know whether the next choice is a weapon, Memory, party, armor, or vocation.
Builds Turn the mechanic into a real team setupBuild pages help you connect Memories, weapons, classes, and party roles into something you can play.
Beginner Guide Go back to first-day priorities if everything feels too earlyUse the beginner guide when you still need story order, dailies, and upgrade timing before deeper mechanics.