Gittingham Palace

Gittingham Palace
Japanese name	ガナンていこく城
Rōmaji name	Ganan Teiko ku shiro
Type	Dungeon
Game	IX

Gittingham Palace is the penultimate dungeon in the story of Dragon Quest IX. It is ruled by King Godwyn and contains The Oubliette underneath its lowest basement. It is the central location in the Gittish Empire.

Items

• Reckless necklace
• Mini medal X4
• 5,000 G
• Celestial spear
• Seed of deftness
• Dark shield
• Seed of skill

Monsters in the Area

Dragon Quest IX (DS)
Enemy	Gold	Exp	Drop Item
#171 Stenchurion	122 G	1380	Manky mud Partisan	1/8 1/128
#173 Dark skeleton	162 G	1780	Evencloth Smart suit	1/32 1/128
#174 Killing machine	168 G	1880	Iron nails Seed of agility	1/16 1/256
#176 Lethal armour	164 G	1680	Magic armour Seed of defense	1/128 1/256
#177 Freezing fog	120 G	1360	Ice crystal Sage's elixir	1/16 1/128
#178 Stone guardian	182 G	2040	Resurrock Reset stone	1/16 1/256
#179 Boss troll	98 G	2400	Oaken club Boomer briefs	1/16 1/64
#180 Blastoad	156 G	2100	Toad oil Panacea	1/8 1/64
#181 Fright knight	180 G	2180	Sword breaker Dark shield	1/64 1/128
#182 Wight king	165 G	1680	Preistess's pinafore Seed of thereapeusis	1/128 1/256
#204 Cannibox	210 G	960	Mini medal Gold bracer	1/16 1/128
#205 Mimic	315 G	4120	Mini medal Gold rosary	1/16 1/64
Note: All monsters will disappear after King Godwyn is defeated.

Notable Monsters

#177 - Freezing fog Elemental Family HP MP Attack Defence Agility 126 10 126 156 162 Exp Gold Drop Ice crystal Sage's elixir 1360 120 G Note: Has high evasion rate, sometimes hard to hit.

#205 - Mimic Material Family HP MP Attack Defence Agility 627 12 256 218 173 Exp Gold Drop Mini medal Gold rosary 4120 315 G Note: Reward with high experience and coins. Has high attack and defense, weakness is instant death attacks.

Boss Monsters

Hootingham-Gore

#271 - Hootingham-Gore Bird Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	4050	255	125	238	148
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Sage's elixir (100%)
	18500	4050 G
	Description: One of the Triumgorate. Used stolen celestial power to bring back Barbarus and bend him to the will of the Empire. Threw his lot in with the ghastly Gittish Empire three hundred years ago, and was brought back as a beastly bird.
Encountered at:
Gittingham Palace - Exterior - Entrance
Attributes Resistance Fire Ice Wind Earth Light Dark Blast Illusion Sleep Death Drain MP 100 100 50 125 150 50 125 25 0 0 100 Confusion Silent Petrify Paralyze Poison Attract Attack ↓ Defense ↓ Agility ↓ Magic Res ↓ 0 0 25 0 0 5 50 25 25 50

Accompany Monsters

#186 - Bad karmour Material Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	360	132	161	262	98
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Iron ore Hades' helm
	2280	132 G
	Note: Two accompany Hootingham-Gore

Goresby-Purrvis

#272 - Goresby-Purrvis Beast Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	4550	25	220	256	162
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Fizzle foil (100%)
	20000	4550 G
	Description: One of the Triumgorate. A swordsman who swore allegiance to the Empire hoping to meet with some worthy adversaries. Died faithfully protecting his master some three hundred years ago, and was brought back in a new, feline form.
Encountered at:
Gittingham Palace - Exterior - Outside L4
Attributes Resistance Fire Ice Wind Earth Light Dark Blast Illusion Sleep Death Drain MP 75 75 125 100 75 125 125 0 0 0 100 Confusion Silent Petrify Paralyze Poison Attract Attack ↓ Defense ↓ Agility ↓ Magic Res ↓ 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 50 25 75

King Godwyn

• 1st form
• 2nd form

#273 - King Godwyn ??? Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	1970	255	168	266	145
	Exp	Gold	Drop	None
	0	0 G
	Description: Cruel king of the Gittish Empire who tasked the Triumgorate with seeking out the fyggs so he could rule the world. His evil spread across the world three centuries ago, when he fought Greygnarl and his gang. His death is shrouded in mystery.
Spells
Kafrizz
Encountered at:
Gittingham Palace - L4
Attributes Resistance Fire Ice Wind Earth Light Dark Blast Illusion Sleep Death Drain MP 100 100 125 100 125 50 100 0 0 0 100 Confusion Silent Petrify Paralyze Poison Attract Attack ↓ Defense ↓ Agility ↓ Magic Res ↓ 0 25 25 0 0 0 25 75 25 75

#273 - King Godwyn ??? Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	3250	255	220	266	155
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Sceptre of Gitt (100%)
	26500	6000 G
	Description: King Godwyn of the House of Gitt's ultimate form. Far fiercer than any of the Triumgorate, he was a truly formidable foe. Consumed by his ambitions of three centuries ago, he tried to use the fyggs to take over the world. He also murdered Aquila.
Spells
Kabuff, Magic Barrier, Kafrizz
Encountered at:
Gittingham Palace - L4
Attributes Resistance Fire Ice Wind Earth Light Dark Blast Illusion Sleep Death Drain MP 125 75 125 75 150 50 100 0 0 0 100 Confusion Silent Petrify Paralyze Poison Attract Attack ↓ Defense ↓ Agility ↓ Magic Res ↓ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 50 50

Available Quests

Quest #115 - "Sages in the Pages"
Location	Gittingham Palace - Bookshelf in Gittingham Palace - L2 North
Available at	Upon arriving at Gittingham Palace
Requested by	Supreme Sage
Response to	Supreme Sage
Requirement	Kill 5 Great trolls with Frizz.
Reward	Sage class becomes available.
Detail	The Supreme Sage, who sleeps between the pages of a book on the shelves of Glittingham Palace, asked if you'd like to become a sage too. To do so, you have to finish off five great trolls with Frizz.
Hint for solution	Great trolls could be found in the Realm of the Mighty. If you could tension up (Egg On) your mage and use Channel Anger(to increase magic might a lot), that shall do the trick.

Layout

Level 1 - South

Level 1 - West

Level 1 - North

Level 2 - North

Level 1 - East

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4 - The throne room

Other notable attributes

      This location can be reached using the Zoom spell.

      This is a location where the game can be saved after King Godwyn is defeated.

      This location contains poisonous marshes/swamps.

Trivia

• Gittingham Palace is a portmanteau of the word 'git' (British slang for a disagreeable person) and Buckingham Palace.
• Similarly, Gittish Empire is a play on the British Empire.

Other languages

Other languages
French	Palais de Lanfair
German	Schloss Schroffenheim
Spanish	Palacio Impío
Latin American Spanish	Unknown
Italian	Fortezza di Dimun
Dutch	Unknown
Norwegian	Unknown
Greek	Unknown
Portuguese	Unknown
Russian	Unknown
Chinese	Unknown
Korean	Unknown