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Hello

I have Dragon Quest 8 PAL version, and since it's my 3+ playthrough I decided to pop it into emulator and cheat a bit with clear conscience. I'm using these cheats:

Code:
gametitle=Dragon Quest VIII: The Journey of the cursed King (E) [SLES_539.74] [945FBF31]

//Alchemy Pot Always Ultimate

patch=1,EE,0040929E,extended,00000003

//Unlock All Alchemy Recipes

patch=1,EE,4040EB80,extended,00320001

patch=1,EE,FFFFFFFF,extended,00000000

//Max Gold

//patch=1,EE,20409B40,extended,05F5E0FF

//Money On Hand Does Not Decrease

patch=1,EE,20202BC4,extended,5CA00001

patch=1,EE,20202BC8,extended,00451021

patch=1,EE,20202BCC,extended,00000000

//Have Full Teleport List

patch=1,EE,20409390,extended,FFFFFFFF

patch=1,EE,00409394,extended,000000FF

//Max Agility (works fine,finally)

//patch=1,EE,10409BA2,extended,000003E6 //Hero

//patch=1,EE,10409CDA,extended,00000320    //Angelo, the 320 are 800 Agility points

//patch=1,EE,10409C72,extended,00000350    //Jessica          848

//patch=1,EE,10409C0A,extended,00000300    //Yangus          768

//Experience Multipler Codes. It even displays the exact Exp you gain after battle.

//x2

//patch=1,EE,20360CD4,extended,8FA2319C

//patch=1,EE,20360CD8,extended,00021040

//patch=1,EE,20360CDC,extended,AFA2319C

//x4

//patch=1,EE,20360CD4,extended,8FA2319C

//patch=1,EE,20360CD8,extended,00021080

//patch=1,EE,20360CDC,extended,AFA2319C

//x8

patch=1,EE,20360CD4,extended,8FA2319C

patch=1,EE,20360CD8,extended,000210C0

patch=1,EE,20360CDC,extended,AFA2319C

//x16

//patch=1,EE,20360CD4,extended,8FA2319C

//patch=1,EE,20360CD8,extended,00021100

//patch=1,EE,20360CDC,extended,AFA2319C

//Enemies Always Drop Rare Items

//patch=1,EE,202972B4,extended,10000027

//patch=1,EE,20297358,extended,0280102D

//50/50 Chance Of Normal Or Rare Drop

patch=1,EE,202972AC,extended,0C04D0FE

patch=1,EE,202972B0,extended,00000000

patch=1,EE,202972B4,extended,30420001

patch=1,EE,202972B8,extended,00021040

patch=1,EE,202972BC,extended,02221021

patch=1,EE,202972C0,extended,1000002A

patch=1,EE,202972C4,extended,94420048

//Earn Skill Points Per Level x2

patch=1,EE,20377BD4,extended,00052840

//Allocated Skill Points Multiplier x2

patch=1,EE,20206F60,extended,00063040

//Never Sick

patch=1,EE,20409CC8,extended,00000000    //Angelo

patch=1,EE,20409B90,extended,00000000    //Hero

patch=1,EE,20409C60,extended,00000000    //Jessica

patch=1,EE,20409BF8,extended,00000000    //Yangus

//Ininity MP (works fine)

patch=1,EE,20409CB4,extended,000003E7    //Angelo

patch=1,EE,20409B7C,extended,000003E7    //Hero

patch=1,EE,20409C4C,extended,000003E7    //Jessica

patch=1,EE,20409BE4,extended,000003E7    //Yangus

//NO Random Battles(to undo the code you need to save in the normal way and

//load it through the normal way or else even if you disable the encounter codes it will still be on)

//patch=1,EE,202FABDC,extended,00000000

//Have All Main & Key Items In Bag (it ***** works^^)

//patch=1,EE,40409DD0,extended,01800001

//patch=1,EE,03E00001,extended,00000001

//Bag Item Modifier

//patch=1,EE,10409DD0,extended,0000???? //Slot 1

//patch=1,EE,10409DD4,extended,0000???? //Slot 2

//patch=1,EE,10409DD8,extended,0000???? //Slot 3

//Item Digits(the usefull stuff only)

//0008 - Uber Falcon Blade

//0011 - Liquid Metal Sword

//0016 - Dragovian King Sword

//002F - Hero Spear

//0030 - Metal King Spear

//0034 - Metal Wing Boomerang

//003F - Conqueror's Axe

//0044 - Uber War Hammer

//0046 - Megaton Hammer

//0048 - Flail of Destruction

//0051 - Gringham Whip(best whip)

//0056 - Hell Scythe

//0065 - Odin's Bow

//007B - Dangerous Bustier

//007C - Divine Bustier

//0094 - Liquid Metal Armour

//0095 - Dragovian Armour

//0096 - Metal King Armour

//00BA - Dragovian Shield

//00BB - Metal King Shield

//00DC - Dragovian Helm

//00DD - Sun Crown

//00DE - Metal King Helm

//00E1 - Meteorite Bracer(+50 agility)

//0113 - Yggdrasil Dew

//0118 - Elfin Elixir

//011C - Seed of Strength

//011D - Seed of Agility

//011E - Seed of Defence

//011F - Seed of Wisdom

//0120 - Seed of Skill

//0121 - Seed of Life

//0122 - Seed of Magic

//0127 - Ultimate Key

//012D - Baumren's Bell

//0167 - Godbird's Soulstone

I don't use them all, only a select few but I used the "Have All Main & Key Items In Bag" to check the codes and it works (bam! full bag) so they must be working. But my peeve lies with the "50/50 Chance Of Normal Or Rare Drop" code. I'm not entirely clear on how it's supposed to work. I think it should always give me either normal or rare drop at the end of a battle. But it doesn't do that. So I scoured the internet in search of a cheat that would give me a 100% item drop chance and here's the only one I found: link
I tried to convert the code to pnach type, but I must've done something wrong because it doesn't work either. This is what I got after conversion:

Code:
//100% drop rate

patch=1,EE,20296FB4,extended,10000027

patch=1,EE,20297058,extended,0280102D

Please, if someone has a working code for 100% item drop chance could you post it here? I know I can just use the full bag cheat, but where's the fun in that?

Umm, so does anyone know the 100% drop rate cheat? Or if the 50/50 works, then how is it supposed to work? It feels like the monsters drop items a bit more often, but not always. If I get it right:
- killing a group of monsters gives better odds of item drop
- threatening monsters gives the chance foe each individual monster to drop an item, so if scaring off 8 monsters could potentially give you 8 items
I'd love it if the threat method worked all of the time. Basically the only cheats I use are ultimate alchemy pot and 50/50 Chance Of Normal Or Rare Drop. I don't want to use other cheats because it ruins the experience of the game, and this is IMO the best game on PS2. All I'm doing is help myself a bit so I can finally collect every item/recipe/monster info. Normally you can't get all items without cheating. Well, you can but with the abysmal drop rate getting orichalcums will take eons.

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C'mon, anyone? This cheat is driving me crazy. I don't know how to make that 50/50 cheat work anyway.
Do I have to do a full boot? (I always use fast)
Does the cheat become valid only at a certain point in the game? (I'm at Port Prospect ATM)
Is that cheat supposed to make monsters drop items all the time with a 50/50 chance between normal and rare?
That other cheat is for NTSC version and I don't know how to convert it to PAL. I tried but it kinda messes up the game so I did something wrong.

Can someone PLEASE give me an answer? Here's a pic of Yangus to motivate you:
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