Dragon Warrior's data tables (nmikstas/dragon-warrior-disassembly)

Each of the 40 monsters, from the Slime to the Dragonlord's true form, has 16 bytes of stats: attack, defense, base HP, a spells byte, an agility byte, a byte whose high nibble resists Hurt and low nibble sets the dodge chance, experience, and gold, then eight bytes the table's comment calls unused. Attack runs from 5 (Slime) to 140 (Dragonlord True Self), base HP from 3 (Slime) to 160 (Stoneman), experience from 0 (Dragonlord, Dragonlord True Self) to 115 (Metal slime), and gold from 0 (Dragonlord, Dragonlord True Self) to 200 (Goldman). dw1-tables/monster-stats

No.	Monster	Attack	Defense	HP	Spells byte	Agility byte	Hurt resist	Dodge	Experience	Gold	Upper bytes
0	Slime	5	3	3	0	15	0	1	1	2	69 40 4A 4D FA FA FA FA
1	Red Slime	7	3	4	0	15	0	1	1	3	69 40 4A 4D 26 F8 69 FA
2	Drakee	9	6	6	0	15	0	1	2	3	42 40 6A 4E FA FA FA FA
3	Ghost	11	8	7	0	15	0	4	3	5	45 F8 4E 69 6B FA FA FA
4	Magician	11	12	13	2	0	0	1	4	12	28 27 0C 1B 0F 0B FA FA
5	Magidrakee	14	14	15	2	0	0	1	5	12	3F 4A 48 F8 42 40 6A 4E
6	Scorpion	18	16	20	0	15	0	1	6	16	0E 0E 14 18 31 FA FA FA
7	Druin	20	18	22	0	15	0	2	7	16	3F 4E 47 F8 FA FA FA FA
8	Poltergeist	18	20	23	3	0	0	6	8	18	3F 6B 41 45 F8 4E 69 6B
9	Droll	24	24	25	0	14	0	2	10	25	42 41 43 FA FA FA FA FA
10	Drakeema	22	26	20	146	32	0	6	11	20	42 40 6A 4E 4B FA FA FA
11	Skeleton	28	22	30	0	15	0	4	11	30	0F F8 0B 13 1B FA FA FA
12	Warlock	28	22	30	18	49	0	2	13	35	28 1D F8 0C 15 FA FA FA
13	Metal Scorpion	36	42	22	0	15	0	2	14	40	1C 1B 22 14 18 31 FA FA
14	Wolf	40	30	34	0	31	0	2	16	50	31 4C 46 6B FA FA FA FA
15	Wraith	44	34	36	144	112	0	4	17	60	15 31 3B 0C FA FA FA FA
16	Metal slime	10	255	4	3	255	15	1	115	6	3F 47 43 69 40 4A 4D FA
17	Specter	40	38	36	19	49	0	4	18	70	26 43 45 F8 4E 69 6B FA
18	Wolflord	50	36	38	96	71	0	2	20	80	31 4C 46 6B 4B 4D 43 FA
19	Druinlord	47	40	35	177	240	0	4	20	85	3F 4E 47 F8 41 4E 42 FA
20	Drollmagi	52	50	38	96	34	0	1	22	90	42 41 43 3F 4A 48 F8 FA
21	Wyvern	56	48	42	0	79	0	2	24	100	6A 3F 40 FA FA FA FA FA
22	Rouge Scorpion	60	90	35	0	127	0	2	26	110	15 22 14 18 31 FA FA FA
23	Wraith Knight	68	56	46	176	80	3	4	28	120	15 31 3B 0C 22 10 15 FA
24	Golem	120	60	70	0	255	15	0	5	10	45 F8 4E 44 4D FA FA FA
25	Goldman	48	40	50	0	223	0	1	6	200	45 F8 4E 43 42 4B 46 FA
26	Knight	76	78	55	96	103	0	1	33	130	2F 34 0B 22 10 15 FA FA
27	Magiwyvern	78	68	58	32	32	0	2	34	140	3F 4A 48 F8 6A 3F 40 FA
28	Demon Knight	79	64	50	0	255	15	15	37	150	0F 12 F8 22 10 15 FA FA
29	Werewolf	86	70	60	0	127	0	7	40	155	6A 40 4E 31 4C 46 6B FA
30	Green Dragon	88	74	65	9	127	2	2	45	160	42 40 45 F8 46 FA FA FA
31	Starwyvern	86	80	65	249	128	1	2	43	160	69 47 4E 6A 3F 40 FA FA
32	Wizard	80	70	65	6	247	15	2	50	165	19 F8 0B 28 1D F8 0C FA
33	Axe Knight	94	82	70	16	243	1	1	54	165	0A 11 28 22 10 15 FA FA
34	Blue Dragon	98	84	70	9	255	7	2	60	150	6A 4E 69 42 40 45 F8 46
35	Stoneman	100	40	160	0	47	7	1	65	140	69 6B 4E 46 4B 46 FA FA
36	Armored Knight	105	86	90	245	247	1	2	70	140	15 1F 0F F8 29 22 10 15
37	Red Dragon	120	90	100	25	247	15	2	100	140	47 F8 4E 69 42 40 45 F8
38	Dragonlord	90	75	100	87	255	15	0	0	0	31 3A 0C 0E 0C FA FA FA
39	Dragonlord True Self	140	200	130	14	255	15	0	0	0	31 3A 0C 0E 0C FA FA FA

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L4439-L4598EnStatTbl: ;Enemy $00-Slime. ; Att Def HP Spel Agi Mdef Exp Gld |--------------Unused--------------| L9E4B: .byte $05, $03, $03, $00, $0F, $01, $01, $02, $69, $40, $4A, $4D, $FA, $FA, $FA, $FA ;Enemy $01-Red Slime. ; Att Def HP Spel Agi Mdef Exp Gld |--------------Unused--------------| L9E5B: .byte $07, $03, $04, $00, $0F, $01, $01, $03, $69, $40, $4A, $4D, $26, $F8, $69, $FA ;Enemy $02-Drakee. ; Att Def HP Spel Agi Mdef Exp Gld |--------------Unused--------------| L9E6B: .byte $09, $06, $06, $00, $0F, $01, $02, $03, $42, $40, $6A, $4E, $FA, $FA, $FA, $FA ;Enemy $03-Ghost. ; Att Def HP Spel Agi Mdef Exp Gld |--------------Unused--------------| …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L3859-L3881LoadEnemyStats: L9961: PHA ; L9962: TYA ;Store A and Y. L9963: PHA ; L9964: LDY #$0F ;16 bytes per enemy in EnStatTbl. L9966: LDA EnDatPtrLB ; L9968: CLC ; L9969: ADC EnStatTblPtr ;Add enemy data offset to the table pointer. L996C: STA GenPtr3CLB ; L996E: LDA EnDatPtrUB ; L9970: ADC EnStatTblPtr+1 ;Save a copy of the pointer in a general use pointer. L9973: STA GenPtr3CUB ; …The dodge nibble

d

of the 40 monsters (each dodges

d / 64

of the hero's attacks, dodge) is 1 or 2 for 27 of them; the Demon Knight's is 15, the Werewolf's 7, the Poltergeist's and Drakeema's 6, six monsters' 4, and the Golem's and both Dragonlord forms' 0. CodeThe high nibble

h

of the same byte blocks Hurt and Hurtmore

h / 16

of the time (hero-spells); it is 0 for 26 of the 40 monsters and 15 for seven, the Metal Slime, Golem, Demon Knight, Wizard, Red Dragon, and both Dragonlord forms. Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L4712-L4719CopyEnUpperBytes: LDBE4: LDA #$08 ; LDBE6: STA GenPtr3CLB ;Copy the unused enemy bytes into the description buffer. LDBE8: LDA #$01 ; LDBEA: STA GenPtr3CUB ; LDBEC: LDY #$00 ;Index is always 0. LDBEE: BEQ GetThisDescLoop ;Branch always.Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read every row of EnStatTbl at the pinned commit (values parsed from the lines quoted) and LoadEnemyStats, which copies a row's 16 bytes to $0100-$010F as a fight startsRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

The names are the disassembly's comments. The hurt-resist and dodge columns split the sixth byte as dw1/monster-dodge and dw1/monster-hurt-resist read it; the spells and agility bytes are left as numbers. LoadEnemyStats copies all 16 bytes to $0100, and CopyEnUpperBytes points the description buffer's copy at $0108, where the upper eight bytes sit, so some code does read them; they end in $FA, the text end marker.

Each of the 40 monsters has a Repel value, from 5 (Slime) to 140 (Dragonlord True Self). While Repel works on the overworld, a monster drawn for a fight is turned away when half the hero's defense power, rounded down, exceeds its value $R$ , or when $R - ⌊ D / 2 ⌋ \leq ⌊ R / 2 ⌋$ ; in every other case the fight starts. dw1-tables/repel-values

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No.	Monster	Repel
0	Slime	5
1	Red Slime	7
2	Drakee	9
3	Ghost	11
4	Magician	11
5	Magidrakee	14
6	Scorpion	18
7	Druin	20
8	Poltergeist	18
9	Droll	24
10	Drakeema	22
11	Skeleton	28
12	Warlock	28
13	Metal Scorpion	36
14	Wolf	40
15	Wraith	44
16	Metal slime	10
17	Specter	40
18	Wolflord	50
19	Druinlord	47
20	Drollmagi	52
21	Wyvern	56
22	Rouge Scorpion	60
23	Wraith Knight	68
24	Golem	120
25	Goldman	48
26	Knight	76
27	Magiwyvern	78
28	Demon Knight	79
29	Werewolf	86
30	Green Dragon	88
31	Starwyvern	86
32	Wizard	80
33	Axe Knight	94
34	Blue Dragon	98
35	Stoneman	100
36	Armored Knight	105
37	Red Dragon	120
38	Dragonlord	90
39	Dragonlord True Self	140

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L9052-L9062;The following table is used during the random fight generation to determine if the player is ;strong enought to repel an enemy when the repel spell is active. each entry in the table ;corresponds to an enemy and the index is the same as the enemy number. We can call each entry ;in the table the enemy's RepelVal. The formula for figuring out if repel will work is as ;follows: IF [RepelVal - DisplayedDefns/2 < 0] OR [RepelVal/2 < (RepelVal - DisplayedDefns/2)] ;Then repel will be successful. RepelTbl: LF4FA: .byte $05, $07, $09, $0B, $0B, $0E, $12, $14, $12, $18, $16, $1C, $1C, $24, $28, $2C LF50A: .byte $0A, $28, $32, $2F, $34, $38, $3C, $44, $78, $30, $4C, $4E, $4F, $56, $58, $56 LF51A: .byte $50, $5E, $62, $64, $69, $78, $5A, $8Cdragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L2177-L2206LCF20: LDA MapNumber ;Is player on the overworld map? LCF22: CMP #MAP_OVERWORLD ;If so, there is a chance the fight can be repelled. LCF24: BNE ReadyFight ;If not, branch to prepare the fight. ChkFightRepel: LCF26: LDA RepelTimer ;Is the repel spell active? LCF28: BEQ ReadyFight ;If not, branch to start fight. LCF2A: LDA DisplayedDefns ; LCF2C: LSR ;Get a copy of the player's defense / 2. LCF2D: STA GenByte3E ; LCF2F: LDX _EnNumber ;Get enemy's repel value from RepelTbl. LCF31: LDA RepelTbl,X ; LCF34: SEC ;Is enemy's repel value less than DisplayedDefns/2? …Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read RepelTbl and ChkFightRepel at the pinned commit: SBC with carry set, BCC to RepelSucceeded, then CMP of R/2 against the difference and BCC to ReadyFightRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

The comment on the code at $CF3F gives the second test the other way round (repelled when $⌊ R / 2 ⌋ <$ the difference), as does the formula in the comment above RepelTbl; the code branches to the fight in that case. The check runs only on the overworld map, and only while the Repel timer is running.

Each of 20 encounter zones has five monster slots, the first 14 zones for the overworld and the rest for dungeons, as the table's comment puts it; a fight draws a slot with equal chance, so a monster in two slots comes twice as often. dw1-tables/zone-monsters

About: Dragon Warrior Random encounter

Zone	Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4	Slot 5
0	Slime	Red Slime	Slime	Red Slime	Slime
1	Red Slime	Slime	Red Slime	Drakee	Red Slime
2	Slime	Ghost	Drakee	Ghost	Red Slime
3	Red Slime	Red Slime	Drakee	Ghost	Magician
4	Ghost	Magician	Magidrakee	Magidrakee	Scorpion
5	Ghost	Magician	Magidrakee	Scorpion	Skeleton
6	Magidrakee	Scorpion	Skeleton	Warlock	Wolf
7	Skeleton	Warlock	Metal Scorpion	Wolf	Wolf
8	Metal Scorpion	Wraith	Wolflord	Wolflord	Goldman
9	Wraith	Wyvern	Wolflord	Wyvern	Goldman
10	Wyvern	Rouge Scorpion	Wraith Knight	Knight	Demon Knight
11	Wraith Knight	Knight	Magiwyvern	Demon Knight	Metal slime
12	Knight	Magiwyvern	Demon Knight	Werewolf	Starwyvern
13	Werewolf	Green Dragon	Starwyvern	Starwyvern	Wizard
14	Poltergeist	Droll	Drakeema	Skeleton	Warlock
15	Specter	Wolflord	Druinlord	Drollmagi	Wraith Knight
16	Werewolf	Green Dragon	Starwyvern	Wizard	Axe Knight
17	Wizard	Axe Knight	Blue Dragon	Blue Dragon	Stoneman
18	Wizard	Stoneman	Armored Knight	Armored Knight	Red Dragon
19	Ghost	Magician	Scorpion	Druin	Druin

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L9085-L9112;The following table controls the random enemy encounters. Each dungeon or zone on the overworld ;map can have up to 5 different enemies to encounter. Each row in the table represents those ;enemies. The first 14 rows are the overworld enemies and correspond to nibbles in the ;OvrWrldEnGrid table. The remaining entries are for the various dungeons as described above. EnemyGroupsTbl: LF54F: .byte EN_SLIME, EN_RSLIME, EN_SLIME, EN_RSLIME, EN_SLIME LF554: .byte EN_RSLIME, EN_SLIME, EN_RSLIME, EN_DRAKEE, EN_RSLIME LF559: .byte EN_SLIME, EN_GHOST, EN_DRAKEE, EN_GHOST, EN_RSLIME LF55E: .byte EN_RSLIME, EN_RSLIME, EN_DRAKEE, EN_GHOST, EN_MAGICIAN LF563: .byte EN_GHOST, EN_MAGICIAN, EN_MAGIDRAKE, EN_MAGIDRAKE, EN_SCORPION LF568: .byte EN_GHOST, EN_MAGICIAN, EN_MAGIDRAKE, EN_SCORPION, EN_SKELETON LF56D: .byte EN_MAGIDRAKE, EN_SCORPION, EN_SKELETON, EN_WARLOCK, EN_WOLF …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L2154-L2175GetEnemyRow: LCF04: STA EnemyOffset ;This calculates the proper row of enemies to LCF06: ASL ;choose a fight from in EnemyGroupsTbl. LCF07: ASL ; LCF08: CLC ; LCF09: ADC EnemyOffset ;EnemyOffset * 5. 5 enemy entries per row. LCF0B: STA EnemyOffset ; ;All chances to evade the enemy has failed(except repel). Figure out which enemy to fight. ;At this point, we have the index to the row of enemies in EnemyGroupsTbl. GetEnemyInRow: LCF0D: JSR UpdateRandNum ;($C55B)Get random number. LCF10: LDA RandNumUB ; …Each fight picks one of its zone's five monster slots with equal chance; zone 0, around Tantegel Castle, holds three Slime slots and two Red Slime slots, and zone 1 adds a Drakee, all with dodge 1. CodeChecked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read EnemyGroupsTbl and GetEnemyRow/GetEnemyInRow at the pinned commit: zone × 5, then a roll of 0–7 redrawn until it is below 5Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Monster names are EnStatTbl's comments, by the monster numbers the rows hold.

The overworld is divided into an 8 by 8 grid of 15 by 15 squares, each naming its encounter zone, a row of the zone table (dw1-tables/zone-monsters), in a nibble: the high nibble for the even column, the low for the odd. Zone 0, the slime zone, holds two squares, row 2's columns 2 and 3, around Tantegel; there a fight the step has rolled is called off half the time, and three times in four on hills, before a monster is drawn. dw1-tables/overworld-zones

About: Dragon Warrior Random encounter

Value: Row (Y ÷ 15) 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 · Column 0 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 10, 10, 11 · Column 1 3, 2, 1, 1, 5, 9, 10, 11 · Column 2 2, 1, 0, 1, 4, 8, 11, 12 · Column 3 2, 2, 0, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13 · Column 4 3, 3, 2, 6, 9, 12, 13, 13 · Column 5 5, 3, 3, 6, 7, 12, 13, 12 · Column 6 4, 4, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9 · Column 7 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L9068-L9076OvrWrldEnGrid: LF522: .byte $33, $22, $35, $45 LF526: .byte $32, $12, $33, $45 LF52A: .byte $41, $00, $23, $45 LF52E: .byte $51, $1C, $66, $66 LF532: .byte $55, $4C, $97, $77 LF536: .byte $A9, $8C, $CC, $87 LF53A: .byte $AA, $BC, $DD, $98 LF53E: .byte $BB, $CD, $DC, $99dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L2049-L2114DoRandomFight: LCE7C: LDA MapNumber ;Is player on the overworld map? LCE7E: CMP #MAP_OVERWORLD ; LCE80: BNE ChkDungeonFights ;If not, branch to check other maps. ;This section of code calculates the proper enemies for the player's world map position. LCE82: LDA CharYPos ;Divide player's Y location on overworkd map by 15. LCE84: STA DivNum1LB ;This gives a number ranging from 0 to 7. LCE86: LDA #$0F ;The enemy zones on the overworld map are an 8X8 grid. LCE88: STA DivNum2 ; LCE8A: JSR ByteDivide ;($C1F0)Divide a 16-bit number by an 8-bit number. LCE8D: LDA DivNum1LB ;Save Y data for enemy zone calculation. LCE8F: STA GenByte42 ; …A different reading: AND #$03 lets the fight through only when both low bits are 0, one time in four, so on hills three of these fights in four don't happen. (dw1/encounter-zone-0)Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read OvrWrldEnGrid and DoRandomFight at the pinned commit: Y and X each divided by 15, row × 4 + X ÷ 2 indexes the byte, an even column shifts the high nibble downRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

On hills the comment says the fight is called off a quarter of the time, but the code starts it only when both low bits of the random byte are zero (AND #$03, BEQ GetEnemyRow), so it is called off three times in four; elsewhere AND #$01 calls it off half the time.

Each of the 13 dungeon maps from the Dragonlord's castle's first sublevel to the Cave of Garinham's fourth floor has its encounter zone, a row of the zone table (dw1-tables/zone-monsters), in map order from the castle's first sublevel. dw1-tables/dungeon-zones

About: Dragon Warrior Random encounter

Map	Zone
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	16
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	17
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 3	17
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 4	17
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 5	18
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 6	18
Swamp cave	19
Rock mountain cave, B1	19
Rock mountain cave, B2	14
Cave of Garinham, B1	14
Cave of Garinham, B2	7
Cave of Garinham, B3	15
Cave of Garinham, B4	15

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L9082-L9083CaveEnIndexTbl: LF542: .byte $10, $11, $11, $11, $12, $12, $13, $13, $0E, $0E, $07, $0F, $0Fdragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L2147-L2153DoDungeonEnemy: LCEFB: LDA MapNumber ; LCEFD: SEC ;Convert map number into a value that can be used to find LCEFE: SBC #$0F ;the index to the enemy data. LCF00: TAX ; LCF01: LDA CaveEnIndexTbl,X ;Get enemy index data byte. points to a row in EnemyGroupsTbl.Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read CaveEnIndexTbl and DoDungeonEnemy at the pinned commit (SBC #$0F, then LDA CaveEnIndexTbl,X)Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Map names are the disassembly's comments and aliases. The code subtracts $0F from the map number to index CaveEnIndexTbl.

The hero's base Strength, Agility, maximum HP, and maximum MP at each of the 30 levels, and two bytes of spell flags: from level 1 to 30 Strength runs 4–140, Agility 4–130, HP 15–210, and MP 0–200. The flags give the ten spells at levels 3 (Heal), 4 (Hurt), 7 (Sleep), 9 (Radiant), 10 (Stopspell), 12 (Outside), 13 (Return), 15 (Repel), 17 (Healmore), 19 (Hurtmore). dw1-tables/level-stats

Level	Strength	Agility	Max HP	Max MP	New spells
1	4	4	15	0
2	5	4	22	0
3	7	6	24	5	Heal
4	7	8	31	16	Hurt
5	12	10	35	20
6	16	10	38	24
7	18	17	40	26	Sleep
8	22	20	46	29
9	30	22	50	36	Radiant
10	35	31	54	40	Stopspell
11	40	35	62	50
12	48	40	63	58	Outside
13	52	48	70	64	Return
14	60	55	78	70
15	68	64	86	72	Repel
16	72	70	92	95
17	72	78	100	100	Healmore
18	85	84	115	108
19	87	86	130	115	Hurtmore
20	92	88	138	128
21	95	90	149	135
22	97	90	158	146
23	99	94	165	153
24	103	98	170	161
25	113	100	174	161
26	117	105	180	168
27	125	107	189	175
28	130	115	195	180
29	135	120	200	190
30	140	130	210	200

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L4603-L4638;Byte 1-Strength, byte 2-Agility, byte 3-Max HP, byte 4-Max MP, byte 5-Healmore and Hurtmore ;spell flags, byte 6-All other spell flags. LA0CB: .word BaseStatsTbl BaseStatsTbl: LA0CD: .byte $04, $04, $0F, $00, $00, $00 ;Level 1. LA0D3: .byte $05, $04, $16, $00, $00, $00 ;Level 2. LA0D9: .byte $07, $06, $18, $05, $00, $01 ;Level 3. LA0DF: .byte $07, $08, $1F, $10, $00, $03 ;Level 4. LA0E5: .byte $0C, $0A, $23, $14, $00, $03 ;Level 5. LA0EB: .byte $10, $0A, $26, $18, $00, $03 ;Level 6. LA0F1: .byte $12, $11, $28, $1A, $00, $07 ;Level 7. LA0F7: .byte $16, $14, $2E, $1D, $00, $07 ;Level 8. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L3928-L3964SetBaseStats: L99B4: TYA ;Save Y on the stack. L99B5: PHA ; L99B6: LDA BaseStatsTbl-2 ; L99B9: STA PlayerDatPtrLB ;Load base address for the BaseStatsTbl. L99BB: LDA BaseStatsTbl-1 ; L99BE: STA PlayerDatPtrUB ; L99C0: LDY LevelDatPtr ;Load offset for player's level in the table. L99C2: LDA (PlayerDatPtr),Y ; L99C4: STA DisplayedStr ;Load player's base strength. L99C6: INY ; L99C7: LDA (PlayerDatPtr),Y ; …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L4595-L4615ShowSpells: LDB56: JSR IncDescBuffer ;($D92E)Write #$01-#$0A to the description buffer. LDB59: LDA #$02 ;Start description bytes for spells at #$02. 2 will be LDB5B: STA SpellDescByte ;subtracted before the function returns. LDB5D: LDX #$01 ;Start at index 1 in the description buffer. GetSpellsLoop: LDB5F: LSR SpellFlagsUB ;Rotate spell flags through the carry bit to see if the LDB61: ROR SpellFlagsLB ;player has a given spell. Does the player have the spell? LDB63: BCC nextSpell ;If not, branch to check the next spell. LDB65: LDA SpellDescByte ; LDB67: STA DescBuf,X ;Player has the spell. Put it in the description buffer. LDB69: INX ; …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L4360-L4365DoSpell: LDA11: LDA SpellFlags ; LDA13: STA SpellFlagsLB ; LDA15: LDA ModsnSpells ;Get a copy of all the spells the player has. LDA17: AND #$03 ; LDA19: STA SpellFlagsUB ;dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Dragon_Warrior_Defines.asm#L1119-L1128.alias SPL_HEAL $00 ;Heal. .alias SPL_HURT $01 ;Hurt .alias SPL_SLEEP $02 ;Sleep. .alias SPL_RADIANT $03 ;Radiant. .alias SPL_STOPSPELL $04 ;Stopspell. .alias SPL_OUTSIDE $05 ;Outside. .alias SPL_RETURN $06 ;Return. .alias SPL_REPEL $07 ;Repel. .alias SPL_HEALMORE $08 ;Healmore. .alias SPL_HURTMORE $09 ;Hurtmore.Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read BaseStatsTbl and SetBaseStats at the pinned commit (six bytes a level: Strength, Agility, max HP, max MP, a byte ORed into ModsnSpells, a byte stored as SpellFlags), and ShowSpells, which shifts the 16-bit flags right and takes bit n as spell n in description orderRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Spell names are the disassembly's comments on its spell numbers (SPL_HEAL 0 to SPL_HURTMORE 9). The new-spells column is computed from the flag bits: LoadStats ORs the fifth byte, which the table's comment calls the Healmore and Hurtmore flags, into ModsnSpells and stores the sixth in SpellFlags; DoSpell copies SpellFlags to SpellFlagsLB and the low two bits of ModsnSpells to SpellFlagsUB; and ShowSpells rotates the pair right one bit at a time, taking the low byte's bit 0 as spell 0 (Heal) through the high byte's bit 1 as spell 9 (Hurtmore).

The experience each of the 30 levels needs, from 7 for level 2 to 65,535 for level 30; the game finds the hero's level by working down the table from level 30. dw1-tables/level-exp

Level	Experience
1	0
2	7
3	23
4	47
5	110
6	220
7	450
8	800
9	1300
10	2000
11	2900
12	4000
13	5500
14	7500
15	10000
16	13000
17	16000
18	19000
19	22000
20	26000
21	30000
22	34000
23	38000
24	42000
25	46000
26	50000
27	54000
28	58000
29	62000
30	65535

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L8886-L8916LevelUpTbl: LF35B: .word $0000 ;Level 1 - 0 exp. LF35D: .word $0007 ;Level 2 - 7 exp. LF35F: .word $0017 ;Level 3 - 23 exp. LF361: .word $002F ;Level 4 - 47 exp. LF363: .word $006E ;Level 5 - 110 exp. LF365: .word $00DC ;Level 6 - 220 exp. LF367: .word $01C2 ;Level 7 - 450 exp. LF369: .word $0320 ;Level 8 - 800 exp. LF36B: .word $0514 ;Level 9 - 1300 exp. LF36D: .word $07D0 ;Level 10 - 2000 exp. LF36F: .word $0B54 ;Level 11 - 2900 exp. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L345-L364GetPlayerStatPtr: LC156: LDX #$3A ;Start at level 30 and point to the end of LevelUpTbl. LC158: LDA #LVL_30 ;Work backwards to find the proper level. LC15A: STA DisplayedLevel ; PlayerStatLoop: LC15C: LDA ExpLB ; LC15E: SEC ;Subtract entries in LevelUpTbl from player's current exp. LC15F: SBC LevelUpTbl,X ; LC162: LDA ExpUB ; LC164: SBC LevelUpTbl+1,X ;Has the correct level for the player been found? LC167: BCS PlayerStatEnd ;If so, branch to the exit. LC169: DEC DisplayedLevel ;Move down to the next level and stats table entry. …Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read LevelUpTbl and GetPlayerStatPtr at the pinned commitRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Each spell's MP cost: Heal 4, Hurt 2, Sleep 2, Radiant 3, Stopspell 2, Outside 6, Return 8, Repel 2, Healmore 10, Hurtmore 5. dw1-tables/spell-costs

Spell	MP
Heal	4
Hurt	2
Sleep	2
Radiant	3
Stopspell	2
Outside	6
Return	8
Repel	2
Healmore	10
Hurtmore	5

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L2574-L2584SpellCostTbl: L9D53: .byte $04 ;Heal 4MP. L9D54: .byte $02 ;Hurt 2MP. L9D55: .byte $02 ;Sleep 2MP. L9D56: .byte $03 ;Radiant 3MP. L9D57: .byte $02 ;Stopspell 2MP. L9D58: .byte $06 ;Outside 6MP. L9D59: .byte $08 ;Return 8MP. L9D5A: .byte $02 ;Repel 2MP. L9D5B: .byte $0A ;Healmore 10MP. L9D5C: .byte $05 ;Hurtmore 5MP.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L4635-L4644CheckMP: LDB85: STA SpellToCast ; LDB87: LDX SpellToCast ;Does player have enough MP to cast the spell? LDB89: LDA MagicPoints ; LDB8B: CMP SpellCostTbl,X ; LDB8E: BCS PlyrCastSpell ;If so, branch. LDB90: LDA #$32 ;TextBlock4, entry 2. LDB92: RTS ;Player does not have enough MP. Return.Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read SpellCostTbl and CheckMP at the pinned commit (CMP and SBC SpellCostTbl,X)Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Spell names are the disassembly's comments.

Each weapon's bonus to attack power, added to Strength: None 0, Bamboo pole 2, Club 4, Copper sword 10, Hand axe 15, Broad sword 20, Flame sword 28, Erdrick's sword 40. dw1-tables/weapon-bonuses

No.	Weapon	Bonus
0	None	0
1	Bamboo pole	2
2	Club	4
3	Copper sword	10
4	Hand axe	15
5	Broad sword	20
6	Flame sword	28
7	Erdrick's sword	40

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L2238-L2246WeaponsBonusTbl: L99CF: .byte $00 ;None +0. L99D0: .byte $02 ;Bamboo pole +2. L99D1: .byte $04 ;Club +4. L99D2: .byte $0A ;Copper sword +10. L99D3: .byte $0F ;Hand axe +15. L99D4: .byte $14 ;Broad sword +20. L99D5: .byte $1C ;Flame sword +28 L99D6: .byte $28 ;Erdrick's sword +40.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L8655-L8694AddItemBonuses: LF0CD: LDA EqippedItems ;Get equipped items. LF0CF: LSR ; LF0D0: LSR ; LF0D1: LSR ;Shift weapons down to lower 3 bits. LF0D2: LSR ; LF0D3: LSR ; LF0D4: TAX ;Use the 3 bits above as index into the WeaponsBonusTbl. LF0D5: LDA WeaponsBonusTbl,X ; LF0D8: CLC ; LF0D9: ADC DisplayedStr ;Add bonus from weapons table to strength attribute. LF0DB: STA DisplayedAttck ; …The hero's attack power is Strength plus the weapon's bonus; defense power is half of Agility, rounded down, plus the armor's and shield's bonuses, plus 2 with the Dragon's Scale. CodeChecked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read WeaponsBonusTbl and AddItemBonuses at the pinned commit; the equipped-items byte's bits index the tableRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Weapon names are the disassembly's comments.

Each armor's bonus to defense power, added with half of Agility: None 0, Clothes 2, Leather armor 4, Chain mail 10, Half plate 16, Full plate 24, Magic armor 24, Erdrick's armor 28. dw1-tables/armor-bonuses

No.	Armor	Bonus
0	None	0
1	Clothes	2
2	Leather armor	4
3	Chain mail	10
4	Half plate	16
5	Full plate	24
6	Magic armor	24
7	Erdrick's armor	28

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L2251-L2259ArmorBonusTbl: L99D7: .byte $00 ;None +0. L99D8: .byte $02 ;Clothes +2. L99D9: .byte $04 ;Leather armor +4. L99DA: .byte $0A ;Chain mail +10. L99DB: .byte $10 ;Half plate +16. L99DC: .byte $18 ;Full plate +24. L99DD: .byte $18 ;Magic armor +24. L99DE: .byte $1C ;Erdrick's armor +28.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L8655-L8694AddItemBonuses: LF0CD: LDA EqippedItems ;Get equipped items. LF0CF: LSR ; LF0D0: LSR ; LF0D1: LSR ;Shift weapons down to lower 3 bits. LF0D2: LSR ; LF0D3: LSR ; LF0D4: TAX ;Use the 3 bits above as index into the WeaponsBonusTbl. LF0D5: LDA WeaponsBonusTbl,X ; LF0D8: CLC ; LF0D9: ADC DisplayedStr ;Add bonus from weapons table to strength attribute. LF0DB: STA DisplayedAttck ; …The hero's attack power is Strength plus the weapon's bonus; defense power is half of Agility, rounded down, plus the armor's and shield's bonuses, plus 2 with the Dragon's Scale. CodeChecked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read ArmorBonusTbl and AddItemBonuses at the pinned commit; the equipped-items byte's bits index the tableRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Armor names are the disassembly's comments.

Each shield's bonus to defense power, added with half of Agility: None 0, Small shield 4, Large shield 10, Silver shield 20. dw1-tables/shield-bonuses

No.	Shield	Bonus
0	None	0
1	Small shield	4
2	Large shield	10
3	Silver shield	20

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L2264-L2268ShieldBonusTbl: L99DF: .byte $00 ;None +0. L99E0: .byte $04 ;Small shield +4. L99E1: .byte $0A ;Large shield +10. L99E2: .byte $14 ;Silver shield +20.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L8655-L8694AddItemBonuses: LF0CD: LDA EqippedItems ;Get equipped items. LF0CF: LSR ; LF0D0: LSR ; LF0D1: LSR ;Shift weapons down to lower 3 bits. LF0D2: LSR ; LF0D3: LSR ; LF0D4: TAX ;Use the 3 bits above as index into the WeaponsBonusTbl. LF0D5: LDA WeaponsBonusTbl,X ; LF0D8: CLC ; LF0D9: ADC DisplayedStr ;Add bonus from weapons table to strength attribute. LF0DB: STA DisplayedAttck ; …The hero's attack power is Strength plus the weapon's bonus; defense power is half of Agility, rounded down, plus the armor's and shield's bonuses, plus 2 with the Dragon's Scale. CodeChecked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read ShieldBonusTbl and AddItemBonuses at the pinned commit; the equipped-items byte's bits index the tableRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Shield names are the disassembly's comments.

The 33 prices the shops charge for an item: the most expensive is the Silver shield at 14,800 gold, Erdrick's sword and Erdrick's armor are priced at 2, and 7 quest items at 0. dw1-tables/item-prices

No.	Item	Gold
0	Bamboo pole	10
1	Club	60
2	Copper sword	180
3	Hand axe	560
4	Broad sword	1500
5	Flame sword	9800
6	Erdrick's sword	2
7	Clothes	20
8	Leather armor	70
9	Chain mail	300
10	Half plate	1000
11	Full plate	3000
12	Magic armor	7700
13	Erdrick's armor	2
14	Small shield	90
15	Large shield	800
16	Silver shield	14800
17	Herb	24
18	Magic key	53
19	Torch	8
20	Fairy water	38
21	Wings	70
22	Dragon's scale	20
23	Fairy flute	0
24	Fighter's ring	30
25	Erdrick's token	0
26	Gwaelin's love	0
27	Cursed belt	360
28	Silver harp	0
29	Death necklace	2400
30	Stones of sunlight	0
31	Staff of rain	0
32	Rainbow drop	0

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L2139-L2172ItemCostTbl: L9947: .word $000A ;Bamboo pole - 10 gold. L9949: .word $003C ;Club - 60 gold. L994B: .word $00B4 ;Copper sword - 180 gold. L994D: .word $0230 ;Hand axe - 560 gold. L994F: .word $05DC ;Broad sword - 1500 gold. L9951: .word $2648 ;Flame sword - 9800 gold. L9953: .word $0002 ;Erdrick's sword - 2 gold. L9955: .word $0014 ;Clothes - 20 gold. L9957: .word $0046 ;Leather armor - 70 gold. L9959: .word $012C ;Chain mail - 300 gold. L995B: .word $03E8 ;Half plate - 1000 gold. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L3438-L3446LD588: TAX ; LD589: LDA GoldLB ; LD58B: SEC ;Subtract item price from player's gold to LD58C: SBC ItemCostTbl,X ;see if player has enough money. LD58F: LDA GoldUB ; LD591: SBC ItemCostTbl+1,X ; LD594: BCS DoWeapPurchase ;Does player have enough money? if so, branch.Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read ItemCostTbl at the pinned commit and the weapon shop's purchase check, which subtracts the 16-bit price from the hero's goldRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Item names are the disassembly's comments. Bank 1 holds a second price table for the shop windows (dw1-tables/window-prices).

The 35 prices the shop windows show, by the window's item numbers, which run in a slightly different order from the shops' price table (dw1-tables/item-prices); every item both tables name has the same price in each. dw1-tables/window-prices

No.	Item	Gold
0	Bamboo pole	10
1	Club	60
2	Copper sword	180
3	Hand axe	560
4	Broad sword	1500
5	Flame sword	9800
6	Erdrick's sword	2
7	Clothes	20
8	Leather armor	70
9	Chain mail	300
10	Half plate	1000
11	Full plate	3000
12	Magic armor	7700
13	Erdrick's armor	2
14	Small shield	90
15	Large shield	800
16	Silver shield	14800
17	Herb	24
18	Torch	8
19	Dragon's scale	20
20	Wings	70
21	Magic key	53
22	Fairy water	38
23	Ball of light	0
24	Tablet	0
25	Fairy flute	0
26	Silver harp	0
27	Staff of rain	0
28	Stones of sunlight	0
29	Gwaelin's love	0
30	Stones of sunlight	0
31	Cursed belt	360
32	Death necklace	2400
33	Fighter's ring	30
34	Erdrick's token	0

Code notesdragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L9551-L9589WndCostTblPtr: LBE0E: .word WndCostTbl ;($BE10)Pointer to table below. WndCostTbl: LBE10: .word $000A ;Bamboo pole - 10 gold. LBE12: .word $003C ;Club - 60 gold. LBE14: .word $00B4 ;Copper sword - 180 gold. LBE16: .word $0230 ;Hand axe - 560 gold. LBE18: .word $05DC ;Broad sword - 1500 gold. LBE1A: .word $2648 ;Flame sword - 9800 gold. LBE1C: .word $0002 ;Erdrick's sword - 2 gold. LBE1E: .word $0014 ;Clothes - 20 gold. LBE20: .word $0046 ;Leather armor - 70 gold. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L5955-L5955LA83C: .word WndCostTblPtr ;($BE0E)Item costs, used in shop inventory windows.Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Item names are the disassembly's comments; the table names the Stones of Sunlight twice, at numbers 28, 30.

The wares of 12 shops, seven weapon and armor shops and five tool shops, as numbers in the shops' price table (dw1-tables/item-prices), each list closed by an end marker; Cantlin has three weapon and armor shops and two tool shops. dw1-tables/shop-wares

Shop	Wares
Kol weapons and armor shop	Copper sword, Hand axe, Half plate, Full plate, Small shield
Brecconary weapons and armor shop	Bamboo pole, Club, Copper sword, Clothes, Leather armor, Small shield
Garinham weapons and armor shop	Club, Copper sword, Hand axe, Leather armor, Chain mail, Half plate, Large shield
Cantlin weapons and armor shop 1	Bamboo pole, Club, Copper sword, Leather armor, Chain mail, Large shield
Cantlin weapons and armor shop 2	Hand axe, Broad sword, Full plate, Magic armor
Cantlin weapons and armor shop 3	Flame sword, Silver shield
Rimuldar weapons and armor shop	Copper sword, Hand axe, Broad sword, Half plate, Full plate, Magic armor
Kol item shop	Herb, Torch, Dragon's scale, Wings
Brecconary item shop	Herb, Torch, Dragon's scale
Garinham item shop	Herb, Torch, Dragon's scale
Cantlin item shop 1	Herb, Torch
Cantlin item shop 2	Dragon's scale, Wings

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L2196-L2232ShopItemsTbl: ;Koll weapons and armor shop. L9991: .byte $02, $03, $0A, $0B, $0E, $FD ;Brecconary weapons and armor shop. L9997: .byte $00, $01, $02, $07, $08, $0E, $FD ;Garinham weapons and armor shop. L999E: .byte $01, $02, $03, $08, $09, $0A, $0F, $FD ;Cantlin weapons and armor shop 1. L99A6: .byte $00, $01, $02, $08, $09, $0F, $FD ;Cantlin weapons and armor shop 2. L99AD: .byte $03, $04, $0B, $0C, $FD ;Cantlin weapons and armor shop 3. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L3638-L3660LD676: STA ShopIndex ;Store a copy of the table index. LD678: BEQ ShopEntryFound ;Is the index 0? If so, no need to search the table. ShopEntryLoop: LD67A: LDA ShopItemsTbl,X ; LD67D: INX ;Increment through ShopItemsTbl to find end of LD67E: CMP #ITM_TBL_END ;current shop index. LD680: BNE ShopEntryLoop ; LD682: DEC ShopIndex ;Have we found the proper index for this shop? LD684: BNE ShopEntryLoop ;If not, branch to move to next index. ShopEntryFound: LD686: TXA ;Use current offset as index into table for specific item. LD687: PHA ;Save base offset of this shop's table. …Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read ShopItemsTbl and ShopEntryLoop at the pinned commit: it counts $FD ends to reach a shop's listRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Shop names are the disassembly's comments; the wares are named by ItemCostTbl's comments. The end marker is $FD.

A magic key's price at the three key sellers: Cantlin 98 gold, Rimuldar 53 gold, Tantegel Castle 85 gold; the seller's dialogue control byte picks the entry. dw1-tables/key-prices

Seller	Gold
Cantlin	98
Rimuldar	53
Tantegel Castle	85

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L2176-L2179KeyCostTbl: L9989: .byte $62 ;Cantlin - 98 gold. L998A: .byte $35 ;Rimuldar - 53 gold. L998B: .byte $55 ;Tantagel castle - 85 gold.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L3938-L3944LD7ED: SEC ;There are three key shops. The dialog control byte LD7EE: SBC #$0C ;determines what the price of the key is. LD7F0: TAX ;Convert control byte to index for KeyCostTbl. LD7F1: LDA KeyCostTbl,X ; LD7F4: STA GenWrd00LB ;Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read KeyCostTbl and the key seller's dialogue at the pinned commit (SBC #$0C, LDA KeyCostTbl,X)Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Seller names are the disassembly's comments. The code subtracts $0C from the dialogue control byte to index KeyCostTbl; which byte belongs to which seller rests on the comments alone.

A night's price at the five inns: Kol 20 gold, Brecconary 6 gold, Garinham 25 gold, Cantlin 100 gold, Rimuldar 55 gold; the innkeeper's dialogue control byte picks the entry. dw1-tables/inn-prices

Town	Gold
Kol	20
Brecconary	6
Garinham	25
Cantlin	100
Rimuldar	55

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L2183-L2188InnCostTbl: L998C: .byte $14 ;Kol - 20 gold. L998D: .byte $06 ;Brecconary - 6 gold. L998E: .byte $19 ;Garinham - 25 gold. L998F: .byte $64 ;Cantlin - 100 gold. L9990: .byte $37 ;Rimuldar - 55 gold.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L4068-L4074LD895: SEC ;Convert dialog control byte to LD896: SBC #$11 ;proper index in InnCostTbl. LD898: TAX ;Get inn cost from InnCostTbl. LD899: LDA InnCostTbl,X ; LD89C: STA GenWrd00LB ;Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read InnCostTbl and InnDialog at the pinned commit (SBC #$11, LDA InnCostTbl,X)Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Town names are the disassembly's comments. The code subtracts $11 from the dialogue control byte to index InnCostTbl; which byte belongs to which town rests on the comments alone.

The game's 31 treasure chests, four bytes each: the map, the X and Y position, and the contents, which are an item, a range of gold, or the Death Necklace or gold; the game copies all 124 bytes into RAM. dw1-tables/treasure-chests

Map	X	Y	Contents
Tantegel castle, ground floor	1	13	6-13 gold
Tantegel castle, ground floor	1	15	6-13 gold
Tantegel castle, ground floor	2	14	6-13 gold
Tantegel castle, ground floor	3	15	6-13 gold
Tantegel castle, throne room	4	4	120 gold
Tantegel castle, throne room	5	4	Torch
Tantegel castle, throne room	6	1	Magic key
Rimuldar	24	23	Wyvern wings
Garinham	8	5	10-17 gold
Garinham	8	6	Herb
Garinham	9	5	Torch
Dragonlord castle, bottom floor	11	11	Herb
Dragonlord castle, bottom floor	11	12	500-755 gold
Dragonlord castle, bottom floor	11	13	Wyvern wings
Dragonlord castle, bottom floor	12	12	Magic key
Dragonlord castle, bottom floor	12	13	Cursed belt
Dragonlord castle, bottom floor	13	13	Herb
Tantegel castle, sublevel	4	5	Stones of sunlight
Staff of rain cave	3	4	Staff of rain
Cave of Garinham, B1	11	0	Herb
Cave of Garinham, B1	12	0	5-20 gold
Cave of Garinham, B1	13	0	6-13 gold
Cave of Garinham, B3	1	1	Cursed belt
Cave of Garinham, B3	13	6	Silver harp
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	5	5	Erdrick's sword
Rock mountain cave, B2	1	6	Death necklace or 100-131 gold
Rock mountain cave, B2	3	2	Torch
Rock mountain cave, B2	2	2	Fighter's ring
Rock mountain cave, B2	10	9	10-17 gold
Rock mountain cave, B1	13	5	Herb
Erdrick's cave B2	9	3	Erdrick's tablet

Code notesdragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L4390-L4421TreasureTbl: L9DCD: .byte MAP_TANTCSTL_GF, $01, $0D, TRSR_GLD2 ;Tant castle, GF at 1,13: 6-13g. L9DD1: .byte MAP_TANTCSTL_GF, $01, $0F, TRSR_GLD2 ;Tant castle, GF at 1,15: 6-13g. L9DD5: .byte MAP_TANTCSTL_GF, $02, $0E, TRSR_GLD2 ;Tant castle, GF at 2,14: 6-13g. L9DD9: .byte MAP_TANTCSTL_GF, $03, $0F, TRSR_GLD2 ;Tant castle, GF at 3,15: 6-13g. L9DDD: .byte MAP_THRONEROOM, $04, $04, TRSR_GLD5 ;Throne room at 4,4: 120g. L9DE1: .byte MAP_THRONEROOM, $05, $04, TRSR_TORCH ;Throne room at 5,4: Torch. L9DE5: .byte MAP_THRONEROOM, $06, $01, TRSR_KEY ;Throne room at 6,1: Magic key. L9DE9: .byte MAP_RIMULDAR, $18, $17, TRSR_WINGS ;Rumuldar at 24,23: wings. L9DED: .byte MAP_GARINHAM, $08, $05, TRSR_GLD3 ;Garingham at 8,5: 10-17g. L9DF1: .byte MAP_GARINHAM, $08, $06, TRSR_HERB ;Garingham at 8,6: Herb. L9DF5: .byte MAP_GARINHAM, $09, $05, TRSR_TORCH ;Garingham at 9,5: Torch. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L3843-L3849L9951: PHA ; L9952: LDX #$7B ;Prepare to copy 124 bytes. L9954:* LDA TreasureTbl,X ;Copy treasure table into RAM starting at $0320. L9957: STA BlockRAM+$20,X ; L995A: DEX ;Have 124 bytes been copied?Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Contents and map names are the disassembly's names for the values. The copy routine in bank 1 copies the 124 bytes to $0320.

Each of 30 map numbers (map 0 unused) has a pointer to its data, its highest X and Y (one less than its width and height), and the block shown past its edge; the overworld is the largest at 120 by 120. dw1-tables/maps

No.	Map	Max X	Max Y	Edge block
0	(unused)	0	0	Boundary block
1	Overworld	119	119	Water
2	Dragonlord castle, ground floor	19	19	Swamp
3	Hauksness	19	19	Sand
4	Tantegel castle, ground floor	29	29	Grass
5	Tantegel castle, throne room	9	9	Small tiles
6	Dragonlord castle, bottom floor	29	29	Water
7	Kol	23	23	Trees
8	Brecconary	29	29	Grass
9	Garinham	19	19	Grass
10	Cantlin	29	29	Brick
11	Rimuldar	29	29	Grass
12	Tantegel castle, sublevel	9	9	Stone
13	Staff of rain cave	9	9	Stone
14	Rainbow drop cave	9	9	Stone
15	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	19	19	Stone
16	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	9	9	Stone
17	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 3	9	9	Stone
18	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 4	9	9	Stone
19	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 5	9	9	Stone
20	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 6	9	9	Stone
21	Swamp cave	5	29	Stone
22	Rock mountain cave, B1	13	13	Stone
23	Rock mountain cave, B2	13	13	Stone
24	Cave of Garinham, B1	19	19	Stone
25	Cave of Garinham, B2	13	11	Stone
26	Cave of Garinham, B3	19	19	Stone
27	Cave of Garinham, B4	9	9	Stone
28	Erdrick's cave B1	9	9	Stone
29	Erdrick's cave B2	9	9	Stone

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L62-L242MapDatTbl: ;Data for game maps. ;Unused. Map #$00. L801A: .word NULL ;Map data pointer. L801C: .byte $00 ;Columns. L801D: .byte $00 ;Rows. L801E: .byte $00 ;Boundary block. ;Overworld. Map #$01. L801F: .word WrldMapPtrTbl ;($A653)Pointer to row pointers. L8021: .byte $77 ;120 colums. L8022: .byte $77 ;120 rows. L8023: .byte $0F ;Water. ;Dragonlord's castle - ground floor. Map #$02. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L4775-L4795LAF7E: ADC MapNumber ; LAF80: TAY ; LAF81: LDA MapDatTbl,Y ; LAF84: STA MapDatPtrLB ; LAF86: INY ;Get the pointer to the map layout data. LAF87: LDA MapDatTbl,Y ; LAF8A: STA MapDatPtrUB ; LAF8C: INY ; LAF8D: LDA MapDatTbl,Y ;Get the map width. LAF90: STA MapWidth ; LAF92: INY ; LAF93: LDA MapDatTbl,Y ;Get the map height. …Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read MapDatTbl and the map loader in InitMapData at the pinned commit: five bytes a map, pointer, width, height, boundary blockRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Map names and the edge blocks are the disassembly's comments.

The game's 51 map links, as parallel rows: a square on one map, the map and square it leads to, and the way the hero then faces. Stepping onto a link or taking stairs down reads a row forward, and he faces the row's way unless he arrives by descending stairs, when he faces right; taking stairs up reads it backward, from the square a row leads to back to its first square, and he faces left. dw1-tables/map-links

About: Dragon Warrior Stairs

From	X	Y	To	To X	To Y	Facing
Overworld	2	2	Garinham	0	14	right
Overworld	81	1	Staff of rain cave	4	9	down
Overworld	104	10	Kol	19	23	up
Overworld	48	41	Brecconary	0	15	right
Overworld	43	43	Tantegel castle, ground floor	11	29	up
Overworld	104	44	Swamp cave	0	0	right
Overworld	48	48	Dragonlord castle, ground floor	10	19	up
Overworld	104	49	Swamp cave	0	29	right
Overworld	29	57	Rock mountain cave, B1	0	7	right
Overworld	102	72	Rimuldar	29	14	left
Overworld	25	89	Hauksness	0	10	right
Overworld	73	102	Cantlin	15	0	down
Overworld	108	109	Rainbow drop cave	0	4	down
Overworld	28	12	Erdrick's cave B1	0	0	right
Dragonlord castle, ground floor	10	1	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	9	0	down
Dragonlord castle, ground floor	4	14	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	8	13	down
Dragonlord castle, ground floor	15	14	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	17	15	down
Tantegel castle, ground floor	29	29	Tantegel castle, sublevel	0	4	down
Tantegel castle, throne room	8	8	Tantegel castle, ground floor	7	7	right
Garinham	19	0	Cave of Garinham, B1	6	11	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	15	1	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	8	0	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	13	7	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	4	4	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	19	7	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	9	8	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	14	9	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	8	9	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	2	14	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	0	1	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	2	4	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	0	0	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	8	19	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	5	0	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	3	0	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 3	7	0	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	9	1	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 3	2	2	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	0	8	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 3	5	4	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	1	9	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 3	0	9	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 3	1	6	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 4	0	9	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 3	7	7	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 4	7	7	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 4	2	2	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 5	9	0	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 4	8	1	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 5	4	0	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 5	5	5	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 6	0	0	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 5	0	0	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 6	0	6	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 6	9	0	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 6	0	0	down
Dragonlord castle, sublevel 6	9	6	Dragonlord castle, bottom floor	10	29	down
Rock mountain cave, B1	0	0	Rock mountain cave, B2	0	0	down
Rock mountain cave, B1	6	5	Rock mountain cave, B2	6	5	down
Rock mountain cave, B1	12	12	Rock mountain cave, B2	12	12	down
Cave of Garinham, B1	1	18	Cave of Garinham, B2	11	2	down
Cave of Garinham, B2	1	1	Cave of Garinham, B3	14	1	down
Cave of Garinham, B2	12	1	Cave of Garinham, B3	18	1	down
Cave of Garinham, B2	5	6	Cave of Garinham, B3	6	11	down
Cave of Garinham, B2	1	10	Cave of Garinham, B3	2	17	down
Cave of Garinham, B2	12	10	Cave of Garinham, B3	18	13	down
Cave of Garinham, B3	9	5	Cave of Garinham, B4	0	4	down
Cave of Garinham, B3	10	9	Cave of Garinham, B4	5	4	down
Erdrick's cave B1	9	9	Erdrick's cave B2	8	9	down

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L8940-L9048MapEntryTbl: LF3C8: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $02, $02 ;Overworld(2,2) -> Garinham(0,14). LF3CB: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $51, $01 ;Overworld(81,1) -> Staff of rain cave(4,9). LF3CD: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $68, $0A ;Overworld(104,10) -> Koll(19,23). LF3D1: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $30, $29 ;Overworld(48,41) -> Brecconary(0,15). LF3D4: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $2B, $2B ;Overworld(43,43) -> Tant castle GF(11,29). LF3D7: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $68, $2C ;Overworld(104,44) -> Swamp cave(0,0). LF3DA: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $30, $30 ;Overworld(48,48) -> DL castle GF(10,19). LF3DD: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $68, $31 ;Overworld(104,49) -> Swamp cave(0,29). LF3E0: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $1D, $39 ;Overworld(29,57) -> Rock mtn B1(0,7). LF3E3: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $66, $48 ;Overworld(102,72) -> Rimuldar(29,14). LF3E6: .byte MAP_OVERWORLD, $19, $59 ;Overworld(25,89) -> Hauksness(0,10). …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L2124-L2131MapEntryDirTbl: L9914: .byte DIR_RIGHT, DIR_DOWN, DIR_UP, DIR_RIGHT, DIR_UP, DIR_RIGHT, DIR_UP, DIR_RIGHT L991C: .byte DIR_RIGHT, DIR_LEFT, DIR_RIGHT, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_RIGHT, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN L9924: .byte DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_RIGHT, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN L992C: .byte DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN L9934: .byte DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN L993C: .byte DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN L9944: .byte DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWN, DIR_DOWNdragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L4199-L4243LD93D: LDA #$00 ;Indicate player came down stairs. Always faces right. LD93F: BEQ + ;Branch always. CalcNextMap: LD941: LDA #$01 ;Indicate player new facing direction is table lookup. LD943:* STA GenByte2C ;Store player direction source flag. LD945: LDX #$00 ;Zero out indexes. LD947: LDY #$00 ; MapCheckLoop1: LD949: LDA MapNumber ;Has the right map been found in the table? LD94B: CMP MapEntryTbl,X ; LD94E: BNE NextMapEntry1 ;If not, branch to check next table entry. LD950: LDA CharXPos ;Does the X position in the table match the player's position? …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L8993-L8995;This table is the same size as the table above and each entry is the destination from the exits ;above. Entry 1 in the table above corresponds to entry 1 in the table below. Stairs up use this ;table for the current map and use the table above for the destination.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L4296-L4335LD9C3: CMP #BLK_STAIR_UP ;Is player standing on stair up block? LD9C5: BNE NoStairsFound ;If not, branch to tell player no stairs are here. StairUpFound: LD9C7: LDX #$00 ;Zero out indexes. LD9C9: LDY #$00 ; MapCheckLoop2: LD9CB: LDA MapNumber ;Has the right map been found in the table? LD9CD: CMP MapTargetTbl,X ; LD9D0: BNE NextMapEntry2 ;If not, branch to check next table entry. LD9D2: LDA CharXPos ;Does the X position in the table match the player's position? LD9D4: CMP MapTargetTbl+1,X ; LD9D7: BNE NextMapEntry2 ;If not, branch to check next table entry. …Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read the three tables and MapCheckLoop1 at the pinned commit: a match on map, X, and Y sets the target map and position; StairsFaceRight when the hero came down stairs, else MapEntryDirTblRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Map names and numbers are the disassembly's comments and aliases. The facing table has 51 entries for the 51 links.

The song of each of the 30 map numbers, the one a map change starts and the one play returns to after the flute or harp on the map, after putting on a cursed item, and at the end of a fight (won, fled, or the monster running away): the overworld, the five towns, and the throne room each have their own; Tantegel's ground floor and sublevel share one with the Staff of Rain and Rainbow Drop caves; and the other maps play one of the eight dungeon songs (dw1-tables/tracks), the first on the Dragonlord's ground floor and on the first floor of each cave, the next a floor deeper, the fourth at Hauksness, and the eighth on the Dragonlord's bottom floor. dw1-tables/map-music

No.	Map	Song
0	(unused)	Silence
1	Overworld	Overworld
2	Dragonlord castle, ground floor	Dungeon floor 1
3	Hauksness	Dungeon floor 4
4	Tantegel castle, ground floor	Tantegel Castle
5	Tantegel castle, throne room	Tantegel's throne room
6	Dragonlord castle, bottom floor	Dungeon floor 8
7	Kol	Towns
8	Brecconary	Towns
9	Garinham	Towns
10	Cantlin	Towns
11	Rimuldar	Towns
12	Tantegel castle, sublevel	Tantegel Castle
13	Staff of rain cave	Tantegel Castle
14	Rainbow drop cave	Tantegel Castle
15	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 1	Dungeon floor 2
16	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 2	Dungeon floor 3
17	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 3	Dungeon floor 4
18	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 4	Dungeon floor 5
19	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 5	Dungeon floor 6
20	Dragonlord castle, sublevel 6	Dungeon floor 7
21	Swamp cave	Dungeon floor 1
22	Rock mountain cave, B1	Dungeon floor 1
23	Rock mountain cave, B2	Dungeon floor 2
24	Cave of Garinham, B1	Dungeon floor 1
25	Cave of Garinham, B2	Dungeon floor 2
26	Cave of Garinham, B3	Dungeon floor 3
27	Cave of Garinham, B4	Dungeon floor 4
28	Erdrick's cave B1	Dungeon floor 1
29	Erdrick's cave B2	Dungeon floor 2

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L5195-L5225ResumeMusicTbl: LB1AE: .byte MSC_NOSOUND ;Unused. Silence music. LB1AF: .byte MSC_OUTDOOR ;overworld. Resume overworld music. LB1B0: .byte MSC_DUNGEON1 ;dragonlord castle, ground floor map. Resume dungeon 1 music. LB1B1: .byte MSC_DUNGEON4 ;Hauksness. Resume dungeon 4 music. LB1B2: .byte MSC_TANTAGEL2 ;Tantagel castle, ground floor. Resume tantagel 2 music. LB1B3: .byte MSC_THRN_ROOM ;Tantagel castle, throne room. Resume tantagel 1 music. LB1B4: .byte MSC_DUNGEON8 ;Dragonlord castle, bottom floor. Resume dungeon 8 music. LB1B5: .byte MSC_VILLAGE ;Kol. Resume village music. LB1B6: .byte MSC_VILLAGE ;Brecconary. Resume village music. LB1B7: .byte MSC_VILLAGE ;Garinham. Resume village music. LB1B8: .byte MSC_VILLAGE ;Cantlin. Resume village music. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L5079-L5084LB10E: LDX MapNumber ;Get current map number. LB110: LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X ;Use current map number to resume music. LB113: BRK ; LB114: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Dragon_Warrior_Defines.asm#L1023-L1050;Music/Sounds. .alias MSC_NOSOUND $00 ;No sound. .alias MSC_INTRO $01 ;Intro music. .alias MSC_THRN_ROOM $02 ;Throne room castle music. .alias MSC_TANTAGEL2 $03 ;Tantagel 2 castle music. .alias MSC_VILLAGE $04 ;Village/pre-game music. .alias MSC_OUTDOOR $05 ;Outdoor music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON1 $06 ;Dungeon 1 music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON2 $07 ;Dungeon 2 music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON3 $08 ;Dungeon 3 music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON4 $09 ;Dungeon 4 music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON5 $0A ;Dungeon 5 music. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L5062-L5072LDDAF: LDA #MSC_FRY_FLUTE ;Fairy flute music. LDDB1: BRK ; LDDB2: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1. LDDB4: BRK ;Wait for the music clip to end. LDDB5: .byte $03, $17 ;($815E)WaitForMusicEnd, bank 1. LDDB7: LDX MapNumber ;Get current map number. LDDB9: LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X ;Use current map number to resume music. LDDBC: BRK ; LDDBD: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L5181-L5185HarpFail: LDE41: LDX MapNumber ;Get current map number. LDE43: LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X ;Use current map number to resume music. LDE46: BRK ; LDE47: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L5201-L5206LDE58: JSR WearCursedItem ;($DFE7)Player puts on cursed item. LDE5B: LDX MapNumber ;Get current map number. LDE5D: LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X ;Use current map number to resume music. LDE60: BRK ; LDE61: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L5219-L5224LDE6E: JSR ChkDeathNecklace ;($E00A)Check if player is wearking the death necklace. LDE71: LDX MapNumber ;Get current map number. LDE73: LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X ;Use current map number to resume music. LDE76: BRK ; LDE77: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7202-L7206RunSuccessful: LE8A4: LDX MapNumber ;Get current map number. LE8A6: LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X ;Use current map number to resume music. LE8A9: BRK ; LE8AA: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7526-L7536LEA79: PLA ;Did player level up? LEA7A: CMP DisplayedLevel ; LEA7C: BNE DoLevelUp ;If so, branch. LEA7E: BRK ;Wait for the music clip to end. LEA7F: .byte $03, $17 ;($815E)WaitForMusicEnd, bank 1. LEA81: LDX MapNumber ;Get current map number. LEA83: LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X ;Use current map number to resume music. LEA86: BRK ; LEA87: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7546-L7556LEA90: LDA #MSC_LEVEL_UP ;Level up music. LEA92: BRK ; LEA93: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1. LEA95: BRK ;Wait for the music clip to end. LEA96: .byte $03, $17 ;($815E)WaitForMusicEnd, bank 1. LEA98: LDX MapNumber ;Get current map number. LEA9A: LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X ;Use current map number to resume music. LEA9D: BRK ; LEA9E: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L8472-L8480LEFD0: JSR CopyEnUpperBytes ;($DBE4)Copy enemy upper bytes to description RAM. LEFD3: JSR DoDialogLoBlock ;($C7CB)The enemy is running away. LEFD6: .byte $E3 ;TextBlock15, entry 3. LEFD7: LDX MapNumber ;Get current map number. LEFD9: LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X ;Use current map number to resume music. LEFDC: BRK ; LEFDD: .byte $04, $17 ;($81A0)InitMusicSFX, bank 1.Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read ResumeMusicTbl and the map change's request at the pinned commit (LDX MapNumber, LDA ResumeMusicTbl,X, then InitMusicSFX)Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Song names follow dw1-tables/tracks, which says where the game plays each; song numbers are the MSC_ defines, and the comments on ResumeMusicTbl name the maps.

Dragon Warrior's song table has 27 entries, each the start of a song's first square, second square, and triangle parts (0 for a silent part); this is the game's track listing, by song number, with where the game plays each, named from the code that requests it. Every entry is requested: 19 by a constant in the code and the other 8 only through the song of each map (dw1-tables/map-music), so the table holds no unused song. dw1-tables/tracks

About: Dragon Warrior Music driver

No.	Song	Where	Requested by
0	Silence	silence: the ending's trigger at Tantegel, when the player tells the king he won't continue, and map 0, which no map uses	ExitGame (01:3066); EndGameTriggered (03:1608); ResumeMusicTbl, map 0
1	Title screen	the title screen	DoIntroRoutine (02:3517)
2	Tantegel's throne room	Tantegel's throne room, and again after Gwaelin's love tune in the throne room's dialogue	PrncsLoveDialog (03:3254); ResumeMusicTbl, map 5
3	Tantegel Castle	Tantegel's ground floor and sublevel, and the Staff of Rain and Rainbow Drop caves	ResumeMusicTbl, maps 4, 12, 13, 14
4	Towns	the five towns, the start menus, and after a night at an inn	IntroRoutineStuff (03:1244); BuyInnStay (03:4140); ResumeMusicTbl, maps 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
5	Overworld	the overworld, and after the rainbow bridge forms	BridgeAnimDone (03:5319); ResumeMusicTbl, map 1
6	Dungeon floor 1	the Dragonlord's ground floor and the first floor of each cave, and after Gwaelin's rescue	PrincessRescueLoop (03:2455); ResumeMusicTbl, maps 2, 21, 22, 24, 28
7	Dungeon floor 2	the Dragonlord's first sublevel and the second floors of the Rock Mountain, Garinham, and Erdrick's caves	ResumeMusicTbl, maps 15, 23, 25, 29
8	Dungeon floor 3	the Dragonlord's second sublevel and the Cave of Garinham's third floor	ResumeMusicTbl, maps 16, 26
9	Dungeon floor 4	Hauksness, the Dragonlord's third sublevel, and the Cave of Garinham's fourth floor	ResumeMusicTbl, maps 3, 17, 27
10	Dungeon floor 5	the Dragonlord's fourth sublevel	ResumeMusicTbl, map 18
11	Dungeon floor 6	the Dragonlord's fifth sublevel	ResumeMusicTbl, map 19
12	Dungeon floor 7	the Dragonlord's sixth sublevel	ResumeMusicTbl, map 20
13	Dungeon floor 8	the Dragonlord's bottom floor	ResumeMusicTbl, map 6
14	Fight	the start of every fight but the final boss's	InitFight (03:6499)
15	The Dragonlord's true form	the final boss's fight, from its start and after the flute or harp in it	InitFight (03:6496); PlayEndBossMusic1 (03:7074); PlayEndBossMusic2 (03:7119)
16	Ending	the ending's credits	DoEndCredits (01:3111)
17	Silver Harp	the Silver Harp, on the map or in a fight	ChkHarp (03:5149); ChkUseHarp (03:7104)
18	Fairy Flute	the Fairy Flute, on the map or in a fight	ChkFryFlt (03:5062); ChkUseFlute (03:7059)
19	Rainbow bridge	the Rainbow Drop making the bridge	ChkDrop (03:5265)
20	Death	the hero's death	PlayerHasDied (03:8085); InitDeathSequence (03:8095)
21	Inn	a night at an inn	BuyInnStay (03:4123)
22	Princess Gwaelin	Gwaelin's rescue and her love scene in the throne room	PrincessRescueLoop (03:2448); PrncsLoveDialog (03:3247)
23	Cursed item	putting on a cursed item	PlayCursedMusic (03:5522)
24	Fight, resumed after an item	a fight's music restarted after the flute, harp, belt, or necklace is used in it; no request starts it at a fight's start	ChkUseFlute (03:7070); ChkUseHarp (03:7115); ChkUseBelt (03:7151); ChkUseNecklace (03:7163)
25	Victory	winning a fight	ContEnDefeated (03:7375)
26	Level up	a level gained	DoLevelUp (03:7546)

Codedragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L505-L532MscStrtIndxTbl: L8297: .word SQNoSnd, SQNoSnd, TRINoSnd ;($84CB, $84CB, $84CE)No sound. L829D: .word SQ1Intro, SQ2Intro, TriIntro ;($8D6D, $8E3D, $8F06)Intro. L82A3: .word SQ1ThrnRm, NULL, TRIThrnRm ;($84D3, $0000, $853E)Throne room. L82A9: .word SQ1Tantagel, NULL, TRITantagel ;($85AA, $0000, $85B4)Tantagel castle. L82AF: .word SQ1Village, NULL, TRIVillage ;($872F, $0000, $87A2)Village/pre-game. L82B5: .word SQ1Outdoor, NULL, TRIOutdoor ;($8844, $0000, $8817)Outdoors. L82BB: .word SQ1Dngn, NULL, TRIDngn1 ;($888B, $0000, $891D)Dungeon 1. L82C1: .word SQ1Dngn, NULL, TRIDngn2 ;($888B, $0000, $8924)Dungeon 2. L82C7: .word SQ1Dngn, NULL, TRIDngn3 ;($888B, $0000, $892B)Dungeon 3. L82CD: .word SQ1Dngn, NULL, TRIDngn4 ;($888B, $0000, $8932)Dungeon 4. L82D3: .word SQ1Dngn, NULL, TRIDngn5 ;($888B, $0000, $8937)Dungeon 5. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L349-L373InitMusicSFX: L81A0: LDX #$FF ;Indicate the sound engine is active. L81A2: STX SndEngineStat ; L81A5: TAX ; L81A6: BMI DoSFX ;If MSB set, branch to process SFX. DoMusic: L81A8: ASL ;Index into table is 4*n + 4. Points to last word in table entry. L81A9: STA MusicTemp ; L81AB: ASL ;There are 3 words for each music entry in the table. L81AC: ADC MusicTemp ;The entries are for SQ1, SQ2 and TRI from left to right. L81AE: ADC #$04 ; L81B0: TAY ;Use Y as index into table. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank00.asm#L5195-L5225ResumeMusicTbl: LB1AE: .byte MSC_NOSOUND ;Unused. Silence music. LB1AF: .byte MSC_OUTDOOR ;overworld. Resume overworld music. LB1B0: .byte MSC_DUNGEON1 ;dragonlord castle, ground floor map. Resume dungeon 1 music. LB1B1: .byte MSC_DUNGEON4 ;Hauksness. Resume dungeon 4 music. LB1B2: .byte MSC_TANTAGEL2 ;Tantagel castle, ground floor. Resume tantagel 2 music. LB1B3: .byte MSC_THRN_ROOM ;Tantagel castle, throne room. Resume tantagel 1 music. LB1B4: .byte MSC_DUNGEON8 ;Dragonlord castle, bottom floor. Resume dungeon 8 music. LB1B5: .byte MSC_VILLAGE ;Kol. Resume village music. LB1B6: .byte MSC_VILLAGE ;Brecconary. Resume village music. LB1B7: .byte MSC_VILLAGE ;Garinham. Resume village music. LB1B8: .byte MSC_VILLAGE ;Cantlin. Resume village music. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L3066-L3066L9362: LDA #MSC_NOSOUND ;Silence music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L1608-L1608LCC19: LDA #MSC_NOSOUND ;Silence music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank02.asm#L3517-L3517LBCC7: LDA #MSC_INTRO ;Start intro music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L3254-L3254LD49C: LDA #MSC_THRN_ROOM ;Throne room castle music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L1244-L1244LCA03: LDA #MSC_VILLAGE ;Village music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L4140-L4140LD8F6: LDA #MSC_VILLAGE ;Village music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L5319-L5319LDF00: LDA #MSC_OUTDOOR ;Outdoor music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L2455-L2455LD09F: LDA #MSC_DUNGEON1 ;Dungeon 1 music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7074-L7074LE801: LDA #MSC_END_BOSS ;End boss music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7119-L7119LE83B: LDA #MSC_END_BOSS ;End boss music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L3111-L3111L939D: LDA #MSC_END ;End music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L5149-L5149LDE10: LDA #MSC_SILV_HARP ;Silver harp music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7104-L7104LE828: LDA #MSC_SILV_HARP ;Silver harp music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L5062-L5062LDDAF: LDA #MSC_FRY_FLUTE ;Fairy flute music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7059-L7059LE7EE: LDA #MSC_FRY_FLUTE ;Fairy flute music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L5265-L5265LDEB2: LDA #MSC_RNBW_BRDG ;Rainbow bridge music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L8085-L8085LED9C: LDA #MSC_DEATH ;Death music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L8095-L8095LEDA7: LDA #MSC_DEATH ;Death music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L4123-L4123LD8DF: LDA #MSC_INN ;Inn music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L2448-L2448LD097: LDA #MSC_PRNCS_LOVE ;Gwaelin's love music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L3247-L3247LD494: LDA #MSC_PRNCS_LOVE ;Gwaelin's love music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L5522-L5522LDFFA: LDA #MSC_CURSED ;Cursed music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7070-L7070LE7FC: LDA #MSC_REG_FGHT ;Regular fight music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7115-L7115LE836: LDA #MSC_REG_FGHT ;Restart regular fight music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7151-L7151LE865: LDA #MSC_REG_FGHT ;Regular fight music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7163-L7163LE874: LDA #MSC_REG_FGHT ;Regular fight music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7375-L7375LE999: LDA #MSC_VICTORY ;Victory music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L7546-L7546LEA90: LDA #MSC_LEVEL_UP ;Level up music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Dragon_Warrior_Defines.asm#L1023-L1050;Music/Sounds. .alias MSC_NOSOUND $00 ;No sound. .alias MSC_INTRO $01 ;Intro music. .alias MSC_THRN_ROOM $02 ;Throne room castle music. .alias MSC_TANTAGEL2 $03 ;Tantagel 2 castle music. .alias MSC_VILLAGE $04 ;Village/pre-game music. .alias MSC_OUTDOOR $05 ;Outdoor music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON1 $06 ;Dungeon 1 music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON2 $07 ;Dungeon 2 music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON3 $08 ;Dungeon 3 music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON4 $09 ;Dungeon 4 music. .alias MSC_DUNGEON5 $0A ;Dungeon 5 music. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L6493-L6499LE4E3: CMP #EN_DRAGONLORD2 ;Is this the final boss? LE4E5: BNE + ;If not, branch to play enter fight music. LE4E7: LDA #MSC_END_BOSS ;End boss music. LE4E9: BNE LoadFightMusic ;Branch always. LE4EB:* LDA #MSC_ENTR_FGHT ;Enter fight music.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank03.asm#L3193-L3198LD452: JSR DoDialogHiBlock ;($C7C5)Rest then for a while... LD455: .byte $26 ;TextBlock19, entry 6. LD456: BRK ;Shut down game after player chooses not to continue. LD457: .byte $05, $17 ;($9362)ExitGame, bank 1.Checked by claude, 2026-10-28 — read MscStrtIndxTbl, InitMusicSFX (song n reads the three words at 6n), ResumeMusicTbl, and every LDA #MSC_ line in the four banks at the pinned commit; each request names its routineRevised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Song names say where the game plays each: no soundtrack release or sound test found prints a title for each of the game's songs. The disassembly's names, its MSC_ defines' comments, by number: 0 No sound; 1 Intro; 2 Throne room; 3 Tantegel castle; 4 Village/pre-game; 5 Outdoors; 6 Dungeon 1; 7 Dungeon 2; 8 Dungeon 3; 9 Dungeon 4; 10 Dungeon 5; 11 Dungeon 6; 12 Dungeon 7; 13 Dungeon 8; 14 Enter fight; 15 End boss; 16 End game; 17 Silver harp; 18 Fairy flute; 19 Rainbow bridge; 20 Player death; 21 Inn; 22 Princess Gwaelin; 23 Cursed; 24 Regular fight; 25 Victory; 26 Level up. A request's routine is the nearest label above its line. The eight dungeon songs share one first-square part and start the triangle part at eight points seven bytes apart, so they are one tune in eight versions; song 14 starts every ordinary fight, and song 24 is requested only to restart fight music after an item's tune.

The sound effects table points to the data of the 22 sound effects by number; a request with the high bit set plays one instead of starting a song, and the sound engine sets up the second square and noise channels for it. Player hit 1 and Player hit 2 point to the same data. dw1-tables/sound-effects

About: Dragon Warrior Sound effects

No.	Effect
0	Force field damage
1	Wyvern wing
2	Stairs
3	Run away
4	Swamp damage
5	Menu button
6	Confirmation
7	Enemy hit
8	Excellent move
9	Attack
10	Player hit 1
11	Player hit 2
12	Attack prep
13	Missed 1
14	Missed 2
15	Wall bump
16	Text
17	Spell cast
18	Radiant
19	Open chest
20	Open door
21	Breath fire

Code notesdragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L536-L558SFXStrtIndxTbl: L8339: .word FFDamageSFX ;($836E)Force field damage. L833B: .word WyvernWngSFX ;($8377)Wyvern wing. L833D: .word StairsSFX ;($839E)Stairs. L833F: .word RunSFX ;($83C2)Run away. L8341: .word SwmpDmgSFX ;($83F8)Swamp damage. L8343: .word MenuSFX ;($8401)Menu button. L8345: .word ConfirmSFX ;($8406)Confirmation. L8347: .word EnHitSFX ;($8411)Enemy hit. L8349: .word ExclntMvSFX ;($8420)Excellent move. L834B: .word AttackSFX ;($843B)Attack. L834D: .word HitSFX ;($844A)Player hit 1. …dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L349-L353InitMusicSFX: L81A0: LDX #$FF ;Indicate the sound engine is active. L81A2: STX SndEngineStat ; L81A5: TAX ; L81A6: BMI DoSFX ;If MSB set, branch to process SFX.dragon-warrior-disassembly: NES Dragon Warrior software disassembly · source_files/Bank01.asm#L397-L414DoSFX: L81E2: ASL ;*2. Pointers in table are 2 bytes. L81E3: TAX ; L81E4: LDA #$01 ;Indicate a SFX is active. L81E6: STA SFXActive ; L81E8: LDA SFXStrtIndxTbl,X ; L81EB: STA NoisIndexLB ;Get pointer to SFX data from table. L81ED: LDA SFXStrtIndxTbl+1,X ; L81F0: STA NoisIndexUB ; L81F2: LDA #$08 ;Disable SQ2 sweep unit. L81F4: STA SQ2Cntrl1 ; L81F7: LDA #$30 ;Disable length counter and set constant …Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-28.

Effect names are the disassembly's comments. Its data labels, by number: 0 FFDamageSFX, 1 WyvernWngSFX, 2 StairsSFX, 3 RunSFX, 4 SwmpDmgSFX, 5 MenuSFX, 6 ConfirmSFX, 7 EnHitSFX, 8 ExclntMvSFX, 9 AttackSFX, 10 HitSFX, 11 HitSFX, 12 AtckPrepSFX, 13 Missed1SFX, 14 Missed2SFX, 15 WallSFX, 16 TextSFX, 17 SpellSFX, 18 RadiantSFX, 19 OpnChestSFX, 20 OpnDoorSFX, 21 FireSFX.