How to download grottoes using the save editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtVAAINBS_c
The numbers for these grottoes specifically:
Volcano one: Map no. 245, 153, location 110
Water one: Map no. 191, 152, location 88
Cave one: Map no. 200, 78, location 85
Ice one: Map no. 200, 76, location 125
Ruins one: Map no. 206, 137, location 94

honestly makes me want to cry, I remember grinding dqix on my DS for hours while my family sat around watching cooking shows and Discovery channel

Really wish they'd remake DQ9!

if i remember correctly this games loot system was based on the numbers of heals to your characters. so before battle you would save and quit, then re load and heal like 37 times and then kill the boss and get your guaranteed drop. awesome game

You have to appreciate the sheer size of this game.  They may only be 16 floors but there are unlimited grottos.  For a game this old to be able to have 1000 plus hours on is amazing!!!

Ahhh Dragon Quest 9 was my childhood. I completed the main story, but didn't finish all the grottos.

Just finished this game about a month or two ago, never would have thought people still play this!

So Puff-Puff does exist in DQ9, but to my knowledge the only instance is Morag.

I have no idea why this was recommended to me, but MAN what a throwback. My dad and I used to play this game and DQMJ2 on our DS's together years ago, and seeing this inspired me to dig out our old consoles and the games to see them again, and It shocked me a bit just how many hours we had in the game between the two of us. Thank you algorithm and thank you stranger for reminding me of this game. I'm gonna buy a fresh cartridge off ebay or something to do a new playthrough and relive the times I had with my dad. <3

This is a really really late comment but

There is a rare bug where a grotto floor is so big that it runs out of memory to spawn anything. This is likely what you experienced in your story from 7:00 ish

This is also the same bug that causes all-MKS floors to spawn in a specific few dungeons.

In a series full of amazing games this one unfortunately doesn’t get enough love IMO. This and 6 I think are the most under appreciated but that’s not saying much considering the whole series is pretty beloved I suppose.

Sheep butt.
DQ9's puff puff is sheep butt.

Hint: if you use Treasure eye land in a grotto it will reveal the stairs

The weapon swapping at the start just for them to flee was fucking hysterical, thank you

When this game was new I had a couple grottoes that got me all liquid metal gear. I wanted to find a meetup where I could share them but never did. Now my system is lost and that opportunity has passed me by. I need to play this thing again on Citra I think.

I recently played through the campaign with my GF, but I still have my save file from 2009. playing with friends was fun back in the days, but I never 100% it even tho I really tried, but now I know why I love Diablo 3 so much, grinding for good Items, running through endless dungeons... man would be nice to play this game in a full squad.

If I were to encounter a Pandora’s Box, I’d be dead in an instant!

Ahahaha I once got a floor with 0 spawns too! even weirder, I managed to get my first ever MKS map again about 6 years latter on a totally different save

Grotto is like mystrey dungeon

I should boot up DQIX again and give it another playthrough. Maybe start a forever save, as I've played the game a few times but only ever beaten the game twice. Definitely would be nice to do some of these grottos as well!