>Henry: "Go to Port Vista"

>Go to Port Vista

>There's no boat

>Lady: "Surely you aren't going to travel without a horse and wagon"

>I guess I need a horse and wagon

>Check guide

>"What you need is to talk to Henry one additional time so he gives you a boat ticket"

>Trudge all the way back to Reinhardt castle

>Henry: "Go to Port Vista"

>Check a different guide

>The boat ticket is only a thing in the DS version, the SNES version he just tells you to get on the boat

>The boat wasn't there because I went at night

>Trudge back to Port Vista during the day

>There's no boat

>No new dialogue

What am I FUCKING missing

After you defeat the Impostor in Reinhart Castle you can return to Port Vista and catch a Ship that is about to leave for Port Selmi. there is NO BOAT

boat

finds a gamefaqs forum post from 2009

turns out you DO need a fucking wagon

and it's only sold in one town and only at night

okay I have a wagon and a nonbinary slime knight named Pierre

man these flags sound even worse than golden sun 2's

that's my benchmark for "game that is very bad at telling you what you need to do or where you need to go next so you're constantly walking back and forth trying literally everything you can think of to find the flag to progress"

DQ5 is just about the worst it's ever been

in this specific way

the fact that stuff can only appear during night or during day makes it even worse

this sort of flag system AND time-of-day locked solutions to it? misery