Early on in Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, in the first region of Da'at called Minato, you can kickstart a side quest called "The Golden Dragon's Arrival." In it, you're challenged to locate and defeat four powerful creatures strewn throughout the zone. Your rewards are impressive, but the battles will be equally tough.

Here's where you'll find each of the dragons, as well as how to get started with this quest - and how to be prepared to finish it with an even harder fight. We'll say this much right off the bat: the recommended level for this quest is pretty high, indeed!

How To Begin The Golden Dragon's Arrival

It's probably easiest to describe the location of this quest giver by having you unlock the Onarimon leyline first, and then starting the route from there.

In fact, by doing so, we can make this pretty darn easy to describe! Follow the path out from the enclosure with the leyline; head through the short tunnel-like area with the bird demons (Aitvara).

When you're on the other side of the narrow passageway, turn right, which will mean ascending to a higher elevation. There's a friendly demon fellow nearby. At the cliff's edge, interact with the quest symbol.

Although you can start "The Golden Dragon's Arrival" before you even reach the end of Minato in the storyline, you'll want to be in at least the mid-forties level range before trying your luck against the three dragons other than Xuanwu, who is a more manageable level 23.

Where To Find Xuanwu

For Xuanwu, start by unlocking the Kamiyacho leyline. A bit to the north of it, there's a road that starts further north before turning eastward. (You'll be closer to the eastward side.)

Just go north from the leyline, then reach the east end of the street in question. Xuanwu is weak to fire and resists ice, so bring a demon with fire spells, and maybe strap one to the Nahobino, too.

Xuanwu's highest stat is Vitality, so it's going to take a while to chip through those defenses unless you're going after it when you're suitably high enough in level to tackle its brethren.

Avoid bringing anyone who is weak to ice, as Ice Breath and Bufula both have +5 affinity modifiers.

Where To Find Baihu

The Nagatacho leyline is likely the last one you'll find in Minato, since it's south of the Tokyo Diet Building, which is your ultimate destination. Head south and slightly west from there and you should find Baihu.

Or rather, Baihu may well find you; the tiger dragon ambushed us on our way to it!

Baihu is level 49, a big leap from its turtle ally. Its Strength and Agility are high for its level. Like many other foes who use electric-type attacks primarily, it's weak to force.

To get an edge on Baihu, debuff its Accuracy/Evasion (Agility) to prevent it from dodging too many attacks. Baihu is weak to the Confusion ailment.

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Where To Find Zhuque

Begin at the Tokyo Tower leyline. From there, go west, staying alongside the wall (zone boundary) as it curves southward. If you look at the map, your destination has the appearance of a peninsula of sorts, though obviously, this being a desert, that's not quite correct.

At the end of this strip of land, you'll find Zhuque, who is level 43 and is weak to ice but resists fire entirely. You can keep one of Zhuque's actions every turn bogged down by debuffing its Accuracy/Evasion, as it will often spend an action removing the debuff.

Interestingly, Zhuque is also weak to the Charm ailment. Use that to your advantage if you can!

Where To Find Qing Long

Qing Long's probably the hardest of the group to reach, though it's still not bad if you know what you're doing. Start at the Hamamatsucho leyline, and cling to the boundary just to its east as you venture south.

You'll soon come upon an area with a large dilapidated building, just across some railroad tracks. You can climb stairs to reach the roof, and Qing Long flies in a pattern that brings it over the roof at times.

Qing Long is weak to electric but resists ice and blocks force entirely. It's also weak to the Sleep ailment. It uses Wind Breath and Bufula, so don't bring anyone who's weak to ice or force.

Once you return to Huang Long to complete the quest, you'll receive 30,000 EXP and the Dragon Talisman for your reward.

You'll also get to fight Huang Long afterward. As Huang Long is level 78, we're planning to cover his fight in greater detail in a separate guide.

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