Dragon Quest IX guide / Bestiary

These bat-like beasts like nothing better than to gang up and go gallavanting across the night skies.

They have crazy cousins called wackies and boastful brothers called brackies. They long to go freckly and be... frackies.

Green, forest-dwelling drackies who deftly dodge attacks, then strike back with Kasap.

They're quite short-sighted, and often shower shrups and other similarly sized green things with greetings and good cheer.

Be grateful that these dukes among drackies can't cast Kasnooze too - Snooze is more than enough of an annoyance.

Don't make drackies really mad - they might morph into the mighty yellow force for justice that is...DRACKYMA(N)!

Beastly, burning-breathed birds who are almost impervious to fire, but are taken aback by ice attacks.

Their wings are a valued commodity, and shopkeepers are regularly singed to a cinder in search of fresh stock.

Barbaric birds that attack twice with deadly drumsticks and cry cacophonously to creep out foes and call forth friends.

They evolved from big birds who swooped down from the skies to settle on the land, and had no further need of their wings.

Blazing-breathed mountain birds of the chimaera family who are tough against fire, and may lay some good eggstras when licked.

Their sepia tone puts people in a misty-eyed mind of yesteryear, but they themselves are young, dump, and full of fun.

They love to cast Kasap then come back for a second attack with their big old beaks. Freeze them out if you can.

The daycare workers of the monster kingdom, they hang upside-down from trees and let baby beasties swing on them.

Known as 'sandstreakers' for their insane speed, which is added to with Acceleratle, and supplemented with sleep atttacks.

Evolved with an ostrich was so captivated by a cobra that it copied its every quality and become a new breed of bird.

They fly fast at their foes with paralysing attacks, and treat troublesome opponents to an Assassin's Stab.

They're forever forgetting the paralysing poison on the points of their tails, and itching themselves immobile by accident.

Blighted birds that live on poisonous plants. They frighten foes with War Cry, and vex them with venomous attacks.

Profuse, protected plumage keeps out even the most crippling cold. Originally from the legendary Peckerel Mountains.

Raised on molten magma, these fiery, feathered fiends ignite enemies with Flame Breath, and fox them with Fuddle.

They were once very docile birds, but went batty when bashed on the bonce by boulders when the Magmaroo erupted.

Their whirlwind speed allows them to attack twice per turn, wards off wind spells and makes them masters of Swoosh.

Big fans of clean air and a fresh breeze, they are keen climbers, but don't care for Upover on account of its close climate.

Brightly coloured, burning birds that fry all foes with their Flame Breath, and cremate those who confound them with Kafrizz.

People say that aging prism peacocks throw themselves into volcanoes to be reborn as comsic chimaeras.

These captains of the chimaera clan show their extreme enmity with blazing breath, and their exemplary amity with Multiheal.

They have a rather high opinion of themselves, and those they meet are unlikely to merit more than a momentary glance.

Brutish birds that bring things to a boil with their burning breath, and drive enemies dotty with Kafuddle.

Supposedly named after world champion strongman Terry Terrordise, who is said to have discovered them on his travels.

One of the Triumgorate. Used stolen celestial power to bring back Barbarus and bend him to the will of the Empire.

Threw his lot in with the ghastly Gittish Empire three hundred years ago, and was brought back as a beastly bird.

One of the Triumgorate. Used stolen celestial power to bring back Barbarus and bend him to the will of the Empire.

Threw his lot in with the ghastly Gittish Empire three hundred years ago, and was brought back as a beastly bird.

His evil eyes bring calamity wherever their gaze falls. When not fighting, he keeps them closed and feigns friendliness.

An unbelievable evil who feasts on the souls of the weak to feed the dour power that resides in his almighty eyes.