Cumulus rex

Dragon Quest monster
Cumulus rex
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	くもの大王; くものだいおう
Romaji	Kumo no daiō
First appearance	Dragon Quest VII
Old localisation	CloudKing

The Cumulus rex is a monster in the series.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Cumulus rexes are cloudy elementals with the appearance of bearded men wearing billowing robes. Their bodies seem to be made of pure, blue solid air. In battle, they protect themselves and other monsters with Magic Barrier and can call for backup from sky fries. In Dragon Quest IX, sky fries do not appear, but they have gained the ability to call down lightning. Their description also states that they are attended to by Hell niños.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past[edit | edit source]

Cumulus rex (くもの大王, Kumo no daiō )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #150

Sprite	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
	310	30	170 (PS1) 255 (3DS)	120 (PS1) 180 (3DS)	150	109	75	¹⁄₆₄	¹⁄₁₂₈

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%	50%	60%	100%	100%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
50%	100%	100%	100%	50%	100%	100%	50%	0%	100%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Magic Barrier	Calls for backup (Sky fry)	The Beacon	Noble garb¹⁄₁₂₈
Notable changes in the remakes

Floating-type

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit | edit source]

Cumulus rex (くもの大王, Kumo no daiō)
Defeated Monster List No. : #158

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Elemental & Floating	252	18	1,400	144	140	151	134

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
-50%	0%	50%	50%	0%	0%	-50%	0%	50%	100%	50%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
75%	100%	50%	100%	100%	50%	50%	50%	50%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
Magic Barrier	Lightning	Wyrmtail Wyrmsmaw Grotto (Caves, rank 5)	Thunderball¹⁄₁₆ Lightning staff¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		They hold sway over hordes of hell niños, and maul mortals with deadly discharges. Well-armed against wind and lightning. They cut up their cloudy thrones to create hell niño helpers to tend their bushy beards.

A cumulus rex must be defeated while under the effects of Gale Fource during Quest #111: The Fource...Forever.
Cumulus rexes are also the target of Quest #121: A Cloudless Skye. They must be defeated by a character wielding a Miracle sword or Über miracle sword and will eventually drop a clump of cloud. The quest can be repeated as many times as possible.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2[edit | edit source]

CloudKing (くもの大王, Kumo no daiō )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Family	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	Material	45	4/10	7/10	5/10	6/10	6/10	8/10

Resistances
Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Water*
Weak	None	Strong	None	Weak	Strong	Weak	None	Strong
Zap*	Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*	Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*
Immune	Strong	None	Strong	Immune	Weak	Immune	Strong	Weak
Snooze*	Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
Strong	None	Strong	Weak	None	Weak	None	None	Weak

Additional information
Description	Monsters made of clouds. Normally high in the sky, but sometimes descends to frighten children.
Skills	Barrier, Infernos, Surge
Location
Breeding Chart	Gismo x DracoLord, KingSlime, KingSquid, LampGenie, SkyDragon, SpotKing, WhaleMage, WhiteKing

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart[edit | edit source]

The CloudKing is a two-star member of the Element family with a weight of 4. It naturally learns Infernos, Barrier and Surge. Its in-game description reads "When its cloud body is touched, it's a strange sensation."

Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Cumulus rex appears as a B-rank monster of the Inorganic family as part of the Terry's Wonderland 3D event. It can be synthesised at the Ancient Shrine by combining Dancing flame Might and Frostburn Might together. It eventually became recruitable during Part 4 of the main storyline from Chapter 2, Episode 2: Signs of Treasure. The cumulus rex can participate in Thunderbird's Battle Road as a party member.

Cumulus Rex (くもの大王 Kumo no daiō)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
Magic	120	1,025	306	2
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
212	302	241	333	25
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Very Weak	Very Weak	Normal	Normal	Half Res
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Half Res	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Super Weak	Immune	Normal	Super Weak

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Woosh Magic Veil* Dimming Wind*	Woosh-type Spell Potency +5%/Stats Up Bang Res +25/Stats Up Dimming Wind Potency +5%/Stats Up Zap Res +25/Stats Up Dimming Wind Potency +5%/Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks	WIS +5 Dimming Wind Potency +2% N/a
Leader perk	N/a
Awakening perk	Woosh-type Spell Potency +5%: Raises Woosh-type spell potency by 5%.

In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Cúmulo rex	Spanish for "cumulus rex".
Français	Cumulus lex	From cumulus, a type of white puffy cloud, and possibly from the Latin lex, which means "law".
Deutsch	Wolkenkönig	German for "cloud king".
Italiano	Nubis	From the Latin nubes, which means "cloud".
中文	云大王	Simplified Chinese for "cloud great king".