Earthenwarrior

Dragon Quest monster
Earthenwarrior
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	はにわナイト
Romaji	Haniwa naito
First appearance	Dragon Quest IX

The Earthenwarrior is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest IX. It is sword-wielding knight riding atop a horse, all of which are made from clay. Its name is a play on the word earthenware.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Earthenwarriors are earth soldiers riding on earth horses, which seems to be a play on the Terracotta Army that were found in Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. It may also be inspired from Japanese Haniwa funerary objects, which were also constructed from terracotta clay. True to their real-life counterparts' purpose, they possess protective magic that allows them to bolster their allies' Defences.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

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

Earthenwarrior (はにわナイト, Haniwa naito)
Defeated Monster List No. : #045

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Material	55	6	110	66	58	65	48

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
0%	0%	-100%	0%	25%	-25%	-25%	100%	0%	0%	0%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
0%	100%	0%	100%	50%	0%	0%	0%	0%	75%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
Kabuff	Fire Breath Tosses rope (stuns party member for one turn)	Quarantomb Grotto (Ruins, rank 1)	Scale shield (common, 1/32) Soldier's sword (rare, 1/64)
Description		Fiery-breathed pieces of highly protected pottery which fortify themselves even with Kabuff. Pottery paladins put in the graves of the great and good to guard them in the beyond, but which grow bored and go AWOL.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key[edit | edit source]

Earthenwarrior makes its debut in the Monsters series as a D-rank monster of the Material family exclusive to the smartphone version of the game.

In Other languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Jinete de terracota	Spanish for "terracota rider".
Français	Cavalier de glaise	French for "knight of clay".
Deutsch	Keramikkrieger	German for "ceramic warrior".
Italiano	Milite d'argilla	Italian for "clay soldier".