Cumaulus

Dragon Quest monster
Cumaulus
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ギズモ
Romaji	Gizumo
First appearance	Dragon Quest III
Old localisation	Gas Cloud (NES); Gismo (Monsters and III GBC)

The Cumaulus is a monster in the series.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Cumauluses are small grey clouds with sinister human faces on them, capable of floating around like normal clouds. Its puffy features give the cloud's face the appearance of having chubby cheeks. They are also capable of dispersing their entire bodies and reforming them in order to attack. While not particularly powerful on their own, they can quickly become nuisances since they appear in large groups and can attack foes with fire magic. In X and Heroes II, the cumauluses instead gained the ability to manipulate lightning and cast Zap against opponents instead.

Cumaulus's name is play on cumulus clouds, which are puffy and cotton-like just like the enemy, and "maul", which means to damage seriously. The monster's Japanese name Gizmo is derived from Gaseous Lifeform Gizmo (ガス状生物ギズモ,, Gasu-jō Seibutsu Gizumo^?), a science-fiction story originally known as War with the Gizmos, written by American writer Murray Leinster. It was published in Japan in 1969.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation[edit | edit source]

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Original (NES)

Sprite
Bestiary No.: #019
Level: 8
Experience: 35
Gold: 14
HP: 25
MP: 18
Attack: 22
Defense: 14
Agility: 28
Evasion: ¹⁄₃₂

Spell(s): Frizz
Skill(s): None
Location(s): Skyfell Tower
Norvik Region
Asham Region
Item Dropped: Seed of resilience¹⁄₁₂₈

Fire resistance *: 0%
Crack resistance *: 0%
Woosh resistance *: 0%
Zap resistance *: 0%
Drain Magic resistance: 0%
Whack resistance *: 0%
Kamikazee resistance: 0%
Poof resistance: 100%
Dazzle resistance: 100%
Fizzle resistance: 0%
Fuddle resistance: 0%
Snooze resistance: 100%
Deceleratle resistance *: 25%
Sap resistance *: 0%

Remakes sprites

SFC
GBC
Switch

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[edit | edit source]

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Sprite
Bestiary No.: #020
Family: Floating
Experience: 64
Gold: 5
HP: 50
MP: 18
Attack: 42
Defence*: 60
Agility: 33
Evasion: ¹⁄₆₄

In-game description: Clouds of condensed vapour whose disconcerting grin does little to ingratiate them with meteorologists.
Spell(s): Dazzle
Frizz
Skill(s): None
Location(s): Norvik Region
Skyfell Tower
Item Dropped: ¹⁄₈

Fire resistance *: 25%
Explosion resistance *: -125%
Ice resistance *: -125%
Wind resistance *: -125%
Strike resistance *: 25%
Lightning resistance *: 25%
Drain Magic resistance: 0%
Whack resistance *: 0%
Kamikazee resistance: 0%
Poof resistance *: 0%
Dazzle resistance: 100%
Fizzle resistance: 0%
Fuddle resistance *: 0%
Paralysis resistance *: 100%
Snooze resistance *: 0%
Stumble resistance *: 0%
Stun resistance *: 100%
Deceleratle resistance: 0%
Sap resistance *: 0%

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation[edit | edit source]

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Original (SFC)

Sprite
Bestiary No.: #012
Recruit Rate: N/A
Experience *: 15
Gold: 12
HP *: 15
MP: 3
Attack: 21
Defence: 18
Agility: 8
Evasion: ⁰⁄₆₄

Spell(s): Frizz
Skill(s): None
Location(s): Gardsbane Tower
Item(s) dropped: Holy water¹⁄₆₄

Frizz resistance *: 25%
Sizz resistance *: 25%
Fire Breath resistance *: 25%
Bang resistance *: 0%
Crack resistance *: 0%
Ice Breath resistance *: 0%
Woosh resistance *: 0%
Strike/Rock resistance *: 100%
Zap resistance *: 0%
Drain Magic resistance *: 0%
Whack resistance *: 0%
Poof resistance *: 50%
Ban Dance resistance: 100%
Dazzle resistance *: 0%
Fizzle resistance: 0%
Fuddle resistance *: 0%
Paralysis resistance *: 50%
Poison resistance *: 0%
Snooze resistance *: 0%
Stun resistance *: 0%
Sap resistance *: 0%
Army resistance *: 0%

Remakes (DS, Mobile)

Sprites
Notable Changes: None

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

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Remake exclusive (3DS)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	15	3	21	18
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
8	23	18	¹⁄₃₂

Bestiary No.	DLC #051
Spell(s)	Frizz
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Cloud Control
Item(s) Dropped	Holy water¹⁄₆₄

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
⁰⁄₆₄	25%	25%	25%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
100%	0%	0%	0%
Poof Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *
50%	100%	0%	0%
Fuddle Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance*	Poison Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *
0%	50%	0%	0%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

*Floating-type

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

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Model
Bestiary no.: #027
Family: Elemental & Floating
Experience: 62
Gold: 42
HP: 30
MP: 10
Attack: 28
Defence: 30
Agility: 72

In-game description: Companionable clouds who crowd around their victims and clobber them with constant facefuls of Frizz.

Amalgamations of the ominous air that amasses in the upper atmosphere, forming foul, ferocious clouds.
Spell(s): Frizz
Skill(s): Psyche Up
Location(s): Doomingale Forest
Brigadoom
Item(s) dropped: Tangleweb¹⁄₃₂
Coagulant¹⁄₆₄

Fire resistance *: 0%
Ice resistance *: 0%
Wind resistance *: -25%
Blast/Lightning resistance *: 0%
Earth resistance *: 0%
Dark resistance *: 0%
Light resistance *: -25%
Drain Magic resistance: 0%
Whack resistance *: 0%
Dazzle resistance *: 50%
Fizzle resistance *: 0%
Fuddle resistance *: 25%
Paralysis resistance *: 50%
Snooze resistance *: 50%
Poison resistance *: 100%
Stun resistance *: 100%
Blunt resistance *: 0%
Deceleratle resistance *: 0%
Sap resistance *: 0%
Spooky Aura resistance *: 0%
Charm resistance *: 50%

Dragon Quest X [edit | edit source]

Cumaulus appeared from the beginning of the game. They are now able to cast Zap on opponents instead of Frizz and can boost their evasiveness by hiding themselves with clouds.

Dragon Quest Monsters[edit | edit source]

Gismo (ギズモ Gizumo)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	2/5	2/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
3/5	2/5	5/5	3/5

Family	Material
In-game description	Life was brought to this ball of energy.
Abilities	FireAir, FrigidAir, SuckAir
Habitat	Gate of Villager, Gate of Memories
Breeding chart	Goopi, MadCandle, MadMirror x DrakSlime, EvilSeed, FireWeed, MistyWing, Phoenix, Wyvern

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

Dragon Quest Monsters 2[edit | edit source]

Gismo (ギズモ Gizumo)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	4/10	5/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
6/10	5/10	7/10	5/10

Family	Material
In-game description	A cloud monster created from wandering eerie air. Said to descend on its prey and surround them.
Abilities	FireAir, FrigidAir, SuckAir
Habitat	Ice World
Breeding chart	Goopi x Anemon MadCandle x DrakSlime MadMirror x EvilSeed, FireWeed, MistyWing, Wyvern

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

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince[edit | edit source]

Cumaulus (ギズモ)

Icon	Family	Max HP	Max MP
		1,340	430
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
570	350	510	600

Bestiary No.	#280
Rank	G
In-game description	These creatures are clumps of living cloud. often at the mercy of the weather, you might clap eyes on a stray cumaulus on an especially windy day.
Talents	Woosh Afficionado (lv. 1) Drain Dodger (random) MP Booster I (random)
Guaranteed traits	Ace Evader (lv. 1) Benefaction (lv. 20) Ultra Crafty Woosher (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Commander (lv. 1) Static Discharge (lv. 1) Wooshmeister (lv. 60)
Habitat	Circle of Fortitude - Lower & Middle Echelon ()
Items	Magic water (Common) Seed of agility (rare)
Synthesis chart	X (Either parent is G-rank.)
Notable synthesis	X = X = X =

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
0%	0%	-25%	25%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
50%	50%	50%	0%
Dark Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	50%
Debilitation Resistance*	MP Absorption Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
25%	25%	0%	50%
Sleep Resistance *		Stun Resistance *
-25%		25%
Instant Death Resistance *
0%

Dragon Quest Heroes II[edit | edit source]

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	47	23g	Yes

List No.	#016
Field Notes	A monster masquerading as a cloud that floats high o'er vales and hills, blasting passers-by with thunderbolts. When the wind picks up, they get blown off over the horizon, and have to fly for miles to find their way home.
Location(s)	The Grand Dunes, The Battle of Dunisia
Item(s) Dropped	Narspicious, Agility ring

Dragon Quest Treasures[edit | edit source]

Cumaulus appears as a statue and is Treasure No. 521 in the Monster Statues 1 category. It can be found on the Wingswept Moors and its base value is 80,000 gold.

Game	Description
	A model of a monster from some faraway world.^[1]

Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Cumaulus appears as an E-rank monster of the Inorganic family as part of the True Dragon Quest III event. It can be scouted from the Gaia's Navel stage of Awaken! Ramia at any difficulty and it can participate in Ramia's Battle Road as a party member.

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Stats


Family		Rank		Role
Inorganic				Magic
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
105		661	141	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
178	176	237	120	10

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Magic Dawn		Rolling Frizz*		N/a

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Max HP +15/Stats Up	Woosh Res +25/Stats Up	Rolling Frizz Potency +5%/Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Zam]] Res +25/Stats Up	Rolling Frizz Potency +5%/Stats Up

Leader Perks

First
N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Rolling Frizz Potency +2%	N/a	N/a

Perk Details

First
Max HP +15: Raises max HP by 15.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Normal	Normal	Very Weak	Half Res
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Very Weak	Normal	Half Res	Normal
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Half Res	Normal	Super Weak	Half Res
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Immune	Normal	Super Weak

In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Cúmulo	Spanish for "cumulus cloud".
Français	Flammulus	From Flamme, the French translation for Frizz, and cumulus, a type of cloud.
Deutsch	Wolkenketzer	German for "cloud heretic".
Italiano	Cumulus	A type of cloud that is puffy or cotton-like. From the Latin cumulus, which means "heap" or "pile".
中文 (繁體)	云雾怪	Traditional Chinese for "cloud monster".