Great dragon

Dragon Quest monster
Great dragon
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	グレイトドラゴン
Romaji	Gureito doragon
First appearance	Dragon Quest V
Old localisation	GreatDrak
Variants	Black Dragon; Lord Dragon; Noble dragon; Renegade dragon

The Great dragon is a monster in the series.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Great dragons are large, golden-scaled dragons with a large pair of wings on their back, a long tail, and horns. They are often able to breathe out devastating fire or ice breath, use their claws, fangs, and tails in powerful attacks, while their scales grant them a high degree of protection against the elements. Due to some similarity in colouration and head shape, it is theorised that they are the adult stage of the Small fry, despite the small fries themselves possibly being in their adult stage already. Their monster description in X states that they are popular even amongst dragonkind, with small fries aspiring to become a great dragon in the future.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride[edit | edit source]

Great Dragon (グレイトドラゴン, Gureito doragon )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #163

Sprites			Attributes
SFC	PS2	DS & Mobile	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
			250	0	1,010 (SFC) 810 (Remakes)	158	220	160	95	⁰⁄₆₄	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Zap	Whack	Kamikazee
20%	100%	100%	20%	100%	100%	100%	67%	100%	20%
Drain Magic	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Confusion	Sap
100%	100%	100%	100%	67%	100%	100%	100%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Calls for backup (Great dragon) Grabs character (125% damage) Inferno Regenerates 20 HP per turn	Nadiria Region Mt. Zugzwang	Rebirth stone¹⁄₁₂₈
Notable changes in the remakes		None

Dragon Quest X [edit | edit source]

Great dragon began appearing from the first half of 3.5 onward. They focus on damaging the entire party by swinging their long tails, screaming a Total War Cry, and spewing Blessed Breath for Light-based damage. Additionally, they have learned to use Disruptive Wave.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age[edit | edit source]

Great dragon (グレイトドラゴン, Gureito doragon )
Defeated Monster List No. : #384

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Dragon	1,900	80	2,707	436	485	361	121

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
75%	75%	75%	25%	75%	-25%	75%	0%	75%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	25%	100%	25%	25%	0%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	75%	99%	100%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Bites down hard with its razor-sharp fangs (Attacks character twice for 60% damage each) Suddenly grabs character (125% damage) Scorch Swings its terrible tail (70-80% damage to entire party)	Fortress of Fear (act two)	Dragon hide¹⁄₈ Staff of resurrection¹⁄₂₅₆
Description		Great golden wyrms whose roars echo around the underworld and beyond, causing all who hear them to cower in abject terror.

Vicious[edit | edit source]

Vicious great dragon (グレイトドラゴン・強, Gureito doragon・kyō )
Defeated Monster List No. : #639

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Dragon	2,600	120	5,072	730	548	408	190

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
75%	75%	75%	25%	75%	-25%	75%	0%	75%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	25%	100%	25%	25%	0%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	75%	99%	100%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Bites down hard with its razor-sharp fangs (Attacks character twice for 60% damage each) Suddenly grabs character (125% damage) Scorch Swings its terrible tail (70-80% damage to entire party)	The Luminary's Trial - Citadel of Spite (postgame)	Serpent skin¹⁄₈ Staff of resurrection¹⁄₂₅₆
Description		Great dragons driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.

Dragon Quest Monsters[edit | edit source]

GreatDrak (グレイトドラゴン, Gureito doragon )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Family	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	Dragon	60	2/5	1/5	3/5	2/5	4/5	5/5

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

Additional information
Description	The biggest dragon in the dragon family.
Skills	FrigidAir, IceSlash, SuckAll
Location	Old Man's Gate
Breeding Chart	Dragon X Dragon

Dragon Quest Monsters 2[edit | edit source]

GreatDrak (グレイトドラゴン, Gureito doragon )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Family	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	Dragon		6/10	3/10	7/10	5/10	6/10	6/10

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

Additional information
Description
Skills	FrigidAir, IceSlash, SuckAll
Location
Breeding Chart	DragonKid (+5 and up) x DragonKid (+5 and up) Dragon (+5 and up) x Dragon (+5 and up)

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker[edit | edit source]

The Great dragon is the last monsters in the Dragon family that can be synthesised without using a specific combination. They are necessary for synthesising other monsters such as the Mechan-o'-wyrm and Black dragon. One appears as a boss in the temple on Celeste Isle.

Great dragon

Sprite	Attributes
	Family	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	Dragon	A	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
-			Ice		Fire Breathproof, Ice Breathproof, Whackproof

Additional information
Description	The golden scales of this mighty dragon shield it from both frost and flame.
Weapons	Axes, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Drakularge x Jamirus A-Rank x Dragon family

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2[edit | edit source]

Great dragon

Attributes
Family	Rank	Size	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
Dragon	A	S	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Frizzmeister, Crafty Fire Breather			Ice		Immune to Fire Breath, Cold Breath, and Whack

Additional information
Weapons	Axes, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Drakularge x Fright knight or Dancing flame

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

Great dragon (グレイトドラゴン, Gureito doragon )
Monsterpedia No.: #110

Attributes
Family	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	B	1,390	270	620	570	450	360
Talents		Traits		Large-size exclusive traits		Dropped items
Respirator (lv. 1)		Close Scraper (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Frizzer (lv. 20) Insta-Oomph (lv. 40)		Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Dodge Denier (lv. 1) Late Bloomer (lv. 60)		N/A

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

Additional information
Description	Heroic drakes who have lived since the world was young. The rich lustre absorbed by their golden scales over the aeons allows them to unleash powerful light-elemental breath attacks.
Location	This monster has no natural habitat

Synthesis
Breeding chart
X
Notable fusions
X =

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai[edit | edit source]

In episode 5 of the 2020 anime series, "The Insignia of Avan", a pair of great dragons can be seen when Hadlar calls his Dark Army in front of the Sovereign Rock Castle.

Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Great dragon is a S-rank monster of the Dragon family that can be scouted normally from any banner. It can participate in the Gasbagon's Battle Road as a party member. In the Japanese beta version of the game, the great dragon appeared on its own banner along with Slimecicle.

Great dragon (グレイトドラゴン Gureito doragon)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
Attack	140	987	495	2-3
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
456	452	538	295	50
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Half Res	Half Res	Normal	Very Weak	Normal
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Very Weak	Normal	Normal	Very Weak	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Normal	Normal	Half Res	Normal	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Normal	Half Res	Immune	Super Weak

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Chilly Breath Blizzard Rush* C-c-cold Breath* Talent Blossoming: Ice	Crackmeister/Stats Up Frizz Res +25/Stats Up C-c-cold Breath Potency +5%/Stats Up/Ice Potency +5% Sizz Res +25/Stats Up C-c-cold Breath Potency +5%/Stats Up/Ice Potency +5%
Perks
Basic perks	AGL +20 Max MP +15 C-c-cold Breath Potency +2%
Leader perk	Raises breath potency of dragon allies, including itself, by 20% in a 5x5 square around it.
Awakening perk	Crackmeister: Lowers Crack-type ability MP cost, raises potency.

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai: A Hero's Bonds[edit | edit source]

Great dragon could be faced as a boss in several levels, starting from the Battle Arena: Season 5, Term 3. Its special move is Bitter Blizzard, a powerful ice breath which it unleashes after a 10-second countdown unless it is defeated or interrupted first.

In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Gran dragón	Spanish for "great dragon".
Français	Grand dragon	French for "great dragon".
Deutsch	Großer Drache	German for "great dragon".
Italiano	Gigadragone	From the prefix giga- and the Italian dragone.
中文 (繁體)	偉大金龍	Traditional Chinese for "great golden dragon".