Hammerhoods are fairly diminutive creatures, often reaching only knee-high to the average person. They have tan-colored bodies and wear purple fur masks, or a hood as its name would suggest, and have small eyes and small limbs. One of their most outstanding traits is the wooden hammer they carry, often considered larger than the Hammerhood holding it.
Since their introduction, hammerhoods have been portrayed as incompetent monsters that deal laughable damage but, often when given the chance, can inflict crushing blows to their enemies. With this in mind, players have to be genuinely unlucky or very careless for these monsters to pose a threat.
Hammerhoods are typically portrayed as being timid and easily shaken in their resolve, something especially noticeable with the hammerhood in Waterfall Cave of Dragon Quest VIII. They tend to stutter syllables in their speech, though if this is due to their nerves or done as a form of emphasis is unknown.
The introduction of Hammerhoods where they can first be encountered in the lower reaches of Whealbrook Adit. Their normal attacks can only deal a point or so of damage, while their desperate attacks can deal 10, a devastating amount for players who haven't taken the time to gain a few levels on the first floor of the dungeon.
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Hammerhoods show up in the Alexandria Region and can prove problematic since their normal attacks can deal decent damage, too, though they can still pull out a crippling desperate attack. A single Hammerhood also appears as a guard in the Waterfall Cave but will quickly stand down if the player decides to confront it. Talking to it afterwards will give you the opportunity of fighting it, though there is liable to be no reward beyond spoils and the knowledge of beating a monster that appears in an area not too far off. Additionally, his dialogue is given audio in the Nintendo 3DS version.
Hammerhoods have appeared from the beginning of the game, naturally having their familiar ability to inflict desperate attacks on unsuspecting adventurers. It is possible to change the appearance of a Brownie monster companion to that of a Hammerhood's with a colour-changing ticket. Starting with Version 5.0 of the game, Vicious hammerhoods can be encountered in the Netherworld, as well.
The wooden hammers weilded by these diminutive chaps are one hundred percent handmade. In fact, each hammerhood meticulously makes its own mallet as a mark of manhood
Hammerhoods can be encountered early on in the game and can prove to be formidable both in and outside of tank battles, provided they lose their hammer amidst the battle. While an armed Hammerhood is capable of slow strikes with its hammer, one which has had its hammer knocked from its hands, typically by collision, will proceed to bawl and rush after enemies in a hand-flailing tantrum that can send piles of bricks flying and utterly demolish the insides of an opponent's tank.
Their heavy hammers mostly miss their mark, but when they hit home, they pack a proper punch. Beware! Some suspect them of being aspiring comics, and that all their slapstick swinging is actually an act.
Their heavy hammers mostly miss their mark, but when they hit home, they pack a proper punch. Beware! Some suspect them of being aspiring comics, and that all their slapstick swinging is actually an act.
Hammerhood appears as a F-rank monster of the Beast family. It can be recruited from Chapter 5, Episode 8: Find the walking corpses II of the main storyline, as well as the Rhinoceraxe Nun stage of The Beastliest Beast of Bravas Qualifiers during the limited "Beast Fest" event at any difficulty. It can participate in the Battle Roads of the Brownie, Troll, Yangus, and Red Robbin' Hood as a party member.
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Super Famicom art.
A hammerhood in X.
A Malicious hammerhood.
Monsters sprite.
Monsters 2 sprite.
DQM1·2 sprite.
Caravan Heart sprite.
Joker model
Joker 2 model.
Battle Road Victory cut-in.
Hammerhoods and other monsters in Dragon Quest Heroes.
Icon for the Hammerhood Statue in Treasures.
Jaming out.
Getting worn out.
Stars model.
Rivals card.
Tact party icon.
A Hammerhood about to attack a Great dragon.
DQ Trading Card.
