Goodybags are anthropomorphic burlap sacks with a cartoonish face, their tongues lolling out, which are surrounded by various treasures and jewelry that hover in midair. They specialise in casting disruptive magic, such as Fizzle and Fuddle, combining with their Agility and evasiveness to make them bothersome monsters to face. Being bags of treasure, they are also prone to dropping a considerable amount of gold and occasionally high price items.
Recent titles have shown goodybags to have erratic speech, indicated by random capitalisation. This is illustrated especially well in Fortune Street and Rocket Slime, where parts of their text may also be colored red or blue in addition to the standard black.
This is what becomes of bags o' laughs that come into a nice inhertiance. They show off their new-found wealth to all, blissfully unaware that nobody likes a braggart.
Two goodybags accompany Grody Gumpdrops in the Grody Grotto near Greenthumb Gardens in the past. They do minimal damage when attacking, but use a variety of debilitating effects against the party. Having the Hero and/or Ruff equipped with boomerangs can make the battle go faster. As always, Kiefer should use Focus Strength and Flame Slash combo, while Maribel casts Sap on the Grody Gumpdrops twice. The player may wish to take out the goodybags first due to their lower HP and to prevent them from casting Kasap on the party.
Jangling bags of jewels, each of which has the power to render its foes unable to act. They can also carry off a Sultry Dance.
The first goodybag was made by a major sage as a birthday gift for the kindly king of an ancient desert realm.
During Quest #33: Lady of the Dance, the player must go to the Iluugazar Plains and seek out the legendary belly-dancing teacher, who happens to be a goodybag. Defeat goodybags in battle and eventually one of them will teach the Hero how to perform a belly dance.
Goodybag appeared from the beginning of the game. Like before, they are able to perform a Sultry Dance and can waste their turn by smiling, as well as call for backup from Jinksters, along with casting Kasap and Fuddle. Starting with Version 2.1, Item Masters are able to recruit them as monster companions.
The JewelBag is a two-star member of the Material family with a weight of 4. It naturally learns Sizz, Fizzle and Fuddle. Its in-game description reads "The face on the sack is an illusion. Its true face is hidden inside the sack."
The goodybag Jules appears as a friendly NPC on the island of Khrumbul-Dun, found just north of The Old Lift naviglobe. He asks for the Builder to find his three brothers, and the Builder can find these Bag o' laughs scattered in the Lower Level of the mines, in the region between The Old Lift and The Marshroom Room. The player then comes back later to find Zenithium ore, and he gives pointers to where it might be. When the player finds it, he rushes up behind them and congratulates them. The player then tells him they need it to build a Babs' Billboard, to which his interest is piqued and then ask to come back to the surface with the Builder, becoming a resident of the town. A goodybag Super Strong Monster also exists on the Sunny Sands explorer's shore, spawning in the water of a large oasis. Oasises are characterised by their large body of water, surrounded by lemongrassy earth with nature such as bananas, palm trees, fan ferns, fibrous ferns, gladioli, and coralilies.
Goodybags appear as rare monsters in the game, capable of appearing in all areas except Forewood Forest and the Flying Clawtress. They only appear in specific rooms, and only appear rarely at that, scampering away once they spot the player and may attempt to escape with Zoom if they are not captured or defeated quickly enough. Because of this, they can be seen as parallels to metal monsters in other titles since these monsters do no appear as enemies in the game. Because Experience points are not used in Rocket Slime, goodybags will instead drop large amounts of gold (in the form of treasures) when struck and often drop lucky bags containing valuable materials when defeated.
In tank battles, the goodybag will use Zoom to infiltrate the enemy tank and return on-foot with a stolen piece of ammo. It is incredibly swift, but is prone to getting stuck if enemies repeatedly get in its way.
Goodybags can be found rarely in both Necropolis and Shiveral. They act similarly to how they act in Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, rarely appearing when continuously entering and exiting rooms, dropping money when attacked. 10 are needed to recruit as a crew member and complete their request. As a crew member, goodybags will teleport and steal ammo, however, goodybags is seen as a poor crew member due to its tendency to stay on the enemy ship for long periods of time as well as running into spikes and killing itself. goodybags has 5 HP and a capacity of 1 ammo. Its description reads: "A rare but valuable discovery, these thieves are full of treasure."
Having somehow gained sentience, these jangling gems drive opponents potty with a pouchful of painful pranks. Their habit of flashing their booty has earned them ample attention among avaricious adventurers.
Having somehow gained sentience, these jangling gems drive opponents potty with a pouchful of painful pranks. Their habit of flashing their booty has earned them ample attention among avaricious adventurers.
Goodybag appears as a C-rank monster of the Inorganic family. It can be recruited from Chapters 8-8, 9-3, 10-3, 12-1, and 14-2 of the main storyline and it can participate in the Battle Roads of the Dancing flame and Cumulus vex as a party member. They are often encountered as enemies on levels like the Gold Quest where large masses of gold can be accumulated alongside other treasure-themed monsters such as Canniboxes and Gold golems.
Goodybag (おどるほうせき Odoru hōseki)
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Famicom art
Boss battle in the 3DS version of VII.
A Goodybag in X.
DQM1·2 sprite.
Caravan Heart sprite.
Joker model.
Joker 2 model.
Terry's Wonderland 3D model.
Battle Road Victory cut-in.
Fortune Street.
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle card.
Heroes, promotional render.
Heroes II Goodybag abacus weapon.
Torneko wielding the Goodybag abacus.
Appearance in Stars with Gold slime and Goodybag.
Rivals card.
A Goodybag in Keshi Keshi.
DQ Trading Card.
35th Anniversary Memorial Card
Plush toy.
A Goodybag in the 1991 anime of The Adventure of Dai.
