The Scarewolf is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, introduced in the original game. It is a brown-furred werewolf that has learned how to use magic.
Scarewolves are brown-furred bipedal wolfmen that don grey tunics and boots with gold tops, a long tail poking out of the bottom of their tunics. Around their waist, they wear belts with a light purple jewel as a buckle. They are deadlier combatants compared to their blue-furred cousins, having gained the ability to cast Fizzle to seal away the magic of adventurers. The lycanthropes are more than capable of ripping enemies to shreds with a combination of their razor-sharp fangs and claws. It has a different colour palette in IX, Super Light, and Tact, having a lighter shade of red-orange fur, dull brown tunics and boots, and a blue belt around its waist with a light green jewel on its buckle.
Scarewolf appears as a C-rank monster of the Beast family. It can be recruited from Chapters 5-6, 7-2, 9-8, and 11-7 of the main storyline, as well as the Scarewolf Weaponsmith stages from Majellan's Rebellion! in any difficulty during the limited Beast Fest event. Scarewolf can participate in the Battle Roads of Great sabrecub and Alphyn as a party member.