Shivery shrubbery

Dragon Quest monster
Shivery shrubbery
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	デビルスノー
Romaji	Debirusunō
First appearance	Dragon Quest IX

The Shivery shrubbery is a monster in the series.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Shivery shrubberies are monsters with a singular red eye in the center of their five-pointed snowflakes. It has five stubby limb-like roots, each wearing Japanese geta sandals, and it wears a kilt roughly made from red leaves in the middle of its body. Unlike its fellow leaf monsters, the shivery shrubbery belongs to the Elemental family. It drains magic from unfortunate adventurers, then attempts to repeatedly freeze them with its ice magic.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

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

Shivery shrubbery (デビルスノー Debirusunō)

Model
Bestiary no.: #125
Family: Elemental
Experience: 680
Gold: 98
HP: 81
MP: 14
Attack: 96
Defence: 99
Agility: 102

In-game description: They go around in gangs trying to turn the world to ice by stealing MP with Drain Magic and using it to cast Crackle.

Ice crystal critters with an insatiable lust for life, they try to live fast before they die young in the spring thaw.
Spell(s): Crackle
Drain Magic
Skill(s): Calls for backup (Shivery shrubbery)
Location(s): Snowberia
Snowberian Coast
Item(s) dropped: Ice crystal¹⁄₃₂
Narspicious¹⁄₆₄

Fire resistance *: -150%
Ice resistance *: 50%
Wind resistance *: 0%
Blast/Lightning resistance *: 0%
Earth resistance *: 0%
Dark resistance *: 25%
Light resistance *: -150%
Drain Magic resistance: -200%
Whack resistance *: 25%
Dazzle resistance *: 25%
Fizzle resistance *: 25%
Fuddle resistance *: 50%
Paralysis resistance *: 50%
Snooze resistance *: 25%
Poison resistance *: 100%
Stun resistance *: 25%
Blunt resistance *: 25%
Deceleratle resistance *: 50%
Sap resistance *: 50%
Spooky Aura resistance *: 25%
Charm resistance *: 75%

A shivery shrubbery must be defeated with Toxic Dagger while it is sleeping for Quest #67: Nab the Knife-Nicker.

Dragon Quest X [edit | edit source]

Shivery shrubberies appeared from the beginning of the game. They are slightly weaker this time around, only being able to cast Crack and have lost their ability to cast Drain Magic. The ice monsters are still able to call upon others of its kind to assist them in battle.

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

Shivery shrubbery (デビルスノー Debirusunō)

Icon	Family	Max HP	Max MP
		1,290	450
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
530	410	590	640

Bestiary No.	#318
Rank	D
In-game description	Snowflakes that have sprung into life after being subsumed by shady spirits. They love nothing more than scampering about skating rinks, spinning and swaying in a suave dance for all to see
Talents	Demoniac (lv. 1) Crack Ward (lv. 20) Wisdom Booster I (lv. 40)
Guaranteed traits	Insta-Accel (lv. 1) Evasive Impulse (lv. 20) Crackmeister (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Decontaminate (lv. 1) Late Bloomer (lv. 60)
Habitat	Circle of Indulgence - Every Echelon () Desserted Dungeon Circle of Conquest - Middle Echelon() Circle of Temper - Upper Echelon()
Items	Sage's elixir (Common) Anti-freeze earrings (Rare)
Synthesis chart	X (Either parent is D-rank.)
Notable synthesis	= X

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
0%	0%	-25%	25%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
0%	100%	50%	0%
Dark Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *
0%	0%	25%	50%
Debilitation Resistance*	MP Absorption Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	0%	50%
Sleep Resistance *		Stun Resistance *
-25%		25%
Instant Death Resistance *
0%

In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Maldad patuda helada	Spanish for "frozen evil bigfoot".
Français	Cryofolia	From the French prefix cryo- and the Latin folia.
Deutsch	Zitterzweig	German for "shivering branch".
Italiano	Brem trem	Derived from the Italian verb tremare.