Editing Vicious monsters (section)

==Appearances==
==={{Dragon Quest X}}===
Vicious monsters were added to the game after the release of ''XI'' starting with Version 5.0 in the [[Netherworld]], which is the game's version of the Demon World. Some vicious monsters are powerful enough to defeat even the highest level parties.

==={{Dragon Quest XI}}===
Vicious monsters begin appearing throughout the world of [[Erdrea]] during act two of the game, when [[Mordegon]] acquires the power of the Luminary and destroys [[Yggdrasil]]. In 3D versions of the game, they can be recognized by their red eyes or in the case of some monsters without eyes, their mouths or bodies will glow red, as well. In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] version, the outlines of vicious monsters will glow red. However, in the 2D mode of the game, vicious monsters still look the same as their normal counterparts.

In the postgame, vicious monsters will appear inside of Drustan's Labyrinth instead, as they can no longer be encountered throughout Erdrea. There are also many more monsters that receive vicious counterparts that can be faced. The vicious monsters originally encountered in the second act will have higher attributes when faced in the postgame and sometimes have even stronger attacks or spells in their repertoire.

It is worth noting that if a player missed out on the entry of a regular version of an enemy in the Defeated Monsters List, one can simply defeat their vicious or malicious version and they will automatically receive the entry of the normal version, too. This is due to the fact that certain monsters can no longer be encountered in their original locations as the story progresses. In this way, no monster entry is permanently missable.