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Dragon Quest monster
Armoured scorpion
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	さそりアーマー
Romaji	Sasori āmā
First appearance	Dragon Quest IV
Old localisation	Armor Scorpion; Armorpion

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The Armoured Scorpion is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first introduced in Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen.

Description[edit | edit source]

The Armoured Scorpion, naturally, is a scorpion that is heavily armoured. As such, its defenses are higher than the surrounding enemies. Its body is covered in yellow armor plates, giving it the appearance of a knight, and it attacks using both its pincers and its stinging tail. These fearsome arachnids are not to be taken lightly, as they are some of the first enemies the player encounters that are capable of landing desperate attacks.

Appearance[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen[edit | edit source]

Armoured scorpion (さそりアーマー, Sasori āmā )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #033

Sprites		Attributes
NES	Remakes	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
		40	0	38	44	33	42	9	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Bang	Crack	Woosh	Zap	Whack	Kamikazee	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Drain Magic	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Deceleratle
0%	0%	0%	25%	75%	0%	25%	0%	100%	0%	25%	100%	100%	0%	75%	?

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Desperate attack	Endor region (Chapter 2) Desert Bazaar region (Chapter 2) Birdsong Tower region (Chapter 2) Bath region	Leather armour(¹⁄₂₅₆)
Notable changes in the remakes		None

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past[edit | edit source]

Armoured scorpion (さそりアーマー, Sasori āmā )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #036

Sprite	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
	49	0	24 (PS1) 36 (3DS)	9 (PS1) 14 (3DS)	50	70	19	⁰⁄₆₄	¹⁄₃₂

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
30%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	50%	50%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	0%	0%	100%	50%	50%	100%	15%	0%	100%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Critical Hit	Western Cave Dungeon of Descent	Seed of resilience¹⁄₂₅₆
Notable changes in the remakes

Dragon Quest Monsters[edit | edit source]

Armorpion (さそりアーマー Sasori āmā)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	55	2/5	2/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
3/5	3/5	5/5	4/5

Family	Bug
In-game description	Unprotected joints are its weakness.
Abilities	ZombieCut, EvilSlash, RainSlash
Habitat	Only obtainable through breeding
Breeding chart	HornBeet x HornBeet

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Weak	Strong	Strong	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Weak	Immune
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
None	Immune	Weak	Weak
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Strong	Immune	Immune	Immune
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Immune	Immune	Weak	Weak
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
Weak		Immune

Dragon Quest Monsters 2[edit | edit source]

Armorpion (さそりアーマー Sasori āmā)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	55	6/10	5/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
7/10	7/10	7/10	5/10

Family	Bug
In-game description
Abilities	EvilSlash, RainSlash, ZombieCut
Habitat
Breeding chart	HornBeet x HornBeet WarMantis x CancerMan, Octoraid, RogueNite

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Weak	Strong	Strong	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Weak	Immune
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
Weak	None	Immune	Weak
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
Weak	Strong	Immune	Immune
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Immune	Immune	Immune	Weak
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
Weak	Weak	Immune

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart[edit | edit source]

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

Armoured scorpion (さそりアーマー, Sasori āmā )
Bestiary number: #182

Attributes
Familiy	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Evasion
	C	1,350	300	620	670	450	?
Talents		Traits		Large-size exclusive traits		Dropped items
Mouth Guard (lv. 1)		Defensive Impulse (lv. 1) Dragonsbane (lv. 20) Rando-Mister (lv. 40)		Tactical Trooper (lv. 1) Collective Punishment (lv. 1) Paralysing Touch (lv. 60)		Special medicine (Common) Seed of life (Rare)

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

Additional information
Description	Scorpions which might as well be walking shields, such is the protection given them by their exoskeletons. If an adventurer should find one blocking their path, their best hope is to find a tiny chink in their armour
Location	Circle of Caprice - Middle Echelon ()

Synthesis
Breeding chart
X
Notable fusions

Dragon Quest Rivals[edit | edit source]

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Dragon Quest Walk[edit | edit source]

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Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Armoured scorpion appears as an A-rank monster of the Nature family as part of the limited Dragon Quest IV event on Alena's banner. Starting with Version 2.0 of the game, armoured scorpion can be scouted from any limited banner, as well. It can participate in Ragnar's Battle Road as a party member.

Armoured scorpion (さそりアーマー Sasori āmā)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
Defence	120	1,123	233	2
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
305	498	322	218	35
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Very Weak	Half Res
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Very Weak	Normal	Normal	Normal	Super Weak
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Normal	Half Res	Normal	Half Res	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Normal	Super Weak	Normal	Immune

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Tail Hammer Selflessness* Gaia's Blessing*	Rare Buff / Stats Up Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up Tail Hammer Potency +5% / Stats Up Bang Res +25 / Stats Up Tail Hammer Potency +5% / Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks	Max HP +20 DEF +15 Tail Hammer Potency +2%
Leader perk	Raises DEF of nature allies, including itself, by 15% in a 5x5 square around it.
Awakening perk	Rare Buff: Rarely greatly raises DEF for 4 turns at action start.

Related monsters[edit | edit source]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Famicom art.
An armoured scorpion guarding Nava in Dragon Quest VII.
Battle Road Victory cut-in
Armoured scorpion and Alena in Tact.
DQ Trading Card Game.

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-|locations=[[Endor]] region (Chapter 2)<br>[[Desert Bazaar]] region (Chapter 2)<br>[[Birdsong Tower]] region (Chapter 2)<br>[[Bath]] region (Chapters 5 & 6)
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+|remake-sprites=[[File:Sprite DQIV PSX Armoured scorpion.png]]
 |remake-changes=None
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 |hp=49
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 |agility=4/5
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+|in-game-description=Unprotected joints are its weakness.
 |abilities=[[Undead Undoer|ZombieCut]], [[Hatchet Man|EvilSlash]], [[Multislice|RainSlash]]
 |habitat=Only obtainable through breeding
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+|in-game-description=Scorpions which might as well be walking shields, such is the protection given them by their exoskeletons. If an adventurer should find one blocking their path, their best hope is to find a tiny chink in their armour
+|talents=[[Mouth Guard]] (lv. 1)
+|traits=[[Defensive Impulse]] (lv. 1)<br>[[Dragonsbane (talent)|Dragonsbane]] (lv. 20)<br>[[Rando-Mister]] (lv. 40)
+|ltraits=[[Tactical Trooper]] (lv. 1)<br>[[Collective Punishment]] (lv. 1)<br>[[Paralysing Touch]] (lv. 60)
+|habitat= [[Circle of Caprice]] - Middle Echelon ([[File:DQM3 spring icon.png|20px]][[File:DQM3 summer icon.png|20px]][[File:DQM3 autumn icon.png|20px]][[File:DQM3 winter icon.png|20px]])
+|items=[[Special medicine]] (Common)<br>[[Seed of life]] (Rare)
+|synthesis=[[File:Tartarus eagle DQM3 portrait.png|64px|link=Tartarus eagle]] X [[File:Eggsoskeleton DQM3 portrait.png|64px|link=Eggsoskeleton]]
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+|light-resist=25%
+|dark-resist=25%
+|debilitation-resist=0%
+|bedazzlement-resist=0%
+|antimagic-resist=0%
+|mp-absorption-resist=50%
+|confusion-resist=0%
+|sleep-resist=50%
+|paralysis-resist=50%
+|stun-resist=-25%
+|poison-resist=25%
+|instant-death-resist=0%
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-|family=[[Image:Tact Icon Nature.png|48px]]<br>Nature
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+|rank=A
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-|agility=300
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 ==Gallery==
-<center><gallery>
+<gallery align=center>
 DQIV_Armoured_Scorpion.png|{{Famicom}} art.
 DQVII NavaSoulstealer.jpg|An armoured scorpion guarding [[Nava]] in ''Dragon Quest VII''.
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 DQT Alena Armoured Scorpion.jpg|Armoured scorpion and [[Alena]] in ''Tact''.
 DQTCG Armoured scorpion.jpg|''DQ Trading Card Game''.
-</gallery></center>
+</gallery>
 [[Category:Dragon Quest IV enemies]]
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 [[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key enemies]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest Monster Battle Road Victory enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest Rivals enemies]]
+[[Category:Dragon Quest Walk enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest Tact monsters]]
 [[fr:Scorpion blindé]]

Armoured scorpion: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 07:38, 21 July 2026

Contents

Description[edit | edit source]

Appearance[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters 2[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key[edit | edit source]