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The '''Undead family''' (Japanese Katakana: ゾンビ Romanji: ''Zonbi'') refers to certain types of monsters in the ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]'' series. A staple of role playing games the world over, the Undead family includes animated corpses, skeletons, angry spirits, and even fallen priests. Starting with ''III'', the undead have been assigned extra damage tags that activate when the appropriate weapon strikes them.
The '''Undead family''' (Japanese Katakana: ゾンビ Romanji: ''Zonbi'') refers to certain types of {{MFamilies}}s in the {{DQSeries}}. A staple of role playing games the world over, the Undead family includes animated corpses, skeletons, angry spirits, and even fallen priests.
 
Starting with {{Dragon Quest III}}, the undead have been assigned extra damage tags that activate when the appropriate weapon strikes them.


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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==={{DQ3}}===
==={{DQ3}}===
Zombies are now recognized by the game's coding, much like [[Dragon family|Dragons]]. They will receive 16~32 more damage when struck with the [[Zombiesbane]] in the original version, and 50% more damage in the remake and subsequent ports.<br>
The existence of the [[Zombiesbane (Weapon)|zombiesbane]] weapon would imply that there is a distinct coding tag in the game's programming for the undead ala the [[dragon family]], but this is not the case. Instead the zombiesbane deals 16~32 more damage to monsters that are weak to the [[Poof]] and [[Blasto]] spells, which so happens to apply to most zombies.
*[[Putrefido]]
*[[Putrefido]]
*[[Rottenweiler]]
*[[Rottenweiler]]
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*[[Grievous bodily arm]]
*[[Grievous bodily arm]]
*[[Skeleton swordsman (recurring)|Skeleton swordsman]]
*[[Skeleton swordsman (recurring)|Skeleton swordsman]]
*[[Dragon zombie]] (receives bonus damage from [[Dragon slayer]] as well)
*[[Dragon zombie]] (receives bonus damage from [[Dragonsbane (Weapon)|dragonsbane]] as well)
*[[Skelegon]] (receives bonus damage from [[Dragon slayer]] as well)
*[[Skelegon]] (receives bonus damage from [[Dragonsbane (Weapon)|dragonsbane]] as well)
 
==={{DQ3HD}}===
The undead take 130% damage from the [[divine dagger]] and the [[Zombiesbane (Weapon)|zombiesbane]] weapons, with the latter ditching its peculiar focus on [[Poof]]-resistance to consistently deal extra damage to the corpses.
*[[Bones of Baramos]]
*[[Bullmustiff]] (also {{Beast}})
*[[Dragon zombie]] (also {{Dragon}})
*[[Ghoul]]
*[[Grievous bodily arm]]
*[[Heedoo voodoo]]
*[[One-man army]]
*[[Rottenweiler]] (also {{Beast}})
*[[Troobloovoodo]]
*[[Mummy]]
*[[Mummy boy]]
*[[Putrefido]] (also {{Beast}})
*[[Skeleton swordsman (recurring)]]
*[[Skelegon]]] (also {{Dragon}})
*[[Toxic zombie]]
*[[Voodoogooder]]
*[[Walking corpse]]


==={{DQ4}}===
==={{DQ4}}===
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*[[Night rider]]
*[[Night rider]]
*[[Skeleton swordsman (Dragon Quest IV)|Skeleton swordsman]]
*[[Skeleton swordsman (Dragon Quest IV)|Skeleton swordsman]]
*[[Sekerleton (Dragon Quest IV)|Sekerleton]]
*[[Sekerleton]]


==={{DQ5}}===
==={{DQ5}}===
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==={{DQ8}}===
==={{DQ8}}===
The Undead are considerably more durable to physical attacks in the eighth entry of the series, taking only 70% damage from even fully tensioned characters. This is thanks to an effect tag worked into the game's programming, and cannot be negated. The [[Zombiesbane]] deals only 30% more damage this time around. However, it can be improved through alchemy to become the [[Zombiesbane|Zombie Slayer]], which deals 60% more damage. The affects of Pearly Gates remain the same.
The Undead are considerably more durable to physical attacks in the eighth entry of the series, taking only 70% damage from even fully tensioned characters. This is thanks to an effect tag worked into the game's programming, and cannot be negated. The [[Zombiesbane]] deals only 30% more damage this time around. However, it can be improved through alchemy to become the [[Zombiesbane|Zombie Slayer]], which deals 60% more damage. The effects of [[Pearly Gates]] remain the same.
*[[Phantom fencer]]
*[[Phantom fencer]]
*[[Mummy boy]]
*[[Mummy boy]]
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==={{DQM}}===
==={{DQM}}===
*[[Marrow escapee|BoneSlave]]
*[[Marrow escapee|BoneSlave]]
*[[Firespirit|Copycat]]
*[[Float-o-copier|Copycat]]
*[[DarkCrab]]
*[[DarkCrab]]
*[[Sekerleton (Dragon Quest IV)|DeadNite]]
*[[Sekerleton|DeadNite]]
*[[Bone baron|DeadNoble]]
*[[Bone baron|DeadNoble]]
*[[Walking corpse|Hork]]
*[[Walking corpse|Hork]]
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*[[Walking corpse]]
*[[Walking corpse]]
*[[Wight king]]
*[[Wight king]]
==={{DQM3}}===
*[[Bloody hand]]
*[[Bone baron]]
*[[Bone idol]]
*[[Cetacean sorcerer]]
*[[Chocolate whisp]]
*[[Corpsickle]]
*[[Cursed crooner]]
*[[Dead resident]]
*[[Demon-at-arms]]
*[[Discombombulator]]
*[[Dora-in-Grey]]
*[[Drohl drone]]
*[[Drooling ghoul]]
*[[Dullahan]]
*[[Fightgeist]]
*[[Firespirit]]
*[[Float-o-Copier]]
*[[Frightful conductor]]
*[[Frolicker]]
*[[Funghoul]]
*[[Ghost]]
*[[Green bogey]]
*[[Grim rider]]
*[[Grincinerator]]
*[[Grotwyrm]]
*[[Headless horseman]]
*[[Hellbound horror]]
*[[Hell gladiator]]
*[[Hellspawn]]
*[[Iron maiden]]
*[[King kelp]]
*[[Marrow escapee]]
*[[Monolog]]
*[[Morphean mushroom]]
*[[Muddy hand]]
*[[Mummy boy]]
*[[Night knight]]
*[[Night sneaker]]
*[[One-man army]]
*[[Phantom fencer]]
*[[Phantom swordsman]]
*[[Putrefido]]
*[[Restless armour]]
*[[Scarfish]]
*[[Sekerleton]]
*[[Shadow]]
*[[Skelegon]]
*[[Skeleton]]
*[[Skeleton soldier]]
*[[Skeleton swordsman (recurring)|Skeleton swordsman]]
*[[Skipper]]
*[[Skullrider]]
*[[Soft serve spook]]
*[[Soulspawn]]
*[[Soy soldier]]
*[[Stump chump]]
*[[Tortured soul]]
*[[Treeface]]
*[[Treevil]]
*[[Umbra]]
*[[Walking corpse]]
*[[Wax murderer]]
*[[Wight king]]
*[[Zamtasm]]


==={{DQTact}}===
==={{DQTact}}===
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*[[Mean spirit|Sekerleton]]
*[[Mean spirit|Sekerleton]]
*[[Spirit]]
*[[Spirit]]
===''[[Dragon Quest Treasures]]''===
*[[Shadow minister]]
*[[Wight prince]]
*[[Wight king]]
*[[Pearly wight]]
*[[Hardy hand]]
*[[Greasy palm]]
*[[Grotty hand]]
*[[Soggy hand]]


==DQM Strengths and Weakness==
==DQM Strengths and Weakness==
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==Gallery of the Undead==
==Gallery of the Undead==
<gallery>
<center><gallery>
DQVIII Skeleton.png|Skeleton
DQVIII Skeleton.png|Skeleton.
DQVIII Skeleton Soldier.png|Skeleton soldier
Skeleton Scrapper Erdrick Trilogy Switch.png|Skeleton scrapper
DQIV Skeleton Swordsman.png|Skeleton swordsman
DQVIII Skeleton Soldier.png|Skeleton soldier. (DQIV)
DQVIII Dark Skeleton.png|Dark skeleton
Skeleton Soldier Erdrick Trilogy Switch.png|Skeleton soldier
DQII Spirit.png|Spirit
DQIV Skeleton Swordsman.png|Skeleton swordsman(DQIV)
DQII Sekerleton.png|Sekerleton
DQVIII Dark Skeleton.png|Dark skeleton.
DQII_Deadnaut.png|Deadnaut
Sekerleton DQIV PSX.png|Sekerleton (DQIV)
DQII Chasmonaut.png|Chasmonaut
DQX Viking Soul.png|Viking soul
DQVIII Walking Corpse.png|Walking corpse
DQII Spirit.png|Spirit.
DQVIII Ghoul.png|Ghoul
DQII Sekerleton.png|Sekerleton. (DQII)
DQII Corpse Corporal.png|Corpse corporal
DQII_Deadnaut.png|Deadnaut.
DQII Toxic Zombie.png|Toxic zombie
DQII Chasmonaut.png|Chasmonaut.
DQX Mad Smith.png|Mad smith
DQII Hargonaut.png|Hargonaut
DQMJ Ghost.png|Ghost
DQXI Calasmonaut.jpg|Calasmonaut
DQ Fightgeist.png|Fightgeist
DQVIII Walking Corpse.png|Walking corpse.
DQ Spitegeist.png|Spitegeist
DQVIII Ghoul.png|Ghoul.
DQVIII Mummy.png|Mummy
DQII Corpse Corporal.png|Corpse corporal.
DQVIII Mummy Boy.png|Mummy boy
DQII Toxic Zombie.png|Toxic zombie.
DQVIII Blood Mummy.png|Blood mummy
DQVI Corpsickle.png|Corpsickle
DQVIII Muddy Hand.png|Muddy hand
Epong.png|Putric stinkenheimer
DQVIII Bloody Hand.png|Bloody hand
DQX Lumberin' Jack.png|Lumberin' Jack.
Armful modern artwork.png|Armful
DQMJ Ghost.png|Ghost.
One-Man Army artwork.png|One-man army
DQ Fightgeist.png|Fightgeist.
Grievous bodily arm modern artwork.png|Grievous bodily arm
DQ Spitegeist.png|Spitegeist.
DQIV Night Rider.png|Night rider
DQT Vendor Ghost.png|Vendor ghost.
DQVIII Bone Baron.png|Bone baron
DQVIII Mummy.png|Mummy.
DQIV DS Grim Rider.png|Grim rider
DQVIII Mummy Boy.png|Mummy boy.
Putrefido modern.png|Putrefido
DQVIII Blood Mummy.png|Blood mummy.
DQMSL Bullmustiff.png|Bullmustiff
Dead Bowdy artwork.png|Dead bowdy
DQMSL Rottenweiler.png|Rottenweiler
DQVIII Muddy Hand.png|Muddy hand.
DQIV Stenchurion.png|Stenchurion
DQVIII Bloody Hand.png|Bloody hand.
DQV Deadcurion.png|Deadcurion
Hardy hand.png|Hardy hand.
DQV DS Lesionnaire.png|Lesionnaire
Greasy palm artwork.png|Greasy palm
DQIII Vladdy.png|Vladdy
Soggy hand artwork.png|Soggy hand
DQV DS Bona Constrictor.png|Bona constrictor
Grotty hand artwork.png|Grotty hand
DQVI DS Dead Resident.png|Dead resident
DQIII Skeleton Swordsman.png|Skeleton swordsman (DQIII)
DQVI DS Gustbluster.png|Gustbluster
Armful modern artwork.png|Armful.
DQVI Wraithwand.png|Wraithwand
One-Man Army artwork.png|One-man army.
DQV Wight Prince.png|Wight prince
Grievous bodily arm modern artwork.png|Grievous bodily arm.
DQXIS Wight King.png|Wight king (''DQV'')
DQIV Night Rider.png|Night rider.
DQV DS Will-o'-the-Whips.png|Will-o-the-whips
DQVIII Bone Baron.png|Bone baron.
DQV DS Lick-o'-Flame.png|Lick-o'-flame
DQIV DS Grim Rider.png|Grim rider.
DQV DS Wisp-o'-Smoke.png|Wisp-o'-Smoke
DQVII Skeleton squire.png|Skeleton squire.
DQVIII Zombie Gladiator.png|Zombie gladiator
Putrefido modern.png|Putrefido.
DQVI Hell Gladiator.png|Hell gladiator
DQMSL Bullmustiff.png|Bullmustiff.
DQMJ Demon-at-Arms.png|Demon-at-arms
DQMSL Rottenweiler.png|Rottenweiler.
DQVII Night Knight.png|Night knight
DQIV Stenchurion.png|Stenchurion.
DQIX Fright Knight.png|Fright knight
DQV Deadcurion.png|Deadcurion.
DQVIII Tortured Soul.png|Tortured soul
DQV DS Lesionnaire.png|Lesionnaire.
DQVIII Wight Priest.png|Wight priest
DQMSL Vladdy.png|Vladdy.
DQVIII Wight King.png|Wight king (''DQVIII'')
DQMSL Drac the Vlad.png|Drac the Vlad.
DQIX Wight Emperor.png|Wight emperor
Vladiator artwork.png|Vladiator
DQVIII Dullahan.png|Dullahan
DQV DS Bona Constrictor.png|Bona constrictor.
DQVIII Hells gatekeeper.png|Hell's gatekeeper
Brrrattling snake artwork.png|Brrrattling snake.
DQVIII Phantom Fencer.png|Phantom fencer
DQVI DS Dead Resident.png|Dead resident.
DQVIII Phantom Swordsman.png|Phantom swordsman  
DQVI Undentured Servant.png|Undentured servant.
DQX Silver Cape.png|Silver cape
DQVI Marrow Escapee.png|Marrow escapee.
</gallery>
DQVI DS Gustbluster.png|Gustbluster.
DQVI Wraithwand.png|Wraithwand.
DQXI Shadow Minister.png|Shadow minister.
DQV Wight Prince.png|Wight prince.
DQXIS Wight King.png|Wight king. ({{V}})
Pearly wight artwork.png|Pearly wight
DQV DS Will-o'-the-Whips.png|Will-o-the-whips.
DQV DS Lick-o'-Flame.png|Lick-o'-flame.
DQV DS Wisp-o'-Smoke.png|Wisp-o'-Smoke.
DQVIII Zombie Gladiator.png|Zombie gladiator.
DQVI Hell Gladiator.png|Hell gladiator.
DQMJ Demon-at-Arms.png|Demon-at-arms.
DQVII Ulcer.png|Ulcer
DQVII Carbuncle.png|Carbuncle
DQVII Gron.png|Pustule
DQotS Orglob.jpg|Orglob
DQVII Night Knight.png|Night knight.
DQIX Fright Knight.png|Fright knight.
DQIX Blight knight.png|Blight knight.
DQVII Major headache.png|Major headache
Mild Headache.png|Mild headache
DQVIII Tortured Soul.png|Tortured soul.
DQVIII Wight Priest.png|Wight priest.
DQVIII Wight King.png|Wight king. ({{VIII}})
DQIX Wight Emperor.png|Wight emperor.
DQVIII Dullahan.png|Dullahan.
DQVIII Dark Dullahan.png|Dark dullahan.
DQVIII Hells gatekeeper.png|Hell's gatekeeper.
DQVIII Phantom Fencer.png|Phantom fencer.
DQVIII Phantom Swordsman.png|Phantom swordsman.
DQVIII Invisible swordsman.png|Invisible swordsman.
DQX Silver Cape.png|Silver cape.
DQMJ3 Bone Bat.png|Bone bat
DQMJ3 Charm Bat.png|Charm bat
Bone idol artwork.png|Bone idol
</gallery></center>


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[[Category:Families]]
{{Families}}
 
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[[fr:Famille des Morts-vivants]]

Latest revision as of 08:25, 16 September 2026

The Undead family (Japanese Katakana: ゾンビ Romanji: Zonbi) refers to certain types of monsters in the Dragon Quest series. A staple of role playing games the world over, the Undead family includes animated corpses, skeletons, angry spirits, and even fallen priests.

Starting with Dragon Quest III, the undead have been assigned extra damage tags that activate when the appropriate weapon strikes them.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest[edit | edit source]

Being the first entry in the series, classification of monsters is rudimentary and based on physical appearance rather than statistical classification. As such, the Undead are not uniquely affected by any spells or items.

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line[edit | edit source]

Monster classification is still not a part of the game's coding, but this entry is notable for introducing players to the staple monsters Walking Corpse and Spirit, as well as their many pallet swaps.

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation[edit | edit source]

The existence of the zombiesbane weapon would imply that there is a distinct coding tag in the game's programming for the undead ala the dragon family, but this is not the case. Instead the zombiesbane deals 16~32 more damage to monsters that are weak to the Poof and Blasto spells, which so happens to apply to most zombies.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[edit | edit source]

The undead take 130% damage from the divine dagger and the zombiesbane weapons, with the latter ditching its peculiar focus on Poof-resistance to consistently deal extra damage to the corpses.

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

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation[edit | edit source]

The Pearly Gates deals 30% more damage to the Undead, and Undead Undoer will deal an extra 50%. The latter skill can also stack with the bonus damage of the Zombiesbane.

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

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King[edit | edit source]

The Undead are considerably more durable to physical attacks in the eighth entry of the series, taking only 70% damage from even fully tensioned characters. This is thanks to an effect tag worked into the game's programming, and cannot be negated. The Zombiesbane deals only 30% more damage this time around. However, it can be improved through alchemy to become the Zombie Slayer, which deals 60% more damage. The effects of Pearly Gates remain the same.

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

The undead King Godwyn of Dragon Quest IX

Zombies will receive an additional 10% damage when struck by staves. Furthermore, they will take 20% more damage when attacked with the Holy Lance, Battle Fork, Celestial Spear, and Divine Dagger. The skill Deliverance effectively replaces Undead Undoer.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters 2[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2[edit | edit source]

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

Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Builders 2[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Treasures[edit | edit source]

DQM Strengths and Weakness[edit | edit source]

Strength[edit | edit source]

  • The Corpse Corporal family tends to poison and envenom (e.g. Toxic zombie).
  • Some of the Undead might give deadly hits (e.g. Wight priest).

Weakness[edit | edit source]

  • Low resistance to Fire and Zap-type attacks.

Gallery of the Undead[edit | edit source]