Moai minstrel

Dragon Quest monster Moai minstrel
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese クラウンヘッド Romaji Kuraun Heddo Translation Clown Head First appearance Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

The Moai minstrel is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest IX. It is a giant, floating stone head wearing the garish makeup of a clown.

Characteristics

Moai minstrels are monolithic heads made of purple stone with their faces made up mostly in white with other gaudy colours, a round squeaky nose, exaggerated lips, and a fluffy pink afro like that of a stereotypical clown. When they first appeared, the minstrels were able to boost the attack power of their fellow monsters with a Gritty Ditty and could send parties of adventurers into hysterics by making silly faces before sacrificing themselves with Kamikazee in an attempt to finish them off. In later appearances, they lost their ability to cast the deadly spell, instead opting to crush their enemies alive either with their immense weight or by headbutting them, as well as gaining the ability to breathe out harmful bursts of blinding light from their mouths.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Moai minstrel (クラウンヘッド Kuraunheddo)

Model

Bestiary no.

#248

Family

Material

Experience

5,880

Gold

103

HP

518

MP

20

Attack

368

Defence

567

Agility

206

In-game description

Those facing these po-faced Pierrots should overcome the urge to laugh - a clout with Kamikazee just isn't funny.

Their face paint is put on by boa bishops, who say it brings victory. Their real faces are rather handsome.

Spell(s)

Kamikazee

Skill(s)

Gritty Ditty
Makes a funny face (attempts to stun entire party)

Location(s)

Grotto (Cave, rank 8-9, Water, rank 8-10)

Item(s) dropped

Narspicious¹⁄₃₂
Witch's hat¹⁄₆₄

Fire resistance *

0%

Ice resistance *

0%

Wind resistance *

-25%

Blast/Lightning resistance *

0%

Earth resistance *

25%

Dark resistance *

0%

Light resistance *

0%

Drain Magic resistance

0%

Whack resistance *

100%

Dazzle resistance *

100%

Fizzle resistance *

100%

Fuddle resistance *

50%

Paralysis resistance *

100%

Snooze resistance *

50%

Poison resistance *

100%

Stun resistance *

100%

Blunt resistance *

50%

Deceleratle resistance *

50%

Sap resistance *

50%

Spooky Aura resistance *

50%

Charm resistance *

90%

• The quest to unlock the Luminary vocation, Quest #118: A Star is Born, requires the party to deal a finishing blow to a moai minstrel using the Hot Lick ability from the Minstrel vocation's Litheness skill.
• Moai minstrels are also involved in Quest #120: Your Time to Shine. A character must first boost their Charm with Extreme Makeover and then enrage ten moai minstrels with Eyes on Me before defeating them.

Dragon Quest X

Moai minstrels appeared since the beginning of the game. In battle, they are able to crush enemies with Crackerwhack and breathe out bursts of blinding light, as well as putting characters to sleep with Lullab-Eye.

Trivia

• The exaggerated lip makeup suggests the minstrel part of the name may be a reference to minstrels.

Gallery

• 
  A moai minstrel in X
• 
  Appearance in Super Light
• 
  Rivals card

Related enemies

Similar species

• Mad moai
• Mega moai
• Glowering Inferno