Needler

Dragon Quest monster Needler
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese モコッキー Romaji Mokokkī First appearance Dragon Quest XI

The Needler is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Needlers are short humanoid mouse-like creatures distinguishable by the cotton fluff balls on their bodies. They carry sharp needles as tall as themselves which they use to make pincushions out of adventurers and are fond of healing their allies with medicinal herbs, but are just as likely to waste their turn in battle dancing. They wear a green grass skirt, yellow shoes, and a brown leather mask with eyes shaped like buttons. On their heads, they have two fluff balls coming out of their masks and fluff on their chin roughly in the shape of a beard. Needlers also have a fluffy tail much like a rabbit.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Needler (モコッキー Mokokkī )

Sprite

Bestiary no.

#002

Family

Humanoid

Experience

3

Gold

3

HP

10

MP

0

Attack

11

Defence

9

Agility

6

In-game description

Easily recognised by the bundles of abundant fluff spilling from their masks, these furry fellows will make pincushions of pretty much anything they can poke their enormous needles into.

Spell(s)

None

Skill(s)

Uses Medicinal herb
Does a little dance (wastes turn)
Flees

Location(s)

Cobblestone Tor (acts one and two)
Heliodor Region (act one)

Item(s) Dropped

Medicinal herb¹⁄₃₂
Lambswool¹⁄₁₂₈

Fire resistance *

-25%

Ice resistance *

-10%

Wind resistance *

-10%

Earth resistance *

-10%

Light resistance *

-10%

Dark resistance *

-10%

Zap resistance *

-10%

Drain Magic resistance

100%

Whack resistance *

0%

Poof resistance

0%

Dazzle resistance *

0%

Fizzle resistance *

100%

Fuddle resistance *

0%

Paralysis resistance *

0%

Poison resistance *

0%

Sleep resistance *

0%

Blunt resistance

0%

Deceleratle resistance

0%

Sap resistance *

0%

Spooky Aura
Anathematise resistance

0%

Stumble resistance *

0%

Stun resistance *

-25%

Charm resistance *

0%

Beguile resistance *

0%

Double Down resistance *

0%

Elemental resistance *

0%

Malicious

Malicious needler (モコッキー・邪 Mokokkī・Ja )

Sprite

Bestiary no.

#427

Family

Humanoid

Experience

845

Gold

229

HP

352

MP

8

Attack

217

Defence

215

Agility

164

In-game description

Needlers who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.

Spell(s)

None

Skill(s)

Uses Special medicine
Does a little dance (wastes turn)
Flees

Location(s)

Cobblestone Tor (postgame)

Item(s) Dropped

Special medicine¹⁄₁₆
Lambswool¹⁄₃₂

Fire resistance *

-10%

Ice resistance *

-10%

Wind resistance *

-10%

Earth resistance *

-10%

Light resistance *

-10%

Dark resistance *

-10%

Zap resistance *

-10%

Drain Magic resistance

0%

Whack resistance *

0%

Poof resistance

100%

Dazzle resistance *

0%

Fizzle resistance *

100%

Fuddle resistance *

0%

Paralysis resistance *

0%

Poison resistance *

0%

Sleep resistance *

0%

Blunt resistance

0%

Deceleratle resistance

0%

Sap resistance *

0%

Spooky Aura
Anathematise resistance

0%

Stumble resistance *

0%

Stun resistance *

0%

Charm resistance *

0%

Beguile resistance *

0%

Double Down resistance *

0%

Elemental resistance *

0%

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

Needler appears as a F-rank monster of the Beast family exclusive to the SP version.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

Needler appears once again as the same rank and family exclusive to the SP version.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Agudreja	From the Spanish agudo and comadreja.
Français	Piquolo	From the French piquer and the Italian piccolo.
Deutsch	Weißer Mäuser	From the German weiß and mäus.
Italiano	Topungo	From the Italian topo and pungere.
中文 (繁體)	蓬毛鼠人	Chinese for "fluffy rat man".

Trivia

• In the official artwork for the needler, they have eyes shaped like a plus sign (+), but in-game, their eyes are actually equal signs (=).

Notable Needlers

• Thornton

Gallery

• 
  XI polygon model.
• 
  A Malicious needler
• 
  Rivals card.

Related monsters

• Electric needler
• Haystack needler
• Pine needler