Coffer of death: Difference between revisions

Dragon Quest monster
Coffer of death
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ヘルギフト
Romaji	Herugifuto
First appearance	Dragon Quest VIII (3DS)
Old localisation	None
Variants	Box of Tricks; Cannibox; Chest mimic; Colossal cannibox; Fortunetelling mimic; Golden box; Mega mimic; Mimic; Mimic king; Mimic with cheese; Pandora's box; Trap box; Trap Box in Memoriam

Revision as of 15:00, 24 July 2026

The Coffer of death is a ghastly purple pallet-swap of the Mimic, having been added to the series in the Nintendo 3DS port of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King.

Coffer of death
Defeated Monster List No.: #307

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	Material	444	255	510	288	200	100	300	1/64

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Thwack	Brutal strike Sweet Breath	Altar of Wroth	Seed of life¹⁄₃₂
Description		A fabled chest that promises to deliver all who encounter it to the hereafter.

The Coffer of death was added to the game on February 26th, 2021 as an event monster.

A coffer is a synonym for chest, and was used for its similarity to the words _coffin_ and _cough_.
The Japanese name is a bilingual pun, as _gift_ is the German word for poison as well as the English word for present.

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+|monster1=[[Box of Tricks]]<br>[[Cannibox]]<br>[[Chest mimic]]<br>[[Colossal cannibox]]<br>[[Fortunetelling mimic]]<br>[[Golden box]]<br>[[Mega mimic]]<br>[[Mimic]]<br>[[Mimic king]]<br>[[Mimic with cheese]]<br>[[Pandora's box]]<br>[[Trap box]]<br>[[Trap Box in Memoriam]]}}
 The '''Coffer of death''' is a ghastly purple pallet-swap of the [[Mimic]], having been added to the series in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] port of {{DQ8}}.
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 *A coffer is a synonym for chest, and was used for its similarity to the words _coffin_ and _cough_.
 *The Japanese name is a bilingual pun, as _gift_ is the German word for poison as well as the English word for present.
-==Carnivorous chests==
-*[[Box of Tricks]]
-*[[Cannibox]]
-*[[Chest mimic]]
-*[[Colossal cannibox]]
-*[[Fortunetelling mimic]]
-*[[Golden box]]
-*[[Mega mimic]]
-*[[Mimic king]]
-*[[Mimic]]
-*[[Mimic with cheese]]
-*[[Pandora's box]]
-*[[Trap box]]
-*[[Trap Box in Memoriam]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest VIII 3DS enemies]]
 [[Category:Dragon Quest Walk enemies]]