Dracky

Dragon Quest monster Dracky

File:DrackyArt.png

Artwork by Akira Toriyama Japanese ドラキー Romaji dorakii First appearance Dragon Quest

The Dracky (originally drakee) is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the first game, it is a cartoon-like bat monster named after the infamous Dracula. Having been featured in merchandise, side-stories, and spin-offs since the original game, they are among the most popular monsters worldwide and are the premiere representatives of the flying monster group.

Characteristics

Drackies are essentially bats, albeit goofy ones. They have large wings, antennae, two round feet, a long and thin tail, round eyes, and a fanged mouth that always seems to be smiling.

They do not look very smart or strong, though, much like slimes, they are capable of becoming powerful creatures. Regardless, they are typically one of the weakest enemies in the games they appear in, usually a step or two above the aforementioned slime in terms of strength. They are speedy, however, and most games grant them a higher-than-average evasion rate.

Appearances

Main series

Dragon Quest

Drackies are liable to be one of the first monsters the player encounters alongside slimes and she-slimes. A fresh, level 1 hero might want to stick with the slimier monsters since the stronger dracky can be a threat at the very beginning.

Dracky (ドラキー dorakī)

Original (NES)

Sprite

Experience

2

Gold

3

HP

6

MP

0

Attack

9

Defence

6

Agility

5

Evasion

¹⁄₃₂

Spell(s)

Location(s)

Fizzle resistance

¹⁵⁄₁₆

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₁₆

Fire resistance

⁰⁄₁₆

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites

File:DQ-SNES-DRACKY.pngFile:Dracky GBC.png

Experience

3

Gold

6

HP

6

MP

0

Attack

9

Defence

6

Agility

5

Evasion

¹⁄₃₂

Spell(s)

Location(s)

Fizzle resistance

⁷⁄₇

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₇

Fire resistance

⁰⁄₇

Dragon Quest II

Dracky (ドラキー dorakī)

Original (NES)

Sprite

Experience

2

Gold

3

HP

9

MP

Attack

14

Defence

10

Agility

5

Evasion

⁰⁄₆₄

Abilities

Location(s)

Near Leftwyne

Item Dropped

Oaken Club (¹⁄₃₂)

Fire resistance *

⁰⁄₇

Dazzle resistance

¹⁄₇

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₇

Thwack resistance

⁰⁄₇

Fizzle resistance

⁷⁄₇

Kasap resistance

⁰⁄₇

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites

File:DQ-SNES-DRACKY.pngFile:Dracky GBC.png

Experience

3

Gold

3

HP

9

MP

0

Attack

12

Defence

8

Agility

5

Evasion

⁰⁄₆₄

Abilities

Location(s)

Near Leftwyne

Item Dropped

Oaken Club (¹⁄₃₂)

Fire resistance *

⁰⁄₇

Dazzle resistance

¹⁄₇

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₇

Thwack resistance

⁰⁄₇

Fizzle resistance

⁷⁄₇

Kasap resistance

⁰⁄₇

Dragon Quest V

#4 - Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 10 0 4 2 Attack Defense Speed 11 9 7
Dropped Item	Medicinal Herb
Locations	Whealbrook Adit Whealbrook outskirts Roundbeck outskirts Uptaten Towers outskirts Fortuna outskirts
Capture Rate	1/4
Bestiary #	4
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	SNES

#4 - Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 10 0 4 3 Attack Defense Speed 12 9 7
Dropped Item	Medicinal Herb
Locations	Whealbrook Adit Whealbrook outskirts Roundbeck outskirts Uptaten Towers outskirts Fortuna outskirts
Capture Rate	1/4
Bestiary #	4
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	PS2, DS

Dragon Quest VIII

#4 - Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 12 0 2 3 Attack Defense Speed 12 9 8
Level	2
Dropped Item	Medicinal Herb (Common) Chimera Wing (Rare)
Locations	Farebury Region
Bestiary #	4
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2
Description	A bat-like monster that flies freely through the night sky. According to one account, they're born in a world without light

Dragon Quest IX

#006 - Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 15 3 10 10 Attack Defense Speed 17 12 18
Dropped Item	Medicinal Herb (Common, 6.25%) Chimaera Wing (Rare, 1.56%)
Locations	Angel Falls, The Hexagon
Bestiary #	006
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS

Monsters series

Dragon Quest Monsters

Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 3/5 5/5 Attack Defense Speed 3/5 2/5 5/5
Spells	Sleep, Antidote, Rob Magic
Family	Bird Family
Game	Dragon Quest Monsters
Console	GBC

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 6/10 3/10 Attack Defense Speed 5/10 5/10 6/10
Locations	Breed a Picky with a member of the Slime Family
Spells	Sleep, Antidote, RobMagic
Family	Bird Family
Game	Dragon Quest Monsters 2
Console	GBC

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

Drackies again reprise their role as being one of the weakest monsters fought out in the field. The first monsters the player has to fight are drackies, the group in particular harassing the caravan that would soon be under the control of Kiefer.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

The slime takes a backseat as the player's first monster, the dracky being one of the choices alongside the platypunk and mischievous mole. They are rank F members of the Demon family and are essentially the weakest monster in that family, though they are fast and level up very quickly. Drackies can be scouted on Infant Isle, either inside the cave on the island or when traveling about outside during night.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

If you synthesis two pairs of Drackies and make sure that one is a plus and the other is a minus, when the two synthesised drackies are synthesised together, they create a Great Dracky.

Other games

Rocket Slime

Drackies appear in Forewood Forest when night covers the area or when the player enters an underground area. They are one of the weakest monsters in the game, requiring only two hits from a normal Elasto Blast to be defeated.

Dragon Quest Heroes

Dragon Quest Builders

The monster drops dracky butter upon its defeat. Dracky butter is a crafting material, used to create hearty cream cake, ice cream and pancakes.

Variants

Drackolyte

Dragon Quest monster Drackolyte
Artwork by Akira Toriyama Japanese メイジドラキー Romaji ' First appearance Dragon Quest

Drackolytes are essentially Drackies that can cast simple magic, and are magenta-hued. They pose a greater danger than their swarthy brethren, as players are unlikely to have any defence against spells when first encountering them. Due to text restrictions, they were known as MagDracky in the GBC remake of Dragon Quest

Dragon Quest

Drackolyte (メイジドラキー meiji dorakī)

Original (NES)

Sprite

Experience

5

Gold

12

HP

15

MP

8

Attack

14

Defence

14

Agility

8

Evasion

¹⁄₆₄

Spell(s)

Sizz

Location(s)

Kol region

Fizzle resistance

⁰⁄₁₆

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₁₆

Fire resistance

⁰⁄₁₆

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites

Experience

12

Gold

20

HP

13

MP

8

Attack

13

Defence

13

Agility

8

Evasion

¹⁄₆₄

Spell(s)

Sizz

Location(s)

Kol region

Fizzle resistance

⁰⁄₇

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₇

Fire resistance

⁰⁄₇

Drackyma

Dragon Quest monster Drackyma File:DQV Drackyma.png
Artwork by Akira Toriyama Japanese ドラキーマ Romaji ' First appearance Dragon Quest

Drackyma are essentially greenish-yellow Drackolytes that can cast slightly better magic.

Dragon Quest

Drackyma (ドラキーマ dorakīma)

Original (NES)

Sprite

Experience

11

Gold

19

HP

20

MP

10

Attack

22

Defence

26

Agility

16

Evasion

¹⁄₁₆

Spell(s)

Heal, Sizz

Location(s)

Craggy Cave

Fizzle resistance

⁰⁄₁₆

Snooze resistance

²⁄₁₆

Fire resistance

⁰⁄₁₆

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites

File:DQ-GBC-DRACKYMA.png

Experience

20

Gold

25

HP

20

MP

10

Attack

22

Defence

26

Agility

16

Evasion

¹⁄₁₆

Spell(s)

Heal, Sizz

Location(s)

Craggy Cave

Fizzle resistance

⁰⁄₇

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₇

Fire resistance

⁰⁄₇

Dragon Quest V

#24 - Drackyma
File:Dq5drackeema.pngFile:Dq5drackeemads.png
HP MP Experience Gold 30 8 18 (SNES) 16 (DS) 13 (SNES) 10 (DS) Attack Defense Speed 25 24 (SNES) 27 (DS) 13 (SNES) 23 (DS)
Dropped Item	Wayfarer's Clothes
Locations	Winter Palace
Spells	Snooze Heal
Bestiary #	24
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	SNES, DS

Dragon Quest VIII

#32 - Drackyma
HP MP Experience Gold 33 6 28 9 Attack Defense Speed 29 26 28
Dropped Item	Moonwort Bulb (Common) Wing of Bat (Rare)
Locations	Kingdom of Ascantha
Spells	Snooze
Bestiary #	32
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2
Description	Drackymas are the mothers of drackies. The lullabies they use to put their babies to sleep work just as well against their foes in battle.

Dragon Quest IX

#054 - Drackyma
File:Dq9drackyma.png
HP MP Experience Gold 52 10 145 74 Attack Defense Speed 58 58 70
Dropped Item	Wing of Bat (common, 1/8) Gold Ring (rare, 1/64)
Locations	Newid Isle Tower of Trades Western Coffinwell (Loch Storn island) Bloomingdale (lighthouse)
Spells	Snooze
Bestiary #	054
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	Be grateful that these dukes among drackies can't cast Kasnooze too - Snooze is more than enough of an annoyance. Don't make drackies really mad - they might morph into the mighty yellow force for justice that is...DRACKYMA(N)!

Drackmage

Dragon Quest monster Drackmage File:DQII Drackmage.png
Artwork by Akira Toriyama Japanese タホドラキー Romaji ' First appearance Dragon Quest II

The Drackmage are green, forest-dwelling Drackies with a bad habit of casting kasap on adventurers.

Dragon Quest II

Drackmage
File:Dq2magdracky.png
HP MP Experience Gold 12 4 12 10 Attack Defense Speed 14 10 14
Dropped Item	Club
Spells	Kasap
Game	Dragon Quest II
Console	NES, SNES, GBC

Dragon Quest VIII

#16 - Drackmage
HP MP Experience Gold 19 6 8 7 Attack Defense Speed 20 16 16
Dropped Item	Medicinal Herb (Common) Chimera Wing (Rare)
Locations	Alexandria Region
Spells	Kasap
Bestiary #	16
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2
Description	Related to the dracky, these monsters have evolved a green colouration to match their woodland habitat. They remain constantly airborne, smoothly dodging attacks whole casting spells on their opponents.

Dragon Quest IX

#024 - Drackmage
File:Dq9drackmage.png
HP MP Experience Gold 35 9 60 30 Attack Defense Speed 34 28 47
Dropped Item	Chimaera Wing (common, 1/16) Wing of Bat (rare, 1/16)
Locations	Zere, Doomingale Forest
Bestiary #	024
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	Green, forest-dwelling drackies who deftly dodge attacks, then strike back with Kasap. They're quite short-sighted, and often shower shrubs and other similarly sized green things with greetings and good cheer.

Related Monsters

• Great dracky

Gallery

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  Dracky as it appears in the original Dragon Quest
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  Dragon Warrior (NES)
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  Dragon Quest (SNES)
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  Dragon Quest V (SNES)
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  Dragon Quest V (DS)
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  Dragon Quest IX (DS)
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  Dragon Quest Monsters 1 + 2 (PSX)
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  Dragon Warrior I + II (GBC)
• Dragon Quest I official art
  Dragon Quest I official art
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  Dragon Quest V official art
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  Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest
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  Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
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  DQ Trading Card Game card
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  Dragon Quest Heroes
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  Drackolyte
• Drackyma
  Drackyma
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  Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
• Drackmage
  Drackmage