Firebird

Dragon Quest monster Firebird

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ひくいどり Romaji Hi kui dori First appearance Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride Old localisation Phoenix

Not to be confused with Phoenix, the palette swap of the Hades' Condor

The Firebird is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. It is a fire-breathing bird of prey.

Characteristics

The firebird is a large bird whose plumage is various shades of red, orange, and yellow. Most of its body is orange with a long red tail, a red head and neck, and golden feathers on its head and neck, as well as gold talons. In battle, it breathes out fiery breath of varying intensity to cook foes alive. Although the firebird made its debut in Dragon Quest V, it would not make a return to the main series until X two decades later. It has made regular appearances in the Monsters series of games, as well as various other spinoffs along with its icy counterpart. In some games, it has been a member of the Beast family, as well as the Nature family.

Appearances

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Firebird (ひくいどり, Hi kui dori ) Big Book of Beasts No. : #125

Sprites Attributes SFC PS2 DS & Mobile HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion Recruit Rate 95 0 238 63 89 80 82 1⁄64 N/A

Resistances Frizz Sizz Fire Breath Bang Crack Cool Breath Woosh Zap Whack Kamikazee 100% 67% 67% 67% 0% 0% 20% 0% 67% 0% Drain Magic Poison Stun Poof Dazzle Sleep Fizzle Confusion Sap 100% 67% 67% 20% 20% 20% 100% 20% 0%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped item None Flame Breath Moot Point area Mantleplace Somatic staff1⁄32 Notable changes in the remakes None

Firebirds start showing up after the third generation.

Dragon Quest X

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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

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Bothersome birds that feast on lumps of lava in order to maintain their hellishly hot body temperature. They want nothing more than to watch the world burn.

Dragon Quest Monsters

Phoenix (ひくいどり, Hi kui dori )

Sprite Attributes GBC PSX Family Level cap* HP Growth MP Growth Attack Growth Defence Growth Agility Growth Wisdom Growth ? Bird 50 2/5 2/5 2/5 3/5 3/5 5/5 Resistances Frizz* Sizz* Fire Breath* Bang* Crack* Cool Breath* Woosh* Rock* Zap* Strong Strong Immune Strong None None Weak Strong Weak Gigaslash Magic Burst Drain Magic * Whack* Kamikazee* Poison* Paralysis* Fuddle* Snooze* Strong None Weak None None None Weak Weak None Dazzle* Fizzle Ban Dance Gobstopper Stun* Sap* Decelerate* Curse None Weak Immune Immune Immune None None None Additional information Description Roasts its prey with its fiery breath Skills FireAir, TailWind, SquallHit Location Foreign Master Breeding Chart Bird family x ArcDemon, Copycat, DrakSlime, Gismo, GulpBeast, IronTurt, LavaMan

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Phoenix (ひくいどり, Hi kui dori )

Sprite Attributes GBC PSX Family Level cap* HP Growth MP Growth Attack Growth Defence Growth Agility Growth Wisdom Growth ? Bird 50 6/10 4/10 4/10 4/10 4/10 7/10 Resistances Frizz* Sizz* Fire Breath* Bang* Crack* Cool Breath* Woosh* Rock* Water* Strong Strong Immune Strong None None Weak Strong None Zap* Gigaslash Magic Burst Drain Magic * Whack* Kamikazee* Poison* Paralysis* Fuddle* Weak Strong None Weak None None None Weak Weak Snooze* Dazzle* Fizzle Ban Dance Gobstopper Stun* Sap* Decelerate* Curse None None Weak Immune Immune Immune None None None Additional information Description Incinerates foes to nothing. Skills FireAir, TailWind, SquallHit Location Breeding Chart Bird family x ArcDemon, Copycat, DrakSlime, Gismo, Grizzly, GulpBeast, IronTurt, LavaMan

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Firebird

Sprite Attributes Family Rank Size Max HP Max MP Max Attack Max Defence Max Agility Max Wisdom Beast B S ? ? ? ? ? ? Traits Skills Resistances Artful Dodger, Crafty Fire Breather Sizz & Zap Vulnerable to Crack and Cold Breath, Healed by Frizz and Fire Breath

Additional information Weapons Axes, Claws, Staves Location Necropolis Breeding chart Notso macho x Yabby Merman x Gryphon

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

Firebird appears as a B-rank monster of the Nature family. Unlike the original game, firebirds can be found and scouted from the wild.

Dragon Quest Tact

Firebird appears as a B-rank monster of the Nature family as part of the limited Dragon Quest V event. It can be recruited from Lower Level West of the Knightmare Towers at any difficulty, eventually becoming recruitable in the second part of the storyline from Chapter 4, Episode 4: A Night-Time Incident. The firebird can participate in Kon the Knight's Battle Road as a party member.

See also

• Firebird Throw
• Hybird
• Snowbird
• Thunderbird

Etymology

In the original Japanese games, the firebird is known as (ひくいどり, hi kui dori), which is also the name of a large flightless bird from Australia and Papua New Guinea in the real world believed to be named due to the red wattle on its neck. Its original English translation, Phoenix, is a sacred immortal bird associated with Greek mythology that cyclically regenerates itself or is born again after bursting into flames. Firebirds are mythological creatures that are found in various cultures across the world.

Gallery

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  A firebird in X
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  Dragon Quest Monsters 1 & 2 PSX sprite
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  Dragon Quest: Shōnen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon.
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  DQ Trading Card
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  Stars model
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  Rivals card