Drackal

Dragon Quest monster
Drackal
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ストロングアニマル
Romaji	Sutorongu animaru
First appearance	Dragon Quest VI
Old localisation	GulpBeast
Variants	Drastic drackal; Dreadful drackal; Rover; Scrimsley Terror

The Drackal is a monster in the series.

Characteristics edit

Drackals are large, quadrupedal beasts with both mammalian and reptilian features. They have mossy green hides, a shaggy purple fur around their heads and running down their backs, solid yellow eyes, and maws filled with razor-sharp fangs that they use to perform vicious biting attacks. Its name is a portmanteau of "dragon" and "jackal".

Appearances edit

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation edit

Drackal (ストロングアニマル, Sutorongu animaru )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #116

Sprites		Attributes
SFC	Remakes	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
		200	0	285	88	157	87	92	⁰⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	60%	25%	0%	50%	80%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	15%	15%	100%	50%	15%	100%	15%	15%	100%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Bites character (125% damage)	Somnia Well Shrine West of Amor region Everfrost Grotto	Steel fangs¹⁄₆₄
Notable changes in the remakes		None

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past edit

Drackal (ストロングアニマル, Sutorongu animaru )
Big Book of Beasts No.: DLC #061 (3DS remake exclusive)

Sprite	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
	200	0	428	132	157	87	92	⁰⁄₆₄	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%	25%	15%	0%	50%	90%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Confusion	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	15%	15%	100%	50%	15%	100%	100%	15%	100%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Bite (125% damage) Stomp	Mount Malign	Steel fangs¹⁄₆₄

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies edit

Drackal (ストロングアニマル, Sutorongu animaru)
Defeated Monster List No. : #118

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Beast	230	20	1,000	150	148	123	87

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
0%	-25%	0%	0%	0%	-50%	0%	0%	50%	50%	100%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
50%	50%	50%	25%	50%	25%	25%	25%	25%	65%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
None	Bite (125% damage) Flees Body Slam	Mt. Ulzuun Khaalag Coast Grotto (Cave, rank 2-3)	Lambswool¹⁄₁₆ Platinum ore¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		They bite with the best of them, and batter with their big bodies to boot, but sometimes prefer to just bail from battle. Mention 'those huge, scary things' to a seasoned traveller to set them squirming at the mere memory of these monsters.

Dragon Quest Monsters edit

GulpBeast (ストロングアニマル, Sutorongu animaru )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Family	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	Beast	45	3/5	1/5	5/5	2/5	2/5	1/5

Resistances
Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Zap*
Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Strong	Weak
Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*	Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*	Snooze*
Strong	None	None	Weak	Weak	None	None	None	None
Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
None	None	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong	None

Additional information
Description	It devours its prey in one big gulp
Skills	Ramming, Massacre, WarCry
Location	Goopi's Gate #2
Breeding Chart	Grizzly x Devil family BigEye, Grizzly, Trumpeter, Yeti x Dragon family

Dragon Quest Monsters 2 edit

GulpBeast (ストロングアニマル, Sutorongu animaru )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Family	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	Beast	45	7/10	2/10	8/10	4/10	4/10	2/10

Resistances
Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Water*
Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Strong	Weak
Zap*	Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*	Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*
Weak	Strong	None	None	Weak	Weak	None	None	None
Snooze*	Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
None	None	None	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong	None

Additional information
Description
Skills	Massacre, Ramming, WarCry
Location
Breeding Chart	BigEye x Dragon family Dumbira x DeadNoble

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart edit

The GulpBeast is a three-star member of the Beast family with a Weight of 4. Its in-game description reads "The power of its jaw can pulverize practically anything!" It can learn Berserker, Ramming, and 2EdgeHit naturally.

Dragon Quest Rivals edit

Drackal appeared in the 7th card pack, "Strange Tale of Light and Darkness" as a rare card exclusive to Martial Artist leaders.

In Other Languages edit

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Dracal	From dragón and chacal.
Français	Dracal	From dragon and chacal.
Deutsch	Drakal	From Drache and Schakal.
Italiano	Drakallo	From dragone and sciacallo.

Gallery edit

Rivals card