Nightcrawler

Dragon Quest monster
Nightcrawler
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	オニムカデ
Romaji	Onimukade
First appearance	Dragon Quest VII
Old localisation	CentBeast

The Nightcrawler is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VII. It is an enormous, spike-covered centipede monster with a fearsome visage.

Characteristics edit

Large orange creepy caterpillars that a covered in a thick layer of threatening purple barbs. Despite their frightful face and fangs, they much prefer to fling themselves at foes spike side first, and won't hesitate to flee from battle whenever they encounter a strong foe.

Appearances edit

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past edit

Nightcrawler (オニムカデ Onimukade)

Sprite
Bestiary No.: #003
Recruit Rate: ¹⁄₁₆
Experience: 3 (PS1)
5 (3DS)
Gold: 3 (PS1)
5 (3DS)
HP: 8
MP: 0
Attack: 12
Defence: 13
Agility: 4
Evasion: ⁰⁄₆₄

Spell(s): None
Skill(s): Flee
Location(s): Ballymolloy (past)
Rainbow Mines
The Tower (past)
Regenstein (past)
Item(s) Dropped: Medicinal herb¹⁄₈

Frizz resistance *: 0%
Sizz resistance *: 0%
Fire Breath resistance *: 0%
Bang resistance *: 0%
Crack resistance *: 0%
Ice Breath resistance *: 0%
Woosh resistance *: 0%
Strike/Rock resistance *: 0%
Zap resistance *: 0%
Drain Magic resistance *: 100%
Whack resistance *: 0%
Poof resistance *: 80%
Ban Dance resistance: 100%
Dazzle resistance *: 0%
Fizzle resistance *: 100%
Fuddle resistance *: 0%
Paralysis resistance *: 50%
Poison resistance *: 0%
Snooze resistance *: 0%
Stun resistance *: 0%
Sap resistance *: 0%
Army resistance *: 0%

3DS version changes

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

The nightcrawler appears as an E-rank monster of the Nature family exclusive to the smartphone version of the game.

Trivia edit

Nightcrawler is a term used mainly in North America for the common earthworm, also known as Lumbricus terrestris, a large species of worm that digs deep burrows in the ground and emerges at night. They are commonly used as fishing lures.

Gallery edit

Stars model
Rivals card