Shadeshifter

Dragon Quest monster
Shadeshifter
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ダークファンタズマ
Romaji	Dākufantazuma
First appearance	Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light

Shadeshifters are primordial beings of darkness hell bent on trapping adventurers in black voids.

Characteristics

Shadeshifters are goblin-like humanoid creatures with dull red skin, pointy ears, and wisps of purple energy for hair. Like their hot and cold counterparts, shadeshifters levitate in midair and delight in juggling the shadows that they can manipulate. They have yellow eyes with small black pupils and an iron ring around the top of their heads, giving them the appearance of a umbral brazier. The Shadeshifters wear white breastplates with a skirt attached over a pair of black trunks, a white pair of boots, and purple wristbands. Unlike their brethren, these elementalists do not bother with debilitating or instant death magic, preferring an all-out offensive with Zam spells and darkness breath attacks.

Appearances

Dragon Quest X

Appearing in the game from the latter half of 3.5 onwards, they are first seen in the Nadraga Mausolem and also appear in the Magic Survey Area during 4.4 and Gin Mori during 5.4. They can increase their Tension, cast Kazammle, and breathe a Black Breath.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Shadeshifter (ダークファンタズマ, )
Defeated Monster List No. : #380

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Elemental	255	30	1,880	300	180	211	156

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
0%	0%	0%	0%	25%	50%	-125%	0%	50%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
50%	50%	25%	50%	75%	25%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	100%	99%	100%	50%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Kazam	Dark Breath	Fortress of Fear, second act	Artful amethyst¹⁄₃₂ Seed of deftness¹⁄₂₅₆
Description		These tenacious fellows go through harrowing ordeal after harrowing ordeal in order to earn the black flames they fling about.

Malicious shadeshifter
Defeated Monster List No. : #402

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Elemental	303	50	2,240	46	200	244	161

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
0%	0%	0%	0%	25%	50%	-125%	0%	50%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
50%	50%	25%	50%	75%	25%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	100%	99%	100%	50%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Kazam	Dark Breath	Heliodor region, third act (night) Emerald coast, third act The Other Side, third act	Artful amethyst¹⁄₃₂ Seed of deftness¹⁄₂₅₆
Description		Shadeshifters who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light

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Trivia

The Shadeshifter's X bestiary entry mentions it wanted to live in the Dark Territory of Nagaland, but was threatened by the Headhunters.
- Yet, despite this, they are seen coexisting with their Berserker relatives.
The Shadeshifter's Malicious form is the least improved of all transformed monsters in XI, due to the proximity of the Fortress of Fear and the Heliodor region. This is further exemplified by the normal and Malicious forms being listed closely in the bestiary.

Gallery

XI polygon model.
Super Light data.