Wyrtle is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest III, it is a cross between a dragon (also known as a wyrm) and a turtle.
Wyrtles are large blue dragons that crawl on all fours like a turtle. Their most distinctive physical feature is the grey tortoise shell that covers its body, which they are able to withdraw in to defend themselves. Wyrtles have a pair of long curved horns on tops of their heads, fins on either side of their face, and jagged osteoderms running down the length of their body, all coloured a dull orange. The underside skin of their body vary between games, sometimes being coloured white and other times a brighter orange than their osteoderms. In combat, they are capable of utilizing different kinds of breath against unwitting adventurers, including Sweet Breath and Fire Breath.
These dragons were in fact once turtles who lived for a thousand years before feasting on the flesh of a sacred dragon and taking on their current form. Watchout for their spinning body slam!
Wyrtle appears as a B-rank monster of the Dragon family as part of the limited Dragon Quest III event. It can be recruited from Chapter 3, Episode 3 of the event quests at any difficulty, eventually being recruitable from the main storyline from Chapter 16, Episode 4: A Break at the Beach and Chapter 5, Episode 2 in hard difficulty. The wyrtle can also be recruited from the Log Bridge stage of the Dragon Island: Plains during the limited "Dragon Fest" event at any difficulty. It can participate in the Battle Roads of the Armful and Gasbagon as a party member.
Zap-type Martial MP Cost -5% / Stats Up Crack Res +25 / Stats Up Lightning Potency +5% / Stats Up Bang Res +25 / Stats Up Lightning Potency +5% / Stats Up
The English name is similar to its shape, the combination of "wyrm" and "turtle".
The Japanese name "ガメゴン Gamegon " is the combination of "かめ Kame "(turtle) and "ドラゴン Doragon "(Dragon).
Trivia
Though possibly coincidental, the Wyrtle and its pallet-swaps bear a striking resemblance to the extinct horned turtle Meiolania, which lived approximately in Australia during the Holocene period
.png|24px]] Wyrtle (ガメゴン Gamegon)
Famicom art
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