Parched peckerel

Dragon Quest monster Parched peckerel
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese デザートランナー Romaji Dezātorannā First appearance Dragon Quest IX

The Parched peckerel is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest IX. It is a desert-dwelling, flightless bird monster that has taken on serpentine features.

Characteristics

Parched peckerels are tall, flightless birds similar to ostriches or emus with sandy yellowish-orange plumage. Their serpentine features include their heads, with tongues poking out of their mouths like snakes, grey scaled undersides running down their necks, and long thin tails. They have a long, curved white crest protruding from the backs of their heads. The peckerels are very fast, able to enhance their natural agility with magic, and will flee when threatened. They are able to send their opponents to sleep or into a state of confusion with their attacks. The birds' favourite food is duneberries.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Parched peckerel (デザートランナー, Dezātorannā) Defeated Monster List No. : #094

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Bird 101 9 405 108 93 98 99

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

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped items Accelerate Sleep Attack Flees Djust Desert Kitty litter1⁄32 Glass frit1⁄64 Description Known as 'sandstreakers' for their insane speed, which is added to with Acceleratle, and supplemented with sleep atttacks. Evolved with an ostrich was so captivated by a cobra that it copied its every quality and become a new breed of bird.

• Parched peckerels must be defeated as part of Quest #28: Desert Foxes until they drop ten duneberries. They only have a chance to drop them when the quest has been accepted and it can be repeated as many times as desired.

Dragon Quest X

Parched peckerels appeared from the beginning of the game. The speedy birds are still able to boost theirs and their fellow monsters' speed with Accelerate and are prone to fleeing at a moment's notice. They are now able to inflict confusion with their attacks instead of putting them to sleep.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

[[File:DQM3 family icon.png|link= family|28px|class=pixels]] Parched peckerel (デザートランナー, Dezātorannā ) Monsterpedia No.: #162

Icon Attributes Rank Max HP Max MP Max Attack Max Defence Max Agility Max Wisdom E 1,370 340 500 530 550 450 Talents Traits Large-size exclusive traits Dropped items Speedster (lv. 1) Insta-Accel (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Sleeper (lv. 20) Rando-Mister (lv. 40) Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Rando-Accel (lv. 1) Critical Sensation (lv. 60) N/A

Resistances Fire * Water * Explosion * Wind * Earth * Ice * Electricity * Light * Dark * Antimagic * 25% 25% -25% 50% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Bedazzlement * Confusion * Debilitation * MP Absorption * Paralysis * Poison * Sleep * Stun * Instant Death * 0% 0% 25% 25% 50% 25% 50% -25% 0%

Additional information Description These freaky fowl enjoy the finer things in life and will suck a duneberry dry with their snake-like tongues as soon as they come across one out in the desert Location This monster has no natural habitat

Synthesis Breeding chart X Notable fusions X =

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Pollastre reseco	From the Spanish pollo, desastre, and reseco.
Français	Accélhéron	From the French accélération and héron.
Deutsch	Hünenpicker	German for "giant pecker".
Italiano	Sbeccadoon reale	Italian for "royal chipper", derived from the Italian sbecca.

Gallery

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  A parched peckerel in X
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  Stars model
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  Rivals card

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• Peckerel
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