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

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

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Nightcrawler (オニムカデ, Onimukade )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #003

Sprite	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
	8	0	3 (PS1) 5 (3DS)	3 (PS1) 5 (3DS)	12	13	4	⁰⁄₆₄	¹⁄₁₆

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Flee	Ballymolloy (past) Rainbow Mines The Tower (past) Regenstein (past)	Medicinal herb¹⁄₈
Notable changes in the remakes

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

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

Trivia

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

Stars model
Rivals card