Needler

Dragon Quest monster
Needler
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	モコッキー
Romaji	Mokokkī
First appearance	Dragon Quest XI

The Needler is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series that was first introduced in Dragon Quest XI.

Characteristics

Needlers are short humanoid creatures distinguishable by the cotton fluff balls on their bodies. They carry wicked sharp needles as tall as themselves which they use to make pincushions out of adventurers and are fond of healing their allies with medicinal herbs, but are just as likely to waste their turn in battle dancing. They wear a green grass skirt, yellow shoes, and a brown leather mask with eyes shaped like buttons. On their heads, they have two fluff balls coming out of their masks and fluff on their chin roughly in the shape of a beard. Needlers also have a fluffy tail much like a rabbit.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI

Needler (モコッキー, Mokokkī )
Defeated Monster List No. : #002

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Humanoid	10	0	3	3	11	9	6

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
-125%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	100%	0%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	-25%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Use medicinal herb Does a little dance (wastes turn) Flee	Cobblestone Tor Heliodor Region	Medicinal herb¹⁄₃₂ Lambswool¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		Easily recognised by the bundles of abundant fluff spilling from their masks, these furry fellows will make pincushions of pretty much anything they can poke their enormous needles into.

Malicious needler (モコッキー・邪, Mokokkī・Ja )
Defeated Monster List No. : #427

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Humanoid	352	8	845	229	217	215	164

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%	0%	0%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Uses medicinal herb Does a little dance (wastes turn) Flee	Cobblestone Tor (third act)	Special medicine¹⁄₁₆ Lambswool¹⁄₃₂
Description		Needlers who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

Needler appears as a F-rank monster of the Beast family exclusive to the SP version.

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

Needler appears once again as the same rank and family exclusive to the SP version.

Trivia

In the official artwork for the needler, they have eyes shaped like a plus sign (+), but in-game, their eyes are actually equal signs (=).

Related monsters

Gallery

XI polygon model
A malicious needler
Rivals card