The Metal King Slime is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, it is a metallic version of the King slime that usually gives the greatest amount of experience of any monster in the games it appears in, with very few exceptions.
Characteristics
As the name would suggest, metal king slimes are king slimes of a metallic color. Their crowns are different in color to that of the king slimes' as well, bearing shades of purple or blue.
Like all other metal monsters, metal king slimes have extremely high defense and speed, give an absurd amount of experience points when defeated, and often flee from battle instead of fighting. Their HP is much higher than that of most metal monsters, and they are also fairly competent when it comes to fighting, something that Metal slimes and Liquid metal slimes usually aren't.
Appearances
Metal king slimes share their first appearance with their variants, king slimes and King cureslimes. They do not appear until near the end of the game and are, in the original, NES release, the greatest source of experience in the game: they lose this position to Platinum king jewels in the remakes.
The player can have Torneko randomly steal a Liquid metal helm. The chances of stealing one is low and the Metal king slime often runs away from battle. To prevent this, the player must have the Sands of Time item in their possession and use it should Metal king slime run away, the Sands of Time will bring the Metal king slime back to the battle. The player can then have the other players defend while Torneko does his own move at random. Eventually he will steal the Liquid metal helm and will keep it regardless if Metal King Slime runs away or gets defeated. This is much better way as the player no longer has to buy the Liquid metal helm which is 100,000 coins.
Because their HP is so much higher than other metal monsters, it is usually recommended that Alena be used to fight them given her high critical hit ratio, which negates the monstrous defense of these metal globs.
Metal king slime (メタルキング, )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #126
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Metal King Slime (メタルキング, )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #144
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Metal king slime (メタルキング, )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #150
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Metal king slime (メタルキング, )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #155
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| Spells
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Skills
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Locations
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Dropped item
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| Swoosh
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Charges character
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Gröndal
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Elevating shoes1⁄256
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| Notable changes in the remakes
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None
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Metal king slime (メタルキング, )
Defeated Monster List No. : #171
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120040
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80
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512
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349
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Slime crown (common, 1/128)
Orichalcum (rare, 1/256)
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Tower of Nod
Grotto
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| Slime
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| #214
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| Dragon Quest IX
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| メタルキング
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Big bundles of shiny joy whose ample insides hide the ingredients for an incredible experience.
They admire a certain medal-mad monarch, and like to collect mini medals from their mini metal friends to mimic his methods.
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Metal king slime (メタルキング, )
Defeated Monster List No. : #387
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Vicious metal king slime (メタルキング・強, )
Defeated Monster List No. : #655
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Skills
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Locations
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Dropped item
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| Kasizzle
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Flees
Smothers character (125% damage)
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Citadel of Spite (third act)
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Slime crown1⁄8
Pep pip1⁄64
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| Description
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Metal king slimes driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
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Metal king slimes appear as rank S members of the slime family and can be synthesized via quadrulinear synthesis using four Liquid metal slimes. Players can also attempt to scout them in Palaish Isle's metal menagerie, Tartarus during the post-game, and certain scouts that might use them, though in all instances the monsters can prove incredibly difficult to impress.
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| Description
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These monarchs move with menacing speed that is never hampered by their protoplasm.
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| Weapons
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Spears, Hammers, Claws, Staves
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| Location
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Metal Menagerie
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| Breeding chart
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Liquid metal slime x 4
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Attributes
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Familiy
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Rank
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Size
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Traits
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Skills
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| Slime
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S
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S
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Metal Body, Escape Artist
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Bang & Crack
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| Resistances
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| Immune to Frizz, Bang, Woosh, Crack, Zap, Zam, Sizz, Donk, Abiliterator, Blade Blunter, Fire Breath, Cold Breath, Whack, Poison, Drain Magic, Gobstopper, Ban Dance, Confusion, Inaction, Paralysis, Sleep, Decelerate, Dim, and Magical Sabotage.
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The metal king slime is a Rank A monster that can be synthesized using a Metal slime, Metal slime, Metal slime, and Metal slime.
Earl Luminum appears to be a metal king slime.
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Gold |
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13g |
| List No. |
039 |
| Field Notes |
The experience of eliminating one of these metal monarchs is certain to supplement any adventurer's advancement. They flee from foes with surprising speed for their size, counter-attacking on occasion for kingly effect. |
| Location(s) |
Arba Town (Hero) |
| Item(s) Dropped |
Molten globules, Densinium |
Related Monsters
Gallery
See Also
Dragon Quest Monsters 1 + 2 . (PSX)
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2.
Square Enix's Sofubi Monster Merchandise Series.
Appearance with Liquid metal slimes in Stars.
