Boreal serpent

Dragon Quest monster
Boreal serpent
	File:DQIII Boreal Serpent.png; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	スノードラゴン
Romaji	Sunodoragon
First appearance	Dragon Quest III
Old localisation	Snow dragon; IceDragon

The Boreal serpent is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation.

They are a stronger, blizzard-spewing variant of the ethereal Dragon encountered earlier in the game.

Characteristics

Boreal serpents have the appearance of traditional Chinese dragons, with a long, blue serpentine body and four limbs. They have scales running down its back, ending in feathers at the end of its tail, a pair of antler-like horns on top of its head, and three smaller horns on either side of its face, all colored purple, as well as green eyebrows. The serpents also have a pair of long blue whiskers that trail behind them. In battle, they frequently make use of their ice-cold breath to freeze adventurers solid. Boreal serpents can be found on the icy overworld continent of Leiamland as well as in the overworld approach to Baramos' Lair and within the Palace of Baramos. Like many monsters that were first introduced in III, they did not make a reappearance in the main series again until XI.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Boreal serpent (スノードラゴン Sunodoragon)
Bestiary Number: #092

Sprites				Attributes
NES	SFC	GBC	Switch	Level	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
				25	110	0	440	90	93	60	50	¹⁄₁₆

Resistances

Fire	Crack	Woosh	Zap	Whack	Kamikazee	Poof	Dazzle	Snooze	Drain Magic	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Deceleratle
0%	100%	0%	0%	70%	0%	100%	25%	25%	100%	100%	25%	25%	25%

Additional information

Spells	Skills	Locations	Item Drop
None	Cool Breath Chilly Breath	Leiamland Baramos' Lair	Seed of life¹⁄₁₂₈

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Boreal serpent (スノードラゴン, Sunodoragon )
Defeated Monster List No. : #235

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Dragon & Floating	480	38	1,201	147	196	161	210

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
50%	50%	25%	-110%	25%	0%	-110%	0%	100%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	50%	50%	25%	50%	0%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	100%	99%	100%	100%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Crackle	Crashes on to character (ignores defence) Freezing Blizzard	Mount Pang Lai (second act) Baramos' Lair (3DS & Switch only)	Ice crystal¹⁄₈ Seed of life¹⁄₂₅₆
Description	These masters of the frozen north have complete control over cold and ice. They're extremely intelligent, and make awkward opponents as a result.

Malicious boreal serpent (スノードラゴン・邪, Sunodoragon・ja )
Defeated Monster List No. : #417

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Dragon & Floating	1,097	64	2,864	404	315	263	294

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
50%	50%	25%	-110%	25%	0%	-110%	0%	100%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	50%	25%	25%	50%	0%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	100%	99%	100%	100%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Kacrack	C-c-cold Breath Crashes on to character (ignores Defence)	Mount Pang Lai (third act) Sniflheim Whale Weigh Station (third act)	Serpent's soul¹⁄₃₂ Seed of life¹⁄₂₅₆
Description	Boreal serpents who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

[[File:DQMJ2 Icon Dragon.png|link=Dragon family|14px|class=pixels]] Boreal serpent

Attributes
Rank	Size	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
E	M	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Artful Dodger, Crackmeister, Big Hitter			Ice		Vulnerable to Fire Breath, Healed by Crack and Cold Breath

Additional information
Weapons	Claws, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Jargon x Snowbird Ethereal serpent x Firn fiend

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
[[File:DQTact AttackType.png\|30px]] Attack	110	567	228	4
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
501	231	415	196	35
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Very Weak	Normal	Half Res	Normal	Half Res
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Normal	Very Weak	Normal	Super Weak	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Normal	Normal	Half Res	Normal	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Normal	Half Res	Immune	Super Weak

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Glacier Slash Rolling Attack Freezing Blizzard Talent Blossoming: Earth Blizzard	Rare Attack Prep / Stats Up Crack Res +25 / Stats Up Rolling Attack Potency +5% / Stats Up Bang Res +25 / Stats Up Rolling Attack Potency +5% / Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks	ATK +10 AGL +15 Rolling Attack Potency +2%
Leader perk	Raises physical potency of dragon allies, including itself, by 10% in a 5x5 square around it.
Awakening perk	Rare Attack Prep: Rarely greatly raises ATK for 2 turns at action start.

Etymology

Boreal is a term that describes the Sub-arctic regions the world over.

Similar species

Gallery

XI polygon model.
A Malicious boreal serpent.
Joker 2 model.
Stars model.
Rivals card.
A Boreal serpent in Walk.
Legendary New Year's Eve event in Walk.
The Boreal serpent appearing as part of the III collaboration in Tact.
Scan Battlers card.

Boreal serpent

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