Peckerel

Dragon Quest monster Peckerel
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese アサシンエミュー Romaji Asashin emiyū First appearance Dragon Quest IX

The Peckerel is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Peckerels are tall flightless birds like ostriches or emus with dark teal plumage and serpentine heads. They have lighter teal undersides and a long thin tail ending in a sharp point. Their tails are coated with a toxin that they use to paralyse their victims and they can even instantly kill them with Assassin's Stab. In Dragon Quest X, they have also gained the ability to spit out ink to blind their opponents. Their name is a play on the words "peck" and "cockerel".

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Peckerel (アサシンエミュー, Asashin emiyū) Defeated Monster List No. : #114

Image Attributes Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Bird 107 6 580 132 107 107 107

Resistances Fire Ice Wind Blast Earth Dark Light Drain Magic Whack Dazzle Fizzle 0% -25% 25% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 50% 25% 100% Confusion Paralysis Sleep Poison Stun Blunt Deceleratle Sap Spooky Aura Charm 50% 100% 50% 25% 50% 25% 25% 25% 0% 65%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped items None Paralysis Attack Assassin's Stab Iluugazar Plains Mt. Ulbaruun Strong antidote1⁄16 Poison needle1⁄64 Description They fly fast at their foes with paralysing attacks, and treat troublesome opponents to an Assassin's Stab. They're forever forgetting the paralysing poison on the points of their tails, and itching themselves immobile by accident.

Dragon Quest X

Peckerels appeared from the beginning of the game. They are still able to perform Assassin's Stab and can also squirt out a spurt of jet-black ink that can blind characters.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Pollastre	From the Spanish pollo and desastre.
Français	Pirvert	From the French piquer and vert.
Deutsch	Pick-Aas	From the German picken and Aas.
Italiano	Sbeccadoon	Italian for "chipper", derived from the verb sbeccare.

Gallery

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  A peckerel in X

Related enemies

• Parched peckerel
• Apeckalypse