Sail serpent

Dragon Quest monster
Sail Serpent
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	オーシャンナーガ
Romaji	Ōshan nāga
First appearance	Dragon Quest VI

The Sail serpent is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Sea dwelling snakes with a slick orange, purple, and yellow pattern that makes them an obvious and frightening sight when they slither into battle. They bathe the area with a Burning Breath that has a chance to hold all foes in a perturbing paralysis. Even their fangs are filled with a Poison that can leave adventurers unable to perform a simple action, leaving the serpents free to slap and swipe at them with their wicked tails. The serpents are typically members of the Dragon family like the rest of their scaly kin.

True to their original Japanese name, the snakes are typically encountered out at sea, but in some games they can even be found on land, as well.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Sail serpent (オーシャンナーガ, Ōshan nāga )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #192

Sprites		Attributes
SFC	Remakes	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
		192	0	202	112	137	120	77	⁰⁄₆₄

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
25%	25%	25%	25%	0%	0%	25%	25%	0%	50%	80%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
25%	50%	50%	100%	15%	15%	100%	0%	0%	100%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Burning Breath Paralysis Attack Whips character with tail (125% damage) Is called by someone (flees)	Ocean Undersea Sunken Ship	Falcon knife earrings¹⁄₁₂₈
Notable changes in the remakes		None

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Sail serpent (オーシャンナーガ, Ōshan nāga)
Defeated Monster List No. : #138

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Dragon	148	14	850	114	144	143	125

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
0%	-50%	0%	0%	0%	-25%	0%	0%	0%	25%	100%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
50%	100%	50%	100%	50%	25%	25%	25%	0%	75%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
None	Envenomating Attack Burning Breath Flees	Lonely Coast Wyrmwing Ocean Grotto (Water, rank 4)	Snakeskin¹⁄₈ Snakeskin whip¹⁄₁₂₈
Description	Spiteful serpents that love to paralyse people with Burning Breath and vex them with venomous attacks. Chose 'sail serpent' because they thought it was cool, but now they worry that it makes a mockery of their massive ears.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Sail serpent (オーシャンナーガ, Ōshan nāga )
Defeated Monster List No. : #289

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Dragon	297	17	839	159	176	182	127

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
0%	25%	0%	25%	-10%	-10%	-10%	0%	0%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	25%	100%	25%	100%	50%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	50%	100%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Burning Breath Paralysis Attack Party Pooper Flee	The Open Sea - North (northeast of Insula Orientalis, second act) The Open Sea - South (South near Lonalulu, second act) Ruby Path of Doom (2D mode of 3DS and Definitive Edition only)	Snakeskin¹⁄₈ Falcon knife earrings¹⁄₂₅₆
Description	Their faint luminescence is visible only in the gloom of the ocean floor, where they use it to communicate with others of their kind.

Vicious

Vicious sail serpent (オーシャンナーガ・強, Ōshan nāga・kyō )
Defeated Monster List No. : #551

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Dragon	551	29	1,638	330	288	292	230

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
0%	25%	0%	25%	-10%	-10%	-10%	0%	0%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	25%	100%	25%	100%	50%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	50%	100%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Burning Breath Paralysis Attack Party Pooper	The Disciple's Trial - The Eerie Valley (postgame, night only)	Snakeskin¹⁄₈ Falcon knife earrings¹⁄₂₅₆
Description	Sail serpents driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Serpiente marinera	Spanish for "sea serpent".
Français	Vipère sonique	French for "sonic viper".
Deutsch	Segelschleiche	German for "sail slither".
Italiano	Aquarettile	Italian for "aquatic reptile".

Trivia

The sail serpent's Japanese name Ocean naga (オーシャンナーガ) references the Nāga, a divine or semi-divine race of half-human, half-serpent beings from Hindu mythology and Buddhism.

Gallery

Artwork of a Sail serpent, a Yabby, and a Octavian sentry being fought in VI.
XI polygon model.
A Vicious sail serpent.
Appearance in Super Light