Goldirox

"SORRY... ME BE MORE ACCURATE. MINER FIND ONE LUMP, SO NEED TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE MORE. THAT BETTER?"

Goldirox
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Japanese name	ゴルドン
Romaji	Gorudon
Race	Gold golem Warning: Spoilers! Click expand to view content Previously: Human (unclear) Stone golem Copper golem Silver golem

Goldirox (ゴルドン, Gorudon^?, lit. Gordon/Golden) is a character in Dragon Quest Builders 2. He appears on the island of Khrumbl-dun.

Appearance and Personality

Goldirox, at first, appears to be a standard stone golem, with a stone brick body and blue eyes. When the Builder first imbues him with five lumps of copper ore, his face turns into copper but the rest of his body remains the same. In his coper golem form, his whole body turns copper and his eyes turn yellow. In his silver golem form, his body turns silver and his eyes turn blue again. In his gold golem form, his body turns gold and his eyes turn back to yellow.

He talks bluntly, with only capital letters, like all golems. He talks with fragmented, improper sentences that get his point across quickly and efficiently. Goldirox is also one of Babs' many admirers, and wants to marry her.

Appearances

Dragon Quest Builders 2

Goldirox appears at first as a nameless stone golem, buried beneath layers of rubble. After he is excavated, he immediately requests lumps of [[copper ore|copper], silver, and gold ore to regain his strength. When he is told by Babs that the mines are collapsed, he goes and opens them up with a huge punch. Magrog realises then that the monster was actually the gold golem Goldirox, the guardian of the mines told about in a common Khrumble-dunnian legend. Apparently, around the end of the Golden age - when the metal in the mines had been turned to stone by the Madusa - Goldirox had disappeared. It is later revealed that he had been buried away by the Children of Hargon.

He asks the miners to provide 1000 lumps of copper, 3000 lumps of silver and 5000 lumps of gold for him to reach his prime again. When he reaches his gold form, Babs throws a party and dances for the miners, but is shot down by the Madusa turning her to stone. Goldirox is visibly distraught.

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During construction of the Gold Bar, Ordelia tells the Builder of another famous Khrumble-dunnian tale of love and loss. She tells them about a lady with lovely long hair that came to the island who quickly fell in love with a dashing bachelor boy. Unfortunately, he had too many admirers, and she grew so jealous she strangled the man with her hair and fled into the mines to hide herself. She tells the Builder that she theorizes that the maiden was Madusa and the man was Goldirox, and the latter confirms that most of the story was true except for the fact that Madusa did not kill him, only took his power and broke 'his precious', the Echo Flute. Den suggests that she kept the other half of the flute in the underground temple as a keepsake. It is unclear whether Madusa and Goldirox had actually been human, or if it was just an adaptation of true events.

Goldirox requests the Builder to find diamonds while the Gold Bar is under construction, to build a pair of Golden Gauntlets. He would use them to create a shield and reflect Madusa's petrifying beams when the people take her down. After they defeat her in battle, the Builder obtains the Heartstone she had stolen from Goldirox. He tells them to use it to create the Golden Glow, and they can use it to break the curse on Babs and restore the Golden Age. However, he told the people that using the Golden Glow on himself would make him disappear, but not die, as he would live on in the face of the Gold Bar and watch over Khrumbl-dun. After Babs is freed from her curse, the Khrumbl-dun folk party all night, and she gets a chance the next morning to have a heart-felt talk with Goldirox's spirit before she leaves to join the citizens of the Isle of Awakening.

Abilities

Goldirox has all standard golem abilities, like the ability to smash large chunks of stone, and also the skill Forbearance.

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When he receives the Golden Gauntlets, he is able to create a shield that can reflect Madusa's petrifying beams back at her, turning her to stone and leaving her vulnerable for attack.

Etymology

• His original (Japanese) name is likely given because he is a golden golem.
• His localised (English) name is a play on words, in which he is made of Gold and specialises in rocks, particularly bringing ores back to the mines and also smashing them up.
  • His name could also be a play on the name Goldilocks, in which going through three forms (copper/silver/gold) to settle on one definitive final form could be a parallel to Goldilocks going through three chairs/bowls of porridge/beds before settling on the correct one.

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