Needler

Dragon Quest monster
Needler
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	モコッキー
Romaji	Mokokkī
Translation	Mokocky
First appearance	Dragon Quest XI

The Needler is a monster in the series.

Characteristics edit

Needlers are short humanoid mouse-like creatures distinguishable by the cotton fluff balls on their bodies. They carry sharp needles as tall as themselves which they use to make pincushions out of adventurers and are fond of healing their allies with medicinal herbs, but are just as likely to waste their turn in battle dancing. They wear a green grass skirt, yellow shoes, and a brown leather mask with eyes shaped like buttons. On their heads, they have two fluff balls coming out of their masks and fluff on their chin roughly in the shape of a beard. Needlers also have a fluffy tail much like a rabbit.

Appearances edit

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age edit

Needler (モコッキー Mokokkī )

Sprite
Bestiary no.: #002
Family: Humanoid
Experience: 3
Gold: 3
HP: 10
MP: 0
Attack: 11
Defence: 9
Agility: 6

In-game description: Easily recognised by the bundles of abundant fluff spilling from their masks, these furry fellows will make pincushions of pretty much anything they can poke their enormous needles into.
Spell(s): None
Skill(s): Uses Medicinal herb
Does a little dance (wastes turn)
Flees
Location(s): Cobblestone Tor (acts one and two)
Heliodor Region (act one)
Item(s) Dropped: Medicinal herb¹⁄₃₂
Lambswool¹⁄₁₂₈

Fire resistance *: -25%
Ice resistance *: -10%
Wind resistance *: -10%
Earth resistance *: -10%
Light resistance *: -10%
Dark resistance *: -10%
Zap resistance *: -10%
Drain Magic resistance: 100%
Whack resistance *: 0%
Poof resistance: 0%
Dazzle resistance *: 0%
Fizzle resistance *: 100%
Fuddle resistance *: 0%
Paralysis resistance *: 0%
Poison resistance *: 0%
Sleep resistance *: 0%
Blunt resistance: 0%
Deceleratle resistance: 0%
Sap resistance *: 0%
Spooky Aura Anathematise resistance: 0%
Stumble resistance *: 0%
Stun resistance *: -25%
Charm resistance *: 0%
Beguile resistance *: 0%
Double Down resistance *: 0%
Elemental resistance *: 0%

Malicious edit

Malicious needler (モコッキー・邪 Mokokkī・Ja )

Sprite
Bestiary no.: #427
Family: Humanoid
Experience: 845
Gold: 229
HP: 352
MP: 8
Attack: 217
Defence: 215
Agility: 164

In-game description: Needlers who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Spell(s): None
Skill(s): Uses Special medicine
Does a little dance (wastes turn)
Flees
Location(s): Cobblestone Tor (postgame)
Item(s) Dropped: Special medicine¹⁄₁₆
Lambswool¹⁄₃₂

Fire resistance *: -10%
Ice resistance *: -10%
Wind resistance *: -10%
Earth resistance *: -10%
Light resistance *: -10%
Dark resistance *: -10%
Zap resistance *: -10%
Drain Magic resistance: 0%
Whack resistance *: 0%
Poof resistance: 100%
Dazzle resistance *: 0%
Fizzle resistance *: 100%
Fuddle resistance *: 0%
Paralysis resistance *: 0%
Poison resistance *: 0%
Sleep resistance *: 0%
Blunt resistance: 0%
Deceleratle resistance: 0%
Sap resistance *: 0%
Spooky Aura Anathematise resistance: 0%
Stumble resistance *: 0%
Stun resistance *: 0%
Charm resistance *: 0%
Beguile resistance *: 0%
Double Down resistance *: 0%
Elemental resistance *: 0%

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D edit

Needler appears as a F-rank monster of the Beast family exclusive to the SP version.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key edit

Needler appears once again as the same rank and family exclusive to the SP version.

In Other Languages edit

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Agudreja	From the Spanish agudo and comadreja.
Français	Piquolo	From the French piquer and the Italian piccolo.
Deutsch	Weißer Mäuser	From the German weiß and mäus.
Italiano	Topungo	From the Italian topo and pungere.
中文 (繁體)	蓬毛鼠人	Chinese for "fluffy rat man".