Beast family

Beast Family (Japanese Kanji: 獣 Hiragana:けもの Romanji:Kemono) refers to a classification of monsters in Dragon Quest series that take the form of vicious mammals. Usually their names give a hint of the animal they are based on, but several are chimeric in design. In some games, the category also includes members of the Bird and Aquatic families. This family was referred to as the Animal family in Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart.

Usual Item Drops[edit | edit source]

Effective Weapons and Skills[edit | edit source]

Spears will deal 10% more damage to beasts starting with IX, while the Beast, Beastmaster, and Beast talon claws will deal an extra 20%. The Typhoeus' Maul and Cattle Prod skills hits them for 50% more damage.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[edit | edit source]

The beastly bullwhip and beast claws deal 130% damage to beasts.

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest X[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters 2[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest Treasures[edit | edit source]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Interesting enough, despite being reptilian in nature, Drackals and their kin are not classified as dragons.
In some games, monsters such as the orc or night clubber have occasionally been classified as demons rather than beasts.
Despite the hat hamwitch being a species of Shamwitch, it is classified as a Material family monster rather then a beast family monster.