Abyss diver

Dragon Quest monster
Abyss diver
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ヘルダイバー
Romaji	Herudaibā
First appearance	Dragon Quest VII
Old localisation	EvilDiver

The abyss diver is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series.

Introduced in Dragon Quest VII, it's a large aquatic monster that stalks the seas.

Characteristics edit

Abyss divers resemble plesiosaurs in general shape, but given fantastical flourishes through Akira Toriyama's artistry. They are purple in colour with pale yellow undersides, have a long neck, a fin on its back, and webbed feet. On its head, it has a tall crest and a pair of long purple horns. Its crest, fin, and webs on its feet are all coloured teal. Abyss divers are quite powerful when first faced by the player in every mainline game they appear in, and their breath attacks can devastate low level parties. The abyss diver also has access to ice magic to freeze enemies solid, consistently casting Crackle in each numbered title. Originally it was the weaker predecessor of the seasaur, but it has since become the stronger variant as of VIII.

Appearances edit

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past edit

Abyss diver (ヘルダイバー, Herudaibā )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #275

Sprite	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
	250	30	105 (PS1) 158 (3DS)	93 (PS1) 140 (3DS)	105	92	72	¹⁄₆₄	¹⁄₁₂₈

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	50%	100%	0%	0%	15%	90%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
30%	50%	0%	100%	15%	15%	50%	15%	50%	50%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Crackle	Flame Breath	Sunken Citadel Whitewater Cave Cave to Yet Another World (water area)	Angel leotard (¹⁄₂₅₆)
Notable changes in the remakes

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King edit

Abyss diver (ヘルダイバー, Herudaibā )
Defeated Monster List No. : #260

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	Aquatic	230	21	255	38	168	99	67	⁰⁄₆₄

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Crackle	Flame Breath Flee	Ocean	Waterweed mould¹⁄₁₆ Spicy cheese¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		Ferocious and hungry sea monsters. They wait in deep waters for ships to pass overhead, then launch themselves towards the surface to sink them.
Notable changes in the remake		None

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies edit

Abyss diver (ヘルダイバー, Herudaibā)
Defeated Monster List No. : #170

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Aquatic	600	28	2,700	92	200	220	126

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
Crackle	Inferno	Wyrmneck Oubliette Ocean Grotto (Water, rank 4-5)	Dragon scale¹⁄₃₂ Watermaul wand¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		Devilishly devastating dinosaurs that cast Crackle and breathe fire, and cannot be bested with bog-standard blows. Longed for loud colours after decades spent in the dim depths, and tried to jazz themselves up, but to underwhelming effect.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker edit

Abyss diver

Sprite	Attributes
	Familiy	Rank	Traits	Skills	Resistances
	Dragon	B	Artful Dodger	Crack & Zap	Sleepproof

Additional information
Description	Their mighty bodies can withstand even the pressure of the ocean depths.
Weapons	Spears, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Seasaur x Hades condor Argon lizard x Great argon lizard

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 edit

Abyss diver

Attributes
Familiy	Rank	Size	Traits	Skills
Dragon	B	S	Artful Dodger, Crafty Confuser	Crack & Zap
Resistances
Immune to Sizz and Sleep

Additional information
Weapons	Spears, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Seasaur x Hades condor Gasbagon x Barracuda Seasaur x Yabby

Attributes
Familiy	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Evasion
	D	1,350	320	580	630	550	?
Talents		Traits		Large-size exclusive traits		Dropped items
Shallow Breather		Ace Evader (lv. 1) Hothead (lv. 20) Rando-Buff (lv. 40)		Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Uber Zombiesbane (lv. 1) Parting Gift (lv. 60)		N/A

Resistances
Fire *	Water *	Explosion *	Wind *	Earth *	Ice *	Electricity *	Light *	Dark *	Antimagic *
50%	25%	25%	0%	-25%	25%	0%	25%	25%	25%
Bedazzlement *	Confusion *	Debilitation *	MP Absorption *	Paralysis *	Poison *	Sleep *	Stun *	Instant Death *
50%	0%	25%	0%	25%	-25%	0%	50%	0%

Additional information
Description	These dwellers of the deep can launch themselves at boats with meteoric momentum, capsizing them in mere moments. Superstitious sailors have scores of rituals to try to keep these beasts at bay
Location	This monster has no natural habitat

Synthesis
Breeding chart
X
Notable fusions

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light edit

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In other languages edit

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Oceanosaurio abisal	Spanish for "abyssal oceanosaur".
Français	Abyssaure	From the Latin abyssus and the French -saure.
Deutsch	Abgrundtaucher	German for "abyssal diver".
Italiano	Dragoon	Originally derived from the Old French dragon. A type of mounted infantry that used horses for mobility, but dismounted on foot to fight with muskets.