Fat rat

A fat rat (formerly big rat) is an enemy encountered in Dragon Quest II and Dragon Quest V. While almost identical to the Ratscal, the fat rat has more blue in its coat.

Dragon Quest monster Fat rat
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese おおねずみ Romaji ōnezumi First appearance Dragon Quest II

Appearances

Dragon Quest II

Fat rat (おおねずみ ōnezumi)

Original (NES)

Sprite

Experience

6

Gold

5

HP

16

MP

0

Attack

19

Defence

11

Agility

15

Evasion

¹⁄₃₂

Abilities

Location(s)

Near Lake Cave

Item Dropped

Chimaera wing (¹⁄₁₆)

Fire resistance *

⁰⁄₇

Dazzle resistance

²⁄₇

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₇

Thwack resistance

¹⁄₇

Fizzle resistance

⁷⁄₇

Kasap resistance

⁰⁄₇

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites

Experience

6

Gold

5

HP

16

MP

0

Attack

19

Defence

11

Agility

15

Evasion

¹⁄₃₂

Abilities

Location(s)

Near Lake Cave

Item Dropped

Chimaera wing (¹⁄₁₆)

Fire resistance *

⁰⁄₇

Dazzle resistance

²⁄₇

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₇

Thwack resistance

¹⁄₇

Fizzle resistance

⁷⁄₇

Kasap resistance

⁰⁄₇

Dragon Quest V

#11 - Fat rat
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HP MP Experience Gold 18 0 4 8 Attack Defense Speed 13 10 9
Dropped Item	Medicinal herb (1/16)
Locations	Roundbeck area (G1) Uptaten Towers area Talon Tower area
Capture Rate	1/2
Bestiary #	11
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	SNES, DS

Related enemies

Ratscal

Dragon Quest monster Ratscal Japanese やまねずみ Romaji ' First appearance Dragon Quest II

Technically older than the fat rat, the ratscal has never reappeared after its debut.

Ratscal (やまねずみ yamanezumi)

Original (NES)

Sprite

Experience

3

Gold

5

HP

10

MP

0

Attack

14

Defence

11

Agility

7

Evasion

¹⁄₆₄

Abilities

Location(s)

Near Cannock

Item Dropped

Medicinal Herb (¹⁄₈)

Fire resistance *

⁰⁄₈

Dazzle resistance

⁷⁄₈

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₈

Thwack resistance

⁰⁄₈

Fizzle resistance

⁷⁄₈

Kasap resistance

⁰⁄₈

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites

Experience

5

Gold

5

HP

10

MP

0

Attack

14

Defence

11

Agility

8

Evasion

¹⁄₆₄

Abilities

Location(s)

Near Cannock

Item Dropped

Medicinal herb (¹⁄₈)

Fire resistance *

⁰⁄₇

Dazzle resistance

²⁄₇

Snooze resistance

⁰⁄₇

Thwack resistance

⁰⁄₇

Fizzle resistance

⁷⁄₇

Kasap resistance

⁰⁄₇

Dirty rat

Dirty rat

Original (NES)

Sprite

Experience

19

Gold

15

HP

25

MP

0

Attack

41

Defence

12

Agility

41

Evasion

¹⁄₃₂

Abilities

Location(s)

Item Dropped

Medicinal herb¹⁄₈

Fire resistance *

⁰⁄₇

Dazzle resistance

³⁄₇

Snooze resistance

¹⁄₇

Thwack resistance

⁰⁄₇

Fizzle resistance

⁷⁄₇

Kasap resistance

⁰⁄₇

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites

Experience

23

Gold

25

HP

25

MP

0

Attack

35

Defence

12

Agility

25

Evasion

¹⁄₃₂

Abilities

Location(s)

Item Dropped

Medicinal herb¹⁄₈

Fire resistance *

⁰⁄₇

Dazzle resistance

³⁄₇

Snooze resistance

¹⁄₇

Thwack resistance

⁰⁄₇

Fizzle resistance

⁷⁄₇

Kasap resistance

⁰⁄₇

#23 - Dirty rat
HP MP Experience Gold 31 14 13 Attack Defense Speed 20 19 14
Dropped Item	Seed of agility (1/128)
Locations	Whealbrook area (G1) Coburg area (G1) Talon Tower area
Bestiary #	23
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	DS

Gallery

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  DQV PS2
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  DQV PS2 Dirty Rat
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  Ratscal