The Ghoul is a recurring monster in the series, first appearing in Dragon Quest II. These zombies are tougher than a Walking corpse and are often able to call for back up if the player is not swift in dispatching it.
Ghouls are undead monsters with rotten blue-grey skin, an unkempt mass of grey hair, and red eyes, their mouths agape with drool constantly trailing. Their clothes have begun to rot away on their bodies, wearing either red or burgundy tunics with belts around their waists and dull pink or green trousers that have faded in colour. In their original appearance, they were the strongest variety of the walking dead and even gained the ability to cast simple fire magic against their foes.
Later appearances in the series gave ghouls the ability to call upon more of their kind from beyond the grave to aid them in battle, as well as being able to poison with both their claws and venomous exhalations. According to their monster description in X, ghouls are unable to die normally and thus hold grudges to the world of the living. Their hobby is enfeebling adventurers and watching them suffer.
Strike or slice these monsters all you want; their undead flesh feels no pain. Beware of their tendency to call in fellow ghouls to sway the odds in their favor.
Ghouls appeared from the beginning of the game. Like before, they are able to call from backup from more of their kind in battle. They are now able to breathe out Sweet Breath in order to put adventurers to sleep and can place curses on their opponents, as well.
Buried bodies brought back to some semblance of life. Strike and slice all you like—their undead flesh feels no pain. They may be teeming with toxins, but their bodies are so rotten anyway that it doesn't make a difference.
Ghoul appears as a B-rank monster of the Undead family as part of the Dragon Quest II event. It can be recruited from the Dirkandor stage from "Adventure in the DQII World" at any difficulty, eventually becoming recruitable in the second part of the storyline from Chapter 4, Episode 2: Forms of Appearance. The ghoul can participate in Madusa and Winter Queen's Battle Roads as a party member.
Physical Potency +5% / Stats Up Zap Res +25 / Stats Up Shade Slash Potency +5% / Stats Up Bang Res +25 / Stats Up Shade Slash Potency +5% / Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks
ATK +5 Shade Slash Potency +2% N/a
Leader perk
N/a
Awakening perk
Physical Potency +5%: Raises physical potency by 5%.
In Other Languages
Language
Translation
Meaning
Español
Zombi necrófago
Spanish for "necrophage zombie".
Français
Goule
French for "ghoul".
Deutsch
Ghul
German for "ghoul".
Italiano
Zombie grigio
Italian for "grey zombie".
Trivia
A ghoul (غول, ghūl) is a demon-like creature or monstrous being from pre-Islamic Arabian mythology that is said to feast on corpses and is associated with graveyards. In modern fiction, the term is used to refer to a specific type of monster.
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Famicom art.
Alternate concept art.
Appearance in VII's Big Book of Beasts in the remake.
A ghoul in X.
XI polygon model.
A Vicious ghoul.
A Ghoul along with other monsters in XI.
Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest.
Stars model.
Rivals card.
Walk model.
A ghoul in Keshi Keshi.
Trading Battle Card
Monster Battle Scanner card.
