Giant moth

Dragon Quest monster
Giant moth
	File:GiantMothArt.png; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	デスファレーナ
Romaji	Desufarēna
First appearance	Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

The Giant moth is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VI. As its name states, it is a lepidopteran that has grown to monstrous proportions.

Characteristics

Among the most literally named monsters to date, it is an overgrown moth roughly the size of a man's torso that ditched its pathetic proboscis for a set of terrifying teeth. The compound eyes have been exchanged for pupils as well, set inside purple sclera. It is capable of flapping its wings at high speed to create razor-sharp winds to slice enemies.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Giant moth (デスファレーナ, Desufarēna )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #033

Sprites		Attributes
SFC	Remakes	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	?	36	0	33	9	55	44	22	¹⁄₁₆

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Rock	Zap	Whack	Paralysis
0%	0%	0%	25%	0%	0%	0%	60%	0%	15%	50%
Army	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Drain Magic	Ban Dance
0%	0%	0%	80%	15$	15%	100%	100%	15%	100%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Wind Sickles (23~32 damage)	Moonmirror Tower Underkeep Destiny's Drop	Poison moth knife¹⁄₁₂₈
Notable changes in the remakes

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

[[File:DQ8 Bug Family Icon.png|link=Bug family]] Giant moth (デスファレーナ, Desufarēna )
Defeated Monster List No. : #029

Image	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	36	6	37	12	31	28	27	⁰⁄₆₄

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Heal Woosh	None	Maella Abbey Region	Rennet powder¹⁄₁₆ Red mould¹⁄₆₄
Description	A large moth-like monster that flies freely through the air on giant wings. Capable of casting air-based spells on groups of enemies.
Notable changes in the remake

Dragon Quest Monsters

[[File:DQM Icon Bug.png|link=Bug family|16x16px|class=pixels]] GiantMoth (デスファレーナ, Desufarēna )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	30	2/5	3/5	2/5	3/5	3/5	5/5

Resistances

Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Zap*	Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic*	Whack*
None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Immune	None	Immune	None	None	Weak

Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*	Snooze*	Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
Weak	Immune	Strong	Strong	Immune	None	None	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Strong

Additional information
Description	Creates a violent wind with its huge wings
Skills	WindBeast, Paralyze, Radiant
Location	Gate of Judgement, Gate of Ambition
Breeding Chart	Butterfly x Devil family Bug family x Saccer

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

[[File:DQM2 Icon Bug.png|link=Bug family|16x16px|class=pixels]] GiantMoth (デスファレーナ, Desufarēna )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	30	5/10	5/10	6/10	7/10	5/10	7/10

Resistances

Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Water*	Zap*	Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*
None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Immune	None	None	Immune	None	None	Weak

Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*	Snooze*	Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
Weak	Immune	Strong	Strong	Immune	None	None	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak	Strong

Additional information
Description
Skills	Paralyze, Radiant, WindBeast
Location	Eastern Mountain
Breeding Chart	Bug family x RayGigas, Saccer Butterfly x Devil family

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

[[File:DQMJ Icon Nature.png|link= Nature family|20x20px|class=pixels]] Giant moth

Sprite	Attributes
	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	B	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Artful Dodger, Poisoner			Toxifier		Vulnerable to Frizz, Poisonproof, Paralysisproof

Additional information
Description	Its penchant for spraying clouds of poisonous dust makes it a dangerous adversary.
Weapons	Spears, Axes, Hammers, Staves
Location	Fert Isle (Night)
Breeding chart	Beetleboy x Octavian sentry

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

[[File:DQMJ2 Icon Nature.png|link= Nature family|14px|class=pixels]] Giant moth

Attributes
Rank	Size	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
B	S	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Hit Squad, Paralyzing			Toxifier		Vulnerable to Frizz, Immune to Poison and Paralysis

Additional information
Weapons	Axes, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Location	-
Breeding chart	Beetleboy x Magic slime Paws x Dark slime

Dragon Quest Tact

Giant moth appears as a C-rank monster of the Nature family as part of the limited Dragon Quest VI event. It can be recruited from Chapter 2, Episode 3: Ashlynn of the event quests at any difficulty and it can participate in Carver's Battle Road as a party member.

[[File:Tact Icon
Nature.png|link=
Nature family|30px]] [[File:DQTact Rank Icon .png|24px]] Giant moth (デスファレーナ Desufarēna)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
[[File:DQTact DebuffType.png\|30px]] Debuff	95	592	203	4
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
221	197	306	103	20
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Very Weak	Very Weak	Normal	Normal	Half Res
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Super Weak	Normal	Half Res	Half Res	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Normal	Super Weak	Normal	Immune

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Woosh Paralysing Gas N/a	Breath Potency +5% / Stats Up Bang Res +25 / Stats Up Paralysing Gas Potency +5% / Stats Up Zap Res +25 / Stats Up Paralysing Gas Potency +5% / Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks	AGL +5 Paralysing Gas Potency +2% N/a
Leader perk	N/a
Awakening perk	Breath Potency +5: Raises breath potency by 5%.

Similar species

Gallery

DQM I&II sprite
Monsters: Joker model
Monsters: Joker 2 model
Rivals card