Gigantes

Dragon Quest monster
Gigantes
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ギガンテス
Romaji	Gigantesu
First appearance	Dragon Quest II
Old localisation	Giant

The Gigantes is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series that was introduced in Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line. They are club-wielding cyclopses with sky-blue skin.

Characteristics

Defined by strength, the Gigantes is a behemoth whose simplistic garb does a poor job of concealing its bulging muscle mass. Though some members of the species can prove to be gentle giants, it is usually encountered in the wild as a dumb brute ready and willing to cave in the skulls of plucky adventurers. In more recent titles, it seems to have smartened up a little and learned a few skills.

Originally depicted as having green skin and a bright blue sash, it started to shift to its modern coloration in the release of Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride before its iconic look was established in Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Gigantes (ギガンテス Gigantesu)

Sprite	Attributes								Resistances
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Fizzle	Snooze	Dazzle	Thwack	Kasap	Spell
	155	0	278	95	145	41	100	¹⁄₆₄	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	²⁄₇

Additional information
Spells	Locations	Dropped item
	Rendarak Hall of Hargon	Sword of ruin ¹⁄₈

Gigantes (ギガンテス Gigantesu)

Sprites	Attributes								Resistances
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Fizzle	Snooze	Dazzle	Thwack	Kasap	Spell
	175	0	580	165	150	51	88	¹⁄₆₄	?	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	⁷⁄₇	¹⁄₇

Additional information
Spells	Locations	Dropped item
	Rendarak Hall of Hargon	Sword of ruin¹⁄₈

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Gigantes (ギガンテス, Gigantesu )
Big Book of Beasts No. : #170

Sprites			Attributes
SFC	PS2	DS & Mobile	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
			350	0	570	70	210	110	77	0/64	1/32

Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Fire Breath	Bang	Crack	Cool Breath	Woosh	Zap	Whack	Kamikazee
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	20%	0%	100%	0%
Drain Magic	Poison	Stun	Poof	Dazzle	Sleep	Fizzle	Confusion	Sap
100%	20%	67%	20%	67%	67%	100%	20%	100%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Frenzy Stomp (125% damage)	Nadiria Mt. Zugzwang Estark's Labyrinth	Seed of strength¹⁄₆₄
Notable changes in the remakes		None

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past (3DS)

Gigantes (ギガンテス, Gigantesu )
Big Book of Beasts No.: DLC #026 (3DS remake exclusive)

Sprite	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
	350	0	855	105	210	110	77	⁰⁄₆₄

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Desperate attack	Muscle Mountain	Seed of strength¹⁄₂₅₆

Monster Meadow quotes

CYCLOPS IS MY BEST MATE!

(PLAYER'S NAME) IS MY BEST MATE!

.........

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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Gigantes (ギガンテス, Gigantesu )
Defeated Monster List No. : #208

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	Demon	710	0	511	36	285	148	99	⁰⁄₆₄

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Crush under foot (125% damage) Desperate attack Miss	Black Citadel After the fall of Black Citadel: Maella Region Lake island near Ascantha (night only) Hill on Argonia's Western Border (night only) Mountain Overlooking Desert (night only) High place on Northwest Isle (night only) High place south of Empycchu (night only)	Amor seco essence¹⁄₁₆ Elfin elixir¹⁄₂₅₆
Description		The fury of the Lords of Darkness taken physical form as a powerful monster. Combines sheer size and strength with an overwhelming hatred for anything human.
Notable changes in the remake

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

##192 - Gigantes

HP	MP	Experience	Gold
640	9	3,200	110
Attack	Defense	Speed
212	190	115

Dropped Item

Strength ring¹⁄₆₄
Ace of clubs¹⁄₁₂₈

Locations

Realm of the Mighty
Tower of Nod
Western Coffinwell (outside tower)
Eastern Stornway (island)

Skills

Critical strike

Family

Demon

Bestiary #

#192

Game

Dragon Quest IX

Console

DS

Japanese Name

ギガンテス

Romanized Jap.

Gigantesu

Description

Stupidly strong, stamina-heavy and slightly slapdash smashers who can be licked with lightning.

Some say they're massive sports fans, so much so that they've named their race after their favourite team.

Dragon Quest X

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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Gigantes (ギガンテス, Gigantesu )
Defeated Monster List No. : #294

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Demon	1,080	30	2664	331	270	221	32

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
0%	50%	0%	-125%	0%	0%	-125%	0%	50%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	0%	100%	0%	0%	-125%	0%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	50%	25%	0%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Gets Pepped Up Desperate attack Miss Crackerwhack Desperate Double	The Hotto Steppe (second act) Insula Incognita (second act)	Strength ring (Common) Elfin elixir (Rare)
Description		These heartless, hulking horrors are responsible for the tragic ends of countless travellers, who they clobber with their clubs.

Vicious gigantes (ギガンテス・強, Gigantesu・kyō )
Defeated Monster List No. : #461

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Demon	1,447	50	3528	486	344	330	53

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
0%	50%	0%	-125%	0%	0%	-125%	0%	50%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	25%	100%	25%	25%	-125%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	0%	50%	50%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Gets Pepped Up Desperate attack Miss Crackerwhack Desperate Double	Path to Trial Isle (third act)	Strength ring (Common) Elfin elixir (Rare)
Description		Gigantes driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.

Dragon Quest Monsters

[[File:DQM Icon Devil.png|link=Devil family|16x16px|class=pixels]] Gigantes (ギガンテス, Gigantesu )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	45	5/5	1/5	5/5	1/5	1/5	1/5

Resistances
Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Zap*
Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Weak	Weak
Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*	Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*	Snooze*
Weak	None	None	Immune	Immune	None	Strong	None	Weak
Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
None	None	Strong	Weak	None	Strong	Strong	None

Additional information
Description
Skills	ZombieCut, ChargeUp, EvilSlash
Location	Well Gate
Breeding Chart	Devil family x BigEye EvilBeast, MedusaEye, SkulRider x Zombie family

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

[[File:DQM2 Icon Devil.png|link=Devil family|16x16px|class=pixels]] Gigantes (ギガンテス, Gigantesu )

Sprite		Attributes
GBC	PSX	Level cap*	HP Growth	MP Growth	Attack Growth	Defence Growth	Agility Growth	Wisdom Growth
	?	45	8/10	1/10	8/10	4/10	1/10	1/10

Resistances
Frizz*	Sizz*	Fire Breath*	Bang*	Crack*	Cool Breath*	Woosh*	Rock*	Water*
Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Weak	None	Weak	Weak	None
Zap*	Gigaslash	Magic Burst	Drain Magic *	Whack*	Kamikazee*	Poison*	Paralysis*	Fuddle*
Weak	Weak	None	None	Immune	Immune	None	Strong	None
Snooze*	Dazzle*	Fizzle	Ban Dance	Gobstopper	Stun*	Sap*	Decelerate*	Curse
Weak	None	None	Strong	Weak	None	Strong	Strong	None

Additional information
Description	Swings for the foes weak spots.
Skills	SlimeBlow, ChargeUp, EvilSlash
Location	Sky World
Breeding Chart	Devil family, EvilBeast x BigEye MedusaEye, SkulRider x Zombie family

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

The Gigantes is a three-star member of the Demon family with a weight of 5. It naturally learns Save Power, Body Slam and Tender Cut. Its in-game description reads "It's scary when it glares out with its huge eye."

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

[[File:DQMJ Icon Beast.png|link=Beast family|20x20px|class=pixels]] Gigantes

Sprite	Attributes
	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	A	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Last Word			Anti-metal		Whackproof

Additional information
Description	These giants carry clubs carved from the trunks of even more gigantic trees.
Weapons	Axes, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Location	Infant Isle
Breeding chart	Silvapithecus x Drakularge

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

[[File:DQMJ2 Icon Beast.png|link=Beast family|14px|class=pixels]] Gigantes

Attributes
Rank	Size	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
A	M	?	?	?	?	?	?
Traits			Skills		Resistances
Last Word, Big Hitter, Crafty Decelerator			Anti-metal		Vulnerable to Sap, Immune to Sag

Additional information
Weapons	Axes, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Location	Iceolation, Necropolis
Breeding chart	Pink sanguini x Gorerilla Merman x Dark slime knight

Model	Experience	Gold
	120	108g

List No.	#030
Field Notes	One-eyed mountains of muscle who leave ruin in their wake. Powerless only in the face of their own unruly urges. Their clubs can break boulders, so be sure to stay out of sight. Failing that, give them an eyeful!
Location(s)	Big-Eye Boulevard (Showdown: Blue Behemoth)
Item(s) Dropped	None

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Gigantes (ギガンテス Gigantesu)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	19,716	108g	Yes

List No.	#121
Field Notes	One-eyed mountains of muscle who leave ruin in their wake. Powerless only in the face of their own unruly urges. Their clubs can break boulders, so be sure to stay out of sight. Failing that, give them an eyeful!
Location(s)	The Damned Dunes
Item(s) Dropped	Spellbound bough, Dogged collar

Dragon Quest Builders

Gigantes (ギガンテス Gigantesu)

Image

Chapter 3 Attributes
HP	Attack	Defence	Dropped items	Locations
950~1729	36~40	30~45	Draconic column Draconic standard (★★★)	Galenholm
Final Chapter Attributes
HP	Attack	Defence	Dropped items	Locations
636	38	40	Meaty bone (★★★)	Tantegel

Dragon Quest Tact

Gigantes appears as an A-rank monster of the Demon family that can be scouted normally from any banner.

[[File:Tact Icon

Demon.png|link=

Demon family|30px]] [[File:DQTact Rank Icon

.png|24px]] Gigantes (ギガンテス Gigantesu)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
[[File:DQTact DefenceType.png\|30px]] Defence	120	1,091	260	2-3
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
422	351	246	192	35
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Normal	Very Weak
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Very Weak	Half Res	Normal	Normal	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Half Res	Normal	Super Weak	Normal	Half Res
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Normal	Super Weak	Normal	Immune

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Stone's Throw Material Whirl* Beat to a Pulp* Talent Blossoming: Ultra Stomp	Rare Attack Prep / Stats Up Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up Material Whirl Potency +5% / Stats Up Ultra Stomp Potency +5% Zam Res +25 / Stats Up Material Whirl Potency +5% / Stats Up Ultra Stomp Potency +5%
Perks
Basic perks	Max HP +20 ATK +10 Material Whirl Potency +2%
Leader perk	Lowers enemy DEF by 10% in a 5x5 square around him.
Awakening perk	Rare Attack Prep: Rarely greatly raises ATK for 2 turns at action start.