Lampling

Dragon Quest monster
Lampling
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ランタンこぞう
Romaji	Rantan kozō
First appearance	Dragon Quest XI

The Lampling is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first introduced in Dragon Quest XI, though it would retroactively debut in Dragon Quest X from the start of Version 5 onwards. It is a flaming lantern that has become animated after being abandoned by humans.

Characteristics

Lamplings are black handheld oil lanterns that have come to life due to being abandoned by their owners. It has an ovoid "head" with a singular black eye and a small smiling mouth, a tendril on its head where its handle would have been, and an enclosure where it holds a flame, which it uses to cast fire magic. The lampling moves around by levitating in midair and swings back and forth, sometimes even wasting their turn in battle to do so. They are nocturnal monsters that attack unsuspecting travelers at night by disguising themselves as ordinary lanterns.

Appearances

Dragon Quest X

Lamplings retroactively make an appearance starting in Version 5.0, though this time they are quite strong (Knowing Pyre o' Fire and Kafrizz, as well as scattering fiery powder) since they are encountered in the Netherworld as opposed to the early-game enemies they would later be in XI.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Lampling (ランタンこぞう, Rantan kozō )
Defeated Monster List No. : #011

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Material	9	2	9	7	16	28	9

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Frizz	Sways to and fro (wastes turn)	Heliodor Region (night) Heliodorian Foothills (night) The Kingsbarrow B1 (second act)	Single phial ¹⁄₃₂ Lamplight ¹⁄₃₂
Description		Sometimes if a lantern is left alone for long enough, it will turn into one of these. Some say they seek revenge on those who so cruelly deserted them.

Malicious lampling (ランタンこぞう・邪, Rantan kozō・ja )
Defeated Monster List No. : #437

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Material	324	48	1,117	14	194	244	167

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Kafrizz	Sways to and fro (wastes turn)	Heliodor Sewers (third act)	Single phial¹⁄₃₂ Lamplight¹⁄₃₂
Description		Lamplings who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

The lampling, like many new monsters that appeared in Dragon Quest XI, makes its debut in the Monsters games in the SP version released in 2018. It is an E-rank monster of the Material family.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Lampling (ランタンこぞう, Rantan kozō )
Monsterpedia No.: #288

Attributes
Family	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	G	1,360	460	520	590	430	510
Talents		Traits		Large-size exclusive traits		Dropped items
Frizz Afficionado (lv. 1) Agility Booster I (lv. 20) Poison Preventer (lv. 40)		Frizzmeister (lv. 1) Magical Moment (lv. 20) Ultra Crafty Banger (lv. 40)		Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Close Scraper (lv. 1) Bangmeister (lv. 60)		Medicinal herb (Common) Seed of strength (Rare)

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

Additional information
Description	These sparkling spirits inhabit lanterns that have been discarded by their owners. They like to terrify unfortunate adventurers who tramp their terrain at night
Location	Circle of Temper - Lower Echelon () Caverns of Conflagration Sepulchre of Flame Circle of Temper - Upper Echelon ()