Fright bulb

Dragon Quest monster
Fright bulb
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	マンドラ
Romaji	Mandora
Translation	Mandra
First appearance	Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

The Fright bulb is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first introduced in Dragon Quest XI. They are botanical slimes that resemble freshly-sprouted shoots, lacking the ripe red coloration and flower of the Bite bulbs. Their Japanese namesake is a reference to the mythical mandrake plant, which would let loose an ear-splitting scream when uprooted.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Fright bulbs are brown slimes with a tuft of leaves sprouting from the top of its head. Its head is perched on top of a light green bulb with a large pair of leaves that they flap in order to hover in midair and smack enemies for self-defence. In battle, they can shout suddenly in order to startle unsuspecting adventurers much like their mythological namesakes.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age[edit | edit source]

Fright bulb (マンドラ, Mandora )
Defeated Monster List No. : #010

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Slime & floating	13	2	6	8	15	21	11

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
-25%	-10%	0%	0%	25%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
0%	0%	100%	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
None	Floats about aimlessly (Wastes turn) War Cry	Heliodor Region (first & third acts) Heliodorian Foothills	Medicinal herb¹⁄₁₆ Wakerobin¹⁄₃₂
Description		Nobody knows where they started sprouting, but it's said that the first farmer to find one of these tuberous terrors was so shocked by its scream that he never picked up a spade again.

Vicious[edit | edit source]

Vicious fright bulb (マンドラ・強, Mandora・kyō )
Defeated Monster List No. : #210

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Slime & floating	93	8	202	50	91	97	108

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
-25%	-10%	25%	0%	25%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	0%	100%	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
None	Floats about aimlessly (Wastes turn) War Cry	Heliodor Region (second act) Insula Orientalis (second act) The Fierce Forest (third act)	Strong medicine¹⁄₈ Wakerobin¹⁄₃₂
Description		Fright bulbs driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.

Dragon Quest Builders 2[edit | edit source]

While Fright Bulb itself does not appear as a monster in Builders 2, it makes a cameo as a decorative item.

Sometimes, it can replace a flower at dawn if the following conditions are met:

The player is on Isle of Awakening or a Buildertopia.
The terrain is fertile soil. (Earth blocks, humus blocks, etc. Terrains such as Arid Earth blocks won't work,)
There are at least two additional flowers in nearby blocks.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince[edit | edit source]

Fright Bulb is one of the four possible starter monsters. Monty will offer it if the player answers "Yes" to both of his questions: “Would you say you prefer lovable monster to more rugged types?” and “And do you like more compact monsters?”.

Fright Bulb (マンドラ, Mandora )
Bestiary number: 010

Attributes
Familiy	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Evasion
Slime family	G	1360	490	510	440	510	?
Talents		Traits		Large-size exclusive traits		Dropped items
Soothesayer (Guaranteed)		Ultra Crafty Stunner (Lv. 1) Evasive Impulse (Lv. 20) Ace Evader (Lv. 40)		Tactical Genius (Lv. 1) Critical Moment (Lv. 1) Collective Punishment (Lv. 60)		This monster does not drop items

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