The scorpion is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in the original game. It is the first arachnid to aggravate adventurers.
It is an enormous, man-sized scorpion with a yellow carapace protecting its purple-coloured underside. Its carapace can make it tricky for novice adventurers to defeat, requiring them to invest in stronger weapons or defeat them with magic. In later games in the series, the scorpion gained the ability to inflict either poison or paralysis with its stinger tail, making them more of a nuisance.
Enormous scorpions with impenetrable carapaces. Their defenses protect them against all but the most determined physical attacks. Use magic to defeat them.
Scorpions began appearing in Version 4.3 of the game, this time being much stronger than either of their previous appearances in the main series. They have kept their ability to cast Buff to protect themselves and their fellow monsters, gaining the ability to perform a Paralysis Attack and spinning attacks.
Scorpion appears as a C-rank monster of the Nature family during the second part of the limited True Dragon Quest I event. It can be recruited from the Kol stage of Adventure in the DQ I World: Mindini and can be fully awakened by repeating the stage at any difficulty. The scorpion can participate in the legerdeman's Battle Road as a party member.
Scorpion (おおさそり Ōsasori)
Famicom artwork
A scorpion in X
Monsters: Joker model
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2. (bottom left)
Stars model
Rivals card
A scorpion in Keshi Keshi
The scorpion and other monsters that can be encountered in Adventure in the DQ I World: Mindini in Tact
A Scorpion in the 1991 anime of The Adventure of Dai.
