Elysium bird

Dragon Quest monster
Elysium bird
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ごくらくちょう
Romaji	Gokurakuchō
First appearance	Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
Old localisation	BlissBird (III NES and GBC)
Variants	Dark condor; Darkbird in Memoriam; Garuda; Hades' Condor; Phoenix; Styx raptor; Tartarus eagle; Valhalla vulture

The elysium bird is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III.

This flying doctor capable of keeping its allies alive through Multiheal. It is irritatingly resistant to debilitating spells in nearly every appearance, making it far from a bird of paradise.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation[edit | edit source]

Elysium bird (ごくらくちょう Gokurakuchō)
Bestiary Number: #087

Sprites				Attributes
NES	SFC	GBC	Switch	Level	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
				32	90	20	980	85	88	40	60	⁰⁄₆₄

Resistances

Fire	Crack	Woosh	Zap	Whack	Kamikazee	Poof	Dazzle	Snooze	Drain Magic	Fizzle	Fuddle	Sap	Deceleratle
25%	25%	25%	25%	70%	0%	100%	0%	25%	25%	25%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information

Spells	Skills	Locations	Item Drop
Multiheal	Acts twice per turn. Flee Waste turn.	Manoza region Shrine of the Dwarf region Maw of the Necrogond region Castle of the Dragon Queen region Alefgard ocean Tower of Rubiss Zoma's Citadel area Zoma's Citadel	Double-edged sword (NES and mobile/Switch port) T'n'T ticket¹⁄₃₂ (SFC and GBC)

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[edit | edit source]

Elysium bird
Defeated Monster List number: #094

Attributes

Sprite	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	Floating	144	60	1,247	33	164	242	132	0/64

Resistances

Fire	Explosion	Ice	Wind	Strike	Lightning	Drain Magic	Whack	Kamikazee	Poof
25%	-125%	0%	-125%	0%	0%	0%	25%	0%	25%

Dazzle	Fizzle	Fuddle	Paralysis	Snooze	Stumble	Stun	Deceleratle	Blunt	Sap
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	?	0%

Additional information

Spells	Skills	Locations	Item Drop
Magic Barrier Multiheal	Acts twice per turn Flee	Near Baramos's Lair Near the Castle of the Dragon Queen	Double-edged sword¹⁄₆₄

Description	Masters of the Multiheal spell, these avians are heralded as heaven's healers. However, they have an avaricious side and stuff their nests with all the shiny items they can find

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King[edit | edit source]

Elysium bird (ごくらくちょう, Gokurakuchō )
Defeated Monster List No. : #173

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	Bird	173	32	163	43	113	99	92	¹⁄₆₄

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Bazoom Multiheal	Flee	Isolated Plateau Godbird's Eyrie Egeus' Tablet	Eagle dagger¹⁄₆₄ Ruby of protection¹⁄₂₅₆
Description		Beautiful masters of the skies. Beware their resistance to support spells and their ability to heal multiple allies simultaneously.
Notable changes in the remake		Peacock fan¹⁄₆₄ replaces Ruby of protection as rare drop.

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

A single Elysium bird is fought as the boss encounter at the end of the Eerie Eyrie near L'Academie, before becoming common encounters in the second act.

Elysium bird (boss) (ごくらくちょう, Gokurakuchō )
Defeated Monster List No. : #141

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Bird & Floating	800	160	1,830	420	182	162	197

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
25%	0%	25%	-110%	25%	-110%	0%	0%	25%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	100%	99%	100%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Multiheal Sizzle	Occasionally acts twice per turn. Grabs character with talons. (125% damage)	The Eerie Eyrie (first act)	N/A
Description		These soaring sorcerers' one weakness is sparkly stuff, which they'll whisk off to their nests without so much as a by-your-leave.

Elysium bird (ごくらくちょう, Gokurakuchō )
Defeated Monster List No. : #141

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Bird & Floating	254	32	1,289	177	142	184	175

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
25%	0%	25%	-110%	25%	-110%	0%	0%	25%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	100%	99%	100%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Kasizz Multiheal	Grabs character with talons. (125% damage)	The Hotto Steppe (second act) The Arborian Highlands (second act)	Eagle dagger¹⁄₁₂₈ Ruby of protection¹⁄₂₅₆
Description		These soaring sorcerers' one weakness is sparkly stuff, which they'll whisk off to their nests without so much as a by-your-leave.

Malicious Elysium bird (ごくらくちょう・邪, Gokurakuchō・ja )
Defeated Monster List No. : #521

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Bird & Floating	327	64	1,513	294	300	260	246

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
50%	0%	25%	-110%	25%	-110%	0%	0%	25%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	25%	50%	25%	25%	25%	25%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	100%	99%	100%	25%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
Kasizz Multiheal	Grabs character with talons. (125% damage)	The Eerie Eyrie (third act) Insula Algarum (third act)	Eagle dagger¹⁄₁₂₈ Ruby of protection¹⁄₂₅₆
Description		Elysium birds who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light[edit | edit source]

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Dragon Quest Treasures[edit | edit source]

Elysium bird

Portrait	Forte	Treasure Capacity	Safekeeping Score
		3	90%

Bestiary no.	#44
Family	Bird
Trivia	A monster that glides over sizzling spaces They believe they send prey off to heavenly places Their plumage is prized by accessory places
Favorite foods
Habitats	Cinderback Ridge The Snarl
Item(s) dropped

Stats

Starting HP	Starting MP	Starting Strength
49	13	21
Starting Defence	Starting Deftness	Starting magic
11	13	12
Max HP	Max MP	Max Strength
640	550	370
Max Defence	Max Deftness	Max magic
350	450	367

Potential abilities *

First	Second	Third
Cut and Run	Omniheal	Scorch
Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Spitting Feathers	Squelch	Whirlwing

Dragon Attack

Name	Target(s)	Element
Spin Cyclone	Area	Wind

Traits

First		Second
N/A		N/A
Third		Fourth
Restless Heart		Safety First
Fifth
Strange Skin

Resistances

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
Strong	Normal	Very strong	Normal
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Gravity Resistance *
Normal	Weak	Weak	Normal
Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Slash Resistance	Impact Resistance
Very strong	Weak	Normal	Normal
Piercing Resistance	Sleep Resistance	Stun Resistance	Poison Resistance
Weak	Quite strong	Quite strong	Normal
Debilitation Resistance *
Normal

Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Elysium bird appears as an A-rank monster of the Nature family as part of the limited True Dragon Quest III event alongside Xenlon on its banner. It can participate in Ramia's Battle Road as a party member.

Elysium bird (ごくらくちょう Gokurakuchō)

Image

Attributes
Role	Max level	HP	MP	Move
Support	120	801	370	4
Attack	Defence	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
206	142	488	325	35
Resistances
Frizz	Sizz	Crack	Woosh	Bang
Normal	Very Weak	Very Weak	Half Res	Normal
Zap	Zam	Snooze	Poison	Physical Lock
Half Res	Normal	Super Weak	Super Weak	Normal
Spell Lock	Martial Lock	Breath Lock	Hobble *	Stun *
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Immune	Normal
Dazzle	Curse	Paralysis	Confusion	Charm
Normal	Normal	Half Res	Normal	Normal

Skills
Basic skills	Awakening skills
Decelerate Bazoom* Multiheal*	Spell Tricks/Stats Up Woosh Res +25/Stats Up Multiheal Recovery +5%/Stats Up Rare Magic Barrier: Rarely Magic Barrier greatly raises Spell Res for 4 turns at action start. Zap Res +25/Stats Up Multiheal Recovery +5%/Stats Up Max HP +30
Perks
Basic perks	Max MP +10 WIS +10 Multiheal Recovery +2%
Leader perk	Lowers spell MP cost by 10% for nature allies, including itself, by 10% in a 5x5 square around it.
Awakening perk	Spell Tricks: Lowers spell ability cost by 10%, raises potency and recovery by 10%.

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The Elysian Fields refer to the paradise of the ancient Greco-Roman hereafter. It was described by Homer as laying on the extreme western edge of the world.

The Elysium bird's original Japanese name Gokurakuchō refers to the Paradisaeidae family of birds, a group of birds found in eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea with brightly colored plumage. They are also known as birds-of-paradise.

In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Águila elísea	Spanish for "Elysian bird".
Français	Rapacerre	From the French rapace and errer.
Deutsch	Paradiesvogel	German for "bird of paradise".
Italiano	Condor	From the Spanish cóndor, originally derived from the Quechua word kuntur. A common name for two species of vulture from the New World.