Dread admiral

Dragon Quest monster
Dread admiral
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	しびれあげは
Romaji	Shibire ageha
First appearance	Dragon Quest III
Old localisation	Stingwing (III NES); StingMoth (III GBC)
Variants	Batterfly; Betterfly

The Dread admiral is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III. It is a purple-winged variant of the Batterfly capable of inflicting paralysis with its attacks.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

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

Dread admiral (しびれあげは Shibire ageha)
Bestiary Number: #074

Sprites				Attributes
NES	SFC	GBC	Switch	Level	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
				18	40	0	165	35	62	10	30	⁰⁄₆₄

Resistances

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

Additional information

Spells	Skills	Locations	Item Drop
None	Paralysis Attack	Tower of Transcendence Sea Desert Shrine region Theddon region Lanson region Mur region	Moonwort bulb¹⁄₃₂

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

Dread admiral (しびれあげは, Shibire ageha )
Defeated Monster List number: #055

Attributes

Sprite	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion
	Bug & Floating	84	13	263	13	101	128	66	¹⁄₆₄

Resistances

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

Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Stumble	Stun	Agility Down	Attack Down	Defence Down
-25%	25%	-25%	100%	0%	100%	25%	-25%	-25%	-25%

Additional information

Spells	Skills	Locations	Item Drop
Fizzle	Paralysis Attack	The Ocean Tower of Transcendence	Moonwort bulb¹⁄₈

Description	Their wings release tiny scales that, when inhaled, induce instant paralysis. And they wonder why nobody ever wants to play with them...

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past[edit | edit source]

Dread admiral (しびれあげは, Shibire ageha )
Big Book of Beasts No.: DLC #127 (3DS remake exclusive)

Sprite	Attributes
	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility	Evasion	Recruit Rate
	40	0	68	53	62	10	30	¹⁄₆₄	¹⁄₆₄

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

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Paralysis Attack	Mount Malign	Moonwort bulb¹⁄₁₆

Floating-type

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit | edit source]

Dread admiral (しびれあげは, Shibire ageha)
Defeated Monster List No. : #063

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Bug	76	9	192	80	75	76	80

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
0%	0%	25%	0%	0%	-100%	0%	0%	0%	50%	100%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
25%	100%	50%	50%	75%	50%	50%	50%	0%	50%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
None	Paralysis Attack Burning Breath	Slurry Coast Dourbridge Grotto (Cave, rank 1)	Butterfly wing¹⁄₈ Coagulant¹⁄₆₄
Description	Swat these big, brutish butterflies before they swarm all over the battlefield and paralyse everyone with Burning Breath. Seen from behind, they're beautiful butterflies, but flip them around and you'll find they're far from fair of face.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The dread admiral's English name is sinister spin on red admiral, the common name for the Vanessa atalanta species of butterfly.

In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Mariposón	Spanish for "large butterfly".
Français	Papilon	From "papillon", the French word for butterfly.
Deutsch	Furchtbare Falter	German for "terrible butterfly".
Italiano	Gigabatt	From the Ancient Greek giga- and "batterfly".
中文	麻痹凤蝶	Simplified Chinese for "paralytic swallowtail".