Badboon

Dragon Quest monster
Badboon
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	マンドリル
Romaji	Mandoriru
Translation	Mandrill
First appearance	Dragon Quest II
Dragon Warrior naming	Baboon
Variants	Big badboon
	Brainy badboon

The Badboon is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest II. The large brown-furred primate and its cousins are among the earliest examples of the Beast family of monsters.

Characteristics edit

Badboons are based on mandrills, Old World monkeys that are native to western Africa in the real world. They are large, brown bulky primates with colourful faces and posteriors. Bulkier than real life mandrills, their stature resembles orangutans and gorillas. The primates made a reappearance in the series in IX after a 22 year absence.

Appearances edit

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line edit

Badboon (マンドリル Mandoriru)

Original (NES)

Sprite
Experience: 18
Gold: 45
HP: 40
MP: 0
Attack: 48
Defence: 12
Agility: 20
Evasion: ¹⁄₃₂

Abilities: Flee
Location(s): Moonahan region
Outside of Moonbrooke
Dragon's Horn
Item Dropped: Oaken club (¹⁄₁₆)

Fire resistance *: ⁰⁄₇
Dazzle resistance: ²⁄₇
Snooze resistance: ²⁄₇
Thwack resistance: ⁰⁄₇
Fizzle resistance: ⁷⁄₇
Kasap resistance: ⁰⁄₇

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites
Experience: 33
Gold: 45
HP: 35
MP: 0
Attack: 40
Defence: 12
Agility: 18
Evasion: ¹⁄₃₂

Abilities: Flee
Location(s): Moonahan region
Outside of Moonbrooke
Dragon's Horn
Item Dropped: Oaken club (¹⁄₁₆)

Fire resistance *: ⁰⁄₇
Dazzle resistance: ¹⁄₇
Snooze resistance: ²⁄₇
Thwack resistance: ⁰⁄₇
Fizzle resistance: ⁷⁄₇
Kasap resistance: ⁰⁄₇

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies edit

Badboon (マンドリル Mandoriru)

Model
Bestiary no.: #050
Family: Beast
Experience: 171
Gold: 69
HP: 90
MP: 6
Attack: 80
Defence: 64
Agility: 40

In-game description: Giant apes and lords of the jungle who store up their anger, then attack with full, explosive force.

The one with the loudest War Cry wins the leadership, so every spring the forest comes alive with their cacophonous cries.
Spell(s): None
Skill(s): Completely loses it and starts on character (125% damage)
Psyche Up
War Cry
Location(s): Newid Isle
Tower of Trades
Item(s) dropped: Magic beast hide¹⁄₁₆
Strong medicine¹⁄₃₂

Fire resistance *: 0%
Ice resistance *: 0%
Wind resistance *: 0%
Blast/Lightning resistance *: 0%
Earth resistance *: 0%
Dark resistance *: -25%
Light resistance *: -25%
Drain Magic resistance: 0%
Whack resistance *: 25%
Dazzle resistance *: 25%
Fizzle resistance *: 100%
Fuddle resistance *: 25%
Paralysis resistance *: 50%
Snooze resistance *: 25%
Poison resistance *: 0%
Stun resistance *: 25%
Blunt resistance *: 25%
Deceleratle resistance *: 50%
Sap resistance *: 0%
Spooky Aura resistance *: 0%
Charm resistance *: 25%

Sprite
No.: #004
Family: Beast
Tameable: No
Experience: 22
HP: 160
Attack
Defence

Spell(s)
Skill(s)
Location(s): Furrowfield*
Item(s) Dropped: Bark (common)
Medicinal Leaf Seed (common)
Heartwood (rare)*

Large edit

Badboon (マンドリル, Mandoriru^?, lit. Mandrill)

Sprite
No.: #004
Family: Beast
Tameable: No
Experience: 73
HP
Attack
Defence

Spell(s)
Skill(s)
Location(s): Furrowfield*
Item(s) Dropped: -

Dragon Quest Treasures edit

A statue of a badboon is Treasure No. 515 in the Monster Statues category. Its base value is 180,000 gold.

In Other Languages edit

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Malandril	From the Spanish mal and mandrill.
Français	Babourin	Derived from "babouin", the French word for baboon.
Deutsch	Gibbonze	From the German Gibbon and Bonze
Italiano	Scimpanzer	From the Italian scimpanzé and the German Panzer.