Great gruffon

The Great gruffon is a monster in the series.

Dragon Quest monster Great gruffon
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ビッグボック Romaji Biggu bokku First appearance Dragon Quest IX

Characteristics

Great gruffons are bipedal blue-skinned demons with large, bat-like wings on their backs, long tails, and absent-minded expressions on their long faces. They are strong combatants, able to build up their tension by psyching up and even landing critical hits, but still have a tendency to waste their turns getting into a gruff like lesser gruffons. The demons wear simple white clothing, black leather boots, and silver bracelets around their wrists.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Great gruffon (ビッグボック Biggu bokku)

Model

Bestiary no.

#129

Family

Demon

Experience

1,180

Gold

126

HP

150

MP

12

Attack

120

Defence

120

Agility

70

In-game description

Thick fur means the cold doesn't concern them, and great might makes them formidable when they muster their strength.

Brigadiers of the brrearthenwarrior's battalions, they patrol icy parts, checking that they're chilly enough.

Spell(s)

None

Skill(s)

Psyche Up
In a gruff (wastes turn)
Critical Hit

Location(s)

Snowberia
Cringle Coast
Ocean
Grotto (Water, rank 3; Ice, rank 4)

Item(s) dropped

Wing of bat¹⁄₈
Fur poncho¹⁄₆₄

Fire resistance *

-25%

Ice resistance *

50%

Wind resistance *

0%

Blast/Lightning resistance *

-50%

Earth resistance *

0%

Dark resistance *

25%

Light resistance *

-50%

Drain Magic resistance

0%

Whack resistance *

50%

Dazzle resistance *

50%

Fizzle resistance *

100%

Fuddle resistance *

50%

Paralysis resistance *

50%

Snooze resistance *

0%

Poison resistance *

0%

Stun resistance *

25%

Blunt resistance *

25%

Deceleratle resistance *

25%

Sap resistance *

25%

Spooky Aura resistance *

0%

Charm resistance *

65%

• A great gruffon must be defeated by an attack enhanced with Frost Fource as part of Quest #111: The Fource...Forever.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Gran grifete	Spanish for "great/grand gruffon".
Français	Grand escogriffon	French for "great gruffon", from the French escogriffe and griffon.
Deutsch	Großangreif	From the German groß and the verb angreifen.
Italiano	Gran Grifo	Italian for "great griffon/gryphon".

Related monsters

• Gruffon
• Gramarye gruffon