Gruffon

Dragon Quest monster Gruffon
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ヌボーン Romaji Nubōn First appearance Dragon Quest IX

The Gruffon is a monster in the series.

Characteristics

Gruffons are bipedal yellow-skinned demons with a large pair of bat-like wings on their backs and an absent-minded expression on their long faces. They are quite muscular and are strong enough to hurl boulders at enemies, but are so lazy, they occasionally waste their turns being angry instead of attacking. The demons wear rough dark blue clothing, red boots, and metal bracers around their wrists.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Gruffon (ヌボーン Nubōn)

Model

Bestiary no.

#119

Family

Demon

Experience

540

Gold

136

HP

136

MP

12

Attack

118

Defence

106

Agility

76

In-game description

They may be strong have have high HP, but they're just to laid back to last. Strike first, and you're bound to beat them.

They're so lazy that sometimes they can't even be bothered to eat, and they throw rocks to avoid having to move to attack.

Spell(s)

None

Skill(s)

Boulder Dash (120% Earth damage to one character)
In a Gruff (wastes turn)

Location(s)

Lonely Coast
Mt. Ulzuun

Item(s) dropped

Wing of bat¹⁄₈
Terrible tattoo¹⁄₃₂

Fire resistance *

-25%

Ice resistance *

0%

Wind resistance *

0%

Blast/Lightning resistance *

0%

Earth resistance *

0%

Dark resistance *

0%

Light resistance *

-25%

Drain Magic resistance

0%

Whack resistance *

50%

Dazzle resistance *

50%

Fizzle resistance *

100%

Fuddle resistance *

50%

Paralysis resistance *

50%

Snooze resistance *

25%

Poison resistance *

25%

Stun resistance *

50%

Blunt resistance *

25%

Deceleratle resistance *

25%

Sap resistance *

25%

Spooky Aura resistance *

50%

Charm resistance *

50%

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional

Gruffon
Family	Demon
Rank	E
Size	S
Weapons	Spears, Hammers, Whips, Staves
Traits	Big Hitter
Resistances	Vulnerable to Zap, Paralysis, and Dim Resistant to Crack, Confusion, and Decelerate Immune to Inaction
Skill	Trickster (skillset)
Location
Breeding chart	Jargon x Demon family Winky x Imp

Dragon Quest Rivals

Gruffon appeared in the 3rd card pack, "Cries of the Phoenix and Mother Earth" as a rare card common to all leaders.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Grifete	Derived from grifo, the Spanish word for "griffon".
Français	Escogriffon	From the French escogriffe and griffon.
Deutsch	Angreif	Derived from the German verb angreifen.
Italiano	Grifarruffo	From the Italian grifo and arruffare.

Gallery

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  Rivals card

Related monsters

• Great gruffon
• Gramarye gruffon