The spitnik is recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. It has the appearance of a sun with a trailing satellite orbiting around it, both displaying wide smiles.
The sputnik is a large, spherical orange monster that resembles an anthropomorphic sun or star. It has a perpetually grinning face, along with a squat nose and beady eyes, and the back of its body is covered with sharp spikes, meant to evoke the image of a star's corona. It also has a smaller satellite with a grinning face orbiting its body that looks like a comet with a long, trailing tail. The spitnik attacks by swallowing its satellite and spitting it at enemies, after which it returns to the spitnik.
Spitnik (シャイニング, Shainingu )
Defeated Monster List No. : #096
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| Additional information
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| Spells
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Skills
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Locations
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Dropped item
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| None
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Dazzleflash
Flame Breath
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Baccarat Region
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Boomerang1⁄32
Moon's mercy1⁄64
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| Description
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The dazzling bodies of these monsters burn as fiercely as the surface of the sun. They spew fire at their enemies.
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| Notable changes in the remake
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Reappearing from 4.1 onwards, it is big just like in its appearances from Joker 3 onwards.
Spitnik (シャイニング, Shainingu )
Bestiary number: #028
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| Description
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Small, sentient suns circled by similar, somewhat smaller satellites.
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| Weapons
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Swords, Hammers, Claws, Staves
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Xeroph Isle
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| Breeding chart
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Frostburn x Firespirit
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Spitnik (シャイニング, Shainingu )
Bestiary number: #032
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Spitnik (シャイニング, )
Monsterpedia No.: #282
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| Fire *
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Water *
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Explosion *
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Wind *
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Earth *
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Ice *
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Electricity *
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Light *
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Dark *
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Antimagic *
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-25%
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25%
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-25%
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0%
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0%
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50%
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100%
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0%
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| Bedazzlement *
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Confusion *
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Debilitation *
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MP Absorption *
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Paralysis *
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Poison *
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Sleep *
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Stun *
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Instant Death *
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50%
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50%
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25%
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50%
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-25%
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| Additional information
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| Description
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This sun-like monster, who fights together with its orbiting accomplice, is precisely as hot as you might imagine. It is aware of the existence of the blue moon, but they are yet to meet face-to-face
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| Location
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This monster has no natural habitat
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| Synthesis
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| Breeding chart
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 X 
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| Notable fusions
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Spitnik's name is a reference to Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite that was launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957.
