DQ9 Encyclopedia

Atlas

Atlas · no. 289 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

A humongous hulk who's as big as a house. Ponds appearing in towns and villages are duly dubbed “Atlas' footprints”.

A giant thought to be older than time itself. Some say that he lived in the palace of an almighty realm before being sealed away.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Grotto boss, map quality 81-100: 11% of grottoes
  • Gives: 50,000 EXP, 1,680 G, Tough guy tattoo (steal 1/32), Giant's hammer (steal 1/128)
  • Weak to: light ×2
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, whack, confusion, fizzle, poison, paralysis

Family: demon — weapons dealing ×1.1: wands

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
6,50025546227416350,0001,6800 %

HP from the game's record: in battle, each monster gets a roll between 80 and 100% of it (rounded); MP is full.

Resistances and actions

  • Elements (damage taken): light ×2
  • Effects (success rate): 50%: Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 25%: sleep, stun, Sap; 15%: Blunt, Charm; immune: Dazzle, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, poison, paralysis
  • Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 79%, Crackerwhack 15%, critical hit 6.6%. Only once per turn for its whole group: Crackerwhack, critical hit

Items

Tough guy tattoo steal 1/32Giant's hammer steal 1/128Giant's hammer loot 5%Tropotoga loot 2%

Habitat (in-game monster list)

Grotto

In the game, a defeated monster's entry names one of these places as soon as you have visited it, even if you never defeated that monster there; otherwise “?????????” (checked in game). The first two are named, “Etc.” for the third.

Grottoes (treasure maps)

  • Grotto boss, map quality 81-100: 11% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 101-120: 15% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 121-140: 18% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 141-160: 25% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 161-180: 33% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 201-248: 5.3% of grottoes
Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 219.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Tough guy tattoo : 3 ; Giant's hammer : 5.

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