DQ9 Encyclopedia

Bird of terrordise

Oiseau de peuradis · no. 241 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

Brutish birds that bring things to a boil with their burning breath, and drive enemies dotty with Kafuddle.

Supposedly named after world champion strongman Terry Terrordise, who is said to have discovered them on his travels.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Fire, rank 10: 24% of visible monsters, 31% of battles (quality 141-180: floors 13-16; 181-200: floors 5-16; 201-220: floors 5-12; 221-248: floors 5-8)
  • Gives: 5,560 EXP, 185 G, Fowl fan (1/64), Flame shield (1/128)
  • Weak to: ice ×1.5
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, fizzle, stun, decelerate

Family: bird — weapons dealing ×1.1: bows

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
648405145282855,5601852 %

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): ice ×1.5; fire ×0.5
  • Effects (success rate): 75%: Blunt, Sap, Divine Intervention; 50%: Whack, confusion, poison, paralysis; 10%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Fizzle, stun, Decelerate
  • Actions: Attack 60%, “spews forth blazing fire!” 19%, Kafuddle 15%, Hellfire 6.6%; may pick an action without enough MP, or a spell while Fizzled (wasted turn). Only once per turn for its whole group: “spews forth blazing fire!”, Kafuddle, Hellfire

Items

Fowl fan 1/64Flame shield 1/128

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)

  • Fire, rank 10: 24% of visible monsters, 31% of battles (quality 141-180: floors 13-16; 181-200: floors 5-16; 201-220: floors 5-12; 221-248: floors 5-8)
  • Fire, rank 11: 19% of visible monsters, 25% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 9-16; 201-220: floors 9-16; 221-248: floors 9-12)
  • Fire, rank 12: 21% of visible monsters, 27% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 13-16; 201-220: floors 13-16; 221-248: floors 13-16)
Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 199.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Fowl fan : 4 ; Flame shield : 5.

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