DQ9 Encyclopedia
Bomboulder
They're not fond of fighting, and mostly just sit there smiling, but if an ally expires, they kick in with Kerplunk to bring them back.
Sensible, soft-hearted senior citizens who keep a supply of amazing medicine handy in case of emergencies.
The essentials
- Earliest in the story: Khaalag Coast — day: 15% (22% of battles); night: 27% (35% of battles)
- Gives: 1,300 EXP, 144 G, Rockbomb shard (1/16), Yggdrasil dew (1/128)
- Weak to: wind, light ×1.5
- Has no effect on it: poison, paralysis
Family: material — weapons dealing ×1.1: hammers
Stats
| HP | MP | Att. | Def. | Agi. | EXP | Gold | Evas. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | 26 | 78 | 180 | 100 | 1,300 | 144 | 0 % |
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): wind, light ×1.5; fire, earth ×0.75
- Effects (success rate): 50%: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, Fizzle, Divine Intervention; 25%: confusion, stun, Blunt, Sap, Decelerate; 15%: Charm; immune: poison, paralysis
- Actions: “grins maliciously.” 44%, Kerplunk 27%, Attack 19%, critical hit 11%; after a first failure (MP or Fizzle), stops picking impossible actions. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Kerplunk: if at least as many allies are dead as alive. Only once per turn for its whole group: Kerplunk, critical hit
Items
Rockbomb shard 
Yggdrasil dew Habitat (in-game monster list)
Khaalag Coast · Ondor Cliffs · Wyrmtail · Wyrmsmaw · Western Wormwood
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.
In the field
Behaviour: spots the party all around it up to 3.5 units, then chases it, but ignores it if the leader's attack + defence exceed 3 times its own.
In each cell: share of the visible monsters in that zone, then (in brackets) share of that zone's battles it takes part in, alone or with others. “Joins”: never visible, it only comes along with the monster you touched. “In the forest”, “on the coast”…: which monsters appear depends on the ground under the hero's feet (grass, forest, coast, rocky ground, swamp…); with no detail, they appear anywhere on the map. “Starflight Express stop”, “islet”, “part”: a separate corner of the region, reached as shown. Exact figures from the game code.
| Place | Day | Night |
|---|---|---|
| Khaalag Coast | 15% (22% of battles) | 27% (35% of battles) |
| Ondor Cliffs | joins 4.5% of battles | |
| Wyrmtail (south-west part), in the forest or on grass | joins 10% of battles | joins 7.3% of battles |
| Wyrmtail (south-west part), on rocky ground | 100% (100% of battles) | 100% (100% of battles) |
| Wyrmsmaw | 15% (20% of battles) | 15% (21% of battles) |
| Western Wormwood (Starflight Express stop) – to the west of the region, Starflight Express only | 24% (36% of battles) | 24% (36% of battles) |
| Wyrmtail (Starflight Express stop) – to the south-west of the region, Starflight Express only | 29% (42% of battles) | 29% (42% of battles) |
Grottoes (treasure maps)
- Caves, rank 4: 20% of visible monsters, 27% of battles (quality 56-75: floors 1-6; 76-100: floors 1-8; 101-120: floors 1-4; 121-140: floors 1-4)
Under the hood
Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 118.
Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Rockbomb shard : 2 ; Yggdrasil dew : 5.
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