DQ9 Encyclopedia
Drackal
They bite with the best of them, and batter with their big bodies to boot, but sometimes prefer just to bail from battle.
Mention “those huge, scary things” to a seasoned traveller to set them squirming at the mere memory of these monsters.
The essentials
- Earliest in the story: Mt Ulzuun, on grass or in the forest — joins 5.7% of battles
- Gives: 1,000 EXP, 150 G, Lambswool (1/16), Platinum ore (1/128)
- Weak to: darkness ×1.5
- It runs away: 23% of its actions: hit fast.
- Has no effect on it: fizzle
Family: beast — weapons dealing ×1.1: spears
Stats
| HP | MP | Att. | Def. | Agi. | EXP | Gold | Evas. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 230 | 20 | 148 | 123 | 87 | 1,000 | 150 | 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): darkness ×1.5; ice ×1.25
- Effects (success rate): 75%: poison, Blunt, Sap, Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 50%: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, stun, paralysis; 35%: Charm; immune: Fizzle
- Actions: Attack 40%, “bites ferociously with its massive fangs.” 27%, Flee 23%, Body Slam 11%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Flee: only if the party is three times stronger (attack + defence); Body Slam: only below a third of its HP. Only once per turn for its whole group: “bites ferociously with its massive fangs.”, Body Slam
Items
Lambswool 
Platinum ore Habitat (in-game monster list)
Mt Ulzuun · Khaalag Coast
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: does not react to the party (never chases or flees).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mt Ulzuun, on grass or in the forest | joins 5.7% of battles | joins 5.7% of battles |
| Mt Ulzuun, on rocky ground | 36% (48% of battles) | 36% (48% of battles) |
| Mt Ulzuun (south-east part) | 27% (31% of battles) | 27% (31% of battles) |
| Khaalag Coast | 15% (15% of battles) | 27% (41% of battles) |
Grottoes (treasure maps)
- Caves, rank 2: 20% of visible monsters, 28% of battles (quality 2-55: floors 1-4; 56-75: floors 1-4)
- Caves, rank 3: joins 11% of battles (quality 2-55: floors 1-4; 56-75: floors 1-6; 76-100: floors 1-4)
Under the hood
Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 189, 272.
Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Lambswool : 2 ; Platinum ore : 5.
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