DQ9 Encyclopedia

Equinox

Équinocte · no. 283 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

Ceaseless steed of death, who tirelessly travels the skies, taking the lives of all in his path. Also known as the Black Star.

Gallops freely through the night skies, and answers only to the stars. Once had an entirely different form...

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Grotto boss, map quality 2-60: 36% of grottoes
  • Gives: 10,000 EXP, 825 G, Dragon scale (steal 1/16), Dragontail whip (steal 1/128)
  • Weak to: light ×2
  • Has no effect on it: sleep, whack, confusion, poison, paralysis

Family: beast — weapons dealing ×1.1: spears

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
1,80025518018011710,0008254 %

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; darkness ×0.5
  • Effects (success rate): 50%: Sap, Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 25%: Dazzle, Fizzle, stun, Blunt; 5%: Charm; immune: sleep, Whack, confusion, poison, paralysis
  • Actions: 1 action on odd turns, 2 on even turns — Attack 55%, Wave of Panic 27%, Weakening Wave 6.2%, Dark Breath 5.9%, Lightning Storm 5.9%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Attack: not while Dazzled, and only on a character whose defence is below twice its attack; Wave of Panic: if a character's defence or agility can still go down; Weakening Wave: if the attack of a character without immunity can still go down; Dark Breath: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle. Only once per turn for its whole group: Wave of Panic, Weakening Wave, Dark Breath, Lightning Storm

Items

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 2-60: 36% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 201-248: 18% of grottoes
Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 216.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Dragon scale : 2 ; Dragontail whip : 5.

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