DQ9 Encyclopedia

Goreham-Hogg

Général Mac Assin · no. 270 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

One of the Triumgorate. He sealed those who fell from the skies in cells and sucked out their power.

Was burnt to a cinder by Greygnarl's blazing breath three centuries ago, and brought back as a horrific hog.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Gortress, Gortress, Upover: Goreham-Hogg (once)
  • Gives: 15,500 – 17,500 EXP, 0 – 3,550 G, Tough guy tattoo (100%), Densinium (100%)
  • Weak to: light ×1.5
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, whack, confusion, fizzle, poison, paralysis, blunt

Family: beast — weapons dealing ×1.1: spears

Stats

VariantHPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
Battle: Gortress, Gortress, Upover2,4704019619213017,5003,5500 %
Battle: Realm of the Mighty, end of the story1,2354020619213615,50000 %

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 ×1.5; ice ×1.25; fire ×0.75; darkness ×0.5
  • Effects (success rate): 75%: Sap, Divine Intervention; 50%: Decelerate; 25%: stun; 10%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, poison, paralysis, Blunt
  • Actions: turn 1: Attack or “gives its ball and chain a big swing and attacks.”; turn 2: Psyche Up or critical hit; turn 3: “gives its ball and chain a big swing and attacks.” or Attack (50/50, then repeats). Only once per turn for its whole group: “gives its ball and chain a big swing and attacks.”, Psyche Up, critical hit

Items

Tough guy tattoo 100%Densinium 100%

Story and quests

  • Gortress, Gortress, Upover: Goreham-Hogg (once)
  • Realm of the Mighty, end of the story: Goreham-Hogg (once)

Habitat (in-game monster list)

Gortress

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.

Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 313, 344.

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

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