DQ9 Encyclopedia
Greygnarl
The hero of the skies, back from the dead after his supposed slaying, and more mind-blowingly mighty than ever.
It was Barbarus the dark who brought back Greygnarl the light, his second brother after Styrmling the sacred.
The essentials
- Earliest in the story: Grotto boss, map quality 181-200: 12% of grottoes
- Gives: 15,500 – 80,000 EXP, 0 – 2,392 G, Dragon scale (100%), Yggdrasil leaf (steal 1/64)
- Weak to: ice, darkness ×1.5
- Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, whack, confusion, fizzle, poison, paralysis, blunt, charm
Family: dragon — weapons dealing ×1.1: swords
Stats
| Variant | HP | MP | Att. | Def. | Agi. | EXP | Gold | Evas. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle: The Magmaroo, Gortress, Upover | 2,280 | 50 | 188 | 214 | 145 | 15,500 | 0 | 2 % |
| Other variant | 7,400 | 255 | 478 | 478 | 252 | 80,000 | 2,392 | 2 % |
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
Battle: The Magmaroo, Gortress, Upover
- Elements (damage taken): ice, darkness ×1.5; fire, light ×0.5
- Effects (success rate): 75%: Divine Intervention; 50%: Sap, Decelerate; 25%: stun; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, poison, paralysis, Blunt, Charm
- Actions: Attack 41%, “exhales a fierce fire!” 23%, “slashes with its claws!” 19%, “exhales a cloud of blinding light.” 11%, “calls forth terrible lightning!” 6.6%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): “exhales a fierce fire!”: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle; “exhales a cloud of blinding light.”: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle. Only once per turn for its whole group: “exhales a fierce fire!”, “slashes with its claws!”, “exhales a cloud of blinding light.”, “calls forth terrible lightning!”
Pattern A
- Elements (damage taken): darkness ×2; light ×0.75
- Effects (success rate): 50%: Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 25%: Dazzle, Sap; 10%: Blunt; 5%: Charm; immune: sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, stun, poison, paralysis
- Actions: 3 actions per turn — Attack 68%, Raging Roar 15%, “calls forth apocalyptic lightning!” 11%, switches to pattern B 6.6%. Only once per turn for its whole group: Raging Roar, “calls forth apocalyptic lightning!”
Pattern B
- Actions: 3 actions per turn — turn 1: Disruptive Wave or “exhales a cloud of blinding light.”; turn 2: Disruptive Wave; turn 3: switches to pattern C (50/50, then repeats). Only once per turn for its whole group: Disruptive Wave, “exhales a cloud of blinding light.”
Pattern C
- Actions: 3 actions per turn — in order, one per turn: “is suddenly filled with youthful exuberance!” → Magic Burst → Disruptive Wave → “closes its eyes and begins to pray.” → Attack → switches to pattern A (then repeats). Only once per turn for its whole group: “is suddenly filled with youthful exuberance!”, Magic Burst, Disruptive Wave, “closes its eyes and begins to pray.”
Items
Dragon scale 
Yggdrasil leaf 
Orichalcum Story and quests
- The Magmaroo, Gortress, Upover: Greygnarl (once)
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 181-200: 12% of grottoes
- Grotto boss, map quality 201-248: 1.8% of grottoes
Under the hood
Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 312, 338, 758, 759.
Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Dragon scale : 0 ; Yggdrasil leaf : 4 ; Orichalcum : 5.
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