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Grrrgoyle

Grrrgouille · no. 233 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

They stun enemies into inaction with a sickening cry, and must be whipped with wind if they cast Kacrack.

Born from the tales told to terrified children of malicious monsters who will come and munch them if they misbehave.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Ice, rank 10: 35% of visible monsters, 42% of battles (quality 141-180: floors 13-16; 181-200: floors 5-16; 201-220: floors 5-12; 221-248: floors 5-8)
  • Gives: 5,880 EXP, 170 G, Resurrock (1/32), Malicite (1/256)
  • Weak to: wind ×1.5
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, confusion, fizzle, stun

Family: beast — weapons dealing ×1.1: spears

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
636605385982555,8801700 %

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 ×1.5; earth ×0.5
  • Effects (success rate): 50%: sleep, Whack, poison, paralysis, Blunt, Sap, Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 5%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, confusion, Fizzle, stun
  • Actions: Attack 34%, “lets out a shocking shriek.” 17%, desperate attack 17%, Kacrack 16%, Kacrack 16%; after a first failure (MP or Fizzle), stops picking impossible actions. Only once per turn for its whole group: Kacrack, “lets out a shocking shriek.”, Kacrack, desperate attack

Items

Resurrock 1/32Malicite 1/256

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)

  • Ice, rank 10: 35% of visible monsters, 42% of battles (quality 141-180: floors 13-16; 181-200: floors 5-16; 201-220: floors 5-12; 221-248: floors 5-8)
  • Ice, rank 11: 23% of visible monsters, 28% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 9-16; 201-220: floors 9-16; 221-248: floors 9-12)
Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 246.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Resurrock : 3 ; Malicite : 6.

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