DQ9 Encyclopedia
Mandrake marshal
Fierce fighters backed up by an array of support spells. They look scary, but don't do well against death spells.
They studied with the wight kings to learn the ways of wizardry, and are always up for improving their abilities further.
The essentials
- Earliest in the story: Oubliette – B1 — joins 8.4% of battles
- Gives: 2,200 EXP, 140 G, Dragon scale (1/64), Dragonsbane (1/128)
- Weak to: earth, darkness ×1.5
Family: dragon — weapons dealing ×1.1: swords
Stats
| HP | MP | Att. | Def. | Agi. | EXP | Gold | Evas. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 | 24 | 163 | 212 | 152 | 2,200 | 140 | 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
- Elements (damage taken): earth, darkness ×1.5; ice, lightning / blast ×0.5
- Effects (success rate): 75%: poison; 50%: Dazzle, sleep, confusion, Fizzle, stun, Blunt, Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 25%: paralysis; 15%: Charm
- Actions: Attack 66%, Kasap 19%, Buff 15%; after a first failure (MP or Fizzle), stops picking impossible actions. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Kasap: if a character's defence can still go down; Buff: if an ally's defence can still go up. Only once per turn for its whole group: Kasap, Buff
Items
Dragon scale 
Dragonsbane Habitat (in-game monster list)
Oubliette · Realm of the Mighty · Western Coffinwell · Eastern Stornway
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: spots the party in front of it (45°) up to 3.5 units, then chases it, but runs away if the leader's attack + defence exceed 3 times its own.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oubliette – B1 | joins 8.4% of battles | joins 8.4% of battles |
| Oubliette – B2 | 32% (36% of battles) | 32% (36% of battles) |
| Oubliette – B3 | joins 19% of battles | joins 19% of battles |
| Oubliette – B4 | joins 17% of battles | joins 17% of battles |
| Oubliette – B6 | 21% (21% of battles) | 21% (21% of battles) |
| Realm of the Mighty – Exterior 1 | joins 8.2% of battles | joins 8.2% of battles |
| Western Coffinwell (Starflight Express stop) – to the east of the region, Starflight Express only | 29% (29% of battles) | 29% (29% of battles) |
| Eastern Stornway (Starflight Express stop) – to the east of the region, Starflight Express only | 24% (24% of battles) | 24% (24% of battles) |
Grottoes (treasure maps)
- Caves, rank 6: 20% of visible monsters, 28% of battles (quality 76-100: floors 5-10; 101-120: floors 1-12; 121-140: floors 1-12; 141-180: floors 1-8; 181-200: floors 1-4)
- Caves, rank 7: 21% of visible monsters, 29% of battles (quality 76-100: floors 9-10; 101-120: floors 5-12; 121-140: floors 5-14; 141-180: floors 1-12; 181-200: floors 1-8)
Under the hood
Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 137.
Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Dragon scale : 4 ; Dragonsbane : 5.
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