DQ9 Encyclopedia

Nemean

Némée · no. 284 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

This ultimate being combines the best of nature's creations, and its heavenly form has earned it the nickname “Godbeloved”.

It was once able to speak the mortal tongue, but has forgotten both that and its true form in its long years of captivity.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Grotto boss, map quality 2-60: 36% of grottoes
  • Gives: 15,000 EXP, 967 G, White tights (steal 1/32), Fire claws (steal 1/128)
  • Weak to: darkness ×2
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, whack, confusion, fizzle, poison, paralysis

Family: beast — weapons dealing ×1.1: spears

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
2,80025522524013215,0009674 %

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): darkness ×2
  • Effects (success rate): 75%: Decelerate; 50%: Divine Intervention; 25%: stun, Sap; 15%: Blunt; 10%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, poison, paralysis
  • Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 56%, “slashes with its claws!” 19%, Inferno 15%, Disruptive Wave 11%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Attack: not while Dazzled, and only on a character whose defence is below twice its attack; Inferno: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle; Disruptive Wave: if a character has an effect to remove (buff, Bounce, tension…). Only once per turn for its whole group: “slashes with its claws!”, Inferno, Disruptive Wave

Items

White tights steal 1/32Fire claws steal 1/128Fire claws loot 10%Invincible trousers loot 2%

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 61-80: 33% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 201-248: 18% of grottoes
Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 234.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): White tights : 3 ; Fire claws : 5.

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