DQ9 Encyclopedia

Rover

Médhor · no. 279 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

Vicious guard dog of the Inntouchables. Only heeds the instructions of the innfamous Al Capinne.

Was left as a pup on Al Capinne's doorstep. He raised the little rascal, and watched him grow into a deadly drastic drackal!

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: The Plumbed Depths, post-game, quest 139 “Has Sellma Sold Out?”: Rover (once)
  • Gives: 42,500 EXP, 3,750 G, Magic beast hide (100%)
  • Weak to: fire, light ×1.5
  • Has no effect on it: sleep, whack, confusion, fizzle, poison, paralysis, blunt

Family: beast — weapons dealing ×1.1: spears

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
5,0005032527815242,5003,7500 %

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): fire, light ×1.5; ice, darkness ×0.5
  • Effects (success rate): 50%: Sap, Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 25%: Dazzle, stun; 15%: Charm; immune: sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, poison, paralysis, Blunt
  • Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 34%, “launches a vigorous attack.” 17%, “pounds ferociously on the ground!” 17%, “exhales a chilly breath!” 16%, “bites ferociously with its massive fangs.” 16%. Only once per turn for its whole group: “exhales a chilly breath!”, “launches a vigorous attack.”, “bites ferociously with its massive fangs.”, “pounds ferociously on the ground!”

Items

Magic beast hide 100%

Story and quests

  • The Plumbed Depths, post-game, quest 139 “Has Sellma Sold Out?”: Rover (once)

Habitat (in-game monster list)

The Plumbed Depths

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): 341.

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

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