DQ9 Encyclopedia
Salamarauder
These piratical pests freeze foes with their breath, and evade attacks while summoning support.
They're wooper troopers who set sail on a new career after a medalsome king told them that now is the new dawn of piracy.
The essentials
- Earliest in the story: Tywll Cave – Interior - Lv 1-01 — joins 7.8% of battles
- Gives: 171 EXP, 74 G, Emerald moss (1/16), Iron shield (1/64)
- Weak to: fire, darkness, light ×1.25
- Has no effect on it: fizzle
Family: aquatic — weapons dealing ×1.1: fans
Stats
| HP | MP | Att. | Def. | Agi. | EXP | Gold | Evas. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 8 | 75 | 67 | 70 | 171 | 74 | 0 % |
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, darkness, light ×1.25
- Effects (success rate): 75%: Whack, confusion, stun, poison, Blunt, Sap; 60%: Charm; 50%: Dazzle, sleep, paralysis; immune: Fizzle
- Actions: Attack 64%, Cool Breath 19%, “is ready to dodge any incoming attacks.” 11%, “calls for backup.” 6.6%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Cool Breath: not if a third or more of the party has Reverse Cycle; “is ready to dodge any incoming attacks.”: if it isn't already in that stance; “calls for backup.”: if there's room for reinforcements. Only once per turn for its whole group: Cool Breath, “is ready to dodge any incoming attacks.”, “calls for backup.”
Items
Emerald moss 
Iron shield Habitat (in-game monster list)
Tywll Cave · Slurry Coast · Ocean
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 all around it up to 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tywll Cave – Interior - Lv 1-01 | joins 7.8% of battles | joins 7.8% of battles |
| Tywll Cave – Interior - Lv 1-02 | 29% (35% of battles) | 29% (35% of battles) |
| Tywll Cave – Interior - Lv 2 | 29% (34% of battles) | 29% (34% of battles) |
| Tywll Cave – Exterior 02 | 29% (32% of battles) | 29% (32% of battles) |
| Slurry Coast, on the coast | joins 7% of battles | joins 7% of battles |
| Ocean, zone 1 (centre) | 34% of battles | 34% of battles |
Grottoes (treasure maps)
- Water, rank 1: 20% of visible monsters, 27% of battles (quality 2-55: floors 1-4)
Under the hood
Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 61.
Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Emerald moss : 2 ; Iron shield : 4.
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