DQ9 Encyclopedia

Seavern

Pélagosaure · no. 256 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

True masters of the sea, these supreme seasaurs scare foes silly with a blood-curdling cry, then smash them with a tsunami.

Dealers of watery death, they rise from the depths to bring terror and destruction to all the oceans of the world.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Water, rank 12: 25% of visible monsters, 32% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 13-16; 201-220: floors 13-16; 221-248: floors 13-16)
  • Gives: 7,000 EXP, 87 G, Saint's ashes (1/32), Cobra fan (1/64)
  • Weak to: lightning / blast, light ×1.5
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, confusion, fizzle, stun, poison, paralysis

Family: aquatic — weapons dealing ×1.1: fans

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
1,127646865461267,000870 %

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): lightning / blast, light ×1.5; fire, ice ×0.5
  • Effects (success rate): 75%: Sap; 50%: sleep, Whack, Blunt, Decelerate; 10%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, confusion, Fizzle, stun, poison, paralysis
  • Actions: Attack 50%, Raging Roar 17%, desperate attack 17%, “whips up a whopping great tidal wave!” 16%. Only once per turn for its whole group: “whips up a whopping great tidal wave!”, Raging Roar, desperate attack

Items

Saint's ashes 1/32Cobra fan 1/64

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)

  • Water, rank 12: 25% of visible monsters, 32% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 13-16; 201-220: floors 13-16; 221-248: floors 13-16)
Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 264.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Saint's ashes : 3 ; Cobra fan : 4.

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