DQ9 Encyclopedia

Stale whale

Léviathon · no. 213 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

Woeful whales who singe foes with Scorch, and whose rancid spines are rank enough to confuse anyone they touch.

Companions of Lleviathan who made a pact with an evil god to remain in the mortal realm as monsters rather than be ruined.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Caves, rank 10: 26% of visible monsters, 26% of battles (quality 141-180: floors 13-16; 181-200: floors 5-16; 201-220: floors 5-12; 221-248: floors 5-8)
  • Gives: 5,700 EXP, 84 G, Glass frit (1/16), Trident (1/64)
  • Weak to: lightning / blast ×1.5
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, confusion, stun, paralysis

Family: aquatic — weapons dealing ×1.1: fans

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
1,244245844961065,700840 %

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 ×1.5
  • Effects (success rate): 75%: Blunt, Sap, Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 50%: Whack, Fizzle, poison; 10%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, sleep, confusion, stun, paralysis
  • Actions: Attack 67%, attack + confusion 17%, “spews forth blazing fire!” 16%. Only once per turn for its whole group: “spews forth blazing fire!”, attack + confusion

Items

Glass frit 1/16Trident 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)

  • Caves, rank 10: 26% of visible monsters, 26% of battles (quality 141-180: floors 13-16; 181-200: floors 5-16; 201-220: floors 5-12; 221-248: floors 5-8)
  • Caves, rank 11: 20% of visible monsters, 20% of battles (quality 181-200: floors 9-16; 201-220: floors 9-16; 221-248: floors 9-12)
Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 327.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Glass frit : 2 ; Trident : 4.

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