DQ9 Encyclopedia
Terror troll
It's hard to hurt these denizens of the depths with darkness or earth abilities. They hit hideously hard, but mostly miss the mark.
Often sought out by adventurers in training, as their incredibly durable bodies make perfect punchbags.
The essentials
- Earliest in the story: Caves, rank 8: 21% of visible monsters, 23% of battles (quality 101-120: floors 9-12; 121-140: floors 9-14; 141-180: floors 5-16; 181-200: floors 1-12; 201-220: floors 1-4)
- Gives: 4,880 EXP, 58 G, Royal soil (1/16), Roguess's robes (1/128)
- Weak to: light ×2
- Has no effect on it: fizzle, paralysis
Family: demon — weapons dealing ×1.1: wands
Stats
| HP | MP | Att. | Def. | Agi. | EXP | Gold | Evas. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,176 | 40 | 454 | 263 | 84 | 4,880 | 58 | 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): light ×2; earth, darkness ×0.5
- Effects (success rate): 75%: poison, Blunt, Sap, Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 50%: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, stun; 10%: Charm; immune: Fizzle, paralysis
- Actions: Attack 50%, desperate attack 17%, “licks its weapon and laughs.” 17%, misses and falls (wasted turn) 16%. Only once per turn for its whole group: desperate attack
Items
Royal soil 
Roguess's robes 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 8: 21% of visible monsters, 23% of battles (quality 101-120: floors 9-12; 121-140: floors 9-14; 141-180: floors 5-16; 181-200: floors 1-12; 201-220: floors 1-4)
- Caves, rank 9: 18% of visible monsters, 22% of battles (quality 121-140: floors 13-14; 141-180: floors 9-16; 181-200: floors 1-16; 201-220: floors 1-8; 221-248: floors 1-4)
- Fire, rank 9: 25% of visible monsters, 28% of battles (quality 121-140: floors 13-14; 141-180: floors 9-16; 181-200: floors 1-16; 201-220: floors 1-8; 221-248: floors 1-4)
- Fire, rank 10: 21% of visible monsters, 24% of battles (quality 141-180: floors 13-16; 181-200: floors 5-16; 201-220: floors 5-12; 221-248: floors 5-8)
- Fire, rank 11: joins 2.4% 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): 265, 278.
Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Royal soil : 2 ; Roguess's robes : 5.
Open in the full encyclopediasearch, filters, my collection, grotto tools