DQ9 Encyclopedia

Trauminator

Trauminator · no. 286 in the monster list
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise

Senses the life force of flesh-and-blood beings, and can't stop killing until every trace is erased from its environs.

This mad mechanical murder machine is thought to have existed since the very dawn of time itself.

The essentials

  • Earliest in the story: Grotto boss, map quality 61-80: 25% of grottoes
  • Gives: 25,500 EXP, 1,252 G, Handrills (steal 1/32), Pro's axe (steal 1/128)
  • Weak to: lightning / blast ×1.5
  • Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, whack, confusion, fizzle, stun, poison, paralysis, charm

Family: machine — weapons dealing ×1.1: claws

Stats

HPMPAtt.Def.Agi.EXPGoldEvas.
4,00025526435414825,5001,2520 %

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): 50%: Decelerate, Divine Intervention; 25%: Sap; 15%: Blunt; immune: Dazzle, sleep, Whack, confusion, Fizzle, stun, poison, paralysis, Charm
  • Actions: 2 actions per turn — Attack 34%, “makes a violent slashing attack!” 27%, “fires a volley of arrows into the air. Look out below!” 27%, “focuses all its energy. A deadly laser beam is unleashed!” 5.9%, Gigaslash 5.9%. Only once per turn for its whole group: “makes a violent slashing attack!”, “fires a volley of arrows into the air. Look out below!”, “focuses all its energy. A deadly laser beam is unleashed!”, Gigaslash

Items

Handrills steal 1/32Pro's axe steal 1/128Pro's axe loot 5%Hero's boots loot 2%

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)

  • Grotto boss, map quality 61-80: 25% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 81-100: 27% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 101-120: 37% of grottoes
  • Grotto boss, map quality 201-248: 13% of grottoes
Under the hood

Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 227.

Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Handrills : 3 ; Pro's axe : 5.

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