DQ9 Encyclopedia
Whirly girly
Wild women of the weather world who work wonders with wind spells, and push Swoosh from beneath their squalling skirts.
Experts believe that the reddish colour of the cyclones that surround them is caused by the colour of their skin.
The essentials
- Earliest in the story: Ondor Cliffs — day: 18% (18% of battles); night: 18% (22% of battles)
- Gives: 1,020 EXP, 132 G, Agility ring (1/32), Pretty betsy (1/256)
- Weak to: darkness ×1.5
- Has no effect on it: dazzle, sleep, poison
Family: elemental
Stats
| HP | MP | Att. | Def. | Agi. | EXP | Gold | Evas. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | 17 | 120 | 150 | 131 | 1,020 | 132 | 8 % |
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): darkness ×1.5; ice ×1.25; wind ×0.5
- Effects (success rate): 75%: stun, Blunt, Sap, Decelerate; 50%: Whack, confusion, Fizzle, Divine Intervention; 25%: paralysis; 15%: Charm; immune: Dazzle, sleep, poison
- Actions: Attack 52%, Swoosh 27%, Psyche Up 15%, Swoosh 6.6%. Conditions (otherwise it picks another slot): Swoosh: not if a third or more of the party has Bounce; Attack: not while Dazzled, and only on a character whose defence is below twice its attack; Psyche Up: if it isn't at 100 tension yet; Swoosh: not if a third or more of the party has Bounce. Only once per turn for its whole group: Swoosh, Swoosh
Items
Agility ring 
Pretty betsy Habitat (in-game monster list)
Ondor Cliffs · Eastern Wormwood · Wormwood Canyon · Wyrmtail · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ondor Cliffs | 18% (18% of battles) | 18% (22% of battles) |
| Eastern Wormwood, on grass | 29% (35% of battles) | 12% (21% of battles) |
| Eastern Wormwood, in the forest or on the coast | joins 9.1% of battles | joins 9.1% of battles |
| Wormwood Canyon, in the forest or on grass | 22% (28% of battles) | 35% (44% of battles) |
| Wormwood Canyon, on rocky ground | joins 9.1% of battles | joins 9.1% of battles |
| Wyrmtail, everywhere except on rocky ground | joins 4.6% of battles | |
| Wyrmtail, on rocky ground | joins 3.7% of battles | joins 3.7% of battles |
| Ocean, zone 4 (corners) | 27% of battles | 27% of battles |
Grottoes (treasure maps)
- Fire, rank 6: 20% of visible monsters, 26% of battles (quality 76-100: floors 5-10; 101-120: floors 1-12; 121-140: floors 1-12; 141-180: floors 1-8; 181-200: floors 1-4)
Under the hood
Internal numbers (game records, one per variant): 107.
Drop codes (prm/mon_btldata, bytes +2 and +3; 0 = 100%, otherwise 1/2^(code + 2), 7 = none): Agility ring : 3 ; Pretty betsy : 6.
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