Dracky

Dragon Quest monster Dracky

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Artwork by Akira Toriyama Japanese ドラキー Romaji Dorakī First appearance Dragon Quest Old localization Drakee

The Dracky is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the first game, it is a cartoon-like bat monster named after the infamous Dracula. Having been featured in merchandise, side-stories, and spin-offs since the original game, they are among the most popular monsters worldwide and are the premiere representatives of the flying monster group.

Characteristics

Drackies are essentially bats, albeit goofy ones. They have large wings, antennae, two round feet, a long and thin tail, round eyes, and a fanged mouth that always seems to be smiling.

They do not look very smart or strong, though, much like slimes, they are capable of becoming powerful creatures. Regardless, they are typically one of the weakest enemies in the games they appear in, usually a step or two above the aforementioned slime in terms of strength. They are speedy, however, and most games grant them a higher-than-average evasion rate.

Appearances

Dragon Quest

Drackies are liable to be one of the first monsters the player encounters alongside slimes and she-slimes. A fresh, level 1 hero might want to stick with the slimier monsters since the stronger dracky can be a threat at the very beginning.

Dracky (ドラキー dorakī)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	6	0	2	3	9	6	5

Spell(s)
Location(s)

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄32	15⁄16	0⁄16	0⁄16

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	6	0	3	6	9	6	5

Spell(s)
Location(s)

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄32	7⁄7	0⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Dracky (ドラキー dorakī)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	9	?	14
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
10	5	2	3

Abilities
Location(s)	Near Leftwyne
Item Dropped	Oaken club (1⁄32)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
0⁄64	0⁄7	1⁄7	0⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	9	0	12
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
8	5	3	3

Abilities
Location(s)	Near Leftwyne
Item Dropped	Oaken Club (1⁄32)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
0⁄64	0⁄7	1⁄7	0⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Dracky

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	10	0	12	9
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
7	4	3	1/4

Bestiary No.	004
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Flee
Location(s)	Whealbrook Adit Whealbrook outskirts Roundbeck outskirts Uptaten Towers outskirts Fortuna outskirts
Item dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄16

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
1/16	0%	0%	0%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
20%	0%	0%	0%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past 3DS Version

Drackies appear as a special monster in the Downloadable Content tablet, Sticky Business, armed with their usual biting attacks. At the end of the dungeon there's a giant version that has higher hit points and that's able to dish out more damage.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Dracky

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	12	0	12
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
9	8	2	3

Bestiary no.	004
Family	Bird family
In-game description	A bat-like monster that flies freely through the night sky. According to one account, they're born in a world without light.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Farebury region
Item(s) dropped	Medicinal herb (1⁄64) Chimaera wing (1⁄128)

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
1⁄16	0%	0%	0%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
0%	0%	25%	0%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	0%	0%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
0%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	15%	0%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

#006 - Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 15 3 10 10 Attack Defense Speed 17 12 18
Dropped Item	Medicinal herb (Common, 6.25%) Chimaera wing (Rare, 1.56%)
Locations	Angel Falls, The Hexagon
Bestiary #	006
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS

Dragon Quest Monsters

Dracky

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	50	3/5	5/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
3/5	2/5	5/5	5/5

Family	Bird family
In-game description	Prefers darkness and sucks blood with its fangs
Abilities	Sleep, Antidote, Rob Magic
Habitat	Gate of Beginning
Breeding chart	Picky x Slime family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	Strong	Strong
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
Strong	Strong	None	None
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
None	None	None	None
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	None
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
None		None

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Dracky

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	50	6/10	3/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
5/10	5/10	6/10	6/10

Family	Bird family
In-game description	Hides in darkness and sneak attacks.
Abilities	Sleep, Antidote, RobMagic
Habitat	Sea World
Breeding chart	Picky x Slime family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	Strong	Strong
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
None	Strong	Strong	None
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
None	Strong	Strong	Strong
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
None	None	None

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

Drackies again reprise their role as being one of the weakest monsters fought out in the field. The first monsters the player has to fight are drackies, the group in particular harassing the caravan that would soon be under the control of Kiefer.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

The slime takes a backseat as the player's first monster, the dracky being one of the choices alongside the Platypunk and Mischievous mole. They are rank F members of the Demon family and are essentially the weakest monster in that family, though they are fast and level up very quickly.

Dracky
Family	Demon
Rank	F
Description	Small, agile creatures with contagious grins that fly through the darkness.
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Claws, Staves
Traits	Artful Dodger
Resistances	Fizzleproof
Skill	Dark Knight, Agility Boost
Location	Infant Isle (Night), Treasure Island, Dracky Island
Breeding chart	Bag o' laughs x Bubble slime

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

If you synthesis two pairs of Drackies and make sure that one is a plus and the other is a minus, when the two synthesised drackies are synthesised together, they create a Great Dracky.

Dracky
Family	Demon
Rank	F
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Claws, Staves
Traits	Artful Dodger, Crafty Woosher
Resistances	-
Skill	Dark Knight
Location	Treepidation, Doubtback
Breeding chart	Slime x Bag o' laughs Swarmtroop x Stump chump

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

Drackies appear in Forewood Forest when night covers the area or when the player enters an underground area. They are one of the weakest monsters in the game, requiring only two hits from a normal Elasto Blast to be defeated.

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Dracky

Model	Experience	Gold
	4	6g

List No.	002
Field Notes	Bat-like blighters with grins as cheeky as they are toothy. If you value your blood, steer clear of these sneaky suckers. Despite their obscure origins in a dark domain, they're kindly characters, always happy to heal the hurt.
Location(s)	Arba Castle (Recruit), Big-Eye Boulevard (Showdown: Blue Behemoth), Caliburgh (Recruit, Captain), Caliburgh Meadow (Recruit, Captain), Fire Place (Showdown: Green Dragon)
Item(s) Dropped	Wing of bat, Horse manure

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End

Dracky (ドラキー Dorakī)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	4	4G	Yes

List No.	005
Field Notes	Bat-like blighters with grins as cheeky as they are toothy. If you value your blood, steer clear of these sneaky suckers. Despite their obscure origins in a dark domain, they're kindly characters, always happy to heal the hurt.
Location(s)	Greena Pastures
Item(s) Dropped	Wing of bat (common), Horse manure (rare)

Dragon Quest Builders

Dracky

Chapter 1

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
11	8	1	Dracky butter (★★☆), Grass seed (★★☆)
Location(s)
Cantlin forests

Chapter 2

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
18	10	0	Dracky butter (★★☆), Grass seed (★★☆)
Location(s)
Various

Chapter 3

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
28	21	8	Dracky butter (★★☆), Grass seed (★★☆)
Location(s)
Various

Final Chapter

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
25	10	1	Dracky butter (★★☆), Grass seed (★★☆)
Location(s)
Tantegel forests

Sprite

The monster drops dracky butter upon its defeat. Dracky butter is a crafting material, used to create hearty cream cake, ice cream and pancakes.

Dragon Quest of the Stars

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In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Dracanino	From Drácula and canino
Français	Vampivol
Italiano	Vampistrello	From Vampire and Bat (in Italian pipistrello)

Gallery

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  Dragon Quest Famicom art

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  Dracky as it appears in the original Dragon Quest

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  Dragon Warrior (NES)

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  Dragon Quest (SFC)

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  Dragon Warrior I + II (GBC)

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  Dragon Quest V official art

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  Dragon Quest V wearing a Leather hat

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  Dragon Quest V (SFC)

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  Dragon Quest V (DS)

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  Dragon Quest IX (DS)

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  Dragon Quest Monsters 1 + 2 (PSX)

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  Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (DS)

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  Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

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  Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest

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  Dragon Quest Heroes, promotional render

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  DQ Trading Card Game card

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  Dragon Quest: Monster Battle card

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  Appearance with Ghost in Stars

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Related Monsters

Variants

• Drackolyte
• Drackyma
• Drackmage

See also

• Great dracky