Nokturnus

"No mortal commands me... I obey only my own dark urge to reduce all to nothing."

Nokturnus
Dragon Quest VI Dragon Quest IX Dragon Quest X
Japanese name	ダークドレアム
Romaji	Dākudoreamu
Old localization	Dark Dream Dark Drium
Title	God of Destruction and Massacre (Tact)
Race	Demon
Age	Unknown
Voice actor	Norio Wakamoto (Japanese, Rivals)

Nokturnus is a character and recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series that appears as a bonus superboss in Dragon Quest VI, serving as the game's most powerful opponent.

Nokturnus also appears in Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies as the strongest legacy boss, obtained from the final quest (#184); and in Dragon Quest X as a superboss in two occasions: the first one alone and the second one in a tag-team along with the King of Calamity.

Characteristics

Nokturnus resembles a tall, well-built human male. He resembles Dhuran, but his skintone is a shade of brown, instead of orange or red.

Another difference with Dhuran is the armor; Nokturnus' armor is more complex and has more details in comparison. The color of the armor's plates is green (this green in particular resembles the color of copper when it gets oxidized). Furthermore, the armor also has some little crimson details that look like blood veins. In X and Heroes, these blood veins start emitting a malevolent red light when Nokturnus gets enraged or he is about to use a powerful attack. Nokturnus wears a pair of green boots that extend just below his knees, these boots are black on the inside and have flat soles. His attire is completed with a cape. This cape is black or dark grey on the outside and scarlet on the inside, therefore differing from the one that Dhuran wears since that one is indigo on both the outside and the inside.

Nokturnus is equipped with a double-bladed weapon. In most of its appearances, this weapon has a dark purple handgrip and the blades are irregular, giving the impression that, like Nokturnus' armor, it is made of oxidized copper; however in its Dragon Quest Heroes appearance, the blades are bigger and sharper and now violet with some golden demonic decorations.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Nokturnus (ダークドレアム Dakudoreamu)

Original (SFC)

Sprite	HP *	MP	Attack	Defense
	13000	255	410	300
Agility	Experience *	Gold	Tame Rate
210	5500	880	NA

Bestiary No.	Unnumbered boss monster
Spell(s)	Kafrizzle Kazap Oomph
Skill(s)	Acts up to three times per turn Ferocious Roar Jump Slash (80-130 damage to one party member) C-c-cold Breath Disruptive Wave Dragon Slash Falcon Slash Lullab-Eye Harvest Moon Metal Slash Pearly Gates Scorch Wind Sickles
Location(s)	Fungeon
Item(s) Dropped	Liquid Metal Mind1⁄16

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
1⁄64	0%	25%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	25%	0%	25%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
50%	0%	50%	100%
Poof Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
100%	100%	100%	100%
Fuddle Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *
100%	100%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
100%	100%	100%

Remakes (DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Strategy

The player can either level-build to the 70s and use a standard strategy, or try their hand against him at high 40s.

It is heavily advised to have several characters in the Hero vocation, with two MP-heavy characters as Sages (equip the Duplic Hat on one.). The caster focusing on Omniheal user should have a Meteorite Bracer equipped at all times. Keep Buffs to a minimum to avoid Nokturnus' negation; he appears to use Disruptive Wave more often when more than one character has Oomph up, or several supportive buffs are in place. To prevent buffs from getting nulled, have one Oomph and one Kabuff put in place. Otherwise, reapply support spells after each Disruptive Wave.

Heroes should attack by using Gigaslash every round. A Hero with [Oomph]] active should use Focus Strength and Knuckle Sandwich. The Sages should unleash Magic Burst as soon as possible. Once both Sages drop their attacks, switch one of them for another Hero, who will be a dedicated Hustle Dancer to keep health up. If a Hero should run out of MP using Gigaslash, the Hustle Dancer will exchange roles with him/her. Swap in your healer at any moment should more healing power be necessary.

Alternatively, one party member can master the Liquid Metal Slime and Paladin classes. That one member will act as the party's shield by using the Paladin's Forbearance skill, with one Buff always active to reduce the damage caused by Nokturnus. Liquid Metal Slime vocation mastery yields high defence and immunity to all elements, proving as a very useful tank for the party. The other members should use the same attack strategies as above. Keep in mind Nokturnus has abilities that can slip by Forbearance, so an occasional Hustle Dance should be done to keep the party safe. Again, an Omniheal user is always a good idea in case the tank begins to falter. Reapply Buff on the party defender if Nokturnus negates it.

If you defeat Nokturnus, there is a chance that he will drop a Liquid Metal Mind. If he is defeated in less than 20 turns, you will be treated to a special scene.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Nokturnus
HP MP Experience Gold 8250 16572 (99) 255 63600 2490 Attack Defense Speed 780 1567 (99) 610 915 (99) 350 560 (99)
Dropped Item	Mini medal (common, 100%)
Locations	Grotto
Family	???
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	"Improves his already eye-watering attack with Oomph, then smacks foes silly with a stupidly speedy assault. Brutal bad-dream demon from another dimension. So strong that he makes Mortamor seem more like Snoretamore!"

Additional Attributes
Fire	Ice	Wind	Earth	Light	Dark
100	100	100	100	150	50
Blast	Dazzle	Sleep	Death	Drain MP	Confusion
100	0	0	0	100	0
Fizzle	Inaction	Paralyze	Poison	Charm	Magic Res
0	0	0	0	5	50
Blunt	Sap	Decelerate
10	25	75

In Dragon Quest IX, Nokturnus is the hardest Legacy Boss. His grotto map is obtained from the final quest (#184). Nokturnus' weakness is Light, and is enraged whenever someone is revived.

Treasure Level Range Secondary Drop Orb 1-3 Alefgard trousers 15% Red Orb 10% 4-8 Alefgard trousers 20% Blue Orb 10% 9-15 Alefgard trousers 25% Yellow Orb 10% 16-25 Alefgard boots 20% Green Orb 10% 26-40 Alefgard boots 25% Purple Orb 10% 41-56 Zenithian helm 20% Silver Orb 10% 57-68 Alefgard armor 20% Blue Orb 15% 69-80 Alefgard armor 25% Yellow Orb 15% 81-90 Alefgard helm 20% Green Orb 15% 91-99 Alefgard helm 25% Purple Orb 15% In addition, he will always drop a mini medal.

Skills Level New abilities Initial Kafrizzle, Scorch, C-c-cold Breath, Falcon Slash, Lullab-Eye, Buff, Oomph, attacks twice per round 5 Thin Air 10 Disruptive Wave 16 Hellfire, stops using Scorch 28 Hatchet Man 41 Begins attacking 3 times per turn 57 Evil Prayer, Magic Burst

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Dragon Quest Monsters

Darkdrium

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	80	5/5	5/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
5/5	3/5	5/5	5/5

Family	???
In-game description	The master of destruction and carnage
Abilities	FireAir, FrigidAir, Bolt
Habitat	Only obtainable through breeding
Breeding chart	DeathMore (Final Form) x Watabou

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Immune	Strong	Strong	Immune
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
Strong	Immune	Strong	Strong
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Strong	Immune	Immune	Immune
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Immune	Immune	Immune	Strong
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
Immune		Immune

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Darkdrium

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	80	10/10	9/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
10/10	7/10	7/10	7/10

Family	???
In-game description	A being that dreams of death
Abilities	Bolt, FireAir, FrigidAir
Habitat
Breeding chart	DeathMore (Final form) x AsuraZoma, GranSlime, Watabou

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Immune	Strong	Strong	Immune
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
Strong	Strong	Immune	Strong
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Immune	Immune
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
Strong	Immune	Immune

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Nokturnus
Family	Demon
Rank	X
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Axes, Spears, Staves
Traits	Hit Squad, Counterstriker, Intimidating
Resistances	Immune to Frizz, Zap, Zam, Whack, Sag, Sap, Decelerate, and Dim
Skill	Crusader
Location	-
Breeding chart	Dhuran x Dr. Snapped

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Nokturnus (ダークドレアム Dakudoreamu)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,340	290
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
740	370	480	440

Bestiary No.	#522
Rank	X
In-game description	Legendary dark divinity who revels in his reputation as the god of murder and mayhem. Grants the wishes of those he deems worthy
Talents	Nokturnus (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Rando-Disrupt (lv. 1) Bossesbane (lv. 20) Critical Moment (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Adrenaline Rush (lv. 1) Late Bloomer (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X X X
Notable synthesis	N/A

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
25%	-25%	0%	0%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
50%	0%	50%	0%
Dark Resistance *	Debilitation Resistance*	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *
50%	25%	0%	0%
MP Absorption Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *	Sleep Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
0%	50%	0%	25%
Stun Resistance *		Poison Resistance *
0%		0%
Instant Death Resistance *
50%

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

Nokturnus (ダークドレアム Dakudoreamu)

Model	Experience	Gold
	1550	880g

List No.	105
Field Notes	A death-dealing demon lord of legend, whose strength surpasses that of even the mightiest of monsterkind. He is beholden to no one, although rumour has it he will lend his strength to any who can best him in battle.
Location(s)	Vile Isle (awarded Liquid metal orb)
Item(s) Dropped	None

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Dragon Quest Tact

Nokturnus appears as a S-rank monster of the ??? family as part of the First Anniversary event, appearing on his own banner alongside War gryphon. He can learn Jet-Black Flash, Pearly Gates, and Devil Finesse naturally. His personal skill Almighty Spirit reduces damage taken by 20% for 3 turns at the start of battle and his Leader Perk raises the physical potency of all ??? allies, including himself, by 25% in a 5x5 square around him.

Nokturnus (ダークドレアム Dākudoreamu)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
???				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
130		1,341	387	3
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
590	438	417	248	65

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Jet-Black Flash		Pearly Gates*		Devil Finesse*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Hidden Power / Stats Up	Bang Res +25 / Stats Up	Physical Potency +5% / Auto HP Regen / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Zap Res +25 / Stats Up	Physical Potency +5% / Physical Crit Rate +5% / Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

Raises physical potency of ??? allies, including himself, by 25% in a 5x5 square around him.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
ATK +15 Max HP +30	Almighty Spirit: Reduces damage by 20% for 3 turns.	Devil Finesse Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Hidden Power: Action start on odd-numbered turns until turn 10: Raises ATK, DEF, AGL, and WIS for 3 turns.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Very Weak	Very Weak	Normal	Normal
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Half Res	Half Res	Normal	Immune
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Normal	Normal
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Super Weak	Super Weak	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Normal	Normal

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Trivia

• Nokturnus was supposed to be the last boss of Dragon Warrior Monsters, but was cut from the game.
• Although Nokturnus shares his sprite with Dhuran in the original SFC version of VI, he has a different sprite in the DS version.
• Nokturnus is the only Legacy Boss in Dragon Quest IX to drop more than one color orb, and is the only monster in the Defeated Monster List that can be fought multiple times to have only one item drop listed. This is because, like all other Legacy Bosses, he always drops a Mini medal upon defeat, but the orb he drops varies with his level, and the costume items are not listed for any of the Legacy Bosses.

Similar slayers

• Bathysfear
• Dhuran
• Loss leader
• Indignus
• Master Commander

Gallery

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  Model in MBRV.

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  Icon in Monsters 2: 3D.

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  Battle in Heroes.

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  Vs. Luceus in Heroes.

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  Nokturnus in Rivals Ace.

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  War gryphon and Nokturnus in Tact.