Dracky

Dragon Quest Monster
Dracky
Artwork by Akira Toriyama
First Appearance	Dragon Quest

The dracky (originally Drakee) is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the first game, it a cartoon-like bat monster.

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 can be difficult to hit with normal attacks.

Appearances

Main series

• Dragon Quest
• II
• V
• VIII
• IX

Drackies (then Drakee) 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.

• NES
• SNES
• GBC

Drackee (Dracky)
HP MP Experience Gold 6 2 3 Attack Defense Speed 9 6 5
Game	Dragon Quest
Console	NES

N/A

Drackee (Dracky)
HP MP Experience Gold 6 3 6 Attack Defense Speed 9 6 5
Game	Dragon Quest
Console	GBC

• NES
• SNES
• GBC

Drackee (Dracky)
HP MP Experience Gold 9 3 3 Attack Defense Speed 12 8 5
Dropped Item	Club
Game	Dragon Quest II
Console	NES

N/A

N/A

• SNES
• PS2
• DS

#4 - Drakee
HP MP Experience Gold 10 4 2 Attack Defense Speed 11 9 7
Dropped Item	Medicinal Herb
Locations	Whealbrook Adit Whealbrook outskirts Roundbeck outskirts Uptaten Towers outskirts Fortuna outskirts
Capture Rate	1/4
Bestiary #	4
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	SNES

N/A

#4 - Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 10 4 3 Attack Defense Speed 12 9 7
Dropped Item	Medicinal Herb
Locations	Whealbrook Adit Whealbrook outskirts Roundbeck outskirts Uptaten Towers outskirts Fortuna outskirts
Capture Rate	1/4
Bestiary #	4
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	DS

#4 - Dracky
File:Dracky DQVIII PS2.png
HP MP Experience Gold 12 2 3 Attack Defense Speed 12 9 8
Dropped Item	Medicinal Herb (Common) Chimera Wing (Rare)
Locations	Farebury Region
Bestiary #	4
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2
Description	A bat-like monster that flies freely through the night sky. According to one account, they're born in a world without light

#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

Monsters series

• Dragon Quest Monsters
• 2
• Caravan Heart
• Joker
• Joker 2

• GBC
• PSX

Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 3/5 5/5 Attack Defense Speed 3/5 2/5 5/5
Spells	Sleep, Antidote, Rob Magic
Family	Bird Family
Game	Dragon Quest Monsters
Console	GBC

N/A

• GBC
• PSX

Dracky
HP MP Experience Gold 6/10 3/10 Attack Defense Speed 5/10 5/10 6/10
Locations	Breed a Picky with a member of the Slime Family
Spells	Sleep, Antidote, RobMagic
Family	Bird Family
Game	Dragon Quest Monsters 2
Console	GBC

N/A

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.

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. Drackies can be scouted on Infant Isle, either inside the cave on the island or when traveling about outside during night.

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.

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.

Related Monsters

• Drackmage
• Drackyma
• Great dracky

Gallery

• 

  Dracky as it appears in the original Dragon Quest

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  Dragon Warrior (NES)

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  Dragon Quest (SNES)

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  Dragon Quest V (SNES)

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  Dragon Quest V (DS)

• Dracky DQVIII PS2.png

  Dragon Quest VIII (PS2)

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  Dragon Quest IX (DS)

• Dracky.png

  Dragon Quest Monsters

• Dracky DQMJ DS.jpg

  Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

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  Dragon Quest Monsters 1 + 2 (PSX)

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  Dragon Warrior I + II (GBC)

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