Drohl drone

Dragon Quest monster Drohl drone
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ドロル Romaji Dororu First appearance Dragon Quest Old localization Droll

The Drohl Drone is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the first game, it is a bizarre, snail-like creature. It made a reappearance in the main series after 30 years in Dragon Quest XI.

Characteristics

From the front, drohl drones appear to be awkward, bug-like heads, having high placed eyes on eyestalks and very low set mouths with stubby hands and feet placed nearby. It wouldn't be until their later appearances in the spin-off titles that their side profiles would be shown in-game, revealing most of their body to be similar to a snail's shell. Most of their body is coloured in shades of purple and pink with a tough brown shell. In the first two Monsters games, the drohls were classified as bugs, but later games in the series they are part of the Undead family.

Appearances

Dragon Quest

Drohl drone (ドロル Dororu)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	25	0	10	24	24	24	24

Spell(s)	None
Location(s)	Craggy Cave Grave of Garinham B1F

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄32	7⁄8	0⁄16	0⁄16

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	35	0	18	30	24	6	9

Spell(s)	None
Location(s)	Craggy Cave Grave of Galen B1F

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

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Drohl drone (ドロル Dororu)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	28	5	38
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
32	27	22	16

Bestiary no.	#040
Family	Undead
In-game description	Though some like to see them more as members of the animal kingdom, their enthusiastic attacking of humans has made sure they continue to be classified as monsters.
Spell(s)	Decelerate Snooze
Skill(s)	Spooky Mist
Location(s)	The Hotto Steppe (first act) The Cryptic Crypt (first and second acts) Galenholm (2D mode of 3DS and Definitive Edition only)
Item(s) dropped	Holy water1⁄32 Single phial1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	0%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	-25%	50%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	0%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
0%	99%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Malicious

Malicious drohl drone (ドロル・邪 Doruru・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	367	10	188
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
286	162	1,404	377

Bestiary no.	#567
Family	Undead
In-game description	Drohl drones who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Spell(s)	Deceleratle Kasnooze
Skill(s)	Spooky Mist
Location(s)	The Cryptic Crypt (third act) Mount Huji (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Single phial1⁄32 Magic water1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	0%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	-25%	50%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	75%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
50%	99%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Monsters

Droll (ドロル Doruru)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	3/5	4/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
2/5	2/5	4/5	2/5

Family	Bug family
In-game description	Protruding eyes gives a large field of vision
Abilities	Slow, StepGuard, Shears
Habitat	Gate of Judgment, Gate of Ambition
Breeding chart	Lipsy x Slime family Bug family x Spooky Butterfly, Eyeder, TailEater x Butterfly, Eyeder, TailEater

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	None	Strong
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
None	Strong	None	Weak
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Immune	Immune
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Immune	Immune	Weak	None
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	None
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
None		Immune

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Droll (ドロル Doruru)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	6/10	6/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
5/10	6/10	5/10	4/10

Family	Bug family
In-game description	Its eyes extend to spot far-off foes.
Abilities	Shears, Slow, StepGuard
Habitat	Ice World
Breeding chart	Bug family x Spooky Butterfly x Butterfly Eyeder x Eyeder Lipsy x Angleron, Aquarella, Octokid, Slime family TailEater x TailEater

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	None	Strong
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
Weak	None	Strong	None
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Immune
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Immune	Immune	Immune	Weak
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
None	Weak	Weak	Weak
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
None	None	Immune

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Drohl drone
Family	Undead
Rank	E
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Whips, Claws, Staves
Traits	-
Resistances	Vulnerable to Ban Dance, Immune to Decelerate
Skill	Sizz & Zam
Location	Doubtback (rain)
Breeding chart	Firespirit x See urchin Stump chump x Weaken beakon

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Drohl drone (ドロル Dororu)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,330	420
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
530	500	590	420

Bestiary No.	#435
Rank	G Rank
In-game description	Mysterious creatures quite unlike any other found in nature. Classified as monsters largely for their propensity for pouncing upon people
Talents	Tongue Twister (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Ultra Crafty Spellbinder (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Magic Drainer (lv. 20) Spongy Skin (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Commander (lv. 1) Poisonous Touch (lv. 1) Tit for Tat (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X (Either parent is G-rank.)
Notable synthesis	X =

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

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Dragon Quest Builders

Drohl drone (ドロル Dororu)

Chapter 2

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
23~90	10~18	0~6	Sticky liquid (★★☆), Witchgrass seed (★★☆)
Location(s)
Swamps of Sickness

Final Chapter

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
55	34	32	Witchgrass seed (★★☆)
Location(s)
Patchwork Island

Sprite

Both Drohl Drones and Drohl Diabolists appear in the Rimuldar chapter. Their movement speed is slow, but they have a long-range poisonous spit attack that flies in a high arc. Unlike in the original Dragon Quest, the two have identical attacks, with the Diabolist simply having higher stats.

One quest in the chapter requires you to retrieve an item called the Heart of Darkness from the Drohl Defiler, which is a much larger Drohl Drone roughly three times the size of the player. It fights the same way as the regular Drohls, but it spits in a three-way spread.

Dragon Quest Tact

Drohl drone appears as a B-rank monster of the Undead family that can be scouted normally from any banner. It can participate in the Walking Corpse and King kelp's Battle Road and the Dragon Quest I event Battle Road as a party member.

Drohl drone (ドロル Dororu)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Undead				Magic
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
120		595	376	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
297	251	230	325	25

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Crack		Crackle*		Kasap* Talent Blossoming: Ice Trail

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Crack-type Spell MP Cost -5% / Stats Up	Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up	Crackle Potency +5% / Stats Up Ice Trail Potency +5%
Fourth	Fifth
Zam Res +25 / Stats Up	Crackle Potency +5% / Stats Up Ice Trail Potency +5%

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
WIS +5	Crackle Potency +2%	N/a

Perk Details

First

Crack-type Spell MP Cost -5%: Lowers Crack-type spell MP cost by 5%.

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

Similar species

• Drohl diabolist
• Gold drohl

Gallery

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  Famicom artwork

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  XI polygon model.

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  A malicious drohl drone.

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  A friendly drohl drone seen in Builders.

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  Stars model.

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  Slime MoriMori 3.

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  Appearance in Super Light

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  Rivals card