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The '''Undead family''' (Japanese Katakana: ゾンビ Romanji: ''Zonbi'' Zombie) refers to certain types of monsters in the ''[[Dragon Quest (series)|Dragon Quest]]'' series. A staple of role playing games the world over, the Undead family includes animated corpses, skeletons, angry spirits, and even fallen priests. Starting with ''DQIII'', the undead have been assigned extra damage tags that activate when the appropriate weapon strikes them.

==Appearances==
===''Dragon Quest''===
Being the first entry in the series, classification of monsters is rudimentary and based on physical appearance rather than statistical classification. As such, the Undead are not uniquely affected by any spells or items.<br>
*[[Ghost]]
*[[Fightgeist]]
*[[Spitegeist]]
*[[Skeleton]]
*[[Skeleton scrapper|Skeleton Scrapper]]
*[[Skeleton Soldier]]
*[[Dark Skeleton]]

===''Dragon Quest II''===
Monster classification is still not a part of the game's coding, but this entry is notable for introducing players to the staple monsters Walking Corpse and Spirit, as well as their many pallet swaps.<br>
*[[Spirit]]
*[[Sekerleton]]
*[[Walking Corpse]]
*[[Corpse corporal]]
*[[Ghoul]]
*[[Mummy boy|Mummy Boy]]
*[[Mummy]]
*[[Deadnaut]]
*[[Chasmonaut]]
*[[Hargonaut]]

===''Dragon Quest III''===
Zombies are now recognized by the game's coding, much like [[Dragon|Dragons]]. They will receive 16~32 more damage when struck with the [[Zombiesbane]] in the original version, and 50% more damage in the remake and subsequent ports.<br>
*[[Putrefido]]
*[[Rottenweiler]]
*[[Bullmustiff]]
*[[One-man army]]
*[[Armful]]
*[[Toxic zombie]]
*[[Vladdy]]
*[[Drac the Vlad]]
*[[Silhouette]]
*[[Skeleton Swordsman (Dragon Quest III)|Skeleton swordsman]]
*[[Dragon zombie]] (receives bonus damage from [[Dragon slayer]] as well)
*[[Drakenstein]] (receives bonus damage from [[Dragon slayer]] as well)

===''Dragon Quest IV''===
*[[Bone baron]]
*[[Stenchurion]]
*[[Grim rider]]
*[[Night rider]]
*[[Skeleton swordsman]]
*[[Sekerleton (Dragon Quest IV)|Sekerleton]]

===''Dragon Quest V''===
*[[Bona constrictor]]
*[[Brrrattling snake]]
*[[Deadcurion]]
*[[Lesionnaire]]
*[[Wight prince]]
*[[Wight king]]

===''Dragon Quest VI''===
The [[Pearly Gates]] deals 30% more damage to the Undead, and [[Undead Undoer]] will deal an extra 50%. The latter skill can also stack with the bonus damage of the [[Zombiesbane]].
*[[Dead resident]]
*[[Gustodian]]
*[[Undentured servant]]
*[[Gustbluster]]
*[[Marrow escapee]]
*[[Wraithwand]]
*[[Disgustling]]
*[[Hell gladiator]]
*[[Dreadstaff]]
*[[Zombie gladiator]]
*[[Marine spirit]]
*[[Demon-at-arms]]
*[[Water wraith]]
*[[Corpsickle]]
*[[Grim keeper]]
*[[Mortamor|Mortamor's head]]

===''Dragon Quest VII''===
*[[Night knight]]
*[[Fright knight]]

===''Dragon Quest VIII''===
The Undead are considerably more durable to physical attacks in the eighth entry of the series, taking only 70% damage from even fully tensioned characters. This is thanks to an effect tag worked into the game's programming, and cannot be negated. The [[Zombiesbane]] deals only 30% more damage this time around. However, it can be improved through alchemy to become the [[Zombiesbane|Zombie Slayer]], which deals 60% more damage. The affects of Pearly Gates remain the same.
*[[Phantom fencer]]
*[[Blood mummy]]
*[[Phantom swordsman]]
*[[Dark skeleton (Dragon Quest VIII)|Dark skeleton]]
*[[Dullahan]]
*[[Dark dullahan]]
*[[Wight priest]]
*[[Invisible swordsman]]
*[[Hell's gatekeeper]]
*[[Tortured soul]]

===''Dragon Quest IX''===
Zombies will receive an additional 10% damage when struck by [[Staff Weapon Family|staves]]. Furthermore, they will take 20% more damage when attacked with the Holy Lance, Battle Fork, Celestial Spear, and Divine Dagger. The skill [[Deliverance]] effectively replaces Undead Undoer. 
*[[Blight knight]]
*[[Blood mummy]]
*[[Dark skeleton]]
*[[Deadcurion]]
*[[Fright knight]]
*[[Ghoul]]
*[[Lesionnaire]]
*[[Mean spirit]]
*[[Mummy]]
*[[Mummy boy]]
*[[Night knight]]
*[[Sir Sanguinus]]
*[[Skeleton]]
*[[Skeleton soldier]]
*[[Spirit]]
*[[Stenchurion]]
*[[Toxic zombie]]
*[[Walking corpse]]
*[[Wight emperor]]
*[[Wight king]]
*[[Wight knight]]
*[[Wight priest]]

==DQM Strengths and Weakness==
===Strength===
* The Corpse Corporal family tends to poison and envenom (e.g. [[Toxic zombie]]).
* Some of the Undead might give deadly hits (e.g. [[Wight priest]]).

===Weakness===
* Low resistance to Fire and Zap-type attacks.

==Gallery of the Undead==
<gallery captionalign="center">
File:DQII Spirit.png|Spirit
File:DQII Sekerleton.png|Sekerleton
File:SkeletonArt.png|Skeleton
File:DQ_Skeleton_Soldier.png|Skeleton soldier
File:DQIV Skeleton Swordsman.png|Skeleton swordsman
File:DQVIII Dark Skeleton.png|Dark skeleton
File:DQII Walking corpse.png|Walking corpse
File:DQII Ghoul.png|Ghoul
File:DQII Corpse Corporal.png|Corpse corporal
File:DQII Toxic Zombie.png|Toxic zombie
File:DQII Mummy.png|Mummy
File:DQII Mummy Boy.png|Mummy boy
File:DQVIII Blood Mummy.png|Blood mummy
File:DQ Ghost.png|Ghost
File:DQ Fightgeist.png|Fightgeist
File:DQ Spitegeist.png|Spitegeist
File:DQIII Vladdy.png|Vladdy
File:DQIV Stenchurion.png|Stenchurion
File:DQV Deadcurion.png|Deadcurion
File:DQV Lesionnaire.png|Lesionnaire
File:DQIV Night Rider.png|Night rider
File:DQIV Bone Baron.png|Bone baron
File:DQIV Grim Rider.png|Grim rider
File:DQV Bona Constrictor.png|Bona constrictor
File:DQVI Dead Resident.png|Dead resident
File:ZombieGladiatorArt.png|Zombie gladiator
File:DQVI Hell Gladiator.png|Hell gladiator
File:HellGladiatorArt.png|Demon-at-arms
File:DQVII Night Knight.png|Night knight
File:DQVII Fright Knight.png|Fright knight
File:DQIII Putrefido.png|Putrefido
File:DQVI Gustbluster artwork.jpg|Gustbluster
File:DQV Wight Prince.png|Wight prince
File:Wraithwand.png|Wraithwand
File:DQVIII Dullahan.png|Dullahan
File:DQVIII Phantom Fencer.png|Phantom fencer
File:DQVIII Phantom Swordsman.png|Phantom swordsman 
File:DQVIII Tortured Soul.png|Tortured soul
File:DQVIII Wight King.png|Wight king
</gallery>

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