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--Description in {{Dragon Quest VII}}</center>

The '''Thief''' (盗賊, ''Touzoku'') is a class in the {{DQSeries}}. True to the vocation's name, it focuses on acts of [[Thievery]] to half-inch a {{MFamilies}}'s possessions.  

Thieves have high {{Agility}} and {{Deftness}}, but are moderate in other attributes. What makes them vital to a [[party]] is their ability to [[Thievery|steal items]] from the last {{MFamilies}} defeated at the end of a fight. Outside of this pilfering, a thief contributes to the [[party]] by utilizing their stealth to lower [[encounter]]s with enemies with the [[Padfoot]] ability, exploration skills such as [[Eye for Distance]] that allow the player to locate villages and nearby towns, and using [[Nose for Treasure]] to see how many chests remain on a dungeon's floor.

Thieves were added in the 16-bit remake and may steal from a random enemy vanquished in an encounter, with the success probability being calculated thus: '''(Level/16 + 1) x item drop rate''' for the {{Super Famicom}} and [[Cell phone|Android/iOS]] version. In the {{Game Boy Color}} version, the formula is '''(level/8 + 1) x item drop rate''', and will only work for the final enemy defeated. Unlike later games in the series the thieves of ''III'' do not have their success rate limited to 1/8th and can effectively reach 100% for most items with a {{Party 3}} of pilferers.

Due to a character's natural defence being based off of half of the agility stat in the {{NES}}, {{SFC}}, and {{GBC}} versions of {{III}}, thieves are significantly more durable than in other titles. Furthermore they can equip the newly added {{Whip}}s and {{Boomerang}}s that allow them to aid in crowd control despite their moderate strength.

 

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Due to {{Agility}} no longer factoring into a character's {{Defence}} stat, Thieves are as frail as they typically are in other titles.

 

|{{Strength}} ||8 ||292 ||8 ||292

|{{Resilience}} ||10 ||173 ||10 ||173

|{{Agility}} ||12 ||386 ||11 ||385

|{{Stamina}} ||9 ||227 ||10 ||228

|{{Wisdom}} ||7 ||183 ||7 ||183

|{{Luck}} ||5 ||239 ||5 ||239

| 20~21 || レミラーマ<br>Remiramu|| [[Snoop]] || 2 || Casts a bright glimmer on hidden objects in a dungeon

| 17~18 ||しのびあし<br>Shinobiashi || [[Padfoot]] || 4 || Tiptoe to lower the [[encounter]] rate

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item={{Boomerang W}}|statModifier=Attack +11}}

{{CharacterEquipmentList|entry|item=[[Dragon's scale]]|statModifier=Defence+5}}

The calculation for post-battle stealing is '''Drop rate x (Rank+1) x 0.25''', doubling the base rate at Rank 8. This means a {{Party 6}} of thieves will have an 8 times higher chance to nab an item. Note that the chance to steal any item has a hard limit of 12.5% ({{fraction|1|8}}) regardless of vocation rank.

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|Lowers the risk of being detected by {{MFamilies}}s for a while.

The thief is one of the basic vocations available at {{Alltrades Abbey 7}}. It is one of the prerequisites for both the [[Pirate]] (along with [[Sailor]]) and the [[Monster Masher]] vocation (along with [[Shepherd]]). In the {{3DS}} remake thieves are depicted as cat burglars once more, incorporating bandanas and goggles into the familiar black and yellow outfits.

The '''MOD / (Drop Rate * 4)''' equation for both versions of {{VII}} is slightly different from the previous [[Heartbeat]] title, but functions similarly and also has the enforced limit of a 1/8th success rate when the {{Party 7}} consists of thieves.

|140 ({{PS1}})

|68 ({{3DS}})

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===={{PSX}} Abilities====

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|Removes a single enemy from battle. (Works like [[Poof]])

|Throws rocks at one group of enemies, causing ~17{{HP}} damage.

|Tells player where the {{Party 7}} is and what floor they are on

|Allows {{Party 7}} to avoid weaker {{MFamilies}}s

|Tells the player how many [[treasure chest]]s are in an area. (Only works in dungeons and caves)

===={{3DS}} Abilities====

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|Allows the {{Party 7}} to pass unscathed over potentially perilous ground.

|Throws rocks at one group of enemies, causing ~17{{HP}} damage.

|A holy aura that keeps weaker {{MFamilies}}s away.

===={{PSX}} Hybrid Abilities====

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|Steals ~25{{MP}} from one enemy

The Thief's best skill is [[Nose for Treasure]] which allows treasure hunters to know how much treasure is left on a particular floor. As for hybrid skills, Thief Hit, the hybrid skill of a [[Warrior]] and a Thief, is probably one of the useful hybrid skills to learn as it has the chance of taking one item from a {{MFamilies}} regardless of whether or not it is defeated. However, the default stealing rate is quite low. To this end, the character must have a high rank in the vocation to steal reliably.

Regarding vocation progression, the Thief can combine a mastered [[Shepherd]] class to become a [[Monster Masher]]. They will learn all sorts of breath skills and have a chance at taming {{MFamilies}}s for the [[Monster Meadows]]. The Thief can also combine a mastered [[Sailor]] class to become a [[Pirate]]. The [[Pirate]] learns sea based attacks which is useful as most {{MFamilies}}s, save the aquatic ones, don't have resistance to these skills. Plus they are cost effective.

The Thief vocation is available at the start of the game and has the unique skillset "Acquisitiveness". As all the vocation designs in {{IX}} are based on real world cultures, thieves have eschewed the burglar outfits for clothing based on Arabian bandits. Thieves can also use skill points to learn {{Sword}}, {{Knife}}, [[Claw]], and [[List of fisticuffs skills in Dragon Quest IX|Fisticuffs]] skills. Their [[Coup de Grâce]] is "[[Itemized Kill]]" which guarantees treasure dropped after the battle. Thieves still possess their unique ability to steal items, but through the newly added skill "Half-Inch".

Thieves are the second fastest vocation in the game, trailing behind the [[Martial Artist]]. They also have the second highest {{Deftness}} in the game, which allows them to not only steal items at a higher success rate, but land more [[Critical Hit]]s as the feature now scales off of {{Deftness}}.  

Thieves have moderate health, strength and resistances making them decent combat-wise. Their niche abilities, such as [[Treasure Eye Land]], and their fantastic {{Agility}} and {{Deftness}} prove useful for grinding and farming, even far into the post-game.

| {{HP}} || 23 || 510

| {{MP}} ||6  || 132

| {{Strength}} || 13 || 299

| {{Agility}} || 18 || 410

| {{Resilience}} || 11 || 241

| {{Magical Might}} || 0 || 0

| {{Magical Mending}} || 4 || 81

| {{Deftness}} || 18 || 402

| {{Charm}} || 3 || 58

|Trovehound||22||[[Pitfall]]||Sets a trap for {{MFamilies}}s on the field

|Treasure Hunter||32||Natural Max {{HP}} +20||Permanently adds 20 to Max {{HP}}

|Bonanzer||68||[[Eye for Trouble]]||Adds extra {{MFamilies}} information to [[Battle Records]]

|Bullion Billionaire||100||[[Treasure Eye Land]]||Reveal treasure (red chests only) and [[Treasure map (Dragon Quest IX)|grotto]] stairs in dungeon maps

!style="background:#4682B4; color: white;"|{{MP}}

|[[Squelch]]||4||2||Cures a single ally of the effects of [[Poison and Envenomate|poison]].

|[[Heal]]||9||2||Restores at least 30 {{HP}} to a single ally.

|[[Accelerate]]||16||2||Raises the agility of a single {{Party 9}} member.

==={{DQWalk}}===

The thief vocation is available to players from the beginning of the game, and gives access to {{Boomerang}}s, {{Claw}}s, and {{Knives}}.

*In the remake versions for {{IV}}, [[Torneko Taloon]] has a few skills from the Thief class.

*[[Red]] is more akin to a [[pirate]], owning her own [[ship]], but can cut a purse just as well as she can pillage.

*[[Patty]]'s default vocation is a Thief when she joins the {{Party 9}} in {{IX}}.

*[[Erik]] lived as a petty Thief for several years prior to joining the {{Luminary}}.

Dragon_Quest_III_SNES_chibi_female_thief.png|Chibi artwork of the female Thief meant to mimic the {{Famicom}}-era art of the classic vocations from {{III}}, circa 1996

Dragon_Quest_III_SNES_chibi_male_thief.png|Ditto for the male Thief.

Thief3female.png‎|Full-sized art of the female Thief, circa 1996.

Image:Thief3male.png‎|Full-sized art of the male Thief, circa 1996.

Image:Blessed bikini.png|Female Thief wearing a [[blessed bikini]].

Yumiko Murakami Thieves III GBC.png|{{GBC}} artwork, by [[Yumiko Murakami]]

Thief female III HD2D.png|Female Thief, HD-2D artwork by [[Yoshiya Fujisaki]]

Thief male III HD2D.png|Male Thief, HD-2D artwork by [[Yoshiya Fujisaki]]

Heroine and Ramia III HD2D illustration.jpg|Flying with [[Ramia]] in HD.

Thief female IIIHD2-D.png|Female Thief, HD-2D sprite.

Thief male IIIHD2-D.png|Male Thief, HD-2D sprite.

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Thief female style 3 III HD2D.png|

Thief female style 4 III HD2D.png|

Thief male style 1 III HD2D.png|

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Thief_DQVI_official_guide_book_profile.jpg|[[Terry]] showing off the acquisitiveness of the vocation in the official guidebook.

File:Thief v-jump VI.jpg|Terry making off with some loot in the V-Jump guidebook for {{VI}}.

DQVII Thief male.png|The {{Hero 7}} as a Thief.

DQVII Thief female.png|[[Maribel Mayde]] as a Thief.

[[File:DQIX Thief Female.png‎|Female Thief in {{IX}}.

Image:DQMCH_Thief.png|{{Caravan Heart}}.

DQ Heroines.png|Foiled robbery

female thief statue treasures icon.jpg|The cat burglar's statue in {{Treasures}}...

male thief statue treasures icon.jpg|...and the the looter's.