Undead family

Zombie family (Japanese Katakana: ゾンビ Romanji: Zonbi Zombie) refers to the type of monsters Dragon Quest series. A staple of role playing games the world over, the Zombie 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, Zombies are not uniquely affected by any spells or items.

• Skeleton
• Skeleton Soldier
• Dark Skeleton
• Sekerleton

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.

• Walking Corpse
• Corpse corporal
• Ghoul
• Toxic zombie
• Spirit
• Sekerleton

Dragon Quest III

Zombies are now recognized by the game's coding, much like 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.

• Putrefido
• Rottenweiler
• Bullmustiff
• Hellnite
• Swordoid
• Toxic zombie
• Walking Corpse
• Vladdy
• Drac the Vlad
• Mummy
• Mummy boy
• Skeleton swordsman
• Drakenstein (receives bonus damage from Dragon Slayer as well)

Dragon Quest IV

• Bone baron
• Stenchurion
• Grim rider
• Night rider
• Skeleton swordsman
• Skeleton Soldier
• Sekerleton

Dragon Quest V

• Bona constrictor
• Brrrattling Snake
• Walking Corpse
• Corpse Corporal
• Deadcurion
• Lesionnaire
• Dragon zombie (receives bonus damage from Dragon Slayer as well)
• Drakenstein (receives bonus damage from Dragon Slayer as well)
• Wight prince
• Wight king

Dragon Quest VI

The Pearly Gates deals 30% more damage to zombies, and Undead Undoer will deal an extra 50%. The latter skill can also stack with the bonus damage of the Zombiesbane.

• Dead Resident
• Gustodian
• Walking Corpse
• Undentured Servant
• Gustbluster
• Corpse Corporal
• Marrow Escapee
• Wraithwand
• Disgusterling
• Silhouette
• Hell Gladiator
• Dreadstaff
• Zombie Gladiator
• Marine Spirit
• Water Wraith
• Corpsickle
• Grim Keeper
• Mortamor's head

Dragon Quest VII

• 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 Zombie Slayer, which deals 60% more damage. The affects of Pearly Gates remain the same.

• Skeleton
• Mummy Boy
• Walking Corpse
• Mummy
• Phantom Fencer
• Muddy Hand
• Skeleton Soldier
• Toxic Zombie
• Ghoul
• Blood mummy
• Phantom Swordsman
• Bone Baron
• Zombie Gladiator
• Dark Skeleton
• Dark Dullahan
• Grim Rider
• Bloody Hand
• Dullahan
• Wight Priest
• Hell Gladiator
• Wight King
• Skeleton Soldier
• Invisible Swordsman
• Hell's Gatekeeper

Dragon Quest IX

Zombies will recieve an additional 10% damage when struck by Staves. Furthermore, they will take 20% more damage when attacked with the Holy Lance, Battle Fork, Celestial Spear, and Divine Dagger. The skill Deliverance effectivly replaces Undead Undoer.

• Spirit
• Skeleton
• Mean spirit
• Mummy boy
• Walking corpse
• Toxic zombie
• Mummy
• Legionnaire
• Ghoul
• Deadcurion
• Wight priest
• Skeleton soldier
• Blood mummy
• Stenchurion
• Dark skeleton
• Fright knight
• Wight king
• Night knight
• Wight emperor
• Blight knight
• Wight knight
• Sir Sanguinus

Strengths and Weakness

Strength

• The Corpse Corporal family tends to poison and envenom . (e.g. Toxic zombie)
• Some of them might give deadly hits (e.g. Wight priest).

Weakness

• Low resistance to Fire and Zap-type attacks.

Gallery

• SkeletonArt.png

  Skeleton

• DQ Skeleton Soldier.png

  Skeleton soldier

• DQII Walking corpse.png

  Walking corpse

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  Corpse corporal

• DQII Ghoul.png

  Ghoul

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  Toxic zombie

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  Sekerleton

• DQII Mummy.png

  Mummy

• DQII Mummy Boy.png

  Mummy boy

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  Putrefido

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  Vladdy

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  Stenchurion

• DQIV Bone Baron.png

  Bone baron

• Skeleton Swordsman.png

  Skeleton swordsman

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  Deadcurion

• DQV Lesionnaire.png

  Lesionnaire

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  Bona constrictor

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  Wight prince

• DQVII Fright Knight.png

  Fright knight