Undead family

The Undead family (Japanese Katakana: ゾンビ Romanji: Zonbi Zombie) refers to certain types of monsters in the 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

Introduced in 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.

• Ghost
• Fightgeist
• Spitegeist
• Skeleton
• Skeleton Scrapper
• Skeleton Soldier
• Dark Skeleton

Introduced in 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.

• Spirit
• Sekerleton
• Walking Corpse
• Corpse corporal
• Ghoul
• Mummy Boy
• Mummy
• Deadnaut
• Chasmonaut
• Hargonaut

Introduced in 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
• One-man army
• Armful
• Toxic zombie
• Vladdy
• Drac the Vlad
• Silhouette
• Skeleton swordsman
• Dragon zombie (receives bonus damage from Dragon slayer as well)
• Drakenstein (receives bonus damage from Dragon slayer as well)

Introduced in Dragon Quest IV

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

Introduced in Dragon Quest V

• Bona constrictor
• Brrrattling snake
• Deadcurion
• Lesionnaire
• Wight prince
• Wight king

Introduced in 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
• Water wraith
• Corpsickle
• Grim keeper
• Mortamor's head

Introduced in Dragon Quest VII

• Night knight
• Fright knight

Introduced in 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.

• Phantom fencer
• Blood mummy
• Phantom swordsman
• Dark skeleton
• Dullahan
• Dark dullahan
• Wight priest
• Invisible swordsman
• Hell's gatekeeper

Introduced in Dragon Quest IX

Zombies will receive 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.

• 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 the Undead 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

• DQII Ghoul.png

  Ghoul

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  Corpse corporal

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  Toxic zombie

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  Sekerleton

• DQII Mummy.png

  Mummy

• DQII Mummy Boy.png

  Mummy boy

• DQII Muddy Hand.png

  Muddy hand

• BloodyHandArt.png

  Bloody hand

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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

• DQVI Dead Resident.png

  Dead resident

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  Wraithwand

• ZombieGladiatorArt.png

  Zombie gladiator

• DQVII Fright Knight.png

  Fright knight

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  Blood mummy

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  Phantom fencer

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  Dark skeleton (DQVIII)

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  Tortured soul