Chimaera

For the monster class in Dragon Quest VII, see Chimaera (Vocation).

Dragon Quest monster Chimaera

File:DQ Chimaera.png

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese キメラ Romaji Kimera First appearance Dragon Quest Old localization Wyvern

The Chimaera is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the original game, it is a monster with the body of a serpent and the wings and head of a bird.

Characteristics

The standard chimaera has what appears to be a vulture's head with a ring of downy feathers around its neck. Its body is serpentine but also somewhat bloated, making it look more grub-like than snake-like. Its wings are feathered and constantly beat to keep the creature airborne.

Having appeared many times throughout the series, chimaeras have proven themselves to be formidable creatures, often having great potential for strength, magic, and natural skills such as breathing fire and ice. They can be terrible creatures to face in battle and terrific allies to have at one's side.

Appearances

Dragon Quest

Chimaera (キメラ kimera)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	42	?	24	99	56	48	48

Spell(s)
Location(s)	Near Damdara

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄32	15⁄16	1⁄4	0⁄16

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	42	0	64	105	56	48	31

Spell(s)
Location(s)	Near Damdara

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄64	7⁄7	0⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest III

Chimaera

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		38	80	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
120	70	68	1780	75

Bestiary No.	084
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Brutal Strike Flame Breath
Location(s)	Damdara region
Item Dropped	Chimaera wing1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0⁄64	25%	0%	0%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
0%	100%	70%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
100%	25%	25%	25%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
100%	25%	25%

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest V

Chimaera

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	81	7	72	65
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
54	90	45	1/16

Bestiary No.	079
Spell(s)	Midheal
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Mount Magmageddon area Mount Magmageddon
Item dropped	Chimaera wing1⁄8

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
1/16	0%	0%	0%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
20%	20%	20%	20%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
0%	67%	20%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
20%	67%	20%	67%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
20%	67%	0%	67%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VII

Chimaera (キメラ Chimera)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	61	0	73	69
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
40	29 (PS1) 44 (3DS)	18 (PS1) 27 (3DS)	1⁄16

Bestiary No.	044
Spell(s)
Skill(s)	Fire Breath
Location(s)	Dungeon of Descent Alltrades Abbey Temple Palace Al-Balad Likeness of the Great Evil
Item(s) Dropped	Chimaera wing1⁄64 Chimaera heart1⁄16

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
1⁄16	0%	0%	60%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	15%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
80%	0%	10%	15%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	0%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	0%	0%

3DS version changes

None

Dragon Quest VIII

Chimaera

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	45	6	52
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
46	48	54	12

Bestiary no.	56
Family	Bird
In-game description	The wings of these monsters are useful items that allow travelers to teleport to previously visited locations instantly.
Spell(s)	Heal
Skill(s)	Fire Breath
Location(s)	Kingdom of Ascantha
Item(s) dropped	Chimaera Wing1⁄8 Hairband1⁄32

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
1⁄32	0%	50%	50%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
50%	50%	0%	0%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	0%	50%	50%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
15%	0%	15%	50%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	0%	0%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	0%	25%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest IX

#059 - Chimaera
HP MP Experience Gold 75 9 180 89 Attack Defense Speed 70 72 86
Dropped Item	Chimaera Wing (common 1/8) Flurry Feather (rare, 1/32)
Locations	Tywll Cave Slurry Coast Grotto
Bestiary #	059
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	Beastly, burning-breathed birds who are almost impervious to fire, but are taken aback by ice attacks. Their wings are a valued commodity, and shopkeepers are regularly singed to a cinder in search of fresh stock.

Dragon Quest Monsters

Chimera
HP MP Experience Gold 3/5 3/5 Attack Defense Speed 2/5 3/5 4/5
Spells	Level 2 - Heal Level 4 - FrigidAir Level 5 - Sleep
Family	Bird family
Game	Dragon Quest Monsters
Console	GBC

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Chimera
HP MP Experience Gold 6/10 4/10 Attack Defense Speed 4/10 6/10 6/10
Locations	Breed a member of the Bird family with a member of the Dragon family
Spells	FrigidAir, Heal, Sleep
Family	Bird family
Game	Dragon Quest Monsters 2
Console	GBC

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

The player is liable to encounter chimaeras while exploring Xeroph Isle at night, the winged monsters appearing inside the bowl structure of the island during this time.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Chimaeras when synthesised over level twenty create a Chimaera X. Two level fifty Chimaera X's make a Chimaera XY.

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Chimaera

Model	Experience	Gold
	30	27g

List No.	012
Field Notes	These vulture-snake hybrids store up searing flames in their lungs, and spew them forth at foes when fighting. They have a deep-seated dislike of the cold, and some say their wings possess a peculiar power...
Location(s)	Arba Castle - Hero, Caliburgh - Captain, Caliburgh - Hero, Caliburgh Meadow - Captain, Caliburgh Meadow - Hero, Colissea - Hero, Colissean Desert - Hero, Dual Duel Dell - Showdown: Devilish Duo, Sylvea - Recruit, The Shrine of Scales - Recruit, Yggdrasil's Crown - Recruit
Item(s) Dropped	Slipweed, Butterfly wing

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End

Chimaera (キメラ Kimera)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	66	31g	Yes

List No.	038
Field Notes	These vulture-snake hybrids store up searing flames in their lungs, and spew them forth at foes when fighting. They have a deep-seated dislike of the cold, and some say their wings possess a peculiar power...
Location(s)	The Lumberlands, The Battle of Ingenia
Item(s) Dropped	Flurry feather, Slipweed

Dragon Quest Builders

In this game, it is quite important to loot defeated chimaeras for their feathers. Collected chimaera feathers can be made into chimaera wings which can instantly transport the player back to the base.

Chimaera

Chapter 1

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
12	12	2	Chimaera feather (★★★), Monster egg (★★★)
Location(s)
The Ravaged Realm, Hammerhood Heights, The Damdara Desert, Rockbomb Ravine

Chapter 2

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
19	12	0	Chimaera feather (★★★), Monster egg (★★★)
Location(s)
Swamps of Sickness, Prickly Wilds,

Chapter 3

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
20 ~ 82	12 ~ 22	3 ~ 4	Chimaera feather (★★★), Monster egg (★★★)
Location(s)
Bleak and Burning Badlands,Island of Lava, Galenholm Ruins

Final Chapter

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
28	12	2	Chimaera feather (★★★), Monster egg (★★★)
Location(s)
Tantegel moor, Patchwork Island

Sprite

Gallery

• 

  Famicom art.

• DQ Chimaera Battle.png

  Dragon Quest art.

• 

  Mugshot in Dragon Quest V.

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  Recruit in DQV.

• 

  DQMJ model

• 

  Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest.

See also

• Hocus chimaera
• Cosmic chimaera
• Metal chimaera
• Lunar chimaera
• Dreamaera
• Hocus dreamaera
• Uber dreamaera