Ability List

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Note: This list is not yet complete. While most of the spells found in Dragon Quest are included below, a few remain to be added to this list, including their English localization names.

This is a Abilities List for the various non-magical abilities appearing in the Dragon Quest games. For more detail on any given ability, please refer to its applicable page.

• Enix localization = Dragon Warrior VII and the Monsters series on Game Boy, by Enix
• Fan translations = fan-made translations for Dragon Quest V & VI on Super Famicom
• Plus Alpha = Dragon Quest games released under Square Enix, including the Nintendo DS remakes

Breath attacks

Original Japanese	Enix localization	Fan translation(s)	Plus Alpha localization	Effect
ひのいき	FireAir		Fire Breath	10+ Flame damage.
かえんのいき	BlazeAir		Flame Breath	30-40 Flame damage.
はげしいほのお	Scorching	ViolentFlames	Inferno	65-90 Flame damage.
しゃくねつほのお	WhiteFire	InfernalFlames	Scorch	150-170 Flame damage.
れんごくかえん	HellFlame		Hellfire	200~230 Flame damage.
つめたいいき	FrigidAir	Cold Breath	Cool Breath	10+ Ice damage.
こおりのいき	IceAir	Ice Breath	Chilly Breath	50-60 Ice damage.
こごえるふぶき	IceStorm	Blizzard Breath	Freezing Blizzard	120-140 ice damage.
かがやくいき	WhiteAir	Crystal Breath	C-c-cold Breath	200~230 Ice damage.
やみのブレス	N/A	N/A	Dark Breath	Dark damage
どくのいき	PoisonGas	Poison Breath	Poison Breath	Inflicts poison status
もうどくのきり	PoisonAir	Toxic Breath	Venom Mist	Envenomed target loses 6%~10% of max HP per turn
やけつくいき	PalsyAir	BurningBreath, Stun Breath	Burning Breath	Inflicts paralysis
あまいいき	SleepAir	Sweet Breath	Sweet Breath	Inflicts sleep

Melee arts

Original Japanese	Enix localization	Fan translation(s)	Plus Alpha/8-4 localization	Effect
こうげき	Attack	Attack	Attack	Standard melee attack
こんらんこうげき			Confusion Attack	Melee attack with chance to inflict confusion (only used by enemies).
まひこうげき			Paralysis Attack	Melee attack with chance to inflict paralysis
どくこうげき			Poison Attack	Melee attack with chance to inflict poison
ねむりこうげき	NapAttack		Sleep Attack	Melee attack with chance to inflict sleep
へんてこ斬り	Confuhit		Weird Whacker	Melee attack with chance to inflict confusion.
さみだれけん	RainSlash	Spinning Sword	Multislice	Attacks several times
さみだれぎり			Multislash	Attacks several times
皆殺し	Massacre	Slowness	Frenzy	Critical hit on a random allied or enemy target
まじんぎり	EvilSlash	Magiblade	Hatchet Man	All or nothing critical attack
大まじん斬り			Executioner	All or nothing critical attack
かえんぎり	FireSlash	Flame Slash	Flame Slash	Adds Sizz damage property to melee attack
マヒャドぎり	Ice Slash	Ice Slash	Kacrackle Slash	Adds Crack damage property to melee attack
いなずまぎり	Bolt Slash	Electric Slash	Lightning Slash	Adds Bang damage property to melee attack
しんくうぎり		Discharge	Gust Slash	Adds Woosh damage property to melee attack
ドラゴンぎり	Drake Slash	DragonCut	Dragon Slash	+50% damage vs. dragons
メタルぎり	MetalCut	MetalCut	Metal Slash	Always deals at least one point of damage to metal slimes and +50% against machines
はやぶさ斬り	Falcon Cut	Double Slash	Falcon Slash	Attacks twice with 0.75% attack power
ミラクルソード			Miracle Slash	Heals the user with 0.25% of damage given
ギガスラッシュ		GigaSlash	Gigaslash	Heavy damage to one group
ギガブレイク			Gigagash	Heavy damage to one group. Exact damage varies by game
しっぷうづき	SquallHit	First Strike	Mercurial Thrust	Strikes first at 80% power
一閃づき			Thunder Thrust	All or nothing critical attack
雷光一閃突き			Lightning Thrust	All or nothing critical attack with higher accuracy
さみだれづき			Multithrust	Hits 3-4 times
なぎ払い			Clean Sweep (DQ8) Party Pooper (DQ9)	Attacks one group + stun
けものづき			Cattle Prod	+50% damage vs. beasts
ポイズンダガー			Toxic Dagger	Chance to envenom a foe
ポイズンソード			Toxic Sword	Chance to envenom a foe while dealing 25% more damage
アサシンアタック			Assassin's Stab	Chance to instantly slay a foe
ライトニングデス			Sudden Death	Higher chance to instantly slay a foe
キラーブーン			Fly Swat	+50% damage vs. bugs
タナトスハント			Victimiser	+50% more damage to paralyzed and envenomed foes
ヒュプノスハント			Persecutter	+50% damage to sleeping and confused foes
バンパイアエッジ			HP Hoover	Restores health by 0.25% of damage dealt
たいぼく斬			Poplar Toppler	+50% damage to plants
蒼天魔斬			Parallax	+30% damage to one foe with a chance of paralysis
かぶと割り			Helm Splitter	Chance to lower a foe's defence by 50%
オノむそう			Axes of Evil	Attacks a group of foes with descending damage
烈風獣神斬			Typhoeus' Maul	Double damage dealt to beasts, +50% to everything else
森羅万象斬			Whopper Chop	180~220 base damage with 50% chance of a critical hit
ハートブレイク			Heart Breaker	30% chance to stun a foe for one turn
ゴールドハンマー			Penny Pincher	Steals an extra 10% gold from an enemy
ラストバッター			Bagsy Last	User goes last and deals 30% more damage
ドラムクラッシュ			Monster Masher	+50% damage to material monsters
マインドブレイク			Mind Breaker	Higher chance to stun a foe, also deals +25% damage
ランドインパクト			Crackerwhack	160~190 Soil damage to all enemies
ビッグバン		BigBang	Big Banga	Damage variable and attribute depend on game
ゴールドラッシュ			Gold Rush	Steals an extra 20% gold from one foe and deals +25% damage
デビルクラッシュ			Devil Crusher	Double damage dealt to material monsters, +50% to demons, and +10% to everything else
ぬすっと斬り			Steal Sickle	Low chance to steal from a foe
死神のかま			Grim Reaper	Group damaging attack with a chance to instantly slay foes
大どろぼうのかま			Stainless Steal Sickle	Higher chance to steal from a foe
冥王のかま			Grimmer Reaper	Group damage attack with a higher chance to slay foes
おうぎのまい			Fan Dango	Hits 3-4 times at 0.50% damage
ラリホーアロー			Sandman's Arrow	attack 1 enemy + sleep
妖精の矢			Cherub's Arrow	attack 1 enemy + MP recovery
精霊の矢			Seraph's Arrow	attack 1 enemy + MP recovery
ニードルショット			Needle Shot	1 damage; 13% chance to kill instantly
ニードルラッシュ			Needle Rain	Hits 3-4 times for 1 damage; 13% chance to kill instantly
シャイニングボウ			Shining Shot	145~155 Light damage to all foes
マジックアロー			Conjury Conductor	Attack with a 50% chance to lower magical resistance
バードシュート			Flutter Disaster	+50% damage to birds
さみだれうち			Multishot (DQ8) Rain of Pain (DQ9)	Hits 3-4 times at 0.50% damage
天使の矢			Hallowed Arrow	Restores MP by 1/8th of damage dealt
クロスカッター			Crosscutter Throw	Attacks first enemy twice
パワフルスロー			Power Throw	Damage does not decrease with each enemy struck
超パワフルスロー			Super Throw	Damage does not decrease with each enemy struck
シャインスコール			Starburst Throw	95~115 Light damage to all foes
バーニングバード			Firebird Throw	Strikes up to seven times at 0.30% with Frizz-type damage
ギガスロー			Gigathrow	Up to 375 Zap damage to one foe
スライムブロウ			Ooze Bruiser	+50% damage vs slimes
メタルウィング			Metalicker	Always deals at least one point of damage on metal slimes
らせん打ち			Hypnowhip
しばり打ち			Trammel Lash
ねむり打ち			Hit the Hay
しびれ打ち			Whiplash	Attack + paralysis
愛のムチ			Lashings of Love
双竜打ち			Twin Dragon Lash
レディウィップ			Lady's Thong
クィーンウィップ			Queen's Thong
ヒールウィップ			Schadenfreude
地這い大蛇			Serpent's Bite
足払い	LegSweep	SweepKick	Leg Sweep
回し蹴り	RoundHouse	Spin Kick	Roundhouse Kick
とび膝蹴り	JumpKick	Jump Kick	Flying Knee	150% damage to flying foes
石つぶて	CragThrow	RockThrow	Stone's Throw
かまいたち	WindBeast	Wind Slash	Wind Sickles
せいけんづき	Punch	Spirit Punch	Knuckle Sandwich
しんくうは	Vacuum	Vacuum Blade	Thin Air
ムーンサルト	BackFlip	MoonSalt	Harvest Moon	Cartwheels into enemies. 3x damage to one foe, 2x damage to two foes, etc.
ミラクルムーン			Miracle Moon	Cartwheels into enemies; recovers HP
岩石おとし		Rockslide	Boulder Toss	Throws a large boulder at enemies.
ばくれつけん	QuadHits	SwordLine	Multifists	Hits 3-4 times
ロストアタック			Morale Masher	Melee attack that cuts enemy tension
やいばくだき			Attack Attacker	Melee attack that reduces enemy strength by 25%,
たいあたり	Ram Attack	ThrowSelf	Body Slam	Reduces HP of target and user by 80%
とうこん討ち			Clap Trap	+25% damage to one foe
もろば斬り	2EdgeHit		Double-Edged Slash	+50% damage to one foe. User takes 20% of damage dealt
無心こうげき			Blind Man's Biff	+50% damage to one random foe
アルテマソード	UltraHit	Ultima Sword	Blade of Ultimate Power	500~600 damage to one foe

Defensive

Original Japanese	Enix localization	Fan translation(s)	Plus Alpha localization	Effect
ぼうぎょ			Defend	Basic command
大ぼうぎょ		Defenses	Defending Champion	Reduces damage by 90%
やいばのぼうぎょ			Pincushion
うけながしのかまえ			Back Atcha
かばう			Whipping Boy
におうだち	Protect	Guardian, Protect	Forbearance	Shields entire party
ビッグシールド			Immense Defence	Increases chance of blocking with shield
ミラーシールド			Magic Mirror	Reflect magic attacks
といきがえし			Reverse Cycle	Reflects breath attacks
おいかぜ			Backdraft	Reflects breath attacks

Dances

Original Japanese	Enix localization	Fan translation(s)	Plus Alpha localization	Effect
みかわしきゃく	Sidestep	Deflect	Dodgy Dance	Lowers MP
ふしぎなおどり	Odd Dance	Strange Jig / Strange Dance	Weird Dance	Lowers MP
さそうおどり	Lure Dance	Entice Dance	Sultry Dance	Distracts enemy
ステテコダンス	Boxer Dance		Underpants Dance	Distracts group of enemies
ハッスルダンス	Hustle		Hustle Dance	Heals all party members
メダパニダンス	Panidance	Chaos Dance	Fuddle Dance	Inflicts confusion
つるぎのまい	Sword Dance		Sword Dance	Four hits at 75% power
死の踊り	K.O Dance	Death Dance	Death Dance	Kills enemies
メガザルダンス	Life Dance	GiveLife Dance	Kerplunk Dance	Sacrifices self to revive allies
バックダンサー呼び	N/A	N/A	Disco Stew

Songs

Original Japanese	Enix localization	Fan translation(s)	Plus Alpha localization	Effect
せいれいのうた	LifeSong		Song of Salvation	Attempts to revive fallen party members with a two turn hymn.
たたかいのうた			Gritty Ditty	Increases the parties attack

Unsorted

Original Japanese	Enix localization	Fan translation(s)	Plus Alpha localization	Effect
いなずま		Bolt	Lightning	Lightning damage
ジゴスパーク Jigosupaku	HellBlast	GigaSpark	Lightning Storm	Heavy Lightning damage
津波	Tsunami	Tsunami	Tidal Wave	30~40 Woosh damage
マグマ	Magma	Magma	Magma Blast	75~85 Flame damage
じわれ	Tremor	Tremor	Fissure
ひばしら		FlameOrb	Pyre o' Fire	175~195 Flame damage
まぶしいひかり	Flash	Dazzle	Dazzleflash	Blinds opponents
まばゆいせんこう			Blinder	Attack + blinds opponents
回転攻撃			Roundaclout
魔結界			Spooky Aura	Reduces magic resistance
巴投げ	Suplex	TossFiend	Heave-Ho	Chance to remove an enemy from battle
なめまわし	LushLicks	Spin Lick	Tongue Lashing	Afflicted suffers goosebumps (skips next turn)
ひゃくれつなめ	SickLick	Dark Lick	Tongue Bashing	Attempts to reduce one foe's defence to zero
おたけび	WarCry	Scream	War Cry	Scares a group of enemies
超おたけび			Raging Roar	Scares all enemies
投げキッス			Blow Kiss
ぱふぱふ			Puff-Puff	Distract an enemy with feminine curves
ヒップアタック			Hip Drop
セクシービーム	N/A	N/A	Sexy Beam	65~75 damage to one enemy with a chance to confuse
ピンクタイフーン	N/A	N/A	Pink Typhoon	76~84 woosh damage to a group of enemies
ためる			Psyche Up	Increases tension
気合ため	PsycheUp	PowerUp	Focus Strength	Increases strength for one turn
力ため	ChargeUp	WindUp	Muster Strength	Increases Strength for one turn
ツッコミ	Mineuchi		Sobering Slap	Removes confusion and sleep from one ally

See Also

• Spell List