Gnuriel

Dragon Quest monster Gnuriel
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese デスゴーゴン Romaji Desugōgon First appearance Dragon Quest VII Old localization Deathgon

The Gnuriel is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VII. It is a mighty wildebeest monster that hails from the underworld.

Characteristics

Gnuriels are enormous beasts with tough grey hides that tower over their enemies. They have tiny solid red eyes, a golden pair of curved horns on their heads, and spikes all over their heads and running down their backs. With their enormous hooves, they attempt to crush adventurers underfoot and the magic beasts will also attempt to slay entire parties with their dreaded Thwack spell. When the gnuriels returned years later in X, their hides became more of a greyish shade of purple.

Appearances

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Gnuriel (デスゴーゴン Desugōgon)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	700	70	300	90
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
110	750 (PS1) 1,125 (3DS)	162 (PS1) 243 (3DS)	1⁄256

Bestiary No.	#251
Spell(s)	Thwack Hocus Pocus*
Skill(s)	Stamps with its giant foot (125% damage)
Location(s)	Cave to Yet Another World 1-3F
Item(s) Dropped	Beast claws1⁄128

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
1⁄64	0%	0%	0%
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%	50%	100%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
100%	50%	90%	50%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	100%	50%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	15%	15%

3DS version changes

Loses the ability to cast Hocus Pocus.

Dragon Quest X

Gnuriels were one of the toughest monsters that appeared in Version 1.0 of the game, possessing over 5,000 HP. In this game, it has the ability to unleash a Total War Cry and can breathe out both Dark Breath and Cursed Mist.

Etymology

• The beast's English name is a combination of Gnu, an alternate name for the common wildebeest, and Uriel, one of the seven Archangels in Christianity. This angelic reference is shared by its pallet-swap cousins, the gnucifers.

• The gnuriel's original name in Japanese, Death Gorgon (デスゴーゴン), references the Gorgons of Greek mythology. The most famous of which are the three sisters Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale, who were women described with venomous snakes in the place of hair and possessed the ability to turn those who beheld them into stone with their horrifying visages. The gnuriel's bestiary description in X references the myth by stating that anyone who bites into their meat is cursed with petrification.

Similar species

• Gnumesis
• Gnucifer

Gallery

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  Appearance in VII's 'The Big Book of Beasts' in the remake

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  A gnuriel in X

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  Battle Road Victory cut-in

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  Rivals card