Sasquash

Dragon Quest monster Sasquash

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ビッグスロース Romaji Biggusurōsu First appearance Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen Old localization Big sloth (IV NES)

The Sasquash is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest IV.

Its name is a reference to the legendary cryptid Sasquatch from the forests of North America.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

Sasquash (ビッグスロース Biggusurōsu)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	250	8	135
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
40	37	589	99

Bestiary No.	#142
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Occasionally starts battle asleep. Gets serious. (under 1⁄3rd HP.) Weird Dance
Location(s)	Doorway to Nadiria (Chapters 5 & 6) Nadiria Watchtower (Chapters 5 & 6) Fungeon (Chapters 5 & 6)
Item Dropped	Thalian staff(1⁄256)

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
0⁄64	25%	25%	25%
Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
25%	25%	0%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Bracer Resistance	Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance
100%	100%	0%	0%
Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
100%	25%	25%	100%

Remakes (PSX, DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Psyched up

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	Varies	8	120
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
90	62	1,033	99

Bestiary No.	#142
Spell(s)	Frizzle Kacrackle (fails) Kasizzle (fails) Kaswoosh
Skill(s)	Flee
Location(s)	Doorway to Nadiria (Chapters 5 & 6) Nadiria Watchtower (Chapters 5 & 6) Fungeon (Chapters 5 & 6)
Item Dropped	Thalian staff(1⁄256)

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
1⁄64	75%	75%	75%
Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
25%	25%	0%	25%
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Bracer Resistance	Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance
75%	0%	100%	100%
Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
0%	0%	0%	25%

Remakes (PSX, DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Sasquash (ビッグスロース Biggusurōsu)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	85	2	75	50
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
35	74	42	N/A

Bestiary No.	#068
Spell(s)	Buff
Skill(s)	Flee
Location(s)	Scary Lair Scuttlebutt area Stockenbarrel area
Item dropped	Seed of strength1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
0/64	0%	0%	0%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
20%	67%	67%	0%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
0%	20%	0%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
20%	0%	20%	20%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
20%	0%	20%	0%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest X

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

Sasquash (ビッグスロース Biggusurōsu)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	18,405	470g	Yes

List No.	#141
Field Notes	Big, bushy beasts that take it easy most of the time—but if anyone attacks them, they bite right back! They do a good job of looking dozy, but are actually quite adroit. Underestimate them at your peril.
Location(s)	The Fetid Foothills, The Frosty Foothills
Item(s) Dropped	Lambswool, Bunny tail

Dragon Quest Tact

Sasquash appears as a B-rank monster of the Beast family in Part 4 of the main storyline. It can be recruited from Chapter 1, Episode 5: Voyage by Sea 1 of Part 4. The sasquash can participate in the Ace of Spades' Battle Road as a party member.

Sasquash (ビッグスロース Biggusurōsu)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Beast				Debuff
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
110		1,006	271	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
207	311	387	111	25

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Ironclad Defence		Megaton Punch*		Probing Tongue*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Martial MP Cost -5%/Stats Up	Frizz Res +25/Stats Up	Probing Tongue Potency +5%/Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Sizz Res +25/Stats Up	Probing Tongue Potency +5%/Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Max HP +15	Probing Tongue Potency +2%	N/a

Perk Details

First

Martial MP Cost -5%: Lowers martial MP cost by 5%.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Half Res	Half Res	Normal	Very Weak
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Normal	Very Weak	Normal	Super Weak
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Super Weak
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Immune	Half Res
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Related monsters

Similar species

• Abominable Showman
• Jolly sasquash
• Powie yowie
• Sweaty yeti
• Remote

Gallery

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  A Sasquash, a Night clubber and a Damselfly in the Doorway to Nadiria from IV. (Cell phone)

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  A serious Sasquash, a Night clubber and a Damselfly in the Doorway to Nadiria from IV. (Cell phone)

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  A Sasquash, a Night clubber and a Pickeerer in the Doorway to Nadiria from IV. (Cell phone)

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  A serious Sasquash, a Night clubber and a Pickeerer in the Doorway to Nadiria from IV. (Cell phone)

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  A serious Sasquash and three regular Sasquashes in the Nadiria Watchtower from IV. (Cell phone)

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  A Sasquash in X.

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  Rivals card.