Golem

Dragon Quest monster Golem File:GolemArt.png
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ゴーレム First appearance Dragon Quest

For the monster class in Dragon Quest VII, see Golem (Class).

The golem is a recurring material monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the first game as a boss, it has since appeared in several other installments of the series, primarily as a normal enemy.

Characteristics

Golems are hulking man-shaped monsters made of clay bricks. This sums up most of their appearances with their face being the only other detail: a slit-like opening with two eyes glowing from the darkness.

Since the appearance of the first golem the species has solidified itself as a hefty force of physical might but one that lacks in resistance to spells. One of the most notable vulnerabilities of the golem is that of sleep-inducing abilities, an Achilles' heel that made the first golem easy to defeat and has since, for the most part, stuck with the monster as one of its more unfortunate qualities.

Appearances

Dragon Quest

The Golem guards the town of Mercado and must be defeated before that town may be entered. It can be put to sleep with a fairy flute to make the battle easier.

Golem
HP MP Experience Gold 70 0 5 10 Attack Defense Speed 120 60 39
Locations	Mercado
Game	Dragon Quest
Console	NES

Golem
HP MP Experience Gold 155 0 2000 10 Attack Defense Speed 120 60 39
Locations	Mercado
Game	Dragon Quest
Console	SNES

Golem
HP MP Experience Gold 155 0 2000 10 Attack Defense Speed 120 60 39
Locations	Mercado
Game	Dragon Quest
Console	GBC

Dragon Quest V

The first reappearance of the golem since it was introduced in the original game. Though they possess no notability in the game's story, they are among the easiest monsters to recruit and far and away one of the most powerful as well.

Golem
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HP MP Experience Gold 190 0 330 90 Attack Defense Speed 160 150 51
Dropped Item	Seed of Strength
Capture Rate	1/4
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	SNES

Golem
File:Dq7golem.gif
HP MP Experience Gold 190 0 330 90 Attack Defense Speed 160 150 51
Dropped Item	Seed of Strength
Capture Rate	1/4
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	DS

Dragon Quest VII

Golem
File:Golem.gif1
HP MP Experience Gold 280 0 60 70 Attack Defense Speed
Dropped Item	Wind Shard
Locations	Rexwood
Family	Material family
Game	Dragon Quest VII
Console	PSX

The Golem is a boss fought in the Rexwood Tower.

Dragon Quest VIII

#156 - Golem
File:Golem.png
HP MP Experience Gold 225 0 237 50 Attack Defense Speed 177 153 80
Dropped Item	Rennet Powder (Common) Titan Belt (Rare)
Locations	Arcadia Region
Bestiary #	156
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2

While normal golems do not appear until later on in the story, the player can find a wandering one in the Maella Region that they can recruit for their monster team.

Dragon Quest IX

#161 - Golem
HP MP Experience Gold 300 0 1700 174 Attack Defense Speed 175 210 99
Dropped Item	Flintstone (common, 1/16) Mythril ore (rare, 1/128)
Locations	Lonely Coast Wyrmwing Wyrmneck Wyrmsmaw Grotto
Skills	Psych Up Critical strike
Bestiary #	161
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	Though weak against wind, these stony souls will weather a storm of blows before unleashing a cataclysmic critical attack. If you ask them which monster has the most mates, they won't hesitate to suggest their own big-headed, bricky selves.

Monsters series

Golem
File:Golem.png1
HP MP Experience Gold 3/5 3/5 Attack Defense Speed 3/5 2/5 2/5
Spells	Level 13 - PsycheUp Level 15 - ChargeUp Level 15 - Strong D
Family	Material family
Game	Dragon Quest Monsters
Console	GBC

Golem
File:Golem.png1
HP MP Experience Gold 6/10 3/10 Attack Defense Speed 7/10 6/10 3/10
Locations	Breed a MudDoll with another MudDoll
Spells	ChargeUp, Meditate, RockThrow
Family	Material family
Game	Dragon Quest Monsters 2
Console	GBC

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Golems are rank A members of the material family, but not the top A monster of that group. A golem acts as the sentinel of the Xeroph Isle shrine and must be defeated in order to help the Incarnus reach its goal.}}

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

Golems do not appear until near the end of the game, acting as mechs piloted by platypunk members of the Plob within the Flying Clawtress and can also be piloted by the player once unmanned. They are potent monsters, capable of delivering charging punches and hitting their fists together to ward off opponents that are too close for comfort. If one is already being manned by a platypunk, it must be struck with three Elasto Blasts before the pilot will be forced to disembark. These 'liberated' golems, and ones left unattended, can only suffer another three attacks before they go inoperable and explode, regardless of whether the player is piloting them or they are unmanned. Since they are too big and heavy to be knocked into the air and carried around, a chimaera wing must be thrown at them in order to send them back to town.

Golems can also be used in tank battles, though they act the same way as they do outside of these battles, meaning they do nothing more than stand idle until the player jumps in to command one, being somewhat disadvantageous since only two other crew members will be left free and even more disadvantageous if these remaining crew members are poor at handling the cannons. This aside, golems can be incredibly useful when it comes to sabotaging an enemy tank since their fist-clapping move can quickly break open the entryway of an enemy tank, and their charging punches can wreck a whole wall of machinery when positioned right and easily enable one to reach the enemy's engine when the time arrives, but they can still only deal with three attacks before being defeated. An exploding golem can damage the player both inside and outside of tank battles, so it is recommended to gain some distance when a golem has taken as much as it can.

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

A golem named Briquet is the boss of Galantyne Glades.

Dragon Quest Builders

Like in the original Dragon Quest, the Golem is the first boss fought in the game. At the end of Chapter 1, the Golem attacks the player's town.

Variants

Gold Golem

Dragon Quest monster Gold Golem File:GoldGolemArt.png
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ゴールドマン Romaji gourudoman First appearance Dragon Quest

The gold golem is summed up by its name: it is a golem made out of gold bricks. Typically the go-to monster for amassing quick cash, the creature is usually the weakest out of the golem family.

Dragon Quest

Gold Golem
HP MP Experience Gold 50 6 200 Attack Defense Speed 48 40 26
Game	Dragon Quest
Console	NES

Gold Golem
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HP MP Experience Gold 99 0 6 650 Attack Defense Speed 48 30 26
Game	Dragon Quest
Console	SNES, GBC

Dragon Quest VII

#138 - Gold Golem
File:Goldman.gif1
HP MP Experience Gold 255 0 80 80 Attack Defense Speed 130 120 54
Dropped Item	Gold Bracelet
Locations	Deja
Skills	Brutal Hit Charge Up
Family	Material
Capture Rate	Very Hard
Bestiary #	138
Game	Dragon Quest VII
Console	PSX

Dragon Quest VIII

#110 - Gold Golem
File:Gold golem.png
HP MP Experience Gold 120 0 54 726 Attack Defense Speed 152 98 60
Locations	Holy Isle of Neos
Skills	Desperate attack
Family	Material family
Bestiary #	110
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2
Description	Golden creatures that have taken it upon themselves to protect the Holy Isle of Neos and the Goddess statue erected there.

Dragon Quest IX

#96 - Gold Golem
File:Dq9goldman.png
HP MP Experience Gold 250 0 414 505 Attack Defense Speed 136 130 77
Dropped Item	Gold ring (common, 1/32) Gleeban gold piece (rare, 1/256)
Locations	Djust Desert Grotto
Family	Material
Bestiary #	96
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	Heavyweights who save up their strength, then hit hard. Beat them, though, and you just might break the bank. Some say that the storied city of gold said to stand somewhere in the Djust Desert is only a gold golem seen through a heat haze.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Gold golems appear as rank D members of the material family and can be scouted within Palaish Isle's shrine where they can be found on the second floor in the room with a coat-of-arms hanging on the far-wall, though their appearances are relatively rare.

In Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2, the gold golem is a Rank D material monster in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2. One can be synthesized by mixing a metal slime and a gasbagon.

#70 - Gold golem
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HP MP Experience Gold ??? ??? ??? ??? Attack Defense Speed ??? ??? ???
Dropped Item	???
Locations	Palaish Isle Shrine
Skills	???
Spells	???
Family	???
Bestiary #	70
Game	Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Console	DS
Description	Glittery golems who have the Midas touch -- and an explosive punch.

Stone Golem

Dragon Quest monster Stone golem File:DQ Stone Golem.png
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ストーンマン First appearance Dragon Quest

The stone golem (originally Stoneman and Rock Golem) is a golem constructed of stone blocks instead of clay bricks.

While some games have had stone golems as being superior to their normal brethren, other titles have shown the stone golem as being weaker, though they still boast the strength and stamina of their relatives. They are especially prone to charging up power for increased strength to their already crushing blows.

Stone Golem
HP MP Experience Gold 160 65 (NES) 155 (GBC) 140 (NES) 148 (GBC) Attack Defense Speed 100 40 40
Locations	Charlock Castle
Game	Dragon Quest
Console	NES, SNES, GBC, Mobile

#102 - Stone Golem
File:Stoneman.gif1File:Dq5stonegolemds.png
HP MP Experience Gold 120 176 195 (SNES) 65 (DS) Attack Defense Speed 125 (SNES) 130 (DS) 110 33
Dropped Item	Rebirth stone
Locations	Gotha area
Skills	Focus Strength
Bestiary #	102
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	SNES, DS

#64 - RockGolem
HP MP Experience Gold 115 45 35 Attack Defense Speed 85 84 56
Dropped Item	LifeRock
Locations	Hamelia
Skills	Brutal Hit Charge Up
Bestiary #	64
Game	Dragon Quest VII
Console	PSX

The RockGolem can be found in the Avon Tunnel and the Mountain Tower before and during the flood and in the present.

#177 - Stone golem
File:Stone golem.png
HP MP Experience Gold 278 0 340 38 Attack Defense Speed 223 113 78
Dropped Item	Strong Medicine (common) Rockbomb Shard (rare)
Locations	Isolated Plateau
Bestiary #	177
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2

#078 - Stone golem
HP MP Experience Gold 156 0 400 126 Attack Defense Speed 104 130 55
Dropped Item	Flintstone (common, 1/16) Resurrock (rare, 1/128)
Locations	Heights of Loneliness Bloomingdale (lighthouse) Grotto
Skills	Forbearance
Family	Material
Bestiary #	078
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	They protect their pals with their bulky bodies, and brush off bog-standard blows with ease. Hit them hard or not at all. The rock blocks of a ruined temple absorbed an evil aura and assembled to form the first stone golem.

Etymology

Golems are beings from Jewish folklore, often portrayed as servants animated from clay that obediently carry out orders but often to warped or far too literal extents.

Gallery

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  The Hero battling the Golem

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  Golem battle in Dragon Warrior (NES)

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  Golem in Dragon Warrior (NES)

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  Golemator tank in Rocket Slime

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  Hard-Boiled Egg

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  DQ Trading Card Game card

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

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  A golem from the Sofubi Monster merchandise series.

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  Battling a Golem in Dragon Quest XI

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  Golem battle in Dragon Quest Builders

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  NES screenshot

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  Dragon Quest

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  Dragon Warrior (SNES)

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  Dragon Warrior I (GBC)

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  Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest

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  Gold golem from the Sofubi Monster merchandise series.

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  Dragon Warrior (NES)

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  Dragon Quest (SNES)

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  Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest

Related Monsters

• Golemuga
• Chocolate golem
• Grim golem