Headhunter

Dragon Quest monster Headhunter File:DQII Headhunter.png
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese くびかりぞく Romaji Kubikarizoku First appearance Dragon Quest II Old localization Hunter

A Headhunter is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. They are wild, leaping humanoids that wield their weapons with reckless abandon.

Description

The Headhunter is a palette swap of the Berserker and, as such, acts in the same way. Headhunters are green humanoids with wild blond hair and a set of jagged fangs lining their mouths. They wield small hatchets and shields and they wear blue tunics and sandals with a purple cape. They also wear silver circlets around their head decorated with a blue gem. Headhunters attack wildly in combat, swinging their axes in quick succession to overwhelm their enemies. When they originally appeared, headhunters had a completely black head, but starting with Dragon Quest VIII, they now have green heads like the rest of their bodies, possibly to avoid any unfortunate resemblance to real-world blackface.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II

Headhunter (くびかりぞく kubikarizoku)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	65	?	82
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
25	70	67	45

Abilities
Location(s)	Slewse region Tower of the Moon
Item Dropped	Iron lance

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
?	?	?	?
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
?	?	?

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	65	?	82
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
25	57	77	97

Abilities
Location(s)	Slewse region Tower of the Moon
Item Dropped	Iron lance (1/16)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
?	?	?	?
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
?	?	?

Dragon Quest VII

Headhunter (くびかりぞく Kubikarizoku)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	48	0	54	40
Agility	Experience	Gold	Recruit Rate
33	21 (PSX) 32 (3DS)	10 (PSX) 15 (3DS)	1⁄32

Bestiary No.	032
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Flails its weapon about fiercely (125% damage)
Location(s)	Roamer Encampment Region Poolside Cave Al-Balad
Item(s) Dropped	Oaken club1⁄128

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%	0%	15%
Poof Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *
90%	100%	15%	0%
Fuddle Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance*	Poison Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *
15%	10%	0%	15%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	0%	0%

3DS version changes

None

Dragon Quest VIII

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	54	0	56
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
53	43	62	18

Bestiary no.	58
Family	Humanoid
In-game description	Known for their jumping ability, these monsters wait for the best opportunity to attack their enemies. Watch out for their vicious slashes and formidable defense abilities.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Attack while defending Uses Medicinal Herbs
Location(s)	Pickham Region
Item(s) dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄8 Scale shield1⁄64

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
1⁄64	0%	25%	25%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice breath Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Woosh Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
25%	25%	25%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance
15%	100%	15%	100%
Fuddle Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Snooze resistance *
50%	15%	50%	50%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	15%	25%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

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Related Monster

• Berserker