Needler

Dragon Quest monster Needler
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese モコッキー Romaji Mokokkī First appearance Dragon Quest XI

The Needler is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series that was first introduced in Dragon Quest XI.

Characteristics

Needlers are short humanoid creatures distinguishable by the cotton fluff balls on their bodies. They carry wicked sharp needles as tall as themselves which they use to make pincushions out of adventurers and are fond of healing their allies with medicinal herbs, but are just as likely to waste their turn in battle dancing. They wear a green grass skirt, yellow shoes, and a brown leather mask with eyes shaped like buttons. On their heads, they have two fluff balls coming out of their masks and fluff on their chin roughly in the shape of a beard. Needlers also have a fluffy tail much like a rabbit.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI

Needler (モコッキー Mokokkī)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	10	0	11
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
9	6	3	3

Bestiary no.	#002
Family	Humanoid
In-game description	Easily recognised by the bundles of abundant fluff spilling from their masks, these furry fellows will make pincushions of pretty much anything they can poke their enormous needles into.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Use medicinal herb Does a little dance (wastes turn) Flee
Location(s)	Cobblestone Tor Heliodor Region
Item(s) dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄32 Lambswool1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-125%	-110%	-110%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
100%	0%	0%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	-25%	0%	0%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Malicious needler (モコッキー・邪 Mokokkī・Ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	352	8	217
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
215	164	845	229

Bestiary no.	#427
Family	Humanoid
In-game description	Needlers who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Uses special medicine Does a little dance (wastes turn) Flee
Location(s)	Cobblestone Tor (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Special medicine1⁄16 Lambswool1⁄32

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	-110%	-110%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
-110%	-110%	-110%	-110%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	0%	0%	0%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

Needler appears as a F-rank monster of the Beast family exclusive to the SP version.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

Needler appears once again as the same rank and family exclusive to the SP version.

Trivia

• In the official artwork for the needler, they have eyes shaped like a plus sign (+), but in-game, their eyes are actually equal signs (=).

Notable Needlers

• Thornton

Related monsters

• Electric needler
• Haystack needler
• Pine needler

Gallery

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  XI polygon model

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  A malicious needler

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  Rivals card