Great dragon

Dragon Quest monster Great dragon

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese グレイトドラゴン Romaji Gureito doragon First appearance Dragon Quest V Old localization GreatDrak

The great dragon is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, it is a large, bipedal dragon covered in gold scales.

Characteristics

Great dragons are adequately described by their name: they are large dragons with wings, a long tail, horns, and golden scales that add up to make a very grand-looking creature. Due to some similarity in coloration and head shape, some fans theorize that these wondrous wyrms are the adult stage of the Small fry despite the small fries themselves possibly being in their adult stage already.

The power of the great dragon is as impressive as its looks. They are normally in command of some of the most potent breath attacks there are, have excellent strength, and tend to resist many elements. Due to this, great dragons aren't normally seen until the player nears the end of the games they appear in.

Appearances

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Great Dragon (グレイトドラゴン Gureito doragon)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	250	0	220	160
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
95	1,010 (SFC) 810 (Remakes)	158	1⁄64

Bestiary No.	#163
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Call for backup (Great dragon) Grabs character (125% damage) Inferno Regenerates 20 HP per turn
Location(s)	Nadiria region Mt. Zugzwang
Item dropped	Rebirth stone1⁄128

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
0/64	20%	100%	100%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
20%	100%	100%	100%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
67%	100%	100%	20%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
100%	100%	100%	100%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
67%	0%	100%	100%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Great dragons appear for the first time, though they are not encountered until the player reaches Nadiria: essentially right before the end of the game. They can be incredibly threatening monsters thanks to their excellent elemental resistances, powerful fire breath, mighty physical blows, and tendency to call in other great dragons. Lucky players might occasionally recruit a great dragon, bringing the monster's might over to their side.

Dragon Quest X

Reappearing from the first half of 3.5 onwards, the Great Dragons focus on damaging the entire party by swinging their long tails, screaming a Total War Cry, and spewing Blessed Breath for Light-based damage. Additionally, they have learned to use Disruptive Wave.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Great dragon (グレイトドラゴン Gureito doragon)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	1,900	80	485
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
361	121	2,707	436

Bestiary no.	#384
Family	Dragon
In-game description	Great golden wyrms whose roars echo around the underworld and beyond, causing all who hear them to cower in abject terror.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Bites character (125% damage) Grabs character (125% damage) Scorch Tail swing (targets party)
Location(s)	Fortress of Fear (second act)
Item(s) dropped	Dragon hide1⁄8 Staff of Resurrection1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/A	75%	75%	75%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
75%	75%	-125%	25%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	75%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	99%	75%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Vicious great dragon (グレイトドラゴン・強 Gureito doragon・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	2,600	120	548
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
408	190	5,072	730

Bestiary no.	#639
Family	Dragon
In-game description	Great dragons driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Bites character (125% damage) Grabs character (125% damage) Scorch Tail swing (targets party)
Location(s)	The Luminary's Trial - Citadel of Spite (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Dragon hide1⁄8 Staff of Resurrection1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/A	75%	75%	75%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
75%	75%	-125%	25%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	75%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	99%	75%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Monsters

GreatDrak (グレイトドラゴン Gureito doragon)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	60	2/5	1/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
3/5	2/5	5/5	4/5

Family	Dragon
In-game description	The biggest dragon in the dragon family
Abilities	FrigidAir, IceSlash, SuckAll
Habitat	Old Man's Gate
Breeding chart	Dragon x Dragon

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Strong	Immune	Immune	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
Weak	Weak	None	Weak
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Immune	Immune	Weak	Immune
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Strong	Strong	Weak	Weak
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
Weak		Weak

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

GreatDrak (グレイトドラゴン Gureito doragon)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	?	6/10	3/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
7/10	5/10	6/10	6/10

Family	Dragon
In-game description
Abilities	FrigidAir, IceSlash, SuckAll
Habitat
Breeding chart	DragonKid (+5 and up) x DragonKid (+5 and up) Dragon (+5 and up) x Dragon (+5 and up)

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Strong	Immune	Immune	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
Weak	Weak	Weak	None
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
Weak	Immune	Immune	Weak
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Immune	Strong	Strong	Weak
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
Weak	Weak	Weak

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

The Great dragon is the last monster in the Dragon family that can be synthesized without using a specific combination. They are necessary for synthesizing other monsters such as the mechan-o'-wyrm and black dragon. One appears as a boss in the temple on Celeste Isle.

Great dragon
Family	Dragon
Rank	A
Description	The golden scales of this mighty dragon shield it from both frost and flame.
Weapons	Axes, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Traits	-
Resistances	Fire Breathproof, Ice Breathproof, Whackproof
Skill	Ice
Location	-
Breeding chart	Drakularge x Jamirus A-Rank x Dragon family

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Great dragon
Family	Dragon
Rank	A
Size	S
Weapons	Axes, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Traits	Frizzmeister, Crafty Fire Breather
Resistances	Immune to Fire Breath, Cold Breath, and Whack
Skill	Ice
Location	-
Breeding chart	Drakularge x Fright knight or Dancing flame

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

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

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Great dragon (グレイトドラゴン Gureito doragon)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,390	270
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
620	570	450	360

Bestiary No.	#110
Rank	B
In-game description	Heroic drakes who have lived since the world was young. The rich lustre absorbed by their golden scales over the aeons allows them to unleash powerful light-elemental breath attacks
Talents	Respirator (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Close Scraper (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Frizzer (lv. 20) Insta-Oomph (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Dodge Denier (lv. 1) Late Bloomer (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
50%	-25%	0%	0%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
50%	0%	25%	50%
Dark Resistance *	Debilitation Resistance*	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *
0%	25%	50%	25%
MP Absorption Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *	Sleep Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Stun Resistance *		Poison Resistance *
50%		-25%
Instant Death Resistance *
25%

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light

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Dragon Quest of the Stars

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Dragon Quest Rivals

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Dragon Quest Walk

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Dragon Quest Tact

Great dragon appears as a S-rank monster of the Dragon family that can be scouted normally from any banner. It can participate in the Gasbagon's Battle Road as a party member.

Great dragon (グレイトドラゴン Gureito doragon)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Dragon				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
130		998	483	2-3
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
445	437	523	293	50

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Chilly Breath		Blizzard Rush*		C-c-cold Breath* Talent Blossoming: Ice

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Crackmeister / Stats Up	Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up	C-c-cold Breath Potency +5% / Stats Up / Ice Potency +5%
Fourth	Fifth
Sizz Res +25 / Stats Up	C-c-cold Breath Potency +5% / Stats Up / Ice Potency +5%

Leader Perks

First

Raises breath potency of dragon allies, including itself, by 20% in a 5x5 square around it.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
AGL +20	Max MP +15	C-c-cold Breath Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Crackmeister: Lowers Crack-type ability MP cost, raises potency.

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	Normal
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Very Weak	Normal	Normal	Normal
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Immune	Super Weak

Dragon Quest Keshi Keshi

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Similar species

• Black dragon
• Lord Dragon
• Noble dragon
• Renegade dragon

Gallery

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  Super Famicom artwork.

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  Recruit in DQ V.

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  Being pampered by Cobi and Tara

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  A great dragon in X.

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  XI polygon model

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  A vicious great dragon

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  Stars polygon model

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  Great dragon at the arena in Tact.

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  Great dragon and Slimecicle in Tact

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  Great dragon in Walk

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  A great dragon in Dragon Quest Keshi Keshi

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  Rivals card

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  DQ Trading Card Game card.

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  A trading card of Caesar, the Great dragon recruit from V.

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  Dragon Quest Sofubi Monster

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  Metallic Monster Gallery

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  DQM I & II sprite

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  Caravan Heart sprite

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  Joker polygon model

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  Joker 2 polygon model

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  Final Fantasy Brave Exvius sprite

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