Armful

Dragon Quest monster Armful
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese じごくのきし Romaji Jigoku no kishi First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization Marauder (III NES)
HellNite (III GBC)

The Armful is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series first introduced in Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation. Having multiple extremities, it attacks several times per turn in each appearance.

Characteristics

Armfuls are skeletal warriors that have gained two extra pairs of arms to attack with, wielding wicked sabers in each of their hands. They are more armored than the typical skeleton, wearing a small breastplate over their sternum, a spiked helmet on their skulls, a pair of boots, and gloves on each of their hands. In their original coloration, they had grey armor, dark orange bones, and swords made of both red and grey metal, shifting to yellowing bones and grey-green armor starting with the Super Famicom version of III. The hellish knights often have the ability to act twice per turn and can paralyze opponents by exhaling burning breath from their maws. The armfuls returned to the main series after 30 years like many classic monsters with their original Famicom coloration.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Armful (じごくのきし Jigoku no kishi)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		34	130	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
115	63	58	1190	73

Bestiary No.	#100
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Acts twice per turn Burning Breath
Location(s)	Baramos' Lair Maw of the Necrogond Tantegel area Craggy Cave
Item Dropped	Seed of agility1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0⁄64	25%	25%	25%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
25%	100%	70%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
25%	70%	70%	25%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
100%	0%	25%

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Armful (じごくのきし Jigoku no kishi)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	554	11	196
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
183	146	1,299	235

Bestiary no.	#330
Family	Undead
In-game description	With their six arms each able to swing a sword, these terrors attack from all angles at once, making them fearsome foes to defend against.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Occasionally acts twice per turn Makes a violent slashing attack (125% damage) Desperate attack Becomes Pepped up Burning Breath Robochop
Location(s)	The Manglegrove - Whale Way Station (second act) The Battleground (second act) Baramos' Lair (3DS and Definitive Edition only)
Item(s) dropped	Big bone1⁄8 Bandit mail1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-150%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	50%	100%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
100%	25%	0%	100%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	99%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
100%	0%	0%

Malicious armful (じごくのきし・邪 Jigoku no kishi・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	676	22	248
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
338	186	1,897	159

Bestiary no.	#405
Family	Undead
In-game description	Armfuls who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Occasionally acts twice per turn Makes a violent slashing attack (125% damage) Desperate attack Becomes Pepped up Burning Breath Robochop Robochop 2 (Pep power)
Location(s)	The Battleground (third act) The Manglegrove - Whale Way Station (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Big bone1⁄8 Bandit mail1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-150%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	75%	100%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
100%	25%	0%	100%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	99%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
100%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light

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Dragon Quest Tact

Armful appears as an A-rank member of the Undead family as part of the limited Dragon Quest III event and it stars in its own Battle Road. It can be recruited from Chapter 4, Episode 1: To Baramos Castle of the event quests at any difficulty and it can also participate in the Skelegon's Battle Road as a party member.

Armful (じごくのきし Jigoku no kishi)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Undead				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
120		900	297	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
421	405	323	207	35

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Burning Breath		Aeolian Slash*		Wild Slash*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Rare HP Regen / Stats Up	Zam Res +25 / Stats Up	Wild Slash Potency +5% / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Woosh Res +25 / Stats Up	Wild Slash Potency +5%

Leader Perks

First

Raises physical potency of undead allies, including itself, by 10% in a 5x5 square around it.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
ATK +10	DEF +15	Wild Slash Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Rare HP Regen: Rarely heals HP at action start.

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

Trivia

• Their names reference their multiple arms and are also a play on "Harmful", which they also are given their warlike purpose.

Similar species

• Grievous bodily arm
• One-man army
• Skeleton swordsman

Gallery

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  Along with a Troll, Liquid metal slime, & Infanticore.

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  XI polygon model.

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  A malicious armful

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  Stars model

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  Appearance in Super Light

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  The armful appearing as part of the III collaboration in Tact.

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  DQ Trading Card