Lunatick

Dragon Quest monster Lunatick

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese メーダ Romaji Mēda First appearance Dragon Quest Old localization Druin
Eyeder

The Lunatick is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first introduced in the original Dragon Quest. It is a bizarre monocular monster that floats in midair with the aid of its many tentacles.

Characteristics

Like some horrifying nightmare from the depths, the Lunatick is hardly anything more than an eye, a pair of antennae, and a bunch of tentacles attached to a purple carapace. The monster's singular eye is constantly turned to face the player. They float about in midair with their tentacles as though they are swimming. The lunatick later gained the ability to fire off a paralyzing beam from their eye and disable opponents by tickling them with their tentacles. In most games, they are counted as bugs, but later became members of the Demon family due to their unusual and nightmarish origins.

Appearances

Dragon Quest

Lunatick (メーダ Mēda)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	22	0	7	16	20	18	18

Spell(s)
Location(s)	Craggy Cave

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄32	15⁄16	0⁄16	0⁄16

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	22	0	14	21	20	18	11

Spell(s)
Location(s)	Craggy Cave

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄16	7⁄7	0⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

##032 - Lunatick
HP MP Experience Gold 36 8 70 32 Attack Defense Speed 35 40 41
Dropped Item	Leather whip1⁄32 Magic water1⁄64
Locations	Brigadoom
Skills	None
Spells	Paralaser (12~17 lightning damage and paralysis to one party member) Tickle (stuns one party member)
Family	Bug
Bestiary #	#032
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Japanese Name	メーダ
Romanized Jap.	Mēda
Description	They distract enemies by tickling them with their teeming tentacles, then punish them with a paralysing ray. Their enormous eyes evolved to allow them to lurk in long grasses, then pounce when prey passes.

Dragon Quest X

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Dragon Quest Monsters

Eyeder (メーダ Mēda)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	45	3/5	5/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
2/5	1/5	5/5	5/5

Family	Bug family
In-game description	Each tentacle has a specific function
Abilities	Heal, Firebal, MapMagic
Habitat	Gate of Anger, Gate of Ambition
Breeding chart	Bug family x AmberWeed Catapila x Beast family

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

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Eyeder (メーダ Mēda)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	45	5/10	6/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
3/10	2/10	5/10	6/10

Family	Bug
In-game description	Climbs walls using its tentacles
Abilities	Firebal, Heal, MapMagic
Habitat	Lighthouse
Breeding chart	Bug family x AmberWeed, Gamanian, Octoreach

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

Dragon Quest Builders

Lunatick (メーダ Mēda)

Chapter 2

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
200	28	12	Seed of Life (★★★)
Location(s)
Guarding the ruined palace in Rimuldar

Final Chapter

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
52	28	34	Healing Cream (★☆☆)
Location(s)
Tantegel

Sprite

Dragon Quest Tact

Lunatick appears as a D-rank monster of the Demon family during Part 2 of the story. It can be recruited from Chapter 3, Episode 1: Daybreak.

Lunatick (メーダ Mēda)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Demon				Support
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
100		497	140	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
180	155	177	216	15

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Sizz		Reheal*		N/a

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
WIS +5 / Stats Up	Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up	Reheal Effect +5% / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Zam Res +25 / Stats Up	Reheal Effect +5% / Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Reheal Effect +2%	N/a	N/a

Perk Details

First

WIS +5: Raises WIS by 5.

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

Related monsters

• Raving lunatick

Gallery

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  Famicom art.

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  A lunatick in X.

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  Battle Road Victory cut-in.

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  Stars model.

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  Rivals card.

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  Tact party icon.