Tentacular

Dragon Quest monster Tentacular

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese クラーゴン Romaji Kuragon First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization Kragacles
Kragon
Kragacle

The Tentacular is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III. It is an aggressive and powerful variant of the King squid inspired by the mythological Kraken.

Characteristics

Tentaculars are enormous squids that have light orange bodies with purple tinges on their head and mantle, as well as the suckers on their many tentacles. They are among the most dangerous monster that can be encountered out at sea, being capable of attacking up to three times in a single turn in their original appearance.

The tentaculars faced in XI have grown to truly enormous proportions, matching those of their cousin Khalamari, and are aided in battle by their left and right tentacles, which will attack individually and protect its main body. They are powerful enough to fling around ships with ease and unleash devastating attacks with their tentacles that can knock seafarers on their feet. The molluscs can now also breathe out both ice-cold breath and sweet breath as part of their offensive capabilities.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Tentacular (クラーゴン Kuragon)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		38	450	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
150	10	52	2090	160

Bestiary No.	#116
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Desperate attack Flee Occasionally attacks up to three times
Location(s)	Alefgard ocean
Item Dropped	Seed of Life1⁄128

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

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Tentacular (クラーゴン Kuragon)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	502	20	174
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
40	45	303	52

Bestiary no.	#259
Family	Aquatic
In-game description	Rulers of the deep sea, these monsters boast incredible vitality. Generally speaking, they are nearly impossible to defeat with physical attacks alone.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Flee Sometimes attacks twice per round
Location(s)	Ocean
Item(s) dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄8 Full moon ring1⁄256

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

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest X

Reappearing from the start of Version 5 onwards, they are first seen in the Demon Realm.

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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

During the party's first visit to Lonalulu, they offer to help out the villagers by defeating a tentacular that has been terrorizing the village. If the player talks to the cannon lady in Lonalulu, she tells them that tentaculars hate loud noises and offers to lend the party her kanono cannon. The party sails out to sea where they encounter the sailors from Lonalulu, who try to warn them about the rampaging squid. Sylvando will fire the cannon at the tentacular, which will cause it and its tentacles to be confused at the beginning of battle and reduces their Attack and Defence.

In the 2D modes of the Nintendo 3DS and Definitive Edition, the tentacular is instead aided by a pair of squid kids in battle and will call for help if they are defeated instead of regenerating its tentacles.

Tentacular (Boss) (クラーゴン Kuragon)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	1,345	20	161
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
128	79	6,000	4,000

Bestiary no.	#126
Family	Nature
In-game description	Massive, muscular molluscs that look a lot like squid. Sailors are scared senseless of them, as they're strong enough to sling boats about with ease.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Occasionally acts twice per turn Assesses the situation (wastes turn) Regenerates its tentacles Call for help (Squid kids, 2D versions only) Rocks the boat (damages entire party and can knock down) Multifists Chilly Breath Sweet Breath
Location(s)	The Open Seas near Lonalulu (first act)
Item(s) dropped	N/a

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

Tentacular (クラーゴン Kuragon)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	1,550	20	262
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
204	89	2,700	400

Bestiary no.	#126
Family	Nature
In-game description	Massive, muscular molluscs that look a lot like squid. Sailors are scared senseless of them, as they're strong enough to sling boats about with ease.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Occasionally acts twice per turn Assesses the situation (wastes turn) Regenerates its tentacles Rocks the boat (damages entire party and can knock down) Multifists Chilly Breath Sweet Breath
Location(s)	The Open Sea - North (second act)
Item(s) dropped	Special medicine1⁄8 Full moon ring1⁄256

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

Malicious tentacular (クラーゴン・邪 Kuragon・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	2,080	20	330
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
272	127	6,000	960

Bestiary no.	#484
Family	Nature
In-game description	Tentaculars 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 Assesses the situation (wastes turn) Regenerates its tentacles Rocks the boat (damages entire party and can knock down) Multifists C-c-cold Breath Sweet Breath
Location(s)	The Open Sea - north (third act, rainy seas between Insula Orientalis and Insula Borealis) The Open Sea - south (third act, rainy seas east of Insula Incognita)
Item(s) dropped	Special medicine1⁄8 Full moon ring1⁄256

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

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Dragon Quest Tact

Tentacular appears as an A-rank monster of the Nature family during the limited Dragon Quest VIII event alongside Angelo on his banner.

Tentacular (クラーゴン Kuragon)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Nature				Debuff
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
110		1,088	286	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
310	376	347	150	35

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Invigorate		Captivating Glacier*		Probing Tentacles*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Cammo Jet / Stats Up	Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up	Probing Tentacles Potency +5% / Stats Up Bind Success Rate +5%
Fourth	Fifth
Zam Res +25 / Stats Up	Probing Tentacles Potency +5% / Stats Up Bind Success Rate +5%

Leader Perks

First

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

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Max HP +20	DEF +15	Probing Tentacles Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Cammo Jet: Greatly raises Move for 1 turn at action start on even turns.

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	Half Res	Normal	Normal
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Super Weak	Normal	Super Weak	Immune
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Half Res

Related monsters

Similar squids

• King squid
• Squidzilla
• Khalamari

Close cephalopods

• Khalamari kid
• Squid kid
• Octopot
• Abyssal octopot

Gallery

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  Vintage artwork

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  A tentacular in X

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  Boss encounter in the PS4 version

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  XI polygon model

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  A malicious tentacular

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  Stars model

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  Rivals card

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  Angelo and Tentacular in Tact

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  A tentacular in Keshi Keshi