Beakon
| Dragon Quest monster | |
|---|---|
| Beakon | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | おおくちばし |
| Romaji | Ōkuchibashi |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest III |
| Old localization | GreatBeak |
The Beakon is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III. They are flightless bird monsters with long, spindly legs and large beaks.
Characteristics
Beakons are large, flightless birds with long legs growing from their heads. They have the heads of birds of prey, with mostly brown feathers and black around their eyes and large, sharp beaks. The beakons often have the ability to attack twice per turn, in some games having the ability to perform loud squawks that intimidate their opponents or can call for more of their kind. they may be slightly based on a big legged bird called a pukeko. more particularly, a baby pukeko, which at first glance has no neck. this almost makes it look like its head is its entire body, similar to the beakon.
Appearances
Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
| Beakon (おおくちばし Ōkuchibashi) |  |
| Sprite | Level | HP | MP | |
 |
18 | 43 | 0 | |
| Attack | Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 55 | 43 | 24 | 175 | 24 |
| Bestiary No. | #057 |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Acts twice per turn |
| Location(s) | Tower of Transcendence |
| Item Dropped | Seed of wisdom1⁄64 |
| Evasion | Fire Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * | ||
| 0⁄64 | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance | Whack Resistance * | Kamikazee Resistance | ||
| 0% | 100% | 25% | 0% | ||
| Poof Resistance | Fuddle Resistance | Snooze Resistance | Dazzle Resistance | ||
| 100% | 0% | 25% | 25% | ||
| Fizzle Resistance | Sap Resistance * | Deceleratle Resistance * | |||
| 100% | 25% | 25% | |||
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
| Beakon (おおくちばし Ōkuchibashi) |  |
| Model | HP | MP | Attack |
 |
65 | 9 | 68 |
| Defence | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 65 | 68 | 153 | 78 |
| Bestiary no. | #070 |
| Family | Bird |
| In-game description | Barbaric birds that attack twice with deadly drumsticks and cry cacophonously to creep out foes and call forth friends. They evolved from big birds who swooped down from the skies to settle on the land, and had no further need of their wings. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Acts twice per turn Calls for backup (Beakon) War Cry Flee |
| Location(s) | Lonely Plains |
| Item(s) dropped | Chimaera wing1⁄16 Clogs1⁄32 |
| Fire Resistance * | Ice Resistance * |
Wind Resistance * | Blast/Lightning Resistance * |
| -25% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Rock Resistance * | Dark Resistance * | Light Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Whack Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Paralysis Resistance * | Fuddle Resistance * |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Snooze Resistance * | Dazzle Resistance | Sap Resistance * | Blunt Resistance * |
| 0% | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| Deceleratle Resistance * | Spooky Aura Resistance* | Fizzle Resistance * | Stun Resistance * |
| 25% | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| Charm Resistance * | |||
| 50% | |||
Dragon Quest X
Beakons appeared from the beginning of the game. When they become enraged, they are able to perform a Jump Strike and will flee when threatened. Starting with Version 5.0, vicious beakons can be encountered in the Netherworld, as well. They can still perform a jumping attack and no longer flee.
Dragon Quest Rivals
Beakon appeared in the standard card pack as a normal rarity card common to all leader characters.
Gallery
A beakon in X
A vicious beakon in X
A Beakon in the 1991 anime of The Adventure of Dai.
Stars model
Rivals card
Walk model
Trivia
- All three Beakon types are exaggerated parodies of the Phorusrhacidae family of flightless birds. More commonly known as terror birds, these walking hatchets possessed enormous beaks and existed as apex predators in the plains of South America roughly 2 million years ago in the Cenozoic era.
- The beakon's English name is a play on "beak" and "beacon". Its Japanese name, ōkuchibashi, literally means "large beak" or "giant beak".
