Imp

Dragon Quest monster
Imp
	File:DQIII Imp.png; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	ベビーサタン
Romaji	Baby Satan
First appearance	Dragon Quest III
Old localization	Demonite, DemonImp

The Imp is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest III, they are small, purple demons armed with pitchforks.

Description

Imps are small demons that more closely resemble mischievous children in purple demon costumes, given the way their faces appear to be showing from the headpiece of such a costume. They are armed with pitchforks, and constantly have their tongues sticking out, which often affects their speech.

Despite their unassuming appearance, imps have access to some of the most potent spells known, such as Kaboom and Kathwack, and while this may cause a scare, they almost never have the energy necessary to cast these high-end spells but try to all the same, often to humorous results. Due to this, they are one of the more comical, inept monsters that can be found in the series, but can still prove dangerous in some titles. Because of their magical knowledge, armament, and position as demons, imps are regularly believed to be the infantile forms of archdemons.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III

Imp

Original (NES)

Sprite
Bestiary No.: 053
Level: 19
Experience: 45
Gold: 100
HP: 70
MP: 0
Attack: 55
Defense: 33
Agility: 23
Evasion: ⁰⁄₆₄

Spell(s): Kaboom
Kamikazee
Thwack
Skill(s): Chilly Breath
Location(s): Alltrades Abbey region
Item Dropped: Prayer Ring¹⁄₂₅₆

Fire resistance *: 70%
Crack resistance *: 70%
Woosh resistance *: 25%
Zap resistance *: 0%
Drain Magic resistance: 100%
Whack resistance *: 70%
Kamikazee resistance: 0%
Poof resistance: 100%
Dazzle resistance: 0%
Fizzle resistance: 0%
Fuddle resistance: 0%
Snooze resistance: 100%
Deceleratle resistance *: 0%
Sap resistance *: 0%

Remakes sprites

SFC
GBC
Switch

Dragon Quest IV

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Dragon Quest V

While actual imps are absent, minidemons appear using the imp's color scheme.

Dragon Quest VIII

Imp


Bestiary No.		Family
18		Demon
Experience	Gold	HP	MP
15	11	28	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Evasion
21	21	18	⁰⁄₆₄

In-Game Description	Juvenile forms of elite magical monsters. Imps try to cast spells which are far too powerful for them and fail every time.
Spell(s)	Kaboom Kamikazee Thwhack
Skill(s)	Cool Breath
Location(s)	Tower of Alexandria
Item(s) Dropped	Chimaera wing¹⁄₃₂ Cool cheese¹⁄₁₂₈

Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
?	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
25%	50%	50%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	15%
Ban Dance Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
100%	0%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Snooze resistance *	Stun Resistance *
?	0%	0%	0%
Sap Resistance *
0%
Army Resistance *
0%

Ports (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Imps are likely to first be encountered whilst climbing the Tower of Alexandria. While they are prone to miserably failing at casting powerful spells, they may perform a cool breath attack that can be very dangerous at this point of the adventure.