Clockwork cuckoo
| Dragon Quest monster | |
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| Clockwork cuckoo | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | ガチャコッコ |
| Romaji | Gachakokko |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King |
The Clockwork cuckoo is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, a mechanical bird monster that first appeared in Dragon Quest VIII.
Characteristics
The monster is a mechanical starling roughly the size of a human head that behaves much as its living counterpart. It's metal casing is a pale egg-white with blue accents for the plumage and gold for the legs. They are the successful result of a mad scientist's experiment, and can remain air born even when launching their feathers as razorsharp projectiles.
Appearances
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack | Defense |
| 32 | 0 | 43 | 111 | |
| Agility | Experience | Gold | Tame Rate | |
| 44 | 84 | 47 | 1⁄32 | |
| Bestiary No. | DLC #091 |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Wind Sickles |
| Location(s) | A Voice from On High |
| Item(s) Dropped | Assassin's Dagger1⁄64 |
| Evasion | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | Fire Breath Resistance * |
| 1⁄64 | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Bang Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | Ice Breath Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * |
| 0% | 60% | 60% | 100% |
| Strike/Rock Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance * | Whack Resistance * |
| 25% | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| Poof Resistance * | Ban Dance Resistance | Dazzle Resistance * | Fizzle Resistance * |
| 100% | 100% | 50% | 100% |
| Fuddle Resistance * | Paralysis Resistance* | Poison Resistance * | Snooze Resistance * |
| 50% | 80% | 50% | 50% |
| Stun Resistance * | Sap Resistance * | Army Resistance * | |
| 100% | 0% | 25% | |
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
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| Bestiary No. | Family | |||||
| #048 | Machine | |||||
| Experience | Gold | HP | MP | |||
| 56 | 31 | 32 | 0 | |||
| Attack | Defense | Agility | Evasion | |||
| 43 | 111 | 56 | 1⁄64 | |||
| In-Game Description | These mechanical birds are the result of a mad scientist's twisted experiment. When they detect a target, they become a deadly whirlwind of razor sharp blades. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Transforms into a blade and attacks (12~18 damage to entire party) Flee |
| Location(s) | Kingdom of Ascantha |
| Item(s) Dropped | Iron nail1⁄16 Dagger1⁄64 |
| Attack Resistance | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | Fire Breath Resistance * |
| 0% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Bang Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | Ice breath Resistance * |
Woosh Resistance * |
| 0% | 50% | 50% | 100% |
| Strike/Rock Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance | Whack Resistance * |
| 25% | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| Ban Dance Resistance | Dazzle Resistance | Fizzle Resistance | Fuddle Resistance * |
| 100% | 50% | 100% | 50% |
| Paralysis Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Snooze resistance * | Stun Resistance * |
| 0% | 50% | 50% | 100% |
| Sap Resistance * | |||
| 0% | |||
| Army Resistance * | |||
| 25% | |||
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
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| Dropped Item | Chimaera wing1⁄32 Iron nails1⁄64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locations | Eastern Coffinwell Western Coffinwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skills | Birdcutter (10~15 damage to entire party) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Family | Machine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Game | Dragon Quest IX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Console | DS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Japanese Name | ガチャコッコ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romanized Jap. | Gachakokko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Mechanical birds that are neither moved by beauty nor motivated to revenge. Fry their circuits with lightning spells. They're proudest when pounding all their enemies at once with weapon-like wings by busting out Birdcutter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dragon Quest X
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Clockwork Cuckoos can be recruited during the Dragon Quest X event's Astoila Ecological Survey.
Etymology
The clockwork cuckoo's Japanese name Gachakokko (ガチャコッコ) is a combination of the word gachapon, an onomatopoeia from the sound of a vending machine that dispenses collectible toys in a plastic capsule and kokekokkō, the sound a rooster makes.
Related monsters
Similar species
Gallery
Appearance in VII's 'The Big Book of Beasts' in the remake
A clockwork cuckoo in X
XI polygon model
A malicious clockwork cuckoo
Rivals card
DQ Trading Card
- Stubs
- Dragon Quest VII 3DS enemies
- Dragon Quest VIII enemies
- Dragon Quest IX enemies
- Dragon Quest X enemies
- Dragon Quest XI enemies
- Young Yangus and the Mysterious Dungeon enemies
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 enemies
- Dragon Quest of the Stars enemies
- Dragon Quest Rivals enemies
- Dragon Quest Walk enemies
- Dragon Quest Tact monsters