Honeyhead horknight

The Honeyhead horknight is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest XI. It is a Gleeful grublin that has taken to the skies on the back of a honeybee mount.

Dragon Quest monster Honeyhead horknight
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese マッドハニービー Romaji Maddohanībī First appearance Dragon Quest XI

Characteristics

Like the other horknights, honeyhead horknights are more heavily-armoured cavalrymen compared to their infantry counterparts. They wear a simple set of golden armour and golden masks with a pair of curved horns that obscure their faces, along with a pair of yellow riding gloves. The horknights traded in their chipped swords for a golden jousting lance and use their offhand to hold their mount's reins. Their bees are light green with darker stripes on their abdomen and have red antennae and limbs, wearing golden masks and a golden saddle on the back of their thoraxes for their riders. The bees are able to fire off stingers laced with a befuddling toxin at their opponents. The riders are versed in magic, being able to cast Multiheal to heal themselves and their allies in battle.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Honeyhead horknight (マッドハニービー Maddohanībī)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	138	33	138
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
125	140	349	71

Bestiary no.	#234
Family	Humanoid
In-game description	They're supposed to share their steeds' sweet honey with everyone else in the monster world, but they love it so much that they can't quite bear to.
Spell(s)	Multiheal
Skill(s)	Grows ever more angry (increases Attack and Agility) Shoots off confusing stingers (damages and confuses one character) Counterstrike*
Location(s)	The Champs Sauvage (second act) Mount Pang Lai (second act) Insula Occidentalis (second act, 3DS version only)
Item(s) dropped	Colourful cocoon1⁄32 Platinum lance1⁄128

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

If a honeyhead horknight is sparkling, its mount can be ridden after defeating it in battle. The bee hovers in midair and can fly over low bodies of water, as well as being able to make small hops.

Malicious variant

Malicious honeyhead horknight (マッドハニービー・邪 Maddohanībī・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	338	57	225
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
253	226	1,486	296

Bestiary no.	#530
Family	Humanoid
In-game description	Honeyhead horknights who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Spell(s)	Multiheal
Skill(s)	Grows ever more angry (increases Attack and Agility) Shoots off confusing stingers (damages and confuses one character) Counterstrike*
Location(s)	The Champs Sauvage (third act) Mount Pang Lai (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Colourful cocoon1⁄32 Platinum lance1⁄128

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

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

Honeyhead horknight appears as a B-rank monster of the Nature family exclusive to the SP version of the game.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

Honeyhead horknight appears once again as the same rank and family exclusive to the SP version of the game.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Abejero goloso	Spanish for "greedy/sweet tooth beekeeper".
Français	Souffrelon
Deutsch	Honigbienenstichler	German for "honeybee stinger".

Gallery

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  XI polygon model

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  A malicious honeyhead horknight

Related monsters

Similar species

• Midnight horknight
• Horknight
• Horknight watchman

Close cousins

• Gloomy grublin
• Grublin
• Gleeful grublin
• Grumpy grublin