Putrefido

The Putrefido is a recurring monster that was first introduced in Dragon Quest III.

Dragon Quest monster Putrefido
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese アニマルゾンビ Romaji Animaru zonbi First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization Putrepup, Dead Hound

Characteristics

It is a blue, zombified version of a wolf-like beast. One of its eyes hangs out, and some bones protrude here and there.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Putrefido (アニマルゾンビ)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		7	50	30
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
28	4	11	29	15

Bestiary No.
Spell(s)	Deceleratle
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Romaria region
Item Dropped	Seed of life1⁄128

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

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest Monsters

Putrepup (アニマルゾンビ)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	35	3/5	2/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
3/5	3/5	2/5	5/5

Family	Zombie
In-game description	It's fearless since it doesn't feel any pain
Abilities	Slow, Sap, MagicBack
Habitat	Gate of Sleep, Gate of Anger
Breeding chart	Zombie family x Beast family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	None	Weak
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
None	Weak	Nonw	None
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Strong	Strong	Strong	None
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
Weak		Strong

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

PutrePup (アニマルゾンビ)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	?	6/10	4/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
6/10	4/10	3/10	6/10

Family	Zombie
In-game description	It isn't bothered by new injuries.
Abilities	Sap, Slow, MagicBack
Habitat	Cemetery (Tara's Adventure)
Breeding chart	Zombie family x Beast family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	None	Weak
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
None	None	Weak	Nonw
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
None	Strong	Strong	Strong
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
None	Weak	Weak	Weak
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
Weak	Weak	Strong

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Putrefido (アニマルゾンビ)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,380	500
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
620	400	470	300

Bestiary No.	#428
Rank	G
In-game description	These cadaverous canines originally died of exhaustion before being brought back to life by the powers of darkness, though any smarts they had are long gone
Talents	Enfeebler (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Agent of Chaos (lv. 1) Insta-Accel (lv. 20) Ultra Crafty Zammer (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Commander (lv. 1) Close Scraper (lv. 1) Intimidating (lv. 60)
Habitat	Circle of Conquest - Lower Echelon () Circle of Indulgence - Every Echelon ()
Items	Manky meat (Common) Seed of strength (Rare)
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
-25%	0%	0%	50%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
0%	50%	25%	0%
Dark Resistance *	Debilitation Resistance*	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *
50%	0%	-25%	50%
MP Absorption Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *	Sleep Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
50%	0%	0%	0%
Stun Resistance *		Poison Resistance *
0%		50%
Instant Death Resistance *
25%

Dragon Quest of the Stars

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Etymology

Putrefido is a combination of putrid and Fido, a famous dog that came to public attention because of his unwavering loyalty to his dead master.

Similar species

• Rottenweiler
• Bullmustiff

Gallery

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  Famicom artwork.

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  DQM1·2 sprite.

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  Caravan Heart sprite.