Golden goliath

The Golden goliath is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest XI.

Dragon Quest monster Golden goliath
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ゴールデンタイタス Romaji Gōrudentaitasu First appearance Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

It is a golden variant of the ordinary Gigantes, being a club-wielding Cyclops whose body and weapon are made entirely from gold.

Characteristics

Golden goliaths are enormous brutes that wear simple tunics that only go over their right shoulders of the same kind stereotypically worn by cavemen, held with a belt around their waist. Its entire body, garment, and the enormous clubs held in their hands are all made of solid gold. Their gold bodies grant them a high degree of resistance against most attack spells except for darkness magic. The goliaths can hammer into the earth with their mighty clubs, driving up jagged rock pillars that spear into their opponents.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Golden goliath (ゴールデンタイタス Gōrudentaitasu)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	1,720	70	384
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
624	62	4,558	750

Bestiary no.	#613
Family	Demon
In-game description	Sizeable statues gifted with golden bodies by their creator, whose dying words they continue to hold dear to this day.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Becomes Pepped up Desperate attack Seismic Shock (Earth damage to entire party and chance to stumble.) Seismosmash (Pep power, with Golden goliath)
Location(s)	The Sage's Trial - Hoarder's Keep (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Gold bar1⁄64 Thunderstorm skean1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	75%	75%	75%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
75%	75%	-150%	75%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	50%	100%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	50%	0%	50%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

This monster does not have a vicious, nor a malicious variant.

Dragon Quest Rivals

The golden goliath appears as a monster card.

Dragon Quest Tact

Golden goliath appears as an A-rank monster of the Demon family as part of the 3.0 Update Festival's Back to the Golden Sands limited event alongside Gyldygga on her banner. It can participate in the Gold lion's Battle Road as a party member.

Golden goliath (ゴールデンタイタス Gōrudentaitasu)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Demon				Defence
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
120		1,011	251	2-3
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
427	575	346	76	35

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Lightstrike		Slow Stomp*		Earthly Rage*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Move +1/Stats Up	Frizz Res +25/Stats Up	Earthly Rage Potency +5%/Stats Up Instant Insulate: Greatly raises Breath Res for 3 turns at battle start.
Fourth	Fifth
Sizz Res +25/Stats Up	Earthly Rage Potency +5%/Stats Up Instant Buff: Greatly raises DEF for 3 turns at battle start.

Leader Perks

First

Raises DEF of demon allies, including itself, by 15% in a 5x5 square around it.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Max HP +20	ATK +10	Earthy Rage Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Move +1: Raises Move by 1.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Half Res	Half Res	Normal	Very Weak
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Normal	Very Weak	Normal	Normal
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Half Res	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Super Weak	Super Weak	Normal	Immune

Dragon Quest Treasures

Golden goliath

Portrait	Forte	Treasure Capacity	Safekeeping Score
		4	85%

Bestiary no.	#65
Family	Demon
Trivia	A giant whose body is gold to the core They sell their clubs when they're feeling poor They once were statues, but not anymore
Favorite foods
Habitats	The Snarl
Item(s) dropped	None

Stats

Starting HP	Starting MP	Starting Strength
62	16	26
Starting Defence	Starting Deftness	Starting magic
9	4	7
Max HP	Max MP	Max Strength
1,080	260	450
Max Defence	Max Deftness	Max magic
433	300	300

Potential abilities *

First	Second	Third
Batter Up	Glowstick	Light Club
Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Mad Dash	Muster Strength	Strike Gold

Dragon Attack

Name	Target(s)	Element
Smash Hit	Area	Explosion

Traits

First		Second
Attention Seeker		Clown
Third		Fourth
Greedy Guts		Healthy Advantage
Fifth
Stunner

Resistances

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
Normal	Normal	Normal	Quite strong
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Gravity Resistance *
Quite strong	Normal	Quite strong	Weak
Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Slash Resistance	Impact Resistance
Quite strong	Weak	Normal	Normal
Piercing Resistance	Sleep Resistance	Stun Resistance	Poison Resistance
Normal	Quite strong	Weak	Normal
Debilitation Resistance *
Strong

Etymology

In the Book of Samuel of the Hebrew Bible, Goliath is a character that is described as a Philistine giant, who was famously defeated by the young David in single combat with nothing more than a stone from his sling. The term "goliath" has gone on to be used in modern English as any large person or thing, something that is abnormally large or powerful.

Mono-eyed morons

• Atlas
• Cyclops
• Gigantes
• Magmantes
• Queen Ferz
• Tweedledeath
• Tweedledoom

Gallery

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  XI polygon model.

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  Rivals card.

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  Golden goliath and Gyldygga in Tact.