Jowler

The Jowler is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, debuting in Dragon Quest V.

Dragon Quest monster Jowler
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese マムー Romaji Mamū First appearance Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride Old localization None

It is a green, ape-like oddity with a blue mane running down its back.

Characteristics

Jowlers are great lumbering Beasts with wrinkled green skin and enormous jaws that walk about on their knuckles like gorillas. They have shaggy blue manes and short horns on their heads and backs. The brutes attack by punching foes with their enormous fists or delivering powerful kicks with their hind legs. As the jowlers have no ability in magic to speak of, they will call for aid from other monsters to keep them healed in battle.

Appearances

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Jowler (マムー Mamū)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	99	0	105	45
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
51	183	37	N/A

Bestiary No.	#115
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup. (Cureslime) Kicks character. (125% damage)
Location(s)	Knick-knackatory Central Continent Ancient Ruins area (G3)
Item dropped	Seed of agility1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
1⁄64	0%	20%	20%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
20%	67%	67%	0%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
0%	100%	67%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
67%	100%	20%	67%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
20%	0%	100%	20%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Jowler (マムー Mamū)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	456	18	177
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
135	66	678	105

Bestiary no.	#129
Family	Beast
In-game description	Don't make the mistake of overlooking these lumbering, lantern-jawed beasts just because they're cute—they'll clobber you good.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup. (Medislime) Gives character a good kicking. (125% damage)
Location(s)	Insula Occidentalis (first act) The First Forest (first act) The Hekswood (first act) Neverglade (3DS and Definitive Edition only)
Item(s) dropped	Magic beast horn 1⁄16 Spellbound bough 1⁄32

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/A	0%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	-110%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	-125%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	25%	0%	0%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Malicious jowler (マムー・邪 Mamū・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	1,046	48	327
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
335	145	1,525	414

Bestiary no.	#575
Family	Beast
In-game description	Jowlers who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup. (Malicious Elysium bird) Gives character a good kicking. (125% damage)
Location(s)	The First Forest (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Magic beast horn1⁄16 Cumulonimbough1⁄32

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/A	0%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	-110%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	-125%
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%	25%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

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

Jowler appears as an A-rank monster of the Beast family exclusive to the SP version of the game, released for mobile phones in 2018.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Jowler (マムー Mamū)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,410	300
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
620	540	440	300

Bestiary No.	#259
Rank	C
In-game description	Strange creatures known for their giant jaws. Don't let their charming countenances disarm you, though - these fiesty fiends pack a serious sucker punch!
Talents	Paragon (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Ultra Crafty Stunner (lv. 1) Major Downer (lv. 20) Deadly Touch (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Rando-Muster (lv. 1) Collective Punishment (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

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

Etymology

The jowl usually means the jaw or cheek of the subject in question. This same area on the jowler is rather prominent, especially in the remakes where animations accentuate those parts of the monster.

Similar species

• Fouler jowler
• Jörmun
• Prowler jowler

Gallery

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  Modern artwork.

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  XI polygon model.

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  A Malicious jowler.