Mermaniac

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

Dragon Quest monster Mermaniac

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese マーマンダイン Romaji Māmandain First appearance Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation Old localization Merzoncian (III NES)
Merdane (III GBC)

It resembles its more common cousin in form and behaviour, with the main difference being that the mermaniac has the coloration of a river bass instead of an ocean dweller. Oddly, the monster appears in the Japanese version of V under the name of マーマンダイン and was inaccurately localized as the Merking.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Mermaniac (マーマンダイン Māmandain)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		21	60	12
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
76	50	32	263	51

Bestiary No.	#069
Spell(s)	Crack Midheal
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Ocean Phantom Ship
Item Dropped	Leather hat1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0/64	25%	70%	0%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
0%	25%	70%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
100%	25%	70%	25%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
25%	25%	0%

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Mermaniac (マーマンダイン Māmandain)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	170	11	132
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
93	78	203	62

Bestiary no.	#122
Family	Nature
In-game description	These fishy fighters constitute the soldier caste of the strictly hierarchical society of the mermen, and are always on the front line in times of war.
Spell(s)	Crackle Fizzle
Skill(s)	Sharp Claws (attacks character twice.)
Location(s)	The Open Sea - South (first act, near Lonalulu) The Eerie Eyrie (second act)
Item(s) dropped	Large scale1⁄8 Iron claws1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	25%	50%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	-125%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	0%
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 *
50%	25%	100%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

A group of four Malicious mermaniacs are fought alongside a Malicious merking threatening Michelle and Kainui at the Strand during the third act. Their main difference from a regular Malicious mermaniac is their ability to become pepped up.

Malicious mermaniac (マーマンダイン・邪 Māmandain・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	559	23	306
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
282	186	1,703	404

Bestiary no.	#479
Family	Nature
In-game description	Mermaniacs possessed by incredible evil. Even with their newfound power, their innate inclination to follow rather than lead remains unchanged.
Spell(s)	Kacrack Fizzle Co-Krack (Pep power, with Malicious merking.)
Skill(s)	Becomes Pepped up (boss version only) Sharp Claws (Attacks character twice.)
Location(s)	The Open Sea - South (third act) The Strand (third act, boss version)
Item(s) dropped	Large scale1⁄8 Iron claws1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	25%	50%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	-125%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	0%
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 *
50%	50%	100%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

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Dragon Quest Tact

Mermaniac appears as a B-rank monster of the Nature family as part of the limited Dragon Quest XI event. It can join the player in Chapter 3, Episode 4 of the event quests and it can be fully awakened by completing the quest at any difficulty. It can participate in Krystalinda's Battle Road as a party member.

Mermaniac (マーマンダイン Māmandain)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Nature				Debuff
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
110		910	217	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
198	273	286	307	25

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Crack		Glacier*		Splash*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Crack-type Spell Potency +5%/Stats Up	Frizz Res +25/Stats Up	Splash Potency +5%/Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Zam Res +25/Stats Up	Splash Potency +5%/Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

n/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
DEF +10	Splash Potency + 2%	n/a

Perk Details

First

Crack-type Spell Potency +5%: Raises Crack-type spell potency by 5%.

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

Related monsters

Similar species

• Merman
• Merking
• Geyzer
• Geyzer in Memoriam

Briny brethren

• Gracos
• Gracos V
• Merderer

Gallery

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  XI polygon model.

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  A Malicious mermaniac.

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  Stars model.

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  Rivals card.

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  DQ Trading Card.