Moai minstrel

Dragon Quest monster
Moai minstrel
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	クラウンヘッド
Romaji	Kuraunheddo
First appearance	Dragon Quest IX

The Moai minstrel is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest IX. It is a giant, floating stone head wearing the garish makeup of a clown.

CharacteristicsEdit

Moai minstrels are monolithic heads made of purple stone with their faces made up mostly in white with other gaudy colours, a round squeaky nose, exaggerated lips, and a fluffy pink afro like that of a stereotypical clown. When they first appeared, the minstrels were able to boost the attack power of their fellow monsters with a Gritty Ditty and could send parties of adventurers into hysterics by making silly faces before sacrificing themselves with Kamikazee in an attempt to finish them off. In later appearances, they lost their ability to cast the deadly spell, instead opting to crush their enemies alive either with their immense weight or by headbutting them, as well as gaining the ability to breathe out harmful bursts of blinding light from their mouths.

AppearancesEdit

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry SkiesEdit

Moai minstrel (クラウンヘッド Kuraunheddo)

Model
Bestiary no.: #248
Family: Material
Experience: 5,880
Gold: 103
HP: 518
MP: 20
Attack: 368
Defence: 567
Agility: 206

In-game description: Those facing these po-faced Pierrots should overcome the urge to laugh - a clout with Kamikazee just isn't funny.

Their face paint is put on by boa bishops, who say it brings victory. Their real faces are rather handsome.
Spell(s): Kamikazee
Skill(s): Gritty Ditty
Makes a funny face (attempts to stun entire party)
Location(s): Grotto (Cave, rank 8-9, Water, rank 8-10)
Item(s) dropped: Narspicious¹⁄₃₂
Witch's hat¹⁄₆₄

Resistances

Fire *: 0%
Ice *: 0%
Wind *: -25%
Blast/Lightning *: 0%
Earth *: 25%
Dark *: 0%
Light *: 0%
Drain Magic: 0%
Whack *: 100%
Dazzle *: 100%
Fizzle *: 100%
Fuddle *: 50%
Paralysis *: 100%
Snooze *: 50%
Poison *: 100%
Stun *: 100%
Blunt *: 50%
Deceleratle *: 50%
Sap *: 50%
Spooky Aura *: 50%
Charm *: 90%

The quest to unlock the Luminary vocation, Quest #118: A Star is Born, requires the party to deal a finishing blow to a moai minstrel using the Hot Lick ability from the Minstrel vocation's Litheness skill.
Moai minstrels are also involved in Quest #120: Your Time to Shine. A character must first boost their Charm with Extreme Makeover and then enrage ten moai minstrels with Eyes on Me before defeating them.

Dragon Quest XEdit

Moai minstrels appeared since the beginning of the game. In battle, they are able to crush enemies with Crackerwhack and breathe out bursts of blinding light, as well as putting characters to sleep with Lullab-Eye.

TriviaEdit

The exaggerated lip makeup suggests the minstrel part of the name may be a reference to minstrels.

GalleryEdit

A moai minstrel in X
Appearance in Super Light
Rivals card