Muddy hand

The Muddy hand is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest II as a Material monster, it has been re-classified as a member of the Undead family in many installments in both the main series and its spinoffs.

Dragon Quest monster Muddy hand

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese マドハンド Romaji Madohando First appearance Dragon Quest II Old localization Goopi

Description

The muddy hand is an animated human hand made of mud. It has the annoying ability of summoning other muddy hands or even other monsters, prolonging the length of a battle. However, this can be a secret blessing as the player gains the experience of defeating the extra monsters. Furthermore, the dirt clods are never totally immune to instant death so patient players can continuously wipe out whole groups if they are lucky.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	50	0	55
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
16	39	25	28

Abilities	Calls for backup (Muddy hand)
Location(s)	Beran region Wellgarth region
Item Dropped	Prayer ring1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
0⁄64	0⁄7	7⁄7	7⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
4⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	50	3	55
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
16	39	29	42

Abilities	Calls for backup (Muddy hand) Heal
Location(s)	Beran region Burrowell region
Item Dropped	Prayer ring1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
0⁄64	0⁄7	7⁄7	1⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
2⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		35	70	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
90	75	59	720	78

Bestiary No.	#106
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup (Muddy hand or Stone guardian)
Location(s)	Tantegel region Tower of Rubiss Zoma's Citadel
Item Dropped	Iron claws1⁄64

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

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	93	0	83	60
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
71	110	35	N/A

Bestiary No.	#122
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Call for backup (Muddy hand or Golem)
Location(s)	Central continent Mantleplace
Item dropped	Chimaera wing1⁄32

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

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

• Because they tend to summon more of their kind along with the occasional Golem, they are a popular method for leveling up and accumulating gold before players have reliable access to Liquid metal slimes in the final floor of the Gotha Pass

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Muddy Hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Original (SFC)

Sprite	HP *	MP	Attack	Defense
	104	0	87	63
Agility	Experience *	Gold	Tame Rate
94	75	60	N/a

Bestiary No.	#085
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup (Muddy hand) Targets the character with the lowest HP
Location(s)	Clearvale region Destiny's Drop
Item(s) Dropped	Seed of agility1⁄256

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	50%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
80%	15%	80%	15%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	15%	0%

Remakes (DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	35	0	40	13
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
17	11 (PSX) 17 (3DS)	5 (PSX) 8 (3DS)	1⁄128

Bestiary No.	#019
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup (Muddy hand)
Location(s)	Grotta del Sigillo Greenthumb Gardens region (past) Faraday region (past) Mountain Pass Allblades Arena
Item(s) Dropped	Holy water1⁄256

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	15%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
90%	0%	80%	0%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	50%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

3DS version changes

None

• Zombie-type

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	49	0	61
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
64	52	45	8

Bestiary no.	#073
Family	Undead
In-game description	A horrifying mud monsters that lives in the depths of the earth. Extends a hand above ground to pull travelers to their doom.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup (Muddy hand)
Location(s)	Kingdom of Trodain
Item(s) dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄8 Strength ring1⁄256

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	25%	25%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
25%	0%	25%	50%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
50%	25%	0%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
50%	15%	15%	50%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	100%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
100%	0%	0%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest X

Muddy hands appeared from the beginning of the game. Naturally, they still have their familiar ability to call for backup, being able to summon more of its kind or Healslimes to assist them in battle.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	45	4	52
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
51	49	57	26

Bestiary no.	#063
Family	Undead
In-game description	They say that these monsters are made when men drowning in the mire and desperately waving beneath the surface, and give their despairing souls to the swamp.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup (Muddy hand)
Location(s)	Laguna di Gondolia (first act, during rain) Grotta della Fonte (first and second acts) Rainbow Mines (2D mode of 3DS and Definitive Edition only)
Item(s) dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄16 Strength ring1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	25%	-10%	-25%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
50%	-10%	0%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	0%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
50%	50%	25%	100%
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%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
50%	0%	0%

Malicious

Malicious muddy hand (マドハンド・邪 Madohando・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	229	16	159
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
199	163	945	237

Bestiary no.	#404
Family	Undead
In-game description	Muddy hands who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Call for backup (Malicious muddy hand)
Location(s)	The Manglegrove - Whale Way Station (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Special medicine1⁄16 Strength ring1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	25%	-10%	-25%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
50%	-10%	0%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	75%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
50%	50%	25%	100%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	75%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
50%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Monsters

Goopi (マドハンド Madohando)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	3/5	2/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
3/5	2/5	2/5	2/5

Family	Material
In-game description	Grabs & paralyzes any prey that passes
Abilities	LegSweep, CallHelp, Dodge
Habitat	Gate of Talisman, Gate of Memories
Breeding chart	JewelBag x Slime family

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

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Goopi (マドハンド Madohando)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	4/10	4/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
6/10	5/10	2/10	4/10

Family	Material
In-game description	Drags foes into mud with others.
Abilities	CallHelp, LegSweep, Dodge
Habitat	Border Mine
Breeding chart	JewelBag x Material family

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

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Muddy hand
Family	Undead
Rank	E
Description	The souls of those who died in swamps...Always ready to give fellow monsters a hand!
Weapons	Swords, Hammers, Whips, Staves
Traits	-
Resistances	Vulnerable to Frizz, Dazzleproof
Skill	Materialist
Location	Xeroph Isle (Cave)
Breeding chart	Funghoul x Fencing fox

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Muddy hand
Family	Undead
Rank	F
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Whips, Hammers, Staves
Traits	-
Resistances	Vulnerable to Frizz, Immune to Dazzle
Skill	Materialist
Location	Treepidation
Breeding chart	Funghoul x Winky or Dracky

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,420	550
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
540	400	410	370

Bestiary No.	#444
Rank	F
In-game description	Monsters that lurk beneath the mud and murk, leaving only their hand wholly visible. Run into one and you can expect more than just a slap on the wrist
Talents	Crag Afficionado (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Confusing Touch (lv. 1) Cragmeister (lv. 20) Ultra Crafty Spellbinder (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Sobering Slap (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Confuser (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 *
-25%	25%	0%	50%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
25%	50%	25%	0%
Dark Resistance *	Debilitation Resistance*	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *
0%	0%	-25%	0%
MP Absorption Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *	Sleep Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
50%	0%	25%	25%
Stun Resistance *		Poison Resistance *
25%		50%
Instant Death Resistance *
0%

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

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Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Model	Experience	Gold
	9	6g

List No.	#035
Field Notes	Mucky mitts who lurk in the earth, ready to pounce on passers-by. Bash them before they beckon for backup! Those who've uprooted them insist there's nothing below the wrist. Others tell them to 'pull the other one'.
Location(s)	Dawnsholm (Captain), Grannet (Captain), Grannet (Hero), Pinnacle of Light (Hero), Statuary Hall (Showdown: Sinister Statue), Statuary Hall (Grudge Match: Sinister Statue), The Shrine of Scales (Captain)
Item(s) Dropped	Not-colossal fossil, Toad oil, Classic heart pendant recipe, Luxury heart pendant recipe

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	7	6g	Yes

List No.	#018
Field Notes	Mucky mitts who lurk in the earth, ready to pounce on passers-by. Bash them before they beckon for backup! Those who've uprooted them insist there's nothing below the wrist. Others tell them to 'pull the other one'.
Location(s)	The Battle of Dunisia, The Battle of the Wildwood
Item(s) Dropped	Odd clod, Not-colossal fossil

Dragon Quest Builders

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Chapter 3

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
30	12	4	Lichen limb (★☆☆) Cedar seedling (★☆☆)
Location(s)
Kol

Sprite

Dragon Quest Builders 2

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Dragon Quest of the Stars

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Dragon Quest Tact

Muddy hand appears as a D-rank monster of the Inorganic family. It can be recruited from Chapters 6-4, 8-3, 8-5, 8-6, 8-8, 10-5, 14-7, and 14-8 of the main storyline and it can participate in the Battle Roads of the Dancing flame, Skelegon, Troll, Madusa, and Great muddy hand.

Muddy hand (マドハンド Madohando)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Inorganic				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
110		705	253	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
268	176	210	121	15

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Scratch		Eagle Grip*		Talent Blossoming: Sliding Punch

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
ATK +5/Stats Up	Zam Res +25/Stats Up	Eagle Grip Potency +5% /Stats Up Sliding Punch Potency +5%
Fourth	Fifth
Frizz Res +25/Stats Up	Eagle Grip Potency +5% /Stats Up Slicing Punch Potency +5%

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Eagle Grip Potency +2%	N/a	N/a

Perk Details

First

ATK +5: Raises ATK 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
Immune	Normal	Normal	Half Res
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Super Weak	Normal	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Super Weak	Normal

Dragon Quest Treasures

Muddy hand

Portrait	Forte	Treasure Capacity	Safekeeping Score
		2	100%

Bestiary no.	#20
Family	Undead
Trivia	A monster that slops round the prairies by day Sleight of hand is their natural, most favoured forté Hide-and-seek is just one of the games they play
Favorite foods
Habitats	The Paternoggin The Wingswept Moors The Snarl
Item(s) dropped

Stats

Starting HP	Starting MP	Starting Strength
50	12	22
Starting Defence	Starting Deftness	Starting magic
12	14	12
Max HP	Max MP	Max Strength
767	280	390
Max Defence	Max Deftness	Max magic
393	380	397

Potential abilities *

First	Second	Third
Brace Position	Dig the Dirt	Double Trouble
Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Down and Dirty	Mudslinger	Time Bomb

Dragon Attack

Name	Target(s)	Element
Gold Crush	Area	Light & Blunt

Traits

First		Second
Counter-Hypnotist		Hypnotist
Third		Fourth
Paragon		Restless Heart
Fifth
Slim Pickings

Resistances

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

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Mano enlodada	Spanish for "muddy hand".
Français	Main de boue	French for "mud hand".
Deutsch	Schlammhand	German for "mud hand".
Italiano	Mano	Italian for "hand".

Gallery

• 

  Famicom art.

• 

  A Muddy hand in X.

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  XI polygon model.

• 

  A Malicious muddy hand.

• 

  Battle Road Victory cut-in.

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  Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest: Shougeki no Shippo Dan.

• 

  Caravan Heart sprite.

• 

  Stars model

• 

  Appearance in Stars

• 

  With Little devil.

• 

  Rivals card.

• 

  Walk model.

• 

  Tact model.

• 

  DQ Trading Card.

Related monsters

• Great muddy hand

Similar species

• Bloody hand
• Greasy palm
• Grotty hand
• Hardy hand
• Soggy hand