Fat rat

Dragon Quest monster Fat rat
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese おおねずみ Romaji ōnezumi First appearance Dragon Quest II

A fat rat (formerly big rat) is an enemy encountered in Dragon Quest II and Dragon Quest V. While almost identical to the Ratscal, the fat rat has more blue in its coat.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II

Fat rat (おおねずみ ōnezumi)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	16	0	19
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
11	15	6	5

Abilities
Location(s)	Near Lake Cave
Item Dropped	Chimaera wing (1⁄16)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄32	0⁄7	2⁄7	0⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
1⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	16	0	19
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
11	15	6	5

Abilities
Location(s)	Near Lake Cave
Item Dropped	Chimaera wing (1⁄16)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄32	0⁄7	2⁄7	0⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
1⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest V

#11 - Fat rat
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HP MP Experience Gold 18 0 4 8 Attack Defense Speed 13 10 9
Dropped Item	Medicinal herb (1/16)
Locations	Roundbeck area (G1) Uptaten Towers area Talon Tower area
Capture Rate	1/2
Bestiary #	11
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	SNES, DS

Related enemies

Ratscal

Dragon Quest monster Ratscal Japanese やまねずみ First appearance Dragon Quest II

Technically older than the fat rat, the ratscal has never reappeared after its debut.

Ratscal (やまねずみ yamanezumi)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	10	0	14
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
11	7	3	5

Abilities
Location(s)	Near Cannock
Item Dropped	Medicinal Herb (1⁄8)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄64	0⁄8	7⁄8	0⁄8
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄8	7⁄8	0⁄8

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	10	0	14
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
11	8	5	5

Abilities
Location(s)	Near Cannock
Item Dropped	Medicinal herb (1⁄8)

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

Dirty rat

Dirty rat

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	25	0	41
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
12	41	19	15

Abilities
Location(s)
Item Dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄8

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄32	0⁄7	3⁄7	1⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	25	0	35
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
12	25	23	25

Abilities
Location(s)
Item Dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄8

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄32	0⁄7	3⁄7	1⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

#23 - Dirty rat
HP MP Experience Gold 31 14 13 Attack Defense Speed 20 19 14
Dropped Item	Seed of agility (1/128)
Locations	Whealbrook area (G1) Coburg area (G1) Talon Tower area
Bestiary #	23
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	DS

Gallery

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  DQV PS2

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  DQV PS2 Dirty Rat

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  Ratscal