Twisted talons

Twisted talons are a recurring item in the Dragon Quest series. They are a set of wicked sharp claws taken from a dangerous monster that are used as a crafting ingredient.

Twisted talons
Japanese	するどい爪
Romaji	Surudoi tsume
Old localizations	N/a
Found in	Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key Dragon Quest Heroes II Dragon Quest Treasures
Effect	Used as an ingredient to create items.

Appearances

Dragon Quest X

Twisted talons are used as a material for crafting weapons and armour or in Alchemy to increase resistance against becoming tied up. It can be purchased from a material shop for 110 gold or dropped by various monsters, including Candy cats, Beakons, Dancing devils, Tap devils, Apeckalypses, Frolickers, Weaken beakons, Claw breakers, Bilebonnets, Snotbonces, and Moosifers.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Game	Description
	Don't catch yourself on one of these–it'll hurt like heck!

Twisted talons can be dropped by Grim gryphons, Pteranodons, War gryphons, Silver sabrecubs, Hyperpyrexions, Terrornodons, Snotbonces, and Bilebonnets, or purchased from the roving emporium in the Champs Sauvage for 950 gold. They can be sold for 237 gold. Twisted talons are used in the following recipes for the Fun-Size Forge:

• Recipe: Crow's claws = Platinum ore + Flurry feather x2 + Twisted talons
• Recipe: Sword breaker = Silver ore x2 + Gold ore x2 + Twisted talons x2
• Recipe: Metal slime spear = Molten globules + Slimedrop + Glass frit x2 + Twisted talons x2
• Recipe: Fenrir fang = Mythril ore x2 + Ice crystal x2 + Twisted talons + Savvy sapphire

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

Twisted talons are used as a material for improving various accessories or sold for 32 gold. They can be dropped by Crack-billed platypunks, Gryphons, Jailcats, Splatypunks, and Walking corpses.

Dragon Quest Treasures

Twisted talons can be purchased from shops or collected from bone piles on the Cinderback Ridge as well as occasionally being received as a reward for sending a dispatch team to the Redscale Rise area of Cinderback Ridge. It is mainly used for crafting pellets at the Werks or for scouting monsters.

• Recipe: Blade pellet = Princely powder + Twisted talons + Flintstone
• Recipe: Blade bomb = Princely powder x8 + Twisted talons x8 + Flintstone x8 + Magic beast horn

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Garras retorcidas	Spanish for "twisted claws".
Français	Serres tordues	French for "twisted talons".
Deutsch	Krumme Klauen	German for "crooked claws".
Italiano	Artigli malvagi	Italian for "evil claws".

Related items

• Cruel claw

Trivia

• In the original Japanese, the twisted talons share a name with the recurring Sharp Claws skill.