Cumaulus

Dragon Quest monster Cumaulus

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ギズモ Romaji Gizumo First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization Gas cloud
Gismo

The Cumaulus is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest III, it is a grey cloud come to life.

Characteristics

Cumauluses are small grey clouds with sinister human faces on them, capable of floating around like normal clouds. Its puffy features give the cloud's face the appearance of having chubby cheeks. They are also capable of dispersing their entire bodies and reforming them in order to attack. While not particularly powerful on their own, they can quickly become nuisances since they appear in large groups and can attack foes with fire magic. In X, the cumauluses instead gained the ability to manipulate lightning and cast Zap against opponents instead.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		8	25	18
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
22	14	28	35	14

Bestiary No.	#019
Spell(s)	Frizz
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Skyfell Tower Norvik Region Asham Region
Item Dropped	Seed of Resilience1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
1⁄32	0%	0%	0%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
100%	0%	100%	100%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
0%	0%	25%

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Original (SFC)

Sprite	HP *	MP	Attack	Defense
	15	3	21	18
Agility	Experience *	Gold	Tame Rate
8	15	12	NA

Bestiary No.	#012
Spell(s)	Frizz
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Gardsbane Tower
Item(s) Dropped	Holy water1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0%	25%	25%	25%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
100%	0%	0%	0%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
50%	0%	50%	0%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
0%	0%	0%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Remakes (DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Remake exclusive (3DS)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	15	3	21	18
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
8	23	18	1⁄32

Bestiary No.	DLC #051
Spell(s)	Frizz
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Cloud Control
Item(s) Dropped	Holy water1⁄64

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

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

##027 - Cumaulus
File:DQ9Cumaulus.png
HP MP Experience Gold 30 10 62 42 Attack Defense Speed 28 30 72
Dropped Item	Tangleweb1⁄32 Coagulant1⁄64
Locations	Doomingale Forest Brigadoom
Skills	Psyche Up
Spells	Frizz
Family	Elemental
Bestiary #	#027
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Japanese Name	ギズモ
Romanized Jap.	Gizumo
Description	Companionable clouds who crowd around their victims and clobber them with constant facefuls of Frizz. Amalgamations of the ominous air that amasses in the upper atmosphere, forming foul, ferocious clouds.

Dragon Quest Monsters

Gismo (ギズモ Gizumo)

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

Family	Material
In-game description	Life was brought to this ball of energy
Abilities	FireAir, FrigidAir, SuckAir
Habitat	Gate of Villager, Gate of Memories
Breeding chart	Goopi, MadCandle, MadMirror x DrakSlime, EvilSeed, FireWeed, MistyWing, Phoenix, Wyvern

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	Strong	None
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
Weak	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
Weak		None

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Gismo (ギズモ Gizumo)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	4/10	5/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
6/10	5/10	7/10	5/10

Family	Material
In-game description
Abilities	FireAir, FrigidAir, SuckAir
Habitat	Ice World
Breeding chart	Goopi x Anemon MadCandle x DrakSlime MadMirror x EvilSeed, FireWeed, MistyWing, Wyvern

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	Strong	None
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
Weak	Weak	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	Weak	None

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

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	47	23g	Yes

List No.	#016
Field Notes	A monster masquerading as a cloud that floats high o'er vales and hills, blasting passers-by with thunderbolts. When the wind picks up, they get blown off over the horizon, and have to fly for miles to find their way home.
Location(s)	The Grand Dunes, The Battle of Dunisia
Item(s) Dropped	Narspicious, Agility ring

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Dragon Quest Tact

Cumaulus appears as an E-rank monster of the Inorganic family as part of the True Dragon Quest III event. It can be scouted from the Gaia's Navel stage of Awaken! Ramia at any difficulty and it can participate in Ramia's Battle Road as a party member.

Cumaulus (ギズモ Gizumo)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Inorganic				Magic
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
95		622	132	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
167	165	222	112	10

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Magic Dawn		Rolling Frizz*		N/a

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Max HP +15 / Stats Up	Woosh Res +25 / Stats Up	Rolling Frizz Potency +5% / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Zam Res +25 / Stats Up	Rolling Frizz Potency +5% / Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Rolling Frizz Potency +2%	N/a	N/a

Perk Details

First

Max HP +15: Raises max HP by 15.

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

Etymology

• Cumaulus is play on cumulus clouds, which are puffy and cotton-like just like the enemy, and "maul", which means to damage seriously.
• Its Japanese name Gizmo is derived from Gaseous Lifeform Gizmo (ガス状生物ギズモ), a science-fiction story originally known as War with the Gizmos, written by American writer Murray Leinster. It was published in Japan in 1969.

Gallery

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  Appearance in VII's 'The Big Book of Beasts' in the remake

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  X polygon model

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  A cumaulus in X

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  Caravan heart sprite

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  Battle Road Victory cut-in

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  Rivals card

Related monsters

Similar species

• Demon cloud
• EvilCloud
• Freezing fog
• Hell niño