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The '''Gem Slime''' (originally '''GoldSlime''' / '''Gold Slime''' due to display constraints) is a recurring monster in the ''[[Dragon Quest series]]''. Introduced in ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters]]'', it is a [[Slime (Family)|Slime]] in the shape of a brilliant, golden jewel.

A Gem Slime is, as suggested by its name, shaped like a gem, a trait most apparent when viewed from the side since its back tapers to a point away from its front. It also has a tiara-like crown that bends back and appears to be attached to the point of its gem-shaped body. As indicated by its original name, it is gold in color.

Gem Slimes, depending on the game they appear in, act either as metal monsters or gold monsters, paying out high experience as the former and high gold as the latter. They have the typical statistics of a metal monster when acting as one, though they still retain some degree of resistance when acting as a source of gold, though not nearly as much as metal monsters.

Currently the only appearance of the Gem Slime (then '''GoldSlime''') in the mainstream games. They do not appear until near the end of the game and act as one of the best sources of gold a player can obtain from fighting monsters.

The original appearance of the Gem Slime ('''GoldSlime''' at the time) where it is essentially the most powerful Slime in the game, requiring the breeding of two [[King Metal Slime]]s in order to obtain one. A Gem Slime is needed in order to access one of the post-completion gates.