Infernal armour
| Dragon Quest monster | |
|---|---|
| Infernal armour | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | じごくのよろい |
| Romaji | Jigoku no yoroi |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest III |
| Old localization | Infernus knight, Infurnus Knight (IV), HellArmor, HellNite |
The Infernal armour is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III. It is a stronger variant of Restless armour donning suits of armour forged in hell.
Characteristics
Like the Restless armour, it is a mass of moving metal that has taken up its sword against humans, but is much more dangerous than its wandering counterpart. Formerly depicted as staunch lone wolves, they have learned to summon allies in battle like their contemporaries as of VIII, while even calling down lightning with their swords by driving them into the ground. According to their monster info in X and XI, those who don the cursed Hate mail will have their minds and bodies taken over and forced to become servants of a Demon Lord, becoming infernal armours themselves.
The infernal armour's appearance has changed the most since its first appearance compared to the other suits, originally being silver suits of armour chased with gold and a blue plume on their helmets. For the Super Famicom version of III, the armour was changed to black with purple plumes on their helmets. In the Sony PlayStation version of IV, the plume was changed to light grey and it would maintain this colour scheme for its next few appearances. Starting with Dragon Quest X and most modern appearances, the infernal armour would go back to its original appearance, while the black and gold colour scheme would be used for the Schwarzchuld.
Appearances
Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
| Infernal armour (じごくのよろい Jigoku no yoroi) |  |
| Sprite | Level | HP | MP | |
 |
21 | 60 | 0 | |
| Attack | Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 80 | 100 | 23 | 315 | 57 |
| Bestiary No. | #063 |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Desperate attack |
| Location(s) | Wayfarer's Shrine region Theddon region Edina region Lozamii island Gaia's Navel Manoza region |
| Item Dropped | Iron armor1⁄64 |
| Evasion | Fire Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * | ||
| 0⁄64 | 70% | 0% | 0% | ||
| 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% | 0% | |||
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
| Infernal armor (じごくのよろい Jigoku no yoroi) |  |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack |
|
58 | 0 | 63 |
| Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 63 | 24 | 77 | 76 |
| Bestiary No. | #075 |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Desperate attack |
| Location(s) | Imperial Pantry of Parthenia (Chapters 5 & 6) Gupta Gupha region (Chapters 5 & 6) Havre Léon region (Chapters 5 & 6) |
| Item Dropped | Iron armour(1⁄128) |
| Evasion | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | Bang Resistance * |
| 0⁄64 | 25% | 0% | 0% |
| Crack Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Whack Resistance * | Kamikazee Bracer Resistance | Poof Resistance | Fuddle Resistance |
| 25% | 0% | 100% | 25% |
| Snooze Resistance | Dazzle Resistance | Sap Resistance * | Fizzle Resistance |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | 100% |
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
| Infernal armour (じごくのよろい Jigoku no yoroi) |  |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack |
 |
88 | 0 | 83 |
| Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 86 | 47 | 90 | 19 |
| Bestiary no. | #088 |
| Family | Material |
| In-game description | Ambulatory suits of cursed armour. Beware their swords. When driven into the ground, they can stun a group of adversaries with powerful lightning bolts. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Calls for backup (Cureslime) Thrusts its sword into the ground (36~40 Zap damage to entire party) |
| Location(s) | Castle Trodain |
| Item(s) dropped | Iron armour1⁄128 Steel broadsword1⁄256 |
| Evasion | Attack Resistance | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | |
| 0⁄64 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fire Breath Resistance * |
Bang Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | |
| 0% | 25% | 0% | 50% | |
| Ice breath Resistance * |
Strike/Rock Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance | |
| 50% | 0% | 25% | 100% | |
| Whack Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Paralysis Resistance * | Fuddle Resistance * | |
| 50% | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Snooze resistance * | Dazzle Resistance | Fizzle Resistance | Ban Dance Resistance | |
| 50% | 15% | 100% | 100% | |
| Stun Resistance * | Sap Resistance * | Army Resistance * | ||
| 50% | 15% | 0% | ||
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
| Infernal armour (じごくのよろい Jigoku no yoroi) |  |
| Model | HP | MP | Attack |
 |
125 | 8 | 135 |
| Defence | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 130 | 102 | 850 | 150 |
| Bestiary no. | #123 |
| Family | Material |
| In-game description | They can conduct lightning to engulf all enemies, and sometimes summon healslimes to lend a helping hand. The souls of soldiers who died awful deaths, and were brought back in suits of armour forged in the fires of hell. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Calls for backup (Medislime) Thrusts its sword into the ground (24~29 lightning/explosion damage to entire party) |
| Location(s) | Gerzuun Grotto (Volcano, rank 3-4) |
| Item(s) dropped | Cautery sword1⁄64 Silver mail1⁄128 |
| Fire Resistance * | Ice Resistance * |
Wind Resistance * | Blast/Lightning Resistance * |
| 25% | -25% | 0% | 0% |
| Rock Resistance * | Dark Resistance * | Light Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance |
| 0% | 25% | -25% | 0% |
| Whack Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Paralysis Resistance * | Fuddle Resistance * |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Snooze Resistance * | Dazzle Resistance | Sap Resistance * | Blunt Resistance * |
| 50% | 25% | 25% | 50% |
| Deceleratle Resistance * | Spooky Aura Resistance* | Fizzle Resistance * | Stun Resistance * |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | 50% |
| Charm Resistance * | |||
| 75% | |||
Defeating three infernal armours with the Pincushion ability is the objective of Quest #107: Off the Record.
Dragon Quest X
Infernal armour began appearing in Version 2.0 of the game. They are still able to perform desperate attacks, call down lightning by thrusting their swords into the ground, and can block attacks with their shields, but in this game they are capable of summoning Medislimes in battle as backup.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
| Infernal armour (じごくのよろい Jigoku no yoroi) |  |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack |
 |
165 | 25 | 125 |
| Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 235 | 60 | 557 | 73 |
| Bestiary no. | #207 |
| Family | Material |
| In-game description | Those who don the fabled Hate mail are doomed to become these soulless soldiers, and roam restlessly until put out of their misery. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Blocks with its shield Calls for backup (Sprite bulb) Armour Harmer Thrusts its sword into the ground (60~70 lightning damage to entire party) |
| Location(s) | Heliodor Region (second act) Heliodor Castle (second act) |
| Item(s) dropped | Cautery sword1⁄128 Silver mail1⁄128 |
| Evasion | Fire Resistance * | Ice Resistance * |
Wind Resistance * | |
| N/a | 25% | -110% | 0% | |
| Rock Resistance * | Light Resistance * | Dark Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | |
| 0% | -110% | 25% | 0% | |
| Drain Magic Resistance | Whack Resistance * | Poof Resistance | Poison Resistance * | |
| 0% | 100% | 50% | 25% | |
| Paralysis Resistance * | Fuddle Resistance * | Snooze Resistance * | Dazzle Resistance * | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Sap Resistance * | Blunt Resistance | Deceleratle Resistance | Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance |
|
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fizzle Resistance * | Stun Resistance * | Stumble Resistance * | Charm Resistance * | |
| 100% | 99% | 0% | 100% | |
| Beguile Resistance * | Double Down Resistance * | Elemental Resistance * | ||
| 25% | 0% | 0% | ||
Vicious
| Vicious infernal armour (じごくのよろい・強 Jigoku no yoroi・kyō) | |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack |
|
1,222 | 50 | 347 |
| Defense | Agility | Experience | Gold |
| 382 | 137 | 1,538 | 420 |
| Bestiary no. | #614 |
| Family | Material |
| In-game description | Infernal armours driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows. |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Blocks with its shield Calls for backup (Phoenix) Armour Harmer Thrusts its sword into the ground (120~130 lightning damage to entire party) |
| Location(s) | The Sage's Trial - Hoarder's Keep - Level 1 (third act, day only) |
| Item(s) dropped | Cautery sword1⁄128 Silver mail1⁄128 |
| Evasion | Fire Resistance * | Ice Resistance * |
Wind Resistance * | |
| N/a | 25% | -110% | 0% | |
| Rock Resistance * | Light Resistance * | Dark Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | |
| 0% | -110% | 25% | 0% | |
| Drain Magic Resistance | Whack Resistance * | Poof Resistance | Poison Resistance * | |
| 0% | 100% | 50% | 25% | |
| Paralysis Resistance * | Fuddle Resistance * | Snooze Resistance * | Dazzle Resistance * | |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% | |
| Sap Resistance * | Blunt Resistance | Deceleratle Resistance | Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance |
|
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fizzle Resistance * | Stun Resistance * | Stumble Resistance * | Charm Resistance * | |
| 100% | 99% | 0% | 100% | |
| Beguile Resistance * | Double Down Resistance * | Elemental Resistance * | ||
| 25% | 0% | 0% | ||
Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End
| Infernal armour (じごくのよろい Jigoku no yoroi) |  |
| Model | Experience | Gold | Marked Version? |
 |
529 | 87g | Yes |
| List No. | #098 |
| Field Notes | Empty suits of armour possessed by the souls of soldiers, and fated to fight till their deaths are avenged. The armour itself was forged in an infernal furnace—rumour has it that they mass produce them in purgatory. |
| Location(s) | Battle of the Pinnacle: Base, The Battle of Accordia |
| Item(s) Dropped | Thunderball, Silver ore |
Trivia
- In the original Japanese, the infernal armour shares a name with the recurring cursed Hate mail armour. In Dragon Quest X and XI, the monster's description states that the armour they wear are one and the same.
Gallery
An Infernal armour, a Whizzard, a Powie yowie and a Vampire battler in the Imperial Pantry of Parthenia from IV. (Cell phone)
An infernal armour thrusting its sword into the ground in VIII.
An infernal armour in X.
XI polygon model.
A vicious infernal armour.
Battle Road Victory cut-in.
Stars model.
Rivals card.
