Madusa

Dragon Quest monster Madusa
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese メドーサボール Romaji Medōsa Bōru First appearance Dragon Quest II Old localization Medusa Ball (DQII NES)
MedusaEye (DQ2 GBC, DQM1 and 2 GBC)

The Madusa is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest II.

Characteristics

Madusas are demonic floating eyes surrounded by a writhing mass of blue snakes with sharp fangs. Most of their body and the undersides of the snakes are orange. The eyelid surrounding its center eye is red and the eyes of its snakes are red, as well. They are capable of utilizing debilitating magic in battle to hamper their foes and in spinoff games, they gain the ability to place curses and even inflict petrification, much like their mythological inspiration. In some games such as the 3D Monsters games and Builders 2, they grow to truly immense sizes. Although Madusa makes regular appearances in spinoff games, they have yet to reappear in another main series game to date.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Madusa (メドーサボール Medōsa bōru)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	42	Unlimited	35
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
13	22	36	29

Abilities	Snooze Acts twice per turn
Location(s)	Dragon's Horn 4F-6F Ocean
Item Dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄16

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

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	42	4	35
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
13	22	51	29

Abilities	Snooze Kasap
Location(s)	Dragon's Horn 4F-7F Ocean
Item Dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄16

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
2⁄64	0⁄7	0⁄7	6⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
2⁄7	0⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest Monsters

MedusaEye (メドーサボール Medōsa bōru)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	30	3/5	2/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
2/5	2/5	5/5	5/5

Family	Devil
In-game description	A deadly ball of snakes with an eye in the center
Abilities	Surround, Sap, Shears
Habitat	Goopi's Gate #1, Gate of Extinction
Breeding chart	Devil family x Dragon family 1EyeClown, DarkEye, Gremlin x Zombie family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Strong	Strong	None	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Weak	None	Weak	Weak
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
Weak	Weak	None	None
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Weak	Weak	None	None
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Weak	None	Weak	None
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
None		Strong

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

MedusaEye (メドーサボール Medōsa bōru)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	30	6/10	4/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
5/10	5/10	6/10	4/10

Family	Devil
In-game description
Abilities	Sap, Shears, Surround
Habitat
Breeding chart	1EyeClown x Aquarella DarkEye x Octoreach Gremlin x Zombie family Devil family x Dragon family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Strong	Strong	None	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Weak	None	Weak	Weak
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
Weak	Weak	Weak	None
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
None	Strong	Strong	Strong
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Strong	Weak	Weak	None
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
None	Weak	None	Weak
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
None	None	Strong

Dragon Quest Tact

Madusa appears as an A-rank monster of the Demon family as part of the limited Dragon Quest II event. She will join the party in the event quest Chapter 2: Episode 4: Seeing Eye to Eye and she stars in her own Battle Road. The madusa can be fully awakened by completing the stage based on the Lighthouse at any difficulty.

Madusa (メドーサボール Medōsa bōru)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Demon				Debuff
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
120		778	338	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
313	303	395	310	35

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Woosh		Psychokinetic Sphere*		Curse Orb*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Curse Success Rate +10% / Stats Up	Bang Res +25 / Stats Up	Curse Orb Potency +5% / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Crack Res +25 / Stats Up	Curse Orb Potency +5% / Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

Raises Curse Res of allies, including herself, by 25% in a 5x5 square around her.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
WIS +10	AGL +15	Curse Orb Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Curse Success Rate +10%: Raises Curse success rate by 10%.

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

Etymology

Madusa and its green cousin are inspired by the Greek myth of Medusa and her sisters, known as the Gorgons. They appear as beautiful women with venomous snakes in the place of hair. Those who gazed into Medusa's eyes were turned to stone. In one myth, Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden but she had her hair transformed into snakes by the goddess Athena after she was violated by the god Posiedon in a temple that was sacred to Athena. She was eventually beheaded by the hero Perseus. In some versions of the myth, Medusa's head became the shield Aegis and it could be used to petrify anyone who looked into her eyes.

Related monster

• Goregon

Gallery

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  Famicom art

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  Monsters official art

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  Boss battle in Builders 2.

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  Rivals card