Material family
Material Family (Japanese Kanji: 物質 Hiragana: ぶっしつ Romanji: Bushitsu) refers to monsters in Dragon Quest series that are formed from materials such as stone, iron, or cloth. In some games, this family also includes members of the Elemental family and the Machine family.
In addition to the more Western-influenced designs such as golems and treasure chest mimics, many material monsters are based on the Tsukumogami; inanimate object yokai that acquire sentience after "living" for 99 years. As any household object can become a Tsukumogami, so to can plain possessions become material monsters.
Dragon Quest
Dragon Quest II
Dragon Quest III
- Bag o' laughs
- Bloody hand
- Cannibox
- Goodybag
- Infernal armour
- Lethal armour
- Living statue
- Magmalice
- Mimic
- Muddy hand
- Restless armour
- Rockbomb
- Stone guardian
Dragon Quest IV
- Bloody blade
- Cannibox
- Cheeky tiki
- Dirty dogu
- Erazor blade
- Infernal armour
- Lethal armour
- Mimic
- Pandora's box
- Paralyslicer
- Pocus poppet
- Restless armour
- Rockbomb
- Sir Roseguardin
- Teaky mask
- Terracotta warrior
Dragon Quest V
- Bag o' laughs
- Bloody hand
- Bomboulder
- Burr baby
- Cannibox
- Frighturn
- Golem
- Goodybag
- Hades helm
- Hex hellmet
- Magic marionette
- Mimic
- Mud mannequin
- Muddy hand
- Pocus poppet
- Restless armour
- Rockbomb
- Stone golem
- Terracotta warrior
- Ticking timeburrm
- Time burrm
- Urnexpected
- Wax murderer
- Wickerman
Dragon Quest VI
- Animated armour
- Annihilantern
- Bad karmour (vulnerable to metal slash)
- Bloody hand
- Bomboulder
- Cannibox
- Devil glass
- Dragooner (vulnerable to metal slash)
- Dreadstaff (vulnerable to undead undoer)
- Frighturn
- Goodybag
- Harmour
- Haunted mirror
- Infernal pane
- Living statue
- Magic marionette
- Malevolamp
- Malevolantern
- Mimic
- Mud mannequin
- Muddy hand
- Rockbomb
- Stone guardian
- Urnexpected
- Wayward armour
- Wraithwand (vulnerable to undead undoer)
Dragon Quest VII
- Bag o' laughs
- Bomboulder
- Cannibox
- Cavorting column
- Ceramic sergeant
- Collum o'golem
- Frighturn
- Glowering inferno
- Gold golem
- Golem
- Goodybag
- Grimoire
- Grinade
- Hexicon
- Mad moai
- Malevolantern
- Mastermine
- Mad moai
- Mimic
- Mud mannequin
- Pandora's box
- Prancing pillar
- Rockbomb
- Spiny mine
- Stone golem
- Terracotta warrior
- Urnexpected
- Vile creature
- Vigilantern
- Vile vial
Dragon Quest VIII
- Bag o' laughs
- Bomboulder
- Cannibox
- Dead ringer
- Dingaling
- Gold golem
- Golem
- Goodybag
- Hell hopper
- Lethal armour
- Living statue
- Magic dumbbell
- Magic marionette
- Mimic
- Mimic king
- Mud mannequin
- Night sneaker
- Pandora's box
- Restless armour
- Rockbomb
- Ruin
- Skipper
- Statue of Angelo
- Statue of Hero
- Statue of Jessica
- Statue of Yangus
- Stone golem
- Stone guardian
Dragon Quest IX
- Alarmour
- Bad karmour
- Bag o' laughs
- Bagma
- Barriearthenwarrior
- Bomboulder
- Brrearthenwarrior
- Cannibox
- Charmour
- Cheeky tiki
- Earthenwarrior
- Freaky tiki
- Garth Goyle
- Gold golem
- Golem
- Goodybag
- Grim reaper
- Grinade
- Harmour
- Infernal armour
- Lethal armour
- Living statue
- Mad moai
- Mega moai
- Mimic
- Moai minstrel
- Pandora's box
- Ragged reaper
- Raving reaper
- Restless armour
- Rockbomb
- Sacksquatch
- Sculpture vulture
- Stone golem
- Stone guardian
- Teaky mask
Dragon Quest X
- Alarmour
- Bad karmour
- Bomboulder
- Cannibox
- Cavorting column
- Charmour
- Chest mimic
- Dark planet
- Dirty dogu
- Dirty doll
- Erazor blade
- Fondeww
- Golden box
- Golden puppet
- Gold golem
- Golem
- Goodybag
- Grinade
- Harmour
- Infernal armour
- Lethal armour
- Mad moai
- Magical hat
- Magic marionette
- Mimic
- Moai minstrel
- Mouldy cheese
- Mourning moon
- Mud mannequin
- Needleman
- Needle rabbit
- Pandora's box
- Pocus poppet
- Puppet rope
- Prancing pillar
- Rainbow mudman
- Restless armour
- Rockbomb
- Ruin
- Sculpture vulture
- Stone golem
- Wax murderer
- Wire man
Dragon Quest Monsters
- Balzak
- BombCrag
- CoilBird
- CurseLamp
- EvilPot
- EvilWand
- Facer
- Gismo
- GoldGolem
- Golem
- Goopi
- IceMan
- JewelBag
- LavaMan
- MadCandle
- MadMirror
- MetalDrak
- Mimic
- MudDoll
- Roboster
- RogueNite
- SabreMan
- SpikyBoy
- Stoneman
- Voodoll
Dragon Quest Monsters 2
- Balzak
- BombCrag
- Brushead
- CloudKing
- CoilBird
- CurseLamp
- DarkMate
- EvilPot
- EvilWand
- Exaucers
- Facer
- Gismo
- GoldGolem
- Golem
- Goopi
- IceMan
- JewelBag
- LavaMan
- MadCandle
- MadMirror
- MetalDrak
- Mimic
- MudDoll
- ProtoMech
- Puppetor
- Roboster
- Roboster2
- RogueNite
- SabreMan
- SpikyBoy
- StoneMan
- Voodoll
DQM Strengths and Weakness
Strength
Weakness
In Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2, Material Whirl does significant damage to material monsters.
Trivia
- The Muddy hands and their brethren were considered to be material monsters up until DQVII, in which they were classified as members of the Undead family. As of DQX, this seems to be their new monster type in the main line games.
Gallery of Material monsters
- GolemArt.png
Golem.
- DQ Stone Golem.png
Stone golem.
- GoldGolemArt.png
Gold golem.
- DQIII Goodybag.png
Goodybag.
- Bag o laughs.png
Bag o' laughs.
- DQIII Stone Guardian.png
Stone guardian.
- LivingStatueArt.png
Living statue.
- CanniboxArt.png
Cannibox.
- DQIII Mimic.png
Mimic.
- Pandoras Box.png
Pandora's box.
- DQII Mud mannequin.png
Mud mannequin.
- DQII Magic marionette.png
Magic marionette.
- DQIII Grinade.png
Grinade.
- BomboulderArt.png
Bomboulder.
- DQMJ3 Cursed Rock.png
Cursed rock.
- DQIII Restless Armour.png
Restless armour.
- DQIII Lethal Armour.png
Lethal armour.
- DQMJ2 Roseguardin.png
Roseguardin.
- DQIV Teaky Mask.png
Teaky mask.
- DQV Frighturn.png
Frighturn.
- Mad Moai.png
Mad moai.
- Ragged reaper.png
Ragged reaper.
- EarthenWarriorArt.png
Earthenwarrior.
- Brrearthenwarrior.png
Brrearthenwarrior.
- Sacksquatch.png
Sacksquatch.