Merking

Dragon Quest monster Merking

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese キングマーマン
マーマンダイン (V only) Romaji Kingumāman
Māmandain (V only) First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization King Merzon

The Merking is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III. It is a high-ranking monarch of the merpeople with purple scales.

Characteristics

These great, grumpy fish-folk lurk in the forgotten and gloomy caves of the great sea, waiting to punish all people that dare to intrude their isolated deep domains. With a huge golden frills on their backs and bright blue scales, they can be a frightful sight to behold, especially as they're armed with unimaginably huge bladed staves for smacking and smashing uninvited guests. Capable of casting crushing ice magic with Crackle, damaging a full party with frost, as well preventing all incoming spells being cast with the threatening Fizzle spell. They've even been known for spew forth a vile venomous vapor that can envenom their enemies. Oddly enough, the merkings has a tendency to drop bikinis when they are defeated.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Merking (キングマーマン Kingumāman)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		36	120	12
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
125	85	72	1590	110

Bestiary No.	#115
Spell(s)	Crackle
Skill(s)	Call for help
Location(s)	Alefgard ocean Cloudsgate Citadel
Item Dropped	Magic bikini1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0⁄64	25%	70%	25%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
0%	25%	70%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
100%	70%	70%	0%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
25%	0%	25%

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Merking (マーマンダイン Māmandain)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	95	3	120	90
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
83	170	90	N/A

Bestiary No.	#192
Spell(s)	Fizzle
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Ocean
Item dropped	Seed of Strength1⁄128

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
0⁄64	0%	20%	20%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
0%	67%	67%	0%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
0%	?	67%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
67%	20%	20%	20%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
20%	0%	20%	20%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Merking (キングマーマン Kingumāman)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	196	32	169
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
115	86	278	54

Bestiary no.	#255
Family	Aquatic
In-game description	An elite among mermen. The hard scales covering its body bestow complete resistance to fire-based spells. Beware of their high attack power.
Spell(s)	Fizzle Kasizzle
Skill(s)	Venom Mist
Location(s)	Pirate's Cove
Item(s) dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄8 Medicinal herb1⁄16

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

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

Magic bikini1⁄128 replaces Medicinal herb as rare drop.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Merking (キングマーマン Kingumāman)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	324	76	178
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
167	112	573	86

Bestiary no.	#230
Family	Nature
In-game description	Leaders among mermen and skilled strategists, they like to spray enemies with poison to weaken them, then call in their underlings to finish the job.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Sharp Claws (attacks character twice at 75% damage each) Venom Mist Controls the currents to summon pillars of water (ice damage to entire party)
Location(s)	The Costa Valor (second act, night only) Inland Sea (second act, sea near Nautica/Zwaardsrust)
Item(s) dropped	Special antidote1⁄32 Scandalous swimsuit1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	25%	50%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	-125%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	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%	50%	100%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

The malicious merking appears as a boss alongside a group of four (three in the 3DS version) malicious mermaniacs, threatening Michelle and Kainui at the Strand in the third act.

Malicious merking (キングマーマン・邪 Kingumāman・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	3,009	999	501
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
302	60	24,000	10,000

Bestiary no.	#489
Family	Nature
In-game description	Merkings possessed by incredible evil. The violent undersea gangs they lead leave trails of death and destruction in their wake.
Spell(s)	Kacrack Kazing Co-Kacrack (Pep power, with Malicious mermaniac)
Skill(s)	Acts two or three times per turn Becomes Pepped up Sharp Claws (attacks character twice at 75% damage each) Venom Mist Controls the currents to summon pillars of water (ice damage to entire party)
Location(s)	The Strand (third act)
Item(s) dropped	None

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	25%	50%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	-125%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	100%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
100%	100%	99%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
75%	99%	100%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
100%	0%	0%

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Gallery

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  XI polygon model

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  The malicious merking

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  The merking threatening the party in XI

Related monsters

Similar species

• Geyzer
• Geyzer in Memoriam
• Merman
• Mermaniac

Close cousins

• Gracos
• Gracos V
• Merderer