Merman

Dragon Quest monster
Merman
	File:Mermanart.png; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	マーマン
Romaji	Merman
First appearance	Dragon Quest III
Old localization	Same

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Appearances

Dragon Quest III

Merman

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		20	54	5
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
65	45	30	240	38

Bestiary No.	066
Spell(s)	Kasap
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Ocean
Item Dropped	Seed of Strength¹⁄₂₅₆

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

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest V

Merman

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	78	9	85	72
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
51	105	45	N/A

Bestiary No.	184
Spell(s)	Sap
Skill(s)	Claw swipe (125% damage)
Location(s)	Ocean
Item dropped	Iron Claw¹⁄₃₂

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

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VIII

Merman

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	101	12	92
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
86	65	106	19

Bestiary no.	247
Family	Aquatic
In-game description	A fearsome hunter of the sea. Uses magic to decrease a foe's defense before slashing at it with its razor-sharp tale.
Spell(s)	Sap
Skill(s)	Rake with claws (125% damage)
Location(s)	Pickham Region
Item(s) dropped	Medicinal herb¹⁄₃₂ Scale armour¹⁄₆₄

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
⁰⁄₆₄	0%	25%	25%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	0%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	0%	25%	50%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
15%	50%	50%	50%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	15%	50%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
50%	15%	0%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Merman

HP	MP	Experience
6/10	6/10	6/10
Attack	Defense	Speed
5/10	7/10	5/10

Locations

Sea World

Spells

Sap, SleepAir, Vivify

Family

Water

Game

Dragon Warrior Monsters 2

Console

GBC

Description

A fish that is as smart as people.

Mermen can be bred with a combination of any member of the Water family as the base and any member of the Devil family as the mate.