Mushroom mage

Dragon Quest monster Mushroom Mage

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese マージマタンゴ Romaji Maji Matango First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization Mage mushroom, magestool

The Mushroom Mage is a purple funghoul with a dark blue cap. Smarter than its cousins, it has learned a stalkful of ice magic to skewer adventurers.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Mushroom mage (マージマタンゴ Maji Matango)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		14	40	10
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
39	52	20	92	20

Bestiary No.	#038
Spell(s)	Crack Heal
Skill(s)	Flee
Location(s)	North of Norvik
Item Dropped	Chimaera wing1⁄64

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

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

Mushroom mage (マージマタンゴ Maji Matango)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	43	10	40
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
53	20	45	30

Bestiary No.	#023
Spell(s)	Crack Heal
Skill(s)	Flee
Location(s)
Item Dropped	Magic water(1⁄128)

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
0/64	25%	25%	25%
Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
75%	25%	0%	25%
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Bracer Resistance	Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance
0%	0%	100%	25%
Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
25%	0%	0%	25%

Remakes (PSX, DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Mushroom mage (マージマタンゴ Maji Matango)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	81	10	82
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
76	55	75	13

Bestiary no.	#107
Family	Plant
In-game description	Man-eating mushroom monsters that live in shady forests. They cast ice magic to freeze unwary travelers and then use them as fertilizer.
Spell(s)	Crackle Heal
Skill(s)	Flee
Location(s)	Northwest Isle
Item(s) dropped	Red mould1⁄8 Waterweed mould1⁄8

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

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest IX

#053 - Mushroom mage
HP MP Experience Gold 67 18 144 70 Attack Defense Speed 50 56 56
Dropped Item	Belle cap (common, 1/8) Fisticup (rare, 1/8)
Locations	Tower of Trades Newid Isle Lonely Coast (high ground) Grotto
Spells	Crack
Family	Plant family
Bestiary #	053
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	Mean mushrooms who go round in groups endeavouring to make ice cubes out of adventurers with constant cold spells Cooled the once-warm area south of Alltrades Abbey with a century of Crack-casting 'til it became outright autumnal.

Dragon Quest X

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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

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Their thirst for revenge on the humans who eat them led these ferocious fungi to study ever stronger magics, eventually becoming expert sorcerers.

Dragon Quest Builders 2

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Dragon Quest Tact

Mushroom Mage (マージマタンゴ Maji Matango)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Nature				Magic
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
95		637	213	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
201	267	162	218	20

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Crack		Crackle - level 20		-

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Crack-type Spell Potency +5% / Stats Up	Zam Res +25 / Stats Up	Crackle Potency +5% / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Crack Res +25 / Stats Up	Crackle Potency +5% / Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

None

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
WIS +3	Crackle Potency +2%	-

Perk Details

First

Crack-type Spell Potency +5%

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

Similar species

• Funghoul
• Morphean mushroom