Naturalist

Naturalist Japanese けものみち
けもの道 Rōmaji Kemono michi Type Talent

Naturalist is a recurring talent in the Dragon Quest Monsters series introduced in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker. It teaches various skills suitable for beast-type monsters.

Appearances

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Naturalist is learned by the Spiked hare, Great sabrecub, Heligator, and Platypunk. It grants the following abilities:

Ability	Skill Points
Heart Breaker	3
Sandstorm	7
Dragon Slash	11
Body Slam	15
Mercurial Thrust	21
Tongue Lashing	30
War Cry	45
Uncarnate	63
Hatchet Man	83

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Uncarnate is no longer learned. Instead, Mysterian Mauler is learned with 57 points and Hatchet Man now requires only 75.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Naturalist can be learned once again by Great sabrecubs, Platypunks, and Spiked hares.

Ability	Skill Points	Description
Heart Breaker	3	Inflicts slashing damage on a single enemy and stuns it for 1 turn.
Sandstorm	10	Whips up a dense cloud of dust that lowers the accuracy of enemy attacks for 2 to 5 turns.
Attack Attacker	20	Damages a single enemy and occasionally lowers its attack for 2 to 5 turns.
Mercurial Thrust	30	A punching technique that only inflicts a small amount of damage, but allows the user to attack before anyone else.
Tongue Lashing	50	Slathers a single enemy with slimy saliva, stunning it and lowers its defence.
War Cry	70	An ear-popping shout that stuns all enemies for 1 turn.
Hatchet Man	85	Inflicts slashing damage on a single enemy. The attack has a high likelihood of missing, but an increased chance of inflicting a critical hit when it succeeds.
Auto-Restora	83	Restores a small amount of HP after each action.