Salta

Salta is a boss monster in Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors. He is one of several Mirror bosses available after completing the main story of the game. Salta is a member of the Cyclops family of monsters.

Dragon Quest monster Salta
Ingame art. First appearance Dragon Quest Swords

Characteristics

Salta is always accompanied by 2 Magidracky in battle. These Magidracky attempt to cast shield weakening spells on the hero while Salta attacks. For the first half of the battle, Salta uses series' of club strikes in various patterns. For the second part of the battle, he fires projectiles from his eye from a distance. Many of these projectiles are returnable, which is the primary way to damage him.

Level rewards

For more information, see Level scoring in Dragon Quest Swords

• Rank X - 1 x Yggdrasil leaf
• Rank S - 1 x Orichalcum
• Rank A - 1 x Orichalcum
• Rank B - 1 x Yggdrasil dew

Trivia

• The name 'Salta' is a play on words. Spelled backwards it is 'Atlas' a similar boss monster in Dragon Quest II.