Thunderball

Thunderball is a recurring item in the Dragon Quest series. It is a lightning-infused rock that is used as a crafting ingredient.

Thunderball
Japanese	雷の玉 いかずちのたま
Romaji	Ikazuchi no tama
Old localizations	N/a
Found in	Dragon Quest IX Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest Swords Dragon Quest Heroes Dragon Quest Heroes II
Effect	Used as an ingredient to create items.

Not to be confused with the breath skill of the same name that appears in Dragon Quest Tact.

Appearances

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Game	Description
	A chunk of rock charged with electrical energy. Alchemise it!

Thunderball can be collected from the Wyrmwing and the small island to the east of Hermany, as well as being dropped by Cumulus rexes and Cumulus vexes. It can also be received as a reward for repeating Quest #036: Little Miss Bossy Boots. It can be sold for 43 gold coins.

Thunderball is used in the following alchemy recipes:

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Lightning lance	Celestial spear	Thunderball x3	Mythril ore

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Storm spear	Lightning lance	Thunderball x5	Gold bar

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Lightning staff	Stolos' staff	Thunderball x3	Magic water

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Lightning conductor	Lightning staff	Thunderball x5	Sage's elixir

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Azure dragon fan	Cobra fan	Thunderball x3	Dragon's scale x2

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Enchanted stone	Thunderball x2	Ice crystal x2	Mystifying mixture

Dragon Quest X

Thunderballs are used as a material for crafting weapons and pieces of equipment or in Alchemy to give a spellcasting speed bonus to weapons or handwear. It can be purchased from a material shop for 1,350 gold, received in exchange for 2 mini medals each, or dropped by various monsters such as Silvapithecuses, Batmandrills, and Squidzillas.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Game	Description
	A chunk of rock charged with electrical energy.

Thunderball can be picked up from sparkly spots at the Battleground or dropped by Brollympians, Old men of the sea, Dragon zombies, Wight princes, Electric needlers, and Hellbound hair-raisers. One thunderball can also be found in a treasure chest at the Eerie Eyrie and another at L'Académie de Notre Maitre des Médailles behind a storeroom that requires the Magic key to open. It can be sold for 500 gold coins.

Thunderball is used in the following recipes for the Fun-Size Forge:

• Recipe: Lightning staff = Pink pine x2 + Thunderball + Royal soil
• Recipe: Lightning lance = Gold ore x3 + Thunderball + Magic beast horn
• Recipe: Lightning conductor = Spellbound bough x2 + Thunderball + Enchanted stone
• Recipe: Deicimators = Serpent bone x2 + Gold bar + Thunderball x2 + Spectralite + Fire ball
• Recipe: Asterang = Meteorang + Agate of evolution + Thunderball + Lucida shard
• Recipe: Stellarang = Asterang + Agate of evolution x2 + Thunderball x2 + Lucida shard x2 + Sunny citrine
• Recipe: Galaxarang = Stellarang + Über agate of evolution + Thunderball x3 + Lucida shard x3 + Black tear

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

Thunderballs are used as a tempering material for thunder-elemental swords. It can be dropped by Men o' war or received as a Rank B reward from the Mirror World, a Rank S reward from the Tower of Mirrors, a Rank A reward from the Secace Seacove, or a Rank S reward from the Caliburn Cave.

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Thunderballs can be dropped by Silvapithecuses and Pazuzus, received from King Flaminio in exchange for 5 mini medals onboard the Stonecloud, or received as a reward for repeating the Grudge Match: Automatrons with gold clear time. It can be used to create Catholicon rings and the classic recipe for the Mirror ring in the Alchemy Pot or sold for 470 gold coins.

Game	Description
	A chunk of rock charged with electrical energy.

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Twin Kings and the Prophecy's End

Thunderballs are used as a material to improve various accessories or can be sold for 470 gold coins. Once again it can be dropped by Silvapithecuses and Pazuzus, as well as Infernal armours and Batmandrills.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Bolatrueno	Spanish for "thunderball".
Français	Boule de foudre	French for "ball of lightning".
Deutsch	Blitzbrocken	German for "chunk of lightning".
Italiano	Sfera del tuono	Italian for "thunder sphere".