Tortoceratops

Dragon Quest monster
Tortoceratops
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	デンタザウルス
Romaji	Dentasaurus
First appearance	Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Old localization	Spikerous (Monsters and Monsters 2)

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The Tortoceratops is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series.

Introduced in Dragon Quest V, it is a quadrupedal, dinosaur-like monster with a spiked body.

Characteristics

The Tortoceratops and its pallet swaps are stout looking monsters that take inspiration from the Nodosauridae family of Ankylosaurian dinosaurs. They lack the distinctive tail club to mark them as true ankylosaurids, but they do sport crested frills and nose horns reminiscent of Ceratopsians. The family also bears a striking resemblance to the Toho studios monster Anguirus, especially considering the Tortoceratops' similar brown and gray hues. The Tortoceratops can also fly by retracting its limbs and expelling fire from the sockets, allowing it to spin and ram into enemies at high speeds like Gamera, as shown in the video below.

Appearances

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Tortoceratops

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	113	0	121	115
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
49	225	45	N/A

Bestiary No.	118
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Charge. (125% damage) Desperate attack Muster Strength
Location(s)	Knick-knackatory Central Continent Ancient Ruins area (G3) Diggery Pokery area
Item dropped	Seed of strength¹⁄₁₂₈

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
0/64	20%	67%	67%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
67%	67%	67%	20%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
20%	100%	67%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
67%	67%	67%	67%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
20%	20%	100%	20%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

The first appearance of the Tortoceratops. They're purely physical attacking monsters that have high Defense and can charge up power for a stronger attack.

Dragon Quest X

After a long absence the spiked behemoths return in the tenth entry in the series, only they are classified as members of the Beast family despite clear saurian traits. Additionally, they now make use of Pincushion, retracting their limbs into their shell like the first half of their namesake and putting their scutes to good use.

Dragon Quest Monsters

Spikerous

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	35	2/5	3/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
2/5	3/5	1/5	1/5

Family	Dragon
In-game description	Its spiky hard shell protects itself from danger
Abilities	Berserker, RockThrow, Kamikaze
Habitat	Gate of Wisdom
Breeding chart	Dragon family x ArmyCrab, Digster

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	None	Weak
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
Weak	Weak	None	None
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Weak	None	Weak	Weak
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Weak	Weak	None	None
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
None		Weak

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Spikerous

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	35	5/10	4/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
4/10	7/10	2/10	2/10

Family	Dragon
In-game description	Breaks foes as if they were rocks.
Abilities	Berserker, Kamikaze, RockThrow
Habitat
Breeding chart	Dragon family x ArmyCrab, Digster

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	None	Weak
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
Weak	Weak	Weak	None
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
None	Weak	None	Weak
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	None
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
None	None	Weak

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,350	370
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
560	690	450	420

Bestiary No.	#085
Rank	E Rank
In-game description	These durable monsters' defences also serve as their main means of attack-their spike-studded body not only blocks incoming attacks, but can also visit heinous harm on hostile parties
Talents	Defender
Guaranteed traits	Insta-Buff (lv. 1) Spiky Skin (lv. 20) Critical Moment (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Sleep Twitch (lv. 1) Desperate Measures (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
50%	-25%	25%	0%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
50%	0%	0%	25%
Dark Resistance *	Debilitation Resistance*	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *
25%	25%	50%	0%
MP Absorption Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *	Sleep Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	25%
Stun Resistance *		Poison Resistance *
50%		-25%
Instant Death Resistance *
0%