Tyrannodactyl

Dragon Quest monster Tyrannodactyl Japanese メイジバピラス Romaji Mage Bapirasu First appearance Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line Old localization Magic Vampirus (NES), MagVamprs (GBC)

The Tyrannodactyl is a monster that appeared in Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line as an enemy monster found in the fifth and sixth floors of the Cave to Rendarak. It is a stronger version of the Terrordactyl with a more orange/reddish color scheme, but unlike its counterpart which only uses physical attacks, it uses dangerous spells like Fire Breath, Kasap and Snooze.

This monster is infamous among fans of II for being one of the only sources of the Mad cap--an incredible hat that reduces MP costs significantly. Players would spend hours at a time hunting the creature to get the hat; one in particular being Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri. In an interview held in 1998, he revealed that the inspiration for exchanging data between games, a staple of his series, came about due to envy that his friend (and Pokémon illustrator) Ken Sugimori had managed to nab two of them and had no way to share them.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Tyrannodactyl

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	65	Infinite	77
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
21	79	101	103

Abilities	Fire breath Kasap Snooze
Location(s)	Cave to Rendarak, floors 5 and 6
Item Dropped	Mad cap1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄}64	2⁄7	2⁄7	5⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
3⁄7	7⁄7	2⁄7

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	82	25	77
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
47	79	182	103

Abilities	Fire breath Kasap Snooze
Location(s)	Cave to Rendarak, floors 5 and 6
Item Dropped	Mad cap1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄64	4⁄7	0⁄7	1⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄7	2⁄7	0⁄7

See Also

• Terrordactyl