Batterfly knife
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| Batterfly knife | |
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| Japanese | バタフライダガー |
| Romaji | Batafurai daga |
| Old localizations | None |
| Found in | Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest XI |
| Effect | Inflicts increased damage to monsters of the Bug or Nature family. |
The Batterfly knife is a recurring knife in the series. It is an improved version of the Poison moth knife, having the ability to inflict paralysis with each attack and dealing additional damage to bugs and natural monsters.
Characteristics[edit]
The batterfly knife's original design has only slight differences from its predecessor. The guard around the handle is now a darker shade of fuchsia and has more golden details on it. In XI, the blade's colour is now light pink, while the guard is purple, and the handle is teal.
Appearances[edit]
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit]
 Batterfly knife |  |
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| Description | ||||
| A keen knife that paralyses its prey part of the time.[1] | ||||
| Rarity | Stats | Vocations | ||
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Attack +38 |    |
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| Notes | ||||
| 12.5% chance for paralysis when attacking. Inflicts 120% damage to Bugs. Upgrades into Dread dagger. |
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| Price | Location | |||
| N/a / 1,200 | Alchemy only. | |||
| Ingredient 1 | Ingredient 2 | Ingredient 3 | ||
 Poison moth knife |
 Coagulant x3 |
 Butterfly wing x3 |
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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age[edit]
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| Description | ||||
| A brutal, barbed blade that can sometimes stop enemies in their tracks with paralysis.[2] | ||||
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| E | ||||
| Stats with forge buffs | ||||
| Attack +29/31/33/36 8% chance of inflicting paralysis when attacking. |
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| Notes | ||||
| +20% damage to Nature family Requires 8 Perfectionist's pearls to rework. |
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| Price | Location | |||
| N/a / 600 | Fun-Size Forge only. Chest in Erik's interlude, in The Rock of Wrong - Depths (Definitive Edition only). |
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| Forging difficulty | ||||
| 1.5 | ||||
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The recipe book Building Butterfly Bric-a-Brac contains the recipe for the batterfly knife. It can be found on a bookshelf at the orphanage in Octagonia.
In Other Languages[edit]
| Language | Translation | Meaning |
 Español | Puñal chafaposa | Spanish for "batterfly dagger". |
 Français | Poignard de peurpillon | French for "batterfly poniard". |
 Deutsch | Zerschmetterlings-dolch | Derived from the German zerschmettern, Schmetterling, and Dolch. |
 Italiano | Falena acuminata | Italian for "sharp/pointed moth". |
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