Firn fiend

Dragon Quest monster Firn fiend

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ひょうがまじん Romaji Hyōga majin First appearance Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation Old localization Glacier Basher

The firn fiend is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series introduced in Dragon Quest III.

It is a glacial Elemental monster that rises out of the permafrost and crawls along the surface with one hand extended out, glaring through blizzards with piercing, yellow eyes. It is the ice equivalent of the magmalice.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Firn fiend (ひょうがまじん Hyōga majin)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		24	140	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
93	54	23	405	74

Bestiary No.	#083
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Chilly Breath Sweet Breath
Location(s)	Greenlad Leiamland Maw of the Necrogond
Item Dropped	Mad cap1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	100%	25%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
0%	100%	70%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
100%	25%	70%	25%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
100%	25%	25%

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

##202 - Firn fiend
HP MP Experience Gold 365 0 3,200 172 Attack Defense Speed 195 268 104
Dropped Item	Ice crystal1⁄16 Reset stone1⁄256
Locations	Realm of the Mighty Grotto (
Skills	Sweet Breath Chilly Breath Freezing Blizzard
Spells	None
Family	Elemental
Bestiary #	#202
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Japanese Name	ひょうがまじん
Romanized Jap.	Hyōga majin
Description	Should be fried with fire before they induce indolence with Sweet Breath and follow up with Freezing Blizzard. Ice elementals born from glaciers. They absorb treasures left by fallen adventurers and stash them inside themselves.

Dragon Quest Monsters

IceMan (ひょうがまじん Hyōga majin)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	45	2/5	2/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
3/5	3/5	2/5	2/5

Family	Material
In-game description
Abilities	FrigidAir, IceBolt, StrongD
Habitat	Foreign Master
Breeding chart	Roboster x KingLeo MetalDrak x Skullgon, WhiteKing

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

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Iceman (ひょうがまじん Hyōga majin)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	45	6/10	3/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
7/10	7/10	4/10	3/10

Family	Material
In-game description
Abilities	FrigidAir, IceBolt, StrongD
Habitat
Breeding chart	MetalDrak x Skullgon, WhiteKing Roboster, Roboster2 x KingLeo

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

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Firn fiend
Family	Material
Rank	D
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Axes, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Traits	Crackmeister, Crafty Cracker
Resistances	Vulnerable to Frizz and Fire Breath, Healed by Crack and Cold Breath
Skill	Woosh & Crack
Location	Cragravation (ice)
Breeding chart	Magmalice x Snowbird Mecha-mynah x Angel slime or Dancing flame

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Firn fiend (ひょうがまじん Hyōga majin)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,360	370
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
570	520	440	550

Bestiary No.	#320
Rank	D
In-game description	Born from frigid earth, these frosty fellows fly at fallen travellers to filch their prized possessions before fleeing the scene as fast as they can
Talents	Chilly Receptionist (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Crackmeister (lv. 1) Sleepy Touch (lv. 20) Sleep Twitch (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Cracker (lv. 1) Rando-Oomph (lv. 60)
Habitat	Circle of Temper - Upper Echelon ()
Items	Sage's elixir (Common) Master thief's monocle (Rare)
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
-25%	25%	-25%	25%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
-25%	125%	25%	0%
Dark Resistance *	Debilitation Resistance*	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *
25%	25%	0%	0%
MP Absorption Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *	Sleep Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
0%	50%	-25%	0%
Stun Resistance *		Poison Resistance *
50%		50%
Instant Death Resistance *
0%

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light

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Dragon Quest Builders

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Dragon Quest Walk

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Dragon Quest Tact

Firn fiend appears as a B-rank monster of the Inorganic family as part of the limited True Dragon Quest III event. It can be scouted from the West Tantegel Sea stage of Searching for a Legend at any difficulty. The firn fiend can participate in Robbin' 'Ood and the Old flame's Battle Roads as a party member. The monster went by its old name Iceman when it was introduced, but it was changed to Firn fiend in a June 2023 update.

Firn fiend (ひょうがまじん Hyōga majin)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Inorganic				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
110		973	297	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
192	388	342	113	25

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Sweet Breath		Blizzard Breath*		Cold Hypnoglobe*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Crack-type Breath Potency +5%/Stats Up	Frizz Res +25/Stats Up	Cold Hypnoglobe Potency +5%/Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Crack Res +25/Stats Up	Cold Hypnoglobe Potency +5%/Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Max HP +15	Cold Hypnoglobe Potency +2%	N/a

Perk Details

First

Crack-type Breath Potency +5: Raises Crack-type breath potency by 5%.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Half Res	Normal	Half Res	Normal
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Normal	Very Weak	Very Weak	Normal
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Normal
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Half Res	Super Weak	Normal	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Immune	Normal	Super Weak

Etymology

Firn is the German term for compact, granular snow that is between glacial ice and common snow in terms of density.

Related monsters

Similar species

• Magmalice
• Magmalice's hand
• Firn fiend's hand
• Gold golem
• Geothaum

Gallery

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  DQM1·2 sprite.

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  Caravan Heart sprite.

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  Joker 2 model.

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  Builders boss.