Ghoul

Dragon Quest monster Ghoul

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese グール Romaji Gūru First appearance Dragon Quest II Old localization Ghoul

The Ghoul is a recurring monster in the series, first appearing in Dragon Quest II. These zombies are tougher than a Walking corpse and are often able to call for back up if the player is not swift in dispatching it.

Characteristics

Ghouls are undead monsters with rotten blue-grey skin, an unkempt mass of grey hair, and red eyes, their mouths agape with drool constantly trailing. Their clothes have begun to rot away on their bodies, wearing either red or burgundy tunics with belts around their waists and dull pink or green trousers that have faded in colour. In their original appearance, they were the strongest variety of the walking dead and even gained the ability to cast simple fire magic against their foes.

Later appearances in the series gave ghouls the ability to call upon more of their kind from beyond the grave to aid them in battle, as well as being able to poison with both their claws and venomous exhalations. According to their monster description in X, ghouls are unable to die normally and thus hold grudges to the world of the living. Their hobby is enfeebling adventurers and watching them suffer.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Ghoul (グール Gūru)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	80	∞	120
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
19	41	61	100

Abilities	Sizz
Location(s)	Tower of the Moon Path to Rhone
Item Dropped	Chain sickle1⁄8

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
3⁄64	2⁄7	1⁄7	3⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
3⁄7	0⁄7	1⁄7

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	80	6	103
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
19	21	100	91

Abilities	Sizz
Location(s)	Tower of the Moon Cave to Rendarak
Item Dropped	Chain sickle1⁄8

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
3⁄64	0⁄7	0⁄7	1⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
3⁄7	0⁄7	1⁄7

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Ghoul (グール Gūru)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		36	170	5
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
95	10	45	1,270	48

Bestiary No.	#110
Spell(s)	Dazzle
Skill(s)	Call for backup (Voodoogooder)
Location(s)	Tantegel region Cantlin region Kol region Rimuldar region
Item Dropped	Cloak of evasion1⁄256

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

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past 3DS

Ghoul (グール Gūru)

Remake exclusive (3DS)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	88	6	103	21
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
23	137	150	1⁄16

Bestiary No.	DLC #019
Spell(s)	Suddenly grabs party member (125% damage)
Skill(s)	Poison Attack Venom Mist
Location(s)	A Poisonous Party
Item(s) Dropped	Chain sickle1⁄128

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	15%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	100%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
80%	100%	80%	0%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	0%	50%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	15%	0%

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Ghoul (グール Gūru)

Nintendo 3DS

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	182	0	102
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
42	66	98	17

Bestiary no.	#128
Family	Undead
In-game description	Strike or slice these monsters all you want; their undead flesh feels no pain. Beware of their tendency to call in fellow ghouls to sway the odds in their favor.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup (Ghoul)
Location(s)	Arcadia Region East Argonia (night only) Summoned by Wight king
Item(s) dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄8 Gold ring1⁄128

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
0⁄64	30%	0%	0%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	50%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
50%	0%	0%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
15%	50%	100%	15%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	50%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
50%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Ghoul (グール Gūru)

Model	HP	MP	Attack
	162	12	112
Defence	Agility	Experience	Gold
65	90	760	124

Bestiary no.	#111
Family	Undead
In-game description	They're pretty strong for stiffs, and although they don't have any special attacks, beware of them bellowing for backup. When they begin to rot, their breath and nails grow thick with toxins, but these dissipate as they deteriorate further.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Calls for backup (Ghoul)
Location(s)	The Plumbed Depths Urdus Marshland Khaalag Coast Grotto (Ice, rank 3)
Item(s) dropped	Manky mud1⁄16 Tough guy tattoo1⁄64

Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Blast/Lightning Resistance *
-50%	50%	-25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	25%	-100%	0%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
25%	50%	75%	25%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance *
50%	50%	0%	25%
Deceleratle Resistance *	Spooky Aura Resistance*	Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *
25%	0%	100%	50%
Charm Resistance *
75%

Dragon Quest X

Ghouls appeared from the beginning of the game. Like before, they are able to call from backup from more of their kind in battle. They are now able to breathe out Sweet Breath in order to put adventurers to sleep and can place curses on their opponents, as well.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Ghoul (グール Gūru)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	183	21	92
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
115	72	219	73

Bestiary no.	#200
Family	Undead
In-game description	A ravenous reanimated corpse that will eat anything within reach. Unable to feel anything, it will keep coming until it's finally cut down.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Spews out a stream of poisonous gunk (Damage and poison one party member)
Location(s)	Heliodor Region (second act) The Emerald Coast (second act) Cave to Rendarak (2D mode of 3DS and Definitive Edition only)
Item(s) dropped	Drasilian guinea1⁄32 Tough guy tattoo1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-50%	50%	-10%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-50%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	0%	100%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	0%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	50%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Vicious

Vicious ghoul (グール・強 Gūru・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	1,222	35	327
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
382	148	1,538	380

Bestiary no.	#615
Family	Undead
In-game description	Ghouls driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Spews out a stream of poisonous gunk (Damage and poison one party member) Sweet Breath
Location(s)	The Sage's Trial - Hoarder's Keep (third act, day only)
Item(s) dropped	Drasilian guinea1⁄32 Tough guy tattoo1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-50%	50%	-10%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-50%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	50%	100%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	0%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	50%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

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

Ghoul (グール Gūru)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	812	18g	Yes

List No.	#137
Field Notes	Buried bodies brought back to some semblance of life. Strike and slice all you like—their undead flesh feels no pain. They may be teeming with toxins, but their bodies are so rotten anyway that it doesn't make a difference.
Location(s)	The Lumberlands
Item(s) Dropped	Pitch pearl, Giant tortoise shell

Dragon Quest Builders

Ghoul (グール Gūru)

Chapter 2

HP	Attack	Defense	Item(s) Dropped
70~415	20~42	8~24	Gravestone (★☆☆), Lemongrass seed (★☆☆)
Location(s)
Holy Sanctum of Rimuldar

Sprite

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Dragon Quest Tact

Ghoul appears as a B-rank monster of the Undead family as part of the Dragon Quest II event. It can be recruited from the Dirkandor stage from "Adventure in the DQII World" at any difficulty, eventually becoming recruitable in the second part of the storyline from Chapter 4, Episode 2: Forms of Appearance. The ghoul can participate in Madusa and Winter Queen's Battle Roads as a party member.

Ghoul (グール Gūru)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Undead				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
120		941	231	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
442	237	331	158	25

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Sizz		Toxic Thrust*		Shade Slash*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Physical Potency +5% / Stats Up	Zap Res +25 / Stats Up	Shade Slash Potency +5% / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Bang Res +25 / Stats Up	Shade Slash Potency +5% / Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
ATK +5	Shade Slash Potency +2%	N/a

Perk Details

First

Physical Potency +5%: Raises physical potency by 5%.

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

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Zombi necrófago	Spanish for "necrophage zombie".
Français	Goule	French for "ghoul".
Deutsch	Ghul	German for "ghoul".
Italiano	Zombie grigio	Italian for "grey zombie".

Trivia

• A ghoul (غول, ghūl) is a demon-like creature or monstrous being from pre-Islamic Arabian mythology that is said to feast on corpses and is associated with graveyards. In modern fiction, the term is used to refer to a specific type of monster.

Gallery

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  Famicom art.

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  Alternate concept art.

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  Appearance in VII's Big Book of Beasts in the remake.

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  A ghoul in X.

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  XI polygon model.

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  A Vicious ghoul.

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  A Ghoul along with other monsters in XI.

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  Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest.

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  Stars model.

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  Rivals card.

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  Walk model.

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  A ghoul in Keshi Keshi.

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  Trading Battle Card

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  Monster Battle Scanner card.

Similar species

• Corpse corporal
• Lumberin' Jack
• Toxic zombie
• Walking corpse
• Corpsickle
• Putric Stinkenheimer