Gleeful grublin

Dragon Quest monster Gleeful grublin
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ヨロコボルト Romaji Yorokoboruto First appearance Dragon Quest XI

The Gleeful grublin is a recurring monster in the series, first appearing in Dragon Quest XI. It is a devious, yellow-skinned goblin-like creature armed with a sword and shield.

Characteristics

Gleeful grublins are humanoid creatures with yellowish-orange skin that are roughly the size of children. They have long, pointed ears, a short pair of horns on top of their round heads, red eyes with tiny black pupils, and mouths agape to show off their sharp teeth, giving them a crazed expression. The grublins carry chipped swords in their right hands and bucklers strapped to their offhands, their armour consisting of simple metallic breastplates with pauldrons and faulds attached, all made of gold. Like their weaker kin, the gleeful grublins can work themselves into a rage in battle and perform combination attacks when they call for backup from more of their kind. Some gleeful grublins take to the sky on honeybee mounts.

Appearances

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Gleeful grublin (ヨロコボルト Yorokoboruto)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	151	16	129
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
122	110	391	78

Bestiary no.	#231
Family	Humanoid
In-game description	These rakish rogues of the grublin world like to grin their way into the hearts of grublin girls, then toy with them mercilessly.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Blocks with its shield Grows ever more angry (increases Attack and Agility) Gets Pepped up Calls for backup (Gleeful grublin) Double Decker (Pep power, with Gleeful grublin)
Location(s)	Mount Pang Lai (second act)
Item(s) dropped	Bastard sword1⁄128 Magic shield1⁄128

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

Malicious

Malicious gleeful grublin (ヨロコボルト・邪 Yorokoboruto・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	382	32	237
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
253	189	1,424	345

Bestiary no.	#526
Family	Humanoid
In-game description	Gleeful grublins who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Blocks with its shield Grows ever more angry (increases Attack and Agility) Gets Pepped up Calls for backup (Malicious gleeful grublin) Double Decker (Pep power, with Malicious gleeful grublin)
Location(s)	Mount Pang Lai (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Bastard sword1⁄128 Magic shield1⁄128

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

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Bocarrón dichoso	Derived from the Spanish boca and the suffix ón, indicating its large attributes, and dichoso.
Français	Gobelutin mutin	From the French gobelin, lutin, and mutin.
Deutsch	Grinsender Gnobold	From the German Grinsender and a combination of the words Gnom and Kobold.

Trivia

• The gleeful grublin's Japanese name, ヨロコボルト (Yorokoboruto), is a reference to the kobold, a mischievous creature from Germanic folklore and mythology. Some types of kobolds were usually invisible spirits that could materialize as an object or human, often a small child. Another common depiction of kobolds were as household spirits that lived in human homes and performed domestic duties, but could play malicious tricks if they were neglected or insulted. The term kobold has also become interchangeable with goblin in modern literature and depictions.

Gallery

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  XI polygon model

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  A malicious gleeful grublin

Similar species

• Gloomy grublin
• Grublin
• Grumpy grublin

Close cousins

• Midnight horknight
• Horknight
• Honeyhead horknight
• Horknight watchman