Golem

Dragon Quest monster Golem

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ゴーレム Romaji Gōremu First appearance Dragon Quest

For the monster class in Dragon Quest VII, see Golem (vocation).

The Golem is a recurring Material monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the first game as a boss, it has since appeared in several other installments of the series, primarily as a normal enemy.

Characteristics

Golems are hulking man-shaped monsters made of clay bricks. This sums up most of their appearances with their face being the only other detail: a slit-like opening with two eyes glowing from the darkness.

Since the appearance of the first Golem the species has solidified itself as a hefty force of physical might but one that lacks in resistance to spells. One of the most notable vulnerabilities of the Golem is that of Sleep-inducing abilities, an Achilles' heel that made the first Golem easy to defeat and has since, for the most part, stuck with the monster as one of its more unfortunate qualities.

Appearances

Dragon Quest

The Golem guards at the outskirts of the town of Cantlin, and must be defeated before that town may be entered. It can be put to Sleep with the Faerie Flute to make the battle easier, though casting Snooze will never work.

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	70	0	5	10	120	60	39

Spell(s)	None
Location(s)	Cantlin

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄64	15⁄16	15⁄16	15⁄16

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	155	0	2,000	10	120	60	39

Spell(s)	None
Location(s)	Cantlin

Evasion	Fizzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Sizz & Sizzle Resistance
1⁄64	7⁄7	7⁄7	3⁄7

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

The first reappearance of the Golem since it was introduced in the original game. Though they possess no notability in the game's story, they are among the easiest monsters to recruit and far and away one of the most powerful as well.

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	190	0	160	150
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
51	330	90	1/4

Bestiary No.	#123
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Lofty peak area Muddy hand Summon Metal dragon Summon
Item dropped	Seed of strength1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
0/64	0%	20%	20%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
20%	20%	20%	20%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
0%	100%	67%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
67%	100%	20%	67%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
20%	0%	100%	67%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

The Golem is encountered as a boss before entering The Tower. Later in the game, the Collum o' golem look-a-likes can be encountered as common enemies.

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	280	0	32	20
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
12	60	70	N/a

Bestiary No.	#283 (3DS only)
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	The Tower
Item(s) Dropped	Green Fragment

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	60%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	25%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
100%	0%	100%	100%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
100%	100%	100%	100%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
100%	15%	100%

3DS version changes

Added to 'The Big Book of Beasts'.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	225	0	177
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
153	80	237	50

Bestiary no.	#156
Family	Material
In-game description	Risen from the remnants of a magnificent ancient city. A visceral nostalgia for the days of old led bricks from the ruins to spontaneously reassemble themselves in human form.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Brutal hit Psyche Up
Location(s)	Arcadia Region
Item(s) dropped	Rennet powder 1⁄16 Titan belt1⁄128

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

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

While normal Golems do not appear until later on in the story, the player can find a wandering one in the Maella Region that they can recruit for their monster team.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

##161 - Golem
HP MP Experience Gold 300 0 1,700 174 Attack Defense Speed 175 210 99
Dropped Item	Flintstone (common, 1/16) Mythril ore (rare, 1/128)
Locations	Lonely Coast Wyrmwing Wyrmneck Wyrmsmaw Grotto
Skills	Psych Up Critical strike
Bestiary #	#161
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Japanese Name	ゴーレム
Romanized Jap.	Gōremu
Description	Though weak against wind, these stony souls will weather a storm of blows before unleashing a cataclysmic critical attack. If you ask them which monster has the most mates, they won't hesitate to suggest their own big-headed, bricky selves.

Dragon Quest X

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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	187	0	150
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
185	38	420	48

Bestiary no.	#145
Family	Material
In-game description	They take secret pleasure in that sweet, sweet moment when a bird lands on their shoulder while they're waiting for someone to wallop.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Desperate attack Muster Strength Forbearance
Location(s)	The Champs Sauvage (first and third acts, day) Insula Centralis (first act) The Other Side (second act) Neverglade (3DS and Definitive Edition only)
Item(s) dropped	Royal soil1⁄8 Mythril ore1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	25%	25%	-125%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
50%	25%	25%	25%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
100%	100%	100%	100%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
100%	100%	0%	50%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
-125%	-125%	-125%	-125%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	99%	-125%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
50%	-125%	-125%

This monster does not have a vicious, not a malicious variant.

Dragon Quest Monsters

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

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

Family	Material
In-game description	A stack of rock bricks that came to life
Abilities	PsycheUp, ChargeUp, Strong D
Habitat	Gate of Talisman
Breeding chart	MudDolls x MudDolls

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

A Golem is the boss of Gate of Talisman. They can be made by breeding two MudDolls.

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

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

Family	Material
In-game description
Abilities	ChargeUp, Meditate, RockThrow
Habitat
Breeding chart	MudDolls x MudDolls

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

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

The Golem is a three-star members of the Material family with a weight of 3. It naturally learns Save Power, United Soul and Body Slam. Its in-game description reads "A giant formed out of the soil in order to protect people."

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Golems are rank A members of the Material family, but not the top A monster of that group. A golem acts as the sentinel of the Xeroph Isle shrine and must be defeated in order to help the Incarnus reach its goal.

Golem
Family	Material
Rank	A
Description	Hardened goliaths possessing extraordinary power which they use to crush foes.
Weapons	Swords, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Traits	Psycho
Resistances	Whackproof, Vulnerable to Sleep
Skill	Materialist
Location	-
Breeding chart	Rockbomb x Gigantes

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Golem
Family	Material
Rank	C
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Traits	Psycho, Crafty Sagger
Resistances	Vulnerable to Sleep, Immune to Whack
Skill	Materialist
Location	Bemusoleum
Breeding chart	Malevolamp x Merman Dancing flame x Barracuda

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

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Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Golem (ゴーレム)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,370	280
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
630	690	400	390

Bestiary No.	#340
Rank	B
In-game description	They can often be found standing perfectly still while waiting for prey to pass by on the plains. Sometimes, a bird swoops down to perch on their shoulders, a small pleasure in a life full of battle and pain
Talents	Rockin’ Roller (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Insta-Buff (lv. 1) Dodge Denier (lv. 20) Rando-Mister (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Sleep Twitch (lv. 1) Defensive Impulse (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

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

Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

Golems do not appear until near the end of the game, acting as mechs piloted by Platypunk members of the Plob within the Flying Clawtress and can also be piloted by the player once unmanned. They are potent monsters, capable of delivering charging punches and hitting their fists together to ward off opponents that are too close for comfort. If one is already being manned by a Platypunk, it must be struck with three Elasto Blasts before the pilot will be forced to disembark. These 'liberated' Golems, and ones left unattended, can only suffer another three attacks before they go inoperable and explode, regardless of whether the player is piloting them or they are unmanned. Since they are too big and heavy to be knocked into the air and carried around, a Chimaera wing must be thrown at them in order to send them back to town.

Golems can also be used in tank battles, though they act the same way as they do outside of these battles, meaning they do nothing more than stand idle until the player jumps in to command one, being somewhat disadvantageous since only two other crew members will be left free and even more disadvantageous if these remaining crew members are poor at handling the cannons. This aside, Golems can be incredibly useful when it comes to sabotaging an enemy tank since their fist-clapping move can quickly break open the entryway of an enemy tank, and their charging punches can wreck a whole wall of machinery when positioned right and easily enable one to reach the enemy's engine when the time arrives, but they can still only deal with three attacks before being defeated. An exploding Golem can damage the player both inside and outside of tank battles, so it is recommended to gain some distance when a Golem has taken as much as it can.

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

A Golem named Briquet is the boss of Galantyne Glades.

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

Model	Experience	Gold
	35	16g

List No.	#010
Field Notes	Automatons formed of earth by monstrous mitts, they forgo spells and weapons for old-fashioned fisticuffs. They barely seem to flinch at regular attacks...and then drop to the dirt in a defeated pile of dust.
Location(s)	Arba Castle (Captain), Big-Eye Boulevard (Things for a Fabulous Ring), Colissea (Recruit, Hero), Colissean Desert (Recruit, Hero), Grannet (Recruit), Guardian's Grove (In Search of Elevation), Sylvea (Recruit, Captain)
Item(s) Dropped	Flintstone, Royal soil

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

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	64	16g	Yes

List No.	#017
Field Notes	Automatons formed of earth by monstrous mitts, they forgo spells and weapons for old-fashioned fisticuffs. They barely seem to flinch at regular attacks...and then drop to the dirt in a defeated pile of dust.
Location(s)	The Battle of Dunisia, The Grand Dunes
Item(s) Dropped	Mirrorstone, Loin-girder

Dragon Quest Builders

Like in the original Dragon Quest, the Golem is the first boss fought in the game. At the end of Chapter 1, the Golem attacks Cantlin and must be defeated. Regular enemy Golems after this point drop chunks of Golemite.

Strategy

The player must use Cantlin Shields to deflect the Golem's attacks as it hurls boulders at the city. After about three times, the Golem will be enraged and begin spinning around in circles. When it stops, it is dizzy. This is the time to use a wrecking ball on it. The wrecking ball will blast it into pieces and take a chunk of its HP off. Then, the pieces reassemble and the Golem begins hurling boulders anew, repeating the cycle.

Dragon Quest Builders 2

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Dragon Quest Treasures

Golem

Portrait	Forte	Treasure Capacity	Safekeeping Score
		3	95%

Bestiary no.	#38
Family	Material
Trivia	A statue given life and magically blessed They protect the friends they like the best Birds often use their heads to nest
Favorite foods
Habitats	The Paternoggin The Maneland Cinderback Ridge The Snarl
Item(s) dropped

Stats

Starting HP	Starting MP	Starting Strength
55	14	20
Starting Defence	Starting Deftness	Starting magic
20	8	16
Max HP	Max MP	Max Strength
833	350	426
Max Defence	Max Deftness	Max magic
467	350	290

Potential abilities *

First	Second	Third
Arms Race	Crater Creator	Forbearance
Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Monumental Momentum	Sandblast	Seismic Smash

Dragon Attack

Name	Target(s)	Element
Ground Slam	Area	Earth & Blunt

Traits

First		Second
Attention Seeker		Unhealthy Advantage
Third		Fourth
Restless Heart		Safety First
Fifth
Thick Skin

Resistances

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
Strong	Weak	Weak	Strong
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Gravity Resistance *
Normal	Strong	Strong	Weak
Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Slash Resistance	Impact Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Weak
Piercing Resistance	Sleep Resistance	Stun Resistance	Poison Resistance
Normal	Weak	Strong	Very strong
Debilitation Resistance *
Normal

Dragon Quest Walk

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Dragon Quest Tact

Golem appears as a D-rank monster of the Inorganic family. It can be faced as a boss in Chapter 3, Episode 7: A Fearsome Foe of the main storyline and it will join the party after being defeated. It can be fully awakened by completing Chapters 10-2, 11-6, and 11-8. The Golem stars in its own Battle Road and it can participate in the Battle Roads of Majellan, Wax murderer, Slon the Rook, and Red Robbin' Hood as a party member.

Golem (ゴーレム Gōremu)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Inorganic				Defence
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
100		700	123	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
235	338	105	125	15

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Body Slam		Helichopter*		Talent Blossoming: Golem Punch

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Max HP +15/Stats Up	Crack Res +25/Stats Up	Helichopter Potency +5%/Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Sizz Res +25/Stats Up	Helichopter Potency +5%/Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Helichopter Potency +2%	N/a	N/a

Perk Details

First

Max HP +15: Raises max HP by 15.

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

Dragon Quest Keshi Keshi

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Etymology

Golems are beings from jewish folklore, often portrayed as servants animated from clay that obediently carry out orders but often to warped or far too literal extents.

Brick brethren & similar slabs

• Chocolate golem
• Collum o' golem
• Glacial golem
• Glyphic golem
• Gold golem
• Grim golem
• Mazin
• Ruin golem
• Ruby golem
• Stone golem
• Hard-boiled egg

Gallery

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  Famicom art.

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  DQM1·2 sprite.

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  Caravan Heart sprite.

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  The Hero battling the Golem.

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  Super Famicom art.

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  Golem in V.

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  Boss encounter in the 3DS version of VII.

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  A Golem in X.

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  XI polygon model.

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  An early screenshot of a battle with a Golem in XI.

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  Battle Road Victory cut-in

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  Golemator tank in Rocket Slime.

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  Hard-Boiled Egg.

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  Heroes, promotional render.

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  Alena performing Multifists on a Golem.

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  Alena wielding the Golem Gauntlets in Heroes II.

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  Carver wielding the Golem Gauntlets in Heroes II.

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  Joker model.

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  Joker 2 model.

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  Monsters: 3D model.

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  Builders.

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  Golem battle in Builders.

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  Levelling up.

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  Stars model.

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  Rivals card.

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  Tact model.

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  A Golem in Keshi Keshi.

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  A Golem from the Sofubi Monster merchandise series.

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  3D Monster Picture Book Figure.

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  DQ Trading Card Game card.