Gourmand

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Gourmand (おおぐらい ōgurai, translated as unique in the Game Boy Color version of Dragon Quest III) is a personality in the Dragon Quest III remakes, in Dragon Quest X, and in Dragon Quest: Monster Parade.

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Main series[edit]

Dragon Quest III remakes[edit]

In the Dragon Quest III remakes, gourmand is a personality that improves strength and resilience growth, but reduces agility, wisdom, and luck growth. It has the lowest overall growths of any personality in the game and is strictly worse than Lazybones for growths.

The hero cannot become a gourmand at the start of the game.

Other party members have a chance to be a gourmand when recruited as any class, depending on their stat bonuses.

Class / gender Stat bonuses for gourmand (chance)
Warrior maleWarrior female
  • Strength bonus highest, ≤6, resilience bonus second (25)
  • Resilience bonus highest, ≤5, strength bonus second (513)
Mage maleMage femalePriest malePriest female
  • Strength bonus highest, ≤6, resilience bonus second (211)
Merchant maleMerchant female
  • Resilience bonus highest, ≤5, strength bonus second (513)
Gadabout maleThief male
  • Resilience bonus highest, 11+ (13)
  • Resilience bonus highest, 6–10 (518)
Gadabout femaleThief female
  • Resilience bonus highest, 11+ (13)
  • Resilience bonus highest, 6–10 (13)

An existing character cannot become a gourmand through items.