List of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest V

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The following is a list of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride.

Monsters recruited through random encounters[edit]

Players can begin recruiting monsters after speaking to Monty in the city of Fortuna during the beginning of the second generation. The monsters listed below have fixed recruitment chances that could not be altered by the player until the 2019 andoird/ios version added the monster magnet accessory, which raises the rate of a monster to the next stage. Additionally, every breed of monster has a level minimum that the Hero must reach before they will even consider joining him.

Sprite Monster name SFC PS2 DS &
phone
Recruit
rate
Level
required
Recruitment locations
DQ5-NDS-SLIME-MUGSHOT.png Slime Yes Yes Yes 12 7 Whealbrook Adit
Fortuna outskirts
Dominicus' Dominion
Desert near Talon Tower
Man o war DS mugshot.png Man o' war Yes Yes Yes 12 18 Ocean
Rotten apple.png Rotten apple No Yes Yes 12 7 Coburg area
Ghost DS mugshot.png Ghost No Yes Yes 12 7 Porgie Estate
Fat rat DS mugshot.png Fat rat No Yes Yes 12 7 Talon Tower area
Slime knight DS mugshot.png Slime knight Yes Yes Yes 14 7 Fortuna area
Coburg area
Dracky DS mugshot.png Dracky (Drakee) Yes Yes Yes 14 7 Coburg area
Fortuna area,
BrownieMUG DQV DS.png Brownie Yes Yes Yes 14 7 Whealbrook Adit
Fortuna area
Talon Tower area
Prestidigitator DS mugshot.png Prestidigitator (Magician) Yes Yes Yes 14 10 Scary Lair area
Faerie Lea
Lodestar Harbor area
Zoomingale area
Orc king DS mugshot.png Orc king Yes Yes Yes 14 21 Gotha area
Riteof Passage
Golem DS mugshot.png Golem Yes Yes Yes 14 25 Lofty Peak area
Summoned by metal dragons and muddy hands.
Moosifer DS mugshot.png Moosifer Yes Yes Yes 14 30 Neverglade
Talon Tower
BadappleMUG DQV DS.png Bad apple No Yes Yes 14 7 Faerie Lea
Dwarf's Den
Mudraker DS mugshot.png Mudraker No Yes Yes 14 11 Scary Lair
BeastmasterMUG DQV DS.png Beastmaster No Yes Yes 14 30 Mantleplace
SmallfryMUG DQV DS.png Small fry (Dragon Pup) Yes Yes Yes 116 7 Fortuna area
Coburg area
ChimaeraMUG DQV DS.png Chimaera (Wyvern) Yes Yes Yes 116 15 Mount Magmageddon
Goodybag DS mugshot.png Goodybag (Dancing Jewel) Yes Yes Yes 116 16 Mount Magmageddon
Cataract Caves
Drag goof DS mugshot.png Drag-goof (Mad Dragon) Yes Yes Yes 116 18 Gotha Path
Gotha area
Hoodlum DS mugshot.png Hoodlum Yes Yes Yes 116 25 Stairway to Zenithia
Lofty Peak area
Central continent
Revaulting horse DS mugshot.png Revaulting horse (Centaurus) Yes Yes Yes 116 27 Central continent
Wiz pip.png Wiz pip No Yes Yes 116 7 Faerie Lea
Wax murderer.png Wax murderer No Yes Yes 116 7 Porgie Estate
Pip fighter DS mugshot.png Pip fighter No Yes Yes 116 7 Faerie Lea
Jailcat DS mugshot.png Jailcat No No Yes 116 7 Fortuna area
Funghoul DS mugshot.png Funghoul No Yes Yes 116 7 Coburg area
Zoomingale area
Whealbrook area
Fortuna area
Epipany DS mugshot.png Epipany No Yes Yes 116 7 Faerie Lea
BattlepipMUG DQV DS.png Battle pip No Yes Yes 116 7 Faerie Lea
Hulagan DS mugshot.png Hulagan No Yes Yes 116 9 Abovitall Tower
Hay area
Pocus poppet DS mugshot.png Pocus poppet No Yes Yes 116 10 Scary Lair
Zoomingale outskirts
Lodestar Harbor outskirts
Walking corpse1.png Walking corpse (Hork) Yes Yes Yes 132 7 Coburg castle dungeon
Whealbrook Adit
TickingtimeburrmMUG DQV DS.png Ticking timeburrm (Bomb Baby) Yes Yes Yes 132 7 Whealbrook area
Fortuna area
Powie yowie DS mugshot.png Powie yowie (Yeti) Yes Yes Yes 132 7 Coburg area
Healslime DS mugshot.png Healslime (Healer) Yes Yes Yes 132 7 Abovitall Tower
Faerie Lea
Grudgerigar DS mugshot.png Grudgerigar (Kukkle) Yes Yes Yes 132 9 Coburg castle dungeon
Fortuna area
Fandangow DS mugshot.png Fandangow (Dancing Needle) Yes Yes Yes 132 9 Coburg area
Cross eye DS mugshot.png Cross eye (Big Eye) Yes Yes Yes 132 9 Abovitall Tower
Scary Lair
Zoomingale Tunnel
Magic marionette DS mugshot.png Magic marionette (Puppet Man) Yes Yes Yes 132 12 Mostroferrato area
Scuttlebutt area
Samigina DS mugshot.png Samigina (Messala) Yes Yes Yes 132 20 Gotha area
Riteof Passage
Knightmare Towers
Minidemon DS mugshot.png Minidemon Yes Yes Yes 132 20 Gotha Path
Knightmare Towers
Hellion DS mugshot.png Hellion (Leaonar) Yes Yes Yes 132 23 Knightmare Towers
Old man of the sea DS mugshot.png Old man of the sea Yes Yes Yes 132 25 Ocean
Warhog.png Warhog (Soldier Bull) Yes Yes Yes 132 28 Diggery Pokery
Talon Tower
Mantleplace
Mandrake marshal DS mugshot.png Mandrake marshal Yes Yes Yes 132 32 Talon Tower
Crocodilopolis
Estark's Labyrinth
SnowbirdMUG DQV DS.png Snowbird (Blizzard Hawk) Yes Yes Yes 132 34 Nadiria
Gigantes DS mugshot.png Gigantes Yes Yes Yes 132 34 Nadiria
Estark's Labyrinth
Hawk man DS mugshot.png Hawk man No Yes Yes 132 23 Knightmare Towers
ConkuistadorMUG DQV DS.png Conkuistador No Yes Yes 132 27 Neverglade area
Stairway to Zenithia area
ConkuisitorMUG DQV DS.png Conkuisitor No Yes Yes 132 27 Neverglade area
Stairway to Zenithia area
ConkjurerMUG DQV DS.png Conkjurer No Yes Yes 132 27 Neverglade area
Stairway to Zenithia area
ConkererMUG DQV DS.png Conkerer No Yes Yes 132 27 Neverglade area
Stairway to Zenithia area
King slime DS mugshot.png King slime Yes Yes Yes 164 10 Helmunaptra area
Dominicus' Dominion area
Rockbomb DS mugshot.png Rockbomb (Bomb Crag) Yes Yes Yes 164 15 Mount Magmageddon
Knightmare Towers
CureslimeMUG DQV DS.png Cureslime (Curer) Yes Yes Yes 164 16 Dominicus' Dominion area
Cataract Caves
Helmunaptra area
King cureslime DS mugshot.png King cureslime Yes Yes Yes 164 28 Stairway to Zenithia
Great dragon DS mugshot.png Great dragon Yes Yes Yes 164 35 Nadiria
Estark's Labyrinth
Hyperanemon DS mugshot.png Hyperanemon (Lionex) Yes Yes Yes 164 41 Estark's Labyrinth
Restless armour DS mugshot.png Restless armour No Yes Yes 164 10 Scary Lair area
Abovitall Tower
Zoomingale area
Flamethrower DS mugshot.png Flamethrower No Yes Yes 164 16 Helmunaptra area
Mount Magmageddon
BlizzybodyMUG DQV DS.png Blizzybody No Yes Yes 164 26 Estuary Sanctuary
Hades helm DS mugshot.png Hades' helm No Yes Yes 164 29 Diggery Pokery
Mantleplace
ArchdemonMUG DQV DS.png Archdemon No No Yes 164 30 Mantleplace
Liquid metal slime2.png Liquid metal slime (Metal Babble) Yes Yes Yes 1256 20 Central continent
Gotha Path
Riteof Passage
Knightmare Towers
Ancient Ruins area (G3)
Mantleplace
Nadiria
Estark's Labyrinth
Bomboulder DS mugshot.png Bomboulder Yes Yes Yes 1256 30 Neverglade
Talon Tower
Estark's Labyrinth
Killing machine DS mugshot.png Killing machine Yes Yes Yes 1256 34 Nadiria
Estark's Labyrinth
Barbatos DS mugshot.png Barbatos Yes Yes Yes 1256 41 Estark's Labyrinth
Metal slime3.png Metal slime No Yes Yes 1256 7 Whealbrook Adit (G2)
Abovitall Tower
Scary Lair
Cataract Caves
Dominicus' Dominion
Neverglade
Nadiria
Estark's Labyrinth

Special monsters[edit]

These monsters are found in the game's various towns and dungeons instead of through battle, and each has a different stipulation for joining the Hero's ranks. Of note is Saber, who is completely unmissable due to the game's narrative structure; even if no other monsters are recruited, the Hero's childhood pet will always be by his side.

Sprite Monster Name SFC PS2 DS & Phone Recruit Rate Level required Recruitment locations
Saber DS mugshot.png Saber Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A Roundbeck, unmissable
Dwight DS mugshot.png Dwight No Yes Yes N/A N/A Dwarf's Den (3rd generation)
Rebjørn No Yes Yes N/A N/A The Pothold
Starkers No Yes Yes N/A N/A Estark's Labyrinth -Stark Raving T'N'T board

See also[edit]