List of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest V

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

Monsters recruited through random encounters

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
	Archdemon	No	No	Yes	1⁄64	30	Mantleplace
	Bad apple	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	7	Faerie Lea Dwarf's Den
	Barbatos	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄256	41	Estark's Labyrinth
	Battle pip	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	7	Faerie Lea
	Beastmaster	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	30	Mantleplace
	Blizzybody	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	26	Estuary Sanctuary
	Bomboulder	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄256	30	Neverglade Talon Tower Estark's Labyrinth
	Brownie	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	7	Whealbrook Adit Fortuna area Talon Tower area
	Chimaera (Wyvern)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	15	Mount Magmageddon
	Conkerer	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	27	Neverglade area Stairway to Zenithia area
	Conkjurer	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	27	Neverglade area Stairway to Zenithia area
	Conkuisitor	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	27	Neverglade area Stairway to Zenithia area
	Conkuistador	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	27	Neverglade area Stairway to Zenithia area
	Cross eye (Big Eye)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	9	Abovitall Tower Scary Lair Zoomingale Tunnel
	Cureslime (Curer)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	16	Dominicus' Dominion area Cataract Caves Helmunaptra area
	Dracky (Drakee)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	7	Coburg area Fortuna area,
	Drag-goof (Mad Dragon)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	18	Gotha Path Gotha area
	Epipany	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	7	Faerie Lea
	Fandangow (Dancing Needle)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	9	Coburg area
	Fat rat	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄2	7	Talon Tower area
	Flamethrower	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	16	Helmunaptra area Mount Magmageddon
	Funghoul	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	7	Coburg area Zoomingale area Whealbrook area Fortuna area
	Ghost	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄2	7	Porgie Estate
	Gigantes	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	34	Nadiria Estark's Labyrinth
	Golem	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	25	Lofty Peak area Summoned by metal dragons and muddy hands.
	Goodybag (Dancing Jewel)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	16	Mount Magmageddon Cataract Caves
	Great dragon	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	35	Nadiria Estark's Labyrinth
	Grudgerigar (Kukkle)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	9	Coburg castle dungeon Fortuna area
	Hades' helm	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	29	Diggery Pokery Mantleplace
	Hawk man	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	23	Knightmare Towers
	Healslime (Healer)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	7	Abovitall Tower Faerie Lea
	Hellion (Leaonar)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	23	Knightmare Towers
	Hoodlum	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	25	Stairway to Zenithia Lofty Peak area Central continent
	Hulagan	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	9	Abovitall Tower Hay area
	Hyperanemon (Lionex)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	41	Estark's Labyrinth
	Jailcat	No	No	Yes	1⁄16	7	Fortuna area
	Killing machine	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄256	34	Nadiria Estark's Labyrinth
	King cureslime	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	28	Stairway to Zenithia
	King slime	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	10	Helmunaptra area Dominicus' Dominion area
	Liquid metal slime (Metal Babble)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄256	20	Central continent Gotha Path Riteof Passage Knightmare Towers Ancient Ruins area (G3) Mantleplace Nadiria Estark's Labyrinth
	Magic marionette (Puppet Man)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	12	Mostroferrato area Scuttlebutt area
	Man o' war	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄2	18	Ocean
	Mandrake marshal	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	32	Talon Tower Crocodilopolis Estark's Labyrinth
	Metal slime	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄256	7	Whealbrook Adit (G2) Abovitall Tower Scary Lair Cataract Caves Dominicus' Dominion Neverglade Nadiria Estark's Labyrinth
	Minidemon	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	20	Gotha Path Knightmare Towers
	Moosifer	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	30	Neverglade Talon Tower
	Mudraker	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	11	Scary Lair
	Old man of the sea	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	25	Ocean
	Orc king	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	21	Gotha area Riteof Passage
	Pip fighter	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	7	Faerie Lea
	Pocus poppet	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	10	Scary Lair Zoomingale outskirts Lodestar Harbor outskirts
	Powie yowie (Yeti)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	7	Coburg area
	Prestidigitator (Magician)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	10	Scary Lair area Faerie Lea Lodestar Harbor area Zoomingale area
	Restless armour	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	10	Scary Lair area Abovitall Tower Zoomingale area
	Revaulting horse (Centaurus)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	27	Central continent
	Rockbomb (Bomb Crag)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄64	15	Mount Magmageddon Knightmare Towers
	Rotten apple	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄2	7	Coburg area
	Samigina (Messala)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	20	Gotha area Riteof Passage Knightmare Towers
	Slime	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄2	7	Whealbrook Adit Fortuna outskirts Dominicus' Dominion Desert near Talon Tower
	Slime knight	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄4	7	Fortuna area Coburg area
	Small fry (Dragon Pup)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	7	Fortuna area Coburg area
	Snowbird (Blizzard Hawk)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	34	Nadiria
	Ticking timeburrm (Bomb Baby)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	7	Whealbrook area Fortuna area
	Walking corpse (Hork)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	7	Coburg castle dungeon Whealbrook Adit
	Warhog (Soldier Bull)	Yes	Yes	Yes	1⁄32	28	Diggery Pokery Talon Tower Mantleplace
	Wax murderer	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	7	Porgie Estate
	Wiz pip	No	Yes	Yes	1⁄16	7	Faerie Lea

Special monsters

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.

	Saber	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Roundbeck, unmissable
	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

• List of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
• List of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest VI
• List of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest Builders 2