Man o' war

Dragon Quest Monster Man o' war

Art by Akira Toriyama Kanji しびれくらげ Romanji shibire kurage First Appearance Dragon Quest II Old Localization Jellyfish, NumbSlime

The Man o' war is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest II, it is a seagoing monster capable of inducing paralysis.

Characteristics

In terms of appearance, men o' war are just palette swaps of healslimes. Their floats are often a dull, grayish color while their tentacles sport a dark blue-green shade.

Despite this similarity, men o' war have no healing abilities. They are aquatic monsters well-versed in the use of paralysis inducing abilities, with a swarm of men o' war being as potentially dangerous as instant-death inducing monsters.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II

The first appearance of men o' war. They become a common threat after the party obtains the ship.

Man o' war

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	20	?	15	50	28	16	12

Spell(s)	Sleep Attack
Location(s)	At sea.
Item Dropped	Chimaera wing (1⁄32)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄64	0⁄7	1⁄7	1⁄7	0⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Remakes (SNES, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	20	0	25	50	28	16	12

Spell(s)	Sleep Attack
Location(s)	At sea
Item Dropped	Chimaera wing (1⁄32)

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
0⁄64	0⁄7	1⁄7	1⁄7	0⁄7	7⁄7	0⁄7

Dragon Quest III

Man o' war

Original (NES)

Sprite	Level	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	18	40	0	240	46	55	50	35

Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Paralysis Attack
Location(s)	Ocean
Item Dropped	Cypress stick1⁄64

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0⁄64	25%	25%	25%	25%
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance	Poof Resistance	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
25%	0%	100%	25%	25%
Drain Magic Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
100%	100%	70%	0%	25%

Remakes (SNES, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest IV

Man o' war
HP MP Experience Gold 40 0 35 12 Attack Defense Speed 35 15 20
Dropped Item	Moonwort bulb
Locations	Ocean
Skills	Paralysis Attack
Game	Dragon Quest IV
Console	NES / PS1 / DS / Mobile

Dragon Quest V

#181 - Man o' war
HP MP Experience Gold 50 0 77 22 Attack Defense Speed 65 41 48
Dropped Item	Moonwort bulb
Locations	Ocean
Skills	Paralysis Attack
Spells	None
Capture Rate	1/2
Bestiary #	181
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	SFC / PS2 / DS

Dragon Quest VI

Man o' war

Sprite	HP *	MP	Experience *	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility	Tame Rate
	76	0	92	40	80	70	48	NA

Bestiary No.	185
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Burning Breath Paralysis Attack
Location(s)
Item(s) Dropped	Moonwort bulb1⁄64

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Cool Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	25%	25%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *
0%	0%	15%	80%	0%	100%	15%	15%
Dazzle Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Ban Dance Resistance	Army Resistance *
15%	15%	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%

Dragon Quest VII

#181 - Man o' war
HP MP Experience Gold 150 0 160 58 Attack Defense Speed 130 70 76
Dropped Item	Seashell Hat
Locations	Gorges Orph Mezar
Skills	Palsy Air Paralysis Attack Call for Help (Man o' war)
Family	Aquatic
Capture Rate	Very Hard
Bestiary #	181
Game	Dragon Quest VII
Console	PSX / 3DS

Dragon Quest VIII

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Experience	Gold	Attack	Defense	Agility
	35	0	23	12	34	22	23

Bestiary No.	238
Family	Aquatic
In-Game Description	Their cute appearance belies the ferocity of their attacks. Known for preying upon ships at sea, which they surround and subdue with powerful paralysis spells.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Paralysis Attack
Location(s)	Alexandria Region Ocean
Item(s) Dropped	Moonwort bulb1⁄32 Plain cheese1⁄64

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
1⁄64	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Ice breath Resistance *	Stone/Strike Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Troop Resistance *	Death Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Shock Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%	15%	0%	100%	15%
Sleep *	Confusion *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Dance Sealing Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
15%	15%	15%	100%	0%	100%	100%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Sprite	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest IX

#061 - Man o' war
HP MP Experience Gold 70 10 200 72 Attack Defense Speed 72 68 80
Dropped Item	Moonwort bulb (common, 1/16) Softwort (rare, 1/32)
Locations	Tywll Cave Ocean
Family	Aquatic
Bestiary #	061
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS

Related Monsters

• Healslime
• Medislime
• Sootheslime
• Cureslime

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