Man o' war

Dragon Quest monster Man o' war

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese しびれくらげ Romaji 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: Luminaries of the Legendary Line, it is a seagoing monster capable of inducing paralysis.

Characteristics

In terms of appearance, men o' war are pale pallid versions 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: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

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
		18	40	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
55	50	35	240	46

Bestiary No.	065
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Paralysis Attack
Location(s)	Ocean
Item Dropped	Cypress stick1⁄64

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

Remakes (SNES, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest IV

Man o' war

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	40	0	35
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
15	20	35	12

Bestiary No.	175
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Paralysis Attack
Location(s)
Item Dropped	Moonwort bulb(1⁄64)

Evasion	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
1⁄64	25%	25%	0%
Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	25%
Kamikazee Bracer Resistance	Poof Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Fuddle Resistance
0%	100%	75%	25%
Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance	Sap Resistance *
25%	100%	100%	0%

Remakes (PSX, DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

Dragon Quest V

Man o' war

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	50	0	65	41
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
48	77	22	1/2

Bestiary no.	181
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Burning Breath Flee Paralysis Attack
Location(s)	Ocean
Item dropped	Moonwort Bulb1⁄32

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

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VI

Man o' war

Original (SFC)

Sprite	HP *	MP	Attack	Defense
	76	0	80	70
Agility	Experience *	Gold	Tame Rate
48	92	40	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 *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Bang Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0%	25%	25%	0%
Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	15%
Poof Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Burning Breath Resistance	Fuddle Resistance *
80%	0%	100%	15%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
0%	15%	0%

Remakes (DS, Mobile)

Sprites	Notable Changes
	None

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

Man o' war

Original (PS2)

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

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 *
1⁄64	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 *
15%	0%	100%	15%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	0%	0%

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

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

Man o' war (しびれくらげ Shibire kurage)

Model	Experience	Gold
	24	22g

List No.	049
Field Notes	Jolly jellyfish who congregate with their kinsmonsters at the water's edge. They send foes to sleep, then dither dreamily until the next chance to strike.
Location(s)	Dawnsholm (Captain), Grannet (Hero), Shrine of Scales (Hero), The Shrine of Scales (Recruit, Captain)
Item(s) Dropped	Spellbound bough, Sizeable seashell

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

Man o' war (しびれくらげ Shibire kurage)

Model	Experience	Gold	Marked Version?
	51	29g	Yes

List No.	045
Field Notes	Jolly jellyfish who congregate with their kinsmonsters at the water's edge. They send foes to sleep, then dither dreamily until the next chance to strike.
Location(s)	The Battle of Ingenia
Item(s) Dropped	Sizeable seashell, Rousing ring

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Related Monsters

Similar species

• Healslime
• Medislime
• Sootheslime
• Cureslime