Merking

Dragon Quest monster Merking

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese キングマーマン
マーマンダイン (V only) Romaji Kingumāman
Māmandain (V only) First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization King Merzon (III NES)

The Merking is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III. It is a high-ranking monarch of the merpeople with purple scales.

Characteristics

These great, grumpy fish-folk lurk in the forgotten and gloomy caves of the great sea, waiting to punish all people that dare to intrude their isolated deep domains. With a huge golden frills on their backs and bright blue scales, they can be a frightful sight to behold, especially as they're armed with unimaginably huge bladed staves for smacking and smashing uninvited guests. Capable of casting crushing ice magic with Crackle, damaging a full party with frost, as well preventing all incoming spells being cast with the threatening Fizzle spell. They've even been known for spew forth a vile venomous vapor that can Envenomate their enemies. Oddly enough, the merkings has a tendency to drop bikinis when they are defeated.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Merking (キングマーマン Kingumāman)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		36	120	12
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
125	85	72	1590	110

Bestiary No.	#115
Spell(s)	Crackle
Skill(s)	Call for backup (Elysium bird)
Location(s)	Alefgard ocean Cloudsgate Citadel
Item Dropped	Magic bikini1⁄64

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

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Merking (マーマンダイン Māmandain)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	95	3	120	90
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
83	170	90	N/A

Bestiary No.	#192
Spell(s)	Fizzle
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Ocean
Item dropped	Seed of strength1⁄128

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
0⁄64	0%	20%	20%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
0%	67%	67%	0%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
0%	?	67%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
67%	20%	20%	20%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
20%	0%	20%	20%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Merking (キングマーマン Kingumāman)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	196	32	169
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
115	86	278	54

Bestiary no.	#255
Family	Aquatic
In-game description	An elite among mermen. The hard scales covering its body bestow complete resistance to fire-based spells. Beware of their high attack power.
Spell(s)	Fizzle Kasizzle
Skill(s)	Venom Mist
Location(s)	Pirate's Cove
Item(s) dropped	Antidotal herb1⁄8 Medicinal herb1⁄16

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	50%	50%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
50%	25%	25%	25%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
25%	0%	0%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
100%	50%	100%	50%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
100%	50%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
50%	50%	0%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

Magic bikini1⁄128 replaces Medicinal herb as rare drop.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Merking (キングマーマン Kingumāman)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	324	76	178
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
167	112	573	86

Bestiary no.	#230
Family	Nature
In-game description	Leaders among mermen and skilled strategists, they like to spray enemies with poison to weaken them, then call in their underlings to finish the job.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Sharp Claws (Attacks character twice at 75% damage each.) Venom Mist Controls the currents to summon pillars of water. (Ice damage to entire party.)
Location(s)	The Costa Valor (second act, night only) Inland Sea (second act, sea near Nautica/Zwaardsrust)
Item(s) dropped	Special antidote1⁄32 Scandalous swimsuit1⁄256

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	25%	50%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	-25%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	25%	25%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	50%	100%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Malicious

The Malicious merking appears as a boss alongside a group of four (three in the 3DS version) Malicious mermaniacs, threatening Michelle and Kainui at the Strand during the postgame.

Malicious merking (キングマーマン・邪 Kingumāman・ja)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	3,009	999	501
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
302	60	24,000	10,000

Bestiary no.	#489
Family	Nature
In-game description	Merkings possessed by incredible evil. The violent undersea gangs they lead leave trails of death and destruction in their wake.
Spell(s)	Kacrack Kazing Co-Kacrack (Pep power, with Malicious mermaniac)
Skill(s)	Acts two or three times per turn. Becomes Pepped up. Sharp Claws (Attacks character twice at 75% damage each) Venom Mist Controls the currents to summon pillars of water (Ice damage to entire party.)
Location(s)	The Strand (third act)
Item(s) dropped	None

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	25%	50%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	-25%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	100%	100%	25%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
100%	100%	99%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
75%	99%	100%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
100%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Builders 2

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Dragon Quest Tact

Merking appears as an A-rank monster of the Nature family during the first part of the limited Hijinks on the High Seas! Swimwear, Waves, and Pirates!? alongside Hellfire Prince Psaro on his banner. He can be faced as boss in various stages of the Merman's Den. The merking can participate in Captain Platypunk's Battle Road as a party member.

Merking (キングマーマン Kingumāman)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Nature				Magic
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
130		1,080	465	2-3
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
222	301	380	413	35

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Snooze Freeze		Ice Floe*		Venomous Iceberg*

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Move +1 / Stats Up	Frizz Res +25 / Stats Up	Venomous Iceberg Potency +5% / Stats Up Ice Floe Cometh: Attacks with Ice Floe Cometh at action start up to five times per battle if enemy is within rhombus area.
Fourth	Fifth
Zam Res +25 / Stats Up	Venomous Iceberg Potency +5% / Stats Up Max HP +30

Leader Perks

First

Lowers enemy Poison resistance by 25% in a 5x5 square around him.

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Max MP +10	WIS +10	Venomous Iceberg Potency +2%

Perk Details

First

Move +1: Raises Move by 1.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Half Res	Normal	Normal	Normal
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Very Weak	Very Weak	Half Res	Half Res
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Immune	Normal	Half Res	Normal
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Super Weak	Normal	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Normal	Normal	Super Weak	Normal

Related monsters

Similar species

• Geyzer
• Geyzer in Memoriam
• Merman
• Mermaniac

Close cousins

• Gracos
• Gracos V
• Merderer

Gallery

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  XI polygon model.

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  The Malicious merking.

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  The Merking threatening the party in XI.

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  The merking and other monsters that can be encountered in the Merman's Den in Tact.