Orc

For the Dragon Quest IV enemy formerly localized as "Orc", see Pickayune.

Dragon Quest monster Orc

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese オーク Romaji Ōku First appearance Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line Old localization Orc

The Orc is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first introduced in Dragon Quest II.

It is a pig-headed monster wearing a green tunic and wield a spear. Their fur and clothing are dyed new colors as they advance upwards in their species' society, creating some putridly porcine pigment permutations.

Characteristics

Contrary to common depictions in fantasy literature, movies, and video games that originated from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series of books, the orcs of Dragon Quest are boarish beastmen rather than green-skinned humanoids. The common folk of the orcish tribe, they dress in simple green clothing and carry crude spears as weapons; in their original appearances the orcs actually lacked their signature spears, choosing to fight barehanded, but eventually gained them in remake versions of II.

Appearances

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

Orc (オーク Ōku)

Original (NES)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	60	0	75
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
23	36	61	50

Abilities	Flee
Location(s)	Beran Region Fire Shrine Region Burrowell Region
Item Dropped	Iron spear1⁄16

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄64	1⁄7	1⁄7	2⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
4⁄7	7⁄7	1⁄7

Remakes (SFC, GBC, Mobile)

Sprites	HP	MP	Attack
	60	0	75
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
23	36	61	50

Abilities	Flee
Location(s)	Beran Region Fire Shrine Region Burrowell Region
Item Dropped	Iron spear1⁄16

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Snooze Resistance
1⁄64	1⁄7	1⁄7	2⁄7
Thwack Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Kasap Resistance
4⁄7	7⁄7	1⁄7

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

Orc (オーク Ōku)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack	Defense
	105	0	90	64
Agility	Experience	Gold	Tame Rate
55	125	55	N/A

Bestiary No.	#090
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Cataract Caves Helmunaptra area Gotha Pass
Item dropped	Fur cape1⁄16

Evasion	Frizz resistance *	Sizz resistance *	Fire Breath resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Bang resistance *	Crack resistance *	Ice Breath resistance *	Woosh resistance *
20%	67%	67%	0%
Zap resistance *	Drain Magic resistance *	Whack resistance *	Kamikazee resistance *
20%	100%	20%	0%
Poof resistance	Poison resistance *	Fuddle resistance	Snooze resistance *
67%	67%	67%	20%
Dazzle resistance *	Sap resistance *	Fizzle resistance	Stun resistance *
67%	0%	100%	20%

PS2 model	DS & Mobile sprite

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Orc (オーク Ōku)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	105	0	99
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
88	45	94	31

Bestiary no.	#099
Family	Beast
In-game description	Boar-like monsters with masterful spear technique. Their achilles heel is their low agility.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Multithrust
Location(s)	Baccarat Region Small island northeast of Farebury.
Item(s) dropped	Medicinal herb 1⁄32 Iron lance 1⁄64

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
0⁄64	0%	0%	0%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	25%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
25%	0%	0%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
50%	0%	50%	15%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
50%	15%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
50%	0%	0%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

An Orc runs the weapon shop in Tryan Gully. Another Orc guards the treasury and will later inform the Hero and party about how to use the Darktree leaf.

Dragon Quest X

Orcs appeared from the beginning of the game, maintaining their ability to perform a Multithrust with their spears from VIII. Starting with Version 5.0, Vicious orcs can be encountered in the Netherworld, as well.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Orc (オーク Ōku)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	105	18	93
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
90	61	166	41

Bestiary no.	#112
Family	Beast
In-game description	These hulking hogs take their training seriously, and practise Multithrust about a million times a day. But despite this diligence, the wild boar blood in their veins means they're far from mild-mannered.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Deflects attacks. Multithrust Becomes Pepped up. Jolly Jousters (Pep power, with Orc.)
Location(s)	Dundrasil Region (first act) The Hekswood (first act) Insula Occidentalis (first act) Neverglade (3DS and Definitive Edition only)
Item(s) dropped	Medicinal herb1⁄32 Iron lance1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	50%	0%	0%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Vicious

Vicious orc (オーク・強 Ōku・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	186	25	177
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
145	124	693	121

Bestiary no.	#267
Family	Beast
In-game description	Orcs driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Occasionally acts twice per turn. Deflects attacks. Flee Multithrust Becomes Pepped up. Jolly Jousters (Pep power, with Vicious orc.)
Location(s)	Insula Occidentalis (second act) Dundrasil Region (second act) The Sage's Trial - The Fierce Forest (third act)
Item(s) dropped	Special medicine1⁄32 Iron lance1⁄128

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
25%	0%	25%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	25%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	99%	0%	25%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
0%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Monsters

Orc (オーク Ōku)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	50	2/5	1/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
2/5	2/5	5/5	4/5

Family	Devil
In-game description	Its dense pelt acts as natural armor
Abilities	Sap, Vivify, BirdBlow
Habitat	Medal Man's Gate, Gate of Extinction
Breeding chart	Devil family x BeanMan

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Weak	Weak	None	Weak
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Strong	None	Immune	None
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
Immune	None	None	Weak
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Strong	Strong	None	None
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
None	None	None	Weak
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Weak
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
Weak		None

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Orc (オーク Ōku)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	50	4/10	4/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
4/10	4/10	7/10	4/10

Family	Devil
In-game description	The spear is largely for show.
Abilities	Sap, BirdBlow, Vivify
Habitat	Ice World
Breeding chart	Devil family x BeanMan

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
Weak	Weak	None	Weak
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
Strong	None	Immune	None
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
None	Immune	None	None
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
Weak	Strong	Strong	None
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
Weak	Strong	Strong	Strong
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
Weak	Weak	None

Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Orc
Family	Beast
Rank	E
Description	Driven from their forest homes, they have turned on humans.
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Traits	-
Resistances	Sleepproof
Skill	Speedster
Location	-
Breeding chart	Chainine x Chimaera

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Orc
Family	Beast
Rank	D
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Spears, Hammers, Staves
Traits	Health Professional
Resistances	Vulnerable to Sizz, Immune to Sleep
Skill	Speedster
Location	-
Breeding chart	Fencing fox x Crabid Night emperor x Rubble slime

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

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Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3

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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Orc (オーク Ōku)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,340	360
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
600	480	490	520

Bestiary No.	#218
Rank	F
In-game description	These boar-like brutes are far from boorish - though most make careers out of combat, many tire of battle and bloodshed and dream of laying down their spears in favour of pen or brush, becoming poets and artists instead
Talents	Speedster (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Health Professional (lv. 1) Dodge Denier (lv. 20) Critical Moment (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Commander (lv. 1) Insta-Accel (lv. 1) Rando-Oomph (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X
Notable synthesis

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
50%	0%	50%	0%
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Light Resistance *
25%	-25%	0%	25%
Dark Resistance *	Debilitation Resistance*	Bedazzlement Resistance *	Antimagic Resistance *
25%	0%	0%	25%
MP Absorption Resistance *	Confusion Resistance *	Sleep Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
25%	-25%	50%	0%
Stun Resistance *		Poison Resistance *
50%		25%
Instant Death Resistance *
0%

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light

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Dragon Quest: Monster Parade

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Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

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Dragon Quest Builders 2

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Dragon Quest Treasures

Orc

Portrait	Forte	Treasure Capacity	Safekeeping Score
		3	95%

Bestiary no.	#25
Family	Beast
Trivia	A beast for whom plains are a favorite place Even in battle they're stuffing their face They sniff out rare apples, a skill they showcase
Favorite foods
Habitats	The Paternoggin The Snarl
Item(s) dropped

Stats

Starting HP	Starting MP	Starting Strength
57	15	13
Starting Defence	Starting Deftness	Starting magic
8	9	11
Max HP	Max MP	Max Strength
800	285	390
Max Defence	Max Deftness	Max magic
393	430	367

Potential abilities *

First	Second	Third
Best Blade Forward	Headlong Rush	Multithrust
Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Party Pooper	Rock Bottom	Snack Attack

Dragon Attack

Name	Target(s)	Element
Call the Cavalry	Area	Pierce

Traits

First		Second
Clown		Greedy Guts
Third		Fourth
Healthy Advantage		Strange Skin
Fifth
Team Player

Resistances

Fire Resistance *	Water Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Earth Resistance *
Normal	Normal	Weak	Strong
Explosion Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Electricity Resistance *	Gravity Resistance *
Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Slash Resistance	Impact Resistance
Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Piercing Resistance	Sleep Resistance	Stun Resistance	Poison Resistance
Normal	Normal	Quite strong	?
Debilitation Resistance *
Quite strong

Dragon Quest of the Stars

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Dragon Quest Rivals

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Dragon Quest Walk

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Dragon Quest Tact

Orc appears as a D-rank monster of the Beast family. It can be recruited from Chapters 3-3, 4-3, 7-2, 9-3, 9-7, 11-2, 12-1, and 12-6, as well as the Orc King Fortuneteller stage from The Beastliest Beast of Bravas Qualifiers during the limited Beast Fest event at any difficulty. The orc can participate in the Battle Roads of the Brownie, Kon the Knight, Dark sabrecub, Jade, Gold lion, and Pankraz Gotha as a party member.

Orc (オーク Ōku)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Beast				Attack
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
100		662	185	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
290	216	140	125	15

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Lightstrike		Thunderstrike*		N/a

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
ATK +5/Stats Up	Bang Res +25/Stats Up	Thunderstrike Potency +5%/Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Crack Res +25/Stats Up	Thunderstrike Potency +5%/Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Thunderstrike Potency +2%	N/a	N/a

Perk Details

First

ATK +5: Raises ATK by 5.

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

Dragon Quest Keshi Keshi

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Similar swine

• Orc chieftain
• Orc king
• Orc queen
• Orc Pawn
• Captain Levanter

Gallery

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  Famicom art.

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  An Orc in Your Story.

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  Residential Orc guarding the Tryan Gully treasury in VIII. (Cell phone)

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  Another residential Orc running an weapon shop in Tryan Gully from VIII. (Cell phone)

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  An Orc in X.

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  A Vicious orc in X.

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  XI polygon model.

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  A Vicious orc.

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  Sylvando using Lashings of Love on a group of Orcs.

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  Caravan Heart sprite.

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  Joker model.

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  Battle Road Victory cut-in.

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  Dragon Quest: Monster Battle card.

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  Rivals card.

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  An Orc and a Cross eye shocked by the Arena fight.