Weaken beakon

Dragon Quest monster Weaken beakon
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese デッドペッカー Romaji Deddopekkā First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization Avenger Beak
MadPecker

The Weaken beakon is a recurring monster in the series. Introduced in Dragon Quest III, it is a monster with the head and feet of a wingless bird.

Characteristics

Weaken beakons are large flightless birds, having the appearance of a long pair of legs growing from their heads. They have purple or pinkish plumage with red skin around their faces and large, sharp beaks that they use to tear apart prey. Like their weaker kin, these beakons have the ability to act twice per turn and are even able to cast magic to soften the defences of their opponents. According to their monster info in X, weaken beakons are the natural enemy of treefaces as they use their large beaks to dig burrows into the trunks of large trees.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Weaken beakon (デッドペッカー Deddopekkā)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		20	55	8
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
52	58	29	228	37

Bestiary No.	#062
Spell(s)	Kasap
Skill(s)	Acts twice per turn
Location(s)	Wayfarer's Shrine region Mur region
Item Dropped	Seed of agility1⁄16

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

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Weaken beakon (デッドペッカー Deddopekkā)

Model	HP	MP	Attack
	78	10	72
Defence	Agility	Experience	Gold
90	88	266	88

Bestiary no.	#085
Family	Bird
In-game description	They love to cast Kasap then come back for a second attack with their big old beaks. Freeze them out if you can. The daycare workers of the monster kingdom, they hang upside-down from trees and let baby beasties swing on them.
Spell(s)	Kasap
Skill(s)	Acts twice per turn
Location(s)	The Bad Cave Grotto (Ice, rank 1)
Item(s) dropped	Flurry feather1⁄16 Crow's claws1⁄128

Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *	Blast/Lightning Resistance *
0%	-50%	25%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
-25%	0%	0%	0%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
25%	0%	25%	50%
Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance *
0%	50%	50%	25%
Deceleratle Resistance *	Spooky Aura Resistance*	Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *
25%	25%	0%	25%
Charm Resistance *
65%

Dragon Quest X

Weaken beakons appeared from the beginning of the game. They have kept their familiar ability to cast Kasap and are also able to cast Dazzle, as well. The weaken beakons are also able to perform a jumping attack that allows them to strike from a distance.

Dragon Quest Monsters

MadPecker (デッドペッカー Deddopekkā)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	3/5	1/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
2/5	2/5	4/5	5/5

Family	Bird
In-game description	Rips flesh from its prey with its strong beak
Abilities	Infernos, Sap, VacuSlash
Habitat	Gate of Bravery, Gate of Joy
Breeding chart	Bird family x Devil family

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

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

MadPecker (デッドペッカー Deddopekkā)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	40	5/10	4/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
5/10	5/10	4/10	7/10

Family	Bird
In-game description
Abilities	Infernos, Sap, VacuSlash
Habitat
Breeding chart	Bird family x Devil family

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

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

Weaken beakon
Family	Beast
Rank	E
Size	S
Weapons	Swords, Axes, Hammers, Claws, Staves
Traits	Hit Squad, Crafty Dimmer
Resistances	Immune to Ban Dance and Decelerate
Skill	Sizz & Zap
Location	Doubtback
Breeding chart	Hammerhood x Bubble slime Mischievous mole x Healslime

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Weakon beakon (デッドペッカー Deddopekkā)

Icon	Family	Max HP*	Max MP*
		1,330	370
Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
630	460	540	410

Bestiary No.	#163
Rank	E
In-game description	These wingless wonders are nothing more than avian craniums on legs. Still, they're suitable substitutes for a trapeze when hanging upside down from a tree branch
Talents	Irritant (lv. 1)
Guaranteed traits	Ultra Crafty Debilitator (lv. 1) Ace Evader (lv. 20) Critical Moment (lv. 40)
Large-size exclusive traits	Tactical Genius (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Woosher (lv. 1) Tit for Tat (lv. 60)
Habitat	This monster has no natural habitat
Items	N/A
Synthesis chart	X (Either parent must be E-rank.)
Notable synthesis	X

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

Dragon Quest Rivals

Weaken beakon appeared in the 6th card pack, "A Symphony of Small Hope" as a normal card common to all leaders.

Origins

All three Beakon types are exaggerated parodies of the Phorusrhacidae family of flightless birds. More commonly know as terror birds, these walking hatchets possessed enormous beaks and existed as apex predators in the plains of South America roughly 2 million years ago in the Cenozoic era.

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Aticuécano debilitador	Spanish for "weakening/debilitating beakon".
Français	Altérapace	From altération, the French name for the Sap spell, and rapace.
Deutsch	Schindschnabel	From the German Schinden and Schnabel.
Italiano	Beck Beck	From the German Beck, which means the beak of a bird of prey.

Gallery

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  Dragon Quest III Trading Card

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  A weaken beakon in X.

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  DQM1·2 sprite.

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  Joker 2 model.

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  Monsters: 3D model.

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  Stars model.

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  Rivals card.

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  Walk model.

Similar species

• Beakon
• Belisha beakon