Brownie

Brownie
Introduced in	V
Former names	Brunie
Japanese name	ブラウニー
Rōmaji	Buraunī
Family	Humanoid

A brownie is a monster who appears in the Dragon Quest game series.

Characteristics

Brownies are yellow-skinned palette swaps of hammerhoods, bearing an orange-brown coloring and wielding a dark, grayish blue hammer. Comparatively, brownies aren't too different from hammerhoods, the two monsters essentially having the same purpose as being mostly incompetent creatures that occasionally get off a lucky shot. Brownies tend to have more HP and greater attack power since they have to fulfill this role against players that are no longer troubled by hammerhoods.

Main game appearances

Dragon Quest V

#39 - Brownie Humanoid Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	47	0	15	33	16
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Monster munchies
	21	15 G
	Note:
Abilities
Normal attack Desperate attack Muster Strength
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Ancient Ruins Whealbrook Adit (Gen 2) Fortuna area Talon Tower area

The initial debut of brownies, they are likely to be encountered around the time the player obtains the wagon and can start recruiting certain monsters. The brownie is one of these possible monsters, though it is nothing spectacular beyond having extremely high HP and attack strength growth.

Dragon Quest VIII

#39 - Brownie Humanoid Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	53	0	36	36	34
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Medicinal herb (Common) Giant mallet (Rare)
	43	12 G
	Note: Usually calm and timid, these monsters psyche themselves up to be vicious foes when provoked. Their tiny bodies conceal incredible power.
Abilities
Normal attack Desperate attack Psyche Up Tension Boost
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Kingdom of Ascantha

The player is liable to encounter brownies while traveling between Maella Abbey and Ascantha. They are capable of psyching up to 100 in a single turn with Tension Boost, though they usually waste this on trying to perform a desperate attack that seems to always fail. A roaming brownie that can be recruited to the player's monster team can also be found north of Peregrin Quay.

Dragon Quest IX

#22 - Brownie Humanoid Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	40	255	29	26	40
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Leather kilt (Common, 3.13%) Seed of strength (Rare, 0.39%)
	56	32 G
	Description: Erratic enemies that can attain an instant state of high tension, only to topple over and go off the boil. Bodkin bowyers often take them on camping trips and trick them into tapping their tent pegs for them.
Abilities
Normal attack Psyche Up Tension Boost Heart Breaker
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Zere Doomingale Forest

Dragon Quest X

# - Brownie Humanoid Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	27	13	30	31	110
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Fine fur (Common) Gold nuglet (Rare)
	16	5 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack Psyche Up Spins and smashes savagely
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Rangao Mountains

Dragon Quest XI

Normal

#50 - Brownie Humanoid Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	74	8	48	60	21
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Witherwood (Common) Seed of strength (Rare)
	75	32 G
	Note: These mallet-wielding midgets are massive fans of night clubbers, whose every trait they try to emulate. One day, maybe one of them will grow tough enough to actually take one of their idols' clubs in hand.
Abilities
Normal attack Gets Pepped Up Blocks attacks Spins and smashes savagely Muster Strength Desperate Double
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Gallopolis Region (Early game) The Cryptic Crypt (Mid game) Insula Incognita (Early game) Neverglade (Only in the 3DS and Switch versions)

Malicious

#488 - Malicious brownie Humanoid Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	615	24	227	272	107
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Night stick (Common) Seed of strength (Rare)
	1289	305 G
	Note: Brownies who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Abilities
Normal attack Gets Pepped Up Blocks attack Spins and smashes savagely Muster Strength Desperate Double
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Insula Incognita (Post game)

Monster series appearances

Joker

Brownie
Game Appearance	Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
HP	???
Experience	???
Gold	???

Brownies appear as rank D members of the Beast family and must be synthesized using a hammerhood and a member of the Nature family.

Joker 2

The brownie is a Rank D monster in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2. One can be created by synthesizing a hammerhood and a spiked hare.

Synthesis

Joker 2

Joker 2 Synthesising
Monster		Monster		Result
Nature family	+	Hammerhood	=	Brownie
Synth type	Special

Trivia

• In the DS release of V, recruited Brownies might be named Mash or Bangerz, the names of two minor characters from VIII. This is also a play on the Irish dish "bangers and mash", a simple meal of sausages and mashed potatoes, which, incidentally, are also things to do with a hammer.

Etymology

Brownies are a part of English and Scottish folklore. They are household spirits, being diminutive little helpers who assist in house maintenance in exchange for small offerings of food. They do not like to be seen, and usually only perform their tasks in the quiet of night.

Other languages

Other languages
French	Martebrun
German	Hammerkauz
Spanish	Macero
Italian	Martellus magnus
Dutch	Unknown
Norwegian	Unknown
Greek	Unknown
Portuguese	Unknown
Russian	Unknown
Chinese	Unknown
Korean	브라우니

Related monsters

• Dark brownie
• Hammerhood
• Spiked clubber

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