Shadow

Shadow
Introduced in	III
Former names	Terror Shadow
Japanese name	シャドー
Rōmaji	Shadō
Family	Elemental

Shadow is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series.

Characteristics

These phantom-like fiends haunt remote ruins such as the Moonmirror Tower and the Norvik steppes, hardly taking physical damage thanks to their fading form. Screeching as they slash with ghastly claws, Shadows are a spooky sight for unsuspecting adventurers. They let loose a cool breath to bathe the party in a chilly wicked wind.

Appearances

Main games

Dragon Quest III

# - Shadow Elemental Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	70	18	63	65	50
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Thorn whip
	743	31 G
	Note:
Abilities
Normal attack
Spells
Crackle
Haunts at:
Manoza Cave

Dragon Quest VI

#31 - Shadow Elemental Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	20	0	43	130	18
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Seed of resilience
	27	12 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack Cool Breath
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Moonmirror Tower Outside the Underkeep Underkeep

Dragon Quest VIII

#170 - Shadow Elemental Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	154	0	134	85	92
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Bronze knife (Common, 1⁄32) Iron mask (Rare, 1⁄256)
	216	14 G
	Note: Born from the darkness, these creatures jump from shadow to shadow to sneak up on foes. They are completely unaffected by physical attacks.
Abilities
Normal attack Cool Breath
Spells
None
Haunts at:
World of Darkness Godbird's Eyrie (World of Darkness) Farebury Region¹ Maella Region¹ Kingdom of Ascantha¹ Kingdom of Trodain¹ Cape West of Pickham¹ ¹After the destruction of the Black Citadel

Dragon Quest X

#343 - Shadow Elemental Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	1039	73	226	313	0
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Grubby bandage (Common) Ethereal stone (Rare)
	658	15 G
	Note: A monster said to emerge from the depths of darkness darker than a shadow. It freezes travelers with its Freezing Blizzard and Crackle. I went outside in the sun hoping to be reborn with a brighter personality, but my body almost disappeared. I ended up with a gloomier personality.
Abilities
Normal attack Calls for backup (Shadow) Freezing Blizzard
Spells
Crackle
Haunts at:
Zetannia Cave* True Witch Forest True Pyramid Twilight of King Zedora Larambra Mountain Trail

Dragon Quest XI

Normal

#171 - Shadow Elemental Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	100	16	91	101	89
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Purple eye (Common) Thief's turban (Rare)
	229	43 G
	Note: Umbral entities drawn from the deepest depths of darkness who thrill in using the chill of night to kill, kill, kill!
Abilities
Normal attack Chilly Breath Calls for back-up (Shadow)
Spells
Crackle
Haunts at:
The Snærfelt (Early game) The Royal Library (Early game)

Malicious

#559 - Malicious shadow Elemental Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	315	32	180	252	199
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Purple eye (Common) Thief's turban (Rare)
	1611	303 G
	Note: Shadows who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.
Abilities
Normal attack C-C-Cold Breath Calls for backup (Malicious shadow)
Spells
Kacrackle
Haunts at:
The Snærfelt (Post game)

Monsters series

Dragon Warrior Monsters

# - Shadow Undead Family
[[File:|100 px]]	HP	Wisdom	Attack	Defence	Agility
	3/5	5/5	2/5	2/5	5/5
	Description: Real identity is unknown due to its shadow-like body.
	Spells and Abilities
	FrigidAir (Lv. 4) CurseOff (Lv. 8) K.O.Dance (Lv. 21)
How to breed:
Any Undead family monster X Any Material family monster

Battle Road series

Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory

Skill/Spell	Description
Cursed Mist	Damages one enemy with a dark breath. Can potentially curse said enemy.
Nadiria	Shrouds the entire battlefield in darkness and damages all enemies with an explosion that can also potentially stun, dazzle, and/or poison them

Gallery

Tact artwork.

Other languages

Other languages
French	Ombre
German	Schatten
Spanish	Dracoespectro
Italian	Ombra
Dutch	Unknown
Norwegian	Unknown
Greek	Unknown
Portuguese	Unknown
Russian	Unknown
Chinese	陰影
Korean	섀도우

Related monsters

• Green bogey
• Guilty crime (core)
• Jarvis's shadow
• Shade
• Shadow in Memoriam
• Silhoubaron
• Silhouette
• Umbra
• Witch's shadow
• Ye olde wraith