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The slime is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the original Dragon Quest, slimes have since become the series' mascot due to their popularity and iconic qualities to the point that they even have their own Monster Family. The basic slime has been in every Dragon Quest game to date.
Characteristics[]
The slime is known for its onion/rain droplet shape, round eyes, and goofy, toothless smile; the former two traits having become the ones shared amongst nearly all their slippery siblings.
Slimes are typically the weakest enemies in every game, having no special abilities and being easily disposed of, and likely the first monster the player ever encounters in a battle. However, starting with Dragon Quest IV, there will occasionally be stronger slimes that can call on others of their kind; they may form a king slime when eight gather and starting in Dragon Quest IX three slimes may join to form the slime stack.
In some games, slimes have been domesticated into pets and others have gained the ability to speak the human language. In recent translations, all slimes have a certain verbal tic of replacing certain words and syllables with similar, 'slimier' ones, such as saying goo instead of good, gooman instead of human, and slime instead of time, to give just a few (or goo) examples.
While there are male and female slimes, the sex/gender of regular or nameless slimes is ambiguous and something that one cannot tell from their appearance; one cannot discern this information either all of the time or some of the time.
Appearances[]
Main games[]
Dragon Quest[]
#1 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
Exp | Gold | ||||
1 | 1 (NES) 2 (Remakes) G | ||||
Note: | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Tantegel area Galenholm area |
Dragon Quest II[]
#1 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
6 (NES) 5 (Remakes) |
0 | 8 (NES) 7 (Remakes) |
5 | 3 (NES) 2 (Remakes) | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal herb | ||
1 | 2 G | ||||
Note: | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Midenhall area Zahan Wetsern Island |
Dragon Quest III[]
#1 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
8 | 0 | 9 (NES) 4 (Remakes) |
5 | 4 (NES) 9 (Remakes) | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal herb | ||
6 (NES) 4 (Remakes) |
8 G | ||||
Note: | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack Flees | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Aliahan area Dreamer's Tower Promontory Passage Tantegel area Cantlin area |
Dragon Quest IV[]
#1 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal herb | ||
1 | 2 G | ||||
Note: None | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Burland area Strathbaile area (Ch.1) Strathbaile Burrow Auld Well (Ch.1) Loch Tur (Ch.1) Lakanaba area Cave of Safekeeping Laissez Fayre area (Ch.4) Hidden Valley area Casabranca area |
Dragon Quest V[]
#1 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal herb | ||
1 | 1 G | ||||
Note: None | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Whealbrook Adit Ancient Ruins area (Gen 1) Fortuna area Dominicus' Dominion area Talon Tower area |
Dragon Quest VI[]
#15 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
12 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 4 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal herb | ||
4 | 3 G | ||||
Note: None | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Wellshire area Port Haven area Outside Madame Luca's House Lucid Grotto Mountain Path (Lower World) |
Dragon Quest VII[]
#1 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
7 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal herb Slime heart (Rare) | ||
1 | 1 G | ||||
Note: None | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Ballymolloy area (Past) Rainbow Mines The Tower Gröndal area (Present, after Orgodemir's resurrection) | |||||
Monster Meadows quotes: | |||||
PSX:
3DS:
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Dragon Quest VIII[]
#1 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
7 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal herb (Common) Amor seco essence (Rare) | ||
1 | 1 (PS2) 2 (3DS) G | ||||
Note: A well-known monster commonly encountered throughout the world. Quite intelligent. Some have even managed to learn the human tongue. | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Farebury Region Kingdom of Trodain Unnamed Isles Waterfall Cave Isolated Plateau Baccarat Region Areas Accessible By Air |
Dragon Quest IX[]
There are three type of slimes, but all share the same bestiary entry and item drops. The ones near Alltrades Abbey will call in reinforcements and attempt to form a Slime stack; likewise those near Bloomingdale will attempt to form a King slime. Occasionally, the slimes that form the slime stack might call on too many slimes, to a maximum of five, and won't be able to form the stack until they are down to three.
Normal Slimes[]
#1 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
8 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal Herb (Common, 1/8) Slimedrop (Rare, 1/16) | ||
2 | 4 G | ||||
Description: Slimes are common monsters that are found all over the world. Their simple yet lovable form attracts many admirers.
They're unimpressive alone, but if a few of them focus the force of friendship, they can make a miraculous metamorphosis. | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Angel Falls The Hexagon |
Slimes that fuse into Slime stacks[]
#- - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
55 | 0 | 42 | 48 | 80 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal Herb (Common, 1/8) Slimedrop (Rare, 1/16) | ||
48 | 16 G | ||||
Description: Slimes are common monsters that are found all over the world. Their simple yet lovable form attracts many admirers.
They're unimpressive alone, but if a few of them focus the force of friendship, they can make a miraculous metamorphosis. | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack Calls for back-up (Slime) Fuse into Slime stack if there are three slimes | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Newid Isle Tower of Trades |
Slimes that fuse into King slimes[]
#- - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
76 | 0 | 52 | 65 | 128 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal Herb (Common, 1/8) Slimedrop (Rare, 1/16) | ||
72 | 24 G | ||||
Description: Slimes are common monsters that are found all over the world. Their simple yet lovable form attracts many admirers.
They're unimpressive alone, but if a few of them focus the force of friendship, they can make a miraculous metamorphosis. | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack Calls for back-up (Slime) Fuse into King slime if there are eight slimes | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Bloomingdale |
Dragon Quest X[]
Normal[]
# - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Weight | |
5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 80 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal herb (Common) Slimedrop (Rare) | ||
2 | 1 G | ||||
Note: None | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack Flees | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Rangao Mountains Poppopolis Region Akuronia Mine Laniacka Fault Tsusukuru Plains Korutto Region Sazamir Grasslands Tenton Region Snowy Mountains |
Vicious[]
# - Vicious slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Weight | |
1966 | 452 | 310 | 310 | 0 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Special medicine (Common) Slime flower (Rare) | ||
1062 | 1 G | ||||
Note: None | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Unknown |
Dragon Quest XI[]
Normal[]
#1 - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
7 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Medicinal herb (Common) Slimedrop (Rare) | ||
2 | 2 G | ||||
Note: These mainstays of the monster world are beloved by all. They're round, ridiculous rascals you simply can't stay mad at. | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack Flees | |||||
Spells | |||||
None | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Cobblestone Tor (Early game) Heliodor Region (Early game) The Eerie Eyrie (Mid game) Galenholm (Only in the 3DS and Definitive versions) |
Vicious[]
#196 - Vicious slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | MP | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
72 | 15 | 82 | 77 | 82 | |
Exp | Gold | Drop | Strong medicine (Common) Slimedrop (Rare) | ||
105 | 40 G | ||||
Note: Simple slimes driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows. | |||||
Abilities | |||||
Normal attack | |||||
Spells | |||||
Zammle | |||||
Haunts at: | |||||
Heliodor Region (Mid game) The Emerald Coast (Mid game) The Champs Sauvage (North) (Mid game) Insula Orientalis (Mid game) The Eerie Valley (Post game) |
Monsters series[]
Dragon Warrior Monsters[]
# - Slime Slime Family | |||||
HP | Wisdom | Attack | Defence | Agility | |
2/5 | 4/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 5/5 | |
Description: The most abundane of this popular species. | |||||
Spells and Abilities | |||||
Fireball (Lv. 4) Radiant (Lv. 13) MegaMagic (Lv. 39) | |||||
How to breed: | |||||
No breeding recipe exists for this monster. |
A slime is the first monster the player has on their team, that particular slime having once been the pet of the previous king of GreatTree.
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2[]
The slime reprises its role as the first monster owned by the player, this one being Slash, a slime that traveled with Cobi and Tara's family to GreatLog.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart[]
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker[]
In a break from tradition, the slime is not the first monster given to the player, who is instead offered a choice of either a Platypunk, Mischievous mole, or Dracky. The slime does appear on the first island inhabited by wild monsters that the player visits, Infant Isle, along with several uncharted islands, and is likely the first wild monster encountered in the game.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2/Joker 2 Professional[]
Slimes are the first monsters encountered in the game aside from the ones that the player has to choose from at the start of the game and are a measly Rank F monster. Slimes, when synthesised over level twenty, create a Slime X. Two level fifty Slime X's make a Slime XY.
Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D[]
Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key[]
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3/Joker 3 Professional[]
Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light[]
Mystery Dungeon series[]
Torneko: The Last Hope[]
Swords series[]
Kenshin Dragon Quest[]
Dragon Quest Swords[]
Heroes series[]
Dragon Quest Heroes[]
- Caliburgh Meadow
- Recruit
Dragon Quest Heroes II[]
Can be found at Greena Pastures.
Builders series[]
Dragon Quest Builders[]
Their main drop when they are defeated in this game is blue goo, while the she-slimes drop orange oil.
Dragon Quest Builders 2[]
Battle Road series[]
Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory[]
Skill | Description |
---|---|
Slime Spank | Damages one enemy. Has a high chance of a critical hit |
Gooing Gah-Gah | Attacks all enemies while potentially dazzling them |
Spank-Dunk | Damages one enemy with a light attribute attack. Has a high chance of a critical hit |
Dragon Quest: Scan Battlers[]
Other series[]
Dragon Quest: Monster Parade[]
Dragon Quest of the Stars[]
Dragon Quest Rivals[]
Dragon Quest Walk[]
Beyond Dragon Quest[]
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]
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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
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War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
A slime appears as a Normal (N) recruitable unit of the Lightning element during the Dragon Quest Tact crossover campaign and is the central character of "A Slime's Adventure in Ardra". In this unique story, the slime must fight solo in a series of battles to earn ranking materials and level up.
Media appearances[]
Captain N: The Game Master[]
Slimes appear in Episode 23 "Trojan Dragon", where they attack Captain N and his friends after they got the Sunstone back from the Dragonlord. The Slimes, along with the Blue dragon and the Knight aberrant, are the only Dragon Quest monsters to appear on the show.
Gallery[]
Sprites[]
Trivia[]
- Unlike his contemporaries, longtime Nintendo Power staff writer (and current Nintendo of America localisation manager) Alan Averill never had a photo of him printed in the magazine; instead, he was represented by a plush Slime doll.
- The internet MMORPG Kingdom of Loathing has a monster called Irritating Series of Random Encounters which is a group of 8 slimes. It is a reference to the random encounters of most RPG games.
- In an interview, series creator Yūji Horii revealed that his inspiration for this enemy was some "slime-looking enemy" (possibly the creeping crud[1]) from the Wizardry series.[2]
- An enemy character called the "Slime" is also featured in the Namco arcade game The Tower of Druaga, which predates the original Dragon Quest by two years. Also, in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, an enemy called Slime appears. Instead of boasting the famous blue colour, it instead appears as a greenish-orange version of the popular slime and more resembles an onion, though it has the blue colour in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures and Cadence of Hyrule.
- The Slime is the first monster family in the games that the player can fight. Mottle Slimes are one of the first enemies encountered in DQ VI, however.
- A Slime appears as a playable character in Mario Sports Mix. It has 3 different costumes, Normal, She-Slime, and Metal Slime.
- The All Hands Productions' cover of "Trying to Lose a Raincloud" also has raindrop hand puppets resembling Slime, based on their similarities with the puppet, and this enemy on the series.
- In the Dragon Quest VI remake, there is a minigame called Slip n' Slime. The game involves curling with a slime, bowling, navigating obstacle courses, and ski jump tournaments.
- In the Dragon Quest VII remake, friendly slimes can be seen hopping around at King Maximo's Castle.
- In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Slimes appear as an Stage Background Character, Taunt, Spirit and a Hat for the Mii Fighters.
Other languages[]
Other languages | |
French | Gluant |
German | Schleim Slime (M) |
Spanish | Limo |
Italian | Slime |
Dutch | Slime |
Norwegian | Unknown |
Greek | Unknown |
Portuguese | Meleco |
Russian | слизь |
Chinese | 史萊姆 |
Korean | 슬라임 |
Notable Slimes[]
- Gloopert
- Gregooey
- Majellan
- Rocket
- Slamichi
- Slayoshi
- Slide
- Slival
- Splatrick
- Splodger Splodgington Oozequire
Related monsters[]
- Ace
- Baby slime
- Berry slime
- Buchi cookie
- Candy slime
- Cherry slime
- Chocoslime
- Cloud slime
- Cream slime
- Cutie slime
- Don landmark slime
- Electroslime
- Evil metal slime
- Evil she-slime
- Evil slime
- Flan slime
- Gold slime
- Green slime
- Hammer
- Hero slime
- Jade slime
- Lemon hart
- Lemon slime
- Lime slime
- Mama lade
- Marble slime
- Meddle slime
- Metal slime
- Mottle mendslime
- Mottle she-slime
- Mottle slime
- Muscat dad
- Old man orange
- Onion slime
- Pink slime
- Pirate slime
- Polka dot slime
- Ribbon slime
- Sealion slime
- Shadow slime
- She-slime
- Shogun slime
- Slime (Amalgoomated)
- Slime X
- Slime XY
- Snow slime
- Special metal slime
- Sublime slime
- Surah
- Ten slime
- USJ slime
- Vamp slime
- Yuleslime