Slime

Slime
Introduced in	Dragon Quest
Japanese name	スライム
Rōmaji	Suraimu
Family	Slime
Related to	She-slime Metal slime

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. 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.

Appearances

Dragon Quest

#1 - Slime Slime Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	3	0	5	3	2
	Exp	Gold
	1	1 (NES) 2 (SNES, GBC, iOS) 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 (SNES, GBC, iOS)	0	8 (NES) 7 (SNES, GBC, iOS)	5	3 (NES) 2 (SNES, GBC, iOS)
	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 {SNES, GBC and iOS)	5	4 (NES) 9 {SNES, GBC and iOS)
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Medicinal herb
	6 (NES) 4 {SNES, GBC and iOS)	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
	1	1 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack
Spells
Bound Zing
Haunts at:
Ballymolloy area (Past) Rainbow Mines The Tower Gröndal (Present)
Monster Meadows quotes:
PSX: Sometimes, when Mr. Monster is asleep, I crawl in his mouth and lay eggs. Damn. People are always kicking my ass. What's that? What do you mean, which end is my ass? Gaahhh! Don't hit me! Oh, sorry. Force of habit. 3DS: I love Monty! He's so goo to me! And so oozy-going! Thank you so much for telling me about him, (player's name)! Gloopity gloop! I'm a goo little slime! I never cause anyone any bother!

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 Waterfall Cave Isolated Plateau Baccarat Reigon 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

#1 - 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

#1 - 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

# - Slime Slime Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	5	2	9	11	80
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Medicinal herb Slimedrop
	2	1 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack Flees
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 Slimedrop
	2	2 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack Flees
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Cobblestone Tor Heliodor Region The Eerie Eyrie (Mid game) Galenholm*

Vicious

#196 - Vicious slime Slime Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	72
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Strong medicine Slimedrop
	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 (Mid game) Insula Orientalis (Mid game) The Eerie Valley (Post game)

Monster Series Appearances

Dragon Warrior Monsters

# - Slime Slime Family
	HP	Wisdom	Attack	Defence	Agility
	2/5	4/5	2/5	3/5	5/5
	Description:
	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.

Slime
Game Appearance	Dragon Warrior Monsters 2
Console	GBC
HP	6/10
MP	6/10
Attack	5/10
Defense	6/10
Agility	6/10
Spells	Firebal, Radiant, MegaMagic
Family	Slime Family
Locations	You cannot conventionally breed a Slime, you can only breed two slime together to create a stronger Slime.

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.

Bestiary Number	1
Slime
Game Appearance	Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Console	DS
HP	1
Gold	1
Family	Slime
Locations	Infant Isle

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

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. The slime is 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.

Bestiary Number	1
Slime
Game Appearance	Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2
Console	DS
HP	1
Gold	1
Skills	Slimer
Family	Slime
Locations	The Albatross, Treepidation, Dark World

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Caliburgh Meadow

Recruit

Dragon Quest Builders

Their main drop when they are defeated in this game is blue goo, while the she-slimes drop orange oil.

Trivia

• Unlike his contemporaries, longtime Nintendo Power staff writer (and current Nintendo of America localization 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 color, it instead appears as a greenish-orange version of the popular slime and more resembles an onion.
• The Slime is the first monster family in the games that you 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.
• 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 Dragon quest 7(3ds remake) freindly slimes can be seen hopping around at King Maximo's Castle.

Other languages

Other languages
French	Gluant
German	Schleim
Spanish	Limo
Italian	Slime
Dutch	Slime
Norwegian	Unknown
Greek	Unknown
Portuguese	Slime
Russian	слизь
Chinese	史萊姆
Korean	슬라임

Related monsters

• 1:8 Slime
• Agoomulator
• Chocoslime
• Dark slime
• Electroslime
• Evil slime
• Gold slime
• King slime
• Metal slime
• She-slime
• Slime X
• Slime XY
• Snow slime

See also

Slime (Class)

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