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The Time Being is a boss in Dragon Quest VII and a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series.

Characteristics[]

Appearance[]

The Time Being is a large, imposing humanoid dressed in elaborate green and grey robes carrying a silver glaive-like staff. He wears golden shoes, a small grey bolero jacket on his upper body with a grey and gold cape attached, and a large grey and gold belt around its waist. His "face" appears to be a singular eye which is mostly covered by his robes and a golden headpiece with two spikes.

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Appearances[]

Main games[]

Dragon Quest VII[]

#299 - The Time Being
Demon Family
Timesage HP MP Attack Defence Agility
780 120 135 85 90
Exp Gold Drop Yellow Fragment
750 312 G
Note:
Abilities
Normal attack
Dazzleflash
Spells
Frizzle
Magic Barrier
Boom
Haunts at:
Inside the Time Frame


Strategy[]

This battle is quite rough, even at level 22 and above, since the Time Being knows Frizzle and Boom and uses them frequently. A Priest should be on standby at all times.

The bigger threats are his side winder sidekicks because they can throw the sands of time and replay the battle from the top, so take them out first. Once they are down, attackers will be free to hack away at him. Maribel should also Sap twice to soften him up.

While keeping everyone's HP above 70-80 will be challenging because his attacks hit hard, the devil will fall, dropping a Yellow Fragment.

After the battle, smash the giant sandglass to get the Sands of Time and end Groundhog Day for good.

Dragon Quest X[]

#1518 - The Time Being
Demon Family
No Image HP MP Attack Defence Weight
Exp Gold Drop Brighten rock (Normal)
Chronocrystal (Rare)
22500 24 G
Note:
Abilities
Normal attack
Blocks enemy attacks with his staff
Helichopter
Reverse Turn
Falling Water
Time Stop
Clock Up
Spells
Kafrizzle
Godspeed Melagaia
Bangmurta
Haunts at:
Unknown

The monster can be fought as a coin boss from May 13th onwards.

Monsters series[]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional[]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D[]

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key[]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light[]

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince[]

Gallery[]

Etymology[]

The Time Being's name is a pun based on the English phrase, "for the time being," a phrase of time which means for the present, or until some other arrangement has been made.

Other languages[]

Other languages
French Titemps
German Khan der Zeit
Spanish Rey teración
Italian Semper Actualis
Dutch Unknown
Norwegian Unknown
Greek Unknown
Portuguese Unknown
Russian Unknown
Chinese Unknown
Korean Unknown

Related monsters[]

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