Thief

If you become a thief, you'll be able to steal your enemy's belongings. You will also be able to tell how much treasure is in the vicinity.

— Dragon Quest VII

Thief
Japanese name	盗賊
Rōmaji name	Tōzoku
Gender	Male and/or Female
Game	Dragon Quest III Dragon Quest VI Dragon Quest VII Dragon Quest IX Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest Heroes II Dragon Quest Walk Dragon Quest Champions Dragon Quest Island

Thief is a vocation in the Dragon Quest series.

Thieves have high speed and agility but average attack power and defence power. They have the ability to steal items at the end of a fight. In addition, they are decent combatants that can use whips and chains to attack multiple enemies at once. In the overworld, abilities such as Eye for Distance allow the player to locate villages and nearby towns.

Appearances

Main games

Dragon Quest III Remakes

Level	Spells
8	Eye for Distance
10	Storeyteller
13	Nose for Treasure
17	Padfoot
20	Snoop

Dragon Quest VI

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Strength	-10%
Agility	+20%
Defence	-30%
Wisdom	-10%
Style	-20%
Max. HP	-10%
Max. MP	-40%

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed
1	Runner	Sandstorm	1
2	Vagrant	Hawkeye	8
3	Pilferer	Stone's Throw	17
4	Henchman	Shove	30
5	Cat Burglar	Storeyteller	48
6	Spy	Padfoot	66
7	Assassin	Nose for Treasure	110
8	Crime Boss	Snoop	140

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Strength	-10%
Agility	+20%
Guard	-30%
Intelligence	-10%
Appearance	-20%
Max. HP	-10%
Max. MP	-40%

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed
1	Pickpocket	Muster Strength, Sandstorm	0
2	Purse Snatcher	Shove, Safe Passage	5
3	Pilferer	Stone's Throw	10
4	Henchman	Peep	16
5	Cat Burglar	Snoop, Nose for Treasure	24
6	Criminal Genius	Storeyteller	34
7	Crime Boss	Holy Protection	44
8	Kingpin	Klepto Clobber	69

Hybrid Abilities

Hybrid	Learn
Dancer	Tap Dance
Fighter	Pressure Pointer
Jester	Weird Leer
Mage	Drain Magic
Warrior	Klepto Clobber

Usefulness

The Thief's best skill is Nose for Treasure, which allows treasure hunters to know how much treasure is left on a particular floor. As for hybrid skills, Thief Hit, the hybrid skill of a Warrior and a Thief, is probably one of the useful hybrid skills to learn as it has the chance of taking one item from a monster regardless of whether or not it is defeated. However, the stealing rate is quite low. To this end, the character must have a high luck value to steal successfully.

Regarding evolution, the Thief can combine a mastered Shepherd class to become a Monster Master. They will learn all sorts of breath skills and have a chance at taming monsters for the Monster Meadows. The Thief can also combine a mastered Sailor class to become a Pirate. The Pirate learns sea based attacks which is useful as most monsters, save the aquatic ones, don't have resistance to these skills. Plus they are cost effective.

Dragon Quest IX

The Thief vocation is available at the start of the game (start of game meaning when you have access to "Patty's Party Planning Place") and has the unique skillset "Acquisitiveness". Thieves can also use skill points to learn Sword, Knife, Claw, and Fisticuffs skills. Their coup de grâce is "Itemized Kill," which guarantees treasure dropped after the battle (some say this is a better method of item farming than using the "Haulellujah" Co-op De Grâce).

Acquisitiveness

Points	Name
4	Natural Deftness +20
10	Half-Inch
16	Natural Agility +20
22	Pitfall
32	Natural Max HP +20
42	Nose For Treasure
55	Natural Deftness +40
68	Eye For Trouble
82	Natural Agility +40
100	Treasure Eye Land

Spells

Level	Spells
4	Squelch
9	Heal
12	Evac
16	Accelerate

Dragon Quest X

The Thief is one of the six starting vocations available in version 1.0 of Dragon Quest X. They can use Knives, Whips, Claws, Hammers, Fisticuffs and Shields, each one with their own individual skill trees, with their exclusive skill tree being once again Acquisitiveness (おたから). Their coup de grâce is likewise Itemized Kill (お宝ハンター) once again. They have the highest Deftness in the game, which allows critical hits to have high chance, and also serves to improve the chance of them successfully stealing items.

Heroes series

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Teresa and Lazarel can become Thieves from the start; once they have reached level 20 as thieves and a certain point in the story has been reached, Teresa or Lazarel, depending on who is the leading protagonist, becomes able to tackle a sidequest that will reward the Thief's key, allowing to open the special, locked Treasure chests scattered across the land.

As a Thieves, they can equip Claws, Whips, and Bows.

Other games

Dragon Quest Walk

Thief is one of the base vocations, available from the start.

Preferred weapon types:

• Knives
• Claws
• Boomerangs

Dragon Quest Champions

Preferred weapon types:

• Boomerangs
• Knives
• Claws

Notable Thieves

• Selectable class in remake version of Dragon Quest III, as well as Dragon Quest IX.
• Fingers
• In the remake versions, Torneko Taloon has a few skills from the thief class.
• Yangus, an ex-bandit who still has some stealing abilities.
• Red
• Patty
• Erik

Gallery

Female thief in Dragon Quest III.

Male thief in Dragon Quest III.

Thief's in Dragon Quest Walk.

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