Gigantes

Gigantes
Introduced in	II
Former names	Giant Gigante
Japanese name	ギガンテス
Rōmaji	Gigantesu
Family	Demon

Tact artwork

The gigantes is a monster who appears in the Dragon Quest series.

Characteristics

Gigantes are variants of cyclopes, having one eye, a single horn, and a bulky, humanoid build. Their skin is a light blue colour while their partial-tunics are a darker, greyer shade of blue.

Gigantes were originally green-skinned with teal garb. Their appearance in the original V can be seen as the midpoint of their colour changes from their original colours to the colour scheme they use today.

Appearances

Main games

Dragon Quest II

#74 - Gigantes Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	155 (NES) 175 (Remakes)	0	145 (NES) 150 (Remakes)	41 (NES) 51 (Remakes)	100 (NES) 88 (Remakes)
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Sword of ruin
	278 (NES) 580 (Remakes)	95 (NES) 165 (Remakes) G
	Note:
Abilities
Normal attack
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Rendarak Hall of Hargon

Dragon Quest V

#170 - Gigantes Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	350	0	210	110	77
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Seed of strength
	570	70 G
	Note:
Abilities
Normal attack Frenzy Stomp
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Nadiria Mt. Zugzwang Estark's Labyrinth

Dragon Quest VII 3DS

#S26* - Gigantes Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	350	0	210	110	77
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Seed of strength
	855	105 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack Desperate attack
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Muscle Mountain (DLC Tablet)
Monster Meadows quotes:
3DS: CYCLOPS IS MY BEST MATE! (PLAYER'S NAME) IS MY BEST MATE! .........

Dragon Quest VIII

#208 - Gigantes Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	710	0	285	148	99
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Amor seco essence (Common) Elfin elixir (Rare)
	511	36 G
	Note: The fury of the Lord of Darkness taken physical form as a powerful monster. Combines sheer size and strength with an overwhelming hatred for anything human.
Abilities
Normal attack Desperate attack Crushes enemy under its foot Swings and Misses (Wastes turn)
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Black Citadel Maella Region (After the destruction of the Black Citadel) the following Untrodden Groves (After the destruction of the Black Citadel; all night only) (Lake island near Ascantha Hill on Argonia's Western Border Mountain Overlooking Desert High place on Northwest Isle High place south of Empycchu)

Dragon Quest IX

#192 - Gigantes Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	640	9	212	190	115
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Strength ring (Common, 1/64) Ace of clubs (Rare, 1/128)
	3200	110 G
	Description: Stupidly strong, stamina-heavy and slightly slapdash smashers who can be licked with lightning. Some say they're massive sports fans, so much so that they've named their race after their favourite team.
Abilities
Normal attack Desperate attack Stomps with foot Swings, misses and falls down (Wastes turn)
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Realm of the Mighty Tower of Nod Western Coffinwell (outside tower) Eastern Stornway (island)

Dragon Quest X

Normal

#383 - Gigantes Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	2022	76	303	218	608
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Sturdy stick (Common) Taming rod recipe (Rare)
	769	12 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack Desperate attack Crackerwhack
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Unknown

Vicious

# - Vicious Gigantes Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	21150	999	1330	495	0
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Water tree (Common) Dark magic stone (Rare)
	21615	12 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack Acts twice per turn Desperate attack Crackerwhack
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Unknown

Dragon Quest XI

Normal

#294 - Gigantes Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	1080	30	270	221	32
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Strength ring (Common) Elfin elixir (Rare)
	2664	331 G
	Note: These heartless, hulking horrors are responsible for the tragic ends of countless travellers, who they clobber with their clubs.
Abilities
Normal attack Gets Pepped Up Desperate attack Crackerwhack Desperate Double
Spells
None
Haunts at:
The Hotto Steppe (Mid game) Insula Incognita (Mid game)

Vicious

#461 - Vicious gigantes Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	1447	50	344	330	53
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Strength ring (Common) Elfin elixir (Rare)
	3528	486 G
	Note: Gigantess driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Abilities
Normal attack Gets Pepped Up Desperate attack Crackerwhack Desperate Double
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Path to Trial Isle (Post game)

Monsters series

Dragon Warrior Monsters

# - Gigantes Demon Family
[[File:|100 px]]	HP	Wisdom	Attack	Defence	Agility
	5/5	1/5	5/5	1/5	1/5
	Description: The biggest in the devil family, but not very smart.
	Spells and Abilities
	ZombieCut (Lv. 13) ChargeUp (Lv. 15) EvilSlash (Lv. 16)
How to breed:
Any Demon family monster X BigEye SkulRider / EvilBeast X Any Undead family monster

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Found at Infant Isle.

Battle Road series

Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory

Skill/Spell	Description
Wallop	Attacks one enemy with its club
Helibopter	Attacks all enemies by swinging its club sideways
Oomph	Increases the monster team's attack

Sprites

NES sprite

Etymology

• Gigantes is the Spanish and Portuguese word for giants. Interestingly, giant was the name of this species in the original translation of Dragon Quest II. Gigantes can also refer to the giants of Greek myth that were fertilized by Gaia and fought the Greek Gods and Heracles.
• In VIII, it is pronounced 'hee-gan-tay' by a barkeeper in Tryan Gully.

Other languages

Other languages
French	Géant
German	Gigant Gigantess (M)
Spanish	Cíclope gigante
Italian	Gigante
Dutch	Unknown
Norwegian	Unknown
Greek	Unknown
Portuguese	Gigantes
Russian	Unknown
Chinese	癸幹忒斯
Korean	기간테스

Related monsters

• Atlas
• Atlas' stool
• Bowgen
• Coin Atlas
• Cyclops
• Dark night giant
• Der Gib
• Eternal giant
• Evil atlas
• Evil gigantes
• Giant of Destruction
• Giant War Demon
• Giganpick
• Gigantifungi
• Golden goliath
• Magmantes
• Mushy cyclops
• Nimclops
• Queen Ferz
• Salta
• Tweedledoom and Tweedledeath

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