The following is a list of recruitable monsters in Dragon Quest V.
DS version all, alphabetical
- archdemon
- bad apple
- barbatos
- battle pip
- beastmaster
- blizzybody
- bomboulder
- brownie
- chimaera
- conkerer
- conkjurer
- conkuisitor
- conkuistador
- cross eye
- cureslime
- dracky
- drag-goof
- Dwight
- epipany
- fandagow
- fat rat
- flamethrower
- funghoul
- ghost
- gigantes
- golem
- goodybag
- great dragon
- grudgerigar
- hades helm
- hawk man
- healslime
- hellion
- hoodlum
- hulagan
- hyperanemon
- jailcat
- killing machine
- king cureslime
- king slime
- liquid metal slime
- magic marionette
- man o' war
- mandrake marshal
- metal slime
- minidemon
- moosifer
- mudraker
- old man of the sea
- orc king
- pip fighter
- pocus poppet
- powie yowie
- prestidigitator
- Rebjørn
- restless armour
- revaulting horse
- rockbomb
- rotten apple
- samigina
- slime
- slime knight
- small fry
- snowbird
- Starkers
- ticking timeburrm
- walking corpse
- warhog
- wax murderer
- wiz pip
DS version only, alphabetical
- archdemon
- bad apple
- battle pip
- beastmaster
- blizzybody
- conkerer
- conkjurer
- conkuisitor
- conkuistador
- Dwight
- epipany
- fat rat
- flamethrower
- funghoul
- ghost
- hades helm
- hawk man
- hulagan
- jailcat
- man o' war
- metal slime
- mudraker
- pip fighter
- pocus poppet
- Rebjørn
- restless armour
- rotten apple
- Starkers
- wax murderer
- wiz pip
SNES version all, alphabetical
Note: This list is derived from the Japanese release of Dragon Quest V.
- barbatos
- bomboulder
- brownie
- chimaera
- cross eye
- cureslime
- dracky
- drag-goof
- fandagow
- gigantes
- golem
- goodybag
- great dragon
- grudgerigar
- healslime
- hellion
- hoodlum
- hyperanemon
- killing machine
- king cureslime
- king slime
- liquid metal slime
- magic marionette
- mandrake marshal
- minidemon
- moosifer
- old man of the sea
- orc king
- powie yowie
- prestidigitator
- revaulting horse
- rockbomb
- samigina
- slime
- slime knight
- small fry
- snowbird
- ticking timeburrm
- walking corpse
- warhog