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Deep in the bowels, in the dark and murk,
There in the mire doth Tyrantula lurk.
Heed my warning, traveller and friend,
When Tyrantula appears, your journey doth end.
A sign in The Bad Cave

The Tyrantula is a boss monster in Dragon Quest IX and a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series.

Appearance[]

The Tyrantula is a spider monster and it has skeletal legs and scythe-like arms.

Personality[]

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Appearances[]

Main Games[]

Dragon Quest IX[]

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Battles[]
#264 - Tyrantula
Bug Family
IX - Tyrantula sprite HP MP Attack Defence Agility
1098 36 100 154 96
Exp Gold Drop Item icon Tangleweb (100%)
5231 1500 G
Description: An enormous arachnid who dwelt deep in the Bad Cave, soaking up poison and perniciousness until she morphed into a man-eater.

It is said that she made meals of travellers lost in her cave to feed her clutch of countless eggs.

Abilities
Venomissile, Eerie Light, Wicked web, Wind Sickles
Encountered at:
The Bad Cave

Tyrantula attacks using Wind Sickles (which hits the whole party), Venomissile (which hits the whole party with a chance of poisoning them), Eerie Light (which reduces the party's resistance to status effects) and Wicked Web (which may cause a character to miss a turn).

It is useful to have two healers in this fight, and if not, to give other characters plenty of healing items and Antidotal Herbs. Tyrantula is weak against the Blast line of spells (Bang, Boom, etc) so a Mage may be able to take advantage of that. Your sword-wielders may have Falcon Slash by now (especially if you levelled up in the Bad Cave using Metal Medleys) which is very helpful.

Attributes Resistance[]
Attributes Resistance
Fire Ice Wind Earth Light Dark Blast Illusion Sleep Death Drain MP
75 75 75 0 125 125 125 0 0 0 0
Confusion Silent Petrify Paralyze Poison Attract Attack ↓ Defense ↓ Agility ↓ Magic Res ↓
0 0 0 0 0 5 25 75 50 75


Monster series[]

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light[]

Bestiary[]

Bestiary
DQIX logo IX 264 An enormous arachnid who dwelt deep in the Bad Cave, soaking up poison and perniciousness until she morphed into a man-eater.

It is said that she made meals of travellers lost in her cave to feed her clutch of countless eggs.

DQX logo X - No appearance


Sprites[]

Main Games
IX X XI
IX - Tyrantula sprite
Side Games
Joker 2 Joker 2 Professional Terry's Wonderland 3D Iru and Luca’s Marvelous Mysterious Key Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below Stars Super Light Joker 3


Trivia[]

  • Her name is a combination of the words "Tyrant" and "Tarantula".

Other languages[]

Other languages
French Tyrantule
German Tyrantula
Spanish Tirántula
Italian Tirantula
Dutch Unknown
Norwegian Unknown
Greek Unknown
Portuguese Unknown
Russian Unknown
Chinese Unknown
Korean Unknown

Related monsters[]

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