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Slime Introduced in Dragon Quest Japanese name スライム Rōmaji Suraimu Family Slime Related to She-slime

Metal slime

The slime is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in the original Dragon Quest, slimes have since become the series' mascot due to their popularity and iconic qualities to the point that they even have their own Monster Family The basic slime has been in every Dragon Quest game to date.

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Characteristics

The slime is known for its onion/rain droplet shape, round eyes, and goofy, toothless smile; the former two traits having become the ones shared amongst nearly all their slippery siblings.

Slimes are typically the weakest enemies in every game, having no special abilities and being easily disposed of, and likely the first monster the player ever encounters in a battle. However, starting with Dragon Quest IV, there will occasionally be stronger slimes that can call on others of their kind; they may form a king slime when eight gather and starting in Dragon Quest IX three slimes may join to form the slime stack.

In some games, slimes have been domesticated into pets and others have gained the ability to speak the human language. In recent translations, all slimes have a certain verbal tic of replacing certain words and syllables with similar, 'slimier' ones, such as saying goo instead of good, gooman instead of human, and slime instead of time, to give just a few (or goo) examples.

While there are male and female slimes, the sex/gender of regular or nameless slimes is ambiguous and something that one cannot tell from their appearance; one cannot discern this information either all of the time or some of the time.

Appearances

Main games

#1 - Slime

Slime Family HP MP Attack Defence Agility 3 0 5 3 2 Exp Gold 1 1 (NES)

2 (SNES, GBC and iOS) G Note: Abilities Normal attack Spells None Haunts at: Tantegel area

Galenholm area





#1 - Slime

Slime Family HP MP Attack Defence Agility 6 (NES)

5 (Remakes) 0 8 (NES)

7 (Remakes) 5 3 (NES)

2 (Remakes) Exp Gold Drop Medicinal herb 1 2 G Note: Abilities Normal attack Spells None Haunts at: Midenhall area

Zahan Wetsern Island





















#1 - Slime

Slime Family HP MP Attack Defence Agility 7 0 9 8 3 Exp Gold Drop Medicinal herb

Slime heart (Rare) 1 1 G Note: None Abilities Normal attack Spells None Haunts at: Ballymolloy area (Past)

Rainbow Mines

The Tower

Gröndal area (Present, after Orgodemir's resurrection) Monster Meadows quotes: PSX: Sometimes, when Mr. Monster is asleep, I crawl in his mouth and lay eggs.

Damn. People are always kicking my ass. What's that? What do you mean, which end is my ass?

Gaahhh! Don't hit me! Oh, sorry. Force of habit. 3DS: I love Monty! He's so goo to me! And so oozy-going! Thank you so much for telling me about him, (player's name)!

Gloopity gloop!

I'm a goo little slime! I never cause anyone any bother!









There are three type of slimes, but all share the same bestiary entry and item drops. The ones near Alltrades Abbey will call in reinforcements and attempt to form a Slime stack; likewise those near Bloomingdale will attempt to form a King slime. Occasionally, the slimes that form the slime stack might call on too many slimes, to a maximum of five, and won't be able to form the stack until they are down to three.

Normal Slimes

#1 - Slime

Slime Family HP MP Attack Defence Agility 8 0 10 7 7 Exp Gold Drop Medicinal Herb (Common, 1/8)

Slimedrop (Rare, 1/16) 2 4 G Description: Slimes are common monsters that are found all over the world. Their simple yet lovable form attracts many admirers. They're unimpressive alone, but if a few of them focus the force of friendship, they can make a miraculous metamorphosis. Abilities Normal attack Spells None Haunts at: Angel Falls

The Hexagon





Slimes that fuse into Slime stacks

#1 - Slime

Slime Family HP MP Attack Defence Agility 55 0 42 48 80 Exp Gold Drop Medicinal Herb (Common, 1/8)

Slimedrop (Rare, 1/16) 48 16 G Description: Slimes are common monsters that are found all over the world. Their simple yet lovable form attracts many admirers. They're unimpressive alone, but if a few of them focus the force of friendship, they can make a miraculous metamorphosis. Abilities Normal attack

Calls for back-up (Slime)

Fuse into Slime stack if there are three slimes Spells None Haunts at: Newid Isle

Tower of Trades





Slimes that fuse into King slimes

#1 - Slime

Slime Family HP MP Attack Defence Agility 76 0 52 65 128 Exp Gold Drop Medicinal Herb (Common, 1/8)

Slimedrop (Rare, 1/16) 72 24 G Description: Slimes are common monsters that are found all over the world. Their simple yet lovable form attracts many admirers. They're unimpressive alone, but if a few of them focus the force of friendship, they can make a miraculous metamorphosis. Abilities Normal attack

Calls for back-up (Slime)

Fuse into King slime if there are eight slimes Spells None Haunts at: Bloomingdale





Normal





Vicious

# - Vicious slime

Slime Family [[File:{{{image}}}|100 px]] HP MP Attack Defence Weight 1966 452 310 310 0 Exp Gold Drop Special medicine (Common)

Slime flower (Rare) 1062 1 G Note: None Abilities Normal attack Spells None Haunts at: Unknown





Normal

#1 - Slime

Slime Family HP MP Attack Defence Agility 7 0 10 8 4 Exp Gold Drop Medicinal herb (Common)

Slimedrop (Rare) 2 2 G Note: These mainstays of the monster world are beloved by all. They're round, ridiculous rascals you simply can't stay mad at. Abilities Normal attack

Flees Spells None Haunts at: Cobblestone Tor (Early game)

Heliodor Region (Early game)

The Eerie Eyrie (Mid game)

Galenholm (Only in the 3DS and Switch versions)





Vicious





Monsters series

# - Slime

Slime Family HP Wisdom Attack Defence Agility 2/5 4/5 2/5 3/5 5/5 Description: The most abundane of this popular species. Spells and Abilities Fireball (Lv. 4)

Radiant (Lv. 13)

MegaMagic (Lv. 39) How to breed: No breeding recipe exists for this monster.

A slime is the first monster the player has on their team, that particular slime having once been the pet of the previous king of GreatTree.

The slime reprises its role as the first monster owned by the player, this one being Slash, a slime that traveled with Cobi and Tara's family to GreatLog.

Slime Game Appearance Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 Console GBC HP 6/10 MP 6/10 Attack 5/10 Defense 6/10 Agility 6/10 Spells Firebal, Radiant, MegaMagic Family Slime Family Locations You cannot conventionally breed a Slime, you can only breed two slime together to create a stronger Slime.





In a break from tradition, the slime is not the first monster given to the player, who is instead offered a choice of either a platypunk, mischievous mole, or dracky. The slime does appear on the first island inhabited by wild monsters that the player visits, Infant Isle, along with several uncharted islands, and is likely the first wild monster encountered in the game.

Bestiary Number 1 Slime Game Appearance Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker Console DS Rank F Skills Slimer Traits Critical Massacre Family Slime Locations Infant Isle Synthesis Generic Synthesis





Slimes are the first monsters encountered in the game aside from the ones that the player has to choose from at the start of the game. The slime is a measly Rank F monster. Slimes, when synthesised over level twenty, create a Slime X. Two level fifty Slime X's make a Slime XY.

Bestiary Number 1 Slime Game Appearance Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Console DS Skills Slimer Family Slime Locations The Albatross, Treepidation, Dark World





Mystery Dungeon series

Swords series

Heroes series

Caliburgh Meadow Recruit

Builders series

Their main drop when they are defeated in this game is blue goo, while the she-slimes drop orange oil.

Battle Road series

Other series

Media appearances

Slimes appear in Episode 23 "Trojan Dragon", where they attack Captain N and his friends after they got the Sunstone back from the Dragonlord. The Slimes, along with the Blue dragon and the Knight aberrant, are the only Dragon Quest monsters to appear on the show.

Gallery

Sprites

Trivia

Unlike his contemporaries, longtime Nintendo Power staff writer (and current Nintendo of America localization manager) Alan Averill never had a photo of him printed in the magazine; instead, he was represented by a plush Slime doll.

staff writer (and current Nintendo of America localization manager) Alan Averill never had a photo of him printed in the magazine; instead, he was represented by a plush Slime doll. The internet MMORPG Kingdom of Loathing has a monster called Irritating Series of Random Encounters which is a group of 8 slimes. It is a reference to the random encounters of most RPG games.

In an interview, series creator Yūji Horii revealed that his inspiration for this enemy was some "slime-looking enemy" (possibly the creeping crud [1] ) from the Wizardry series . [2]

) from the . An enemy character called the "Slime" is also featured in the Namco arcade game The Tower of Druaga , which predates the original Dragon Quest by two years. Also, in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past , an enemy called Slime appears. Instead of boasting the famous blue color, it instead appears as a greenish-orange version of the popular slime and more resembles an onion.

, which predates the original Dragon Quest by two years. Also, in , an enemy called Slime appears. Instead of boasting the famous blue color, it instead appears as a greenish-orange version of the popular slime and more resembles an onion. The Slime is the first monster family in the games that you fight. Mottle Slimes are one of the first enemies encountered in DQ VI, however.

A Slime appears as a playable character in Mario Sports Mix. It has 3 different costumes, Normal, She-Slime, and Metal Slime.

In the Dragon Quest VI remake, there is a minigame called Slip n' Slime. The game involves curling with a slime, bowling, navigating obstacle courses, and ski jump tournaments.

In Dragon quest 7(3ds remake) freindly slimes can be seen hopping around at King Maximo's Castle.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Slime appears as an Assist Trophy and a Hat for the Mii Fighters.

Other languages

Other languages French Gluant German Schleim Spanish Limo Italian Slime Dutch Slime Swedish Unknown Greek Unknown Portuguese Slime Russian слизь Chinese 史萊姆 Korean 슬라임

Related monsters

See also

Slime (Vocation)