Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake: All Friendly Monster Locations

by Adam Vitale on 14 November, 2024

One of the new additions to Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is the inclusion of Friendly Monsters. These monsters are not found in battle, but instead out on the field. You'll find your first, Splatrick the Slime, automatically as part of the story shortly after Path of Promise. After this, you'll be able to find 121 friendly monsters in total in the world of DQ3.

If you have a Monster Wrangler in your party (which we recommend), you can recruit monsters with no problem as long as you can find them. If you do not have a Monster Wrangler in your party, you'll have to use abilities like Padfoot, spells like Fade, or items like Musk to approach the monster in order to talk to them. It's simply a lot more convenient to have a Monster Wrangler in your party, so you don't have to worry about capture conditions such as those.

When in any town or dungeon, you can use the Monster Wrangler's "Animal Instinct" ability to see if there's a monster close by. This ability will hint if there is monster is on an adjacent screen (the text will say the monster is "not too far away"), on the current screen you are on ("ready to be wrangled nearby"), or if there's a monster that would be out, but it's the wrong time of day. Also of course, this ability will let you know if there is no Friendly Monster nearby, so you can simply move on.

We list below all 121 Friendly Monsters you can find in the game. There's one very important note to make about monster names, though. The names of the monsters you see in your game may seem backwards or flipped compared to the ones in our list, depending on the order you find them.

For example, there are two "Antgobbler" monsters in the game. One is found in a Secret Spot north of Romaria. Another is found in Underground Lake. The first one you find will be named "Gobblebert", regardless if it's the one in the Secret Spot or the one in the Underground Lake. The second one you find will always be named "Antony". There's no difference between the two monsters otherwise.

So, keep that in mind when looking through the locations in the list.

For this reason, we find it best to categorize monsters by type in alphabetical order. Go to Monty in any of the game's monster arenas, and you can sort the monsters by name, in which the game will list the monster types in the same order we have below. In this game menu, you can see the names of the monsters of that type. You can cross-reference your game list with our list here, hopefully figuring out which monsters you have yet to find.

DQ3 HD Friendly Monster Locations

Antgobbler
- Gobblebert - Secret Spot in canyon north of Romaria
- Antony - Underground Lake B2 East
Armful
- Armstrong - Baramos’s Lair, NE dead end near the water at night
- Armadeus - B2 NW room in Craggy Caves
Bag O' Laughs
- Smiley - Asham NW during day
- Sir Laugh-a-Lot - Theddon Inn during the day
- Chortley - Reeve, night, requires Ra's Mirror
Baramonster
- Barry Moss - In the NW warp portal dungeon in Temple of Trials.
Boreal Serpent
- Boris - Secret Spot NE of Khoryv (requires Everbird)
Bubble Slime
- Bub - Skyfell Tower
- Anjellica - Ibis Castle 2F west at night
Cannibox
- Lecter - Kidnapper's Cave, Straight west from entrance, 3rd room over
- Yum-Yum - End of Fifer's Spire dungeon
Catula
- Alutac - Western staircase 2F in Tower of Transcendence
- Luna - NE side of Jipang (Dusk)
Chimaera
- Polly - Secret spot in desert SW of Damdara
- Buddy - NW corner of Rimuldar
- Slinky - 4th floor center room, on the upper path in Rubiss Tower
Crone Ranger
- Hagatha - Dreamer's Tower, near Inn, requires Ra's Mirror
- Sabrina - Guy on the east side of Quagmire Cave
Cumaulus
- Cloud - Secret spot on snow coast NE of Khoryu (May be at night only)
- Rainey - E side of Edina rooftop (Day)
- Fluffy - Secret spot SW of Olivia’s Promontory
Cureslime
- Curie - NE part of Lanson, east of shrine (May be Dusk only)
- Meddie - West side of Castle of the Dragon Queen at dusk
- Mendy - Cloudsgate Citadel near SE fountain
Elysium Bird
- Beaker - Secret Spot west side of Aliahan Island, requires Everbird
- Cronus - Small island in between large NE and large SE continents in Alefgard
Firn Fiend
- Frosty - Secret Spot iceberg west of SW ice island in ocean (May be Dusk only)
Franticore
- Frantico - Cloudgate tower 4F
Gold Golem
- Goldirox - Secret in southern plain of eastern continent in Alefgard
Goodybag
- Jules - Talk to man north of fountain at night in the fully built Merchantburg (requires Ra's Mirror)
- Pearl - NE corner of Talontear Tunnel
Great Keeper
- Goldie - Temple of Trials - NW corner of NE trial
Green Dragon
- Green Giant - Secret Spot on peninsula SE of Craggy Cave
- Scales - North center room in 3rd level of the Heavens post game dungeon
Handsome Crab
- Snapper - Secret Spot at Iceberg in ocean east of the big circular mountains of the NW continent
- Pinchy - E island in Lozamii (Dusk)
Healslime
- Healie - Khoryv, near Inn at Dusk
- Fixer - Secret Spot in SW desert
- Healiza - Secret Spot rocks SE of Australia in ocean (Dusk)
Heedoo Voodoo
- Whodoo - Secret Spot west of Theddon, across river (Night)
- Youdoo - Secret Spot NW of Wafarer's Chapel
Hocus-Poker
- Mike - Talk to the woman in the SW corner of Damdara
Hoodlum
- Hoodwink - Secret Spot oasis near lake on NW side of NE continent
- Hoodunnit - North Secret Spot in huge forest continent, need Ra's Mirror
Imp
- Forker - NE room in Edina (Night)
- Prongley - NW room of Pirate's Den (day only)
- Shellvey - Girl on Pyramid 3F to the NW, requires Ra's Mirror
- Damon - Secret Spot Rocks NE of NE continent, requires Ra's Mirror
Infernal Serpent
- Soaron - Secret Spot near Zoma’s Citadel
Liquid Metal Slime
- Quicksilver- B3 Pit Room in Zoma’s Citadel
Lump Shaman
- Manny - Just south of the land bridge connecting the Eastern continents.
- Genghis - Woman north room in Pirate Den at Night, requires Ra's Mirror
Magmalice
- Alice - Orochi's Lair at south dead end
- Bernie - Top of Mt. Necrogond after defeating Garboyle
Man O' War
- Jellie - Secret Spot beach west of Asham (requires boat)
- Sting - Secret Spot rocks N of Reeve in ocean (Dusk)
Mermaniac
- Mercurio - Secret Spot rocks north of the snow-peninsula of the NE continent in ocean (Night)
- Merida - Secret Spot Island West of Romaria (woman, requires Ra's Mirror)
- Triton - Talk to NPC through the SW locked door in Rubiss Tower
Metal Slime
- Steelie - Romaria Outpost (requires Ultimate Key)
- Alloy - Secret Spot in Heavens (the "???" post-game mini world map)
Mimic
- Death - L3 south dead end in Maw of the Necrogond
- Famine - Secret Spot E of Ibis (requires Everbird)
Minidemon
- Lucy - Rooftop of Manoza Castle
- Balam - Persistence (Night, east horse, require's Ra's Mirror)
- Lilith - Hiding behind sign south of west building in Cantlin
Mummy
- Mumsy - Near Church in Ibis at night
- Imhopep - Guy in Manoza graveyard at night, requires Ra's Mirror
Mushroom Mage
- Mush - Secret Spot NW of Kidnapper's Cave (Night)
- Schroominger - Secret Spot SW of Portoga Lighthouse
Overtoad
- Ribbert - SW exit of Baharata
- Amphoebe - SE rice field in Jipgang (Night)
- Croaker - Secret Spot west of Gaia's Navel (during solo dungeon trial)
Prestidigitator
- Trixie - Secret spot tree west of Khoryv, at Dusk
- Hoodini - Secret Spot north of Portoga
- Maggie - Path of Promise, guy near pits, requires Ra's Mirror
- Spellie - East side of Castle of the Dragon Queen during day
Rampage
- Baatholomewe - Secret Spot far north of Pirate's Den, south of mountains (Day)
- Ramsdale - At the NW side of Grimland
Raven Lunatic
- Edgar - Faerie Village on the SW side (Night)
- Allan - Secret Spot SE of Baharata
Restless Armour
- Arthur - Secret Spot far south of Asham (may be night only)
- Percival - Secret Spot Far SE of Alltrades Abbey (Night)
- Bedivere - B1 side path in Gaia's Navel, use Musk to approach
- Galahad - Secret Spot N of Persistence (requires Everbird)
Rockbomb
- Rocky - Manoza Cave B2
- Blasty - Norvik (guy west of inn, requires Ra's Mirror)
Seaslime
- Marin - Portoga, eastern pier at night.
- Schwimmer - Secret Spot Rock formation NW of Edina in ocean
- Shelley - Secret Spot in water inlet on west side of the SW continent in Alefgard
Shell Slime
- Shella - NE pier in Mur
- Oozey - Necrogond Shrine, NE side at night
- Spiner - West lawn of Galen’s House
She-Slime
- Shiela - Tantegel Gardens behind castle
- Abigoo - Sanctum NW
- Oozebeth - Jail section of the postgame dungeon
Silhouette
- Silly - Teleportal Shrine, Priest, requires Ra's Mirror
- Casper - In the well in Kol
Slime
- Splatrick - Automatic at Shrine of Promise
- Slimon - NE side of Alltrades Abbey at Night
- Torijammer - Aliahan Prison (requires Ultimate Key)
- Gootrude - Secret Spot (boulder) NE of Tantegel
- Goobert - South end of Temple of Trials
Soaring Scourger
- Sky - SW dead end of main path B3 in Zoma’s Citadel
Spiked Hare
- Harry - NE of fountain in Romaria at night
- Hornbert - Secret spot between Norvik and Faerie Village, to the south, during Day
Squidzilla
- Tenda - North end of Ghost Ship
- Inky - Secret Spot rock in water in SE dead end in inner ocean in Alefgard
Troll
- Trevor - L2 east room in Maw of the Necrogond
Ursa Major
- Bobo - West side of Castle of the Dragon Queen at night
Walking Corpse
- Hel - Secret Spot Near poison swamp in Inlet maze in NE continent (Night)
- Hades - Basement of NE building in Theddon
- Grim - B1, NE side of Ghost Ship
Whackanape
- King Strong - Secret Spot NW of Mur (Night)
- Joe - Secret spot N of Wayfarer Shrine (requires ship)
Wyrtle
- Zippy - Secret Spot rocks in east ocean in between two continents
- Turgon - NW island in Lozamii (Night)
Wyrtoise
- Torgon - Secret Spot on small NW island in Alefgard
Xenlon
- Xenwrong - On the final path in Temple of Trials