Equinox

Dragon Quest monster
Equinox
	; Art by Akira Toriyama
Japanese	黒竜丸
Romaji	Kokuryūmaru
First appearance	Dragon Quest IX
Variants	Godsteed
	Tantamount

"The heavenly palace is where I make my pasture! The world is mine to gallop freely across, its inhabitants merely my grooms! Hrrrm? Those abortive creations, the mortals, ride roughshod over the realm beneath? Neeigh! They must be destroyed!"

Equinox is a monster in the series. It first appeared as a grotto boss in Dragon Quest IX.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

The Equinox is based on the mythological Kirin (麒麟), a fabled horse with the head and scales of a dragon. Known as the Black Star, these equine monsters have a sinister colour scheme, having solid white eyes, black body scales with teal scales covering the flank and shoulders, and hooves that are surrounded by a ghostly blue aura. Equinox's name originates from an astronomic term "Equinox", referring to the moment when the sun reaches one of two intersections between the ecliptic and the celestial equator as well as "Equine" which means horse.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit | edit source]

Equinox (黒竜丸, Kokuryūmaru)
Defeated Monster List No. : #283

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Beast (floating)	1,800	255	10,000	825	180	180	117

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Blast	Earth	Dark	Light	Drain Magic	Whack	Dazzle	Fizzle
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	50%	-100%	0%	100%	75%	75%
Confusion	Paralysis	Sleep	Poison	Stun	Blunt	Deceleratle	Sap	Spooky Aura	Charm
100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	75%	50%	50%	50%	95%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped items
None	Acts twice on even turns Wave of Panic Dark Breath Lightning Storm	Grotto (rank 1-2, 11-12; suffix: Joy, Bliss, Glee, Doubt, Woe, Dolour)	Dragontail Whip¹⁄₁₂₈ Vesta gauntlets (2%) Dragon scale (steal only)
Description		Ceaseless steed of death, who tirelessly travels the skies, taking the lives of all in his path. Also known as the Black Star. Gallops freely through the night skies, and answers only to the stars. Once had an entirely different form…

Defeating an Equinox with the Bang spell is the objective of Quest #116: Sagier and Pagier.

Dragon Quest X [edit | edit source]

Equinox is the weakest boss that can be faced in the Magic Labyrinth and is one of the Twelve Generals of the Demon Army. Like the previous game, it can attack with Lightning Storm and Dark Breath, as well as emitting Air Pollution.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age[edit | edit source]

Equinox (黒竜丸, Kokuryūmaru )
Defeated Monster List No. : 564

Image	Attributes
	Family	HP	MP	EXP	Gold	Attack	Defence	Agility
	Beast	327	55	1,803	304	260	260	235

Resistances
Fire	Ice	Wind	Lightning	Earth	Dark	Light	MP Theft	Insta-Death
50%	-25%	0%	25%	25%	50%	-25%	0%	100%
Poof	Dazzle	Fizzle	Confusion	Paralysis	Poison	Sleep	Blunt	Deceleratle
100%	100%	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%	0%	0%
Sap	Spooky Aura	Stumble	Stun	Charm	Beguilement	Double Down	Elem Res Down
0%	0%	100%	99%	100%	100%	0%	0%

Additional information
Spells	Skills	Locations	Dropped item
None	Lightning Storm Dark Breath	The Hotto Steppe (postgame)	Horse manure¹⁄₁₆ Springheal Boots¹⁄₁₂₈
Description		When monsters once tried to take over the world, these steely stallions were always first into the fray, leading the charge every chance they got.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince[edit | edit source]

Equinox (黒竜丸, Kokuryūmaru )
Monsterpedia No.: #273

Attributes
Family	Rank	Max HP	Max MP	Max Attack	Max Defence	Max Agility	Max Wisdom
	A	1,300	400	640	530	570	350
Talents		Traits		Large-size exclusive traits		Dropped items
Dark Horse (lv. 1)		Sizzmeister (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Debilitator (lv. 20) Major Downer (lv. 40)		Tactical Trooper (lv. 1) Ultra Crafty Stunner (lv. 1) Rando-Ping (lv. 60)		N/A

Resistances
Fire *	Water *	Explosion *	Wind *	Earth *	Ice *	Electricity *	Light *	Dark *	Antimagic *
50%	0%	25%	50%	50%	-25%	0%	0%	50%	0%
Bedazzlement *	Confusion *	Debilitation *	MP Absorption *	Paralysis *	Poison *	Sleep *	Stun *	Instant Death *
50%	-25%	0%	0%	0%	0%	50%	50%	25%

Additional information
Description	This dark horse is also known as the Black Star. Though once it galloped across the heavens in Zenithia, it succumbed to darkness, becoming a denizen of Nadiria.
Location	This monster has no natural habitat

Synthesis
Breeding chart
X
Notable fusions
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Dragon Quest Tact[edit | edit source]

Equinox appears as a S-rank monster of the Beast family in the Japanese version of the game.

In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Montadito	Spanish for "mounted" or "on the saddle".
Français	Équinocte	From the French équin and nocturne.
Deutsch	Hengst der Angst	German for "stallion of fear".
Italiano	Equinox	Same as English name.
中文 (繁體)	黑龍丸	Transliteration of the Japanese name Kokuryūmaru.