Naturalist

Naturalist Japanese けものみち
けもの道 Rōmaji Kemonomichi Translation Beast path/way Type Skillset (Monsters: Joker)
Talent (The Dark Prince onward)

Naturalist is a skillset or talent in the Monsters series. It teaches various skills suitable for monsters of the Beast family.

Appearances

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Naturalist is learned by the Spiked hare, Great sabrecub, Heligator, and Platypunk. It grants the following abilities:

Ability	Skill Points	Description
Heart Breaker	3	An attack that can cause the target to miss a turn.
Sandstorm	7	Kicks sand in the eyes of all enemies, reducing their accuracy.
Dragon Slash	11	An attack that deals heavy damage to dragons.
Body Slam	15	Deals heavy damage to the target and the user.
Mercurial Thrust	21	A lightning-fast strike that allows its user to attack first.
Tongue Lashing	30	Reduces a single enemy's defence with a lusty licking.
War Cry	45	A hideous battle cry that paralyses all enemies with fear.
Uncarnate	63	An attack that deals heavy damage to Incarni.
Hatchet Man	83	An unpredictable attack that can deal critical damage if it connects.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2

The Mysterian Mauler skill replaces Uncarnate and is learned by investing 57 skill points, while Hatchet Man now requires only 75 skill points.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

Naturalist is learned naturally once again by Bunicorn, Great sabrecub, and Platypunk.

Ability	Talent Points	Description	Effect
Heart Breaker	3	Inflicts slashing damage on a single enemy and stuns it for 1 turn.	Launches an attack that deals slashing damage to a single enemy and has a 40% chance to stun them for one turn.
Sandstorm	10	Whips up a dense cloud of dust that lowers the accuracy of enemy attacks for 2 to 5 turns.	Attempts to blind all enemies for 2~5 turns.
Attack Attacker	20	Damages a single enemy and occasionally lowers its attack for 2 to 5 turns.	An attack that can lower a single enemy's Attack by 50% for 2~5 turns, based on the target's Debilitation resistance.
Mercurial Thrust	30	A punching technique that only inflicts a small amount of damage, but allows the user to attack before anyone else.	Launches an attack that deals 40% damage at the beginning of the turn.
Tongue Lashing	50	Slathers a single enemy with slimy saliva, stunning it and lowers its defence.	Attempts to stun an enemy with a 60% success rate, while lowering their Defence by 40%.
War Cry	70	An ear-popping shout that stuns all enemies for 1 turn.	Attempts to stun all enemies for a single turn.
Hatchet Man	85	Inflicts slashing damage on a single enemy. The attack has a high likelihood of missing, but an increased chance of inflicting a critical hit when it succeeds.	Launches an attack with a 25% chance of landing a critical hit, a 25% of landing a normal attack, or a 50% chance of completely missing.
Auto-Restora	100	Restores a small amount of HP after each action.	Recovers 10% of the monster's max. HP at the end of the turn, with a limit of 200 HP.

Related talents

• Super Naturalist