Gleeful grublin

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The Gleeful grublin is a recurring monster in the series, first appearing in Dragon Quest XI. It is a devious, yellow-skinned goblin-like creature armed with a sword and shield.

Characteristics[edit | edit source]

Gleeful grublins are humanoid creatures with yellowish-orange skin that are roughly the size of children. They have long, pointed ears, a short pair of horns on top of their round heads, red eyes with tiny black pupils, and mouths agape to show off their sharp teeth, giving them a crazed expression. The grublins carry chipped swords in their right hands and bucklers strapped to their offhands, their armour consisting of simple metallic breastplates with pauldrons and faulds attached, all made of gold. Like their weaker kin, the gleeful grublins can work themselves into a rage in battle and perform combination attacks when they call for backup from more of their kind. Some gleeful grublins take to the sky on honeybee mounts.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

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

Gleeful grublin (ヨロコボルト, Yorokoboruto )
Defeated Monster List No. : #231
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Image Attributes
Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility
Humanoid 151 16 391 78 129 122 110
Resistances
Fire Ice Wind Lightning Earth Dark Light MP Theft Insta-Death
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 25%
Poof Dazzle Fizzle Confusion Paralysis Poison Sleep Blunt Deceleratle
100% 25% 100% 25% 25% 0% 25% 0% 0%
Sap Spooky Aura Stumble Stun Charm Beguilement Double Down Elem Res Down
0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 25% 0% 0%
Additional information
Spells Skills Locations Dropped item
None Blocks with its shield
Grows ever more angry (increases Attack and Agility)
Gets Pepped up
Calls for backup (Gleeful grublin)
Double Decker (Pep power, with Gleeful grublin)
Mount Pang Lai (second act) Bastard sword1128
Magic shield1128
Description These rakish rogues of the grublin world like to grin their way into the hearts of grublin girls, then toy with them mercilessly.

Malicious[edit | edit source]

Malicious gleeful grublin (ヨロコボルト・邪, Yorokoboruto・ja )
Defeated Monster List No. : #526
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Image Attributes
Family HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility
Humanoid 382 32 1,424 345 237 253 189
Resistances
Fire Ice Wind Lightning Earth Dark Light MP Theft Insta-Death
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 25%
Poof Dazzle Fizzle Confusion Paralysis Poison Sleep Blunt Deceleratle
100% 25% 100% 25% 25% 0% 25% 0% 0%
Sap Spooky Aura Stumble Stun Charm Beguilement Double Down Elem Res Down
0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 25% 0% 0%
Additional information
Spells Skills Locations Dropped item
None Blocks with its shield
Grows ever more angry (increases Attack and Agility)
Gets Pepped up
Calls for backup (Malicious gleeful grublin)
Double Decker (Pep power, with Malicious gleeful grublin)
Mount Pang Lai (third act) Bastard sword1128
Magic shield1128
Description Gleeful grublins who have morphed into a truly malevolent form under the malign influence of infinite evil.


In Other Languages[edit | edit source]

Language Translation Meaning
EspañolBocarrón dichosoDerived from the Spanish boca and the suffix ón, indicating its large attributes, and dichoso.
FrançaisGobelutin mutinFrom the French gobelin, lutin, and mutin.
DeutschGrinsender GnoboldFrom the German Grinsender and a combination of the words Gnom and Kobold.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • The gleeful grublin's Japanese name, ヨロコボルト (Yorokoboruto), is a reference to the kobold, a mischievous creature from Germanic folklore and mythology. Some types of kobolds were usually invisible spirits that could materialize as an object or human, often a small child. Another common depiction of kobolds were as household spirits that lived in human homes and performed domestic duties, but could play malicious tricks if they were neglected or insulted. The term kobold has also become interchangeable with goblin in modern literature and depictions.

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