Monster Master — dragonquest

Monster Master (Monster Wrangler in III HD-2D Remake) is a vocation in the Dragon Quest series.

Though one of the weaker vocations statistically, the Monster Master makes up for its poorer physical and magical attributes by learning group-hit attacks such as breath skills. Much like a Dancer's repertoire, the Monster Master's skills eventually meet heavy resistance as the player progresses through the main game.

Appearances

Main games

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

The Monster Wrangler was included in the third remake of the third game in the series, utilizing the design seen in X. They have high resilience, strength, speed, and agility and can use a variety of heavier weapons and are relatively varied in their selection of armor. This class is unique in that they learn new skills depending on how many monsters the player has recruited. Said skills also grow in power the more monsters the player recruits.

Level	Abilities
1	Tongue Lashing
6	Soothing Song
10	Animal Instinct
11	Emergency Groom
13	Attack Attacker
18	War Cry
20	Tongue Bashing
23	Flame Breath
27	Boulder Toss
36	Burning Breath
44	C-C-Cold Breath

Monsters Recruited	Abilities
3	Call of the Wild
10	Monster Pile-On
30	Lashings of Love
50	Wild Side
80	Focus Pocus
100	Fog of War

Dragon Quest VI

The M.M. suffers considerable reductions to their strength, resilience, HP, and MP in all versions of VI, befitting a starting vocation characters are not meant to spend too much time in. Various breath skills are learned through the profession, in addition to the Puff! spell upon mastery.

In the original version of VI, having a master in the party activates the chance that a monster will join you upon its defeat, however this function was dropped in the Nintendo DS remake in lieu of Slime Buddies. Monster Master is one of the prerequisites for the Ranger vocation (along with Merchant and Thief).

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	165
Strength	-15%
Defence	-20%
Max HP	-20%
Max MP	-30%
Trait	Sometimes attacks while asleep

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Slime Master	N/A	0			-
2	Beast Tamer	Sweet Breath	18	All enemies	Puts all enemies to sleep	0
3	Zombie Tamer	Poison Breath	33	All enemies	Poisons all enemies	0
4	Nature Master	Tongue Bashing	58	???	Reduces defense of enemies	0
5	Demon Master	Cool Breath	77	All enemies	Emits a cold breath	0
6	Troll Master	Flame Breath	93	All enemies	Emits a fiery breath	0
7	Material Master	Burning Breath	125	All enemies	Stuns all enemies	0
8	Dragon Tamer	Puff!	165	Self	Transforms into a dragon	18

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined

Replacing the older Monster Masher vocation of 2.5D versions, the Monster Master requires both the Thief and Shepherd[ess] vocations. It effectively summons rare monsters to aid the party, and has a chance of calling in metallic monsters for the party to fight.

Dragon Quest X

The Monster Master is one of the two advanced vocations available in version 2.0 of Dragon Quest X. They can use Claws, Greatswords, Axes, Fisticuffs, each one with their own individual skill trees, and can furthermore equip Whips with a unique skill tree, different from the other Vocations; their exclusive skill tree is aptly called Monster Master (まものマスター). Their Coup de Grâce is Wild Side. They have the ability to scout organic monsters such as Slimes or Teeny Sanguinis to become permanent party members.

Other Games

Dragon Quest of the Stars

A Specialist Vocation acquired from a Monster Master's Scroll (obtained from the Monster Master's Sanctuary) for a character with a level of at least 50 for both the Sailor and the Ranger Standard Vocations.

Preferred weapon types:

Vocation Skill

Lv 1	●Blaze Breath Lv 1
Lv 1	Resilience +5 with preferred weapon
Lv 5	🔰Support Ability Tricks
Lv 10	Ability CT cut 3% with preferred weapon
Lv 20	●Blaze Breath Lv 3
Lv 30	✠Crunch Lv 1
Lv 40	Resilience +5
Lv 50	●Blaze Breath Lv 5
Lv 60	✠Crunch Lv 3
Lv 70	Strength +5
Lv 80	Max HP +5
Lv 90	✠Crunch Lv 5

Revocation 1

Lv 10	Max HP +3
Lv 20	Resilience +3
Lv 30	✠Crunch Lv 6
Lv 40	Resilience +8
Lv 50	Max HP +3
Lv 60	Max HP +4
Lv 70	●Blaze Breath Lv 6
Lv 80	Ability CT cut 1% with preferred weapon
Lv 90	Max HP +3
Lv 99	Luck +5

Revocation 2

Lv 10	Max HP +3
Lv 20	Resilience +2
Lv 30	✠Crunch Lv 7
Lv 40	Resilience +2
Lv 50	Max HP +3
Lv 60	Resilience +2
Lv 70	●Blaze Breath Lv 7
Lv 80	Resilience +2
Lv 90	Max HP +3
Lv 99	Luck +5

Revocation 1

Lv 1	🔰Animal Instincts
Lv 10	Max HP +3
Lv 20	Resilience +2
Lv 30	✠Crunch Lv 8
Lv 40	Resilience +2
Lv 50	Max HP +3
Lv 60	Resilience +2
Lv 70	●Blaze Breath Lv 8
Lv 80	Resilience +2
Lv 90	Max HP +3
Lv 99	Luck +5

Vocation Bonus

Lv 60	CT Down resistance +5%
Lv 70	Resilience +5
Lv 80	Monster Whistle CT cut 30%

Dragon Quest Walk

In order to become a Monster Master, first more than 35 types of Monsters must have become allies.