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Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (DQM3)

Nokturnus: Monster No. 522

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★ DQM3 releases on Steam and Mobile!
★ See all monster combinations: Synthesis Calculator
★ Some Helpful Articles:
Story Walkthrough | Boss Guides | 100% Clear Guide
List of Talents | List of Skills | List of Traits
Level Up Guide | Mini Medal Locations | Egg Farming

This is a guide to synthesis for Nokturnus (Monster No. 522) and how to get Nokturnus in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (DQM3), as well as Nokturnus's available Traits, Talents, and Skills.

▶︎Nokturnus Talent Details

Nokturnus Traits, Weaknesses, and Resistances

Nokturnus ImageNokturnus No. 522
Family
Rank
Talents Nokturnus

Traits

Trait Unlock Lv. Effect
Rando-Disrupt 1 Sometimes uses Disruptive Wave during battle.
Bossesbane 20 Increases damage inflicted on monsters from the ??? family and slightly lowers all resistances.
Critical Moment 40 Makes it easier to inflict critical hits when HP drops to 1/2, and even more so when HP drops to 1/4.
(L) Tactical Genius 1 Sometimes performs 2 or 3 actions in a row. The number of actions is not affected if you don't issue specific orders. Slightly lowers the monster's attributes.
(L) Adrenaline Rush 1 Greatly increases the attack after inflicting a critical hit.
(L) Late Bloomer 60 Increases attack, defence, agility, and wisdom from round 3 onwards, and even more so from round 6.

List of All Traits

Weaknesses and Resistances

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Monster Resistances and Weaknesses

Nokturnus Synthesis Guide and How to Get

Synthesis Calculator

How to Use
  1. Enter the monster you want to synthesize.
  2. View the parents at the bottom.
  3. Click on the How to Get button to see where to find the parents.
  4. For synthesis only parents, click on the Show Parents button at the bottom to see the parents needed.

The Synthesis calculator works by entering the desired offspring and showing you the parents needed to synthesize. Click on the How to Get and Show Parent buttons to check if certain parent monsters can be caught, and see further parent requirements for synthesis only monsters.

Synthesis Guide and Calculator

Monsters Using Nokturnus in Synthesis

How to Use
  1. Enter the monster you currently own.
  2. View the potential offspring at the bottom. The name on top will be the other parent needed to synthesize, while the name on the bottom is the offspring.
  3. To see further fusions, click on the circle to the right of the monster. You will see its potential offspring as well as required parents too.

The Reverse Synthesis Calculator shows you the potential offspring of monsters when used in Synthesis. Note the other required parent monster on top of the offsprings name, and click the circle on the right of the offspring to view its potential offsprings!

Synthesize Monsters That Lead to Higher Ranks

The best monsters you can synthesize are the ones that can be ingredients for special synthesis. This way, your monsters can scale to the power you need, while still having room to grow.

List of Special Synthesis Monsters

Nokturnus Talents and Skills

Set Talent Nokturnus

Nokturnus

Skill / Trait SP Effect
Oomph 10 Greatly increases the attack of a single ally for 2 to 5 turns.
Dragon Slash 20 Inflicts heavy slashing damage on monsters in the dragon family.
Sword Dance 30 A dance that damages enemies at random, 3 to 7 times in total.
Kazap 50 Inflicts major electrical damage on all enemies.
Skysplitter 70 Inflicts minor wind-elemental slashing damage on all enemies.
Hellish Howl 85 Lets out a bloodcurdling shout that inflicts medium damage on all enemies and occasionally stuns them for 1 turn.
Pearly Gates 100 Inflicts extreme light-elemental spell damage on all enemies. Highly effecetive against monsters in the undead family.
Ice Age 120 Inflicts outrageous ice-elemental breath damage on all enemies and occasionally stuns them for 1 turn.
Gigacross 150 An extreme sword attack that inflicts extreme electrical damage 2 times in a row on all enemies. The higher the user's level, the greater the damage that will be inflicted.
Disruptive Wave 200 Removes most beneficial effects from all enemies.
Rando-Disrupt 200 Sometimes uses Disruptive Wave during battle.

List of Talents

Nokturnus Max Stats

HP 1340
MP 290
Attack 740
Defence 370
Agility 480
Wisdom 440

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