How to Beat Bernie: Best Party Members and Weakness

Bernie is one of the bosses in Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Dark Prince. Learn about Bernie's weaknesses and recommended party members to beat Bernie here!

How to Beat Bernie

Bernie List of Attacks Beware Bernie's Fire-Elemental Attacks Use Monsters with the Aquapothecary Talent

Bernie List of Attacks

Aside from its regular attack, Bernie has two special skills. It will also occasionally perform two attacks instead of one.

Beware Bernie's Fire-Elemental Attacks

Two of its Three Attacks are Fire-Elemental

Bernie's attacks, aside from its regular attacks, are both fire-elemental: Fire Breath and Flame Slash.

Fire Breath is an AOE attack that hits all your monsters, while Flame Slash is a single-target attack that has higher power than normal.

Equip the Asbestos Amulet Accessory

Asbestos Amulet Location

In the Caverns of Conflagration where you fight Bernie, you can find a Asbestos Amulet that will be very useful in the battle. This item gives resistance against fire-elemental attacks.

Note that the Asbestos Amulet is an accessory, so it would only work with the monster equipping it. But it's still good to pick it up to gain an advantage against Bernie.
Circle of Temper, Lower Echelon Walkthrough

Use Monsters with the Aquapothecary Talent

Bernie has a Weakness to Water Skills

It's recommend to use water-elemental skills against Bernie. There are many water skills under the Aquapothecary talent, so keep this talent in mind when synthesizing monsters.

Aquapothecary Associated Skills

There are Healing Skills Under Aquapothecary

Under Aquapothecary, you can learn the Heal skill, which is a very valuable skill in the early game. Since the boss battle can get long, you'll likely need the HP recovery that Heal gives.

Best Healer Monsters

Examples of Monsters that Have Aquapothecary

Khalamari Kid

Briny Bronco

Recommended Party

Sample Party

Monster	Main Talent
Briny Bronco Lvl. 15	Aquapothecary
Briny Bronco Lvl. 14	Aquapothecary
Hunter Mech Lvl. 15	Blade Maven
Restless Armour Lvl. 12	Breath Taker

In this sample party, we added a couple of Briny Broncos to our party, and used their Aquapothecary skills to easily defeat Bernie.

Bernie Overview

Bernie Location and Drops

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince Related Guides

List of Bosses and Guides

Lower Echelon

Lower Echelon Boss List
Bernie	Raph	Penteratic Guardian
Percival	Foo Dog	Abracadabrador
King Foo Dog	Cheater Cheetah, Rhinoceraxe, & Hellion	General Chayne

Middle Echelon

Middle Echelon Boss List
Darius the Shadethrower	Ash	Dessert Demon, Boss Troll, & Chocolate Golem
The Cane Custodian	Claudio	Petrarch
Grimglow Cave Boss	Whiteworl the Watcher	Succubat

Upper Echelon

Upper Echelon Boss List
Ash, Blaise, and Bernie	The Ifreann Eagle	Massimus
Pruslas	Hacksaurus	Warhog
Escudogre	Metal Dragon	Barbatos
Estark Izmah	Aamon	Sir Goolahad
Lady Vinezzia	Sir Sabrefang	Sir Beefdrake
Dolph the Destroyer	Final Boss

Post Game and Secret Bosses

Post Game & Secret Bosses
Estark Venjah	Wyrmsworth	Azabel
Secret Boss