Abilities List [Dragon Quest 8 3DS/ DQVIII 3DS]

This section contains information on the different abilities that are executed in the 3DS version of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. Details including the ability name, MP cost, effect and classification are summarized.

Note that this section will be updated when new information is revealed.

In Dragon Quest, some abilities consume magic energy (MP) and are categorized into 4 types: attack, support, healing, and other spells. In addition, some abilities are usable only during battle, some only outside of battle (on the move) while others can be performed both in and outside of battle. As your characters gain even more experience (EXP), they can learn even more abilities. However, pay attention to your character’s MP as there are different costs depending on which ability you choose.

Click here for the complete Dragon Quest VIII spells list.

Types of Abilities

Attack Abilities

Ability Name	MP Cost	Effect	Classification
			In Battle	On the Move
Dragon Slash	0	An attack that causes heavy damage to dragons	Yes	No
Flame Slash	0	Channels the power of a raging fire into the blade of your sword	Yes	No
Metal Slash	0	An attack that can damage enemies with metal bodies	Yes	No
Miracle Slash	4	A secret sword technique that heals your own wounds each time you strike a foe	Yes	No
Mercurial Thrust	0	A lightning-fast thrust	Yes	No
Clean Sweep	0	Drives back a group of enemies with a sweep of the spear	Yes	No
Thunder Thrust	3	Difficult to perform, but has a high chance of doing critical damage	Yes	No
Croscutter Throw	2	Traces an X in the air as it ploughs into the enemy	Yes	No
Power Throw	4	A full-force throw that damages all enemies equally	Yes	No
Starburst Throw	8	Bathes all enemies in a shower of burning light	Yes	No
Stone’s Throw	0	Hurls rocks at a single group of enemies	Yes	No
Knuckle Sandwich	2	A powerfully focused and damaging bare-fisted strike	Yes	No
Multifists	0	A vicious four-hit strike on a random enemy	Yes	No
Boulder Toss	4	Showers all enemies with enormous boulders	Yes	No
Harvest Moon	6	Pummel all enemies with a chain of cartwheels and backflips	Yes	No
Helm Splitter	0	A skull-splitting smash that lowers an opponent’s defence as it inflicts damage	Yes	No
Hatchet Man	3	An unpredictable attack that can slay an enemy with a single blow… if it connects	Yes	No
Axes of Evil	0	Generates a vortex from your axe blade that chews into a group of enemies	Yes	No
Parallax	2	A focused strike capable of occasionally paralysing an enemy	Yes	No
Heart Breaker	2	An attack that occasionally causes the target to miss a turn	Yes	No
Monster Masher	3	A powerful smash that works wonders on monsters of the material family	Yes	No
Steal Sickle	0	Occasionally allows you to steal items from those you slash	Yes	No
Wind Sickles	0	Sends a whirlwind of sickles pirouetting into the enemy	Yes	No
Grim Reaper	3	A swing of Death scythe that can instantly kill one or more foes in a group	Yes	No
Toxic Dagger	3	A knife-fighting technique that poisons a single enemy	Yes	No
Assassin’s Stab	8	A fearsome technique that fells an opponent instantly by attacking their vital parts	Yes	No
Sudden Death	8	A fatal flash that strikes down an enemy like a bolt out of the blue	Yes	No
Whiplash	4	A paralyzing crack of the whip	Yes	No
Twin Dragon Lash	3	A double-strike that lashes a random group of enemies	Yes	No
Lady’s Thong	2	A secret whip technique that steals HP as it damages an enemy	Yes	No
Sandman’s Arrow	2	A magical arrow capable of putting a single enemy to sleep	Yes	No
Cherub’s Arrow	0	A secret bow technique that regenerates your own MP	Yes	No
Needle Shot	1	Capable of felling an enemy instantaneously if a vital area is hit	Yes	No
Blow Kiss	0	A special kiss that can temporarily prevent enemies from attacking	Yes	No
Sexy Beam	3	Focus the power of passion into a beam that sows destruction and confusion	Yes	No
Charming Look	4	A glance so powerfully captivating that it burns all enemies in its path	Yes	No
Executioner	3	A powerful roundhouse strike that fells an opponent in one blow if it hits	Yes	No
Firebird Throw	6	Transforms your boomerang into a firebird that incinerates your enemies	Yes	No
Typhoeus’ Maul	6	An ancient axe technique that works wonders on monsters of the beast family	Yes	No
Super Throw	4	A fearsome attack that uses all your strength to cause extreme damage to all foes	Yes	No
Gigathrow	15	Pulverizes a single enemy with the force of a thunderbolt	Yes	No
Multishot	4	A hail of blows directed randomly against one or more enemies	Yes	No
Seraph’s Arrow	0	A secret technique that recovers more MP than Cherub’s Arrow	Yes	No
Shining Shot	10	An arrow attack that battles all enemies in a destructive magical light	Yes	No
Angel Eyes	4	A powerful glance capable of paralyzing a single enemy	Yes	No
Needle Rain	1	A rain of arrows that can occasionally obliterate all enemies in a single salvo	Yes	No
Mind Breaker	2	A superior club attack that dominates foes and renders them unable to attack	Yes	No
Penny Pincher	2	A special technique that steals gold coins from an enemy	Yes	No
Gold Rush	2	A powerful strike that steals an opponent’s gold coins as it inflicts damage	Yes	No
Devil Crusher	5	An esoteric club technique effective on demon and material family members	Yes	No
Thin Air	2	Generates a powerful vacuum-vortex that slices all enemies to ribbons	Yes	No
Miracle Moon	6	A miraculous technique that pummels all enemies while regenerating your own HP	Yes	No
Golden Oldies	15	A multi-hit battle royale from King Trode and friends	Yes	No
Toxic Sword	3	A sword-fighting technique which poisons an enemy with each strike	Yes	No
Big Banga	30	An enormous explosion that consumes everything in its path	Yes	No
Stainless Steal Sickle	0	An improved version of the Steal Sickle attack technique	Yes	No
Grimmer Reaper	3	The aura of Death incarnate annihilates the living and obliterates the undead	Yes	No
Hip Drop	0	Pelvic punishment! Curvaceous hips equal big damage	Yes	No
Pink Typhoon	5	A sudden typhoon that rips a group of enemies into ribbons	Yes	No
Multithrust	4	A flurry of repeated thrusts that can pierce multiple enemies	Yes	No
Lightning Storm	25	Strikes down all enemies with mighty thunderbolts	Yes	No
Lightning Thrust	3	Lands a critical hit when it connects	Yes	No
Falcon Slash	0	A double-slicing attacks, faster than a falcon on the wing	Yes	No
Gigaslash	20	A legendary sword technique for cutting down a group of enemies	Yes	No
Lashings of Love	4	Harness your inner passion to paralyze enemies	Yes	No
Queen’s Thong	2	A fearsome attack that steals the HP of a group of enemies	Yes	No
Serpent’s Bite	8	A technique that transforms your whip into a snake that attacks a group of enemies	Yes	No

Support Abilities

Ability Name	MP Cost	Effect	Classification
			In Battle	On the Move
Defending Champion	0	A defensive ability that greatly reduces the damage inflicted by physical attacks	Yes	No
Warcry	0	A hideous battle cry that paralyzes a group of enemies with fear	Yes	No
Chilling Chuckle	3	A technique capable of reducing the tension of an entire group of enemies by a degree	Yes	No
Sarcastic Snigger	3	Reduces a single enemy’s tension by one level	Yes	No
Underpants Dance	0	Paralyzes all enemies with embarrassment	Yes	No
Puff-puff	0	Charms and excites an enemy into paralyzed submission	Yes	No

Healing Abilities

Ability Name	MP Cost	Effect	Classification
			In Battle	On the Move
Caduceus	0	A blessing from the heaven that restores a single party member’s HP	Yes	No
Hustle Dance	0	Restores at least 70 HP to all party members	Yes	No

Other Abilities

Ability Name	MP Cost	Effect	Classification
			In Battle	On the Move
Padfoot	4	A secret technique for disguising your presence so as to avoid monster	No	Yes
Whistle	0	Summons monsters with a whistle	No	Yes
Nose for Treasure	0	Instantly reports the number of nearby treasures	No	Yes
Call Team	10	Call up your personal monster team	Yes	No
Gigagash	20	The ultimate sword technique. Utterly destroys a group of enemies	Yes	No