Atlas

Atlas is a recurring boss monster in the Dragon Quest series, being most recognisable as one of Hargon’s henchmen in Dragon Quest II, and Dragon Quest Builders 2.

Characteristics

Appearance

Atlas is a hulking orange cyclops with a horn on his head, an oaken club in his hand, and a blue toga wrapped around his chest and waist.

Sometimes, Atlas is depicted being heavily scarred, with multiple gashes on his arms, legs, torso, and even his head, emphasizing his battle-hungry personality.

Personality

Much like the ancient Titan he was named after, Atlas is all at once imposing, strong, and slow to act. A properly equipped party will find him mostly inaccurate insofar as hitting his intended target, but he also tends to land critical hits more than most other monsters, making him a priority to defeat as quickly as possible.

Appearances

Main games

Dragon Quest II

#78 - Atlas Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	250	0	195	200 (NES) 160 (Remakes)	63 (NES) 85 (Remakes)
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Sword of ruin
	1100 (NES) 2500 (Remakes)	250 G
	Description:
Abilities
Normal attack
Spells
None
Encountered at:
Hall of Hargon

Dragon Quest IX

Atlas is a heavy-hitting orange cyclops who resides in fairly high levelled grottoes. In this game, from his speech before the battle is hinted that he is one of the ten monsters that were created by Zenus' remains (due to Corvus' attack on the Observatory): in fact he says "WHY YOU TURN INTO TREE!?", probably referring to Celestria's transformation into a tree, rather than one of the Trinity.

#289 - Atlas Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	6500	Unlimited	462	274	163
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Giant's hammer (5%) Tropotoga (2%)
	50000	1680 G		Steal	Tough guy tattoo
	Description: A humongous hulk who's as big as a house. Ponds appearing in towns and villages are duly dubbed "Atlas' footprints". A giant thought to be older than time itself. Some say that he lived in the palace of an almighty realm before being sealed away.
Abilities
Normal attack Crackerwhack
Spells
None
Encountered at:
Grottoes

Atlas strikes twice per turn, and has enormous attack. His only skill is Crackerwhack, an attack skill that hits the entire party at once. He does not know Disruptive Wave, so Kabuff is highly recommended. The Paladin's Coup de Grace, Knight Watch, is also useful, as this can tie him up for several turns.

Strategy:

You'll want to have at least one Sage with you, and a Paladin. Your Sage should cast Twocus Pocus on the first turn if it can, if not then just go straight to Kabuff. Afterwards, you'll want to apply Funereal Fource and Gritty Ditty to your party. As Atlas doesn't have Disruptive Wave, you won't have to constantly renew your Kabuff, so if you have access to it and you're not constantly healing your party, try to use Channel Anger and then use Kazam or Kazammle on him for damage support. With or without Twocus Pocus, this will do a decent amount of damage.

Dragon Quest X

Petit Atlas

# - Atlas Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	10600	0	383	128	607
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Urbea silver coin Urbea gold coin
	406	20 G
	Note:
Abilities
Normal attack Desperate attack Seismic Shock
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Unknown

Atlas

# - Atlas Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	21200	0	630	208	765
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Urbea silver coin Urbea gold coin
	4061	200 G
	Note: None
Abilities
Normal attack Desperate attack Occasionally acts twice per turn Seismic Shock
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Unknown

Strong

# - Atlas Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	32436	0	814	330	979
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Urbea silver coin Urbea gold coin
	8122	200 G
	Note:
Abilities
Normal attack Acts thrice per turn Desperate attack Seismic Shock
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Unknown

Origin (アトラスネオ)

# - Origin Atlas Demon Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Weight
	200000	9999	1750	500	3000
	Exp	Gold	Drop	None
	10000	10 G
	Note:
Abilities
Normal attack Desperate attack Shakes the ground with all his fury Crackerwhack Gravitational Wave
Spells
None
Haunts at:
Unknown

Monsters series

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker

Joker Synthesising
Monster		Monster		Result
Gigantes	+	Garuda	=	Atlas

Joker Rank and Slot No.
Rank	S
Slot No.	One

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2/Joker 2 Professional

Joker 2 Synthesising
Monster		Monster		Result
Moosifer/Gigantes	+	Gigantes/Garuda	=	Atlas
Synth type	Special

Joker 2 Rank and Slot No.
Rank	S
Slot No.	Two

Professional

Joker 2 Professional Synthesising
Monster		Monster		Result
Gigantes/Garuda/Gigantes	+	Gigantes/Gigantes/Moosifer	=	Atlas
Synth type	Special

Joker 2 Professional Rank and Slot No.
Rank	S
Slot No.	Two

Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

Terry's Wonderland 3D Synthesising
Monster		Monster		Result
Unknown	+	Unknown	=	Unknown

Terry's Wonderland 3D Rank and Slot No.
Rank	Unknown
Slot No.	Unknown

Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key

Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key Synthesising
Monster		Monster		Result
Gigantes	+	Garuda	=	Atlas

Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key Rank and Slot No.
Rank	S
Slot No.	Two

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3/Joker 3 Professional

Joker 3 Synthesising
Monster		Monster		Result
Queen Ferz	+	Hammer Bammer	=	Atlas
Synth type	Unique

Joker 3 Rank and Slot No.
Rank	S
Slot No.	Two

Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light

Super Light Rank and Slot No.
Rank	S
Slot No.	Unknown

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince

The Dark Prince Synthesising
Monster		Monster		Result
Gigantes	+	Stout troll	=	Atlas
Synth type	Special

The Dark Prince Rank and Slot No.
Rank	A
Slot No.	Unknown

Heroes series

Dragon Quest Heroes

Atlas appears in Dragon Quest Heroes as an optional boss fight. In order to fight Atlas, first, each of the rematches against the main story bosses, the Green dragon, the Gigantes, the three Killing machines, the Boss troll and Cosmic chimaera duo, the Stone guardian, the Grim golem, the Marquis de Léon, the Serpent of the scales, the Darkling, the Demon-at-arms and Überkilling machine duo, the Barbatos, and the King Hydra, must be won with at least a silver time trial rank, as doing so rewards the heroes with a map leading towards a match against a Veteran Monster version of said boss; these Veteran Monster fights become available immediately after defeating Shadroth. Once all of the Veteran Monsters have been defeated at least once, then the encounter against Atlas becomes available.

Atlas's fight is similar to the previous boss fight against the Gigantes, with the difference that Atlas hits much, much harder, and has many more hit points; furthermore, he summons a Belial and a Pazuzu, as well as Mawkeepers, whose Nightmaws can summon even Green dragons if not kept in check. It is important that both Atlas and his minions are kept away from an Yggdrasil's root, as its destruction will immediately end the fight prematurely.

After winning the fight for the first time, the heroes are rewarded with an Elevating orb. Successive winnings will give different rewards depending of the time spent during the fight, with a golden rank rewarding 1 Mini medal, and a silver rank giving 30000 gold.

Unlike all the Veteran Monsters, Bjørn the Behemoose, Nokturnus, and Zoma, the completion of the golden rank time trial will not, for some reason, appear in Atlas's personal page in the Defeated Monsters sections of the Battle Records, with a "Time Trial Completed!" label, this being the only post-game fight that does not get said label.

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Atlas appears during the main storylne of Dragon Quest Heroes II as a brief but major role; after the King of Harba sacrificed himself with an Harban heirloon in order to temporaly stop the advance of the gigantic Drakulard, the heroes used the precious time granted to them to climb Mount Neverest, in order to retrive a legendary weapon, a weapon so mighty that one thousands years prior tipped the balance of the War of Kings towards Unos's side.

There they found Gragwort, who informed them that, in order for him to host the trial necessary to retrieve the weapon, he first needed them to retrieve the legendary Trinity Stone from one of the pyramids in Dunisia. After retriving the Trinity Stone, a task made more difficult by the spirit of the first king of Dunisia, Dunis I, who had mistaken the group for graverobbers, the heroes returned to Gragworth, who then used the Trinity Stone to summon Pazuzu, Belial, and Atlas. The three monsters tested the group to see if they were worthy of their power, ending with a battle against mighty Atlas himself, after which the heroes finally got their hands on the legendary weapon, a small, unassuming container.

Said weapon turns out to be a Monster Medal of Atlas himself, who is then controlled by the heroes to wipe out the hordes of attacking monsters, and defeat the Drakulard once and for all. After this, Atlas and his medal vanishes, never to be seen again. The battle was far from over however, as more troops, personally commanded by the King of Al-Khazam, approached; fortunately the group is then joined by the arriving Kiryl and Alena, turning the ties of battle in their favor.