Blizzard King, known as Drake and Hyouran no Shihaisha (氷嵐の支配者, roughly translated as The one ruling over blizzards) in Japan, is a mighty three-headed dragon that is fond of cool habitats. Two of its three-eyed heads sprout from its shoulders and the central head has six eyes. Its lethal freezing breath and natural arsenal can leave the whole party frozen solid.
It is one of the three elemental dragons, and arguably the strongest. Its battle theme is always Scatter About and can only be fought after finishing a game once.
Oddly, the Drake is the dragon with the most plot-relevant events; this creature is notorious for being either involved and/or having killed a number of NPCs throughout games; sometimes implied like in the quest where you recover the frozen remains of one of its victims, and sometimes with the event unfolding right in front of you involving important NPCs. This strongly suggests that it actively seeks to harm humans and similar races.
Drake (Etrian Odyssey)[]
| Drake | |
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| Description | |
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| No explorer can withstand the attacks from this ice dragon's three maws. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 35000 |
| ATK | 540 |
| DEF | 164 |
| EXP | 0 |
| Skills | Frigid, Iceblock, Icelance, 0 Point |
| Items | Frost Bone, Ice Scale |
| Weakness | 
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Drake makes its first appearance in Etrian Odyssey as the Ice Dragon. It appears on B15F in a secret area which can be entered from another secret area on B16F. A quest must be accepted in order to fight this boss.
With its powerful attacks, it can dispatch your party with ease. It can use Iceblock which leaves your attack to deal 3 or 2 damage and he can heal himself a good deal of HP with Regen. Also, Anticold MUST be only at lvl 5 if you want to avoid most of the problems, if it is at lvl 6 or more, then you can't block the instant death effect of 0 Point due to a glitch. The Blizzard King is arguably the hardest boss of the elemental dragon trio.
Skills[]
- Frigid (Uses Head): Deals very high Ice damage to party
- Icelance (Uses Arms): Deals very high Ice damage to a party member, even with Anticold on, this attack cannot be avoided or parried. Boosted Immunize is recommended, as it leaves that attack doing around 80 damage
- 0 Point (Uses Arms): Deals very high damage to entire party and has a chance of Instant Death
- Iceblock (Uses Legs): Raises user's resistance to all physical attacks and fire
- Regen (Uses Heads): User recovers 1750 HP per turn
Drops[]
- Frost Bone (Worth: 8000 en)
- Ice Scale (5% drop rate) (Worth: 13000 en)
Related Monsters[]
Drake (Etrian Odyssey 2)[]
| Drake | |
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| Description | |
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| An ageless blue dragon. Against its myriad arsenal, death is a near certainty. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 12000 |
| ATK | 92 |
| DEF | 100 |
| EXP | 0 |
| Skills | Frigid, Ice Block, 0 Point |
| Items | Ice Scale, Frost Bone (Conditional) |
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Drake reappears in Etrian Odyssey II in which it can be found on 13F. Like before, a quest must be accepted in order to fight it. With more skills now and much less HP, it still employs most of the same abilities, although now it is unable to bind the party. It can use Shower to do high damage randomly throughout the party, Iceblock to be fully resistant to all attacks, and Regen to recover itself. It mostly uses Regen when low on HP.
Skills[]
- Frigid (Uses Head): Deals very high damage to all the party, Anticold can be used to parry this attack.
- 0 Point (Uses Arms): Deals high damage to entire party, Anticold can be used to parry this attack.
- Shower (Uses Arms): Deals high damage to random party members, can stun.
- Iceblock (Uses Legs): User increases resistance to all physical attacks and volt
- Regen (Uses Head): User heals every turn 1750 HP for 5 turns.
Drops[]
- Ice Scale (Worth: 20000 en)
- Frost Bone (Conditional) (Worth: 50000 en)
- Condition: Defeat with an Ice attack.
Related Monsters[]
Drake (Etrian Odyssey 3)[]
| Drake | |
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| Description | |
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| A dragon that has slept since the days of the gods. It is one of the divine dragon's tests. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 25000 |
| ATK | 68 |
| DEF | 78 |
| EXP | 212500 |
| Skills | Frigid Iceblock Shower Regen |
| Items | Reverse Scale Ice Skin 
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The Drake reappears in the Porcelain Forest after the Elder Dragon unleashes the elemental dragons into the world. Before the party meets it, they first encounter Wealh who's looking to prove her might as a dragon slayer. When they enter its room, Wealh insists on fighting the Drake alone and sends the party away to look for her Dragonslayer spear. The party realizes they've been sent on a fool's errand and returns, only to find Wealh dying at the Drake's hands.
Defeating the Drake for the first time raises the level cap by 10.
Skills[]
- Frigid (Uses Head): Deals very high Ice damage to entire party, skill is used on first turn and on multiples of 5 thereafter (1, 5, 10, 15, etc)
- Ice Crush (Uses Arms): Deals high Bash damage to entire party, may bind heads
- Shower (Uses Arms): Deals high Stab damage to random party members, may Stun
- Iceblock (Uses Legs): Greatly increases user's resistance to all attacks
- Regen (Uses Head): User heals itself by around 1700 HP per turn for several turns
Drops[]
- Reverse Scale (Worth: 12020 en)
- One of the three ingredients for the Dragonbane (Sword, 181 ATK, 8 forge slots), one of the best swords in the game.
- Ice Skin (Conditional) (Worth: 30000 en)
- Condition: Defeat with an Ice attack.
- Used to create the Chajin Jinbaori (Clothes, 94 DEF, +1 STR, +1 AGI, +5% HP), the strongest armor for Shogun.
Related Monsters[]
Blizzard King (Etrian Odyssey 4)[]
| Blizzard King | |
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| Description | |
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| The legendary blue dragon spoken of since ancient times. None can withstand its tripartite attack. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 30000 |
| ATK | 68 |
| DEF | 72 |
| EXP | 207500 |
| Skills | Frigid Breath Absolute Zero Ice Domain |
| Items | Reverse Scale Frozen Skin
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Drake, now renamed Blizzard King, is first sighted in the Sacred Mountains. It spawns randomly and behaves similar to the other dragons. It moves faster than usual, dropping crystals across the map until it leaves, and instantly destroys the player's ship the moment they come into contact.
It can be fought after beating the final boss, completing the quest Miracle of the Ice Field and accepting the quest Battle the Blizzard King. Successfully defeating the Blizzard King will raise the level cap by 10 levels.
Skills[]
- Frigid Breath (Uses Head): Deals very high Ice damage to entire party, used when party is buffed
- Ice Crush (Uses Arms): Bash attack to a party member, splashes to adjacent party members, may bind head
- Glacial Regen (Uses Head): User heals itself by 1680 for 5 turns.
- Ice Domain (Uses Head): Decreases the party's resistance to Ice attacks for 3 turns.
- Absolute Zero (Uses Head): Deals high Ice damage to entire party, may cause Instant Death
- Dragon Dance (Uses Head): 3-6 stab attacks across the entire party, may Stun
- Sonic Scream (Uses Head): May put entire party to sleep
- Iceblock (Uses Head): Increases user's resistance to Volt for 5 turns.
Drops[]
- Reverse Scale (Worth: 12020 en)
- The Reverse Scale, its normal drop, is used with the Scales from the other Dragons to forge the Dragonbane, one of the best swords in the game.
- Frozen Skin (Conditional) (Worth: 30000 en)
- Condition: Defeat with an Ice attack.
- Selling the Frozen Skin unlocks the Mirage Vest, the best armor in the game for Nightseekers.
Related Monsters[]
Blizzard King (Etrian Odyssey Untold)[]
| Blizzard King | |
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| Description | |
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| No explorer can withstand the attacks from this ice dragon's three maws. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 35000 |
| ATK | 90 |
| DEF | 65 |
| EXP | 500000 |
| Skills | Crushing Arm Triple Strike Mirror Shield Wail Ice Torrent Cold Regen |
| Items | Drake Wing Ice Scale Frozen Wing
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The Drake makes it reappearance in this remake as the Blizzard King. Like the first game, it can be found in a secret area's boss room at B15F of Azure Rainforest, which can be unlocked by a secret area in B16F of Sandy Barrens as a part of a post-game quest. You do not encounter it immediately after entering its lair, however; you must collect a Frozen Arm for a quest and complete it, which then unlocks the quest that requires you to defeat the Blizzard King.
Skills[]
- Crushing Arm (Uses Arm): Physical attack to entire party, may bind head
- Triple Strike (Uses Head): Hits party randomly three times
- Mirror Shield (Uses Arm): Blocks an attack and counters back with a powerful party wide physical attack, used every 4 turns
- Wail (Uses Head): Lowers entire party's defense, may induce Sleep
- Ice Torrent (Uses Head): Ice attack to entire party, always used after Wail
- Cold Regen (Uses Head): Heals around 2000 HP every turn for 4 turns
Drops[]
- Drake Wing (Worth: 25000 en)
- Ice Scale (Worth: 35000 en)
- Another addition is that its normal Item drop, the Ice Scale, can be sold along with the other Elemental Dragons' Item Drops (Fire Scale and Thunder Scale) in order to gain access to buying one of the strongest Sword weapons, the Shinryuu.
- Frozen Wing (Conditional) (Worth: 60000 en)
- Condition: Defeat with an Ice attack.
- Unlocks the Holy Armor (Heavy armor, 113 DEF, +40 HP, Physical resistance ↑), the best armor for Protectors.
Related Monsters[]
Blizzard King (Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold)[]
| Blizzard King | |
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| Description | |
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| A legendary blue dragon whose attacks are too powerful to withstand. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 45000 |
| ATK | 88 |
| DEF | 64 |
| EXP | 420000 |
| Skills | Ice Breath Cold Regen Triple Strike Crushing Arm Wail Mirror Shield |
| Items | Snow Pterycoid Blizzard Scale Frost Wing Blizzard Neck 
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| Resistance | None |
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| Blue Heart | |
| Description | |
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| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 7500 |
| ATK | 88 |
| DEF | 64 |
| Skills | Resonant Ice |
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| Resistance | None |
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| Status Immune | All ailments & binds |
The Blizzard King returns in Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold, keeping its role as a post-game boss. In order to fight it, you must accept the quest 'A Life in Balance', unlocked after completing the quest 'The Sleeping Duke'.
Staying true to its tradition of harming NPCs, the Blizzard King is fought after it kidnaps and attempts to kill Quona, when she heads to the Frozen Grounds by herself. It can be found on the hidden area located at the eastern part of 14F - the same place as the Ice King's grave discovered in the previous quest.
After defeating the Blizzard King for the first time, you will obtain the fabled Frost Whip, a weapon that once belonged to an old Duke of High Lagaard, the Ice King. This weapon is, in terms of pure attack score, the strongest whip in the game.
Skills[]
- Ice Breath (Uses Head): Massive ice damage to entire party
- Cold Regen (Uses Head): For 3 turns, recovers around 1700HP to the boss at the end of the turn
- Triple Strike (Uses Head): Hits 3 random party members for heavy damage
- Crushing Arm (Uses Arm): Deals heavy damage to the entire party and may inflict head bind
- Wail (Uses Head): Inflicts sleep on the entire party and reduces their defense power. Uses Ice Breath on the next turn
- Mirror Shield (Uses None): Nullify all attacks against the enemy party during this turn and unleashes a powerful counter attack against the entire party each time the boss or its core are damaged
Drops[]
- Snow Pterycoid (Worth: 21000 en)
- Blizzard Scale (Worth: 24000 en)
- Frost Wing (Conditional) (Worth: 44000 en)
- Condition: Defeat with an Ice attack.
- Unlocks the Dragvandil, one of the strongest swords in the game.
Related Monsters[]
Blizzard King (Etrian Odyssey Nexus)[]
| Blizzard King | |
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| Description | |
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| The legendary blue dragon spoken of for ages. None can withstand its tripartite attack. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 94,592 |
| ATK | 174 |
| MAT | 183 |
| DEF | 94 |
| MDF | 100 |
| EXP | 579690 |
| Skills | Ice Breath Glacial Regen Triple Strike |
| Items | Blizzard Scale Snow Pterygoid Frozen Wing 
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| Weakness | 
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| Resistance | None |
| Immune | 
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| Azure Heart | |
| Description | |
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| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 3414 |
| ATK | 174 |
| MAT | 183 |
| DEF | 94 |
| MDF | 100 |
| Skills | Resonant Ice |
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| Resistance | None |
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| Status Immune | All ailments and binds |
The Blizzard King returns as a post-game boss. In order to face it, you must accept the quest The Bloodthirsty Blizzard, unlocked after reaching B3F of the Abyssal Shrine and completing More Heat for Mr. Merlin.
Defeating the Blizzard King for the first time raises the level cap by 10, to a maximum of 130.
Skills[]
- Ice Breath (Uses Head): Massive ice damage to entire party
- Glacial Regen (Uses Head): For 5 turns, recovers around 1600HP to the boss at the end of the turn
- Triple Strike (Uses Head): Hits 3 random party members for heavy Bash damage
- Crushing Arm (Uses Arm): Deals heavy Bash damage to the entire party and may inflict head bind
- Sonic Scream (Uses Head): Reduces the entire party's defense and attempts to put them to sleep.
- Iceblock (Uses None): Raises the Blizzard King's resistance to Volt for 5 turns
Drops[]
- Blizzard Scale (Worth: 66000 en)
- Used to create the Ice Charm (Ice immunity).
- One of the three ingredients used to create the Dragonbane (204 ATK, 204 MAT, All stats +8), the second strongest sword in the game.
- Snow Pterygoid (Worth: 74400 en)
- Used to create the Chajin Jinbaori (60 DEF, 120 MDF, Cut/Stab/Bash resist ↑), the strongest armor for Shogun.
- Frozen Wing (Conditional) (Worth: 80000 en)
- Condition: Defeat with an Ice attack.
- Used to create the Agneyastra (210 ATK, 160 MAT, Sonic Scream skill), the strongest gun in the game.
Related Monsters[]
Blizzard King (Etrian Mystery Dungeon)[]
| Blizzard King | |
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| Description | |
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| A legendary blue dragon. No man can withstand the attacks of its three heads. | |
| Enemy Data | |
| HP | 3200 |
| EXP | 1280 |
| Skills | Frigid Breath Glacial Regen Absolute Zero Ice Crush Ice Domain Sonic Scream |
| Items | Wing Bone Reverse Scale Frozen Wings
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| Weakness | None |
| Resistance |    
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Blizzard King is the boss of Glacial Cave.
In the floor of the battle, there is a corridor that leads to another room with a stair to go up. If everyone leaves the boss' room and goes in the other room, the boss will move to the other room through the corridor. Otherwise the boss will never move during the battle.
There are traps in its room that could be dangerous if you move. It takes 3x3 tiles on the map. Its Stab, Ice and Fire Resistance are Resistance +. This monster is a Dragon type monster.
Skills[]
- Frigid Breath (Uses Head): "Assaults the enemy with freezing breath." Inflicts Ice damage to every party member in a line of 3 tiles wide. Used only after it has lost around 50% of its HP.
- Glacial Regen (Uses Head): "Summons a huge glacier. Also regenerates HP for 5 turns." Recovers 160HP at the end of turn for 4 turns. Used only after it has lost around 80% of its HP.
- Absolute Zero (Uses Head): "Freezes the room to the point of absolute zero. May inflict Incapacitated." Inflicts Ice damage to every party member in the room and can Instant Kill them. Used only after it has lost around 80% of its HP.
- Ice Crush (Uses Head): "Blasts a bashing lump of ice through the room. Seals the heads of any who were hit for 5 turns." Inflicts bash damages to every party member in the room and can Head bind them for 5 turns.
- Ice Domain (Uses Head): "A barrier of ice lowers ice resistance of enemies in the room for 5 turns." Inflicts Ice Resist Down to every party member in the room. Ice Resist Down reduces defense against ice and can be stacked. Used only after it has lost around 85% of its HP.
- Sonic Scream (Uses Head): "A mind-piercing scream causes all enemies in the room to Sleep for 5 turns." Used only after it has lost around 1000 HP.
Drops[]
- Wing Bone (Worth: 262 en)
- Reverse Scale (Worth: 280 en)
- Frozen Wings (Conditional) (Worth: 300 en)
Conditional Drop[]
- To get the Blizzard King's conditional drop, the Frozen Wing, it must be defeated by an Ice attack.
Related Monsters[]
Gallery[]
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Strategy[]
- See Blizzard King/Strategy for more information.
Gallery[]
