How to get Grim Rider (Cavalier Fantôme) in Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (DQMJ 1)?

Obtained primarily through monster synthesis (breeding) at the Shrine of Infantia.

What is the scouting rate for Grim Rider in DQMJ 1?

In Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker, Grim Rider has a base scouting resistance value of 40. Scouting success percentage scales with your team's total attack power and can be multiplied up to 100 tension. Bosses and certain story encounters cannot be scouted.

What are the maximum stats (stat caps) for Grim Rider in DQMJ 1?

The maximum ROM stat limits for Grim Rider (Rank B, Family Undead) are: HP 870, MP 330, Attack 710, Defense 830, Agility 990, Wisdom 740.

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Grim Rider

Rank B

Family Undead

No. 300

Locate in the fusion tree→

Description (Monster Library)

Knights who are slain astride their beloved steeds sometimes ride on into undeath.

Species data

Rank: B
Family: Undead
HP cap: 870
MP cap: 330
Attack cap: 710
Defense cap: 830
Agility cap: 990
Wisdom cap: 740

Wild stats (level 23)

HP: 170
MP: 26
Attack: 144
Defense: 183
Agility: 180
Wisdom: 30

Innate skill

Assassin

View spells & tiers →

How to obtain

Special recipe

Demonrider + Restless Armour

Grim RiderUndead · B

↑ made from

DemonriderUndead · E

Restless ArmourUndead · C

Parent pairs that make it (1 in total)

Grim RiderUndead · B

↑ made from

DemonriderUndead · E

Restless ArmourUndead · C

Not produced by the generic rule: the game keeps this monster for its special recipe or another source.

Used as an ingredient in

↑ made from

↑ made from

Dark Slime KnightSlime · B

Grim RiderUndead · B

Every parent pair and what it makes (fusion guide) →

All fusion recipes for Grim Rider

Resistances & traits

Resistances

Vulnerable to Zap
Sleepproof

Traits

Counterstriker

Possible nicknames

Grimer
Grimey
Grimo
Mr Grim

Boss battles

Colosseum

Rank B

View boss guide →

Opposing trainers

Kelvin KleinLv 25 · s001, s031, s035, s041, s061, s062

Battle drops

holy lance

1/32 (3.125%)

Common drop

Scout rate & capture

Target stats

HP: 170 · Def: 183 · Base: 40/100

Estimated scout chance

Calculation mode:

Scout party (1/3)

Level: 25

No Tension (lacks Psycho trait)

ATK: 125 (Nv 25)

Contribution: +4%

Total team attack: 125

✓ Defense bypassed (17 HP)

Tension (1.0..2.5×)

Configured per-monster above for species with the Psycho trait.

Already owned

Combat AI & Decision Tree

Tactical decision profile of this monster in battle

(26 actions)

Signature battle moveset

ZammleShade SlashKacrack

Applied Tactical Order:

Equipped skills (up to 3):

Check the tiers you have invested points into to reveal which of this monster's real battle actions become available.

Assassin(innate)

#	Action / Spell	Type	Relative Probability	Weight
1	Kafrizzle	Spell	11.4%	50790
2	Kaboomle	Group Spell	11.8%	52429
3	Unnamed action	Skill	7.4%	32768
4	Unnamed action	Skill	7.4%	32768
5	Unnamed action	Skill	7.4%	32768
6	Unnamed action	Skill	7.4%	32768
7	Woosh	Group Spell	9.6%	42598
8	Crackle	Group Spell	10.0%	44237
9	Kazam	Spell	10.7%	47514
10	Fullheal	Skill	0.0%	1
11	Zing	Skill	0.0%	6
12	Ping	Skill	0.0%	0
13	Unnamed action	Skill	0.0%	30
14	Dazzle	Skill	0.0%	0
15	Slowing Slug	Skill	1.8%	8192
16	Break-dance Beat	Skill	0.0%	13
17	Blinding Blow	Skill	0.0%	12
18	Sear	Skill	11.1%	49152
19	Death Dance	Skill	4.1%	18022
20	Unnamed action	Skill	0.0%	0
21	Unnamed action	Skill	0.0%	0
22	Ban Dance	Skill	0.0%	0
23	War Cry	Skill	0.0%	0
24	Gobstopper	Skill	0.0%	0
25	DUMMY E	Skill	0.0%	0
26	Unnamed action	Skill	0.0%	10

Steps are evaluated sequentially based on remaining MP and battle circumstances.

Known scripted encounters

Specific battles placed by the developers at a given level (not a progression curve).

Level	HP	MP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom
22	222	141	225	138	104	186
23	170	26	144	183	180	30
25	280	86	186	192	162	80

Level progression

Cumulative gain from level 1, excluding synthesis bonuses (no absolute level-1 value is shown). The cap in the "Species data" section above is the verified maximum; the "with syntheses" figure assumes optimal breeding over several generations. This experience curve plateaus at level 99 (extra XP has no effect beyond it).

HPMPAttackDefenseAgilityWisdom

Level	HP	MP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom
1	3	6	4	3	3	3
5	18	10	19	25	26	12
10	39	16	40	51	54	25
15	75	23	56	71	79	41
20	106	30	69	91	103	53
25	126	36	86	114	128	67
30	139	43	100	133	153	79
35	149	50	116	151	180	93
40	159	56	130	171	204	105
45	182	62	150	200	230	131
50	204	68	169	228	258	156
55	226	81	186	272	284	200
60	248	90	204	314	308	242
65	269	99	222	346	332	274
70	288	106	238	369	356	297
75	308	113	254	385	381	313
80	329	122	267	395	405	323
85	348	132	283	401	430	329
90	368	138	299	406	454	334
95	389	148	316	408	478	336
99	404	158	329	408	498	336

Level	HP	MP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom
1	3	6	4	3	3	3
5	18	10	19	25	26	12
10	39	16	40	51	54	25
15	75	23	56	71	79	41
20	106	30	69	91	103	53
25	126	36	86	114	128	67
30	139	43	100	133	153	79
35	149	50	116	151	180	93
40	159	56	130	171	204	105
45	182	62	150	200	230	131
50	204	68	169	228	258	156
55	226	81	186	272	284	200
60	248	90	204	314	308	242
65	269	99	222	346	332	274
70	288	106	238	369	356	297
75	308	113	254	385	381	313
80	329	122	267	395	405	323
85	348	132	283	401	430	329
90	368	138	299	406	454	334
95	389	148	316	408	478	336
99	404	158	329	408	498	336

Level	HP	MP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom
1	3	6	4	3	3	3
5	18	10	19	25	26	12
10	39	16	40	51	54	25
15	75	23	56	71	79	41
20	106	30	69	91	103	53
25	126	36	86	114	128	67
30	139	43	100	133	153	79
35	149	50	116	151	180	93
40	159	56	130	171	204	105
45	182	62	150	200	230	131
50	204	68	169	228	258	156
55	226	81	186	272	284	200
60	248	90	204	314	308	242
65	269	99	222	346	332	274
70	288	106	238	369	356	297
75	308	113	254	385	381	313
80	329	122	267	395	405	323
85	348	132	283	401	430	329
90	368	138	299	406	454	334
95	389	148	316	408	478	336
99	404	158	329	408	498	336

Level	HP	MP	Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom
1	3	6	4	3	3	3
5	18	10	19	25	26	12
10	39	16	40	51	54	25
15	75	23	56	71	79	41
20	106	30	69	91	103	53
25	126	36	86	114	128	67
30	139	43	100	133	153	79
35	149	50	116	151	180	93
40	159	56	130	171	204	105
45	182	62	150	200	230	131
50	204	68	169	228	258	156
55	226	81	186	272	284	200
60	248	90	204	314	308	242
65	269	99	222	346	332	274
70	288	106	238	369	356	297
75	308	113	254	385	381	313
80	329	122	267	395	405	323
85	348	132	283	401	430	329
90	368	138	299	406	454	334
95	389	148	316	408	478	336
99	404	158	329	408	498	336