Blue Dragon enemy line



The Blue Dragon and Cruel Dragon are two powerful species of monsters found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. These monsters, resembling large squat dragons, are palette swaps of each other and have differing levels of power and defense. This monster line is notable because both of its members can drop a rare weapon, one of which is often considered to be one of the best weapons in the game. The Blue Dragon monster line is also of the Mercury element due to its resistances and abilities.

Like with all other monster lines introduced in The Lost Age that have apparently only two members, a third palette swap member to this line exists in the code of the game cart and was even given its own name, but has none of its stats and abilities coded beyond weak placeholder abilities. Had it been used it would have appeared as a member with light green skin and a purple underbelly simply named Dragon.

Blue Dragon


A Blue Dragon is a member with blue skin (obviously) and an orange underbelly, horns and wings. They has 408 HP, 349 Attack, 121 Defense, 133 Agility, and 23 Luck. Its susceptible to Mars Psynergy and resistant to Mercury Psynergy; its Venus and Jupiter resistance are even.

Blue Dragons can use a physical attack and the monster skill Ice Breath for moderate Mercury damage to multiple Adepts. Even with only two attack options, they alone can be quite damaging with that attack rating.

Slaying a Blue Dragon rewards you with 490 EXP, 297 coins, and seldomly a Rising Mace. They are located in the Jupiter Lighthouse and are the strongest enemy in the area.

Images from a beta version of the original Golden Sun reveal that Blue Dragons were originally coded as common enemies in that game, but were taken out to appear in the sequel.

Cruel Dragon


A Cruel Dragon is a member with purple skin and a green underbelly, horns and wings. It has 636 HP, 65 PP, 539 Attack, 216 Defense, 162 Agility, and 26 Luck. Its susceptible to Mars Psynergy and resistant to Mercury Psynergy; its Venus and Jupiter resistance are even.

Like the Blue Dragon before it, Cruel Dragon is a force to be reckoned with. It knows the same attacks as its counterpart, but also has access to the Freeze Prism Psynergy for heavy Mercury damage against many Adepts at a time. Fortunately its PP meter only allows it to use this attack twice.

Slaying a Cruel Dragon rewards you with 661 EXP, 358 coins, and in extremely rare cases, a Tisiphone Edge. They are located in the Islet Cave and status-wise, are the second strongest enemy there (with Druj being the first).