How many monster ranks are there in The Withered World?

Every monster has one of nine ranks, from G at the bottom to X at the top.

What is a Plus Value?

Synthesis gives the child a Plus Value, which can grow with each further synthesis. A high enough Plus Value adds a bonus to the monster's base attributes.

How do you synthesize a higher-rank monster?

With a high Plus Value, a child can come out at a higher rank than its parents. When a parent's Plus Value is large, some children in the synthesis menu show a plus symbol. That marks a child that may be a higher rank than its parents.

Monster Ranks and Plus Values in Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World

A monster's rank is a letter from G to X. Synthesis can raise it: synthesis gives a monster a Plus Value, and a high one can push the child above its parents' rank.

The nine ranks

G
F
E
D
Letter not confirmed yet
Letter not confirmed yet
Letter not confirmed yet
Letter not confirmed yet
X

Every monster has one of nine ranks, from G at the bottom to X at the top.
Sources: Square Enix via Gematsu (opens in a new tab) · Final Weapon (opens in a new tab) · 4Gamer (opens in a new tab)
Square Enix's July reveal showed monsters at ranks G, E and D.
Sources: Square Enix via Gematsu (opens in a new tab) · 4Gamer (opens in a new tab)
Both parents must be at least level 10, and both are gone once the child is born.
Sources: Square Enix via Gematsu (opens in a new tab)

Every demo monster we've recorded so far is rank G or F, or its rank isn't recorded yet. Those ranks come from our recorded demo data.

Plus Value and ranking up

Synthesis gives the child a Plus Value, which can grow with each further synthesis.
Sources: Square Enix via Gematsu (opens in a new tab) · 4Gamer (opens in a new tab)
A high enough Plus Value adds a bonus to the monster's base attributes.
Sources: Square Enix via Gematsu (opens in a new tab) · 4Gamer (opens in a new tab)
With a high Plus Value, a child can come out at a higher rank than its parents.
Sources: Square Enix via Gematsu (opens in a new tab) · Final Weapon (opens in a new tab) · 4Gamer (opens in a new tab)
When a parent's Plus Value is large, some children in the synthesis menu show a plus symbol. That marks a child that may be a higher rank than its parents.
Sources: Square Enix via Gematsu (opens in a new tab) · 4Gamer (opens in a new tab)

Not confirmed yet

The rank letters between D and X.
How high a Plus Value has to be before the plus symbol appears.
How big the attribute bonus from a high Plus Value is.

We add these once Square Enix states them or two independent sources agree.

Monsters by rank

Recorded from the free demo, last updated November 2, 2026. We list a recipe only when two independent sources agree or it comes from Square Enix. Sources: Square Enix official reveal (via Gematsu), Steam Community: Demo Synthesis thread, GameFAQs board, 神ゲー攻略 (kamigame, Japanese), AppMedia (Japanese).

Rank E (1)

Jumping Jackal

Rank D (1)

Well Wisher

Rank not recorded yet (2)

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