Nidhoggr

Nidhoggr
Other Name(s)	NiddhoggrPersona 4 Persona 4 Golden Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth NezhogDemiKids Light Version and Dark Version
Origin	Norse culture
Race(s)	DrakeShin Megami Tensei II Shin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei: Nine Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis KaijuDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
Alignment(s)	Dark-ChaosShin Megami Tensei II
Arcana(s)	HermitPersona 4 Persona 4 Golden Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Nidhoggr is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

Nidhoggr (Old Norse: Níðhǫggr) is a serpent or dragon in Norse mythology. Nidhoggr is mentioned twice in the Poetic Edda: in the Völuspá, where it lives in a hall by Nástrǫnd in Hel and sucks on the corpses of the dead and damned; and in the Grímnismál, where it lives by and gnaws on one of Yggdrasil’s three roots and is enemies with the eagle that sits in the tree’s crown; the squirrel Ratatoskr running up and down the trunk conveying their insults to each other. According to Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda the Yggdrasil root Nidhoggr lives next to is by the spring Hvergelmir in Niflheim.

In the last verse of the Völuspá, after the world has started rebuilding after Ragnarök, Nidhoggr will come flying from Niðafjöll carrying corpses in its feathers.

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei IV

	Name Level HP MP Nidhoggr 62 681 135	Strength 85 Dexterity 75 Magic 59 Agility 68 Luck 55
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Drake — —
Resistances StrStrong StrStrong — RplRepel WkWeak — WkWeak — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Grand Tack 11 MP Heavy Gun damage to one enemy. Innate Life Drain 5 MP Weak Almighty HP drain to one enemy. 63 Madness Nails 26 MP 1-3 hits of Heavy Phys damage to random enemies. 65

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Nidhoggr 60 968 198	Strength 66 Dexterity 89 Magic 60 Agility 63 Luck 49
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills EXP Recruit Beg Speech RERandom Encounter Drake Chaos — — — Beast ✔
Drop — — —
Resistances RsResist RsResist — RpRepel WkWeak — WkWeak — ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1 ×2 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×3 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity +2 +2 -2 +3 -3 — -3 — — — — -3
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1-3 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Grand Tack 11 MP Heavy gun damage to one foe. Poison Breath 15 MP 70% poison to all foes.

	Name Level HP MP Nidhoggr 60 682 198	Strength 69 Dexterity 92 Magic 63 Agility 66 Luck 52
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Drake Chaos Beast 31266
Resistances RsResist RsResist — RpRepel WkWeak — WkWeak — ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1 ×2 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×3 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity +2 +2 -2 +3 -3 — -3 — — — — -3
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1-3 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Grand Tack 11 MP Heavy gun damage to one foe. Innate Poison Breath 15 MP 70% poison to all foes. Innate Madness Nails 20 MP 1 to 3 hits of heavy physical damage to multiple foes. 61 Eat Whole 14 MP Weak physical damage to all foes. Absorbs HP. 63

Persona 3 FES

Name Level Nidhoggr 69	Strength 55 Magic 45 Endurance 55 Agility 32 Luck 48
Location Fusion
Arcana Shuffle Time Inheritance Heart Item Aeon ✘ Dark
Resistances — — — — StrStrong — WkWeak WkWeak RplRepel — — — — — — — — —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Mamudoon 24 SP Darkness instant kill, all foes (high odds). Virus Breath 40 SP Deals dmg (25% of HP) /Poisons all foes. Revolution 10 SP Greatly increases Critical Rate (all). 71 Matarunda 12 SP Decreases all foes' Attack. 72 Absorb Pierce — Drains damage from Pierce attacks. 74

Persona 3 Portable

Name Level Nidhoggr 69	Strength 55 Magic 45 Endurance 55 Agility 32 Luck 48
Location Fusion
Arcana Shuffle Time Inheritance Heart Item Skill Card Aeon ✘ Dark Absorb Pierce
Resistances — — — — StrStrong — WkWeak WkWeak RplRepel — — — — — — — — —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Mamudoon 24 SP Darkness instant kill, all foes (high odds). Virus Breath 40 SP Deals dmg (25% of HP) /Poisons all foes. Revolution 10 SP Greatly increases Critical Rate (all). 71 Matarunda 16 SP Decreases all foes' Attack. 72 Absorb Pierce — Drains damage from Pierce attacks. 74

Persona 3 Reload

Name Level Nidhoggr 47	Strength 36 Magic 29 Endurance 43 Agility 21 Luck 28
Arcana Shuffle Time Inheritance Aeon ✘ Elec D
Resistances — — RsResist — NuNull NuNull WkWeak WkWeak RsResist ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1¼×1.25 ×½×0.50
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Matarunda 24 SP Decreases all foes' Attack for 3 turns. Innate Mudoon 14 SP Medium chance of Dark instakill to 1 foe. Innate Heat Wave 20% HP Deals heavy Strike damage to all foes. Innate Virus Breath 25 SP Medium Almighty damage with medium chance of Poison to all foes. 48 Stagnant Air 12 SP Increase chance of inflicting ailments to all combatants. 49 Ailment Boost — Increase chances of inflicting ailments. 51 Null Light — Nullify Light damage and instakills. 53

Episode Aigis

Name Level Nidhoggr 47	Strength 36 Magic 29 Endurance 43 Agility 21 Luck 28
Arcana Shuffle Time Inheritance Aeon ✘ Elec D
Resistances — — RsResist — NuNull NuNull WkWeak WkWeak RsResist ×1 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1¼×1.25 ×½×0.50
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Matarunda 24 SP Decreases all foes' Attack for 3 turns. Innate Mudoon 14 SP Medium chance of Dark instakill to 1 foe. Innate Heat Wave 20% HP Deals heavy Strike damage to all foes. Innate Virus Breath 25 SP Medium Almighty damage with medium chance of Poison to all foes. 48 Stagnant Air 12 SP Increase chance of inflicting ailments to all combatants. 49 Ailment Boost — Increase chances of inflicting ailments. 50 Null Light — Nullify Light damage and instakills. 51

Persona 4

Name Level Niddhoggr 55	Strength 23 Magic 41 Endurance 35 Agility 31 Luck 42
Location ?
Arcana Shuffle Time Inheritance Hermit ? Dark
Resistances — — NulNull — — WkWeak NulNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Mamudoon 34 SP Darkness: med chance of instant kill, all foes. Innate Evil Smile 12 SP Instills Fear in all foes. Innate Ghastly Wail 28 SP Instantly kills foes who are fearful. 57 Bufudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. 58 Stagnant Air 5 SP Increases chances of all status ailments for all foes and allies (temporary) 59 Resist Physical — Reduces damage from Phys attacks. 60 Ice Boost — Strengthens Ice attacks by 25%. 61

Persona 4 Golden

Name Level Niddhoggr 55	Strength 23 Magic 41 Endurance 35 Agility 31 Luck 42
Location Heaven
Arcana Shuffle Time Inheritance Skill Card Hermit ✔ Darkness Ghastly Wail
Resistances — — NulNull — — WkWeak NulNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1¼×1.25 ×1
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Mamudoon 34 SP Darkness: med chance of instant kill, all foes. Innate Evil Smile 12 SP Instills Fear in all foes. Innate Ghastly Wail 28 SP Instantly kills foes who are Feared. 57 Bufudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. 58 Stagnant Air 5 SP Increases chances of all status ailments for all allies and foes (temporary) 59 Resist Physical — Reduces damage from Phys attacks. 60 Ice Boost — Strengthens Ice attacks by 25%. 61

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Persona 3 Reload	An evil dragon that gnaws on the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree. It rules over the evil snakes that live there. Capable of surviving Ragnarok by feeding on the slain corpses that drift to it.
Persona 4	An evil dragon that gnaws on the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree. It rules over the evil snakes that live there. Capable of surviving Ragnarok by feeding on the slain corpses that drift to it.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth	An evil dragon that gnaws on the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree. It rules over the evil snakes that live there and is said will survive Ragnarok by feeding on the slain corpses that drift to it.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	NidhoggrShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Persona 3 Persona 3 FES Persona 3 Reload NiddhoggrPersona 4 Persona 4 Golden Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth NezhogDemiKids Light Version and Dark Version
Japanese	ニトホッグ NitohogguDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II Kyūyaku Megami Tensei ニーズホッグ Nīzuhoggu ニッドホッグ NiddohogguLast Bible III	Nidhogg
Simplified Chinese	尼德霍格 Nídéhuògé	Nidhogg
Traditional Chinese	尼德霍格 Nídéhuògé	Nidhogg
French	Nidhoggr
German	Nidhoggr
Italian	Nidhoggr
Korean	니즈호그 Nijeuhogeu	Nidhogg
Polish	Nidhoggr
Brazilian Portuguese	Nidhogg
Russian	Нидхёгг Nidkhëgg	Nidhogg
Spanish	Nidhoggr
Turkish	Nidhoggr

Gallery

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  Render from Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth.

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  Sprite of Nidhoggr from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II.

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  Animated sprite of Nidhoggr from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II.

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  Model of Niddhoggr from Persona 4 Golden.

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  Model of Nidhoggr from Persona 3 Reload.