Nidhoggr

Nidhoggr is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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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.

Design

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Name	Level	HP	MP
Nidhoggr	62	681	135

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
Basic Attack	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

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
Basic Attack	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

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
Basic Attack	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

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

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

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

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

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

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