Cockatrice



The Cockatrice is a mythological creature that has the body of a beast and the head and legs of a rooster. According to myth, they are the product of a rooster egg hatched by a serpent or toad. This magical creature can kill with a glance, breathing breath of poison or stone. The Dragon's Dogma cockatrice shares the same common physiology as a Griffin as opposed to a bipedal version.

The cockatrice will give a preemptive warning when it is preparing the petrifying gas. It's vocal sack will puff up and will stay in one spot while flapping its wings, giving your team time to deal some damage.Once the gas is ready, it will sweep its head from one side to the other while spewing out the noxious fumes. From the video seen, it does not instantly petrify, but rather it's a slow and drawn out process where your actions are greatly slowed down until you are frozen. It spells doom for you and your pawns if you do not have any potions to get rid of the petrification.

In the recent launch trailer, during a brief showdown with a cockatrice, a pawn mentions that its claws can poison. It would then be advisable to carry antidotes should the problem arise. It can also cause blindness, thus making the cockatrice a troublesome foe to fight if one is not prepared.

Locations primarily seem to be the Solflayer Canyon on Leapers Ledge. A cockatrice is first encountered during a quest when Gran Soren is under attack by one brought back from the dead by a member of Salvation. There have also been claims of players finding it in the southern most region of Gran Soren by the Eradication Site if not further south.

Tactics

 * Attack the puffed up area of the cocatrice's throat before it uses its petrifying gas, it will stun it and stop the attack.
 * One can rupture it's gas gland, preventing it from doing its petrifying attack.
 * Much like the Griffin, you can take out their ability to fly by shooting the wings out, or bodily damage.
 * The "Blearing" skill cast by Mages and Sorceres can be very useful.
 * Lightning based attacks do the most damage and is best used to knock it out of the sky.
 * The Cockatrice is more resistant to burning than the Griffin but can still be burned for a short time in order to knock it out of the sky, although it will take more hits to do so.
 * An easy way to do high damage is to be a Dagger-wielding Class and perform the Hundred Kisses Skill on the Cockatrice's throat while grappling it.

General Info
*Post Game Notice Board Quest

Item Drops
*Post Game

Trivia
A lot of the 'boss' monsters in this game can be "taken apart" bit by bit. Reminiscent of Lost planet 2 and Monster Hunter series.