Grocks (Japanese: 岩石生命体, Ganseki Seimei-Tai - Rock Life Form) are a race of monsters, as they name suggests, are made of rock, and are the main antagonists and enemies of the Dillon series that come in many shapes and sizes, though most resemble boulders with stubby legs, which oddly enough resemble human feet. These creatures began terrorizing the West, but no one knows why. They attack en masse at the blast of a foghorn. A rare few have arms (Gungrocks and Diggrocks) or lack legs altogether (Springgrocks and Ultimogrock). They are characterized by their appearence when the sky turns red, preference to attack in waves of three, and their love of Scrogs, the various villages' livestock. There are a total of 40 species of Grock in the Dillon series, three of which are barrels (which are not true grocks but have the defense of them). Grocks have "bones" but they are just stones. If you collect 5-stars in every stage then you can view a gallery of all the Grocks that appear in the game from Sal's Grock Collection.
Types of Grocks[]
- Regular Grocks (Footgrocks, Weakgrocks, etc.)
- Special Grocks (Ramgrocks, Gungrocks, etc.)
- Neutral Grocks (Snaggrocks, Veggrocks, etc.)
- Boss Grocks (Bossgrocks, Goldgrocks, etc.)
Grock List[]
Grock | Icon | Name | List # | Type | Description | Village(s) (The Rolling Western) | Village(s) (The Last Ranger) |
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Footgrock | 01 | Regular | Mysterious rock life-form that emerges out of the ground. Little is known about it except that it really likes to eat scroggs. | Cinchville | Beginsville | ||
Weakgrock | 02 | Regular | The lowest rank of all of the grocks is the Weakgrock. It's not a very strong or challenging foe. | Cinchville | Beginsville | ||
Bossgrock | 03 | Boss | This huge grock works as a pack leader. It has the ability to summon up Footgrocks to assist it in battle. | Cinchville | Beginsville | ||
?? | Gungrock | 04 | Special | Spits out bullets from its long snout. However, the recoil is quite strong and throws it flat on its back. | Riverford | Railfork Farm | |
Veggrock | 05 | Neutral | Disguised as a scruffle, this grock lies in wait for hungry scrogs. Unlike Footgrocks, this rare grock generally lives alone. | Riverford | Gambol Ranch | ||
Snaggrock | 06 | Neutral | This grock likes nothing more than to ambush settlers to steal money. No one really knows why. It doesn't spend it anywhere. | Riverford | Roundup Springs | ||
Ramgrock | 07 | Special | This grock has a strangely evolved hammer-like skull, which it uses to destroy buildings. It has quite an appetite for destruction. | Hillville | Roundup Springs | ||
?? | Goldgrock | 08 | Neutral | This is a rare grock made of a golden rock. Oddly, it pops out of the ground without warning and hurries back to its den. | Hillville | Railfork Farm | |
Megagrock | 09 | Boss | Its appetite for destruction knows no bounds. Few have seen one and lived to tell the tale. | Rio Grande | Triple March Island | ||
Motogrock | 10 | Special | This Biker grock careers around on his set of wheels at high speed, But in a battle, he'll dismount and fight like a gentleman. | River Delta | Eddyville | ||
Stronggrock | 11 | Regular | This is a superior grock fighter. Most scientists agree that a Footgrock evolves into a Stronggrock over time. | River Delta | Triple March Island | ||
Diregrock | 12 | Boss | A formidable type of Bossgrock with large horns. Made from rock similar to that of a Stronggrock, it's hard to wear down. | Danger Valley | Walledinmid Town | ||
Maskgrock | 13 | Regular | Grocks that wear large masks. They're just Weakgrocks, but some are clever enough to armor themselves for battle. | Fort Denial | Trigate Fort | ||
Springgrock | 14 | Special | The bottom half of this grock's body has morphed into a spring. It possesses a strange power that makes it flexible and springy. | Fort Denial | Squish Squash Village | ||
Red Veggrock | 15 | Neutral | ?? | Fort Denial | Swerveroad Station | ||
Magmagrock | 16 | Special | These volcanic grocks pose great danger to flammable buildings. Be careful of the magma that drips off their bodies. | Whirlpool Gulch | Athletica Fishing Village | ||
?? | Vulcangrock | 17 | Boss | A walking volcanic creature fueled by boiling magma. Settler's reports indicate that Magmagrocks are born from its volcanic crater. | Whirlpool Gulch | Flaming Rivers Station | |
?? | Diggrock | 18 | Special | ?? | Danger Valley | Doublehill Canyon | |
Helmgrock | 19 | Regular | ?? | Danger Valley | Doublehill Canyon | ||
?? | N/A | Crysgrock | 20 | Regular | A new creature discovered last year inside an ancient life-form. As it lives inside a Wheelgrock, it seems to function as an antibody for its host. | Last Stand | Ovalton |
?? | N/A | Diamongrock | [1*] | Boss | Giant grocks found inside Ultimogrock. They work like antibodies and fight off any invading life-forms that manage to get past the Crysogrocks. | Last Stand | N/A |
Ultimogrock | [1*] | Boss | The final boss, which differs from the other grocks in every way. Nobody knows when or how it was created, or why it is attacking. | Last Stand | N/A | ||
Rail Ramgrock | 21 | Special | A subspecies of Ramgrock. So far, no one has come up with a convincing explanation for why it exclusively unleashes its destructive behavior on the tracks. | N/A | Swerveroad Station | ||
Mawgrock | 22 | Special | An extremely strange aquatic grock. As it evolved to live in water, it coincidentally came to resemble an alligator. Its ferocity and appetite are unmatched. | N/A | Triple March Island | ||
Nuggetgrock | 23 | Neutral | A type of Goldgrock. Also called "the walking bonanza" because you can collect a lot of gems from it. Attack a certain part of it to obtain nuggets. | N/A | Swerveroad Station | ||
?? | Boomgrock | 24 | Special | The Boomgrocks swiftly follows the path of a train track. If anything hits it, it will unleash a huge blast. Its a dangerous threat to the train. | N/A | Walledinmid Town | |
?? | Young Wheelgrock | 25 | Special | This grock type outwardly resembles the Wheelgrock. It first appeared when the Wheelgrock was revived, and it is possibly its juvenile form. | N/A | Ovalton | |
Wheelgrock | 26 | Boss | One of the final types of grocks to emerge during the last phase of the recent grock invasion. Despite many clues, scholars were unable to predict its appearance. | N/A | Ovalton | ||
?? | N/A | Bold Weakgrock | 27 | Giants | A Weakgrock that seems to have a form of gigantism. It is only found underground and might have some connection to deposits of precious minerals. | N/A | The Sunken Caves |
?? | N/A | Infernogrock | 28 | Giants | ?? | N/A | Imperious Rex Ruins |
?? | N/A | Magnum Gungrock | 29 | Giants | ?? | N/A | The Sunken Caves |
?? | N/A | Big Ramgrock | 30 | Giants | A larger type of Ramgrock. Due to its size, it is virtually impossible to avoid its hammer-like attacks. For some reason, this type is found only underground. | N/A | Grockburn Mine |
N/A | Gold Ramgrock | 31 | Special | A very rare type of Ramgrock that is made of gold. These types of Ramgrocks spawn from rich gold veins, and sightings tend to trigger a "gold rush" to the area. | N/A | Grockburn Mine | |
?? | N/A | Gemgrock | 32 | Neutral | ?? | N/A | Grockburn Mine |
?? | N/A | Medigrock | 33 | Neutral | Outwardly, it resembles the Snaggrock, but it is infused with a revitalizing energy. This is one grock that those who are low on health are actually happy to see. | N/A | The Sunken Caves |
?? | N/A | Torsiongrock | 34 | Giants | Shortly after its discovery, it was proven that the Torsiongrock is the larger and more powerful adult form of the Springgrock. | N/A | Imperious Rex Ruins |
?? | N/A | Top Gungrock | 35 | ?? | An elite Gungrock. Only about 2% of Gungrocks develop into Top Gungrocks. It is said the change occurs when a Gungrock kills a bounty hunter sent to kill it. | N/A | Grockburn Mine |
?? | N/A | Swinghorngrock | 36 | Special | A new species of grock that looks and acts like a bull. It seems to get very agitated around Dillon, but it may be that his red back shell provokes his reaction. | N/A | Imperious Rex Ruins |
?? | N/A | Gold Bossgrock | 37 | Boss | A rare type of golden Bossgrock. Historically, those who have discovered these monsters have gone on to become the wealthiest citizens of their country. | N/A | Imperious Rex Ruins |
N/A | Big Swinghorngrock | 38 | Boss | A fully mature Swinghorngrock. Its said that years ago, a single Swinghorngrock was responsible for destroying an entire large-scale-tunnel construction site. | N/A | Imperious Rex Ruins | |
?? | N/A | Mini Motogrock | 39 | ?? | This species is the juvenile form of the Motogrock. It does not yet have a vehicle. When it matures, it somehow gets its vehiclefrom somewhere. Much is still unknown. | N/A | Grockburn Mine |
?? | N/A | Mini Vulcangrock | 40 | Boss | An immature Vulcangrock. It blossoms into an active volcano at about 100 years old; however, it produces very little magma and doesn't generate Magmagrocks. | N/A | Imperious Rex Ruins |
?? | N/A | Barrel | 41 | Barrel | ?? | Saloon | Saloon |
?? | N/A | Tough Barrel | 42 | Barrel | ?? | Saloon | Saloon |
?? | N/A | Mecha-Barrel | [1*] |
Barrel Boss |
A crazy, illegal killer machine made from a large water barrel. Not quite perfect, maybe because they ran out of development funds. | The Old Mission | N/A |
[1*] This is based off of the last ranger list, this grock is not included.
Grock list (Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers)[]
There are over 25 species of Grock in Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers.
Grock | Icon | Name | No. # | Type | Description | Frontier Village(s) |
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Footgrock | Regular | |||||
Weakgrock | Regular | |||||
Bossgrock | Boss | |||||
Stronggrock | Regular |
Trivia[]
- Some grocks resemble Goombas from the Mario series.
- The main motif of the darkened sky and the red coloration during the Grocks' attacks should be due to volcanic activity, as the high concentration of sulfur dioxide expelled from the craters of volcanoes (and Grock Dens) often left the sun setting with a very reddish color