Final Fantasy 5 (PSX/SNES) Boss Guide v1.0 By Steve McFadden (mcfaddensteve@netscape.net) http://gamereviewers.cjb.net First created: April 8th, 2000 ------------------ Table of Contents ------------------ I. Introduction II. The Boss Guide III. Credits, etc. IV. Conclusion ------------------ I. Introduction ------------------ Well, I have yet to see a Final Fantasy 5 Boss Guide so I decided to do one. Please send all comments to the email address above! Thanks, and enjoy the guide! -------------------- II. The Boss Guide -------------------- NAME OF BOSS STATS HP: amount of hp MP: amount of mp LV: boss's level STRENGHTS/WEAKNESSES FOUND: where do you fight the boss at? HOW TO BEAT HIM ---------- WINGRAPTER ---------- HP: 250 MP: 0 LV: 1 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Wind Shrine This battle is fairly tough. Make sure each party member is equipped with Broadswords. Make sure you do not attack it when its wings are not extended! If you do attack it in this position, it cats a powerful counterattack called Iron Nail which attacks the entire party! --------- KARL BOSS --------- HP: 650 MP: ??? LV: 5 WEAKNESS: Bolt FOUND: Torna Canal What I would advise doing is having a party of three black mages and one white mage. Have the three black mages cast bolt on Karl Boss while having the white mage heal the black mages as necessary. He'll go down quick. ----- SIREN ----- HP: 900 MP: ??? LV: 2 WEAKNESS: Holy FOUND: Ship Graveyard Siren is the first boss you will face that has two forms. One of his forms is normal, but the other form is undead. Basically, attack the first form normally. When it turns into the undead form, have the whitr mages cast cure on Siren. Repeat this pattern, while healing, and you'll do fine. ------- MAGISSA ------- HP: 650 MP: ??? LEVEL: 8 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: North Mountain The biggest problem with this boss is the fact that she has a specail summon skill that allows her to cast Faltzer if you do not kill her quick enough. Therefore, keep on whacking her with magic, and do it as quickly as possible. ------ GARULA ------ HP: 1200 MP: ???? LEVEL: 3 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Walz Tower First things first. Garula likes to use physical attacks. Therefore, I suggest casting Protest with your white mage, onto your entire party. This will weaken Garula's attacks considerably. Then have a Monk or Knight keep on attacking Garula. You won't die probably, just use cure as necessary and you'll be fine. ----- SHIVA ----- HP: ???? MP: ???? LEVEL: ???? WEAKNESS: FIRE FOUND: Tycoon Castle This is an optional boss and you can beat Shiva at any time after Karnak Castle goes up in flames. Shiva is ice, so naturally she'll be weak against fire. Therefore, use a black mage for the battle and have It case fire. Shiva has Ice Commanders with her, take them out quick before going after Shiva. ---------- LiqudFlame ---------- HP: 3000 MP: ???? LEVEL: 19 WEAKNESS: ICE FOUND: Fire Ship Hmmm.... He's fire, therefore, Ice will work, correct? Therefore, make sure to have at least one black mage, and have it cast ice every round. I say every round.... But when he turns into a hand don't use spells or you'll be sorry. Also, using Shiva could take this guy out in 2 to 3 hits. --------- Iron Claw --------- HP: 3000 MP: ???? LEVEL: 20 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Karnak Castle First off, if you want to beat this guy easily, have a berserker cleave him, he'll die in one hit. But if you want to do it the hard way, keep on attacking him. At first he looks like a sergeant but soon he turns into a true form. Learning "Death Claw" from this boss may help you down the line. ----- IFRIT ----- HP: 3000 MP: ???? LEVEL: 22 WEAKNESS: Ice FOUND: Library of Ancients Beating Ifrit means that you can now summon him. To beat him, have four summoners in your party, and have them cast Shiva over and over again. Pretty much any ice based attack, from the ice rod to Shiva, will beat him quickly. He's not too tough at all. Id advise using Shiva for the battle though. ------- BIBLOS ------- HP: 3600 MP: ???? LEVEL: 24 WEAKNESS: Fire FOUND: Library of Ancients If you got "Death Claw" from Iron Claw earlier you can use it here. If not, then use fire magic, not any other magic. Fire magic works best against Biblos. If you have Fire 2, use it. If you have a ninja with the Fire Skill, use it. Use anything fire related, cure when necessary, and win. ----- RAMUH ----- HP: 4000 MP: ???? LEVEL 21 WEAKNESS: ???? FOUND: East of Easterly Village Ramuh is found in the eastern forest, east of Easterly Village. Keep on wandering around in the forest until you find him. You do not have to beat him, but I advise you do since is a good summon magic. Also, since he is pretty tough at lower levels, I advise you wait until you are at a decent level before you fight him. To beat him, either use the death claw spell, or make a party of all ninjas and have them throw Shuriken at Ramuh. Also, casting mute or silence on him helps. -------- SANDWORM -------- HP: 3000 MP: ???? LEVEL 18 WEAKNESS: WATER FOUND: Sand Tides Desert Sandworm is a pretty easy boss once you figure out how to beat him. Basically, there are three holes, and Sandworm pops out of one of them every once in a while. Attack Sandworm with ice magic, and don't attack the holes directly, and you will do fine. Shiva and Ice 2 work best but any attacks are effective in killing the boss. ---------- CLAY CLAW ---------- HP: 2000 MP: ???? LEVEL 43 WEAKNESS: BOLT FOUND: Tower of Ruin Clay Claw is a pretty easy boss, at least he was when I fought him. Using any sort of Lightning spell, from Ramuh to Bolt 2, seems to be pretty effective. Also, I tried a cool thing my friend told me: throw shuriken at Clay Claw. It will die after only a few hits. Also, it has a dangerous attack known as "Tail Screw". This attack is pretty dangerous and you should heal with Cure 2 immedietly after getting hit by "Tail Screw", because it would probably kill you with the next hit. ---------- ADAMANTAIM ---------- HP: 2000 MP: ???? LEVEL 20 WEAKNESS: ICE FOUND: Tycoon Meteor First off, this boss only uses physical attacks. Therefore, I suggest using Protest Magic to soften the boss's attacks and the damage it would inflict on your party. The boss is also weak againt ice attacks, so use any ice attacks to quickly wear it down. Also, if you have "Lv 5 Death" use it to quickly kill the boss. -------- BOSS GUN -------- HP: 22500 MP: ????? LEVEL 36 WEAKNESS: BOLT FOUND: Outside of the Ruins of Ronka First off, this guy uses a nasty attack called "Missiles" which, when inflicted, party members will quickly lose power. Cast esna on the inflicted party member as soon as possible after they get hit, or they will die. This boss is weak against bolt. I advise casting Level 5 Death on the Launchers then casting Ramuh or Bolt 2 till it dies. ---------- ARCHEOAVIS ---------- HP: 6400 2500 MP: ???? ???? LEVEL: 19 20 WEAKNESS: Special Special Found: Ruins of Ronka There are two different Archeoavis. The first form is kind of difficult, your best bet would be using three monks and have them beat the living daylights out of it. Or, have a white mage scan the boss and have the other members attack its weakness (since the boss changes weaknesses constantly). On its second form, it is strong against magic, so I advise just casting "Level 5 Death" on it since it is a level 20 boss. ----- TITAN ----- HP: 2500 MP: ???? LEVEL 1 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Karnak Meteor There are two effective ways to beat this pretty easy boss. First, you can cast float on your party, nullifying Titan's attacks. Or, you can head to Crescent Island and fight Crescents until you steal or earn the Death Sickle. This beserker weapon will kill off Titan with a single hit. Either way, Titan is easy. ---------- BYUROBOLOS ---------- HP: 2200 MP: ???? LEVEL 22 WEAKNESSES: N/A FOUND: Walz Meteor I really did not like this battle at all. Why? Because if you kill one, it will cast Arise. So basically, you have to kill all six at the same time. This battle will probably last a while for that very reason. Casting silence on them helps a lot. --------- KIMABRAIN --------- HP: 3300 MP: ???? LEVEL 19 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Gorn Meteor Do not even try to cast Ice or Fire Magic on this boss, KimaBrain, because it will not be effective. Using "death Claw" on the beast is a much better solution. Shruiken, like usual, helps a lot. Just attack it and cure when it does "Blaze" and you'll be fine. -------- ABDUCTOR -------- HP: 1500 MP: ???? LEVEL 22 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Solitary Island This guy is so friggin easy. I killed him in two hits. If you can't beat him, please remove the game, put it in the cd case, then staple it to your lack of brains. --------- GILGAMESH --------- HP: ???? MP: ???? LEVEL ???? WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: X-Death's Prison For this fight, you only have Galuf in your party, no body else. Therefore, the battle should be tough, right? Well, not really. All Gigamesh uses is physical attacks, just use your best attacks on Gilgamesh and he'll run away like the wuss that he is. ---------- GILGAMESH ---------- HP: ???? MP: ???? LEVEL: ???? WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Big Bridge This guy likes to cast protective spells to protect himself. Do you know what I say to that? The Rock says this: cast "Silence" on him so he can never put up those protective spells. Then cast "Slow" on him to give your white mages time to heal injured party members. ---------- TYRASAURUS ---------- HP: 5000 MP: ???? LEVEL 29 WEAKNESS: FIRE/CURE FOUND: Underground River Hint: Use a Phoenix Down. Just one of those suckas will kill this dude. If for some reason you do not have a phoenix down, or you want to do it the hard way (sucka), the Rock says this: use holy attacks like cure and life to harm it. It won't stay undead for long. ----------- ABDUCTOR*** ----------- HP: 1500 MP: ???? LEVEL 22 WEAKNESS: ANYTHING FOUND: Val Castle ***this guy only appears if you were so sucky that you couldn't beat him the first time. Just whack him a few times then call it a day. ----------- DRGN GRASS ----------- HP: 12000 MP: ????? LEVEL 29 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Valley of Dragons Kill off the sprouts around the Drgn Grass before they shoot pollen at you. Cure the effects of this attack with Esna. Fire skills are excellent for the little sprouts, while Demi and Shruiken can take out the main form. Another way of defeating it is casting the Golem summon to be protected from the pollen, then defeating it as described. --------------------- GILGAMESH AND ENKIDOH --------------------- HP: ???? 4000 MP: ???? ???? LEVEL: ???? 29 WEAKNESS: N/A N/A FOUND: Zeza's Fleet If you have a Berserker equipped with the Death Sickle, you can kill this dude with a single hit and not even have to worry about Enkidoh! If not, then this boss will be tough. Summon Golem to protect yourself from the basic attacks. This does help a lot and could mean the difference between victory and defeat. Killing Endikoh is easy, just use "Demi" and then a few shruikens. Try to steal a genji glove if you can. ------ ATOMOS ------ HP: 19997 MP: ????? LEVEL 47 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Barrier Tower Again, throwing Shruiken at the boss is very effective. It seems to have become a theme, eh? ^_^ This boss is pretty tough though. Basically, this guy will kill one of your party members with Comet. If you try to resurrect that member, he'll cast Comet again. So, you're basically fighting with 3 guys. Make sure to heal constantly while attacking with summon magic like Shiva, Ramuh, and also physical attacks. ----- SHOAT ----- HP: 5000 MP: ???? LEVEL 38 WEAKNESSES: N/A FOUND: Somewhere Use a dancer and its Sword Dance attack. If you don't feel like doing that, just attack this boss normally and you will eventually kill it. When it cast the "Devil Eye's" Attack, a party member will be turned to stone so stock up on Softs before looking for this beast. When you beat Shoat, you get to use its summon magic. ------------- TREE SEGMENTS ------------- HP: 7777 MP: ???? LEVEL 77 WEAKNESSES: SPECIAL FOUND: Elderly Tree I say just use Titan right off the bat. Why? Because when you do that, the three lower segments are defeated. With them gone, you can then use Ifrit to kill the remaining one. If you do it the regular way, be warned that each segment has a different weakness. --------- CARBUNCLE --------- HP: 15000 MP: ????? LEVEL: 44 WEAKNESS: STONE FOUND: X-death's Castle First off, you should know that this boss is always in a state of reflection. Therefore, any and all magic attacks will bounce off him and be reflected back onto you. So, do not cast any magic on it. Use physical attacks on it and you'll be fine. Also, casting Shoat on it instantly kills Carbuncle. You get summon magic after this fight. ----------------- GILGAMESH (AGAIN) ----------------- HP: ????? MP: ????? LEVEL: ?? WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: X-Death's castle He's back! Try stealing gengi helmets from him since this is the only time that you can get the gengi helmets. Just keep on using Shruiken and you will be fine. Pretty easy. ------- X-DEATH ------- HP: 32768 MP: ????? LEVEL: 66 WEAKNESS: HOLY FOUND: X-Death's Castle The final boss is shown for the first time, and guess what, you have to fight him! Considering the circumstances, the battle is pretty easy. The easiest way to defeat X-Death is to cast Carbuncle and Golem then throw Shruiken at him. Also, make sure you have a white mage as well as a summoner in your party, and you'll do fine. -------- ANTOLYON -------- HP: ????? MP: ????? LEVEL ?? WEAKNESS ?? FOUND: Death Valley You only get two characters in the battle, so it will be tough. Since you only have two characters at this point, your choices are extremely important. I would advise having a white mage with a summoning skill plus a knight for this battle. Have the knight contsantly attack while having your white mage heal or summon. Good luck! --------- MELLUSION --------- HP: 20000 MP: ????? LEVEL 29-33 WEAKNESS: SPECIAL FOUND: Elderly Tree Well, this boss decides to change its weakness a lot. Therefore, have someone with the ability to scan before the battle. Have this person scan while the other members exploit the weakness. The boss could get hard if you don't have someone with a scan ability, so make you have a person with scan ability before entering the battle! ------ STOKER ------ HP: 20000 MP: ????? LEVEL: 7 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Island Shrine Only one of the four forms is the real boss. Casting a spell that hits all four of them will cause Stoker to counter with some nasty spells of his own! Instead, attack each part in turn until you find the real boss. Shruiken can put this guy away. Just make sure you're throwing at the correct image or it is a total waste. ---------- MINITAURUS ---------- HP: 19850 MP: ????? LEVEL: 37 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Fork Tower (Power) You can not use magic in this battle, so just attack Minitaurus with various physical attacks and he will succumb. If you throw Magi Shruikens at him he will die extremely fast. ---------- OMNISCIENT ---------- HP: 16999 MP: ????? LEVEL: 53 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Fork Tower (Magic) Well, you cannot use physical attacks in this battle because you're in the Magic section of the Fork Tower. If you try to use a physical attack the battle starts over. I would only use them if you're getting walloped during the fight, because if you are getting killed badly you can restart with all your stats intact. Summon Carbuncle to block off his magic and he really has no way of defeating you. ---- GOGO ---- HP: ????? MP: ????? LEVEL: ?? WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Sunken Tower of Walz Do you remember Gogo from Final Fantasy 6? Remember how he mimics everything you do? Well, he does the same here. So just wait and wait until he gives you the Mime skill. That's it. Do not attack him, just wait. Make sure you don't have a berserker in your party. -------- TRITON NERGADE PHOBOS -------- HP: 13333 13333 13333 MP: ????? ????? ????? LEVEL: 37 20 39 WEAKNESS: SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL FOUND: Sea Trench Each of these guys has a unique weakness. Learn who is sensitive to what, and then let them have it. Magi Shruiken are effective in killing them off quickly. Since two of the three are considered undead, make a part of bards and sing Requiem until two of them are gone. The third one can then be attacked mericlessly until defeated. ------- BAHAMUT ------- HP: 40000 MP: ????? LEVEL: 99 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Outside This guy, just like in any other Final Fantasy game he's in, is pretty dang difficult to beat. Make sure to have a lancer in your party and have him keep jumping at all times. Also, using powerful spells slowly weaken Bahamut's power. Still it will be one tough battle. Beating him earns you his summon magic and it is powerful. --------- LEVIATHAN --------- HP: 40000 MP: ????? LEVEL: 39 WEAKNESS: BOLT FOUND: Castle Keep on casting Lightning! Since Leviathan is a water based creature, lightning spells affect him severly. If you want to earn this summon monster the easy way, load your team up with Black mages and Ninjas. Use the Mages to zap him with electricity while having the Ninas throw Magi Shruikens. He won't last too long, I hope ^_^. ----------- WOODSPRITE ----------- HP: 18000 MP: ????? LEVEL: 68 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Cleft Dimension Forest This little sucker is pretty tough if you don't stay on guard. Casting silence first helps, I would also call Bahamut and make it a quick fight. If you don't have Bahamut, use other summoned monsters while using physical attacks as well (although they won't hit at full strength the physical attacks will work somewhat) ----- OMEGA ----- HP: 55530 MP: ????? LEVEL 119 WEAKNESS: BOLT FOUND: Cleft Dimension (this is an optional boss... you do not have to win this fight in order to beat the game) This guy is hard. If you have the guts to face him, just blast him with various lightning stuff. ---------- APPREHENDR ---------- HP: 22200 MP: ????? LEVEL: 59 WEAKNESS: FIRE FOUND: Cleft Dimension Dungeon Use fire. Since this guy is a book, he'll burn easy. Do not, and I repeat, do not, use Ifrit and its summon magic because it will heal Apprehendr. Flare works well, too. ---------- CATASTROPH ---------- HP: 19997 MP: ????? LEVEL: 71 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Cleft Dimension Castle This boss is tough, as it can cast "Earthshaker" over and over to kill off your entire party. Have lancers capable of jumping out of harms way, and a white mage to keep your hit points high. Also, casting float on a member of your party and the boss will cast "Demi100". If your party is floating it is immune to his attacks. --------- HALYCANOS --------- HP: 33333 MP: ????? LEVEL: 97 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Cleft Dimension Castle I spent half this battle as frogs because the dang boss kept on turning me into them. Make sure to have lots of Maiden Kisses to counter the effect of the frog status. To avoid this annoying attack of her turning you into frogs, cast Berserk on her. Then cast spells like Sorcerer Flare and Bahamut to knock her senseless. ---------- TWIN TANIA ---------- HP: 50000 MP: ????? LEVEL: 39 WEAKNESS: WATER/HOLY FOUND: Cleft Dimension Castle Summon Leviathan, and cast Holy on the swords of your sorcerers. Make sure your Sorcerers can attack multiple times for an extra boost. Make sure a party member has the healing ability because some of Twin Tania's attacks are strong and can easily knock the party out. When Twin Tania is powering up, summon Odin to finish it off. ----------- NECROPHOBE ----------- HP: 44044 MP: ????? LEVEL: 66 WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Cleft Dimension Gilgamesh also pops up in this battle. Try to steal some genji armor from him. Gilgamesh will appear if you do not kill Necrophobe right away. Necrophobe has a barrier protecting him, so try to neutralize it as soon as you possibly can. Difficult battle. ------------ X-DEATH NEO X-DEATH ------------ HP: ????? MP: ????? LEVEL: ?? WEAKNESS: N/A FOUND: Cleft Dimension FINAL BOSS! Strategy from Expert gamer There are several ways to lay the smack down on X-Death. Casting "Haste2" on your party to be able to get more attacks in is smart. Using a sorcerer with the multi hit Flare attack will do you well. Casting Esna at all times will help, because this boss can cause multiple afflictions at will. Also, casting any of the strong attacks, like Holy, Flare, or Meteor will help to weaken it as well (summoning Bahamut isn't a bad idea either). The second form (Neo X-Death) is made up of several sections, which means you'll need some heavy hitting action to put him away for good. What do we recommend? If you've got a lot of money to spare (and you should), throw up a Samurai (preferably mastered) and three mimes with beefed up HP. Have the Samurai use !$Toss and then duplicate the attacks with all three mimes. You'll be whooping X-Death butt in no time at all whatsoever. Thanks to expert gamer for that strategy. 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