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The ORB of Earth
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Sail west to the town of Melmond, where the earth is rotting before your eyes.
The ORB of Earth
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Return to the Earth Cave and plumb its deepest depths to destroy LICH and restore light to the ORB of Earth.
The ORB of Fire
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Travel to Crescent Lake where the Circle of Sages give you the CANOE so that you can pursue the Fiend of Fire.
The Final Battle
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Return to the Temple of Fiends and warp to the Temple of Fiends Past to begin your final quest.
The only Earth attacks in the game, the Quake Spell and Earthquake Special Attacks, are both instant KO attacks that affect multiple foes. Characters can gain resistance to Earth with a Ribbon, the NulMgc Spell, or the NulAll Spell. Many creatures resist Earth, especially any creature depicted as able to fly or swim. Nothing in the game is weak against Earth magic.
Members
Abyss Worm, Adamantoise, Antlion, Astaroth, Basilisk, Beelzebub, Behemoth, Black Flan, Emperor, Eyemoeba, Ghost, Great Malboro, Green Slime, Green Soul, Hecteyes, Ice Lizard, Imp, Imperial Shadow, King Behemoth, Land Ray, Land Turtle, Leg Eater, Malboro Terra, Pit Fiend, Red Mousse, Red Soul, Roundworm, Sand Worm, Specter, Vampire Girl, Vampire Lady, Vampire Thorn, Wraith, Yellow Jelly, Yellow Soul
Effective Weapons
Gaia Blade
The "Earth" family is an interesting one, consisting of what appears to be subterranean, plantoid, or otherwise earth-related creatures. The only weapon in the game that has a special power against them is the Gaia Blade, but the family is not common enough that it's really worth worrying about for very long.
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Weapon
Gravity Rod
Resistant Armor
Cat Hood, Force Armor, Force Shld, Gaia Gear, Minerva, Paladin Shld
Earth is available to the party primarily in the form of the Quake Spell, which hits the party as well as its foes. This can be mitigated with Float (which grants immunity to most Earth attacks) or Gaia Gear, and while very few Monsters have a weakness to Earth, it is extremely powerful against non-flying Monsters.
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