Aeros

HP 358
Gil 807 gil
Experience 1,614
Size Small
Damage 53
Hit Rate 1×114%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 4
Evade 72%
Magic Defense 65%
Morale 200
Monster Family Magic Beast
Elemental Vulnerability
Earth
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
Flying Fortress
Temple of Chaos Past
Aeroses are unique among the elementals, in that they lack Defense in favor of very high Evasion (as one might expect of, well, air). You can use magic against them, but they have no elemental weakness and their HP total is high enough that this won't do much aside from soften them up. They don't hit terribly hard, but they appear in groups and can be a threat. Inexplicably, they are the only elemental you can run from. (How do you run from air?) They're worth plenty of experience, though, so it's usually a good idea to fight.
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Random Encounters: With Aeros – 3 shown
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Frequency
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Surprise
Is it possible to run from this encounter?
Run?
The average amount of total experience you can expect to earn from this encounter (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Avg. Exp.
The average amount of gil you can expect to earn from this encounter
Avg. Gil
Flying Fortress 4F Aeros ×2–4 18.8% +0% Yes 4,842 2,421 gil
Flying Fortress 5F Aeros ×2–4 18.8% +0% Yes 4,842 2,421 gil
Temple of Chaos Past B4 Aeros ×3–6 18.8% +0% Yes 7,263 3,632 gil
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Aquos

HP 300
Gil 800 gil
Experience 1,962
Size Small
Damage 69
Hit Rate 1×117%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 20
Evade 36%
Magic Defense 65%
Morale 200
Monster Family Magic Beast
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Ice
Earth
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
Sunken Shrine
Temple of Chaos Past
They may be smaller than their Gnoma and Pyros cousins, but Aquoses are not to be trifled with. They resist magic but, as the only enemies in the Sunken Shrine vulnerable to Ice magic, it may be worth blasting them with Ice2 or (if you have it) Ice3. You'll be dealing the majority of your damage with physical attacks, however. The Ice Brand works particularly well against them. Like the other elementals you've encountered, you cannot run from them.

Gnoma

HP 288
Gil 768 gil
Experience 1,536
Size Large
Damage 66
Hit Rate 1×119%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 20
Evade 9%
Magic Defense 65%
Morale 200
Monster Family Magic Beast
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Ice
Lightning
Earth
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
Terra Cavern
Temple of Chaos Past
These earth elementals are incredibly dangerous when you meet them in the Terra Cavern, but fortunately most of them are avoidable Treasure guardians. They have more Attack and HP than anything you've seen yet, along with a high Defense and a very high Magic Defense score. Don't waste offensive Spells on them, despite their weakness to Fire. Spells like Steel and Haste will help a lot, but defensive Spells like Shld1 and Invis1 are not as useful as you might hope. Even your Warrior will take huge damage from a Gnoma's attack, so keep everyone healed and take them out as quickly as you can. Fortunately they will only appear alone until you reach the Temple of Chaos Past's earth floor. Even then they can be dangerous foes, but you should be more than capable of taking them out quickly at that point.

Pyros

HP 276
Gil 800 gil
Experience 1,620
Size Large
Damage 50
Hit Rate 1×118%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 20
Evade 21%
Magic Defense 65%
Morale 200
Monster Family Magic Beast
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Ice
Earth
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
Mt. Gulg
Temple of Chaos Past
Pyroses are your basic Fire elemental type enemy, similar statistically to Gnomas, but with slightly higher evasion. They don't deal as much damage, but they can appear in pairs in Mt. Gulg. As with Gnomas, they have an elemental weakness, but one that is hard to exploit due to their Magic Defense. Pound them with physical attacks to take them out.

AIR

Sprite
HP 358
Gold 807 G
Experience 1,614
Absorb 4 Evade 72% Magic Def. 65%
Damage 53–106 Hit 114%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Family Magic Beast
Morale 200
Elemental Vulnerability
Earth
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
Floating Castle
Temple of Fiends Past
AIRS are unique among the elementals, in that they lack Absorb in favor of very high Evade. You can use magic against them, but they have no elemental weakness and their HP total is too high for this to be very effective. They don't hit too hard individually, but groups can wear down a party. Inexplicably, they are the only elemental you can run from. (How do you run from air?)