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.
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Random Encounters: With Gnoma – 2 shown
Map
The monsters that can be involved in this encounter; minibosses are only found in repeatable set encounters; bosses are encountered only one time during the game; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game
Monsters
The probability of any given encounter being this one when you have a random battle on its map
Frequency
A modifier to the base chance of the monsters surprising the party; your party leader's agility and luck also factor into the surprise chance
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
Temple of Chaos Past B1 Gnoma ×2–4 23.4% +0% No 4,608 2,304 gil
Terra Cavern B5 Gnoma ×1 1.6% +0% No 1,536 768 gil
Set Encounters: With Gnoma – 7 shown
Map
The monsters that can be involved in this encounter; minibosses are only found in repeatable set encounters; bosses are encountered only one time during the game; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game
Monsters
A modifier to the base chance of the monsters surprising the party; your party leader's agility and luck also factor into the surprise chance
Surprise
Is it possible to run from this encounter?
Run?
The specifics of where this encounter can be found (note that set encounters other than some boss fights will remain in place once fought, and can be fought multiple times
Notes
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
Terra Cavern B1 Gnoma ×1 +0% No Directly east of the chest containing 1975 gil (avoided by approaching from the east) 1,536 768 gil
Terra Cavern B1 Gnoma ×1 +0% No Directly south of the chest containing a potion (avoided by approaching from the east) 1,536 768 gil
Terra Cavern B1 Gnoma ×1 +0% No Directly east of the chest containing an antidote (avoidable by approaching from the south) 1,536 768 gil
Terra Cavern B2 Gnoma ×1 +0% No Directly inside the door to the southern room (not avoidable, must be fought twice) 1,536 768 gil
Terra Cavern B3 Gnoma ×1 +0% No Directly south of the chest containing a potion (avoidable by approaching from the east or west) 1,536 768 gil
Terra Cavern B3 Gnoma ×1 +0% No Directly south of the chest containing 3400 gil (avoidable by approaching from the east or west) 1,536 768 gil
Terra Cavern B3 Gnoma ×1 +0% No Directly south of the chest containing 1020 gil (avoidable by approaching from the east or west) 1,536 768 gil
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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.

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.

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.

EARTH

Sprite
HP 288
Gold 768 G
Experience 1,536
Absorb 20 Evade 9% Magic Def. 65%
Damage 66–132 Hit 119%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Family Magic Beast
Morale 200
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Cold
Lightning
Earth
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
Earth Cave
Temple of Fiends Past
EARTHS are incredibly dangerous when you meet them in the Earth Cave, but fortunately most of them are avoidable Treasure guardians. Their attacks will do a number even on a FIGHTER, and they rarely miss. Spells are generally ineffective, although FIR2 and FIR3 can push some damage through.