B E S T I A R Y   C A T E G O R Y   P R O P E R T I E S Select a Final Fantasy VIII enemy category from the enemy selection menu for a complete and comprehensive list, including descriptions, resident locations, HP, AP, and experience values, as well as draw magics per level and offensive/defensive status and elemental attributes. Enemies* Bosses* Special/Final Monsters* General enemies you'll encounter throughout the game in certain locations and on the world map. Bosses you'll encounter throughout your progression in the game. By default, they are listed in order as you'll encounter them. Monsters you'll face at the end of the game, including the final battle and optional Ultima & Omega Weapon battles. * information fields can be sorted in ascending or descending order.

E N E M Y   P R O P E R T I E S Enemies you fight throughout battle consist of their regular attacks, based on their abilities and offensive/defensive properties, special attacks, and stored magic. You can draw magic from them and either use it immediately or stock it for later use. As your characters progress in the game and become more experienced, enemies will as well, thus increasing their strength, power, and draw magics. Enemy* HP* Exp* AP* Name of the enemy. To the left of this field is an image of what the enemy looks like. Amount of hit points the enemy possess. This value changes as your characters become more experienced. Amount of experience points your party will receive when the enemy is defeated. The + value is multipled by the level of the enemy. Amount of ability points your party will receive when the enemy is defeated. This value is fixed no matter what level the enemy is. Res. Location(s) Description Attacks Rare Card Location(s) on the world map where this enemy can be found. Description of the enemy as described when viewing using the Scan spell Attack style of the enemy. Normal indicates general offensive/defensive postures. Card the enemy can be turned into when using the Card ability from Quezacotl, though the success rate is extremely low. * information fields can be sorted in ascending or descending order.

B O S S   P R O P E R T I E S Bosses are much more powerful end-scenario bosses you'll encounter as your progress further into the game. Though they have many of the same characteristics of general enemies, they tend to use more special attacks and possess powerful stored magic. You can draw magic from them and either use it immediately or stock it for later use. Bosses do not give your characters experience, although their HP and strength are determined by the experience of your party. As a result, winning items and draw magics are fixed. Boss* HP* Exp AP* Name of the boss. To the left of this field is an image of what the boss looks like. Amount of hit points the boss possess. This value changes as your characters become more experienced. Bosses do not give your character's experience, therefore they have no experience levels. This field is null for bosses. Amount of ability points your party will receive when the boss is defeated. This value is fixed no matter what level the enemy is. Battle Location Description Attacks Battle Strategies Area and/or scenario in Final Fantasy VIII where you'll encounter the boss. Description of the boss as described when viewing using the Scan spell Attack style of the boss. Normal indicates general offensive/defensive postures. The most effective battle strategy to defeat the boss using the most benefical resources minimally. * information fields can be sorted in ascending or descending order.

S P E C I A L / F I N A L   B O S S   P R O P E R T I E S Special/Final bosses are much more powerful end game bosses you'll encounter as your progress further towards the final areas of the game. Though they have many of the same characteristics of general enemies, they tend to use more special attacks and possess powerful stored magic. You can draw magic from them and either use it immediately or stock it for later use. Bosses do not give your characters experience, although their HP and strength are determined by the experience of your party. As a result, winning items and draw magics are fixed. Be aware that many of these bosses are optional and not required to fight to finish the game, however avoiding them may make it more difficult to acheive. Boss* HP* Exp AP* Name of the boss. To the left of this field is an image of what the boss looks like. Amount of hit points the boss possess. This value changes as your characters become more experienced. Bosses do not give your character's experience, therefore they have no experience levels. This field is null for bosses. Amount of ability points your party will receive when the boss is defeated. This value is fixed no matter what level the enemy is. Battle Location Description Attacks Battle Strategies Area and/or scenario in Final Fantasy VIII where you'll encounter the boss. Description of the boss as described when viewing using the Scan spell Attack style of the boss. Normal indicates general offensive/defensive postures. The most effective battle strategy to defeat the boss using the most benefical resources minimally. * information fields can be sorted in ascending or descending order.

S T A T U S   E F F E C T S Status effects can be both benefical and fatal. Certain effects help recover lost HP or cure damaging ailments while others can inflict damage based on attributes and weaknesses. Magic, items, and equipment all cause status effects.  Berserk Causes the target to physically attack uncontrollably for the duration of the battle.  Confuse Disables ability to determine ally from foe and uncontrollably attacks anything.  Curse Disables the character's crisis level from increasing, preventing Limit Breaks.  Darkness Significantly reduces attack accuracy, resulting in missing most physical attacks.  Death Instantly dispatches the target.  Earth Inflicts earth-elemental damage.  Fire Inflicts fire-elemental damage. Extremely powerful against cold monsters.  Holy Inflicts holy-elemental damage. Extremely powerful against undead monsters.  Ice Inflicts ice-elemental damage. Extremely powerful against fire monsters.  Petrify Turns the target to stone, preventing any action or obtaining experience.  Poison Slowly depletes HP until death.  Silence Prevents the target from speaking, causing the inability to cast magic.  Sleep Puts the target sleep, making it vunerable to physical and magic attacks without defense.  Slow Reduces attack and defensive speed, taking longer to execute actions.  Stop Completely halts the target, preventing any offensive or defensive action.  Thunder Inflicts lightning-elemental damage. Extremely powerful against water monsters.  Water Inflicts water-elemental damage. Extremely powerful against thunder monsters.  Wind Inflicts wind-elemental damage. Extremely powerful against floating monsters.  Zombie Nullifies target's defense and causes negative reaction to recovery spells.