Sky (location)



Sky is a recurring battle location and terrain type in the Final Fantasy series. Most of the time, battles takes place high up in the sky, usually standing on the deck of an airship fighting an aerial enemy. These battles are in most cases one time only encounters, while other times, the player can engage in random encounters while flying across the skies.

Final Fantasy III
The player can engage enemies while flying their airship in the sky, while piloting the Invincible. Battles on board the airship begin with a volley of cannonfire at all enemies. A Geomancer that uses Terrain during these battles will use Tornado to deal Wind-elemental damage to all enemies.

Final Fantasy IV
The only battles that takes place in the sky is right at the beginning of the game on board the Red Wings when monsters attack Cecil's airship.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Like the prequel, only a few battles takes place on board the Red Wings airship when monsters attack it. Ceodore along with Biggs and Wedge engages in battle with them.

Final Fantasy VI
The first sky battle occurs when the party tries to leave Vector and they are attacked by two Cranes. Later, they engage in a few battles while trying to reach the Floating Continent, and the party is later knock off their airship by Typhon. While falling from the sky, the Air Force attacks them. The last battle that takes place in the sky is against Deathgaze in the World of Ruin. When the party confronts Kefka in the final battle, the battle takes place far up into the clouds. Mog can learn the Wind Rhapsody dance when fighting in the sky.

Final Fantasy VII
Ultimate Weapon second encounter takes places in the sky, and the party will fight it while on the deck of their airship. The player will need to ram it in the sky to engage into an aerial battle against it.

Final Fantasy IX
The first encounter against Black Waltz 3 takes place on board the Cargo Ship after it leaves the village of Dali.

Final Fantasy X
Evrae appears before the Fahrenheit while the airship heads towards Bevelle, the party is force to fight it on the deck of the airship. Other battles includes Left Fin, Right Fin, and Sin. In the International and HD remaster version, is the final enemy that party can face Penance.

Final Fantasy Tactics
There's a terrain tile called Sky in Final Fantasy Tactics. There is no Geomancy ability associated with this tile and units cannot walk or stand on it. The map is called Eagrose Castle Solar and it does not appear within normal gameplay, it only appears within a cutscene. The only way to see this tile is by using a hacking device to battle inside the office map and then rotating the map. It should be noted that the terrain tile "Sky" appear only on this map at the two edges of the map. The Sky tile does not appear anywhere else.

Final Fantasy Legend III
Like Final Fantasy III, the player can encounter enemies while flying across the skies. Talon will detected the enemy and it will attack with its primary weapon which will depend on what the player set it to be. The surviving enemies with board the ship engaging the party into a battle.