Quale (boss)

Quale is an optional boss in Final Fantasy IX fought after having captured 99 frogs in the Frog Catching minigame. Once defeated, the player will receive Quina's ultimate weapon, the Gastro Fork.

Quale's stats are quite low, other than his/her HP, which is the highest in the game tied with the friendly Yan's HP. Quale casts spells that inflict status effects, such as Sleep, Poison, Darkness, Confuse, Silence and Mini. Immunity abilities like Insomniac, Antibody, Bright Eyes, Clear Headed and Loudmouth can be equipped as a counter measure. One cannot protect against Mini, but Quina's Blue Magic, Angel's Snack, can be used to cure it fairly easily.

If the party doesn't have enough abilities/ability stones to adequately protect against Quale's status attacks, one can equip Auto-Reflect instead to bounce the spells right back. However, this will also reflect Quale's Water spells, which s/he will absorb. For the same reason, if Vivi/Amarant are in the party, one should not equip them with the Return Magic ability.

It is possible to stop Quale from casting his/her status inflicting spells if one drains his MP with Quina's Magic Hammer ability. However, that will cause Quale continuously attack with his rather powerful Rolling Attack.