Skull Dragon (Final Fantasy VI)

The Skull Dragon is a boss in Final Fantasy VI. It is one of the Eight Dragons and the dragon of poison. Skull Dragon is found in Kefka's Tower along the path taken by the third party. Despite what its appearance might suggest, the Skull Dragon is not an undead enemy.

First Battle
Almost all of the Skull Dragon's attacks are status attacks. During its first three turns it either uses a normal attack, Doom or Will o' the Wisp On its fourth turn the Skull Dragon targets a random party member and uses Disaster on them, inflicting Blind, Imp, Doom, Silence, Confusion and Float. Ribbons will nullify much of the threat it poses, and Safety Bits and Memento Rings will negate Doom. There are two options to kill the Skull Dragon. The first is to use normal attack spells like Firaga and Holy to deplete its HP. The second is to use Rasp to deplete its MP, as compared to the other Eight Dragons Skull Dragon's MP is very low. If the player comes in with their party members already low on MP and use Osmose, it is possible to sap most of Skull Dragon's MP in the first round.

Second Battle
As with the other dragons, the Skull Dragon has been upgraded when faced in Dragons' Den. This time the player must deplete all of its MP in order to kill it, as depleting its HP will only cause it to regenerate. Since it has 14,000 points of MP this may take a while. As before most of its attacks are status spells so Ribbons are once again useful. Its new attack Fear inflicts Zombie, and it uses Lv5 Death so make sure the party members are immune to this. Simply cast Rasp over and over on the dragon, then drain its MP with Osmose when a party member's MP runs out. When defeated, the Seal of Darkness is broken and the player receives Gogo's ultimate weapon, the Scorpion Tail.

First Battle
Attack Turns: 1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Doom (33%) or Will o' the Wisp (33%) 2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Doom (33%) or Apparition (33%) 3rd Turn: Attack (33%) or Doom (33%) or Will o' the Wisp (33%) 4th Turn: Target: Random Player
 * Disaster (100%)

If attacked by anything: Attack (33%)

Second Battle
Attack Turns: 1st Turn: Attack (33%) or Fear (33%) or Lv. 5 Death (33%) 2nd Turn: Attack (33%) or Fear (33%) or Will o' the Wisp (33%) 3rd Turn: Fear (33%) or Bio (33%) or Disaster (33%) 4th Turn: Target: Terra
 * Disaster (100%)

If MP = 0: Skull Dragon dies

If killed (by bringing HP to 0):
 * Display message: Skull Dragon reanimates! It cannot die while it still has magic!
 * Revive Skull Dragon

If attacked by anything: Attack (33%) or Fear (33%)

Related enemies

 * Black Dragon
 * Fossil Dragon
 * Zombie Dragon
 * Dinozombie

Also See

 * Red Dragon
 * Blue Dragon
 * Earth Dragon
 * Gold Dragon
 * Ice Dragon
 * Storm Dragon
 * Holy Dragon