Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano for Final Fantasy II.
The Adamantoise (アダマンタイマイ, Adamantaimai? or アダマンタス, Adamantasu?), also known as the Adamant, Adamantaim, Adamantaimai, Adamant Turtle, or Turtle, is a recurring creature in the Final Fantasy series, first appearing in Final Fantasy II. It is a large turtle with high defense and strength, but sometimes with low magical defense. Later entries in the series include larger Adamantoises as superbosses that utterly dwarf the party. It is often related to the powerful material Adamantite, which it commonly yields as an item drop.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy II[]
The Adamantoise appears as a boss encountered in the Snow Cave, guarding the Goddess's Bell. It later appears as a regular enemy in Kashuan, Deist Cavern, and Castle Fynn. It can easily be eliminated with a fair-leveled Blizzard spell.
Final Fantasy III[]
The Adamantoise appears as an enemy encountered the Molten Cave. It is the strongest enemy in the dungeon, but may drop the Antarctic Wind, which can be put to great use against it and the other ice-weak enemies in the dungeon.
Final Fantasy IV[]
The Adamantoise, also known as the Turtle, appears as an enemy encountered the Antlion's Den. It is simple enough to defeat, but can be made easier with Blizzard spells.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]
The Adamantoise returns as an enemy encountered in the Antlion's Den and Impact Creater and as a boss in the Adamant Isle Forest. As an enemy, it is not powerful, but can drop the Bronze Tail as a very rare drop.
Final Fantasy V[]
The Adamantoise, also known as the Adamantaim, appears as a boss encountered in the Tycoon Meteorite, guarding a piece of Adamantite.
Final Fantasy VII[]
The Adamantaimai appears as an enemy encountered in the Wutai Area and Battle Square. It possesses the Enemy Skill Death Force, which can be learned by manipulating it. The Adamantaimai is known for the Adamantaimai Cure glitch.
Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-[]
The Adamantoise appears as a powerful enemy that can nullify attacks by hiding in its shell.
Final Fantasy VIII[]
The Adamantoise appears as an enemy encountered on Long Horn Island, Hasberry Plains, and Ultimecia Castle. It is known for its good item drops, but can be annoying to defeat due to its high defenses and ability to heal. The Adamantoise also has a Triple Triad card.
Final Fantasy IX[]
The Adamantoise appears as an enemy encountered on the Forgotten Continent. It can use Limit Glove and Earth Shake; while both are Blue Magic, Quina can only learn Earth Shake from eating the Adamantoise.
Final Fantasy X[]
The Adamantoise appears as an enemy encountered inside Sin and the Omega Ruins. It is one of the enemies capable of dropping equipment with four empty slots, which are ideal for customizing equipment.
Final Fantasy X-2[]
The Adamantoise returns as an enemy encountered in the Calm Lands, the Floating Ruins, and Via Infinito.
Final Fantasy XI[]
Adamantoises are a family of lizards comprised almost exclusively of notorious monsters. They are uniformly high level, have high HP totals, and massive defense. The common Adamantoise can be encountered in the Valley of Sorrows by placing Blue Pondweed in a point of interest. Defeating it grants the Tortoise Torturer title. It is the only source of Red Pondweed, which instead spawns the stronger Aspidochelone, while it and Aspidochelone are the only sources for the Sipar and Heavy Cuirass.
Final Fantasy XII[]
While no Adamantoise appears in Final Fantasy XII, the Adamantitan (アダマンタイタス, Adamantaitasu?) was named Adamantoise in the game's playable demo.
Final Fantasy XIII[]
The Adamantoise appears as an enemy encountered in the Archylte Steppe. It is a type of oretoise, the largest animals in Gran Pulse. It is a powerful foe, but can be quickly defeated once their left and right forelegs are destroyed.
Final Fantasy XIV[]
The common Adamantoise appears an enemy encountered in the Lower Paths region of the South Shroud. Variant adamantoises also appear in other parts of Eorzea, most commonly in Thanalan.
Final Fantasy XV[]
The Adamantoise appears as a superboss encountered during the Lonely Rumblings in Longwythe hunt. It has 5,624,000 HP, by far the most of any enemy. Director Hajime Tabata had mentioned that it would take 30 in-game days, or 15 hours in real time, to defeat it normally.[1] This was changed in the 1.02 update and the hunt can be completed under 10 minutes with the combination of buffs and weapon setup. In a later patch, the Adamantoise was made vulnerable to Alterna. Felling it yields some of the best drops and hunt rewards.
Final Fantasy XVI[]
The Adamantoise appears as an enemy encountered in the Rosaria region. Its shell protects it from damage and it fights by propelling itself in straight lines toward the player, sending Clive flying should he be hit. Due to the tortoise's propensity of hurtling across the battlefield, it can be easy to accidentally exit the bounds of the battle when fighting it.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance[]
The Adamantoise appears as an enemy encountered in Baguba Port during the "Foreign Fiend" mission. Instead of a unique enemy, it is a high-level Blade Biter simply named "Adamantoise."
Final Fantasy Type-0[]
The Adamantoise appears an enemy encountered in the Innsmouth Coast in chapter 5. It is large and protected by its shell everywhere but its very front, making it invulnerable to back or side attacks.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time[]
The Adamantoise appears as an enemy encountered in the Fire Mountain, Gate, Tower, and River Belle Path. It has high HP and guards by withdrawing into its shell.
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest[]
The Adamant Turtle appears as an enemy encountered in the Lava Dome.
Final Fantasy Legend II[]
The Adamant appears as an enemy encountered in Race World, Nasty World, and Valhalla World and as a possible transformation for the party's monster units.
Final Fantasy Legend III[]
The Adamant appears as an enemy and a possible monster that the party can transform into.
Final Fantasy Dimensions[]
The Adamantoise appears as an optional post-game superboss encountered in the Gladiators' Hall. It can be fought multiple times, dropping 1–3 pieces of Adamantite with each defeat, but also levels up every 2 times it is defeated, making item farming it increasingly difficult.
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]
The Adamantoise is a dummied boss based on its Final Fantasy VII appearance.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy series[]
The Adamantoise from Final Fantasy XIII appears as an enemy in Battle Music Sequences.
Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]
The Adamantoises from Final Fantasy V and World of Final Fantasy appear as enemies.
Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]
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Final Fantasy All the Bravest[]
The Adamantoise from Final Fantasy V appears as an enemy encountered in the Palamecia Desert. It uses Crush and drops the Coral Sword.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
The Adamantoises from Final Fantasy II, IV, V, and XV appear as enemies and bosses.
Final Fantasy Explorers[]
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The Adamantoise appears as an enemy encountered in the Lanzelt Snowfields, Kolobos Reef, Maranda Coast, Shipwreck, Snow Plains, Tokkle Coast, Stormy Seas, Subterranean Stream, Chamber of Experience, and Colosseum. It also appears during the events "Lunar New Year," "The Gathering," and "The Misty Bamboo Forest."
Mobius Final Fantasy[]
The Adamantoise appears as a water-elemental boss. It can be obtained as a Mage ability card, granting the Lesser Blizzaja or Blizzaja abilities. Its model is a recolored Final Fantasy XIV adamantoise.
World of Final Fantasy[]
The Adamantoise appears as a Mega Mirage encountered in the Low Seas, EX Dungeon A, and Coliseum. It can be imprismed with a Minimantoise Prism after inflicting Defense ↓ and can be transfigured with the Minimantoise.
Addy the Adamantoise is a minor character, appearing briefly in the main storyline and as part of the intervention quest "Treasure Island, Ahoy!" Completing the quest is required for Adamantoises to begin appearing in the Low Seas and awards the Adamantoise Memento required to transfigure the Adamantoise.
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales and Chocobo's Dungeon[]
The Adamantoise appears as a wood element creature and has six cards under its name. Though it is a monster, not a summon like some of the other cards, its cards are superior for their defense.
Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]
The Adamantoise from Theatrhythm Final Fantasy appears as a Water-elemental Monster cards.
Final Fantasy Portal App[]
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The Adamantoises from Final Fantasy V and VIII appear as Triple Triad cards.
Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances[]
Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable[]
The Adamantaimai appears as a chance card reduces the cost of pearls by 10%.
Etymology[]
Adamantoise is a portmanteau of "adamantite" and "tortoise". The Japanese name for this enemy type, Adamantaimai, is a portmanteau of "adamantite" and the Japanese word for the hawksbill sea turtle, taimai.
Adamantite and similar words including Adamant and Adamantine are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal.