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 Adamant, Adamantaim, Adamantaimai, Adamant Turtle, or Turtle, is a recurring enemy in the Final Fantasy series. 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. The Adamantoise's debut appearance was in Final Fantasy II, as the boss of the Snow Cave. It is often related to the powerful material Adamantite, which it commonly yields as an item drop.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy II[]
An Adamantoise is a boss in the Snow Cave, guarding the Goddess's Bell. They later appear as a regular enemy and can easily be eliminated with a fair-leveled Blizzard spell.
Final Fantasy III[]
The Adamantoise is an enemy in the Molten Cave, and is a recolor of the boss, Land Turtle.
Final Fantasy IV[]
The Adamantoiseis is 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 enemy is not powerful, but can drop the Bronze Tail as a very rare drop. It is a boss in Yang's Tale, and appears as a random encounter during Edward's Tale.
Final Fantasy V[]
The Adamantoise is a boss that guards a piece of Adamantite inside Tycoon Meteorite.
Final Fantasy VII[]
The Adamantaimai appears in the Wutai Area beaches and also sometimes appears in the Gold Saucer's Battle Square. It possesses the Enemy Skill Death Force, which can be learned by manipulating it. Adamantaimai is known for the Adamantaimai Cure glitch.
Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-[]
Adamantoise are fought as powerful enemies that can nullify attacks by hiding in their shells.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth[]
Moss-Grown Adamantoise are found in the Temple of the Ancients in chapter 13, "Where Angels Fear to Tread". It has a tough shell and buffs itself to resist damage even more.
Final Fantasy VIII[]
The Adamantoise appears on Long Horn Island north of Dollet, on the beach on Hasberry Plains and in the fountain area of the Ultimecia Castle. They are known for their good item drops, but can be annoying to defeat due to their high defenses and ability to heal. Adamantoise also has a Triple Triad card.
Final Fantasy IX[]
The Adamantoise appears on the Forgotten Continent as a regular enemy. The Shell Dragon is its larger cousin with a unique character model, and acts as a boss later in the game.
Final Fantasy X[]
The Adamantoise is a fiend that appears inside Sin and the Omega Ruins.
Final Fantasy X-2[]
The Adamantoise appears in the Calm Lands, the Floating Ruins, and Via Infinito.
Final Fantasy XI[]
Adamantoise is a family of creatures 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 Aspichelone, 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, an the Adamantitan (アダマンタイタス, Adamantaitasu?) was named Adamantoise in the game's playable demo.
Final Fantasy XIII[]
Adamantoise and the other oretoises are the largest animals in the land of Gran Pulse. They can be fought in the Archylte Steppe. They are powerful, but can be quickly defeated once their left and right forelegs are destroyed.
Final Fantasy XIV[]
The common Adamantoise is a mid-level 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[]
Adamantoise is an enormous enemy fought during the Lonely Rumblings in Longwythe hunt. It has 5,624,000 HP, meaning it can take a long time to kill it. Director Hajime Tabata had mentioned it would take 30 in-game days, which would be close to 15 hours in real time.[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, 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 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 bit. 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 an adamantoise.
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The Adamantoise appears during the "Foreign Fiend" mission. Instead of a unique enemy, it is a high-level Blade Biter simply named "Adamantoise", and the party fights it at Baguba Port.
Final Fantasy Type-0[]
The Adamantoise is an enemy first be encountered in 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[]
A large, turtle-like creature, Adamantoise has high HP and guards by withdrawing in its shell.
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest[]
The Adamant Turtle can be found in the Lava Dome.
Final Fantasy Legend II[]
The Adamant is an enemy and possible transformation for the party's monster units. It can be encountered in Race World, Nasty World, and Valhalla World.
Final Fantasy Legend III[]
The Adamant is an enemy and a possible monster that the party can transform into.
Final Fantasy Dimensions[]
The Adamantoise is an optional post-game superboss fought in Gladiators' Hall. Each time it is defeated, the party gets 1–3 pieces of Adamantite, and the boss and levels up every 2 times it is defeated, up to a maximum level of 6.
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]
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The Adamantoise from Final Fantasy XIII appears as an enemy.
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call[]
Adamantoise appear as enemies in Battle Music Sequences.
Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]
Adamantoise 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 is an enemy fought on the Palamecia Desert. It uses Crush and drops the Coral Sword.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
Adamantoises from Final Fantasy II, IV, V, and Final Fantasy XV appear as enemies and bosses.
Final Fantasy Explorers[]
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Mobius Final Fantasy[]
The Adamantoise appears as a recurring boss. Its model is a recolored Final Fantasy XIV adamantoise.
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World of Final Fantasy[]
Adamantoise is a Mega Mirage from the Mantoise group. It can be transfigured from a Minimantoise with the Adamantoise Memento. Adamantoise can be found in The Low Seas after clearing an intervention quest, and become imprismable by inflicting 
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Addy the Adamantoise is a minor character, appearing briefly in the main storyline and as part of Rikku's Intervention story.
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales and Chocobo's Dungeon[]
The Adamantoise is a wood element creature, and has six cards under his name. Though he is a monster, not a summon like some of the other cards, his cards are superior for their defense.
Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]
![Adamantoise [5-126U] Chapter series card.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/f/f4/Adamantoise_TCG.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/81?cb=20170526062240)
![Adamantoise [4-121C] Opus series card.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/5/55/Adamantoise_4-121C_from_FFTCG_Opus.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/81?cb=20210304112847)
The Theatrhythm Adamantoise appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Water-elemental Monster cards.
Final Fantasy Portal App[]
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Adamantoises from Final Fantasy V and VIII appear as Triple Triad cards.
Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances[]
Itadaki Street[]
In Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable, Adamantaimai is a chance card with the ability: Can purchase pearl with 10% less.
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.