Concept artwork for Final Fantasy II.
The Antlion (アントリオン, Antorion? or アリ
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy II[]
The Antlion appears as an enemy encountered around the large desert in Palamecia. It has a powerful physical attack that can cause Paralysis, along with an elemental weakness to Ice and Poison.
Final Fantasy IV[]
The Antlion appears as a boss encountered in the Antlion's Den near Damcyan. The secretion it produces when laying eggs can become a Sand Pearl. Cecil, Edward, and Rydia venture into the cave to obtain a Sand Pearl to heal Rosa from her desert fever. Despite normally being a docile creature, the Antlion unexpectedly attacks the party.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]
The Antlion appears as an optional boss encountered in the Crystals Tale in Damcyan. A horde of Antlions overrun the castle due to the of the effects of the True Moon.
Final Fantasy V[]
The Antlion, also known as the Antolyon, appears as a boss encountered near Castle Tycoon in the merged world. Bartz and Krile encounter it while riding Boko, falling into its pit trap. After defeating it, Faris helps them climb out.
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals[]
The Antlion appears near the beginning of the first episode when Linaly and Hassam travel through the desert on the way to the Wind Shrine. The monster chases the two, who attempt to escape by chocobo, and almost kills before Prettz arrives and decapitates it.
Final Fantasy IX[]
The Antlion appears as a boss encountered near Cleyra. It captures Prince Puck when the Alexandrian army attacks Cleyra. It can later be encountered in the desert on the Outer Continent if the party attempts to enter the Desert Palace through the wrong sand pits.
Final Fantasy XI[]
The Antlion appears as a family of vermin added in the Chains of Promathia expansion. They are generally not aggressive. There are also jugs that can be used by Beastmasters that summon Antlions as pets.
Final Fantasy XII[]
The Antlion appears as a mark in the Lhusu Mines. It made its den deep in the mines, where some local children had gotten lost. The name "Antlion" is also used as the call sign of an unknown imperial contacted by the pilot of Air Cutter Remora.
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings[]
The Antlion appears as a rank II non-elemental melee enemy.
Final Fantasy XIV[]
The Antlion appears as a family of vilekin introduced in the Stormblood expansion. While based off of the Final Fantasy XI Antlion, the Damcyan Antlion boss encountered in 
The Lunar Subterrane uses a unique skin based on the Final Fantasy IV Antlion.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles[]
The Antlion appears as a boss encountered in the Lynari Desert, aided by a variety of Scorpions. It lives in a sandpit.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance[]
The Antlion appears as an enemy. Blue Mages can learn LV3 Def-Less from it.
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift[]
The Antlion appears as an earth-elemental enemy. It has the ability to cannibalize allied units and spew bodily fluids to inflict debuffs.
Crystal Defenders[]
The Antlion appears as a basic, weak enemy and is usually among of the first waves encountered.
The Final Fantasy Legend[]
The Ant Lion appears as an enemy encountered on the eleventh floor of the Tower, is a possible transformation for monster units.
Final Fantasy Legend II[]
The Ant Lion appears as an enemy encountered in Venus' World and Race World, and is a possible transformation for monster units.
Final Fantasy Dimensions[]
The Antlion appears an optional boss encountered in Kaklim Desert. The Warriors of Darkness have to fight it to get the Sand Pearl to cure a child in Gardenia Slums.
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]
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Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]
The Final Fantasy V and IX Antlions appear as bosses. The Revenant Wings Antlion also appears as an enemies.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
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The Final Fantasy IV, V, and IX Antlions appear as bosses.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
The Antlion appears as a boss encountered in the Zadehl Westersands, Ballen Passage Depths, and Colosseum. It also appears during the "March of the Beasts" trial and the events "The Gathering" and "Sun, Sand, and Sea."
Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]
The Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Antlion appears as an Earth-elemental card.
Other appearances[]
Kingdom Hearts[]
In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, the Antlion appears as a Heartless boss in Agrabah that Roxas battles. It has a bug-like appearance, and is able to both burrow underground and create sandy whirlwinds.
Octopath Traveler II[]
The Sand Lion appears as the boss of Castti's route in Chapter 2 of Octopath Traveler II. Similar to Final Fantasy IV, it is described as being docile normally, but set off by fighting.
Etymology[]
Antlions are a family of insects, known by the scientific name Myrmeleontidae. "Antlion" usually refers to the larval form of the insect, and they are so named because the larva's typical food is ants, though they will eat other insects as well. Antlions will dig pits in sand inches deep and lurk in the bottom waiting for prey to come close. When the prey falls into the pit, the loose sand on the sides of the pit prevents them from escaping and causes them to fall further down towards the antlion. The antlion's jaws are hollow, and upon biting its prey it will suck out its juices rather than actually eat it. When the antlion is finished, it flicks the husk out of its sandpit and fixes any damage done to the walls, then waits for its next meal to pass by.
"Ant-lions" are also large mythical creatures with features of ants and lions.