Bahamut's Lair, also known as Cave of Bahamut, is an optional dungeon in Final Fantasy III on the Floating Continent.
The cave itself is located to the southeast of Vikings' Cove, but the player must cross the mountains to the east of Bahamut's Lair on the Invincible to reach the entrance. The party can fight Bahamut here to obtain him as a summon. The player must travel through the cave and find the exit, which will take them to a part of the world map that is inaccessible by airship, where they will fight Bahamut.
Items[]
| Item | Location |
|---|---|
| Earthen Drums | First Area |
| Heavenly Wrath | First Area |
| Phoenix Down | First Area |
| Arctic Wind | First Area |
| Golem Staff | Second Area |
| White Musk | Second Area |
| Bacchus's Cider | Second Area |
| Chocobo's Wrath | Second Area |
| Turtle Shell | Second Area |
| DarkScent (NES Only) | Third Area |
| Eurytos Bow (DS Only) | Third Area |
| Phoenix Down | Third Area |
| Elixir | Third Area |
| Kotetsu | Third Area |
| Bahamut | Defeat Bahamut |
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Musical themes[]
Bahamut's Lair background music is the "Dungeons" theme.
Other appearances[]
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Etymology[]
Bahamut (Arabic بهموت Bahamūt) originated as an enormous whale in ancient pre-Islamic Arabian mythology. Upon Bahamut's back stands a bull with four thousand eyes, ears, noses, mouths, tongues and feet called Kujuta (also spelled "Kuyutha") (compared with the pair of Behemoth and Leviathan). Between each of these is a distance of a 500-year journey. On the back of Kujuta is a mountain of ruby. Atop this mountain is an angel who carries six hells, earth, and seven heavens on its shoulders.
Another version of the Arabic story is that Bahamut is indeed a dragon and he stands on a whale called Liwash.
In modern times, the game Dungeons & Dragons is responsible for reimagining Bahamut as the king of dragons, a benevolent Platinum Dragon; the opposite of the malevolent Tiamat, the five-headed Chromatic Queen of Dragons.