The Basilisk, also known as the SAURIA, is an enemy in the original Final Fantasy. They may first be encountered in the Cardian Islands and Citadel of Trials regions. They later appear in Chaos Shrine, on floor B1, as a rare encounter.
Stats[]
Strategy[]
Concept artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.
Physical attacks are the primary way to defeat these enemies; magic can be saved for the more difficult encounters in the Chaos Shrine. Due to their average Defense, Basilisks are not hard to defeat. Basilisks use Gaze to petrify party members, but they also drop Gold Needles upon defeat.
Formations[]
- Pixel remaster
| Number | Enemies | Can flee? | Musical theme | Location | Rate/1000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 | Basilisk x2 | Battle | Northern Citadel of Trials region | 70 | |
| Cardian Islands-Citadel of Trials region | 60 | ||||
| 168 | Basilisk x1 | Battle | Northern Citadel of Trials region | 70 | |
| Cardian Islands-Citadel of Trials region | 70 | ||||
| 568 | Basilisk x4 | Battle | Chaos Shrine B1 | 70 | |
| 569 | Basilisk x3 | Battle | Chaos Shrine B1 | 70 | |
| 570 | Basilisk x2 | Battle | Chaos Shrine B1 | 80 |
- Other releases
| Number | Enemies | Maximum | Can flee? | Ambush% | Musical theme | Location | Rate/64 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 058 | Basilisk x1-2 | 4 large | 27 | Battle | Cardian Islands-Citadel of Trials region | 6 | |
| Northern Citadel of Trials region | 1 | ||||||
| 186 | Basilisk x2-4 | 4 large | 27 | Battle | Chaos Shrine B1 | 1 |
AI script[]
| Action | Probability | |
|---|---|---|
| PR | Other releases | |
| Attack | 60% | 50% |
| Gaze | 35% | 50% |
| Flee | 5% | Morale check |
- Morale check
| # Fear | Morale | Max level 50 | Max level 99 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min flee level | 100% flee level | % at max level | Min flee level | 100% flee level | % at max level | ||
| 0 | 200 | — | — | 0% | — | — | 0% |
| 1 | 160 | 41 | — | 39.22% | 81 | — | 37.25% |
| 2 | 120 | 21 | 46 | 100% | 41 | 91 | 100% |
| 3 | 80 | 1 | 26 | 100% | 1 | 51 | 100% |
| 4 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 100% | 1 | 11 | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Etymology[]
The Basilisk is a fictional beast that appeared in medieval bestiaries, it is said that a single gaze to their eyes would kill or petrify the observer. It was supposed to appear when a chicken's egg was hatched by a snake or a frog (hence their reptilian appearance).
In the NES version, the Basilisk was called Sauria. Sauria derives from saura, which means "reptile" in Greek.