Quake, the sole Earth-elemental spell.
Earth is an element in Final Fantasy VI. Earth does not work on flying enemies and those with Float.
Abilities[]
| Spells | Quake |
|---|---|
| Summons | Midgardsormr |
| Weapons | Gravity Rod |
Enemy abilities[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Land Slide | Inflicts Earth damage to the party. | Aspidochelon, Muud Suud, Earth Dragon, Abyss Worm |
| Lifeshaver | Inflicts Earth damage to one target and heals user equal to damage dealt. | Outcast, Misfit, Tumbleweed, Shambling Corpse, Primeval Dragon, Crusher |
| Magnitude 8 | Inflicts Earth damage to the party. | Hill Gigas, Oceanus, Angler Whelk, Landworm, Abyss Worm, Earth Dragon, Omega Weapon, Visage, Gorgimera, Ultros (3rd), Antares, Number 024, Crane (Left), Crane (Right) |
| Quake | Inflicts Earth damage to the party. | Litwor Chicken, Medusa Chicken, Earth Dragon, Level 60 Magic, Master Tonberry, Ultima Buster, Ultima Weapon, Abyss Worm, Gargantua, Kaiser Dragon, Omega Weapon, Great Dragon, Visage |
Protection[]
| Armor | Cat-ear Hood (Resists), Dueling Mask (Resists), Force Armor (Resists), Force Shield (Resists), Gaia Gear (Absorbs), Minerva Bustier (Resists), Paladin's Shield (Absorbs) |
|---|---|
| Relics | Angel Wings |
| Spells | Float |
In addition, the Cursed Shield makes the wearer weak to Earth attacks.
Enemies[]
| Weak | Level 90 Magic, Erebus (Bottom Center), Erebus (Bottom Right), Hidon, Magic, Siegfried (Colosseum) |
|---|---|
| Nullifies | Flan, Io, Joker, Mousse, Naude, Zone Eater, Abyss Worm, Flame Eater, Flan Princess, Ifrit, Nelapa, Shiva, Valigarmanda |
| Absorbs | Great Malboro, Hill Gigas, Landworm, Erebus (Bottom Left), Malboro Menace, Tentacle (Upper Left), Tiger, Ultima Buster, Visage |
The following automatically have Float, making them innately immune to Earth-elemental attacks:
| Al Jabr, Angel Whisper, Apparition, Armodullahan, Aspiran, Baalzephon, Bomb, Brainpan, Bug, Caladrius, Chaser, Cirpius, Clymenus, Darkside, Darkwind, Dragon Aevis, Eukaryote, Face, Fiend Dragon, Galypdes, Ghost, Grasswyrm, Grenade, Harvester, Hornet, InnoSent, Joker, Junker, Land Grillon, Lenergia, Lesser Lopros, Level 10 Magic, Level 40 Magic, Level 60 Magic, Lich, Lunatys, Luridan, Marchosias, Misfit, Moonform, Mover, Naude, Necromancer, Nettlehopper, Nightwalker, Ninja, Outcast, Pandora, Parasite, Platinum Dragon, Poplium, Provoker, Psychos, Rock Wasp, Rukh, Satellite, Schmidt, Shambling Corpse, Sky Armor, Spritzer, Trapper, Vasegiatta, Vulture, Zaveak, Earth Dragon, Lady, Laragorn, Nelapa, Neslug, Power, Rest, Rhizopas, Storm Dragon (Zozo), Ultima Weapon, Ultros (Esper Caves), Valigarmanda |
Use[]
Earth is one of the weaker elements for the player to use, as they only have access to three methods of inflicting damage with the element, and most enemies will nullify the element outright, or absorb it. As the spell Quake also hurts the players party unless they are geared for the element, and there are better methods of dealing damage to enemies with other elements, Earth is largely unneeded.
For protection, if the player is fighting against an enemy or boss that uses primarily Earth-elemental attacks, such as the Earth Dragon, they can use the Gaia Gear to absorb the attacks or use Float or Angel Wings to avoid the attack outright. The player will not be able to protect against the earliest instance of Earth-elemental damage, which is the Magnitude 8 from the Hill Gigas at Zozo. Having Gaia Gear for when traversing the Cave to the Sealed Gate is highly recommended as the player will run into Outcasts quite often, who will use the Lifeshaver ability, as well as on the Floating Continent due to the ability being commonly used by the Misfit enemy there.