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Earth is an element in Final Fantasy VII. It is first available to the player upon reaching Kalm where they can obtain the Earth Materia. Earth attacks do not work on flying enemies, limiting its usefulness.
Abilities[]
| Items | Earth Drum, Earth Mallet |
|---|---|
| Limit Break | Landscaper |
| Materia | Elemental + Earth/Titan in a linked slot on a character's weapon. |
| Spell | Quake, Quake2, Quake3, Break |
| Summon | Titan, Typhon (multi-elemental) |
Earth misses against most flying enemies, and due to the mechanics of the elemental system, so will Typhon whose Disintegration attack has Earth as a component.
Enemy abilities[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Break | Earth-elemental magic damage and Petrify to one enemy | Safer∙Sephiroth |
| Club | Earth-elemental magic damage to one enemy. | Joker |
| Earthquake | Earth-elemental magic damage to all enemies. | Land Worm, Sea Worm |
| Grand Punch | Earth-elemental magic damage to one enemy. | Grand Horn |
| Iron Attack | Earth-elemental physical damage to all enemies. | Screamer, Staniv |
| Quake | Earth-elemental magic damage to one or all enemies. | Lost Number |
| Quake2 | Earth-elemental magic damage to one or all enemies. | Bagrisk, Lost Number, Ultimate Weapon |
| Quake3 | Earth-elemental magic damage to one or all enemies. | Gigas, Bizarro∙Sephiroth |
| Sandgun | Darkness to one enemy. | Desert Sahagin |
| Sandstorm | Earth-elemental physical damage and Darkness to all enemies. | Land Worm, Sea Worm |
| Sinking | Earth-elemental physical damage to one enemy. | Mu, Trickplay |
| Squash | Earth-elemental physical damage to one enemy. | Gigas |
| Suicide Drop | Earth-elemental physical damage to all enemies and transforms into second form (if not already in second form). | Hell House |
| Tremor | Earth-elemental magic damage to all enemies. | Schizo (Left), Schizo (Right) |
Protection[]
The following methods allow the player to protect against Earth-elemental damage:
| Accessories | Tetra Elemental |
|---|---|
| Armor | Escort Guard, Ziedrich |
| Materia | Elemental + Earth/Titan in a linked slot on a character's armor |
| Spell | Shield |
| Limit Break | Great Gospel |
Enemies[]
| Weak | Halve | Nullify | Absorb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawler, Flower Prong, Icicle, Jenova∙LIFE | Iron Man, Mover, Demons Gate | Aero Combatant, Allemagne, Ancient Dragon, Ark Dragon, Black Bat, Bloatfloat, Blugu, Bomb, Brain Pod, Cactuar, Corvette, Crown Lance, Deenglow, Diver Nest, Dragon Rider, Eagle Gun, Flapbeat, Formula, Garuda, Ghirofelgo, Ghost, Ghost Ship, Grenade, Joker, Lessaloploth, Malldancer, Mono Drive, Needle Kiss, Parasite, Rilfsak, Serpent, Shred, Slaps, Sonic Speed, Sword Dance, Tonadu, Zemzelett, Zuu, Air Buster, Bottomswell, Emerald Weapon, Eye, Gi Nattak, Gorkii, Heli Gunner, Jenova∙SYNTHESIS, Safer∙Sephiroth, Sample:H0512-opt, Soul Fire, Ultimate Weapon (after Mideel, while flying) | Land Worm, Sea Worm, Trickplay, Ruby Weapon |
Use[]
Earth is useless against airborne enemies, reducing its overall usefulness. Only 4 enemies in the entire game are weak to the element, while the vast majority of other grounded enemies are neutral to the element. If the player is looking for an element to use, it is more advised to use either Fire, Ice, or Lightning. If the player still wishes to use Earth, there are not many means of using the element outside of the Earth and Titan Materia. For single targets, the Break spell is the best to use.
Protection against Earth is not highly needed as very few Earth abilities are used by enemies. If the player wishes to protect against the element, it is best used for the final boss and against Lost Number.