The Earth Elemental, also known as the Gnoma or EARTH, is an enemy in Final Fantasy, fought in the Cavern of Earth and Chaos Shrine. The Earth Elemental is weak to Fire, but resists most other magical attacks.
Stats[]
- ↑ Resists prior to pixel remaster.
Formations[]
- Pixel remaster
Number | Enemies | Can flee? | Musical theme | Location | Rate/1000 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
102 | Earth Elemental x1 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B1 | Fixed | |
Cavern of Earth B2 | Fixed | ||||
Cavern of Earth B3 | Fixed | ||||
473 | Earth Elemental x4 | Battle | Chaos Shrine B1 | 60 | |
474 | Earth Elemental x3 | Battle | Chaos Shrine B1 | 70 | |
475 | Earth Elemental x2 | Battle | Chaos Shrine B1 | 80 | |
476 | Earth Elemental x1 | Battle | Chaos Shrine B1 | 80 | |
799 | Earth Elemental x1 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B5 | 60 |
- Other releases
Number | Enemies | Maximum | Can flee? | Ambush% | Musical theme | Location | Rate/64 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
033 | Earth Elemental x1 | 4 large | 4 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B1 | Fixed | |
Cavern of Earth B2 | Fixed | ||||||
Cavern of Earth B3 | Fixed | ||||||
Cavern of Earth B5 | 1 | ||||||
161 | Earth Elemental x2-4 | 4 large | 4 | Battle | Chaos Shrine B1 | 15 |
AI script[]
Action | Probability | |
---|---|---|
PR | Other releases | |
Attack | 96.15% | 100% |
Flee | 3.85% | Morale check[note 1] |
- Morale check
# Fear | Morale | Min flee level | 100% flee level | % at max level |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 200 | — | — | 0% |
1 | 160 | 41 | — | 39.22% |
2 | 120 | 21 | 46 | 100% |
3 | 80 | 1 | 26 | 100% |
4 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 100% |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
- ↑ Earth Elementals will only make a Morale check in the NES release; other Morale-based releases prevent all Earth Elemental formations from fleeing.
Other appearances[]
Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]

Etymology[]
elemental is a mythic being described in occult and alchemical works from around the time of the European Renaissance and particularly elaborated in the 16th century works of Paracelsus.
Angnome, which is said to live underground and is the Earth Elemental in alchemy.
Gnoma is named after the mythological creature