A drum that resonates with the earth, summoning an earthquake. Casts Earthquake IX.
Description, Final Fantasy II
The Gaia Drum (大地のドラム, Daichi no Doramu?), also known as the Earth Drum or Earthen Drums, is a recurring offensive item in the Final Fantasy series. It has the power to summon earthquakes in all of its appearances. Avian foes are usually immune to its effects.
Appearances
Final Fantasy II
Template:Sideicon Gaia Drum first appears in Final Fantasy II and casts Earthquake X, being the only way to deal Earth damage to all enemies at once.
Gaia Drum | |
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Effect | Casts Earthquake X. |
Buy | Tropical Island |
Find | Tropical Island |
Drop | Green Dragon, Beelzebub, Beelzebub Soul |
Cost | 8,000 gil |
Final Fantasy III
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Earthen Drums | |
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Effect | Casts Quake. |
Buy | N/A |
Find | Duster, Lake Dohr, Bahamut's Lair |
Steal | N/A |
Drop | Roper, Black Flan, Dread Knight |
Cost | N/A |
Final Fantasy IV
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Gaia Drum | |
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Also Known As | Earth Drum |
Effect | Casts Quake. |
Buy | N/A |
Find | Subterrane |
Steal From | N/A |
Drop | Undergrounder, Arachne, Tarantula |
Cost | N/A |
Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-
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Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Template:Sideicon The Gaia Drum casts Quake on all targets.
Final Fantasy VII
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Earth Drum | |
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Effect | Casts Quake2 on all enemies. |
Buy | N/A |
Find | N/A |
Steal | Christopher |
Drop | Flower Prong, Screamer |
Morph | N/A |
Cost | N/A |
Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-
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Final Fantasy Adventure
Template:Sideicon Earth Drum is a dummied out item, it's unknown what effect it would have had.
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Template:Sideicon Gaia Drum can be bought for 300 G at Urbeth, while one can be found in Liberte. It inflicts Earth-elemental damage to all enemies.
Bravely Default
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A conch shell containing the thunderous sound of the Titans, a race of giants that are said to have opposed the gods in the Age of Myths.
Earth Drum deals moderate earth damage to all enemies (or allies). It can be bought from the Adventurer (Norende Village Combat Item Shop Lv. 5) for 200 pg.
Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
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Gallery
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Etymology
Gaia or Gaea was the goddess or personification of Earth in ancient Greek religion, one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia was the mother of all: the heavenly gods, the Titans and the Giants were born from her union with Uranus (the sky), while the sea-gods were born from her union with Pontus (the sea). The Greek word "γαῖα" (transliterated as gaia or gaea) is a collateral form of "γῆ" meaning Earth. Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was named Gaea (Terra in more ancient documents). This is alluded to in Final Fantasy IX with the existence of Gaia's twin world.
The mythological name Gaia was revived in 1979 by James Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis proposes that living organisms and inorganic material are part of a dynamic system that shapes the Earth's biosphere, and maintains the Earth as a fit environment for life. In some Gaia theory approaches the Earth itself is viewed as an organism with self-regulatory functions. This theory is especially alluded to in the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within take on Gaia as the planet's soul.
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