The Hill Gigas, also known as the GIANT, is an enemy in the original Final Fantasy. It is initially encountered one of the strongest enemies in the Cavern of Earth, and is a common enemy for the mid-portion of the game thereafter. In pre-Pixel Remaster releases, the corridor west of the entrance in the Cavern of Earth features Hill Gigas fixed encounters on every tile, making for an effective level grinding location.
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Concept artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.
- Pixel Remaster
Number | Enemies | Can flee? | Musical theme | Location | Rate/1000 |
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046 | Lizard x2, Werewolf x2, Goblin Guard x3, Hill Gigas x2 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B4 | 20 | |
095 | Hill Gigas x2 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B2 | 80 | |
Cavern of Earth B5 | 70 | ||||
Crescent Lake-Ryukahn Desert region | 60 | ||||
096 | Hill Gigas x1 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B2 | 80 | |
Cavern of Earth B5 | 70 | ||||
Crescent Lake-Ryukahn Desert region | 60 | ||||
097 | Lizard x3, Hill Gigas x2 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B1 | Fixed | |
098 | Lizard x2, Hill Gigas x1 | Battle | Mount Gulg B2 | 80 | |
Mount Gulg B3 | 60 | ||||
099 | Hill Gigas x1 | Battle | Mount Gulg B2 | 80 | |
381 | Lizard x2, Hill Gigas x3 | Battle | Northern Citadel of Trials region | 50 | |
382 | Lizard x1, Hill Gigas x2 | Battle | Northern Citadel of Trials region | 70 | |
383 | Hill Gigas x1 | Battle | Northern Citadel of Trials region | 80 | |
461 | Hill Gigas x4 | Battle | Lufenia region | 60 | |
462 | Hill Gigas x3 | Battle | Lufenia region | 60 | |
463 | Hill Gigas x2 | Battle | Lufenia region | 60 | |
464 | Hill Gigas x4, Lizard x1 | Battle | Gaia-Onrac-Waterfall Cavern region | 50 | |
465 | Lizard x1, Hill Gigas x3 | Battle | Gaia-Onrac-Waterfall Cavern region | 60 | |
466 | Lizard x1, Hill Gigas x2 | Battle | Gaia-Onrac-Waterfall Cavern region | 60 | |
467 | Lizard x1, Hill Gigas x1 | Battle | Gaia-Onrac-Waterfall Cavern region | 70 | |
798 | Lizard x3, Hill Gigas x2 | Battle | Mount Gulg B3 | 50 |
- Other releases
Number | Enemies | Maximum | Can flee? | Ambush% | Musical theme | Location | Rate/64 |
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014 | Goblin Guard x0-5, Werewolf x1-3, Hill Gigas x0-2, Lizard x0-2 | 2 large 6 small | 33 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B4 | 9 | |
030 | Hill Gigas x1-2 | 4 large | 4 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B2 | 1 | |
Cavern of Earth B5 | 6 | ||||||
Crescent Lake-Ryukahn Desert region | 12 | ||||||
031 | Hill Gigas x1-2, Lizard | 4 large | 4 | Battle | Cavern of Earth B1 | Fixed | |
Mount Gulg B2 | 12 | ||||||
Mount Gulg B3 | 12 | ||||||
137 | Hill Gigas x1-3, Lizard x0-2 | 4 large | 4 | Battle | Northern Citadel of Trials region | 9 | |
158 | Hill Gigas x2-4 | 4 large | 4 | Battle | Lufenia region | 24 | |
159 | Hill Gigas x1-4, Lizard x1 | 4 large | 4 | Battle | Gaia-Onrac-Waterfall Cavern region | 1 |
AI script[]
Action | Probability | |
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PR | Other releases | |
Attack | 96.15% | 100% |
Flee | 3.85% | Morale check |
- Morale check
# Fear | Morale | Max level 50 | Max level 99 | ||||
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Min flee level | 100% flee level | % at max level | Min flee level | 100% flee level | % at max level | ||
0 | 136 | 29 | — | 86.27% | 57 | — | 84.31% |
1 | 96 | 9 | 34 | 100% | 17 | 67 | 100% |
2 | 56 | 1 | 14 | 100% | 1 | 27 | 100% |
3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Etymology[]
Gigas is a popular term for races of giants in fantasy games. Gigas is a Greek word meaning "giant", originally used to describe the race of Gigantes in Greek mythology and is used in the scientific name, as the specific epithet, of hundreds of species of animals and dozens of plant species to denote their size.
Giant is the English word, coined 1297, commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength.