A giant roaming the town of Zozo. He puts all of his strength into a mean HeadButt. Sometimes he'll also send a Magnitude 8 quake at you.
Final Fantasy VI PlayStation Bestiary entry
The Hill Gigas, also known as HadesGigas, is an enemy in Final Fantasy VI. It is one of the most dangerous enemies in Zozo, and has the second most HP of any normal enemy in the game met to this point.
Stats[]
Battle[]
Hill Gigas's special attack, Headbutt, deals high damage to the target, and when defeated, it has a 33% chance of casting Magnitude 8 as a final attack, which deals moderate 
Earth-elemental damage to the entire party.
Locke can steal a Gigas Glove from Hill Gigas, boosting the damage done by the wearer's physical attacks.
Strategy[]
There are two ways to get around Hill Gigas's Magnitude 8 final attack: have Celes cast Imp on it, preventing it from using magic, or have Gau use the Mu Rage, which casts Snare; this kills the Gigas instantly and prevents it from using its final attack.
One of the safest ways to steal from Hill Gigas is to utilize Edgar's Tools. When battling Gobbledygook, also found in Zozo, the player can use Noiseblaster to confuse it, which prompts it to cast Invisible on the party, making them immune to physical attacks. Afterward, the player can fight Hill Gigas and have Edgar use Noiseblaster on him. He only has enough MP to cast Magnitude 8 three times, which he will do fairly quickly against himself while confused. The player can take their time with stealing, as Hill Gigas cannot hit the party physically if they are 
Invisible, and Magnitude 8 will soon be rendered useless.
Formations[]
| Number | Enemies | Encounter flags | Introduction flag | Musical theme | Magic AP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Back | Surrounded | Side | |||||
| 102 | Hill Gigas | Sides, individual | Battle | 1 | ||||
| 110 | Hill Gigas, Harvester | Sides, individual | Battle | 2 | ||||
AI script[]
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Headbutt (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (66%) or Nothing (33%)
3rd Turn: Attack (66%) or Nothing (33%)
If killed:
- Target: All Characters
- Magnitude 8 (33%)
Other appearances[]
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy[]
The Hill Gigas appears as an enemy.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
Hill Gigas from Final Fantasy VI appears as an enemy in Final Fantasy Record Keeper.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
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Hill Gigas appears with an Earth-elemental card.
Final Fantasy Portal App[]
Hill Gigas appears as a Triple Triad card.
Other media[]
Taros in Bahamut Lagoon.
The sprite shared between Hill Gigas, Gargantua, Giant, Gigantos, and Glasya Labolas was used and modified for the Colossus and Taros enemies in Bahamut Lagoon.
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.
Hades (ᾍδης, Hā́idēs) is the Greek god of the underworld, as well as the name of the underworld itself. Despite many modern portrayals, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, though respected and feared in equal measure, Hades was not represented as evil, only just and resolute. In Christianity, the same Greek name is either translated into English as Hell or simply transliterated as "Hades" in the Bible. The Greek term is used to translate the Hebrew term Sheol in almost all instances in the Septuagint and appears in the New Testament.