The Hydra, also known as the HYDRA, is an enemy in the original Final Fantasy. Their many heads allow them to get up to three hits per attack.
Stats[]
Formations[]
Concept artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.
- Pixel remaster
| Number | Enemies | Can flee? | Musical theme | Location | Rate/1000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Hydra x2 | Battle | Dummied | ||
| 101 | Hydra x1 | Battle | Dummied | ||
| 284 | Ochu x2, Hydra x2 | Battle | Gaia-Onrac-Waterfall Cavern region | 60 | |
| Northern Citadel of Trials region | 70 | ||||
| Cardian Islands-Citadel of Trials region | 60 | ||||
| 285 | Hydra x1 | Battle | Northern Citadel of Trials region | 70 | |
| 297 | Piranha x2, Crocodile x2, Ochu x1, Hydra x1 | Battle | Rivers | 30 | |
| 298 | Crocodile x1, Piranha x1, Ochu x1, Hydra x1 | Battle | Rivers | 50 | |
| 299 | Ochu x1, Hydra x1 | Battle | Dummied | ||
| 468 | Crocodile x3, Hydra x4 | Battle | Rivers | 20 | |
| 469 | Crocodile x2, Hydra x3 | Battle | Rivers | 20 | |
| 470 | Crocodile x2, Hydra x2 | Battle | Rivers | 50 | |
| 471 | Crocodile x1, Hydra x1 | Battle | Dummied | ||
| 472 | Hydra x1 | Battle | Dummied | ||
| 702 | Ochu x1, Hydra x1 | Battle | Dummied | ||
| 703 | Hydra x1 | Battle | Dummied |
- Other releases
| Number | Enemies | Maximum | Can flee? | Ambush% | Musical theme | Location | Rate/64 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 032 | Hydra x1-2 | 4 large | 27 | Battle | Rivers | 24 | [note 1] | |
| 096 | Hydra x1-2, Ochu x0-2 | 4 large | 33 | Battle | Cardian Islands-Citadel of Trials region | 12 | ||
| Northern Citadel of Trials region | 12 | [note 2] | ||||||
| Gaia-Onrac-Waterfall Cavern region | 6 | [note 2] | ||||||
| 101 | Piranha x0-2, Crocodile x0-2, Ochu x1, Hydra x0-1 | 2 large 6 small | 30 | Battle | Rivers | 18 | [note 3] | |
| 160 | Hydra x1-4, Crocodile x0-3 | 2 large 6 small | 27 | Battle | Rivers | 24 | [note 3] [note 4] | |
| 224 | Hydra x1, Ochu x0-1 | 4 large | 33 | Battle | Rivers | 6 | [note 1] |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 This encounter only occurs in southern rivers in the NES release; it is dummied in all other releases.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 This encounter will not occur in deserts in the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary releases.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 In the NES releases, this encounter occurs only in northern rivers; in all other releases it appears in both northern and southern rivers.
- ↑ Despite having a coded maximum of 4 Hydras, this formation allows a maximum of 2 large enemies; as such, a maximum of 2 Hydras may appear, but the range makes it more likely that the maximum will appear.
AI script[]
| Action | Probability | |
|---|---|---|
| PR | Other releases | |
| Attack | 96.15% | 100% |
| Flee | 3.85% | Morale check |
- Morale check
| # Fear | Morale | Max level 50 | Max level 99 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min flee level | 100% flee level | % at max level | Min flee level | 100% flee level | % at max level | ||
| 0 | 138 | 30 | — | 82.35% | 59 | — | 80.39% |
| 1 | 98 | 10 | 35 | 100% | 19 | 69 | 100% |
| 2 | 58 | 1 | 15 | 100% | 1 | 19 | 100% |
| 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Etymology[]
The Hydra was one of the spawn of Echidna, a many-headed serpentine monstrosity in Ancient Greek mythology. It could breathe poison, and indeed its very blood was deadly. The Hydra was killed as one of Heracles's Twelve Labors.