Concept artwork for Final Fantasy III.
The Land Turtle (ランドタートル, Randotātoru?), also known as LandTurtle, Turtle, Spiketoise, or Great Tortoise, is a recurring creature in the Final Fantasy series, first appearing in Final Fantasy II.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy II[]
The Land Turtle, also known as the Spiketoise, appears as a monster-in-a-box in Semitt Falls, guarding a Teleport Tome. It later appears as a random encounter in Deist, Fynn, and Dreadnought regions, and in Kashuan. It has high resistance to physical attacks and is weak to ice.
Final Fantasy III[]
The Land Turtle appears as a boss encountered in Altar Cave. It is fought only by Luneth in the 3D remake, but is fought by the full party in the 2D versions.
Final Fantasy V[]
The Land Turtle, also known as the LandTurtle, appears as an enemy encountered in the Moore region. It is weak to ice and can only use physical attacks. It will always drop a Turtle Shell.
Final Fantasy XII[]
The Great Tortoise appears as an enemy encountered in the Giza Plains during rainy weather.
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings[]
The Great Tortoise appears as a rank II non-elemental melee yahri.
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift[]
The Great Tortoise appears as a type of Shelling.
Crystal Defenders[]
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Final Fantasy Mystic Quest[]
The Land Turtle appears as an enemy encountered in the Wintry Cave. It can inflict Paralyze with the Para-Claw ability. It is weak to Axe weapons.
Final Fantasy Dimensions[]
The Great Tortoise appear as an enemy encountered in the Fabrica region. It has the ability Carapace which automatically hits a party member with a critical hit.
Final Fantasy Legend II[]
The Turtle appears as an enemy encountered in the Guardian's Base, and as a possible transformation for the party's monster units.
Final Fantasy Dimensions II[]
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The Land Turtle appears as a boss encountered in the early game, and is the most basic member of its family.
Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]
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The Land Turtles from Final Fantasy II and III appear as enemies and bosses. Notably, the III version uses the Great Tortoise name despite only ever being localized as Land Turtle in its home game.
Mobius Final Fantasy[]
The Great Tortoise appears as an earth-elemental Mage ability card, granting the Rock 'n' Roll ability.
Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon[]
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Bravely series[]
In Bravely Default, the Land Turtle is a an aquatic boss. It is fought at the end of Mount Fragmentum in order to pass into the Yulyana Region. It also appears in Bravely Second: End Layer.