Tonberry (Final Fantasy VIII enemy)

The Tonberry is an enemy in Final Fantasy VIII encountered in the Centra Ruins and in Ultimecia Castle. After defeating approximately 18–24 Tonberries (random, determined on each new game), a battle against the Tonberry King can initiate in the Centra Ruins. Defeating the King will grant the player the Tonberry GF.

The player can leave the ruins and the count will not reset. Carding does count as defeating the Tonberry for the purposes of summoning the King, but Tonberry King will not appear in a battle where the Tonberry is defeated by carding. Tonberries killed in Ultimecia Castle also count toward this threshold, but the King can never appear there.

Stats[edit | edit source]

Ultimania #
#105 ←	#106	→ #107

Classification

Location

Centra Ruins
Ultimecia Castle - Passageway, Master Room, Clock Tower

Class

None

Scan

Mysterious being living in dungeons. Walks slowly towards the enemy and kills that enemy with the Chef's Knife.

AP

1

Card drop (3.5%)

Tonberry

Card

Tonberry (93.7%)
Iguion (6.3%)

Elemental affinities

Fire

Thunder

Ice

Water

100%

Wind

Earth

Poison

Holy

100%

Damage	Ground	Gravity
100%	Damage	Damage

Statuses and resistances

Death

Poison

Petrify

Blind

Immune

Silence

Berserk

Zombie

Sleep

Immune

Haste

Slow

Stop

Regen

Immune

Reflect

Doom

Petrifying

Float

Immune

Drain

Confuse

Eject

Card

Immune

0%

LV Up

LV Down

The End

0%

Level 1 - 100

Devour

Refreshing!

Abilities

Everyone's Grudge, Chef's Knife

Stats

Lv	HP	STR	MAG	VIT	SPR	SPD	EVA
1	15200	19	8	32	37	12	1
2	15400	21	10	33	38	13	1
3	15600	23	12	35	40	13	1
4	15800	25	14	37	42	13	1
5	16000	26	16	39	44	13	1
6	16200	28	18	40	45	14	1
7	16400	30	20	42	47	14	1
8	16600	32	22	44	49	14	1
9	16800	34	24	46	51	14	1
10	17000	36	26	47	52	15	1
11	17200	38	28	49	54	15	1
12	17400	40	30	51	56	15	1
13	17600	42	32	53	58	15	1
14	17800	44	34	54	59	16	1
15	18000	45	36	56	61	16	1
16	18200	48	38	58	63	16	1
17	18400	49	40	60	65	16	1
18	18600	51	42	61	66	17	1
19	18800	53	44	63	68	17	1
20	19000	55	46	65	70	17	1
21	19200	57	48	67	72	17	1
22	19400	59	50	68	73	18	1
23	19600	60	52	70	75	18	1
24	19800	62	54	72	77	18	1
25	20000	64	56	74	79	18	1
26	20200	66	58	75	80	19	1
27	20400	68	60	77	82	19	1
28	20600	70	62	79	84	19	1
29	20800	71	64	81	86	19	1
30	21000	73	66	82	87	20	1
31	21200	75	68	84	89	20	1
32	21400	77	70	86	91	20	1
33	21600	79	72	88	93	20	1
34	21800	81	74	89	94	21	1
35	22000	83	76	91	96	21	1
36	22200	85	78	93	98	21	1
37	22400	86	80	95	100	21	1
38	22600	88	81	96	101	22	1
39	22800	90	83	98	103	22	1
40	23000	92	86	100	105	22	1
41	23200	94	87	102	107	22	1
42	23400	96	89	103	108	23	1
43	23600	97	91	105	110	23	1
44	23800	99	93	107	112	23	1
45	24000	101	95	109	114	23	1
46	24200	103	97	110	115	24	1
47	24400	104	99	112	117	24	1
48	24600	107	101	114	119	24	1
49	24800	108	103	116	121	24	1
50	25000	110	105	117	122	25	1
51	25200	112	107	119	124	25	1
52	25400	114	109	121	126	25	1
53	25600	115	111	123	128	25	1
54	25800	117	113	124	129	26	1
55	26000	119	115	126	131	26	1
56	26200	121	116	128	133	26	1
57	26400	123	118	130	135	26	1
58	26600	125	120	131	136	27	1
59	26800	126	122	133	138	27	1
60	27000	128	124	135	140	27	1
61	27200	130	126	137	142	27	1
62	27400	132	128	138	143	28	1
63	27600	133	130	140	145	28	1
64	27800	135	132	142	147	28	1
65	28000	137	134	144	149	28	1
66	28200	139	136	145	150	29	1
67	28400	140	137	147	152	29	1
68	28600	142	139	149	154	29	1
69	28800	144	141	151	156	29	1
70	29000	146	143	152	157	30	1
71	29200	147	145	154	159	30	1
72	29400	150	147	156	161	30	1
73	29600	151	149	158	163	30	1
74	29800	153	151	159	164	31	1
75	30000	155	153	161	166	31	1
76	30200	156	155	163	168	31	1
77	30400	158	156	165	170	31	1
78	30600	160	158	166	171	32	1
79	30800	161	160	168	173	32	1
80	31000	164	162	170	175	32	1
81	31200	165	164	172	177	32	1
82	31400	167	166	173	178	33	1
83	31600	169	168	175	180	33	1
84	31800	170	170	177	182	33	1
85	32000	172	172	179	184	33	1
86	32200	174	173	180	185	34	1
87	32400	175	175	182	187	34	1
88	32600	178	177	184	189	34	1
89	32800	179	179	186	191	34	1
90	33000	181	181	187	192	35	1
91	33200	183	183	189	194	35	1
92	33400	184	185	191	196	35	1
93	33600	186	187	193	198	35	1
94	33800	188	188	194	199	36	1
95	34000	189	190	196	201	36	1
96	34200	191	192	198	203	36	1
97	34400	193	194	200	205	36	1
98	34600	195	196	201	206	37	1
99	34800	196	197	203	208	37	1
100	35000	198	200	205	210	37	1

Stat formula

HP

200(Lv) + 15000

STR

([7.5(Lv)] + [(Lv) / 8] - [(Lv)² / 260] + 70) / 4

MAG

([8(Lv)] + [(Lv) / 10] - [(Lv)² / 280] + 25) / 4

VIT

((Lv) / 4) - [(Lv) / 2] + 2(Lv) + 30

SPR

((Lv) / 4) - [(Lv) / 2] + 2(Lv) + 35

SPD

((Lv) / 2) - [(Lv) / 4] + 12

EVA

1

EXP

0

Battle[edit | edit source]

Tonberries will counter most attacks with Everyone's Grudge, an attack that deals HP damage calculated by the number of enemies the character has killed multiplied by 20. When it walks forward at least five times, the Tonberry will randomly attack a party member with its knife or it might fall over, losing a turn.

Tonberry is one of the few non-boss monsters that is unaffected by Quistis's Degenerator Limit Break, Selphie's Rapture and Odin never appears against it. The others are Grat, Vysage, Lefty, Righty, Cactuar, Esthar Soldier (Terminator), UFO? and PuPu.

Strategy[edit | edit source]

As the Tonberry's HP and defense are formidable, one may consider using Demi or the summon Diablos, as it is not immune to the Gravity element. Doomtrain or Meltdown can cast Vit 0 on the Tonberry to knock down its defense and make it easier to defeat. Other defense-ignoring attacks include Quistis's Micro Missiles and Irvine's Shot using AP Ammo. Keeping Irvine in low health and using his Limit Break is one of the fastest ways to amass the required kills to summon Tonberry King.

Mugging Chef's Knives is a quick and easy way to obtain 100 Deaths for every character as one refines into 30 Deaths with Siren's L-Mag refine. Chef's Knives also refine into AP Ammo, useful for using the low-health Irvine tactic against them.

Triple Triad[edit | edit source]

Main article: Tonberry (Final Fantasy VIII card)

Tonberry is a Level 3 Monster Card in Triple Triad used for playing the minigame and for turning into Chef's Knives with Quezacotl's Card Mod. Ad the card can be obtained much before encountering the enemy itself, it is a good card for farming as it refines into AP Ammo and Death spells.