Archeoaevis

Archeoaevis
Final Fantasy V (Super Famicom) sprite
アルケオエイビス Arukeoeibisu
First appearance	Final Fantasy V

Archeoaevis is a winged serpent creature that first appears in Final Fantasy V as a boss and in Final Fantasy XII and subsequent titles as an enemy.

History

Final Fantasy V

In Final Fantasy V, Archeoaevis is fought at Ronka Ruins in Bartz's World where it guards the Earth Crystal.

The battle against Archeoaevis has five different phases, and its stats, namely its elemental weakness, are different for each one as well as its attacks. During the first phase, Archeoaevis uses Breath Wing and Sap, and it has a weakness to Wind, making this the only phase where Archeoaevis has a weakness. In the second phase, Archeoaevis uses Frost and Wing Attack. In the third phase, Archeoaevis uses Blaze and Tail. In the fourth phase, Archeoaevis uses Lightning and Claw.

After the fourth phase, Archeoaevis is defeated, only to be immediately resurrected as an undead creature for a fifth and final phase. During this phase, Archeoaevis retains one move from each of the four earlier phases — Breath Wing, Frost, Blaze, and Lightning — and uses three additional moves, Maelstrom, Entangle, and Tusk. As an undead creature, Archeoaevis can instantly be defeated from the move Death.

In the bestiary, which first appears in the Final Fantasy V Advance release, Archeoaevis's page lists its stats for each of the five phases. Each of them list Archeoaevis's HP with a question mark, although the Nintendo Player's Guide says that Archeoaevis has only 1,600 HP, since it erroneously shows Archeoaevis's stats for only the first phase. During Archeoaevis's undead phase, he has 2,500 HP. In total, Archeoaevis has 8,900 HP.

Stats

Final Fantasy V

Final Fantasy V stats
Level	HP	MP	Strength	Defense	Evasion	Magic	Magic Defense	Gil	EXP	Type
21	1,600	2,000	39	30	10	1	6	0	0	None
Steal						Drops
None						Goliath Tonic
Immune to			Weakness			Absorbs			Immunity
Earth			Wind			None			Poison, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Paralyze, Sleep, Old, Stop

Final Fantasy V stats
Level	HP	MP	Strength	Defense	Evasion	Magic	Magic Defense	Gil	EXP	Type
19	1,600	2,000	39	24	10	1	12	0	0	None
Steal						Drops
None						Power Drink
Immune to			Weakness			Absorbs			Immunity
Earth			None			Ice			Poison, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Paralyze, Sleep, Old, Stop

Final Fantasy V stats
Level	HP	MP	Strength	Defense	Evasion	Magic	Magic Defense	Gil	EXP	Type
23	1,600	2,000	39	18	10	1	18	0	0	None
Steal						Drops
None						Earth Shake
Immune to			Weakness			Absorbs			Immunity
Earth			None			Fire			Poison, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Paralyze, Sleep, Old, Stop

Final Fantasy V stats
Level	HP	MP	Strength	Defense	Evasion	Magic	Magic Defense	Gil	EXP	Type
24	1,600	2,000	39	12	10	1	24	0	0	None
Steal						Drops
None						Iron Draft
Immune to			Weakness			Absorbs			Immunity
Earth			None			Lightning			Poison, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Paralyze, Sleep, Old, Stop

Final Fantasy V stats
Level	HP	MP	Strength	Defense	Evasion	Magic	Magic Defense	Gil	EXP	Type
20	2,500	2,000	42	6	10	1	30	0	0	None
Steal						Drops
None						Hero Cocktail
Immune to			Weakness			Absorbs			Immunity
Fire, Ice, Lightning, Earth, Wind			None			None			Poison, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Paralyze, Sleep, Old, Stop

Bestiary navigation

Final Fantasy V

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References

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