Monster ( term ) Monster refers to a recurring type of enemy fought in the " Final Fantasy " series . Monsters make up the bulk of enemies in each game . In some games the existence of monsters is not given a back story and they exist simply as the flora and fauna of the world , but in other games , the element of monsters the player fights throughout the game is incorporated into the lore of the game world , by giving their occurrence a more specific explanation . Profile . Over the course of the series , monsters have had multiple backgrounds , which also explain some of their behavior . While in most games they are hostile , this is a result of them being used by other , more malevolent entities , such as the Four Fiends , the Emperor , Xande among other antagonists . As of later games the influence the game ' s villains have over the monsters is diminished , but are still shown to exert some control over them . In several games , some monsters are docile , the first known example being in " Final Fantasy IV " , with the Antlion , if one does not count the summons in " Final Fantasy III " , although even then , these monsters are known to be aggressive unless defeated and earned by the player . Despite what some may believe of their overall behavior and fear by humans , monsters can be tamed . The first known example are the Wyverns who are tamed by the Dragoons in " Final Fantasy II " . This game displays that monsters have their own language and that they can be used for military purposes . Some games , mostly " Final Fantasy Tactics " , " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " , and " " , show that monsters display enough intelligence to understand human language , while some of them are capable of speaking it themselves . In some more later games , the player can tame Monsters and have them play a role in the player ' s party ; in games where this is possible each monster has limited , albeit unique abilities of their own . Appearances . " Final Fantasy " . At least some monsters are identified as servants of the Four Fiends . Since the Four Fiends get their power from the crystals , it can be inferred that at least some of the world ' s monsters come from Chaos corrupting the crystals . " Final Fantasy II " . Emperor summons armies of monsters from Hell . Why some of the Empire ' s monsters manifest as undead , others as plants , etc . even though they all come from the same place , is unknown , although some monsters in " Final Fantasy II " may not be connected to Hell . Kashuan employs monsters to guard its treasures , and monsters also appear in Arubboth , the game ' s equivalent to Heaven . However , the monsters that appear in Arubboth are still connected to the Emperor , albeit the Emperor of Light . " Final Fantasy III " . Monsters , particularly those on the Floating Continent , are said to be connected to Xande . Many of them were sent there to lessen , if not prevent entirely , the possibility of anyone from that continent coming or returning to the Surface World , where they could restore the balance of light and darkness and , in doing so , strip him of his immortality . " Final Fantasy IV " . Only recently have monsters begun to appear and overrun the world , suggesting their appearance is connected to Golbez and the Archfiends beginning their scheme to gather the Crystals . Some monsters appear during the Battle of Fabul and on Kain ' s airship . Many monsters consist of various animals with undead being confined to mountain trails and more monstrous creatures appearing in caves . Enemies in the Tower of Zot and Tower of Babil are magically inclined , some appearing as elemental embodiments , and demonic and spellcaster - type enemies are common sights in the underworld , the Passage of the Eidolons and Sylvan Cave containing many such enemies . The Giant of Babil contains machine enemies prominently , and the Red Moon has various " alien " organisms and various types of dragons . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . The number of monster attacks have started to increase again after a year of peace . The dwarves need assistance when monsters are starting to pour out of the Sealed Cave , and thus Cecil , Palom , Porom , and Cid lend them a hand and try to find the cause . Four Eidolon - holding monsters appear to have taken Shiva , Ramuh , Ifrit , and Titan prisoner . Once defeated , they are released and become summonable by Rydia . " Final Fantasy V " . Most enemies roaming the planet are natural wildlife , but at least some appear connected to the Interdimensional Rift . When Enuo was cast in the Rift and the Void sealed within it , many monsters were locked within this plane as well . When Exdeath gains the power to the Void the entrance to the Interdimensional Rift is unlocked , and it appears as a strange plane of existence separate from the real world roamed by powerful monsters . Evil spirits locked away into objects can also become sentient , and turn into sort of monsters ; Exdeath is one example of this happening . " Final Fantasy VI " . Monsters , at first , appear as normal animals , such as birds of prey , rabbits , and insects . Some also appear as humans , or humanoid . The Phantom Forest , being connected to the afterlife , hosts undead monsters capable of using magic . Magic and monsters largely only appear around Vector on the southern continent , likely due to either purposeful experimentation in , or magical fallout from , the Magitek Research Facility . Some monsters appear in the facility and can use advanced magic , supporting the idea that the Gestahlian Empire is experimenting on infusing monsters with magic . Monsters near the Esper Caves and Thamasa can also use magic , as the island is a font of magical power . Beginning on the Floating Continent and continuing into the World of Ruin , monsters take on more varied designs , ranging from undead to demons to mutated animals . Given that the eight legendary dragons and Humbaba are stated to have been sealed monsters unleashed in the end of the world , these monsters may have been lesser creatures also sealed , or may simply have been transformed in the waves of magical energy that engulfed the world during the apocalypse . " Final Fantasy VII " . After Cloud ' s story on the Nibelheim Incident , in which he notes Shinra Electric Power Company was creating monsters at Nibelheim through modifying humans with Mako energy , Red XIII notes that there has been a steep rise in the number of monsters . The leaking valve in the Nibel Reactor appears to have caused an increase of monsters in the area , which was why Sephiroth ' s party that Cloud was part of was sent to investigate the Mako Reactor . Professor Hojo produces many other monsters the party fights as experiments . Undead appear in areas where large scale death has occurred . " Like stagnant air " , Bugenhagen says , they refuse to move on to the Lifestream and haunt the area where they died . Some monsters , such as dragons and giant scorpions , live in caves . According to Ifalna , Jenova transformed the Cetra into monsters via a virus . It is unclear if any monsters are naturally occurring , and if so , how many . The Weapons the Planet produces can arguably be classed as monsters as well . In general , denizens of the Planet seem to use " monster " as a catch - all term for " a violent , non - human entity " . Monsters are classed and catalogued in some way , as Case of Denzel notes that Cloud gave Denzel a " monster manual " . Monsters can be commanded : notable examples include Shinra ' s Guard Hounds . Monsters can be generated out of the Lifestream itself , as seen when the Remnants of Sephiroth use corrupted Lifestream to create the Shadow Creeper s . Kadaj is able to withdraw the Shadow Creepers at will , in which case the monsters disperse into black smoke . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Angeal Hewley can imprint monsters with his DNA , creating specific kinds of monsters known as Angeal Copies . Genesis Rhapsodos has a similar ability , but appears unable to create copies from monsters , although the human equivalents can appear monstrous in their own right , and some seem to lose their previous humanity , becoming mindless drones . Angeal ' s ability to create copies is a two - way conduit , and he can absorb traits from monsters into his own body . When he absorbs too many monsters at once , he transforms into a monster himself , Angeal Penance . " Final Fantasy VIII " . The monsters on the planet originate from the Moon . At certain intervals when the Moon and the planet align perfectly , and the Moon has reached saturation point with monsters , the monsters fall onto the planet in a phenomenon known as the Lunar Cry . It is possible to induce Lunar Cry artificially with the Crystal Pillar within the Lunatic Pandora . Lunar Cry is known to mutate native wildlife into monsters , but although this is mentioned in the game , this phenomenon is not specifically shown , although it appears there is a soldier in Esthar City who transforms into an Elnoyle , suggesting humans are not immune to this . Some monsters appear to be commanded by the Galbadia n army , but the origin of these monsters is not specifically explained . The monsters residing in the Balamb Garden Training Center are shown to be commanded by the Garden Faculty during the Balamb Garden Revolt . Guardian Force s could be classified as a type of monster , but they are different in that they exist as embodiments of powerful energy fields . If a person is to make use of this energy field in the form of the Junction system the Guardian Force loses its physical existence only to manifest at the summoner ' s command for a brief period of time . Some Guardian Forces appear sentient , able to communicate with humans . Ultimecia has employed a number of monsters to guard her castle , and at least one of them is said to be a former Guardian Force . " Final Fantasy IX " . Monsters appear as native wildlife to the planets of Gaia and Terra , but they become stronger and more ferocious when exposed to Mist . This is why areas located below the Mist - level on the Mist Continent are known as dangerous , and people rarely venture to these places on foot . Evil Forest is within the Mist and has in a sense come alive itself and appears somewhat sentient . Kuja can create Mistodon s , a type of monster , out of the Mist . Not all monsters are hostile , as nine friendly monsters also exist . The number of friendly monsters is one of several allusions to the number nine . " Final Fantasy X " . In the world of Spira , monsters , called fiends , are corrupted souls formed from pyreflies . Upon a person ' s death , if they do not enter the Farplane either on their own volition or being sent by a summoner , they stay on the world of the living as unsent . If the unsent does not find meaning in his or her continued existence in the form of a " mission " , they are in danger of being consumed by the envy and hatred they feel toward the living and transform into mindless fiends . Some unsent who have not been corrupted and turned completely into fiends are still able to transform into fiend - like monsters at will , and can revert into their human form . Seymour Guado is one such example . Curiously , the Farplane itself still appears to be filled with fiends , as seen in " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Defeating a fiend disperses its pyreflies and the fiend ceases to exist . Sin is also able to create fiends of its own , known as Sinscale s . Sin itself is viewed a colossal monster by the denizens of Spira . " Final Fantasy XII " . Like in " Final Fantasy X " , monsters are often , though not always , called " fiends . " They appear as native lifeforms to Ivalice and most don ' t have any common origin . The Mist appears to make monsters stronger and more ferocious , and thus areas abundant in Mist are not inhabited by humes , bangaa , seeq , viera , garif , nu mou , or rev . Undead monsters appear abundant in areas full of Mist , as well , such as Necrohol of Nabudis and the magicite mines . Some monsters appear to have been either created by the Occuria or at least commanded by them , as monsters are seen protecting the entrances to Pharos and Great Crystal . The viera appear to view Golmore Jungle as a sentient entity , and the Elder Wyrm is a wyrm that takes the appearance of a tree and other plants , and perhaps works as a guardian of the jungle created by the forest itself . Some monsters are usually tame , but when exposed to Mist , turn ferocious . " " . The Espers , known as Yarhi , are the monsters of the Lemurés . They are summoned via auracite s and , unlike the Espers of Ivalice , the Yarhi are born from the stolen anima of the aegyl . The stolen aegyl souls gathered , creating their own plane of existence , the World of Illusion , and it is from here the Espers can be called to the material world via a Summoning Gate by a person carrying an auracite . In doing so , the anima of the summoner is itself eroded , creating more Espers . " Final Fantasy XIII " . Cocoon is an artificial world whose every function is looked after by its fal ' Cie , deity - like beings . Monsters on Cocoon still exist , either as natural vegetation as seen in Sunleth Waterscape , or monsters specifically bred by PSICOM to be used in a hypothetical war against Gran Pulse . A lot of the monster breeding and experimentation takes place in Gapra Whitewood , an area prohibited from civilians . PSICOM can transport their monsters to different areas of Cocoon instantly by the use of summoning gates that operate by the use of Antimatter Manipulation Principle . The monsters on Gran Pulse appear to be part of the planet ' s wildlife , but their evolution is guided by the fal ' Cie Titan , whose task is to breed bigger and stronger monsters . Cie ' th is a type of monster that is different from the normal flora and fauna of the world . Cie ' th are l ' Cie who have failed their Focus and turned into crystalline monsters . A Cie ' th ' s existence is eternal , but after a long while they petrify . Different l ' Cie take a different form as Cie ' th , and the mechanism of determining the type of Cie ' th a l ' Cie becomes is not fully explained , but Cocoon and Pulse l ' Cie who fail their Foci do take distinctly different appearances : Pulse Cie ' th are dark often with a red crystal somewhere in the middle of their bodies , while Cocoon Cie ' th appear luminous blue and gray . Some fal ' Cie , especially the ones on Pulse , can appear quite monstrous , such as Dahaka and Atomos , but all fal ' Cie are mechanical by nature . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . Due to paradox es new monsters have appeared , and some have suffered severe mutation . Royal Ripeness is a prime example , as a faeryl devoured an artefact that sucks Miniflan to another period of time , creating this monstrosity . A parallel dimension , Valhalla , has monsters of its own , known as Rift Beasts . They roam around the dark city of Valhalla , as well as its shadow - world , the Void Beyond , and , due to the paradoxes , they can also appear in the worlds of Cocoon and Gran Pulse . Some entirely new forms of Cie ' th are also seen . Serah and Noel can tame monsters as crystals , allowing them to become a member of the party to be used in battle , and be developed by the Crystarium . New monsters are born out of Chaos , and some monsters from Cocoon , Gran Pulse and Valhalla still linger in Nova Chrysalia as well . Areas abundant with Chaos are known as Chaos infusion s where stronger monsters appear . Soul seeds are found within Chaos infusions and are said to come from the souls of dead humans and be the eggs from which Chaos monsters are born . This means that monsters and humans have the same origin . On enemies become more numerous with the smaller enemies appearing in larger groups , and all enemies will have better stats . This also happens on Day 10 , and again on Day 13 . This is important when the player tries to farm items from enemies , since they will only drop certain items at a certain point . Monsters appear everywhere in the world , even in cities , and the Order of Salvation sentries keep track on the number of people perished in the monsters ' clutches , but Lightning has the power to make enemies go extinct by killing the last of them . " Final Fantasy XIV " . Monsters in Eorzea are mostly wildlife indigenous to the realm , though some are artificial and some are believed to be not of this world . Eorzean naturalists divide them into several categories : " Final Fantasy XV " . Monsters are referred to as Daemons . They are native to the world and roam the landscape . Some are enormous , towering over the land , while others are small . Some monsters are nocturnal , and some monsters turn more vicious at night time . Some monsters are docile and only hostile when provoked . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . The presence of monsters is not explained , but they share specific properties . All monsters are hermaphrodites and count as the opposite gender of any given unit targeting them . Monsters appear to reproduce asexually by laying eggs , even the undead . The eggs can hatch into any subspecies of that species of monster . For example , a Black Chocobo can lay an egg that becomes a Red Chocobo . Each " normal " monster has three subspecies . Some " special " monsters exist , such as the Lucavi demons , which cannot be obtained by the party ( with the exception of Byblos ) . Undead appear both in the wild , and in places where the dead have been revived . Ghost units are story elements — they are undead , but do not count as monsters . Monsters can be trained to obey the player and perform special abilities , but humans seem to forgo this practice in Ivalice , as a general rule . The Lucavi are more likely to employ monsters in battle , especially their own demons . Monsters can level up , and slightly improve their stats , but they cannot learn new skills ( with the exception of a single ability , granted through Beastmaster ) . Monsters speak their own language , and have a faith of some kind . Monsters are more likely to be encountered in certain settings ; Panthers and chocobos in plains and watersheds , squidraken and malboros in watersheds , dragons and minotaurs in deserts , and undead almost anywhere . Other types of monsters outside of the species the player fights in the game are hinted to exist in errand s , but not much is known about them . " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " . One day , the Vile Four battled their way into the Focus Tower , and stole the four Crystals of the Earth , and then took off with the magical Coins that had kept the Tower ' s door unlocked . With the Tower doors sealed behind them , the monsters relaxed their guard and turned their attention to the Crystals . As they basked in the radiant glow of the Crystals , the monsters grew stronger and meaner and even more wicked . The more light the monsters consumed , the more the World was drained of its warmth and color . Tremors shook the land while the sky grew cloudy and dark . The seasons went berserk . Monsters appeared everywhere and terrorized the people . The World was thrown into total chaos . " The Final Fantasy Legend " . Monsters represent a distinct race in the worlds connected by the Tower , and so were created by the Creator . While some monsters fill a role related to the Creator ' s game , such as the Four Fiends or the demons and devils that occupy a False Paradise on the lower floors of the Tower , monsters are often found as accepted members of society . Monsters can be found running shops , wandering through town , and filling jobs and roles normally filled exclusively by humans in other " Final Fantasy " games , such as work as guards . The notorious bandit in the first world is actually a common P - Frog from World 2 ; a minor plot thread involves King Shield ( a human ) trying to seek the hand of his beloved : a Slime - type monster from the village to the south . In spite of this inclusiveness , all opponents in the game are technically Monsters in the end : the few exceptions ( human foes like King Sword and the Steward ) are represented in - battle as recolors of established human - like Monster types . Monsters are one of the three playable races . By consuming Meat , these party members can transform into nearly any common monster type in the game . " Final Fantasy Legend II " . Monsters continue as a playable race with some minor changes . Human and Mutant enemies now exist , and do not drop Meat . Robots ( technically unrelated to the generic playable Robots ) also appear in enemy groups : as one would expect , they also do not drop Meat . Mr . S , the first guest party member in the game , is a Slime - type Monster . Monsters are used to a variety of roles in the game . In some worlds , certain Monsters are used as beasts of burden : Dragons are used in races on a faraway world , and the new god Odin is accompanied by a horse , Sleipnir . However , they are more often shown as sentient beings , treated or mistreated with the other species : Venus , one of the other new gods , has exiled many of the Monsters she deems " ugly " from her perfect city in her world . The lead player - character ' s father and mother are both human , even if the player character is of a Monster species . Before he joins the party , Mr . S was the player characters ' teacher . " Final Fantasy Legend III " . The Water Entity , a powerful artefact created by Xagor , pours not only water to floor the World . It also pours forth savage monsters without numbers that proceeds to invade the World , these monsters systematically sacked the towns of the World searching for the " Talon " Units . The monsters are also responsible for all the shipwrecks in the World , this reason alone is why the people of the World have no ships . It is also too dangerous for the citizen of the World to venture outside of their towns due to the presence of these monsters . The Purelander s live alongside with common monsters across the towns of Pureland and in Floatland Town located on Floatland . Several Cyborgs and Robots work alongside the people of the World in the Future and in Talonsburg . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . Manikins are the common monsters , themselves artificial experiments banished in the Rift . During the 12th cycle the forces of Chaos find a way to summon them to World B and pit them against the forces of Cosmos .