Doomtrain Doomtrain is a summon that first appeared in " Final Fantasy VIII " as a Guardian Force . It is a Poison - elemental optional summon who inflicts a myriad of status ailments on its opponents . It doesn ' t learn any stats junctions naturally , but learns comprehensive elemental and status attack and defense junctions , including the useful x4 variations . It is the only GF to learn Auto - Shell naturally and the first GF on the roster to learn + 40 % versions of SumMag + and GFHP + abilities . Its unique abilities let the player remodel weapons from the menu and create " forbidden medicine " , such as Elixirs , Megalixirs , Hero - Trials and stat - boosting items . Profile . Doomtrain is a demonic train invoking the imagery of . It has a skull - like face at the front with white eyes with red pupils . The parts the train is built of appear organic with parts that resemble bones and fangs . It has a bright light up front and flies through the air on tracks that appear out of nowhere . Doomtrain has an arm in his steam calculator nearby its smokebox . It has a stubby rat - like tail . Doomtrain resembles , and may have been inspired by , the Phantom Train boss in " Final Fantasy VI " . Besides the obvious similarities in name and appearance , the two have the same power to inflict many status ailments on their enemies . Doomtrain ' s wheel configuration is the same as the Phantom Train ' s : 4 - 0 - 4 . Obtained . The player must have the Solomon Ring and at least 6 Steel Pipes , 6 Remedy + , and 6 Malboro Tentacles . The player can find hints on obtaining Doomtrain in a magazine called Occult Fan . Once all the items have been collected , Doomtrain will join when Solomon ' s Ring is used in the inventory . It is possible to obtain Doomtrain via the " Chocobo World " minigame , which is available as soon as the player can visit a chocobo forest after Balamb Garden becomes mobile . Solomon Rings , along with the other items required to activate the ring , are possible item drops from this game . If the player doesn ' t have access to " Chocobo World " , Doomtrain can be obtained after the party first leaves Esthar City fairly late into the game . Solomon ' s Ring can be found in Tears ' Point on the Esthar continent , near the foot of the giant statue . Steel Pipes can be mugged from Wendigos or refine d from Elastoid cards . Remedy + can be obtained by refining 10 Remedies with Alexander ' s Med - LV Up ability ( must learn Med Data first ) , and Malboro Tentacles are obtained by defeating or mugging Malboros . One can also use Quezacotl ' s Card Mod to refine a Malboro Tentacle from four Malboro cards . When the Solomon ' s Ring is selected in the inventory , Doomtrain will call out : Obtaining Doomtrain in the Steam version earns the achievement Doomtrain . Battle . Doomtrain ' s attack , Runaway Train , is Poison - elemental and can inflict several abnormal statuses on the enemies : Sleep , Poison , Darkness , Silence , Slow , Stop , Berserk , Confuse , Doom , Petrifying , and Vit 0 . Doomtrain ' s summon time is 22 . 9s , which , according to the " Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania " , allows the player to boost its damage to around 240 % of normal damage using a regular PlayStation controller . Its damage is calculated as follows : Elemental Defense starts at 800 ( 0 % ) , 900 nullifies damage and 1000 absorbs it . If an enemy is shown to be weak against an element , its Elemental Defense is below 800 . If damage becomes negative ( due to high Elemental Defense ) , the target is healed by that amount . Compatibility . The charge time for summoning depends on the compatibility between the character and the GF and the Battle Speed . The greater the compatibility , the less time it takes to summon . Compatibility can be boosted with compatibility boosting items , by casting magic that is the same element as the Guardian Force ( or status spells in Doomtrain ' s case ) and by summoning the GF during battle . Compatibility is reduced by using " opposing " magic to the GF ' s element and other summons . The below values are the base compatibility values with all playable characters at the start of the game . Although Seifer cannot junction Doomtrain in a normal playthrough , a default value still exists for his compatibility . Stats . The " Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania " incorrectly shows Bahamut ' s Attack Power as Doomtrain ' s and vice versa . The following table represents the correct figures : Abilities . Abilities learned naturally by Doomtrain are listed below : Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Legends II " . Glasya Labolas appears as a dark - elemental summon . Glasya Labolas ' s special attack is Unlimited Runaway , which deals dark - elemental damage to all enemies and lowers their speed , magic , and attack for three turns . Summoning Glasya Labolas costs 2 points from the Consumption Gauge . Its Phantom Stone is an A rank summon and has a summon cost of 10 to equip to a character . Despite the summon ' s artwork being based on the recurring giant design of the enemy of the same name , the Glasya Labolas summon is based on the Doomtrain summon from " Final Fantasy VIII " , sharing the same Japanese name and the same special attack that inflicts status ailments to enemies . In addition , the summon ' s final Phantom Stone depicts it with an orange color scheme similar to Doomtrain ' s appearance . There are currently two variations of Glasya Labolas available to players , one that teaches Last Resort and another that teaches the Silence Attack abilities . Both versions can be obtained as a summon through the game ' s summon drawing shop . Player ' s can also obtain a Glasya Labolas Phantom Stone when the Deathlord joins the party during the finale of Chapter 7 , the summon is at rank four and teaches Last Resort abilities . The summon ' s artwork was done by Akira Oguro . Depending on which type is equipped , the user is able to learn the following abilities : " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Doomtrain appears in the trading card game with an ice - elemental card . Etymology . Doomtrain ' s Japanese name is Glasya - Labolas . Doomtrain is obtained from the Solomon ' s Ring . Doomtrain is called Helltrain in French and Spanish and Kharonte in Italian . In the debug menu , accessible only via a cheat device , a menu refers to Doomtrain as " Death Express " . This may suggest it was Doomtrain ' s intended name , but it was over the character limit — likewise , Pandemona is referred to as " Pandemonium " . In the French version its attack is called " Death Express " .