X - ATM092 X - ATM092 , also known as Black Widow and X - ATM082 in the PlayStation version " Final Fantasy VIII " demo , is a boss in " Final Fantasy VIII " . It is a massive robotic spider activated by Biggs to pursue the player party as they leave the Dollet communications tower . The party must attack it until it collapses and enters self - repair mode . The party is advised to take this opportunity to flee . The initial battle is scripted and X - ATM092 cannot be permanently defeated at this point , regardless of how many self - repair sequences it triggers . From then on , the X - ATM092 will chase the party ; it is possible , albeit difficult , to avoid the encounters . If it catches up with the party , they are forced to fight it again . Upon reaching the beach , X - ATM092 is destroyed in an FMV . It is possible for the player party to defeat the robot , and doing so earns 100 bonus points in the SeeD exam report upon graduation . The player ' s " attitude " rating on the report is also affected by certain actions during the chase : the player will incur a penalty if they do not shoo the dog in the town square out of the robot ' s path . Hiding in the pub as X - ATM092 passes by will deduct points , and doing this , the player will not get the FMV when they return to the beach . X - ATM082 is what the boss is called in the " Final Fantasy VIII " PlayStation demo . Some of its attacks have different names , but otherwise it is identical to the final game version . The player can ' t hide in the pub from it in the demo and defeating it is considered impossible . Evading X - ATM092 . After escaping the initial fight with X - ATM092 , it is possible to evade it . In the screen where Selphie jumped down to follow Seifer , the party must cross as fast as they can . When descending the mountain trail , the ground is shaking so the party must " walk " down . If they run , they are stopped by the shaking ground and X - ATM092 will catch up . On the bridge the party must run until X - ATM092 jumps over the party ; the party must then run the other way until X - ATM092 will jump over them again , then turn around and run toward the town ; the X - ATM092 won ' t have time to jump again . In the the town area evading X - ATM092 is easy ; the player just needs to keep heading toward the beach . Battle . X - ATM092 uses mainly physical attacks which can be halved by draw - casting Protect . Clash ( called Charge in the PlayStation demo ) hits all party members and Arm Crush ( Claw Crush in the demo ) attacks a single target . Its special attack is Ray - Bomb , which Quistis can later learn as a Blue Magic ; it hits all party members at once , but is halved by Protect . After sustaining 20 % damage of its overall health , the robot will fall and begin repairing . Zell will prompt the party to flee . If the player doesn ' t escape , but waits for X - ATM092 to recover to full health , they will lose their chance to flee and have to keep fighting until it falls again . It is not possible to defeat X - ATM092 in the initial battle as it can self - repair an infinite amount of times at this point . Reducing X - ATM092 to 0 HP before a self - repair sequence can finish will cause X - ATM092 to skip the sequence , but still instantly heal up to full HP and get back up . In this case , as no self - repair sequence actually occurs , the amount of remaining self - repair sequences X - ATM092 can perform does not decrease , thus prolonging the fight . Triggering the self - repair sequence again in the same fight and then escaping will reward 50 AP , and this can be done repeatedly . X - ATM092 can be defeated by engaging it any time after the initial battle , but it is advisable to avoid it until reaching the town . This way the beach is nearer , as after X - ATM092 has been destroyed random encounters against G - Soldier s will initiate . While not difficult , fighting them will slow down the party ' s pace and there probably won ' t be much time left on the timer . Although the X - ATM092 can repeatedly repair itself , it can only do so up to five times in a single battle , and eventually will not collapse again , a sign it will no longer repair itself and can be destroyed . Due to its high HP and the time limit , destroying the X - ATM092 is difficult . All five self - repair sequences must be in the same battle . If the player beats X - ATM092 , they will receive 50 AP , a random GF ability item ( either Str , Vit , Spr or Mag + 40 % ) , and 100 bonus points towards the exam score . X - ATM082 in the " Final Fantasy VIII " demo is considered impossible to defeat due to a weak party and stricter time limit . Strategy . It is advised to evade X - ATM092 until nearer to the shore to maximize the Spirit score portion of the SeeD exam , as only one mandatory escape is allowed for the first encounter with X - ATM092 . After the initial battle X - ATM092 will only self - repair five times until it can be destroyed . This means the party needs to inflict 20 % HP on X - ATM092 five times to trigger the self - repair sequences , then inflict 100 % of its HP a final time to destroy it . To defeat X - ATM092 , it is recommended to draw Doubles from Elvoret and use them in the battle against X - ATM092 to dualcast Thunder . It is possible to obtain higher level Lightning magic by teaching Quezacotl T - Mag RF and refining items , such as Dynamo Stones obtained by playing Triple Triad and modifying Blitz cards , or Coral Fragments obtained from Creeps cards . If the player has no higher level magic , Thunder will work . Selphie is probably the party ' s best magic caster , who should be given a Guardian Force with Mag - J . If Quezacotl knows the Boost ability , a boosted summon can do over 1 , 000 damage . However , the time limit must be kept in mind ; if Quezacotl hasn ' t learned too many SumMag + abilities , dualcasting Thunder magic will deal more damage , and is much faster . It might work better not to summon Quezacotl at all , and only use Limit Breaks and dualcast Thunder . If the player is lucky , Selphie ' s Slots will turn up Thundara , Thundaga or even Holy , Meteor and Ultima , which can do massive damage . The End will not work while X - ATM092 can still repair itself ; instead of killing it , The End will make X - ATM092 collapse and start repairing . A good way to prepare for the battle is to train Quezacotl on the Balamb beach , fighting Fastitocalon - F s for 3 AP each until it knows Boost and SumMag + 30 % , before leaving for Dollet . Having a compatibility of 800 or higher helps as well . Any summon at 255 % boosted value will be able to do enough damage to trigger the self - repair sequence in one hit , but this is typically only possible with a turbo controller , macro or some other aid , as normal button pressing is not fast enough to boost summons that high . The mission timer and the self - repair sequence timers work differently to the ATB gauge . The former counts down even if the player is in the menu screen , except when the game is paused during battles . The self - repair timer will not count down when the ATB gauge is paused during certain animations ( such as a draw animation , or GF summon animation ) . To avoid unnecessary delays , it is recommended to not queue more animations than necessary to trigger the self - repair sequence as one could be stuck waiting for a GF summon to finish when it is already knocked down . AP trick . It is possible to earn the 50 AP from X - ATM092 more than once . To get the 50 AP , the party needs to reduce its HP to 0 which will cause it to get up without going through the full self - repair sequence , then do enough damage to trigger another self - repair sequence and run from the battle . The tricky part is the party only needs to knock off 25 % of its HP to make it collapse , and if it can repair itself before the party rid of the rest , X - ATM092 will be back in full health . For the AP trick to work the party needs to quickly get rid of all 5 , 000 HP , which requires some preparation . It is possible to get this bonus a dozen times or more depending on the party ' s strength . Etymology . It has also been known as Black Widow .