Atomos ( creature ) Atomos , also known as Atmos , is a recurring creature that has appeared as a summon , boss , and story element in various " Final Fantasy " games . It has two signature attacks ; Wormhole can sometimes remove a character from battle . As a summon , its G - Force 199 attack deals percentage based damage on the target ' s HP . Appearances . " Final Fantasy " . Atomos is an optional boss appearing in the " " , " Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary " and iOS versions of the original " Final Fantasy " . It can be found in the Lifespring Grotto . When using Wormhole , it attacks for regular damage . The character is sucked into the portal in Atomos and falls from the top of the screen back to their place . It may also instantly kill a character . Like its appearance in " Dawn of Souls " , " Final Fantasy V ' s " Atomos appears in " Final Fantasy IV : The After Years " . In the WiiWare release it was called Atmos , but its original name is used in the " " release . " Final Fantasy V " . Atomos ' s first appearance , as a boss guarding the Barrier Tower outside of Castle Exdeath . It is famous for being a rather difficult enemy , as it is capable of using Comet , often knocking out a character with one hit , followed by dragging and sucking them in with gravity until he eventually uses Wormhole , removing the character from battle altogether . " Final Fantasy IX " . After having Atomos extracted from Princess Garnet , Queen Brahne summons it to attack the city of Lindblum to force its surrender . Atomos towers over the city and decimates it by sucking in rubble and people , soldiers , black mages and civilians alike . Dagger can learn to summon Atomos through the Amethyst item for 25 AP . G - Force 199 induces an effect similar to Demi , inflicting percentage based damage to all enemies , to a maximum of 9 , 999 . The damage of the attack is worked out as follows and is based on the number of Amethysts in the player ' s inventory . Atomos summon attack will not work against bosses . Atomos deals damage equal to a percentage based on its Attack power . Before Dagger has her eidolons extracted Atomos costs 128 MP to summon , but after re - acquiring it , it costs 32 MP . Full Animation Damage Calculation : Half Animation Damage Calculation : " [ [ Final Fantasy XI ] ] " . [ [ File : Ffxi - atomos . jpg | right | 100px | Artwork by Amano of a hume on a chocobo , with Atomos in the background . ] ] Atomos , also known as the Distorter of Time , is an [ [ Avatar ( Final Fantasy XI ) | Avatar ] ] responsible for regulating reality by consuming unnecessary objects and events . It deposits these in the [ [ Threshold ] ] , an interdimensional space . [ [ Threshold # Cavernous Maw | Cavernous Maws ] ] , which resemble Atomos , are prominent features of the " [ [ Final Fantasy XI : Wings of the Goddess | Wings of the Goddess ] ] " expansion . Atomos was later added as a summonable avatar that provides an instant effect of absorbing a buff from the enemy and giving it to party members within range . Similar to [ [ Odin ] ] / [ [ Alexander ( summon ) | Alexander ] ] , it is a one - off effect , but unlike [ [ Odin ] ] / [ [ Alexander ( summon ) | Alexander ] ] , it does not require Astral Flow to be summoned . In the original history of [ [ Vana ' diel ] ] , the [ [ Crystal War ] ] never ended . Its factions turned dark powers against each other and reduced the world to ruin . Saddened by these events , the Dawn Goddess [ [ Altana ] ] created the [ [ Cait Sith ( Final Fantasy XI ) | Cait Siths ] ] to awaken Atomos and manipulate it into devouring this tragic future so that a more peaceful one might take its place . The residents of the world of strife were not willing to be obliterated , however . The intervention of Atomos had created Cavernous Maws connecting past and future which [ [ Lady Lilith ] ] and her companions employed in an effort to preserve their timeline . Agents of the Dawn Goddess , including [ [ Lilisette ] ] , were subsequently drawn back from the newly forged future to oppose them . Atomos , possessing no true consciousness and existing only to behold and devour , is impartial as these time traveling parties attempt to sway its course . During the conflict a rogue Cait Sith summons Atomos in an attempt to defeat Altana ' s servants directly but , like other conjured avatars , this manifestation is only a fraction of the Distorter itself . In the wake of the final confrontation between the opposed futures , Atomos judges both versions of history dispensable and attempts to ingest everything . Even the memories of Altana herself would be consumed by this , however , and it proves too much for the Distorter to bear . It therefore regurgitates both worlds and allows them to exist independently . Through the efforts of Lilisette and her companion , the rift between the worlds is sealed and the Cavernous Maws eventually degrade into lifeless stone . " [ [ Final Fantasy XII ] ] " . [ [ File : XII atomos render . png | right | 130px | " Atomos " . ] ] In " Final Fantasy XII " , airships from the [ [ Archadian Imperial Fleets ] ] are named after past summons of the series . A [ [ List of airships # Atomos | type ] ] of Archadian transport ships is named after Atomos . A [ [ Atomos ( Final Fantasy XII ) | mark ] ] named Atomos also appears at the [ [ Mosphoran Highwaste ] ] , but seems to have no relation whatsoever to this recurring creature . " [ [ Final Fantasy XII : Revenant Wings ] ] " . [ [ File : Atomos RW . png | 200px | right | Atomos in " Revenant Wings " . ] ] Atomos returns in " Final Fantasy XII : Revenant Wings " as the Rank II Earth Flying summon . " [ [ Final Fantasy XIII ] ] " . Atomos is also seen in " Final Fantasy XIII " as a [ [ Gran Pulse | Pulse ] ] [ [ fal ' Cie ] ] which serves as transportation . " [ [ Final Fantasy XIV ] ] " . [ [ File : FFXIV Atomos . jpg | 150px | left | Atomos in " Final Fantasy XIV " . ] ] Atomos is a type of recurring Voidsent in " Final Fantasy XIV " . It first appeared at certain [ [ Aetheryte ] ] camps as part of the [ [ Seventh Umbral Era ] ] events , as the rift between Hydaelyn and the void became wide enough to allow its passage . It is assumed to be the " Black Dooms " spoken of in the prophecy . Its design here is identical to that in " [ [ Final Fantasy XI : Wings of the Goddess | Wings of the Goddess ] ] " . When it appears , it will usually spawn powerful Voidsent [ [ Imp ( enemy ) # Final Fantasy XIV | imps ] ] and undead . Anyone who teleports to these camps put themselves at mortal risk . If they die upon arrival , their Anima will be wasted as they will be forced to return to their home point . If their home point is " at " the Aetheryte , it can be difficult to leave without returning to the Inn . In patch 1 . 23b this version of Atomos has spread to more areas . The locations it originally manifested at will now see it appear as a boss monster . More powerful Voidsent will appear to accompany this . If Atomos is defeated it will leave behind a Voidstone , which will grant any who examine it an Over - aspected Cluster , Crystals , or an effect that increases or slows their movement speed . Additionally , these particular Aetheryte crystals have turned orange and no longer cost anima to teleport to , as Atomos drained all of their aether . In " A Realm Reborn " , Atomos appears as a boss in the the [ [ Crystal Tower ( Final Fantasy XIV ) | Labyrinth of the Ancients ] ] . Three instances of Atomos guard three separate paths through the tower , apparently bound in place by Allagan magitek , and they spawn a series of Voidsent which adventurers must confront before dealing with the Atomos . More Atomos appear in the World of Darkness , linked to a crystal known as " Atomos Prime . " As before , the alliance must battle three of them separately to force them to drain the life force from Atomos Prime . In " Final Fantasy XIV : Heavensward " , a shrunken pale " Atrophied Atomos " can be crafted by alchemists as a [ [ Minion ( Final Fantasy XIV ) | minion ] ] . " [ [ Final Fantasy Legends II ] ] " . [ [ File : FFLTNS Atomos Artwork . png | right | 250px ] ] " [ [ Dissidia Final Fantasy ( 2008 ) | Dissidia Final Fantasy ] ] " . [ [ File : DFFAtomos . png | thumb | right | Atomos being summoned . ] ] Atomos appears in " Dissidia Final Fantasy " , triggered by being struck with an HP attack , and he creates a black hole above the summoner ' s [ [ Bravery ( stat ) | Bravery ] ] meter . For a limited period , any time the summoner is struck by an HP attack Atomos will drain the attacker ' s Bravery points into the summoner ' s . The artwork used for summon is from " Final Fantasy IX " and it can be obtained in the second stage of the [ [ Distant Glory ] ] - Heroes storyline . " [ [ Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy ] ] " . Atomos returns as a summonstone , with the same function as in " Dissidia " . It can be purchased from certain [ [ Moogle Shop ] ] s for 80 [ [ KP ] ] . " [ [ Final Fantasy Artniks ] ] " . [ [ File : D012 Atomos R + F Artniks . png | right | 100px ] ] " [ [ Final Fantasy Record Keeper ] ] " . [ [ File : FFRK Abyss Atomos FFIX . png | 210px | right | Nightmare Atomos . ] ] Both the " Final Fantasy V " and " Final Fantasy IX " versions of the Atomos appear as bosses in " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . The " Final Fantasy V " version of Atomos can be fought by default in the [ [ Barrier Tower ] ] realm story dungeon and appears as a boss in certain event dungeons . Two variants of the " Final Fantasy IX " version of Atomos have appeared as bosses . Atomos first appeared as the Phase 4 boss during the [ [ The Five Dooms ] ] limited time event inside the " Gaping Maw " , with each version of the boss increasing in difficulty depending on which rank of the boss was fought . A more difficult version of the boss known as Atomos ( Nightmare ) can be fought in the Dervish Record [ [ Nightmare ( Record Keeper ) | Nightmare ] ] dungeon , serving as the final challenge to obtain the Dervish Record item . In addition , the " Final Fantasy IX " version of Atomos was set to appear as a Summoning ability , but does not appear in the final product . Due to it never being implemented into the game , Atomos ' s summon ability does not have a proper name . Its summon animation hints at the possibility that the attack was meant to deal gravity damage to the enemy party . " [ [ Mobius Final Fantasy ] ] " . [ [ File : MFF Atomos . jpg | right | 150px ] ] " [ [ Final Fantasy : Unlimited ] ] " . [ [ File : Ffu - atomos . jpg | thumb | right | Atomos in " Final Fantasy : Unlimited " . ] ] In the anime , " Final Fantasy : Unlimited " , Atomos makes an appearance as a summon . The Soil Charge Triad ( Soil is like the colored bullet of a [ [ Magun ] ] , used to summon creatures ) needed to summon Atomos is : Followed by saying : " Descend now ! Summoned Creature ! Atomos ! " In the English audio version , the Soil Charge Triad was changed to : Followed by saying : " Emerge ! I summon you ! Atomos ! " " [ [ Final Fantasy Trading Card Game ] ] " . Atomos appears as a trading card in the " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " in its " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " and " Final Fantasy XI " forms . As a reference to its " Final Fantasy XI " incarnation , a Cait Sith card from the same game has " Summon [ Atomos ] " as its ability . Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . " Itadaki Street " . In " [ [ Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable ] ] " , Atomos also appears as a card . Its ability is to select one character ' s location and group on that place . References . [ [ Category : Final Fantasy IX Eidolons ] ] [ [ Category : Final Fantasy XII : Revenant Wings Espers ] ] [ [ Category : Final Fantasy : Unlimited Summoned Creatures ] ] [ [ Category : Dissidia Final Fantasy Summons ] ] [ [ Category : Final Fantasy V bosses ] ]