Desert ( location ) Deserts are a geographical location that appear in the " Final Fantasy " game series . Dry and lifeless , the landscape is covered with sand . Occasionally , the desert landscape in the series contains quicksand or an oasis . Appearances . " Final Fantasy " . The original " Final Fantasy " has three deserts . The Ryukahn Desert , south of Crescent Lake is the resting place of a Lufenian airship . The Caravan is found at a desert near Onrac , and the Mirage Tower is found in the Great Desert . " Final Fantasy IV " . " Final Fantasy IV " has two large deserts : one composes the region that includes Kaipo , and the other , just to the north , composes Damcyan . The two deserts can be traversed via the Underground Waterway or by using a hovercraft to cross the western shallows . A small desert lies just north of Eblan . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . They only accessible desert in this game is the deserts around Damcyan , Fabul , and to the north of Eblan . " Final Fantasy V " . In " Final Fantasy V " , there are two great deserts , the first of which being the Desert of Shifting Sands that has a Pyramid in its center . It is first crossed in Bartz ' s World , and its sands flow like sea currents . The party must kill a Sandworm to use as a bridge to get across . The second , the great Gloceana Desert of Galuf ' s World , is located to the far east . It is teeming with Sandcrawler monsters . The party must cross this desert to get to the Moogle Forest . " Final Fantasy VI " . The Deserts of Figaro and Kohlingen are the only notorious deserts in " Final Fantasy VI " . The Figaro Castle can submerge and travel between the two deserts . In the World of Ruin , the castle can collide with the Ancient Castle beneath the sands , and the party can explore it . In the early version of the game , the battle background in the desert is vastly different from the one used in the final version of the game . The final version has wavy motion , but the former had larger and taller dunes in the background . The whole battle background was slightly darker . " Final Fantasy VII " . There are a number of deserts on the Planet . Corel Prison is built upon Corel Desert which , if escaped into , shows a numerously repeated desert screen where the location - exclusive Land Worm and Cactuar enemies can be fought . Through use of the Buggy , the player can travel on the desert on the world map to fight the Harpy , which has the powerful Aqualung enemy skill . North Corel Area , not to be confused with the area around North Corel which is known as the Corel Area , is a desert near North Corel that can only be accessed with a black chocobo . The only location on this section is the Materia Cave containing the HP < - > MP Materia . In this desert , the Sea Worm and Tonadu enemies can be fought , which also appear on other terrains . The Cactuer is also an encounter in the North Corel Area , which is only ever fought in the aforementioned area and on Cactus Island , where it is the only desert encounter . Cactuar do not appear here . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Many of Zack ' s missions are in a desert - like wasteland , complete with dry rock and tumbleweeds . " Final Fantasy VIII " . Dingo Desert in Galbadia is the location of the notorious D - District Prison . The enemies around are mostly Fastitocalon s and Fastitocalon - F s , but rarely a Chimera can be encountered as well . Kashkabald Desert at easternmost Centra is where players find the " Ragnarok " airship in disk 4 . Cactuar Island is located southeast of the desert . It is also possible to encounter a flying saucer on the desert . Kashkabald Desert is known for having Cactuar encounters for the great amount of AP they give after battle . " Final Fantasy IX " . Most of the Outer Continent , and in fact most of the world , is barren and desolate . The Desert Palace is located underground in a desert in the Outer Continent . In order to get in , the party must find the entrance in an Antlion ' s nest . There is also the Earth Shrine , located on a desert that is caught in a continuous earth quake . Cactuars hide in the sand near Conde Petie and on the Forgotten Continent , and Cleyra is located in the middle of a desert in the Mist Continent , surrounded by a raging sandstorm . " Final Fantasy X . The Sanubia Sands are a sandy wasteland with submerged machina and ancient ruins that make up most of the Bikanel Island . The Al Bhed have their Home in the desert , as do the Cactuars . The desert has an oasis where treasures sometimes float . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . In " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , the Al Bhed excavate the desert for treasures . " Final Fantasy XI " . Vana ' diel is host to a wide variety of terrains , so it should come as no surprise that there are also deserts there as well . The island of Kuzotz , once home to the Galka , is a giant desert . Cape Teriggan and the nearby Valley of Sorrows are also desert areas , accessible only via tunnels from the island of Kuzotz or the Valkurm Dunes . " Final Fantasy XII " . The game ' s setting is on a region called the Galtean Peninsula that stretches between the continents of Ordalia in the west and Valendia at the northeast . Desert regions can be found westwards to Ordalia , the largest of which is a Jagd . Dalmasca Estersand is a desert region that stretches between the east side of the Royal City of Rabanastre northwards to the Nalbina Fortress . Dalmasca Westersand leads to the Jagd Yensa and is often caught in a sandstorm . An underground cave network called the Zertinan Caverns connects the Westersand to different reaches within Nam - Yensa Sandsea . Jagd Yensa is a notoriously wide desert area that is home to the humanoid Urutan - Yensa . It is also known as the Sandsea because of the fine sands that flow like water . Because of its vastness , it is divided between the Ogir - Yensa Sandsea and the Nam - Yensa Sandsea , the latter housing the Tomb of Raithwall . The Dead Dunes is an expansive desert in Nova Chrysalia . It is home to ruins and buried treasures . Lightning can slide down the dunes to get to the bottom of sands . The Monoculus bandits have made their home in the remain of Ruffian and Oerba Yun Fang is the group ' s leader . " Final Fantasy XIV " . The region of Thanalan is a sprawling desert in southern Eorzea , where the city - state of Ul ' dah and the Amalj ' aa tribe call home . The terrain varies from dunes to semi - arid shrubland , with at least one river flowing through it . Much of the land ' s wealth comes from various mineral deposits . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Deserts can be found in Limberry and Lesalia . Beddha Sandwaste , located north of Limberry , is crawling with monsters . The site of tombs of ancient emperors , here was where Ramza Beoulve was poisoned with Mossfungus . Zeklaus Desert at the western side of Lesalia is where the Sand Rat Sietch can be found . It was used by the Corpse Brigade to hold Messam Elmdore hostage . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . Ivalice has a hot climate which naturally forms much desert expanse . Jeraw Sands is the largest desert in Ivalice and is base to Clan Clatz , Eluut Sands is home to a horde of antlions and other monstrous beings , Delia Dunes hold the seam that transported Marche Radiuju to another realm to fight one of the Totema . Gotor Sands is another home to wild monsters . It is the site for the reunion between Marche and his brother Doned . " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " . The only desert can be found in the Earth Region , and there ' s two battlefield ' s battle that takes place in the desert . The Sand Temple is located on the edge of the desert while the Bone Dungeon is located in the middle of it . " Final Fantasy Adventure " . The Crystal Desert and Palmy Desert are two named deserts in the game , there ' s another not named desert situated between Menos and Jadd . " Final Fantasy Legend II " . Ashura ' s World is a vast desert with raging sandstorm with lots of cactus across the land . Ashura ' s Tower is hidden in the sandstorm , and there are two town in the desert , Desert Town and Ashura ' s Town . " Final Fantasy Legend III " . There is only one known desert in the entire game , and its called Jorgandr Desert which can be found in Pureland . After the " Talon " crashes , the party faces Jorgandr and after it ' s defeat . They leave the area never to return . The kingdom of Guera is located in the middle of a desert and the nation ' s king recruits the player party to rid of a monster problem on the desert . The Moonlight Tower and the Quicksand Castle are located on the desert . " Bravely Default " . The Harena Region is a sprawling desert , home to the industrial city of Ancheim and the Temple of Wind . A group of thieves also make their hideout within the Harena Ruins , west of a nearby oasis . Ancheim thrives on the boons of the Wind Crystal , but when the winds cease to blow , the city ' s great turbines must be operated manually , causing much more strife among its people . 1 , 800 years prior to the present era , the Harena Region was a temperate land with lush vegetation , but a great war destroyed the land ' s growth and transformed it into a desert waste . " Mobius Final Fantasy " . The Ishtar Desert is the main setting for Chapter II : Prophecy and Hope .