Final Fantasy enemy types

Final Fantasy has 8 different enemy types. Some types have unique properties, while there also exist weapons that deal increased damage against certain types as though they were striking an elemental weakness, with the Excalibur being effective against all enemy types. In the NES release, the properties of these weapons were bugged and they did not deal increased damage. Note that not all enemies have an enemy type, just as some enemies may have multiple types.
Enemy types were changed significantly in the Pixel Remaster release. While some enemies lost their type, many more gained new types, improving the effectiveness of their respective counter-weapons.
== Enemy types ==
Enemies in italics are exclusive to the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary releases.
=== Aquatic ===
Includes aquatic enemies. Aquatic-type enemies take increased damage from the Excalibur and Coral Sword.
Aquatic-type enemies	Aquatic-type enemies	Aquatic-type enemies
*Cagnazzo
*Crocodile
*Deepeyes
*Killer Shark
*Kraken
*Orthros
*Piranha
*Piscodemon	
*Poison Naga
*Red Piranha
*Sahagin
*Sahagin Chief
*Sahagin Prince
*Sahagin Queen
*Sea Scorpion	
*Sea Snake
*Sea Troll
*Shark
*Squidraken
*Water Naga
*White Croc
*White Shark
=== Beast ===
Includes mammalian enemies. Prior to the Pixel Remaster release this was known as werebeast, and applied to a mere two enemies. Beast-type enemies take increased damage from the Excalibur and Werebuster.
Beast-type enemies	Beast-type enemies	Beast-type enemies
*Chimera
*Crazy Horse
*Hellhound
*Hyenadon
*Lesser Tiger	
*Manticore
*Rakshasa
*Rhyos
*Sabertooth
*Sphinx	
*Warg Wolf
*Weretiger
*Werewolf
*Winter Wolf
*Wolf
=== Dragon ===
Includes dragons and other reptilian enemies. Dragon-type enemies take increased damage from the Excalibur and Wyrmkiller.
Dragon-type enemies	Dragon-type enemies	Dragon-type enemies
*Allosaurus
*Anaconda
*Basilisk
*Black Dragon
*Blue Dragon
*Catoblepas
*Chimera
*Cobra
*Dragon Zombie
*Fire Hydra
*Fire Lizard	
*Green Dragon
*Holy Dragon
*Hydra
*Lizard
*Mage Chimera
*Python
*Red Dragon
*Rhyos
*Sea Snake
*Shinryu	
*Silver Dragon
*Tiamat
*Two-headed Dragon
*Tyrannosaur
*White Croc
*White Dragon
*Wyrm
*Wyvern
*Yamatano Orochi
*Yellow Dragon
=== Giant ===
Includes giant enemies. Giant-type enemies take increased damage from the Excalibur, Great Sword, and Ogrekiller.
Giant-type enemies	Giant-type enemies	Giant-type enemies
*Black Goblin
*Elm Gigas
*Fire Gigas
*Flare Gigas
*Goblin	
*Goblin Guard
*Hill Gigas
*Ice Gigas
*Knocker
*Mad Ogre	
*Ogre
*Ogre Chief
*Ogre Mage
*Yellow Ogre
=== Mage ===
Includes enemies prone to casting powerful magic. Mage-type enemies take increased damage from the Excalibur and Rune Blade.
Mage-type enemies	Mage-type enemies	Mage-type enemies
*Bloody Eye
*Clay Golem
*Dark Fighter
*Dark Wizard
*Death Knight
*Devil Wizard
*Evil Eye	
*Lich
*Marilith
*Mythril Golem
*Ogre Mage
*Poison Naga
*Rakshasa
*Rubicante	
*Scarmiglione
*Spirit Naga
*Stone Golem
*Tiamat
*Vampire Lord
*Water Naga
=== Magic ===
Includes magical creatures. Magic-type enemies take increased damage from the Excalibur and Rune Blade.
Magic-type enemies	Magic-type enemies	Magic-type enemies
*Ahriman
*Atomos
*Air Elemental
*Clay Golem
*Dark Elemental
*Death Elemental
*Death Eye
*Death Knight
*Earth Elemental
*Earth Medusa
*Evil Eye	
*Fire Elemental
*Gargoyle
*Horned Devil
*Iron Golem
*Lich
*Marilith
*Mythril Golem
*Nightmare
*Piscodemon
*Reaper
*Rock Gargoyle	
*Shadow
*Specter
*Squidraken
*Stone Golem
*Vampire
*Vampire Lord
*Water Elemental
*Weretiger
*Werewolf
*Wraith
=== Regenerative ===
Includes enemies that passively regain HP every turn. Regenerative-type enemies take increased damage from the Excalibur, as well as the Flame Sword in releases prior to the Pixel Remaster.
Regenerative-type enemies	Regenerative-type enemies	Regenerative-type enemies
*Blue Troll
*Death Eye
*Earth Troll
*Ogre Mage	
*Sea Troll
*Troll
*Vampire
*Vampire Lord	
*Warmech
*Weretiger
*Werewolf
=== Undead ===
Includes undead creatures. Undead-type enemies take increased damage from the Excalibur, Sun Blade, and Light Axe, as well as the Flame Sword in releases prior to the Pixel Remaster. The Dia line of spells are only effective against undead enemies; while this is listed as an elemental weakness, mechanically they don't take increased damage from the spell. It instead checks if the target has the undead type to determine whether it hits, missing non-undead enemies entirely.
Undead-type enemies	Undead-type enemies	Undead-type enemies
*Bloodbones
*Bonesnatch
*Death Eye
*Death Gaze
*Dragon Zombie
*Ghast
*Ghost
*Ghoul
*King Mummy	
*Lich
*Minotaur Zombie
*Mummy
*Phantom Train
*Pharaoh
*Reaper
*Revenant
*Scarmiglione
*Shadow	
*Skeleton
*Skuldier
*Specter
*Vampire
*Vampire Lord
*Wight
*Wraith
*Zombie
==Notes==
 
Category:Enemy type lists