Golem (summon)

The Golem is a recurring creature in the Final Fantasy series, debuting in Final Fantasy V. A member of the larger golem family of creatures, the Golem is the most prominent member of its family despite being its "common" member, most frequently appearing as a summoned monster where other members of its family are typically regular enemies. Its signature ability, Earth Wall, puts up a barrier that absorbs physical attacks.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy V===
The Golem appears in Drakenvale and initially attacks the party as ???. The party is unable to defeat him, as it will attack then escape. The Golem can be found further on the mountain attacked by a Bone Dragon and a Zombie Dragon, now as Golem and will ask for help. The battle is a fixed encounter in the screen with bones lying on the grass. If the party defeats the monsters, Golem joins as a level 3 summon.
===Final Fantasy VI===
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The Golem is an esper whose magicite can be purchased at the auction for an overall price of 20,000 gil. After it has been summoned, its hand will appear and block any physical attack the enemy makes against the party, but only until its hit points are depleted, which are equal to the caster's HP when cast. It costs 33 MP to summon. As a magicite, it teaches Protect (x5), Stop (x5) and Cura (x5). It provides a +2 Bonus of Stamina when leveling up.
===Final Fantasy VII===
The Golem is an enemy fought in the Cosmo Area near Cosmo Canyon, and in the fourth round of the Battle Square during the time Tiny Bronco is available. When fought in the Battle Square its stats are enhanced with double the regular HP and its Attack and Magic Attack are increased by 25%.
===Final Fantasy XII===
The Golem is a plant/golem-type enemy found in the Feywood. It has the Judicer's Staff as a rare steal. Two are also fought alongside Exodus in the Zodiac versions' Trial Mode in Stage 68.
====Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings====
The Golem appears as the Rank 2 Earth Physical esper. Its special attack, Wild Charge, damages the target and inflicts Immobilize.
===Final Fantasy Tactics===
The Golem is a summoned monster available to [[Summoner (Tactics)|Summoners]. When summoned it blocks all attacks from the normal attack dealt by non-beast type unit, Jump, Throw, and Aim commands to the summoner's party until it has absorbed damage equal to the summoner's max HP. If Golem is recast before it has blocked enough damage, the amount of damage it can absorb will be reset to the caster's max HP. Also if more than one ally summon the Golem, only the last one's HP will be taken into account, not stacking up the HP pool of all casters.
It costs 40 MP to cast, has a speed of 34, and needs 500 JP to learn. It has a basic hit-rate of 100% regardless of the caster's magickal AT and Faith. However, a caster with zero Faith or under the status effect Atheist will actually miss the spell when summoning Golem.
====Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift====
The Golem appears as an enemy, and is a member of the Headless species.
===Vagrant Story===
The Golem appears as a boss in the Sanctum. It has a very high defense and the player should attack it with a blunt weapon to its body. If the player has a weapon with a high air affinity this will also work well. Granite Punch is Earth-elemental, so Impact Guard may reduce damage. 
===Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles===
The Golem appears as a boss in the Veo Lu Sluice. At first a bunch of scraps and spare parts lie scattered across the plaza.
====Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King====
===Final Fantasy Type-0===
The Golem is the base form of the Golem-class eidolon. It can be obtained from the mission The Infiltration of Iscah, and is also encountered as a boss in several other missions.
===Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light===
Golems appear as automatons that inhabit the city of Spelvia. When attempting to access a shop without Rolan in the party, the Golems will attack them. Golems have low HP and have no special abilities.
===Final Fantasy Adventure===
The Golem is a boss found inside the second cave in Mt. Rocks. It can only be harmed by the Star weapon. It will drop the Lit spell when defeated.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions II===
Golem appears as a collectable summon.
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
Golem from Final Fantasy V appears as a summon.
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
Golem is an Earth-elemental esper. From time to time, players may encounter Golem in battle. Defeating Golem will grant players the Golem I summon stone, which allows Golem to be summoned into battle. When summoned, Golem uses the skill, Heavy Strike.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
FFRK Clay Golem FFI.png|Final Fantasy Clay Golem
FFRK Mad Golem FFV.png|Final Fantasy V Golem
FFRK Golem Type-0.png|Type-0 Golem
The Golems from Final Fantasy V and Type-0 appear as bosses. In addition, the Final Fantasy V Golem is a dummied Summoning ability. Due to it never being implemented into the game, Golem's summon ability does not have a proper name and is instead labeled as Diamond Dust.https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKeeper/comments/5msv2o/the_dummied_project_unused_animation_recovery/
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
FFBE Golem Artwork.png|Brave Exvius Golem
FFBE Golem DQM Sprite.png|Dragon Quest Golem
The Golem appears as an esper obtained by defeating it in the Zadehl Southersands. In addition, the Golems from Type-0 and Dragon Quest appear as enemies during select events, with the latter being recruitable as a unit.
====War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius====
Golem appears as an obtainable summon and vision card. Its party ability is Max HP Up 12% and Earth Unit Lightning Attack Res Up 0. Its bestowed effects are Earth Attack Res Up 4. It is illustrated by G-ROW Art.
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
The Golem appears as an earth-elemental boss, based on the golem family of enemies from Final Fantasy XIV. It is obtainable as a Ranger card that grants the Lesser Earthdance or Earthdance abilities depending on its rank.
===Chocobo Racing===
The Golem is the gatekeeper of the village where Mog and Chocobo live. It does not allow anyone to leave until they beat him in a race. The Golem keeps a piece of the Blue Crystal, and was prompted to follow the two after its defeat in a race.
The Golem's unique ability is "Grip-Up", which enforces stronger control for the vehicle. It drives the Rockin' Roller V8, which is a bit slow but a really steady vehicle.
===Chocobo's Dungeon 2===
The Golem appears as an enemy.
===Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales===
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The Golem reappears in Chocobo Tales. It is the guardian of the forest where the Earth Crystal is kept. Chocobo had to fight a card duel against him to stop Bebuzzu. As a dueler, it speaks in a caveman-ish fashion.
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
Golem TCG.png|Golem [1-089C] Chapter series card.
4-057U.jpg|Golem [4-057U] Chapter series card.
Golem2 TCG.png|Golem [10-069U] Chapter series card.
Golem appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as multiple Earth-elemental summon cards: one depicting its Final Fantasy Tactics appearance; one depicting its Final Fantasy Type-0 appearance; and one its Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade appearance.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
Golem from Final Fantasy Brave Exvius appears as a Triple Triad card, with 6653 face values.
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable===
Golem is a chance card; the card's ability: Sell a stock pearls with 120% of the price.
===The World Ends with You===
Golem appears as a pin called Tin Pin Golem.
===Bravely series===
In , the Golem is an inorganic-type enemy fought in the . They are extremely powerful, and their Megaton Punch can deal hundreds of damage to characters at once. Their Spin Slam deals a moderate amount of damage to all party members. Two other golem enemies also appear: Inferno Golem and Ice Golem.
==Etymology==
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