Basilisk (Final Fantasy)

The Basilisk, also known as the SAURIA, is an enemy in the original Final Fantasy. They may first be encountered in the Cardian Islands and Citadel of Trials regions. They later appear in Chaos Shrine, on floor B1, as a rare encounter.
==Stats==
== Strategy ==
Physical attacks are the primary way to defeat these enemies; magic can be saved for the more difficult encounters in the Chaos Shrine. Due to their average Defense, they are not hard to defeat. Basilisks possess the ability to use Gaze to Petrify party members, but they also drop Gold Needles upon defeat.
==Formations==
;Pixel remaster
Number	Enemies 	Can flee?	Musical theme	Location 	Rate/1000
 	Basilisk x2	 	Battle 	Northern Citadel of Trials region 	70
 	Basilisk x2	 	Battle 	Cardian Islands-Citadel of Trials region	60
 	Basilisk x1	 	Battle 	Northern Citadel of Trials region 	70
 	Basilisk x1	 	Battle 	Cardian Islands-Citadel of Trials region	70
 	Basilisk x4	 	Battle 	Chaos Shrine B1 	70
 	Basilisk x3	 	Battle 	Chaos Shrine B1 	70
 	Basilisk x2	 	Battle 	Chaos Shrine B1 	80
;Other releases
Number	Enemies 	Maximum	Can flee?	Ambush%	Musical theme	Location 	Rate/64
 	Basilisk x1-2	4 large	 	27 	Battle 	Cardian Islands-Citadel of Trials region	6
 	Basilisk x1-2	4 large	 	27 	Battle 	Northern Citadel of Trials region 	1
 	Basilisk x2-4	4 large	 	27 	Battle 	Chaos Shrine B1 	1
==AI script==
Action	Probability	Probability
Action	PR 	Other releases
Attack	60% 	50%
Gaze 	35% 	50%
Flee 	5% 	Morale check
;Morale check
# Fear	Morale	Max level 50 	Max level 50 	Max level 50 	Max level 99 	Max level 99 	Max level 99
# Fear	Morale	Min flee level	100% flee level	% at max level	Min flee level	100% flee level	% at max level
0 	200 	— 	— 	0% 	— 	— 	0%
1 	160 	41 	— 	39.22% 	81 	— 	37.25%
2 	120 	21 	46 	100% 	41 	91 	100%
3 	80 	1 	26 	100% 	1 	51 	100%
4 	40 	1 	6 	100% 	1 	11 	100%
5 	0 	1 	1 	100% 	1 	1 	100%
== Etymology ==
In the NES version, the Basilisk was called Sauria. Sauria derives from saura, which means "reptile" in Greek.
== Related enemies ==
* Catoblepas
* Fire Lizard
* Lizard
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