Earth Guardian

Earth Guardian is a boss from Final Fantasy IX. The party first encounters it in the Earth Shrine when delivering a mirror to break the seal to Terra. Earth Guardian is one of the guardians of Terra who guards the seals. Quina and Zidane must fight him.
The party later fights the Earth Guardian in Memoria where he is known as Lich. Earth Guardian alludes to Lich, one of the Four Fiends from the original Final Fantasy.
==Stats==
== Battle ==
Earth Guardian uses Earth Shake that deals Earth damage to the party. During battle, it is possible to use Quina's Eat/Cook command to learn Guardian's Earth Shake as Blue Magic. Earth Guardian is the only boss who can be eaten. Despite the boss's skeletal appearance, it is not undead.
=== Strategy ===
It is recommended to get two pairs of Feather Boots, but not equip the Auto-Float support ability that goes with them. The Feather Boots absorb Earth damage, so one will be healed when the Earth Guardian uses Earth Shake. 
If Quina has Mighty Guard, the battle can be won with ease. Another good idea is equip Auto-Regen and Auto-Haste. As the Earth Guardian is a flying monster, Twister can help out greatly. If Quina knows Bad Breath, the battle becomes even easier, since Earth Guardian is weak to Darkness, Mini, and Slow. Aqua Breath will inflict above 4000 HP in one use. Night will put it to sleep, but the party needs to be protected against the status as well. It is also susceptible to LV3 Def-less. Roulette can work, but the odds are stacked against the player with one enemy and two allies.
Zidane should do the damage with his physical attacks, and can do even more damage with the Devil Killer support ability equipped.
==AI script==
== Other appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
== Gallery ==
Earth Guardian FFIX Art.jpg|Concept artwork of the Earth Guardian.
Lich FFIX Art.jpg|Concept artwork of Lich.
Earth-Guard-FFIX.png|Earth Guard at Earth Shrine.
Earth-Guardian-FFIX.png|Earth Guardian.
== Related enemies ==
* Lich
* Maliris
* Kraken
* Tiamat
de:Erdwächter (FFIX)
Category:Bosses in Final Fantasy IX
Category:Final Fantasy IX Edible Enemies