Final Fantasy IV/Bosses

Normal bosses

Bosses are powerful enemies that you have to overcome. They may either be a single powerful monster, but they sometimes come with escorts.

Name	HP	GP	Exp	Location	Notes
Mist Dragon (D.Mist)	465		350	Misty cave	Light attack. However, when it turns to mist, it cannot be damaged and when hit in this form, it retaliates with a slightly more powerful attack hitting both Cecil and Kain.
General (Officer)	221	165	480	Kaipo inn.	Doesn't directly attack, but orders his three escorts to attack on his behalf. He flees if they die. Gold and EXP reflect killing the soldiers only.
Octomammoth	2350	500	1200	Waterfall (Watery pass)	Vulnerable to Thunder and Cecil's attack. As this monster gets damaged, his speed and attack power increase.
Antlion	1000	800	1500	Antlion cave (easy of Damcyan)	Retaliates against physical attacks, depending on the coloration of its eyes. Magical attacks will get countered if they are red.
Mom bomb	10800	555	2460	Mt. Fabul Summit	When the monster drops below 10000 hp, it will grow in preparation for an explosion. After a short delay, it detonates hitting all party members before splitting into 3 bombs and 3 gray bombs. The amount of exp and Gold are maximums, and depend on how many Boms you can kill before they explode.
Scarmiglione/Milon	3100	3300	3800	Mt. Ordeals Bridge	Scarmiglione attacks, escorted by 4 Ghasts. Scarmiglione can cast a variety of spells.
Scarmiglione/Milon-Z	3000	3000	4000	Mt. Ordeals Bridge	In spite of being killed, Scarmiglione attacks in his true form. The battle is an unavoidable back attack, and Scarmiglione attacks with poison magic and blizzard spells.
Baigan	3500 350 * 2	3000	4840	Castle Baron	His three parts can individually make attacks. If you destroy the arms, they can recover after a short time with their 350 HP. After Baigan dies, if the two arms are alive, they explode. The main body is weak against Thunder, but when hit with it, casts Reflect to defend himself.
Kainazzo/Cagnazzo	4000	4000	5500	Castle Baron	Attacks with a wave that hits all party members. The body occasionally protect itself by gathering water, which can be negated by lightning. After taking out the watery shield, strike him with Ice. When seriously injured, Cagnazzo will also hide in his shell to improve defense and recover health.
Dark Elf	3000	5000	6000	Dark Elf Cave	After a set of useless spells, the Dark Elf (with 22000 HP) changes into dragon form (25000 HP). He is vulnerable to Tornado, so if you land that, you've won the battle.
Cindy, Sandy, Mindy	Mindy: 2200 Cindy: 4300 Sandy:2500	9000	9000	Tower of Zot	Sandy casts Reflect on Cindy, then Mindy casts an attack spell. This method of attack ignores Reflect. However, as the battle progresses, Sandy's Reflect spells will bound off the wall and protect party members, preventing you from healing yourself with spells. The recommended path is to kill Cindy first, then Mindy, then Sandy. Cindy will revive her dead companions if you do it out-of-order. When Cindy and Mindy are down, Sandy will try charming party members.
Valvalis / Barbariccia	6000	5000	9500	Tower of Zot	Barbariccia can spin her hair into a tornado, during which she becomes heavily guarded against physical blows- Kain can disrupt this by jumping. When spinning, casts Maelstrom and Ray (Inflicts gradual petrification). Otherwise, she simply uses basic attacks. Note that she makes a physical attack almost immediately after coming out of spin.
Calcabrina/Calbrena	4624	5000	15000	Dwarven Castle	Starts with 3 Calcas/Cals with 1000 HP in the back, and 3 Brinas/Brenas with 300HP in the front. If you can kill these, you don't have to fight Calcabrina, but it's recommended to wait for the large doll for the exp. Calcabrina uses powerful physical attacks and loves to soak up damage, but after a while, it will revert to the Calcas and the Brinas. Note: You need to have Cecil alive at the end of the fight.
Golbez	22000	10000	20000	Dwarven Castle	Get Kain to jump right away. Otherwise, he'll be hit with Stop along with the rest of your party. Golbez opens by paralyzing the party, with Binding Cold/Hold Gas, summoning Shadow Dragon who demolishes party members. However, Rydia's Mist Dragon destroys the Shadow Dragon before he can demolish Cecil. Golbez flees after losing a large amount of his HP. Note: If you glitch Golbez into losing all health before Rydia arrives, she will still gain exp.
Dr. Lugae + Barnabas/Balnab	Balnab: 3927 Lugae: 4416	0	0	Tower of Babil	Dr. Lugae is trying to get Barnabas to attack. This encounter is merely comedic relief as neither opponent does much damage. If Lugae is defeated first, Barnabas will run out of oil and explode and most likely kill one party member; otherwise Lugae will climb into the damaged robot and start controlling it manually, leading into the fight with Barnabas-Z.
Barnabas-Z/Balnab-Z	2200	0	0	Tower of Babil	This version has stronger attacks than the normal Barnabas, but Lugae accidentally makes it explode after about 3-4 attacks. Again, this will kill or seriously injure one party member. Killing Barnabas-Z quickly will prevent it from exploding.
Dr. Lugae/Lugaborg	6600	4000	15000	Tower of Babil	Casts Poison (on all), Beam, Laser, and Flamethrower (on all). Counters with Gas.
Rubicante	25200	7000	25000	Upper Tower of Babil	Before combat, he heals you. Rubicante absorbs fire, and a cloak of flame that absorbs all elements. He will occasionally hide behind the cloak, where he absorbs magic, but isn't as powerful. After coming out of the cloak, he will cast fire spells. He normally casts Scorch/Glare after coming out of cloak.
Demon Wall/EvilWall	28,000	8000	23,000	Sealed Cave	This wall slowly advances toward the party with the occasional physical attack or Ray. When it gets too close, it begins to cast Crush very quickly, killing party members at a fast rate.
Elemental Archfiends	57000 + 47000	20000	102500	Giant of Babel	A gauntlet of Scarmiglione, Rubicante, Cagnazzo, and Barbariccia. Use the same strategy as the original elements, although some of their special defences don't exist. Scarmiglione is vulnerable to fire and healing. He switches to Rubicante once attacked below 40000 hp. Rubicante is vulnerable to ice and water. He switches to Cagnazzo once attacked below 11000 hp. Further combat applies to the second HP portion. Cagnazzo is vulnerable to lightning. Scarmiglione is vulnerable to holy attacks. Note: Using reflect and bouncing spells off of reflected party members can prevent Scarmiglione and Rubicante from transforming, thus allowing you to skip the latter half of the fight. However, you get less experience.
CPU	20000 + 2000 + 2000	10333	Varies	Giant of Babil	Attacker: Hits all party members with Laser Barrage. Worth 50000 exp. Defender: Heals CPU for 2000. Worth 50000 exp. CPU: If attacker and defender are destroyed, uses Object 199 (one-hit kill on a party member), and revives them. Worth 50000 exp.
Zeromus	61000	N/A	N/A	Lunar Core	The final battle. After initial preparations, use the crystal on Zeromus; he won't attack, but until you do, you can't harm him. Zeromus attacks with Big Bang, and casts Bio (all, drains hp, reflectable), Black Hole (cancels status buffs). Retaliates magical attacks with Flare. If Edge is high enough level, he can steal Dark Matter from Zeromus. This does nothing, except in the 3D versions where it is used to summon the superboss Proto-Babil in the 2nd playthrough. The first time you bring him below 16000hp, the next attack on him will reset him back to full health. (You can use a delta attack to finish him off at this point.)

Optional bosses

Defeating these bosses are not required to complete the game, but makes it easier to do so.

Name	HP	GP	Exp	Location	Notes
Asura	31,005		20,000	Feymarch	Asura casts healing spells on herself, and retaliates with a powerful physical attack. Simply cast Reflect on her and all you need to worry about is her physical attacks.
Leviathan	50,001		28,000	Cave of Summoned monsters	Once defeated, you can call Leviathan for a water-attack.
Odin	20,001		18,000	Castle Baron	Odin must be defeated quickly, when he raises his sword, he is about to use Zantetsuken, which kills all your party members. Hitting him with a thunder spell when his sword is raised stops him briefly.
Behemoth	23,000	65,000	57,000	Lair of the Father	A demi-boss. Retaliates with physical attacks. Note: This creature also appears in random encounters in the Lunar Core.
Bahamut	45,001		35,000	Bahamut Cave	Bahamut performs a countdown from 5 to charge his powerful attack. When it reaches 0, he launches a Mega-Flare that inflicts heavy damage (but can be reflected.) Once defeated, you can call Bahamut for a powerful non-elemental attack.
White Dragon (Pale Dim)	32,700			Lunar Subterrane	White Dragon counters all physicals with Slow and all magic with Earthquake. Beware Maelstrom! It reduces everyone's HP to single digits. Winning against it gives you the Murasame, a sword for Edge.
Dark Bahamut (Wyvern)	60,000		64,000	Lunar Subterrane	Dark Bahamut opens with Mega Flare, then casts reflect on itself and bounces Flare (Nuke) off itself to deal damage to your party. It also counters all summons with Mega Flare. Defeating it earns you Cecil's ultimate weapon, Ragnarok.
Plague Horror (Plague)	33,333	550	31,108	Lunar Subterrane	Plague Horror starts the battle off by casting Doom (Count) on everyone, you must then defeat it within the time limit. Use your strongest attacks and it should fall. By beating it, you get the Holy (White) Lance, Kain's ultimate weapon.
Lunasaur (D.Lunar)	23,000		29,500	Lunar Subterrane	There are two Lunasaurs, and they both cast reflect on either of them. They then bounce Bio (Virus) off of themselves and use Bad Breath, the latter causes multiple status ailments on all party members. If Cecil is using a holy sword, and Kain is using the Holy Lance, they both can be easily defeated.
Ogopogo	50,000		61,000	Lunar Core	Ogopogo uses Deluge (Big Wave) twice on its first turn, cutting the party's HP down to half. It then attacks, using Deluge occasionally. It counters lightning magic with Whirl and Summon attacks with Frost Blast. It also uses the latter if attacked by any magic. Attack it with your strongest physical attacks and cast Shell (provided Rosa knows it) to defend against Deluge. Beating Ogopogo earns you Edge's ultimate weapon, the Masamune.

Special Encounters

These fights would appear to be boss fights, but are really special cutscenes. They are mostly there for decoration and are not usually based around the power or abilities of the party.

Name	HP	Location	Notes
Girl	60000	Mist	This girl is upset that you killed her mother and burned her village. Out of desperation, she almost immediately calls Titan to create an earthquake, separating Mist Valley.
Edward	60000	Damcyan	Tellah attacks Edward in a fit of rage, only to be called off by Anna. This is an auto-combat, and cannot be controlled.
Sahagin	45672	Kaipo	After returning to Kaipo, Edward has a short fight with a Sahagin. The enemy dies in three attacks. Worth 100 Gil, 800 exp.
Kain	65000	Fabul	This battle will end when Cecil is at critical health. Even if you are able to damage Kain between his attacks and inflict the necessary damage, the victory will be overwritten by the following cutscene.
D.Knight	1000	Mt. Ordeals	You can defeat the dark knight through damage, although you must heed his warning and sheath your sword and wait.
Yang	4000	Baron	After an attack by two guards (200 HP each), you need to deal with Yang. After he uses his kick ability twice, make an attack to win the battle. Victory through damage results in the same outcome, but is not feasible for normally levelled characters.
Dark Elf	65000	Lodestone Cavern	When you first encounter the Dark Elf, the magnetic field weakens the main attackers in the party, causing him to be victorious. The party will be defeated, whether by combat or by a time limit. If you have the Whisperweed, your party is healed and the magnetic field is disabled. Otherwise, the game will end.
Golbez	65500	Tower of Zot	Tellah engages in an autocombat with Golbez, in revenge for killing Anna. As such, he tries cast a variety of spells, before landing Meteor.
Rubicante	25200	Cave of Eblan	Edge engages in auto-combat, only to discover that Rubicante absorbs his most powerful attack. Rubicante retaliates with Scorch, knocking out Edge.
Queen and King Eblan	60000 each	Upper Tower of Babil	The king and queen were changed into monsters by Dr. Lugae. During this scene, they will recover from the mind control after a few of their attacks. Don't worry about damage unless you are critically low on health; the battle will end if you just defend. Rubicante then battles you shortly afterward after he admits that he was appalled and cursed Lugae for turning Edge's parents into monsters.
Zemus	65000	Lunar Core	An auto combat with Golbez and Fusoya who pummel with the most powerful spells. They finish with Double Meteor.
Zeromus	65000	Lunar Core	An auto combat with Golbez and FuSoYa who pummel with the most powerful spells. Zeromus absorbs the attacks, and their crystal has no effect. Zeromus retaliates, taking out the two fighters and the rest of the party.