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Glacial Eye

Glacial Eye floating over the Alcauld Plains

Where to Find It

  • Alcauld Plains around Balamb, near the mountains
  • Trabia (Winter Island plains and the Bika Snowfields)
  • Esthar (Minde Island and the Mordred Plains)

Vital Statistics

Like nearly every enemy in Final Fantasy VIII, this enemy’s level rises with your party’s average level, and its rewards change across three level brackets. Check out the Character and Enemy Leveling page for the full explanation of how enemy levels work.

Level bracketsLow 1–19
Mid 20–29
High 30–100
HP by levelLv 1: 205Lv 10: 275Lv 20: 400Lv 30: 575Lv 100: 3,200
HP formula0.25x² + 5x + 200 (x = enemy level)
AP1
Triple Triad CardGlacial Eye Triple Triad Card
Command Ability IconCardRarely turns into Jumbo Cactuar

Elemental Affinities

ElementEffect
Fire Element IconFireWeak (bonus damage)
Ice Element IconIceImmune (no damage)
Thunder Element IconThunderNormal
Earth Element IconEarthImmune (no damage)
Poison Element IconPoisonNormal
Wind Element IconWindNormal
Water Element IconWaterNormal
Holy Element IconHolyNormal

Status Vulnerabilities

Percentages are the base chance for the status to land before level and junction modifiers; the higher the number, the easier it is to inflict.

StatusWorks?
Death Status IconDeathImmune
Poison Status IconPoison80%
Petrify Status IconPetrify70%
Darkness Status IconDarkness80%
Silence Status IconSilence30%
Berserk Status IconBerserk50%
Zombie Status IconZombie70%
Sleep Status IconSleep100%
Slow Status IconSlow90%
Stop Status IconStop50%
Doom80%
Petrify Status IconGradual Petrify70%
Confuse Status IconConfuse60%
Drain Status IconDrain100%
Degenerator80%
Vit 0 (Meltdown)100%
The EndWorks

Draws, Steals, and Drops by Level

Low (1–19)Mid (20–29)High (30–100)
DrawGreen Magick IconBlizzard
Green Magick IconCure
Green Magick IconScan		Green Magick IconBlizzara
Green Magick IconCura
Green Magick IconScan		Green Magick IconBlizzara
Green Magick IconCura
Green Magick IconScan
MugMiscellaneous Item IconVampire Fang x1 or Miscellaneous Item IconArctic Wind x1Miscellaneous Item IconVampire Fang x1 or Miscellaneous Item IconNorth Wind x1Miscellaneous Item IconVampire Fang x2 or Miscellaneous Item IconNorth Wind x2
DropMiscellaneous Item IconM-Stone Piece x1–2Miscellaneous Item IconVampire Fang x1 or Miscellaneous Item IconNorth Wind x1Miscellaneous Item IconVampire Fang x2 or Miscellaneous Item IconNorth Wind x1
Drop (with Party Ability IconRare Item)Miscellaneous Item IconVampire Fang x1 or Miscellaneous Item IconArctic Wind x1Miscellaneous Item IconArctic Wind x2–3Miscellaneous Item IconNorth Wind x2
DevourRestores 50% of max HPRestores 50% of max HPRestores 50% of max HP

Attacks

  • “Blizzara”: Its bread-and-butter Ice Element IconIce magic (Green Magick IconBlizzaga at higher levels).
  • “Silence”: Can silence one of your casters.
  • “Petrify Stare”: Can inflict Petrify Status IconPetrify on one character.
  • “Reflect”: Casts it on itself to bounce incoming magic.
  • “Vampire”: Once it has lost around three-quarters of its HP, it may drain HP from a character to heal itself.

Strategy

Green Magick IconFire exploits its weakness, while Ice Element IconIce does nothing and Earth Element IconEarth misses. Green Magick IconSleep always lands if you want it shut down.