Guard

Scan Description

“Prison security guard. A Galbadian soldier trained in sleep magic to capture escapees.”

Where to Find It

D-District Prison

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 brackets	Low 1–19 Mid 20–29 High 30–100
HP by level	Lv 1: 45	Lv 10: 115	Lv 20: 240	Lv 30: 415	Lv 100: 3,040
HP formula	0.25x² + 5x + 40 (x = enemy level)
AP	1
Triple Triad Card	Cannot be turned into a card and drops no card

Elemental Affinities

Element	Effect
Fire	Normal
Ice	Normal
Thunder	Normal
Earth	Normal
Poison	Weak (bonus damage)
Wind	Normal
Water	Normal
Holy	Normal

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.

Status	Works?
Death	70%
Poison	80%
Petrify	70%
Darkness	80%
Silence	80%
Berserk	60%
Zombie	70%
Sleep	80%
Slow	90%
Stop	50%
Doom	80%
Gradual Petrify	70%
Confuse	60%
Drain	100%
Degenerator	80%
Vit 0 (Meltdown)	100%
The End	Works

Draws, Steals, and Drops by Level

	Low (1–19)	Mid (20–29)	High (30–100)
Draw	Sleep Silence Blind Cure	Sleep Silence Blind Cura	Sleep Silence Blind Curaga
Mug	Potion x1 or Phoenix Down x1	Potion x1 or Phoenix Down x1	Potion x1 or Phoenix Down x1
Drop	Potion x1 or Phoenix Down x1	Potion x1 or Phoenix Down x1	Potion x1 or Phoenix Down x1
Drop (with Rare Item)	Remedy x1	Remedy x1	Remedy x1
Devour	Cannot be devoured	Cannot be devoured	Cannot be devoured

Attacks

“Sleep”: Its signature; a party-wide nap during the escape is the only real danger.

Strategy

Sleep defense on one character trivializes the whole encounter. Weak to Poison.