Red Bat

Scan Description

“A type of bat with a huge mouth. Lurks in dark places. Dives quickly from the air to bite its target.”

Where to Find It

Fire Cavern, east of Balamb Garden
Deling City Sewers
Tomb of the Unknown King
Centra Ruins

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: 23	Lv 10: 65	Lv 20: 140	Lv 30: 245	Lv 100: 1,820
HP formula	0.15x² + 3x + 20 (x = enemy level)
AP	1
Triple Triad Card
Card	Rarely turns into X-ATM092

Elemental Affinities

Element	Effect
Fire	Normal
Ice	Normal
Thunder	Normal
Earth	Immune (no damage)
Poison	Normal
Wind	Weak (bonus damage)
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	Immune
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	Thunder Scan	Thundara Scan Drain	Thundara Scan Drain
Mug	Vampire Fang x1	Vampire Fang x1–2	Vampire Fang x2
Drop	M-Stone Piece x1	Magic Stone x1 or Vampire Fang x1	Wizard Stone x1 or Vampire Fang x1
Drop (with Rare Item)	Vampire Fang x1	Magic Stone x2 or Vampire Fang x2	Wizard Stone x2 or Vampire Fang x2
Devour	Restores 50% of max HP	Restores 50% of max HP	Restores 50% of max HP

Attacks

“Vampire”: Once it has lost about half its HP, it may drain HP from a character to heal itself.
“Ultrasonic Waves”: Non-elemental magic damage with a chance of Confuse.

Strategy

A single hit usually ends it. Wind is boosted, Earth misses, and Blind fails.