Desert Baretta

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Final Fantasy Enemy
Desert Baretta
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NES Name	Ankylo
PS Name	Desert Baretta
GBA Name	Desert Baretta
PSP Name	Desert Baretta
NES Stats Statistics HP Attack {{{NES HP}}} {{{NES Attack}}} Defense Magic Defense {{{NES Defense}}} {{{NES Magic Defense}}} Agility Accuracy {{{NES Agility}}} {{{NES Accuracy}}} EXP Gil {{{NES Exp Awarded}}} {{{NES Gil Awarded}}} Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia {{{NES Fire}}} {{{NES Bolt}}} {{{NES Ice}}} {{{NES Dia}}} Location {{{NES Location}}} Abilities {{{NES Abilities}}} Resistant to {{{NES Resistance}}} PS Stats Statistics HP Attack {{{PS HP}}} {{{PS Attack}}} Defense Magic Defense {{{PS Defense}}} {{{PS Magic Defense}}} EXP Gil {{{PS Exp Awarded}}} {{{PS Gil Awarded}}} Elemental Affinities Fire Bolt Ice Dia {{{PS Fire}}} {{{PS Bolt}}} {{{PS Ice}}} {{{PS Dia}}} Location {{{PS Location}}} Abilities {{{PS Abilities}}} Resistant to {{{PS Resistance}}} GBA Stats Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 352 98 12 Defense Magic Defense 48 156 Agility Accuracy Evasion 24 88 48 EXP Gil 2,610 1 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia - - - - Location Great desert, around Onrac. Item Dropped None Abilities {{{GBA Abilities}}} Resistant to None PSP Stats Statistics HP Attack Intelligence 352 98 12 Defense Magic Defense 48 156 Agility Accuracy Evasion 24 88 48 EXP Gil 2,610 1 Elemental Affinities Fire Lightning Ice Dia - - - - Location Great desert, around Onrac. Item Dropped None Abilities {{{GBA Abilities}}} Resistant to None

Desert Barettas are large beasts covered in bony armor that prowled the deserts of the northern continents in the original Final Fantasy. These creatures appear alone in the great desert (Yahnikurm Desert), and may be somewhat challenging, especially if the player attacks with magic attacks, as it doesn't have any weaknesses and has a pretty high magic defense stat. Even though it looks physically armored, the monster has a lower defense stat as compared to its magic defense, and thus it is best to focus on physical attacks.

They appear very often in the desert, along with Allosaurus, and they do not appear in groups. It is unknown why they drop only 1 Gil, as it is a normal random encounter.

[edit] Etymology

The original Japanese name for this creature was Desert Bulette. A bulette is a monster from Dungeons & Dragons, known as a "land shark". The name was changed to Baretta for the PSX and GBA releases, most likely to avoid copyright problems.

In the original NES release of Final Fantasy, the Desert Baretta was named Ankylo. This is short for ankylosaurus, a large, armored dinosaur.

[edit] Related Enemies

• Baretta