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Gaia is a town from Final Fantasy, located on the north-eastern continent of the world. Because of the mountains around it, it is accessible only by airship. There is a spring in Gaia that is home to fairies, many being found and sold in black markets such as the Caravan. Buying one and returning her to the spring earns the party the Oxyale needed to breathe underwater, allowing them to enter the Sunken Shrine.

Shops[]

Items[]

FF1 3DS Gaia ItemShop

Gaia's item shop.

Name Cost
NES & PS (Normal) PS (Easy), GBA, PSP, Mobile
Potion 60 gil N/A
Hi-Potion N/A 150 gil
Ether N/A 150 gil
Antidote 75 gil N/A
Phoenix Down N/A 500 gil
Tent 250 gil 160 gil
Cottage 3,000 gil 2,000 gil

Weapons[]

FF1 3DS Gaia WeaponShop

Gaia's weapon shop.

Name Cost
NES & PS (Normal) PS (Easy), GBA, PSP, Mobile
Cat Claws 65,000 gil 52,000 gil

Armor[]

FF1 3DS Gaia ArmorShop

Gaia's armor shop.

Name Cost
NES & PS (Normal) PS (Easy), GBA, PSP, Mobile
Ruby Armlet 50,000 gil 40,000 gil
Protect Ring 20,000 gil 16,000 gil

Level 7 White Magic[]

FF1 3DS Gaia Whitemagickshop LV7

Gaia's Level 7 White Magic shop.

Name Cost
NES & PS (Normal) PS (Easy), GBA, PSP, Mobile
Curaja 45,000 gil 30,000 gil
Diaja 45,000 gil 30,000 gil

Level 7 Black Magic[]

FF1 3DS Gaia Blackmagickshop LV7

Gaia's Level 7 Black Magic shop.

Name Cost
NES & PS (Normal) PS (Easy), GBA, PSP, Mobile
Blizzaga 45,000 gil 30,000 gil
Break 45,000 gil 30,000 gil

Level 8 White Magic[]

FF1 3DS Black&WhiteShop

Gaia's Level 8 Magic shop.

Name Cost
NES & PS (Normal) PS (Easy), GBA, PSP, Mobile
Holy 60,000 gil 40,000 gil
NulAll 60,000 gil 40,000 gil
Dispel 60,000 gil 40,000 gil

Level 8 Black Magic[]

Name Cost
NES & PS (Normal) PS (Easy), GBA, PSP, Mobile
Stop 60,000 gil 40,000 gil
Warp 60,000 gil 40,000 gil
Kill 60,000 gil 40,000 gil

Treasure[]

Item Location
Oxyale Spring

Musical themes[]

The background music that plays in Gaia is Final Fantasy's "Town" theme.

Other appearances[]

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]

Gaia appears as ruins on the game's world map, at the Mirage Desert region. It is only accessible in the Confessions of the Creator scenario, after clearing the South Lufenia gateway, which is when the Teleport Stone located near it becomes active. A multi-floor gateway can be found inside: the Forsaken Lands Gateway.

Gallery[]

Etymology[]

Gaia or Gaea was the goddess or personification of Earth in ancient Greek religion, one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia was the mother of all: the heavenly gods, the Titans and the Giants were born from her union with Uranus (the sky), while the sea-gods were born from her union with Pontus (the sea). The Greek word "γαῖα" (transliterated as gaia or gaea) is a collateral form of "γῆ" meaning Earth. Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was named Gaea (Terra in more ancient documents). This is alluded to in Final Fantasy IX with the existence of Gaia's twin world.

The mythological name Gaia was revived in 1979 by James Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis proposes that living organisms and inorganic material are part of a dynamic system that shapes the Earth's biosphere, and maintains the Earth as a fit environment for life. In some Gaia theory approaches the Earth itself is viewed as an organism with self-regulatory functions. This theory is especially alluded to in the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within take on Gaia as the planet's soul.

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