Final Fantasy V Enemy

Karlabos カーラボス (Kārabosu) Statistics Level HP MP 5 650 100 Strength Magic 10 0 Defense M. Defense Evasion 0 10 0 EXP Gil 0 0 Elemental Affinities Fire Ice Lightning Poison - - Weak - Holy Earth Wind Water - - - - ABP Yield(s) 5 Location Torna Canal Type Nothing Steal {{{RPGe Steal}}} Item Dropped Tent Abilities Tentacle, Tailscrew Blue Magic None Control N/A Catch N/A Status Immunity Darkness, Poison, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Paralyze, Sleep, Old Karl Boss カーラボス (Kārabosu) Statistics Level HP MP 5 650 100 Strength Magic 10 0 Defense M. Defense Evasion 0 10 0 EXP Gil 0 0 Elemental Affinities Fire Ice Lightning Poison - - Weak - Holy Earth Wind Water - - - - ABP Yield(s) 5 Location Torna Canal Type Nothing Steal Tonic Item Dropped Tent Abilities {{{PS Abilities}}} Blue Magic None Control N/A Catch N/A Status Immunity Darkness, Poison, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Paralyze, Sleep, Old Karlabos カーラボス (Kārabosu) #243 ← #244 → #245 Statistics Level HP MP 5 650 100 Strength Magic 10 0 Defense M. Defense Evasion 0 10 0 EXP Gil 0 0 Elemental Affinities Fire Ice Lightning Poison - - Weak - Holy Earth Wind Water - - - - ABP Yield(s) 5 Location Torna Canal Type Nothing Steal Potion Item Dropped Tent Abilities Feeler, Tail Screw Blue Magic None Control N/A Catch N/A Status Immunity Darkness, Poison, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Paralyze, Sleep, Old Karlabos カーラボス (Kārabosu) {{{iOS Image}}} #243 ← #244 → #244}+1 Statistics Level HP MP 5 650 100 Strength Magic 10 0 Defense Resistance Evasion 0 10 0 EXP Gil 0 0 Elemental Affinities Fire Ice Lightning Poison - - Weak - Holy Earth Wind Water - - - - ABP Yield(s) {{{iOS ABP5}}} Location Torna Canal Type Nothing Steal Potion Item Dropped Tent Abilities Feeler, Tail Screw Blue Magic None Control N/A Catch N/A Status Immunity Darkness, Poison, Mini, Toad, Petrify, Death, Silence, Berserk, Confuse, Paralyze, Sleep, Old

Karlabos is a boss in Final Fantasy V. It pulls the party's ship into a whirlpool and attacks them while they are navigating the Torna Canal, where it had been sealed. After the battle ends and the party escapes the whirlpool, Karlabos drags Syldra into the vortex. Without Syldra to tow along their ship, the party is set adrift.

StrategyEdit

Karlabos's Tail Screw attack can reduce a character to critical condition. It can also Paralyze a character, but as long as it does not paralyze a Black Mage, everything should be fine; since it is weak to Lightning, the spell Thunder from a Black Mage should take it out quickly.

Another strategy can be executed if the party has a Blue Mage on level 5 with the Goblin Punch learned; if the character is on the same level as the enemy Goblin Punch will inflict around 240 damage, making this boss a very easy kill.

GalleryEdit

Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.

Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.

Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.

Concept art of Karlabos for the Anthology release of Final Fantasy V.

Karlabos in the iOS version.

Feeler.

Tail Screw.

EtymologyEdit

The creature's name is a mistranslation of "karabos," taken from the ancient Greek word κάραβος, which meant a type of spiny lobster or beetle.

Related EnemiesEdit

• Cray Claw