Final Fantasy IX Enemy
Taharka
ダハーカ (Dahāka)
Statistics Level HP MP 46 29,186 1,776 Strength Defense Evade 19 32 5 Magic M. Defense M. Evade 19 10 7 Attack Spirit Speed 61 32 28 EXP AP Gil 0 11 8,092
Elemental affinities Fire Ice Thunder Water - - - - Wind Earth Holy Shadow - - - -
Status immunities Petrify Venom Silence Darkness Trouble - - - - - Zombie Death Confuse Berserk Stop - - - - - Poison Sleep Regen Haste Slow - - - - - Float Shell Protect Heat Freeze - - - - - Vanish Doom Mini Reflect Eat - - - - -
Location Ipsen's Castle Class Flying Steal Elixir, Mythril Claws, Orichalcon Item dropped N/A Card dropped Ramuh Abilities Chop, Blizzaga, Ram, Curl Eat N/A Status immunity Petrify, Zombie, Stop, Doom, Venom, Death, Float, Mini, Darkness, Confuse, Freeze, Trouble, Berserk, Vanish

Taharka is a boss from Final Fantasy IX. It is fought in Ipsen's Castle. The party comes to Ipsen's Castle to find a way to break the seal to get to Terra. Four mirrors in Ipsen's Castle help the party in doing this. Taharka is the guardian of the mirrors and will fight the party to return them.

BattleEdit

During the fight, Taharka will compact into a ball, greatly increasing its defense against physical attacks. This makes magic very useful, so be sure to bring either Vivi or Quina to the battle. For an easy win, inflict Heat on Taharka using Quina's Mustard Bomb or equip the Add Status ability with Steiner's Flame Saber. It will instantly kill itself on its next turn. Silence works wonders here, also.

GalleryEdit

Artwork by Hideo Minaba.

TriviaEdit

• Taharka shares its Japanese name with Dahaka, a boss from Final Fantasy XIII.
• In Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, there is a trade material called "Taharka Husk".
• In the same manner as the guardians of the shrines are weaker versions of the Chaos Guardians fought in Memoria, Taharka could be considered a weaker incarnation of Deathguise, who is also fought in Memoria. The two look similar and share the gimmick of curling up and opening to change their attack patterns.