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"A tower of this magnitude could not have been built by human hands."

The Tower of Babil (バブイルの塔, Babuiru no Tō^?), also known as the Tower of Bab-il or the Tower of Babel, is a location in Final Fantasy IV. It is a large tower that stretches from the Earth's Underworld to the Overworld. It is used by Golbez to summon the Giant of Babil from the Moon to the Earth, which is done by collecting the eight Crystals from both worlds and bringing them to the tower.

If the Giant is summoned, it means certain doom for the entire world. Dr. Lugae and Rubicante, the Archfiend of Fire, have made the tower their headquarters. They operate a "Super Cannon," which they use to fight the dwarves of the Underworld. The tower's origin remains unknown, although due to its architecture, technology and connection to the Red Moon, it is likely of Lunarian creation.

StoryEdit

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Final Fantasy IVEdit

Cecil, Kain, Rydia, Rosa, and Yang attempt to sneak into the lower half of the tower and steal back the Crystals stolen by Golbez. When they do so, they find Dr. Lugae and Rubicante preparing for war with the Overworld kingdom of Eblan. Rubicante escapes, but Cecil and his friends must fight Dr. Lugae and his robotic son Barnabas.

After defeating them, they obtain the key to stopping the Super Cannon. They are able to stop it, but Yang locks himself in the room and presumably dies in the explosion. During the escape from the tower, Golbez tries to make the bridge leading to the tower collapse from afar, but Cecil's party is saved by Cid in the newly reinforced Enterprise.

After another series of events, Cecil and his party meet Edge and arrive at the upper half of the Tower of Babil where they meet the King and Queen of Eblan, who were turned into monsters by Lugae. Edge helps them return to their senses, and they are killed as a result. Rubicante appears, and says things that make Edge lose control of his emotions. Cecil and his friends are able to defeat Rubicante and find the room with the Crystals, but they fall into a pitfall leading back underground where they find an abandoned Red Wings airship. Edge christens the airship the Falcon and the party uses it to escape the tower.

Once Golbez acquires all the Crystals, the Tower of Babil becomes shielded and no longer accessible. Cecil, Rydia, Rosa, and Edge, along with the Lunarian Fusoya, arrive to deactivate the shield, but they are too late. The Giant of Babil emerges, and must be destroyed. Afterward the Tower cannot be entered at all.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-Edit

After rescuing Rydia from the Sealed Cave, Cecil, Palom and Porom head to the Tower of Babil's underground area. The tower glows mysteriously and Rydia speaks only of traveling to it. Meanwhile Edge explores the upper area on the surface, having seen the same glow. As Cecil and his comrades climb the tower, they battle elemental monsters that bestow Rydia her elemental Eidolons Ramuh, Shiva, Ifrit and Titan. Eventually Rydia disappears and three Android Soldiers attack Cecil and the twins, merging into the Deus Ex Machina. Edge arrives to save them and they continue up the tower. At the top they find Rydia, but Edge recognizes her as a fake.

Now known as Rydia?, the imposter summons her elemental Eidolons to attack the group, followed by Bahamut. The real Rydia arrives and returns Bahamut to his senses, forcing the imposter to fight the group herself with Black Magic. Defeated, the imposter fades and reports to an unseen entity that the "Eidolon system" is complete.

Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsEdit

Edge and the Eblan Four head to the Tower of Babil when they notice it pulsating. Upon reaching the inners of the tower, Edge and the ninjas encounter the Mysterious Girl, who summons Ifrit after them. The ninjas escape narrowly onto the airship that Rydia and Luca are using.

Spoilers end here.

LocationsEdit

Lower HalfEdit

B9

After obtaining Lugae's Key back in B6, the party must use it to open the locked door, which is the second exit in the map. It is the cannon control room. The party will encounter three Goblin Captains controlling the cannons, and when the party defeats them, they destroy the cannons' controls. Yang stays behind to save the dwarves, but he fails and is assumed to be dead until he is found in the Sylph Cave.

Upper HalfEdit

B5

It is the floor where the King and Queen of Eblan, Edge's lost parents, appear. They tell Edge to come with them "to hell", and then the player must fight them - Lugae has turned them into chimeras. It is a scripted battle and the second phase is unwinnable, as the royal couple decimate their inhuman selves while they are still lucid.

As Edge mourns his parents' death, Rubicante appears before them. Edge falsely accuses him of experimenting with his parents, and the party must face him. After Rubicante is defeated, he will congratulate the party valiantly and even compliments them, saying that Golbez will indeed see them as worthy opponents. Edge's Seneschal, along with two ninjas, arrive, searching for Rubicante, but Edge tells them that the job is finished. Seneschal thanks the party and asks them to take care of Edge.

Crystal Room

It is the room next to B5, and holds all of the Underworld's seven crystals. As Cecil and the party approach to take them, they are caught in a trap and they fall to a subterranean level of the tower.

B8

It is an unrevisitable portion of the floor. Once the player has taken the west exit, the entire Tower will be unrevisitable. The exit will lead to a room with a Red Wings airship. The party will use it to escape, and regroup back in the Dwarven Castle.

TreasureEdit

Final Fantasy IVEdit

Lower SectionEdit

2,000 accumulated gil
Hi-Potion X2
Ether
Hi-Ether
Phoenix Down X2
CatClaw
Archer Bow
Ice Arrows X20
Bandana
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Security Eye for an Icebrand.
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Security Eye for an Ice Lance.
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Security Eye for an Ice Shield.
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Security Eye for Ice Armor.

Upper SectionEdit

84,000 accumulated gil
Mega-Potion X2
Ashura
Monster-in-a-box: Fight Mad Ogre X4 for an Ogrekiller.

Passage to the FalconEdit

Hi-Potion X2

InterludeEdit

Ether
Soma Drop
X-Potion
Lustful Lali-Ho
Phoenix Down
Golden Apple
Antarctic Wind
Potion
Tent
Arctic Wind
Eye Drops
Hi-Potion
Elixir
Dry Ether
Alarm Clock
Ice Arrows x20
Green Beret
Kiku-ichimonji
Killer Bow
Ruby Ring
Aegis Shield
Ribbon

The After YearsEdit

Upper SectionEdit

Hi-Potion x3
Great Bow
Battle Axe
Ether
Cross Shuriken
Potion
Ether
Kogarasu
Tent
Chain Whip

Lower PassageEdit

Ether
Phoenix Down
Elixir

Enemy FormationsEdit

Final Fantasy IVEdit

Lower SectionEdit

Upper SectionEdit

Passage to the FalconEdit

Sorcerer, Black Cat x2
Grudger, Ghost Knight x2
Grudger, Ghost Knight, Black Cat x2
Mythril Golem
Mythril Golem x2
Mythril Golem, Black Cat x2
Mythril Golem, Ghost Knight x2
Lamia Matriarch, Mystery Egg x2 (Hatches into Lamia or Black Cat)
Green Dragon

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-Edit

Upper SectionEdit

Lower SectionEdit

Black Lizard x2
Black Lizard x3
Goblin Captain x2, Magma Tortoise
Goblin Captain x4
Marionetteer, Evil Doll x2
Marionetteer, Evil Doll x3
Flamehound x2
Frostbeast x3
Mystery Egg (Hatches into Black Lizard)
Ghost Knight, Frostbeast x2
Frostbeast x2, Flamehound x2
Flamehound x2, Flame Knight x2
Black Lizard, Ice Lizard x2
Black Lizard, Magna Tortoise x2
Ice Lizard x2, Magna Tortoise x2
Chimera Brain
Chimera Brain, Chimera
Chimera, White Mousse x3
Chimera, Flame Knight, Ghost Knight
Chimera, Flamehound, Frostbeast
Flame Knight, Chimera
White Mousse x3, Purple Bavarois x3
Medusa x2
Security Eye
Mythril Golem, Medusa
White Mousse x3, Black Flan
Frostbeast (Boss)
Green Dragon (Boss)
Flamehound (Boss)
Tunneler (Boss)
Android Soldier x3 (Boss)
Deus Ex Machina (Boss)
Shiva (Boss)
Ramuh (Boss)
Ifrit (Boss)
Titan (Boss)
Bahamut (Boss)
Rydia? (Final Boss)

Final Fantasy IV: The After YearsEdit

Upper SectionEdit

B1FEdit

Proto Beam Cannon x2, Domovoi x2
Proto Beam Cannon x2, Proto Clockwork
Proto Clockwork, Proto Beam Cannon, Gatlinghog x2
Spirit x3, Soul
Proto Clockwork x2
Proto Beam Cannon x2
Soul x2
Gray Bomb x4
Belphegor x2 (Event)
Flamehound x2 (Event)

B2FEdit

Proto Clockwork x2
Proto Clockwork, Proto Beam Cannon, Domovoi, Lilith
Proto Beam Cannon x2, Proto Clockwork
Spirit x3, Soul
Gray Bomb x4
Soul x2
Soul x2
Proto Beam Cannon x3
Proto Clockwork x3 (Event)
Frostbeast x2 (Event)

B3FEdit

B4FEdit

Purple Bavarois x2, Black Lizard
Goblin Captain, Sorceress, Centaur Knight
Purple Bavarois x4
Armadillo x2
Magma Tortoise, Black Lizard
Goblin Captain x3
Blood Bat x3

B5FEdit

Purple Bavarois x2, Black Lizard
Goblin Captain, Sorceress, Centaur Knight
Armadillo x2
Purple Bavarois x4
Magma Tortoise, Black Lizard
Goblin Captain x3
Blood Bat x3
Mysterious Girl, Ifrit (Event)

Lower PassageEdit

Ifrit (Cannot be won)

MusicEdit

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"Tower of Babil" from the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy IV

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The background music that plays inside the Tower of Babil is its eponymous theme.

Other AppearancesEdit

Final Fantasy TacticsEdit

The Tower of Babel is mentioned as one of the wonders in Final Fantasy Tactics. It bears the following description:

A legendary tower that extends to the heavens from deep below the earth. Also called the Tower of the Colossi, this mighty spire withstood the Cataclysm, and is a priceless remnant of ancient civilization.

Theatrhythm Final FantasyEdit

The Tower of Babil makes a cameo appearance in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, appearing in the background of Final Fantasy IV's FMS events.

GalleryEdit

Battle Background (SNES).

Battle Background (GBA).

Battle Background (PSP).

Victory screen (DS).

Victory screen (iOS).

Akira Oguro artwork of the Tower of Babil for the DS release.

The Tower of Babil in the Underworld, from the Final Fantasy IV official novelization.

Falling down (DS/iOS).

EtymologyEdit

The Tower of Babil is named for the Tower of Babel from a story from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament/Torah, as well as other various ancient documents. The story tells of how early humanity united together to build a great tower that would extend to the heavens so they could see God. However, God destroyed the tower, scattered humanity throughout the world, and confused their language, so that they could never again unite to challenge God's authority.

TriviaEdit

The large Crystal Room where all the crystals stolen by Golbez are kept contains eight chambers for the Crystals, the top-most one of which is empty. While this makes sense, as Golbez lacks the final Crystal, the player never sees the empty chamber or the rest of the room beyond the entrance, as Cecil triggers a hidden pitfall and drops into the lower section of the tower upon entering. There is also a doorway at the back of the room leading to a short dead-end hallway, but the player normally can never reach or even see it.
- In the DS release of Final Fantasy IV, this room is much smaller and has only one chamber where all seven Crystals are kept together. As the chamber lies at the back of the room where the door ought to be, and the map for the floor is completed without showing it, the hallway in the back of the floor is likely removed in this version.
In the European Nintendo DS remake, Rubicante refers to the Crystals as being on the top floor of the tower, but when the party enters it through the Eblan Cave, they go down underground levels instead of going up. As such, when the pitfall opens under their feet, they only fall two floors at most.