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This page displays all Guardian Forces (GFs) present in the game Final Fantasy VIII Remastered (FF8, FFVIII), as well as their stats and how to obtain them. Click on any GF to see more information about them.
List of Junctionable GFs (Click to Skip Ahead) | ||
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Quezacotl | Shiva | Ifrit |
Siren | Brothers | Diablos |
Diablos | Leviathan | Pandemona |
Cerberus | Alexander | Doomtrain |
Bahamut | Cactuar | Tonberry |
Eden | - | - |
List of Non-Junctionable GFs (Click to Skip Ahead) | ||
Boko | Eden | Moomba |
Phoenix | Odin | Gilgamesh |
Quezacotl | How to Obtain |
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Access the tutorial from your Study Panel in the 2nd Floor classroom of Balamb Garden. | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Thunder damage to all enemies. |
Mag-J | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item |
▶GF Quezacotl's Information and How to Obtain
Shiva | How to Obtain |
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Access the tutorial from your Study Panel in the 2nd Floor classroom of Balamb Garden. | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Ice damage to all enemies. |
Spr-J | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item |
▶GF Shiva's Information and How to Obtain
Ifrit | How to Obtain |
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Defeat Ifrit, who is located in the innermost section of the Fire Cavern. | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies. |
Str-J | Elem-Atk-J |
Magic | Draw |
GF | Item |
▶GF Ifrit's Information and How to Obtain
Siren | How to Obtain |
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Drawn from Elvoret at the Dollet Communication Tower. | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Silence and deals non-elemental damage to all enemies |
Mag-J | ST-Atk-J |
ST-Def-J | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item |
▶GF Siren's Information and How to Obtain
Brothers | How to Obtain |
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Deafeat Minotaur and Sacred in between the Tomb of the Unknown King and the King’s coffin. | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Earth damage to all enemies.(Has no effect on flying enemies.) |
HP-J | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item | HP+20% |
▶GF Brothers's Information and How to Obtain
Diablos | How to Obtain |
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Use the Magical Lamp to summon Diablos, and subsequently defeat him. | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts fractional damage to all enemies equal to the enemy's max HP x Diablos Lvl(%).(Damage has a maximum value of 9,999.) |
Mag-J | Ability x3 |
Magic | Draw |
GF | Item |
▶GF Diablos's Information and How to Obtain
Carbuncle | How to Obtain |
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Drawn from Iguions in Deling City. | |
Summon Effect | |
Casts Reflect on the party. |
Vit-J | Ability x3 |
Magic | Draw |
GF | Item |
▶GF Carbuncle's Information and How to Obtain
Leviathan | How to Obtain |
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Drawn from NORG in the Master Room (can be obtained later if missed here) | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Water damage to all enemies. |
Spr-J | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item |
▶GF Leviathan's Information and How to Obtain
Pandemona | How to Obtain |
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Drawn from Fujin during battle with Fujin and Raijin at the Hotel Front (can be obtained later if missed here). | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Wind damage to all enemies.(Has no effect on flying enemies.) |
Str-J | Elem-Atk-J |
Elem-Def-J | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item |
▶GF Pandemona's Information and How to Obtain
Cerberus | How to Obtain |
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Defeat Cerberus in the Galbadia Garden 1st floor hall during the Battle of the Gardens. | |
Summon Effect | |
Casts Double and Triple on the party. |
Str-J | Hit-J |
Ability x3 | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item |
▶GF Cerberus's Information and How to Obtain
Alexander | How to Obtain |
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Drawn from the second fight with Edea in Galbadia Garden | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Holy damage to all enemies. |
Spr-J | Elem-Def-Jx2 |
Ability x3 | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item |
▶GF Alexander's Information and How to Obtain
Doomtrain | How to Obtain |
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Use the Solomon Ring after acquiring six Remedy+'s, six Steel Pipes, and six Malboro Tentacles (the location he is obtained at is Solomon Ring) | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Poison/ Petrifying/ Darkness/ Silence/ Berserk/ Sleep/ Slow/ Stop/ Confuse/ Vit 0/ Doom and deals Poison damage to all enemies. |
Elem-Atk-J | ST-Atk-J |
Magic | Draw |
GF | Item |
▶GF Doomtrain's Information and How to Obtain
Bahamut | How to Obtain |
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Defeat two Ruby Dragons and Bahamut in the Deep Sea Research Center. | |
Summon Effect | |
Ignores the enemies' Spirit stat and deals non-elemental damage to all enemies |
Ability x4 | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item | Str+60% |
Mag+60% |
▶GF Bahamut's Information and How to Obtain
Cactuar | How to Obtain |
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Defeat the Jumbo Cactuar on Cactus Island. | |
Summon Effect | |
Ignores the enemies' Def stat and deals non-elemental damage to all enemies(The damage inflicted is equal to (Cactuar’s level +10) ÷ 11 rounded down and multiplied by 1000.) |
Magic | Draw |
GF | Item |
HP Bonus | Str Bonus |
Vit Bonus | Mag Bonus |
Spr Bonus |
▶GF Cactuar's Information and How to Obtain
Tonberry | How to Obtain |
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Defeat the Tonberry King who appears randomly after defeating 20 Tonberries in Centra Ruins. | |
Summon Effect | |
Inflicts non-elemental damage to a single enemy. |
Magic | Draw |
GF | Item |
LV Down | LV Up |
Eva+30% | Luck+50% |
▶GF Tonberry's Information and How to Obtain
Eden | How to Obtain |
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Drawn from Ultima Weapon in the Deep Sea Research Center after obtaining Bahamut. | |
Summon Effect | |
Ignores the enemies' Spirit stat and deals non-elemental damage to all enemies(Damage has no maximum value.) |
Spd-J | Eva-J |
Hit-J | Magic |
Draw | GF |
Item | Devour |
▶GF Eden's Information and How to Obtain
Miscellaneous GFs cannot be junctioned from the menu after obtaining them. In battle, they will appear when a specific condition is met, rather than summ
Boko | How to Obtain |
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Use the Chocobo Whistle and catch a Chocobo. | |
Summoning Sequence | |
Use Gysahl Greens during battle (if Boku is away in Chocobo World, it will be impossible to summon him). |
Summon Ability | Effect |
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ChocoFire | Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies. |
ChocoFlare | Inflicts non-elemental damage to all enemies. |
ChocoMeteor | Inflicts non-elemental damage to all enemies. |
ChocoBocle | Inflicts non-elemental damage to all enemies. The amount of damage has no upper limit. |
GF Boko's Information and How to Obtain
MiniMog | How to Obtain |
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Meet with MiniMog in Chocobo World and use the Mog Amulet to teach the ability ability MiniMog to a GF. | |
Summoning Sequence | |
Use the MiniMog ability during battle. (if MiniMog is away in Chocobo World, it will be impossible to summon him). | |
Summon Effect | |
Revives and restores HP to all junctioned GFs. |
GF MiniMog's Information and How to Obtain
Moomba | How to Obtain |
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Summoned by using the Friendship item. | |
Summoning Sequence | |
Use Friendship during battle. | |
Summon Effect | |
Reduces a single target's HP to 1 |
GF Moomba's Information and How to Obtain
Phoenix | How to Obtain |
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Summoned by using a Phoenix Pinion in battle. | |
Summoning Sequence | |
1st Time: Use a Phoenix Pinion in battle. 2nd Time Onwards: Will appear randomly when your party have all been KO’d if you have a Phoenix Pinion (will cost 1 Phoenix Pinion) |
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Summon Effect | |
Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies. Also revives all KO'ed party members and restores 12.5% of their max HP. |
GF Phoenix's Information and How to Obtain
Odin | How to Obtain |
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Defeat Odin | |
Summoning Sequence | |
Randomly summoned at the start of battle. | |
Summon Effect | |
Instant KOs enemies. Does not appear against Tonberries or Catuars or in boss battles. |
GF Odin's Information and How to Obtain
Gilgamesh | How to Obtain |
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Defeat Seifer for the fourth time after obtaining Odin OR acquire him after a fixed amount of time during the fourth battle with Seifer. | |
Summoning Sequence | |
Summoned randomly during battle. |
Summon Ability | Effect |
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Zantetsuken | Instant KOs enemies. Does not appear against Tonberries or Catuars. |
Masamune | Inflicts non-elemental damage to all enemies. |
Excalibur | Inflicts non-elemental damage to all enemies. |
Excalipoor | Deals 1 point of damage to all enemies regardless of defense |
GF Gilgamesh's Information and How to Obtain
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