The Round Island - Your guide to Final Fantasy VIII

C A C T U A R

Attack: 1,000 Needles [non-elemental damage against all enemies] - multiplier effect
Boost: No

B A C K G R O U N D

GF Cactuar is an unique GF. Cactuar uses its thorns as a basis of attack. GF Cactuar is actually the Jumbo Cactuar that resides on the Cactuar Island.

Boost Compatibility:

Cactus Thorn [+3],

LuvLuv G [+20]

O B T A I N

You need to defeat it at the Cactuar Island in Disc 3. Pilot the Ragnarok airship & landed the airship on the island. Once the island, move Squall around the Cactuar Island. You will find a green Cactuar icon occasionally on the map. Refer to our side quests section for more details.

A B I L I T I E S
Learning abilities is one of the toughest concept in Final Fantasy VIII. You need to understand the concept of perquisite [or criteria]. All GFs have a total of 22 abilities each. GF Cactuar starts off the game with 9 abilities learnt.

	Ability	Type	AP	Perquisite
1	Magic		Complete!	n/a
2	Draw		Complete!	n/a
3	Item		Complete!	n/a
4	GF		Complete!	n/a
5	Kamikaze		100 AP	n/a
6	Defend		100 AP	n/a
7	Eva-J		200 AP	n/a
8	Luck-J		200 AP	n/a
9	GF HP +10%		40 AP	n/a
10	GF HP +20%		70 AP	GF HP +10%
11	GF HP +30%		140 AP	GF HP +20%
12	Auto Potion		150 AP	n/a
13	Eva +30%		200 AP	n/a
14	Luck +50%		200 AP	n/a
15	Initiative		160 AP	n/a
16	Move HP-Up		200 AP	n/a
17	Expend x2-1		250 AP	n/a
18	HP Bonus		Complete!	n/a
19	Str Bonus		Complete!	n/a
20	Vit Bonus		Complete!	n/a
21	Mag Bonus		Complete!	n/a
22	Spr Bonus		Complete!	n/a

C A C T U S T H O R N

To improve the character's compatibility with GF Cactuar, you can either summon it frequently or use Cactus Thorn to boost the compatibility. Cactus Thorn can by obtained by defeating Cactuar, which can found at Cactuar Island found southwest of the Khashabald Desert.

J U M B O C A C T U A R ' S C A R D

Getting It:
Defeat a card player such as Dr. Kadowaki or CC Card Group.
Card Elemental: N/A

North	West	East	South
8	4	8	4
Card Mod-RF		: 1 Cactus Thorn