Espers are powerful summons in Final Fantasy Resonance. Fina can call one Esper per battle, and it fights alongside your party for 3 turns, using its signature attack and a few other moves of its own.
There are 9 Espers to find, Siren, Ramuh, Leviathan, Titan, Ifrit, Shiva, Carbuncle, Odin and Bahamut. Siren joins you through the main story, while the rest are hidden around the world and have to be tracked down. Every Esper except Carbuncle and Liviathan have to be beaten in battle before they join you.
This guide covers where to find every Esper, how to unlock it, and what to expect from each boss fight.
Townspeople sometimes gossip about Espers. Hearing one of these rumors marks the Esper's home on your world map, which makes the hidden ones much easier to find.
Siren
Title: Adorer of winds
Region: Kingdom of Grandshelt (Chapter 1 Main Story)
Location: Siren's Tower
Signature Attack: Lunatic Voice (Wind), a chance to inflict Sleep and Silence on all enemies
Siren is found during the main story in Chapter 1, at the top of Siren's Tower in the Kingdom of Grandshelt. You fight her as a story boss, and she can't be missed.
Boss Fight
Level: 11
HP: 12,000 Casual · 20,000 Normal · 32,000 Expert
Weak to: Lightning
Resistances: Resists Water
Drops: Magicite Shard
Ramuh
Title: Master of lightning
Region: Dirnado (Chapter 2)
Location: Mt. Thunderclap
Signature Attack: Judgment Bolt (Lightning), deal magic damage to all enemies
Ramuh can be found in the upper area of Mt. Thunderclap, in the Dirnado region (Chapter 2) to reach him take the path to the east of the Dwarven Forge, cross the bridge and continue on the path heading east (past the Sanctum of Zidane) until you reach another entrance to Mt. Thunderclap.
Here is where you will be able to interact with a gravestone to start the fight against Ramuh, defeat him to unlock him as an Esper Summon.
Boss Fight
Level: 20
HP: 14,400 Casual · 24,000 Normal · 38,400 Expert
Weak to: Earth
Resistances: Immune to Lightning
Drops: Magicite Shard
Carbuncle
Title: The crimson gem
Region: Olderion Federation (Chapter 3)
Location: Ruby Cave
Signature Attack: Ruby Light, casts Reflect on all allies
To find obtain Carbuncle you first need to go into Ruby Cave, found just above the Sanctum of Firion in the Olderion Federation region (Chapter 3), inside the cave interact with the stele and it will tell you to find the 3 Ruby Fragments found across Olderion as glowing spots.
Ruby Fragment #1
Ruby Fragment #2
Ruby Fragment #3
Once you have all 3 Ruby Fragments, return to Ruby Cave and after a short cutscene you will obtain Carbuncle as a summon.
Titan
Title: The earthshaker
Region: Grandshelt (Chapter 4)
Location: Sealing stone east of Siren's Tower
Signature Attack: Gaia's Wrath (Earth), magic damage to all enemies
Titan is sealed inside a large sealing stone in the desert east of Siren's Tower, a short walk from the Marauder Cave entrance. You need the Gaia Hammer to break it, which is the first-win reward for Fledgling Battle 5 in the Colosseum.
The Colosseum becomes available during Chapter 4 of the Main Story by returning to the Colosseum District in Grandshelt, the Royal Capital.
Once you have the Gaia Hammer, head to the Sealing Stone in the rocky desert to the north-east from the Marauder Cave, you will now be able to use the hammer to smash the rock and start the fight against Titan, defeat him to recruit him as a summon.
Boss Fight
Level: 30
HP: 39,000 Casual · 65,000 Normal · 104,000 Expert
Weak to: Wind
Resistances: Immune to Earth
Drops: Magicite
Ifrit
Title: The firebearer
Region: Zoldaad (Chapter 5)
Location: In the Zoldaad Volcano
Signature Attack: Hellfire (Fire), magic damage to all enemies
At the start of Chapter 5 you will unlock the Airship, once you have it, fly over the volcano to the south-east from the Rebel Hideout (Zoldaad Empire region, Chapter 5). Here you will be able to interact with the volcano to start the fight against Ifrit.
Boss Fight
Level: 33
HP: 57,600 Casual · 96,000 Normal · 153,600 Expert
Weak to: Water
Resistances: Immune to Fire
Drops: Magicite
Shiva
Title: Lady of frost
Region: Mysidia (Chapter 5)
Location: Mysidia snowstorm island
Signature Attack: Diamond Dust (Ice), magic damage to all enemies
Shiva is found on the small island just off the west coast of the Mysidia region, you will need to fly here using the Airship (unlock at the start of Chapter 5), walk into the snowstorm on the island to start the fight against Shiva.
Boss Fight
Level: 35
HP: 69,000 Casual · 115,000 Normal · 184,000 Expert
Weak to: Fire
Resistances: Resists Water, absorbs Ice
Drops: Magicite
Leviathan
Title: Ruler of the seas
Region: Olderion Federation (Chapter 5)
Location: Olderion The Aquapolis/Lake Dorr
Signature Attack: Tsunami (Water), magic damage to all enemies
To be able to recruit Leviathan you will need to return to Olderion, The Aquapolis once you have advanced the Main Story to Chapter 5, here you will now be able to start a Side Quest called "Nichol's Duty", this Side Quest is very straight forward as the game marks where you need to go and what you need to do to complete it, at the end of the quest you will get the Leviathan Esper as a reward.
Boss Fight
Level: 23
HP: 24,000 Casual · 40,000 Normal · 64,000 Expert
Weak to: Lightning
Resistances: Resists Water
Drops: Magicite Shard
Odin
Title: Paragon of the sword
Region: Gronoa (Chapter 6)
Location: Bladerion Stele
Signature Attack: Zantetsuken (physical), damage to all enemies with a chance of instant death
Odin is unlocked through the "Iron Splitter" side quest, available from Chapter 6. To start the quest pick up the broken sword from the Bladerain Stele Cave, which can be reached by heading east from the Research Center Ruins after you have removed the miasma from the Gronoa region (the miasma is removed automatically during the main story in Chapter 6).
This Side Quest also has the objectives marked on the map for you in game so it is easy to follow, once you pick up the 2nd part of the broken sword you will start a fight against Odin, after you defeat him, head to the Nameless Ruins (to the south, in the Mysidia region) to complete the Side Quest and obtain the Odin Esper.
Boss Fight
Level: 45
HP: 105,000 Casual · 175,000 Normal · 280,000 Expert
Weak to: Lightning
Drops: Magicite Cryst
Bahamut
Title: Lord of the heavens
Region: Airship (Chapter 7)
Location: Airship (after recruiting all other 8 Espers)
Signature Attack: Megaflare (non-elemental), magic damage to all enemies
Bahamut can be found by boarding your Airship (press square while flying) anytime after the first few steps of Chapter 7 in the Main Story, when you board the Airship, if you have already obtained all other 8 Espers you will get a short cutscene, after the cutscene ends, speak with Evan to start the fight against the final Esper, Bahamut.
Boss Fight
Level: 50
HP: 120,000 Casual · 200,000 Normal · 320,000 Expert
Weak to: Nothing
Drops: Magicite Cryst
During the Boss Fight there is a countdown giving you essentially 5 turns until Bahamut casts Mega-Flare, a very powerful attack that will most likely wipe your entire party, so you will need to come prepared to deal a lot of damage fast to take him out as quickly as possible.
He is also weak to no elements, so a good option is to cast Ultima with Magic Boost, it helps to have the "Sharp Mind" ability equipped (learn through Terra's Vision at MR7) which causes multi-target attacks to deal 100% more damage when targeting single enemies.
