Gnome enemy line

The Gnome, Gnome Mage, and Gnome Wizard are enemies that are randomly battled in Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age. These monsters, resembling small humanoids wearing a robe and hood and holding a little staff, are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the games. Unlike many other enemy lines, every member of this line also has a different set of elemental power and resistance stats.

Gnome
A Gnome is a blue-garbed variant with yellow skin and a violet-tipped staff, and it is level 8 in Golden Sun and level 11 in The Lost Age. In Golden Sun it is first battled in the interior portions of Tret Tree, and subsequently battled in Bilibin Cave, the wintry northern region of Angara encompassing Imil and Mercury Lighthouse, and inside Mercury Lighthouse itself. In The Lost Age it is battled throughout Yampi Desert.

In where it can first be fought in the first game, it is among the height of the monsters battled in Tret Tree, up there with Creepers and Trolls. In subsequent areas it becomes comparatively weak to other monsters. In The Lost Age, it is mainly a "stock" monster among those in Yampi Desert. In both cases, if left alive by the end of the first turn, it could use a Psynergy attack that could do pretty good damage to a low level party.

A Gnome's statistics are as follows:

A Gnome uses these battle commands:

Gnome Mage
A Gnome Mage is a light-green-garbed variant with purple skin and a light-blue-tipped staff, and it is level 18 in Golden Sun and level 25 in The Lost Age. In Golden Sun it is first battled in the region of the overworld map west of the Karagol Sea, in the region containing Tolbi, Altmiller Cave, and Gondowan Passage, and it is battled within Altmiller Cave itself as well. In The Lost Age it is battled in Gaia Rock and Izumo Ruins.

In where it can first be fought in the first game, it can probably be considered the "best" of the monsters fought in the overworld portion because it has the highest EXP and coin rewards, but is immediately outclassed by monsters in Altmiller Cave. It is a pretty good source of Crystal Powders (and it should be noted that they drop them twice as often as Gnome Wizards), which when used by Mia are nothing more or less than free Hail Prisms - this can be rather useful. In The Lost Age, it has the highest Agility of the random monsters in Gaia Rock, which might increase its threat level if your party has less than 108 Agility.

A Gnome Mage's statistics are as follows:

A Gnome Mage uses these battle commands:

Gnome Wizard
A Gnome Wizard is a red-garbed level 24 variant with light-blue skin and a violet-tipped staff. In Golden Sun it is first battled at Suhalla Gate, and is subsequently battled in the frontal "exit" portion to Venus Lighthouse and in the Road to Babi Lighthouse.

In where it is first fightable, the Gnome Wizard is not quite as statistically high as the other enemies, and is easy to KO on the first turn. It is also not all that common for it to cast Mother Gaia, but if it does, it can be rather damaging to most of your group.

A Gnome Wizard's statistics are as follows:

A Gnome Wizard uses these battle commands: