Punch Ant enemy line
The Punch Ant, Flash Ant, and Numb Ant are enemies that are randomly battled in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. These monsters, resembling ants half the size of people that stand on two legs and have boxing-glove-like hands on their other four arms, are palette swaps of each other that have differing levels of power and defense and are fought in different locations in the game.
In Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Punch Ant
A Punch Ant (パンチアント Punchy Ant) is a level 4 variant with blue-purple skin, red gloves, and yellow eyes. In The Lost Age a scripted encounter with a single Punch Ant occurs in the Gateway Cave where one jumps out from hiding at Jenna, and after she defeats it, Kraden says "he wasn't too hard" and proclaims that he didn't think fighting would be so fun. Punch Ants are subsequently battled in the upper region of Indra located before the Dehkan Plateau, and also in the Kandorean Temple.
As a monster fought in the prologue of the second game, the Punch Ant is extremely basic and easy to deal with using a Psynergy spell like Fume. It is probably the weakest enemy in the game, even weaker than the Giant Bat it is fought alongside.
A Punch Ant is especially likely to be affected by Defense-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:
| Name | HP | PP | Attack | Defense | Agility | Luck |
| Punch Ant | 26 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Elemental Resistances and Levels | Exp | Coins | Item Dropped | Drop Rate | ||
 48 (Lv 1)  48 (Lv 0)  48 (Lv 0)  25 (Lv 0)
|
5 | 6 |  Smoke Bomb
|
1/32 | ||
A Punch Ant uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:
| Command | Chance to use |
Elem. Stats used with * |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 8/8 (100%) |
-- | Standard physical attack. |
Flash Ant
A Flash Ant (フラッシアント) is a level 16 variant with red-pink skin, blue gloves, and light blue eyes. Flash Ants are first battled throughout the Gondowan Cliffs, as well as in the lower overworld region of Gondowan beyond the cliffs.
The Flash Ant is weaker, less sturdy, and slower than all of the monsters it is fought alongside the moment it is introduced. With only 76 HP, it should be defeated even before it can use its inconsequential Flash Punch.
A Flash Ant is especially likely to be affected by Defense-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:
| Name | HP | PP | Attack | Defense | Agility | Luck |
| Flash Ant | 76 | 0 | 119 | 38 | 62 | 3 |
| Elemental Resistances and Levels | Exp | Coins | Item Dropped | Drop Rate | ||
| 48 (Lv 1) 48 (Lv 0) 48 (Lv 0) 25 (Lv 0)
|
61 | 71 |  Elixir
|
1/32 | ||
A Flash Ant uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:
| Command | Chance to use |
Elem. Stats used with * |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 6/8 (75%) |
-- | Standard physical attack. |
| Flash Punch | 2/8 (25%) |
85 Power Level 0
|
Enemy ability where the user does its physical attack and a burst of blue energy occurs on contact. Deals a Jupiter-aligned standard physical attack with 10 damage points added to the end result, and there is a chance the target will be afflicted with Delusion. |
Numb Ant
A Numb Ant (ナームアント) is a level 22 variant with green skin, red gloves, and violet eyes. Numb Ants are battled in various areas of the overworld accessible after acquiring the Lemurian Ship, such as the areas around Yallam, Izumo, Apojii, and Champa.
Unlike the Punch Ant and Flash Ant, the Numb Ant falls into a more "average" territory when it comes to how much of a threat it should be viewed as among the monsters it is fought alongside. It having the lowest HP of all the monsters means it can be felled in the first turn easily, though it has the highest Defense rating of the monsters it is fought alongside, but this merely means it is easily taken out with area-of-effect Psynergy. The fact it uses Flash Punch rarely and Formic Acid sometimes, along with its average physical Attack and Agility, cements it as not as strong as the Alec Goblin and Dire Wolf.
A Numb Ant is especially likely to be affected by Defense-lowering effects. Its statistics are as follows:
| Name | HP | PP | Attack | Defense | Agility | Luck |
| Numb Ant | 101 | 0 | 172 | 57 | 91 | 4 |
| Elemental Resistances and Levels | Exp | Coins | Item Dropped | Drop Rate | ||
| 48 (Lv 1) 48 (Lv 0) 48 (Lv 0) 25 (Lv 0)
|
111 | 111 |  Bramble Seed
|
1/32 | ||
A Numb Ant uses the following battle commands with low intelligence:
| Command | Chance to use |
Elem. Stats used with * |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | 5/8 (62.5%) |
-- | Standard physical attack. |
| Formic Acid | 2/8 (25%) |
90 Power Level 0
|
Enemy ability where the user lobs a purple mound of slimy water onto a single Adept's position. Deals a Mars-aligned standard physical attack with 15 damage points added to the end result, and there is a chance the target will be afflicted with Stun. |
| Flash Punch | 1/8 (12.5%) |
85 Power Level 0
|
Enemy ability where the user does its physical attack and a burst of blue energy occurs on contact. Deals a Jupiter-aligned standard physical attack with 10 damage points added to the end result, and there is a chance the target will be afflicted with Delusion. |
