How big is Bahamut?

[Sapphic]

Bahamut in life may have been much smaller. Remember that the primal-version is represented as how the Mercydian dragons imagined him (as is with all primals). It's true that Midgardsormr's children are definitely larger than most dragons we will encounter, but Bahamut's sheer size may only be due to the fact that he was reincarnated as a primal. Likewise, he may have always been unnaturally big. 3.0 should give us more story into the origins of dragon-kind and how they all relate to each other.

I still think Bahamut prime is his real size. his real form. Whereas the city sized Bahamut is his primal form, just as Phoenix is bigger than loisuiox (sp).

[myahele]

Yeah, I'm thinking that after thousands of years collecting aether/ energy that Calamity Bahamut became gigantic.

[axemtitanium]

Here's a screengrab of Bahamut flying past Limsa.

It's hard to tell exactly how big he is because he flies behind Limsa and there's no indication how far behind he flew (could be 300 fulms, could be 30,000 fulms, would contribute a big difference in estimated size). However, since he's farther behind Limsa, that puts a lower bound on his size as at least as big as Limsa castle and possibly much bigger. Multiple hundreds of meters tall at least.

An additional size data point could be the recreated Dalamud inside T11. Not sure if it's a full size replica (which would imply the the unfurled underground Binding Coils expanded larger than Dalamud itself) or a scale model. The platform Kaliya appears on is the "inner ball" that a curled up Bahamut with wings folded fit inside.

Another thing to note, Bahamut also flies from Carteneau to Limsa and back in a matter of seconds. If we maintain that Limsa > Gridania is 1600 km and Limsa > Carteneau is half that length, then a round trip would also be 1600 km. I didn't put a stopwatch to it, but he must have been flying at multiple hundreds of km/sec, which far outstrips the escape velocity of Earth (11.2 km/sec). Food for thought.

[Anonymoose]

Not sure if it's a full size replica (which would imply the the unfurled underground Binding Coils expanded larger than Dalamud itself) or a scale model.

The fact that the entirely of the model (sphere and spires) exists inside of one of said spires is proof enough for the "scale" part, but how many times is quite difficult to gauge. It'd probably be even harder than trying to use the palm in T5, lol.

[ClaireAbigail]

The bahamut we faced in t13 is not the same as the one in the cinematic. Bahamut Prime is more than likely Elder bahamut's heart. I mean you can see his head in the end of t5,t9 and t12 it's huge.....not to mention t5 arena is bahamut's hand....

[Talia_Hailwind]

Forgot about turn 5 already did we?



THIS, should be more than enough to guess bahamuts size

[Nalien]

Funnily enough I actually did a visual comparison of player size verses his claw;

That tiny dot that you probably can't even see? That's a Miqo'te.

"Let us fight a full sized Bahamut Yoshi!" lol

[SpookyGhost]

How big is Bahamut?

No idea, but his hands are massive and his wings are the size of a small planet.

[Eloah]

Why I can't say anything to the size of bahamut, since I never really thought about it, I would think that his primal form is definitely larger than his original form. While nothing has been set in writing it has almost been all but confirmed that the primals were once high ranking individuals in their respected societies/ beast tribes, which explains why they were worshiped enough to become the gods of their tribes.

In fact, on a side note, I think Garuda, Suparna, and Chirada are actually sisters, similar to the gorgons of greek legends, with Garuda being the counterpart to Medusa.

[Anonymoose]

on a side note, I think Garuda, Suparna, and Chirada are actually sisters, similar to the gorgons of greek legends, with Garuda being the counterpart to Medusa.

It's possible, though in spite of people colloquially calling them sisters in parties, I've always assumed that they were temporary clones as an extension of her power, similar to Ifrit dashes. Garuda, Suparna, and Chirada are actually all real-world names referring to the same deity.