Location
	You can draw Carbuncle durring your battle with the Iguions, before you face the Sorceress in Deling City.

Carbuncle
	Elemental: None
	Attack: Ruby Light
	Level	HP	Atk. Power
	1	-	-
	16	1220	-
	20	1326	-
	30	2086	-
	40	2714	-
	50	3350	-
	60	3994	-
	70	4646	-
	80	5306	-
	90	5974	-
	100	6650	-

Ability	AP	Opens		Ability	AP	Opens
HP-J	50	HP+20%		HP+20%	60	HP+40%
VIT-J	Learned	None		HP+40%	120	None
MAG-J	50	ST-ATK-J		VIT+20%	60	VIT+40%
ST-ATK-J	160	None		VIT+40%	120	VIT Bonus
ST-DEF-J	100	ST-DEFx2		VIT Bonus	100	None
ST-DEFx2	130	None		Counter	200	Auto-Reflect
Abilityx3	Learned	None		Auto-Reflect	250	None
Magic	Learned	None		GFHP+10%	40	GFHP+20%
GF	Learned	None		GFHP+20%	70	GFHP+30%
Draw	Learned	None		GFHP+30%	140	None
Item	Learned	None		RECOV MED-RF	30	None

Carbuncle returns in Final Fantasy VIII. Once again your little green friend will cast Reflect on your entire party. This comes in major handy at the time you get him, since Reflect and Triple are not available for some time after.
There are no major abilities from Carbuncle. The Vit Bonus may come in handy, if you have a dedicated magic user. The Counter is OK, in the fact you get a chance to counter a physical attack made on you. The downfall is it does not always happen. The big one here though is Carbuncle gives you that Ability x3, giving you another ability slot for a character ability.