Nightmare

HP 200
Gil 700 gil
Experience 1,272
Size Large
Damage 30
Hit Rate 3×108%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 24
Evade 66%
Magic Defense 50%
Morale 200
Monster Family Magic Beast
Attack Probability 75%
Special Attack Probability 25%
Special Attack Sequence Snort
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Ice
Earth
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
Citadel of Trials
Tower of Mirage
Waterfall Cavern
Flying Fortress
Temple of Chaos Past
Nightmares have moderate Defense but extremely high Evasion, and like to inflict Darkness on characters with their Snort ability to make them even harder to hit. If there was ever a time to cast Lamp, this would be it. However, at this point in the game, even their three attacks should pose no real threat, so Nightmares are more annoying than anything. They appear late in the game with Black Knights and then Doom Knights, both of which are higher priority targets.
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Special Attacks: Used by Nightmare – 1 shown
Similar special attacks may share the same name, but have different effects and animation (see individual pages to determine which monsters use which version of a given attack)
Name
Damaging special attacks that are not resisted deal between one and two this this amount of damage, or half that when resisted (damage can be further modified by elemental weaknesses or resistances)
Power
A modifier to the likelihood of the special attack being resisted; there is a base chance to hit of approximately 74% plus half this value, modified by the target's magic defense
Accuracy		 Target
The status ailment inflicted if the special attack is not resisted, if any
Status
The elemental nature of the special attack; weakness to the element makes the special attack approximately 20% more likely to hit and adds a 50% bonus to any damage dealt, while resistance halves damage and nearly guarantees that the special attack will be resisted (for a net of 1/4 normal damage)
Element
Snort - +96 One Foe Darkness Status
Random Encounters: With Nightmare – 5 shown
Map
The monsters that can be involved in this encounter; minibosses are only found in repeatable set encounters; bosses are encountered only one time during the game; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game
Monsters
The probability of any given encounter being this one when you have a random battle on its map
Frequency
A modifier to the base chance of the monsters surprising the party; your party leader's agility and luck also factor into the surprise chance
Surprise
Is it possible to run from this encounter?
Run?
The average amount of total experience you can expect to earn from this encounter (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Avg. Exp.
The average amount of gil you can expect to earn from this encounter
Avg. Gil
Tower of Mirage 1F Nightmare ×1–2, Black Knight ×1–2 37.5% +0% Yes 3,803 3,750 gil
Waterfall Cavern Nightmare ×1–3 37.5% +0% Yes 2,544 1,400 gil
Flying Fortress 1F Nightmare ×1–2, Doom Knight ×1 9.4% +0% Yes 4,608 4,050 gil
Flying Fortress 2F Nightmare ×1–2, Doom Knight ×1 9.4% +0% Yes 4,608 4,050 gil
Temple of Chaos Past B4 Nightmare ×1–2, Doom Knight ×1–2 9.4% +0% Yes 5,958 5,550 gil
Set Encounters: With Nightmare – 1 shown
Map
The monsters that can be involved in this encounter; minibosses are only found in repeatable set encounters; bosses are encountered only one time during the game; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game
Monsters
A modifier to the base chance of the monsters surprising the party; your party leader's agility and luck also factor into the surprise chance
Surprise
Is it possible to run from this encounter?
Run?
The specifics of where this encounter can be found (note that set encounters other than some boss fights will remain in place once fought, and can be fought multiple times
Notes
The average amount of total experience you can expect to earn from this encounter (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Avg. Exp.
The average amount of gil you can expect to earn from this encounter
Avg. Gil
Citadel of Trials 3F Nightmare ×1–3 +0% Yes Just inside the door north of the stairs from 2F (unavoidable) 2,544 1,400 gil
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Related

Crazy Horse

HP 64
Gil 15 gil
Experience 63
Size Large
Damage 10
Hit Rate 2×92%
Critical Hit Chance 1%
Absorb 2
Evade 11%
Magic Defense 20%
Morale 106 (may run if party is level 13 or higher)
Elemental Vulnerability
Encountered In
World Map
Crazy Horses are the first Monster you might encounter that gets multiple hits in a round. Most Monsters with multiple hits don't do a whole lot of damage, so your heavily-armored Warrior is well suited to absorb their attacks. However, they are very dangerous if they decide to hit lightly-armored targets. A Crazy Horse can do 38 damage to a mage wearing a Shirt in one round if you're not lucky. Crazy Horses don't have much Defense, but they do have a lot of HP and a decent Evasion score, so they can be hard to take down. By the time you are likely to see groups of them, on the trip to Pravoca, they will be somewhat easier to take down.

NITEMARE

Sprite
HP 200
Gold 700 G
Experience 1,272
Absorb 24 Evade 66% Magic Def. 50%
Damage 30–60×3 Hit 108%
Critical Hit Chance 1% Attack Probability 75%
Special Attack Probability 25% Attacks SNORTING
Family Magic Beast
Morale 200
Elemental Vulnerability
Fire
Cold
Earth
Status
Poison
Death
Encountered In
Castle of Ordeal
Mirage Tower
Waterfall
Floating Castle
Temple of Fiends Past
NITEMARES are hard to hit, so use Cold.

Nightmare

HP 290
Level 33
Job Level 1
Gil 360 gil
Experience 700
Intelligence 30
Mind 30
Attack Power 36
Attacks/Accuracy 6×36% (2.2)
Status Attack Confusion
Defense 4
Evasion 2×20% (0.4)
Magic Defense 2
Magic Resistance 1×25% (0.2)
Special Attack Rate 50%
Special Attack Glare
Stolen Item Potion
Elemental Vulnerability