Battlegrounds: In Zanarkand Ruins – 7 shown
Sub-boss battlegrounds feature set bosses instead of random encounters; boss battlegrounds also feature set bosses, and serve to end the encounters in a given area
Stage
Whether this battleground is available only in a premium content area
Premium
Type Encounters Terrain
Zanarkand Ruins 1 Yes Monsters 4 Barren Cliffside
Zanarkand Ruins 2 Yes Monsters 4 Barren Cliffside
Zanarkand Ruins 3 Yes Sub-boss 1 Zanarkand Ruins
Zanarkand Ruins 4 Yes Monsters 5 Zanarkand Ruins
Zanarkand Ruins 5 Yes Monsters 5 Zanarkand Ruins
Zanarkand Ruins 6 Yes Sub-boss 1 Zanarkand Ruins
Zanarkand Ruins 7 Yes Boss 1 Within Sin
Encounters: In Zanarkand Ruins Battlegrounds – 24 shown
Battleground Enemies Gil
All battles in premium battlegrounds yield experience scaled to your level instead of set amounts
EXP
Rarity
Whether this encounter is a 'boss' encounter; in addition to traditional bosses, some random enemies have boss music and are considered a boss encounter
Boss?
Zanarkand Ruins 1 Garuda ×2 1,380 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 1 Mushussu ×1 690 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 1 Flan ×2, Mushussu ×1 1,770 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 1 Mushussu ×2 1,380 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 1 Floating Eye ×2, Garuda ×1 1,770 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 2 Grenade ×2, Floating Death ×1 1,770 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 2 Floating Death ×2 1,380 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 2 Floating Eye ×2, Grenade ×2 2,160 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 2 Grenade ×2, Mushussu ×1 1,770 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 2 Garuda ×1, Floating Death ×2 2,070 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 3 Iron Giant ×1, YAT-99 ×2 2,880 Scaled Set Yes
Zanarkand Ruins 4 Malboro ×2 2,160 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 4 YAT-97 ×1 1,080 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 4 Iron Giant ×2 1,920 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 4 YAT-99 ×2 1,920 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 4 Grenade ×4, Dark Flan ×1 3,120 Scaled Rare No
Zanarkand Ruins 5 YAT-99 ×2, YAT-97 ×1 3,000 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 5 Nidhogg ×2 1,920 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 5 Behemoth ×1, Mushussu ×2 2,460 Scaled Common No
Zanarkand Ruins 5 Zu ×1, Garuda ×2 2,460 Scaled Common No
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Enemies: Found in Zanarkand Ruins – 17 shown
Rare enemies appear infrequently in certain battlegrounds; bosses always appear in certain battlegrounds and must be defeated to continue; final bosses must be defeated to complete the main plotline or any premium plotlines
Name
Numbers with a ✩ next to them indicate premium content
No.
Game
Normal monsters in the Interdimensional Rift yield substantially more gil than is listed here
Gil
Normal monsters in the Interdimensional Rift yield substantially more experience than is listed here; all monsters in premium areas yield experience scaled to your level
EXP
Drops
Flan 10 FFVI 60 7 Rapier
Floating Eye 21 FFIV 270 20 Air Knife
Grenade 29 FFV 660 40 Dancing Dagger
Iron Giant 34 FFV 36,000 1,000 Defender
Malboro 59 FFVI 2,670 340 Partisan
Behemoth 68 FFVI 7,320 950 Dragon Claws
Zu 76 FFV 5,010 630 Trident
Garuda ✩ 11 FFX 690 Scaled Brotherhood
Mushussu ✩ 12 FFX 690 Scaled Arc Sword
Floating Death ✩ 13 FFX 690 Scaled Wind Spear
YAT-99 ✩ 14 FFX 960 Scaled Murasame
Nidhogg ✩ 15 FFX 960 Scaled Burning Fists
Dark Flan ✩ 16 FFX 960 Scaled Judicer's Staff
Gold Element ✩ 17 FFX 1,080 Scaled Herding Staff
YAT-97 ✩ 18 FFX 1,080 Scaled Masamune
Anima ✩ 19 FFX 2,730 Scaled Nirvana
Braska's Final Aeon ✩ 20 FFX 4,080 Scaled Caladbolg
Gear: Dropped in Zanarkand Ruins – 17 shown
Advanced gear is particularly powerful; exceptional gear is among the most powerful of its type; character-specific gear is only used by certain premium unique characters
Name
Numbers with a ✩ next to them indicate premium content
No.
Game
Some premium gear affects only a single character instead of all characters that use a certain type of gear
Type/Character
Attack Dropped By
Air Knife 4 FFV Dagger +2 Floating Eye
Dancing Dagger 6 FFIV Dagger +4 Grenade
Rapier 10 FFI Sword +1 Flan
Defender 27 FFI Greatsword +5 Iron Giant
Dragon Claws 57 FFVI Claws +5 Behemoth
Trident 72 FFII Spear +5 Zu
Partisan 73 FFV Spear +5 Malboro
Brotherhood ✩ 2 FFX Sword +2 Garuda
Arc Sword ✩ 3 FFX Sword +5 Mushussu
Caladbolg ✩ 4 FFX Sword +10 Braska's Final Aeon
Herding Staff ✩ 13 FFX Staff +3 Gold Element
Judicer's Staff ✩ 14 FFV Staff +8 Dark Flan
Nirvana ✩ 15 FFX Staff +10 Anima
Burning Fists ✩ 20 FFVI Claws +5 Nidhogg
Murasame ✩ 22 FFIV Katana +8 YAT-99
Masamune ✩ 23 FFX Katana +10 YAT-97
Wind Spear ✩ 24 FFIII Spear +3 Floating Death