Northern Cave

Screens: In Northern Cave – 22 shown

Temporary screens become permanently inaccessible during the normal course of the game Name	The random encounter groups that you may fight on this screen; this list only includes standard encounters, but special encounter types may also be present as detailed on the screen detail page; encounter rates are in parenthesis and are out of 256 Random Encounters	How many treasures (items of interest containing equipment or other items) are found on this screen Treasures	The price of the cheapest inn in this screen. it is not necessarily always available Inn Price	Save Point	Notes
Northern Cave Crater	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Cave	-	-	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Spiral Descent)	Gargoyle (72) Dark Dragon (68) 2 Parasites (60) 2 Gargoyles (56)	2	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Rocky Cliffs)	Scissors (72) Dark Dragon (68) 2 Parasites (60) 2 Gargoyles (56)	6	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Outside Cave Cliffs)	Scissors (60) Dark Dragon (56) 2 Parasites (52) 3 Parasites (48) 2 Scissors (40)	2	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Inside Cave Cliffs)	2 Scissors (56) Dark Dragon (48) 2 Parasites (44) Scissors (40) 3 Parasites (36) Master Tonberry (32)	3	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Stalactite Platforms)	2 Scissors (56) Dark Dragon (48) 2 Parasites (44) Scissors (40) 3 Parasites (36) Master Tonberry (32)	-	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Large Rock Intersection)	King Behemoth (72) Allemagne (68) Armored Golem (60) Master Tonberry (56)	-	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (West Lake)	Christopher, Gighee (60) Magic Pot (52) 2 Magic Pots (48) Allemagne (44) Master Tonberry (36) 3 Movers (16)	2	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (East Lake)	Christopher, Gighee (60) Magic Pot (52) 2 Magic Pots (48) Allemagne (44) Master Tonberry (36) 3 Movers (16)	4	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Glowing Crater)	King Behemoth (72) Allemagne (68) Armored Golem (60) Master Tonberry (56)	2	-	-	-
Inside Nothern Cave (Rocky Platforms)	King Behemoth (72) Allemagne (68) Armored Golem (60) Master Tonberry (56)	3	-	-	-
Inside Nothern Cave (Lifestream Falls Top)	King Behemoth (72) Allemagne (68) Armored Golem (60) Master Tonberry (56)	3	-	-	-
Inside Nothern Cave (Lifestream Falls Bottom)	King Behemoth (72) Allemagne (68) Armored Golem (60) Master Tonberry (56)	4	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Spiral Rock)	Pollensalta (56) 2 Death Dealers (48) Pollensalta, 2 Parasites (44) 3 Parasites (40) Malboro (36) Dragon Zombie (32)	-	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Rock Pillar)	Pollensalta (56) 2 Death Dealers (48) Pollensalta, 2 Parasites (44) 3 Parasites (40) Malboro (36) Dragon Zombie (32)	2	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Bottom of the Pillar)	Pollensalta (56) 2 Death Dealers (48) Pollensalta, 2 Parasites (44) 3 Parasites (40) Malboro (36) Dragon Zombie (32)	4	-	-	-
Inside Northern Cave (Bone Pathway)	Pollensalta (56) 2 Death Dealers (48) Pollensalta, 2 Parasites (44) 3 Parasites (40) Malboro (36) Dragon Zombie (32)	-	-	-	-
Bottom of Nothern Cave	-	1	-	-	-
Bottom of Nothern Cave (Party)	-	21	-	-	-
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Items of Interest: In Northern Cave – 61 shown

Item	Type	Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times Repeatable	Screen	Details
Save Crystal	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Spiral Descent)	Open the chest on the north side of the top level
Guard Source	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Spiral Descent)	Open the chest on the northwest side of the lower level
Power Source	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Rocky Cliffs)	Open the chest on the western side of the top level
HP Absorb Materia	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Rocky Cliffs)	Pick up the blue orb partially hidden behind a wall on the western side of the top level
Elixir	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Rocky Cliffs)	Open the chest on the middle platform
Magic Source	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Rocky Cliffs)	Open the chest on the lower western platform
Guard Source	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Rocky Cliffs)	Open the chest on the lower eastern platform
Mind Source	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Rocky Cliffs)	Open the chest above the bottom eastern platform
Mind Source	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Outside Cave Cliffs)	Open the chest on the third level down
Megalixir	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Inside Cave Cliffs)	Open the chest within the cave on the third level down
Hero Drink	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Outside Cave Cliffs)	Open the chest on the second level from the bottom
Guard Source	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Inside Cave Cliffs)	Open the chest in the middle of the connecting tunnel
Power Source	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (Inside Cave Cliffs)	Open the chest through the passage at the top of the connecting tunnel
Party Split	Note	No	Inside Northern Cave (Stalactite Platforms)	Each party member can go left or right
Party Split	Note	No	Inside Northern Cave (Large Rock Intersection)	Each party member can go up or down
Magic Source	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (West Lake)	Open the chest in the middle of the area (unless found by Vincent)
Remedy	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (West Lake)	Open the chest at the north end of the area (unless found by Cait Sith)
Vaccine	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (East Lake)	Open the chest in the northwest corner
Shield Materia	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (East Lake)	Pick up the green orb in the northwestern area (unless found by Red XIII)
Imperial Guard	Item	No	Inside Northern Cave (East Lake)	Open the chest on the western platform (reached via a pool near the green orb) (unless found by Cid)
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Set Encounters: In Northern Cave – 15 shown

Limited encounters never appear as random encounters; bosses are involved in important plot fights; special bosses and the final bosses are specifically called out as well; super bosses represent the greatest challenge in the game; Battle Square encounters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobo encounters only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught Encounter	Screen	Details	The range of levels of monsters in this encounter Level	EXP	AP	Gil	In a pincer attack, your party is surrounded; in a side attack, your party surrounds the enemies; in a back attack, the enemy attacks from behind Type	A factor indicating how hard it is to run from a battle; for example, it will generally take twice as long to run from a battle with a ×2 run difficulty than one with a ×1 run difficulty Run Difficulty
Iron Man	Inside the Planet	Jump onto any of the five platforms, 76/256 chance to be attacked, 128/256 chance of this encounter	46	10,000	150	600 gil	Normal Battle	×2
Dragon Zombie	Inside the Planet	Jump onto any of the five platforms, 76/256 chance to be attacked, 102/256 chance of this encounter	54	4,000	300	2,800 gil	Normal Battle	×2
Allemagne	Inside the Planet	Jump onto any of the five platforms, 76/256 chance to be attacked, 26/256 chance of this encounter	48	1,300	100	1,360 gil	Normal Battle	×1
Iron Man	Inside the Planet (Center)	Jump onto any of the eight platforms, 76/256 chance to be attacked, 128/256 chance of this encounter	46	10,000	150	600 gil	Normal Battle	×2
Dragon Zombie	Inside the Planet (Center)	Jump onto any of the eight platforms, 76/256 chance to be attacked, 102/256 chance of this encounter	54	4,000	300	2,800 gil	Normal Battle	×2
Allemagne	Inside the Planet (Center)	Jump onto any of the eight platforms, 76/256 chance to be attacked, 26/256 chance of this encounter	48	1,300	100	1,360 gil	Normal Battle	×1
Jenova·SYNTHESIS	Inside the Planet (Center)	Land on the middle platform	61	60,000	500	-	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Bizarro·Sephiroth	Inside the Planet (Center)	After defeating Jenova·SYNTHESIS (One party battle)	61	-	-	-	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Bizarro·Sephiroth	Inside the Planet (Center)	After defeating Jenova·SYNTHESIS (Two party battle, right side party)	61	-	-	-	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Bizarro·Sephiroth	Inside the Planet (Center)	After defeating Jenova·SYNTHESIS (Two party battle, left side party)	61	-	-	-	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Bizarro·Sephiroth	Inside the Planet (Center)	After defeating Jenova·SYNTHESIS (Three party battle, left side party)	61	-	-	-	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Bizarro·Sephiroth	Inside the Planet (Center)	After defeating Jenova·SYNTHESIS (Three party battle, middle party)	61	-	-	-	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Bizarro·Sephiroth	Inside the Planet (Center)	After defeating Jenova·SYNTHESIS (Three party battle, right side party)	61	-	-	-	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Safer·Sephiroth	Inside the Planet (Center)	After defeating Bizarro·Sephiroth	87	-	-	-	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Sephiroth	Inside the Planet (Center)	After defeating Safer·Sephiroth (cannot lose)	50	-	-	-	Back Attack	Can't Run

Monsters: Encountered in Northern Cave – 26 shown

Limited monsters never appear in random encounters; bosses are involved in important plot fights; special bosses and the final bosses are specifically called out as well; super bosses represent the greatest challenge in the game; Battle Square monsters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobos only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught Name	Level	HP	MP	Attack	The base physical damage dealt by this monster's abilities; physical damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (P) Base P	Magic atk	The base magic damage dealt by this monster's abilities; magic damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (M) Base M	Defense	This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a physical attack Phys. Vuln.	Magic def	This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a magic attack Magic Vuln.	Defense%	Note that party members get a +50 bonus to Dexterity during combat which monsters do not Dexterity	Luck	Elemental Vulnerability	Status Immunity	EXP	AP	Gil	The rate of Steal success per item by a character of equal level to the monster; these rates will change based on the level difference between the Stealing character and the monster; hover over a percentage to see the base rate (which is based on being 10 levels higher than the monster); this rate is multiplied by 80%±2% per level difference; only one item can be stolen, so an increase in level may in some cases decrease the effective Steal rate of items later in the list Steal	A monster will never drop an item if an item was Stolen from it during the battle; only monsters present in the final battle of a multi-battle sequence may drop items Win	Morph
Allemagne	48	8,000	200	120	1020	88	816	90	82%	96	81%	1%	85	0	Invalid: Earth Weak: Wind	Defend: Frog, Stop, Paralyzed	1,300	100	1,360 gil	Eye drop (41.2%)	Eye drop	-
Armored Golem	41	10,000	200	110	670	98	834	100	80%	120	76%	1%	110	0	-	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Darkness, Frog, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Manipulate, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury	2,500	100	2,680 gil	Turbo Ether (41.2%)	Echo Screen (14.1%)	Guard Source
Bizarro·Sephiroth	61	60,000	400	210	3410	144	1230	220	57%	210	58%	1%	140	0	Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bizarro·Sephiroth	61	60,000	400	200	3248	136	1182	210	58%	200	60%	1%	120	0	Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bizarro·Sephiroth	61	60,000	400	210	3410	144	1230	210	58%	210	58%	1%	120	0	Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bizarro·Sephiroth	61	60,000	400	190	2724	128	1134	200	60%	190	62%	1%	110	0	Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bizarro·Sephiroth	61	60,000	400	210	3410	144	1230	200	60%	200	60%	1%	100	0	Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bizarro·Sephiroth	61	60,000	400	190	2724	128	1134	200	60%	190	62%	1%	100	0	Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christopher	34	6,000	200	70	292	64	588	66	87%	150	70%	5%	90	5	-	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	1,300	80	800 gil	Earth Drum (11.2%)	Phoenix Down (14.1%)	-
Dark Dragon	57	14,000	600	150	1752	90	882	120	76%	240	53%	5%	100	3	Invalid: Lightning	Defend: Small, Darkness, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Death	5,000	350	2,500 gil	Dragon Armlet (11.2%)	Elixir (14.1%)	Vaccine
Death Dealer	48	7,000	400	120	1020	120	1008	140	72%	140	72%	5%	90	0	Invalid: Restorative	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Stop, Paralyzed, Death-sentence	1,800	200	1,200 gil	Turbo Ether (80%)	Kiss of Death (14.1%), X-Potion (12.1%)	-
Dragon Zombie	54	13,000	400	160	1780	65	714	150	70%	200	60%	1%	110	0	Absorb: Restorative Weak: Holy	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	4,000	300	2,800 gil	Cauldron (41.2%)	Cauldron (14.1%), X-Potion (4%)	Vaccine
Gargoyle	43	2,000	200	120	925	64	642	140	72%	120	76%	1%	90	0	-	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Poison, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death-sentence	800	80	2,500 gil	-	Remedy	-
Gighee	34	5,500	100	70	292	65	594	76	85%	190	62%	12%	90	3	-	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	700	60	600 gil	Elixir (11.2%)	Ether (14.1%)	-
Iron Man	46	20,000	100	180	1986	160	1236	240	53%	400	21%	1%	200	0	Halve: Fire, Ice, Earth Weak: Water	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death	10,000	150	600 gil	Elixir (11.2%)	Phoenix Down (14.1%)	Escort Guard
Jenova·SYNTHESIS	61	60,000	600	150	1860	120	1086	100	80%	180	64%	1%	120	0	Absorb: Poison Invalid: Earth, Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	60,000	500	-	-	-	-
King Behemoth	60	18,000	560	150	1836	65	750	140	72%	256	50%	1%	90	0	Halve: Gravity	-	2,000	250	950 gil	Phoenix Down (41.2%), X-Potion (24.2%)	-	-
Magic Pot	41	4,096	128	64	310	64	630	64	87%	64	87%	8%	64	16	-	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	8,000	1,000	8,500 gil	-	Turbo Ether	-
Malboro	44	4,400	900	70	358	50	564	110	78%	120	76%	15%	80	5	Absorb: Poison Invalid: Gravity Weak: Water	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Poison, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate	1,000	100	100 gil	M-Tentacles (41.2%), Echo Screen (24.2%)	M-Tentacles	-
Master Tonberry	77	44,444	100	150	2670	130	1242	136	73%	150	70%	1%	70	0	Absorb: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	6,000	200	6,800 gil	Elixir (41.2%)	Megalixir (14.1%)	Ribbon
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Armor: Found in Northern Cave – 2 shown

Uncommon armor cannot be purchased in shops at the end of the game, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare armor can only be found at specific points during the game; starting armor cannot be re-obtained if sold or lost Name	Defense	Defense%	Magic def is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; a character's Spirit and bonuses from materia determine their Magic def Magic def	Magic def%	The growth of materia slots is categorized by color: ⦿×1, ⦿×2, ⦿×3, and ⦾×0. Materia Slots	AP Growth	Effects	Characters	Price	Value
Imperial Guard	82	-	74	-	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	-	1 gil
Mystile	65	50%	72	60%	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	-	1 gil

Accessories: Found in Northern Cave – 1 shown

Uncommon accessories cannot be purchased in shops, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare accessories can only be found at specific points during the game Name	Effects	Price	Value
Tetra Elemental	Absorb Fire, Absorb Ice, Absorb Lightning, Absorb Earth	-	1 gil

Materia: Found in Northern Cave – 6 shown

Uncommon materia cannot be purchased in shops, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare materia can only be found at specific points during the game; master materia are incredibly rare and powerful Name	Type	Levels	Abilities	The element added when this materia is paired with an Elemental materia Element	Strength	Dexterity	Vitality	Magic	Luck	Magic def	Max HP%	Max MP%	Price	Master AP	The sale value of this materia when it is mastered; materia that have not yet been mastered sell at a lower price Master Value	When your materia is stolen, materia with a higher priority is stolen first Priority
Shield	Magic	3	L2: Shield	Hidden	−4	-	−2	+4	-	+2	−10	+10	-	100,000	1 gil	68
HP Absorb	Support	2	L1: HP Absorb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100,000	1 gil	43
Magic Counter	Support	5	L1: Magic Counter 30% L2: Magic Counter 40% L3: Magic Counter 60% L4: Magic Counter 80% L5: Magic Counter 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	300,000	1 gil	70
Counter	Support	5	L1: Counter 30% L2: Counter 40% L3: Counter 60% L4: Counter 80% L5: Counter 100%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100,000	1 gil	75
W-Magic	Command	2	L1: W-Magic	Hidden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250,000	1 gil	77
Mega All	Independent	5	Attack All 1/battle/level	Hidden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	160,000	1 gil	76

Items: Found in Northern Cave – 15 shown

Uncommon items cannot be purchased in shops, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare items can only be found at specific points during the game; special items are held by the most powerful monsters in the game Name	Description	The damage calculation of the item's effect; multiple hits are indicated first; items deal full damage to multiple targets and always hit; HP or MP are those of the character the item is used on; healing and MP restoration items are indicated by their text color Base Damage	Type	Target	Element	The status effects that can be inflicted or removed by this spell, and the chance of success if it is not assured Status	Special Properties	Price	Value	Use in Field?
X-Potion	Fully Restores HP	100% HP	Magic	One ally	Restorative	-	-	-	1 gil	Yes
Turbo Ether	Fully Restores MP	100% MP	Magic	One ally	Restorative	-	-	-	1 gil	Yes
Elixir	Fully Restores HP/MP	100% HP/MP	Physical	One ally	Restorative	-	-	-	1 gil	Yes
Megalixir	Fully restores all members HP/MP	100% HP/MP	Physical	All allies	Restorative	-	-	-	1 gil	Yes
Remedy	Cures abnormal status	-	Magic	One ally	-	Remove: Sleep, Poison, Sadness, Fury, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Small, Slow-numb, Petrify, Berserk, Paralyzed, Darkness	-	1,000 gil	500 gil	No
Hero Drink	Raises ability once during battle	-	Physical	One ally	-	-	Raises Attack, Magic atk, Defense, and Magic def by 30% each	-	1 gil	No
Vaccine	Protects against transformations	-	Magic	One ally	-	Add: Resist	-	-	1 gil	No
Eye drop	Cures [Darkness]	-	Magic	One ally	-	Remove: Darkness	-	50 gil	25 gil	No
Power Source	Raises [Strength]	-			-	-	Permanently increases Strength by 1.	-	250 gil	Yes
Guard Source	Raises [Vitality]	-			-	-	Permanently increases Vitality by 1.	-	250 gil	Yes
Magic Source	Raises [Magic Power]	-			-	-	Permanently increases Magic by 1.	-	250 gil	Yes
Mind Source	Raises [Spirit]	-			-	-	Permanently increases Spirit by 1.	-	250 gil	Yes
Speed Source	Raises [Dexterity]	-			-	-	Permanently increases Dexterity by 1.	-	250 gil	Yes
Luck Source	Raises [Luck]	-			-	-	Permanently increases Luck by 1.	-	250 gil	Yes
Save Crystal	Use this to create a SAVE Point in the ‘North Cave’	-			-	-	-	-		Yes

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