Galbadia Region - Final Fantasy VIII - Guides

Galbadia Region

Encounters: In Galbadia Region – 14 shown

The specific area within this location where this encounter takes place Area	The monsters that may be encountered in this area during random battles Encounters
Atop Cliffs	Thrustaevis ×2 Wendigo
Atop Cliffs near Deling City	Geezard ×2 Geezard, Thrustaevis
Barren Terrain	Belhelmel, Blood Soul Belhelmel, Geezard
Barren Terrain near Cliffs	Blood Soul ×2, Thrustaevis Geezard, Thrustaevis
Barren Terrain near Deling City	Blood Soul, Geezard, Wendigo Geezard Wendigo Wendigo ×2
Beaches	Fastitocalon-F ×2 Fastitocalon-F ×3
Beaches near Deling City	Fastitocalon-F ×2
Deserts	Abyss Worm Chimera Fastitocalon Fastitocalon ×2, Fastitocalon-F Fastitocalon-F ×2, Fastitocalon Fastitocalon-F ×3
Forests near Cliffs	Grendel
Near Cliffs near Deling City	Geezard, Thrustaevis Thrustaevis
Plains	Funguar Geezard, Thrustaevis Thrustaevis Thrustaevis ×2
Plains near Cliffs	Geezard Geezard ×3
Plains near Cliffs near Deling City	Funguar ×2 Geezard ×2, Funguar Geezard ×3
Plains near Deling City	Geezard Thrustaevis Thrustaevis ×2

Items of Interest: In Galbadia Region – 16 shown

What this point of interest is Found	The specific area within this location where this point of interest is located Area	Details on where this point of interest specifically can be found Details
Blizzara draw point	Monterosa Plateau	Where river comes out of cliff, southwest of Yaulny Canyon forest
Esuna draw point	Great Plains of Galbadia	Inside large rail tunnel under Deling City
Scan draw point	Wilburn Hill	In a narrow gap in the cliff wall southwest of Deling City
Aero draw point	Monterosa Plateau	Middle of rail bridge through canyon
Bio draw point	Monterosa Plateau	Low cliff next to entrance to gray central mountains
Shell draw point	Monterosa Plateau	Gap in cliff deep in gray central mountains
Haste draw point	Dingo Desert	Western cliff peninsula west of Desert Prison
Dispel draw point	Monterosa Plateau	Galbadia Garden's foundation after it is gone (once Balamb Garden is mobile)
Confuse draw point	Great Plains of Galbadia	Remains of Galbadia Missile Base (once Balamb Garden is mobile)
Battle: Thrustaevis ×2	Monterosa Plateau	Choose to check out the egg found above the waterfall (requires Ragnarok and hint from Obel Lake)
E A S N P D Rock	Monterosa Plateau	Defeat the Thrustaevises guarding the egg
Double draw point	Monterosa Plateau	In ravine west of railroad bridge (requires Ragnarok)
Meltdown draw point	Monterosa Plateau	Atop the mesa southeast of Deling City (requires Ragnarok)
Float draw point	Wilburn Hill	Southwest tip of cliffs west of Deling City (requires Ragnarok)
Zombie draw point	Rem Archipelago	Western tip of island west of Galbadian Continent (requires Ragnarok)
Ultima draw point	Lallapalooza Canyon	Edge of tallest cliff east of Winhill (requires Ragnarok)

Monsters: Encountered in Galbadia Region – 11 shown

Special monsters are particularly powerful or otherwise noteworthy; bosses are only encountered in special plot encounters; super bosses are optional special battles of extreme difficulty; the final bosses must be defeated to complete the game Name	The amount of experience yielded by defeating this monster, expressed as a base amount plus a modifier based on the monster's relative level; experience is split evenly among all surviving party members, and a separate split of the total is made for all equipped Guardian Forces; if the party runs from a battle, they still earn experience proportional to how much damage they dealt to the enemies; the character who registers the final blow on an enemy receives a bonus to experience Exp	The amount of ability points yielded by defeating this monster; ability points beyond those needed to learn a GF's next ability are not carried over AP	Whether this monster is flying and/or undead; flying monsters are immune to earth damage; undead monsters are damaged by curing spells and healed by drain effects (the caster is harmed instead) Type	The range of levels which this monster may appear at; the monster's level is determined by the average level of the members of your party, within this range Level	The range of hit points which this monster may have; the exact number is based on the monster's level HP	The range of strength which this monster may have; the exact number is based on the monster's level; numbers shown in green indicate that this monster's strength is significantly above average, while numbers shown in red are significantly below average Str	The range of vitality which this monster may have; the exact number is based on the monster's level; numbers shown in green indicate that this monster's vitality is significantly above average, while numbers shown in red are significantly below average Vit	The range of magic which this monster may have; the exact number is based on the monster's level; numbers shown in green indicate that this monster's magic is significantly above average, while numbers shown in red are significantly below average Mag	The range of spirit which this monster may have; the exact number is based on the monster's level; numbers shown in green indicate that this monster's spirit is significantly above average, while numbers shown in red are significantly below average Spr	The range of speed which this monster may have; the exact number is based on the monster's level; numbers shown in green indicate that this monster's speed is significantly above average, while numbers shown in red are significantly below average Spd	The range of evade which this monster may have; the exact number is based on the monster's level; numbers shown in green indicate that this monster's evade is significantly above average, while numbers shown in red are significantly below average Eva	The elements that this monster takes extra damage from Elemental Weakness
Abyss Worm	100+10	6	-	1–100	210–26,000	11–145	2–63	3–59	8–20	3–16	0–4%	Wind, Water
Belhelmel	10+6	2	Flying	1–100	369–5,760	4–106	30–33	5–95	10–22	10–27	0–5%	Holy
Blood Soul	15+5	1	Flying, Undead	1–100	510–6,500	4–58	7–62	10–119	150–183	8–21	0–5%	Fire, Holy
Chimera	150+20	10	-	1–100	352–60,000	21–190	41–132	27–238	89–180	5–25	2–8%	Holy
Fastitocalon	60+20	1	-	1–100	215–9,200	6–110	40–73	36–181	58–78	3–20	5–15%	Thunder, Earth
Fastitocalon-F	15+5	3	-	1–100	215–9,200	6–110	40–73	36–181	58–78	3–20	5–15%	Thunder, Earth
Funguar	20+3	1	-	1–100	303–2,100	5–62	2–56	1–72	2–56	2–8	0–4%	-
Geezard	10+5	1	-	1–100	43–1,840	5–65	4–7	1–44	1–17	3–11	0–7%	-
Grendel	80+15	6	-	1–100	2,131–30,000	22–226	51–127	52–238	121–192	10–20	2–9%	Earth, Wind, Holy
Thrustaevis	20+8	3	Flying	1–100	310–6,300	8–98	6–58	1–22	12–16	20–47	20–28%	Wind
Wendigo	30+5	2	-	1–100	1,026–16,000	7–124	3–61	3–29	4–16	12–37	1–5%	-

Spells: Found in draw points in Galbadia Region – 14 shown

Mid-level spells can only be drawn from normal enemies of level 20 and above; high-tier spells can only be drawn from normal enemies of level 30 and above; ultimate spells can only be drawn from draw points and bosses Name	Whether this is an Attack, Healing, or Indirect spell Type	The element of the spell; the damage dealt by the spell is affected by the target's vulnerability to that element (damage spells with no element are non-elemental and always deal normal damage) Element	The status effect inflicted or removed by this spell; hover over a "Multiple" status row to see the specific status list Status	The relative damaging or curing power of this spell Power	The number of hit points gained by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); numbers shown in green indicate that these are among the best values for this spell as determined by the relative rank of all stats, while numbers shown in red are among the worst HP	The amount of strength gained by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); numbers shown in green indicate that these are among the best values for this spell as determined by the relative rank of all stats, while numbers shown in red are among the worst Str	The amount of vitality gained by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); numbers shown in green indicate that these are among the best values for this spell as determined by the relative rank of all stats, while numbers shown in red are among the worst Vit	The amount of magic gained by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); numbers shown in green indicate that these are among the best values for this spell as determined by the relative rank of all stats, while numbers shown in red are among the worst Mag	The amount of spirit gained by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); numbers shown in green indicate that these are among the best values for this spell as determined by the relative rank of all stats, while numbers shown in red are among the worst Spr	The amount of speed gained by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); numbers shown in green indicate that these are among the best values for this spell as determined by the relative rank of all stats, while numbers shown in red are among the worst Spd	The amount of evade gained by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); numbers shown in green indicate that these are among the best values for this spell as determined by the relative rank of all stats, while numbers shown in red are among the worst Eva	The amount of hit gained by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); numbers shown in green indicate that these are among the best values for this spell as determined by the relative rank of all stats, while numbers shown in red are among the worst Hit	The amount of luck gained by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); numbers shown in green indicate that these are among the best values for this spell as determined by the relative rank of all stats, while numbers shown in red are among the worst Luck	The percentage of status attack gained by by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); hover over a multiple status row to see the specific status list Status Attack	The percentage of status defense gained by by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); hover over a multiple status row to see the specific status list Status Defense	The percentage of elemental attack gained by by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); hover over a multiple element row to see the specific element list Elemental Attack	The percentage of elemental defense gained by by junctioning 100 of this spell (junctioning less of this spell will result in a proportionately smaller bonus); hover over a multiple element row to see the specific element list Elemental Defense	A modifier to the difficulty of drawing this spell; spells with a higher draw difficulty will generally yield less stock per draw, and are more likely to have a draw fail altogether Draw Difficulty
Blizzara	Attack	Ice	-	24	200	15	8	15	8	12	3%	16%	12	-	-	Ice 80%	-	+16
Aero	Attack	Wind	-	22	300	17	10	16	10	20	7%	22%	15	-	-	Wind 80%	-	+17
Bio	Attack	Poison	Poison	30	700	24	15	24	15	5	2%	4%	4	Poison 100%	-	-	-	+22
Ultima	Attack	-	-	80	6,000	100	82	100	95	60	24%	60%	60	-	-	-	8 elements 100%	+44
Esuna	Restore	-	13 status effects	-	500	6	36	12	36	3	1%	3%	10	-	10 statuses 20%	-	-	+16
Scan	Indirect	-	-	-	100	5	5	5	5	3	1%	3%	3	-	-	-	-	+1
Confuse	Indirect	-	Confuse	-	700	22	18	28	18	18	3%	8%	8	Confuse 100%	-	-	-	+26
Zombie	Indirect	-	Zombie	-	800	15	24	15	12	2	1%	2%	2	Zombie 100%	-	-	-	+15
Double	Indirect	-	Double	-	200	15	6	18	6	10	4%	40%	2	-	-	-	-	+16
Dispel	Indirect	-	9 status effects	-	1,000	12	38	16	60	8	3%	8%	14	-	Drain 50%	-	-	+20
Shell	Indirect	-	Shell	-	400	6	18	10	40	3	1%	3%	14	-	-	-	8 elements 20%	+17
Float	Indirect	-	Float	-	200	8	15	8	15	16	3%	12%	20	-	-	-	Earth 50%	+11
Haste	Indirect	-	Haste	-	500	12	16	20	20	50	8%	10%	10	-	-	-	-	+18
Meltdown	Indirect	-	Vit 0	32	1,500	24	80	20	20	3	2%	12%	4	-	-	-	-	+35

Timber Forest Deling City