Floating Castle 4F

Sprite
Average Encounter 4,672 Exp., 3,227 G
Area Floating Castle (1F, 2F, 3F, 5F)
Monsters Encountered AIR, FIGHTER, GrNAGA, GUARD, MANCAT, MEDUSA, MudGOL, NAOCHO, SENTRY, SORCERER, WzVAMP
4F is a strange floor, consisting of a large grid of wide hallways that repeat endlessly.
The most direct path to the end is to head east twice and south twice.

There are a variety of resource-draining and dangerous encounters on this floor, so don't spend more time than you have to wandering the endless halls.
Compare Floating Castle 4F to other Maps
Maps: Connected to Floating Castle 4F – 2 shown
The name of the map, including both the general area and the specific floor or section
Name
The number of treasures to be found on this map
Treasures
The number of treasures to be found past doors locked with the KEY on this map
Locked
The average amount of total experience you can expect to earn from a random encounter here (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Avg. Exp.
The average amount of gold you can expect to earn from a random encounter here
Avg. Gold
The cost to stay at the inn, if there is one present
Inn
The cost to revive a party member at the clinic, if there is one present
Clinic
A list of the types of shops that can be found here
Shops
Floating Castle 3F 14 - 4,341 3,068 G - - -
Floating Castle 5F - - 6,120 4,074 G - - -
Random Encounters: Found in Floating Castle 4F – 8 shown
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 gold you can expect to earn from this encounter
Avg. Gold
FIGHTER ×1–2 1.6% +71% Yes 5,130 5,130 G
GrNAGA ×0–1, AIR ×1–3 4.7% +0% Yes 4,973 3,614 G
WzVAMP ×1–3 9.4% +0% Yes 4,770 6,000 G
MudGOL ×1–2, SORCERER ×1–6 9.4% +0% Yes 4,763 4,697 G
AIR ×2–4 18.8% +0% Yes 4,842 2,421 G
MANCAT ×3–7, MEDUSA ×0–5 18.8% +0% Yes 4,241 5,160 G
NAOCHO ×1–2 18.8% +29% Yes 4,784 750 G
SENTRY ×1, GUARD ×0–1 18.8% +0% Yes 4,612 2,200 G
Monsters: Found in Floating Castle 4F – 11 shown
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, but are optional
Name		 HP Gold
The total amount of experience earned for defeating this monster (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Exp
Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's absorb
Dmg
The number of hit chances the monster gets whenever it attacks; each successful hit will deal full damage and can be a critical hit
Hits
The hit % of the monster's attacks; the base chance to hit is approximately 84% plus half of the monster's hit %, modified by the target's evade %
Hit %
The status ailment, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; the base chance of affliction is 50%, reduced by 1% for each two points of magic defense the target has; note that, due to a bug, misses after the attack's first hit have a chance to inflict a status ailment despite not hitting
Status
The chance of each of this monster's attacks being a critical hit (unless the attack misses); critical hits add double the monster's damage rating to their normal damage (this extra damage ignores absorb)
Crit
Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount
Abs
The monster's base chance to evade any given physical attack; each two points of evade % result in a 1% better chance to evade attacks
Eva
For each two points of magic defense, the monster has a 1% better chance of resisting any given spell
Mag. Def.
The lowest party level at which the monster may choose to run away; the chance to run is approximately 4% for each level the party leader is above this level
Run Lev.
The chance that the monster uses a magic spell on its turn; each monster that can cast spells has a specific cycle of spells that they always use in the same order (see the monster page for specifics)
Magic
The chance that the monster uses a special attack on its turn; monsters with multiple special attacks have a specific cycle of special attacks that they always use in the same order (see the monster page for specifics)
Sp. Att
The families this monster belongs to; only Undead monsters are affected by HARM spells; note that other monster families have no mechanical effect
Family
The elements this monster is weak against; weakness against an element causes spells and special attacks of that element to be approximately 20% more likely to hit, and damaging spells or special attacks deal an additional 50% damage
Weakness
The elements this monster is resistant to; resistance to an element drops the base hit chance for spells and special attacks of that element to 0, and those attacks cause half damage
Resists
AIR 358 807 G 1,614 53 1 114 - 1% 4 72 65 - - - Magic Beast - Status, Poison, Death, Earth
SENTRY 400 2,000 G 4,000 102 1 128 - 1% 48 48 80 35 - - - Lightning Status, Poison, Death, Fire, Cold, Earth
FIGHTER 200 3,420 G 3,420 40 1 106 - 1% 38 45 93 39 38% - Spellcaster - -
WzVAMP 300 3,000 G 2,385 90 1 104 Paralysis 1% 28 36 42 - 25% 19% Magic Beast, Undead, Spellcaster, Regenerating Fire Status, Poison, Death, Cold, Earth
GUARD 200 400 G 1,224 25 2 108 Paralysis 1% 40 36 55 - - - - Lightning Status, Poison, Death
MANCAT 110 800 G 603 20 3 98 - 1% 30 30 31 35 75% - Spellcaster - Status, Poison, Death, Fire, Cold, Lightning, Earth
GrNAGA 420 4,000 G 3,489 7 1 127 Poison 1% 16 24 72 37 75% - Spellcaster - -
SORCERER 112 999 G 822 1 3 98 KO 1% 12 24 94 25 - 50% - - -
MEDUSA 68 699 G 699 20 1 92 Poison 1% 10 18 28 35 - 50% - - -
MudGOL 176 800 G 1,257 64 1 105 Poison 1% 7 14 47 - 25% - Magic Beast, Spellcaster - Status, Poison, Death, Fire, Cold, Lightning
NAOCHO 344 500 G 3,189 35 3 126 Poison 1% 32 12 85 - - - - - -
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Flying Fortress 4F

Average Encounter 4,602 Exp., 3,245 gil
Area Flying Fortress
Other Maps 1F, 2F, 3F, 5F
Monsters Encountered Aeros, Clay Golem, Dark Warrior, Guardian, Medusa, Mindflayer, Neochu, Rakshasa, Soldier, Spirit Naga, Vampire Lord
The fourth floor tosses a few wrinkles into the encounter mix. Back are the Rakshasas and Soldiers, but the other two common encounters are new. First is one or two Neochus, who can still be a moderate threat to your lightly-armored characters, but shouldn't slow you down at this point. Groups of Aeroses are just as nasty as the other elementals you've fought up to this point, but you can actually run from them. They have too much HP for magic to be a viable option, but their Evasion is immense so no matter how you take them down it's going to take a while. The other new encounter is Clay Golems with Mindflayers. Mindflayers may actually start running from you by this point, but they are as dangerous as ever if they decide to hit you with a few rounds of Mind Blast. Ignore the Clay Golems until the Mindflayers have been taken out, and just hope they don't Haste any of them, since it makes their instant KO attack that much nastier.