Floating Castle 5F

Sprite

Average Encounter 6,120 Exp., 4,074 G

Monsters Encountered AIR, FIGHTER, GrNAGA, MudGOL, NAOCHO, R.HYDRA, SLIME, SORCERER, WarMECH

Boss TIAMAT

The top floor of the Floating Castle is very simple: it's just one long bridge directly to TIAMAT. Most of the battles here are straightforward, but you have a 4.7% chance per encounter to run into WarMECH, the "super boss" of FF1. You can run if you're not prepared to fight.

Compare Floating Castle 5F to other Maps

Maps: Connected to Floating Castle 5F – 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
World Map Mirage Tower Area	-	-	3,929	412 G	-	-	-
Floating Castle 4F	-	-	4,672	3,227 G	-	-	-

Random Encounters: Found in Floating Castle 5F – 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
NAOCHO ×1–2	18.8%	+29%	Yes	4,784	750 G
AIR ×2–4	18.8%	+0%	Yes	4,842	2,421 G
MudGOL ×1–2, SORCERER ×1–6	18.8%	+0%	Yes	4,763	4,697 G
R.HYDRA ×4	18.8%	+0%	Yes	4,860	1,600 G
GrNAGA ×0–1, AIR ×1–3	9.4%	+0%	Yes	4,973	3,614 G
SLIME ×3–6	9.4%	+0%	Yes	4,955	4,050 G
WarMECH ×1	4.7%	+71%	Yes	32,000	32,000 G
FIGHTER ×1–2	1.6%	+71%	Yes	5,130	5,130 G

Set Encounters: Found in Floating Castle 5F – 1 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	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 gold you can expect to earn from this encounter Avg. Gold
TIAMAT ×1	+0%	No	Examine the green ball in the altar room	5,496	6,000 G

Monsters: Found in Floating Castle 5F – 10 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
FIGHTER	200	3,420 G	3,420	40	1	106	-	1%	38	45	93	39	38%	-	Spellcaster	-	-
GrNAGA	420	4,000 G	3,489	7	1	127	Poison	1%	16	24	72	37	75%	-	Spellcaster	-	-
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	-	-	-	-	-	-
R.HYDRA	182	400 G	1,215	20	3	106	-	1%	14	18	52	36	-	50%	Dragon	Cold	Fire
SLIME	156	900 G	1,101	49	1	103	Poison	1%	255	12	43	-	-	-	-	Fire	Status, Poison, Death, Cold, Lightning, Earth
SORCERER	112	999 G	822	1	3	98	KO	1%	12	24	94	25	-	50%	-	-	-
WarMECH	1,000	32,000 G	32,000	128	2	183	-	1%	80	48	100	-	-	25%	Regenerating	-	Status, Poison, Death, Fire, Cold, Lightning, Earth
TIAMAT	1,000	6,000 G	5,496	49	4	123	-	1%	80	36	100	-	-	50%	Dragon	Poison	Fire, Cold, Lightning, Earth

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