Battlegrounds: In Palamecia Desert – 4 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
Palamecia Desert 1 No Monsters 4 Beach
Palamecia Desert 2 No Sub-boss 1 Forest
Palamecia Desert 3 No Monsters 4 Beach
Palamecia Desert 4 No Boss 1 Desert
Encounters: In Palamecia Desert Battlegrounds – 14 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?
Palamecia Desert 1 Leap Frog ×3 360 30 Common No
Palamecia Desert 1 Crazy Horse ×2 420 20 Common No
Palamecia Desert 1 Floating Eye ×1 270 20 Common No
Palamecia Desert 1 Adamantoise ×1 720 60 Common No
Palamecia Desert 1 Floating Eye ×2 540 40 Common No
Palamecia Desert 1 Tonberry ×1 1,680 40 Rare No
Palamecia Desert 2 Black Knight ×4 1,680 120 Set Yes
Palamecia Desert 3 Gigas ×1 510 40 Common No
Palamecia Desert 3 Crazy Horse ×2, Gigas ×1 930 60 Common No
Palamecia Desert 3 Crazy Horse ×3 630 30 Common No
Palamecia Desert 3 Sahagin ×3 540 30 Common No
Palamecia Desert 3 Leap Frog ×2, Sahagin ×1 420 30 Common No
Palamecia Desert 3 Tonberry ×2 3,360 80 Rare No
Palamecia Desert 4 Emperor ×1 3,150 240 Set Yes
Enemies: Found in Palamecia Desert – 9 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
Leap Frog 19 FFVI 120 10 Serpent Rod
Crazy Horse 20 FFI 210 10 Claymore
Floating Eye 21 FFIV 270 20 Air Knife
Sahagin 22 FFIV 180 10 Javelin
Adamantoise 23 FFV 720 60 Coral Sword
Gigas 24 FFV 510 40 Surviver
Tonberry 25 FFV 1,680 40 Ichigeki
Black Knight 26 FFII 420 30 Blood Lance
Emperor 27 FFII 3,150 240 Golden Spear
Gear: Dropped in Palamecia Desert – 9 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
Coral Sword 12 FFI Sword +2 Adamantoise
Claymore 20 FFXI Greatsword +1 Crazy Horse
Surviver 21 FFXI Greatsword +1 Gigas
Serpent Rod 46 FFXII Rod +1 Leap Frog
Ichigeki 61 FFVI Katana +3 Tonberry
Javelin 68 FFII Spear +1 Sahagin
Blood Lance 69 FFIII Spear +3 Black Knight
Golden Spear 70 FFVI Spear +4 Emperor