Battlegrounds: In The Archylte Steppe – 7 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
The Archylte Steppe 1 Yes Monsters 4 Cliffside
The Archylte Steppe 2 Yes Monsters 4 Cliffside
The Archylte Steppe 3 Yes Sub-boss 1 Archylte Steppe
The Archylte Steppe 4 Yes Monsters 5 Archylte Steppe
The Archylte Steppe 5 Yes Monsters 5 Archylte Steppe
The Archylte Steppe 6 Yes Sub-boss 1 Archylte Steppe
The Archylte Steppe 7 Yes Boss 1 Eden
Encounters: In The Archylte Steppe Battlegrounds – 21 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?
The Archylte Steppe 1 Ghast ×2 840 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 1 Flan ×2, Ghast ×1 1,800 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 1 Nut Eater ×3, Microchu ×1 2,760 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 1 Microchu ×4 2,760 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 1 Flowering Cactuar ×1 1,350 Scaled Rare No
The Archylte Steppe 2 Zu ×1, Ghast ×1 1,110 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 2 Flan ×3, Flan ×2 3,450 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 2 Flan ×3 2,070 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 2 Microchu ×7 4,830 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 3 Beta Behemoth ×1 1,080 Scaled Set Yes
The Archylte Steppe 4 Silver Lobo ×2, Beta Behemoth ×1 2,700 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 4 Silver Lobo ×4 3,240 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 4 Taxim ×2 1,920 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 4 Beta Behemoth ×1 1,080 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 5 Coeurl ×2, Beta Behemoth ×1 2,700 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 5 Taxim ×2, Nanochu ×1 2,880 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 5 Silver Lobo ×2, Coeurl ×2 3,240 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 5 Behemoth King ×1 1,230 Scaled Common No
The Archylte Steppe 5 Tonberry ×2, Ghast ×1 2,580 Scaled Rare No
The Archylte Steppe 6 Microchu ×4, Ochu ×1 5,490 Scaled Set Yes
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Enemies: Found in The Archylte Steppe – 16 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
Nut Eater 2 FFV 30 2 Healing Staff
Silver Lobo 4 FFVI 60 6 Mythril Claws
Flan 10 FFVI 60 7 Rapier
Tonberry 25 FFV 1,680 40 Ichigeki
Coeurl 43 FFIV 930 80 Cat Claws
Zu 76 FFV 5,010 630 Trident
Ghast ✩ 21 FFXIII 420 Scaled Kaiser Knuckles
Flan ✩ 22 FFXIII 690 Scaled Magus Rod
Microchu ✩ 23 FFXIII 690 Scaled Gladius
Taxim ✩ 24 FFXIII 960 Scaled Gigant Axe
Beta Behemoth ✩ 25 FFXIII 1,080 Scaled Blazefire Saber
Behemoth King ✩ 26 FFXIII 1,230 Scaled Gluttony Sword
Flowering Cactuar ✩ 27 FFXIII 1,350 Scaled Save the Queen
Nanochu ✩ 28 FFXIII 960 Scaled Total Eclipses
Ochu ✩ 29 FFXIII 2,730 Scaled Dragon Whisker
Fal'Cie Orphan ✩ 30 FFXIII 4,080 Scaled Omega Weapon
Gear: Dropped in The Archylte Steppe – 16 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
Rapier 10 FFI Sword +1 Flan
Healing Staff 39 FFI Staff +1 Nut Eater
Mythril Claws 53 FFVI Claws +1 Silver Lobo
Cat Claws 55 FFIII Claws +2 Coeurl
Ichigeki 61 FFVI Katana +3 Tonberry
Trident 72 FFII Spear +5 Zu
Gladius ✩ 1 FFVI Dagger +10 Microchu
Blazefire Saber ✩ 5 FFXIII Sword +4 Beta Behemoth
Omega Weapon ✩ 6 FFXIII Sword +10 Fal'Cie Orphan
Gluttony Sword ✩ 12 FFXI Greatsword +5 Behemoth King
Magus Rod ✩ 18 FFV Rod +6 Flan
Kaiser Knuckles ✩ 21 FFIII Claws +7 Ghast
Total Eclipses ✩ 26 FFXIII Gun +15 Nanochu
Gigant Axe ✩ 27 FFXI Axe +15 Taxim
Dragon Whisker ✩ 28 FFIV Whip +20 Ochu
Save the Queen ✩ 29 FFXIII Snow +10 Flowering Cactuar