Castle Palamecia 5F - Final Fantasy II (Famicom) - Guides

Castle Palamecia 5F

Sprite

Average Random Encounter

Rank 6.0, 3,571 gil

Area Castle Palamecia

Other Maps 7F, 1F, 2F, 3F, 4F, Treasure Rooms, 6F, 8F

Teleport/Warp Unavailable

Monsters Encountered Black Knight, Cockatrice, Death Flower, Devil's Bloom, Flying Ray, General, Lamia, Skull, Stone Golem, Vampire Girl

This is a very boring floor. The stairs west of the entrance lead to a path with some nice treasure, but to proceed through the dungeon, you'll have to head south, west, and north around the whole floor yet again.

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Castle Palamecia 5F

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Maps: Connected to Castle Palamecia 5F – 2 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	The name of the map, including both the general area and the specific floor or section; limited maps are closed off at a certain point in the plot; temporary maps only appear during certain brief plot points; end game maps appear during the closing events of the game Name	The number of treasures to be found on this map Treasures	If there is an inn or sanctuary on this map, they will be listed here; all inns have a set cost of ¼ of the party's lost HP plus the total of their lost MP, and all sanctuaries are free Amenities	Do the Teleport and Warp spells function on this map? Teleport/Warp?	A list of the types of shops that can be found on this map Shops	The average rank of random encounters on this map Avg. Rank	The average value of drops from a random encounter on this map Encounter Value
	Castle Palamecia 4F	2	-	No	-	6.0	3,552 gil
	Castle Palamecia 6F	1	-	No	-	5.9	3,890 gil

Random Encounters: Found in Castle Palamecia 5F – 8 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	Monsters	The rank of the encounter, determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; a range indicates that the rank of the encounter may change if certain monsters are not present; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rank	Whether it is possible to flee from this encounter Flee?	The chance that the monsters will achieve surprise in this encounter; the chance that the party will achieve surprise is equal to Firion's agility score as a percentage; if both the monsters and the party achieve surprise, or neither does, there is no ambush; if only one side gains surprise, they ambush the side that did not Surprise	The average value of drops from monsters in this encounter Avg. Drop	The probability of this encounter occuring when a random battle starts Frequency
	Stone Golem ×1, Vampire Girl ×0–2	5–7	Yes	36%	1,470 gil	18.8%
	Devil's Bloom ×1–2, Skull ×1–2	6	Yes	40%	3,420 gil	18.8%
	General ×1–2	7	No	40%	6,825 gil	18.8%
	Lamia ×2–4	6	Yes	40%	3,360 gil	18.8%
	Flying Ray ×2–4, Cockatrice ×1–2	5	No	40%	2,295 gil	9.4%
	Stone Golem ×1, Black Knight ×0–2	6–7	Yes	40%	4,318 gil	9.4%
	Death Flower ×1–5	5	No	36%	723 gil	4.7%
	Skull ×2–6	6	No	40%	5,800 gil	1.6%

Random Encounters: Found in Castle Palamecia 5F Trap rooms – 8 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	Monsters	The rank of the encounter, determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; a range indicates that the rank of the encounter may change if certain monsters are not present; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rank	Whether it is possible to flee from this encounter Flee?	The chance that the monsters will achieve surprise in this encounter; the chance that the party will achieve surprise is equal to Firion's agility score as a percentage; if both the monsters and the party achieve surprise, or neither does, there is no ambush; if only one side gains surprise, they ambush the side that did not Surprise	The average value of drops from monsters in this encounter Avg. Drop	The probability of this encounter occuring when a random battle starts Frequency
	General ×1–2	7	No	40%	6,825 gil	18.8%
	Lamia ×2–4	6	Yes	40%	3,360 gil	18.8%
	Flying Ray ×2–4, Cockatrice ×1–2	5	No	40%	2,295 gil	18.8%
	Stone Golem ×1, Black Knight ×0–2	6–7	Yes	40%	4,318 gil	18.8%
	Death Flower ×1–5	5	No	36%	723 gil	9.4%
	Skull ×2–6	6	No	40%	5,800 gil	9.4%
	General ×1, Captain ×0–3, Wizard ×0–3	5–7	No	40%	10,543 gil	4.7%
	Captain ×2–4, Coeurl ×0–2	5	Yes	36%	4,435 gil	1.6%

Monsters: Found in Castle Palamecia 5F – 13 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum HP total HP	The monster's starting and maximum MP total MP	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain ¹⁄₁₆ of the target's total HP or MP per hit and have an opposite effect against Undead monsters Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid incoming physical attacks, and the evasion % for those attempts Eva	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid mitigate the effects of offensive spells or abilities, and the magic defense % for those attempts Mag. Def.	The base chance a monster will flee from battle on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining monsters Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead monsters are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against); a dagger (†) indicates that this monster also resists this element, so damage will not be doubled Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; absorbed elements are marked with an asterisk (*); spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
	Black Knight	6	1,140	-	85	7×80%	-	85	1×70%	5×40%	−170%	3,488 gil	-	-	-
	Cockatrice	5	370	-	35	4×70%	Stone	40	1×50%	3×50%	−100%	510 gil	Flying	-	-
	Death Flower	5	540	-	40	4×80%	Confusion	40	0×0%	3×50%	−85%	241 gil	-	Fire, Ice	Mind, Body
	Devil's Bloom	6	1,140	-	70	6×85%	Multiple	70	1×65%	5×70%	−120%	830 gil	-	Fire	Mind, Death*, Body, Ice
	Flying Ray	5	750	-	60	6×80%	-	50	1×65%	4×40%	−100%	510 gil	Flying	-	-
	General	7	1,800	-	120	10×95%	-	100	1×75%	4×60%	−145%	4,550 gil	-	-	-
	Lamia	6	1,000	60	70	6×85%	Sleep	70	1×65%	6×30%	−135%	1,120 gil	Magic	-	-
	Skull	6	640	300	50	6×75%	Drain HP	40	1×65%	4×40%	−153%	1,450 gil	Flying, Magic, Undead	Fire	Mind, Death*, Body, Ice
	Stone Golem	7	1,800	240	120	7×95%	-	150	1×50%	14×100%	−170%	830 gil	Magic	Poison†	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Ice
	Vampire Girl	5	540	100	40	5×80%	Drain HP	50	1×60%	4×40%	−120%	640 gil	Flying, Earth, Magic, Undead	Fire	Matter, Mind, Death*, Body, Lightning, Poison, Ice
	Captain	5	750	30	60	6×80%	-	50	1×60%	4×50%	−70%	995 gil	-	-	-
	Coeurl	6	1,000	300	40	7×75%	KO	60	1×70%	5×40%	−161%	1,450 gil	-	-	-
	Wizard	6	540	190	40	1×75%	-	35	1×70%	4×60%	−135%	3,000 gil	Magic	-	-

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