Maps: In Vector – 6 shown
World of Ruin maps cannot be found in the World of Balance; persistent maps are found in both the World of Balance as well as the World of Ruin
Name
World
The random encounters found on this map; if the encounter list changes at certain points during the game, each list is shown here
Encounters
The number of treasures found on this map
Treasures
The dance learned by Mog upon fighting a battle on this map; if this dance is used during a battle here, the dancer has no chance of stumbling; different terrain types on the world map have different dances; plains and wastelands use the Wind Song, forests use the Forest Suite, and deserts use the Desert Aria
Dance
The price of the inn found on this map; this inn is not necessarily available at all times
Inn Price
The price of the chocobo rental found on this map; this chocobo rental is not necessarily available at all times
Chocobo Price
Save Point Recovery Spring
Whether it is possible to use Warp on this map
Warp?
Balance During Escape
4 Pipsqueaks (1/16)
Chaser, 3 Trappers (5/16)
4 Commandos (5/16)
Chaser, 3 Pipsqueaks (5/16)
- - - - - Yes
Balance - - - Free - - - Yes
Balance - - - Free - - - Yes
Balance - - - - - - - Yes
Balance - - - - - - - Yes
Balance - - - - - - - Yes
Shop Items: Sold in Vector – 9 shown
World of Ruin shops replace the original shops in the World of Ruin
Shop
Item Price Map World Notes
Vector Weapons Blossom 3,200 GP Balance Unavailable after floating continent appears
Vector Weapons Epee 3,000 GP Balance Unavailable after floating continent appears
Vector Weapons Forged 1,200 GP Balance Unavailable after floating continent appears
Vector Weapons Poison Claw 2,500 GP Balance Unavailable after floating continent appears
Vector Armor Head Band 1,600 GP Balance Unavailable after floating continent appears
Vector Armor Bard's Hat 3,000 GP Balance Unavailable after floating continent appears
Vector Armor Mithril Vest 1,200 GP Balance Unavailable after floating continent appears
Vector Armor Ninja Gear 1,100 GP Balance Unavailable after floating continent appears
Vector Armor White Dress 2,200 GP Balance Unavailable after floating continent appears
Party Changes: In Vector – 1 shown
Character
Whether this character is initially named, joins the party, or leaves the party at this time; 'Temporary' indicates that a character joins for a short period but does not become a long-term party member
Act
Map Notes
Setzer Join While escaping from the MagiTek Research Facility
Encounter Groups: For Vector Maps – 1 shown
Map Condition Encounters
The average amount of experience won in an encounter in this group
Avg. Exp.
The average amount of GP won in an encounter in this group
Avg. GP
The average amount of magic points won in an encounter in this group
Avg. Mag. Pts.
The range of average levels of monsters found in this group's encounters; level directly impacts the damage done by a monster's attacks, and is a good general indicator of the difficulty of any given encounter
Level
During Escape 4 Pipsqueaks (1/16)
Chaser, 3 Trappers (5/16)
4 Commandos (5/16)
Chaser, 3 Pipsqueaks (5/16)
1,104 885 2.0 18–19
Set Encounters: In Vector – 5 shown
Encounter
Any encounters you've seen that appear on the Veldt will appear in groups; each encounter goes to the next group with at least one available encounter in it; encounters with no value listed do not appear on the Veldt
Veldt Group
Map Item Won Notes
2 Guards 1 - Tell the old lady you don't pledge your allegiance to the Empire
2 Garms, 2 Commandos (3/4)
2 Garms, Commando (1/4)
15 - Interact with any wandering soldier on the upper level before escaping the MagiTek Research Facility
ProtoArmor, 2 Pipsqueaks (3/4)
2 ProtoArmors (1/4)
51 - Interact with a soldier in magitek armor on the upper level before escaping the MagiTek Research Facility
2 Garms, 2 Commandos (3/4)
2 Garms, Commando (1/4)
15 - Approach the soldiers after sneaking past them to the MagiTek Factory
Guardian - - Enter Vector after gaining control of the Blackjack, but before reaching the sealed gate
Encounters: In Vector – 10 shown
World of Ruin encounters cannot be found in the World of Balance; unique encounters are found as set encounters or treasure guardians, but never as a random battle; legendary dragons are unique monsters that are found in the World of Ruin; special bosses have unique music and immense power; the final bosses are the last creatures fought in the game
Name
Any encounters you've seen that appear on the Veldt will appear in groups; each encounter goes to the next group with at least one available encounter in it; encounters with no value listed do not appear on the Veldt
Veldt Group
Exp. GP Magic Points
The range of levels of monsters found in this encounter; level directly impacts the damage done by a monster's attacks, and is a good general indicator of the difficulty of any given encounter
Level
Each party member must run long enough to set their run value to at least this number in order to escape this encounter; side attacks have a run difficulty of zero and it is not possible to run from pincer attacks unless all monsters on one side have been defeated
Run Difficulty
The specific monsters that appear during this encounter
Monsters
1 96 96 - 5 4 Guards
15 960 1,232 2 18–19 8 Garms, 2 Commandos
15 708 959 2 18–19 6 Garms, Commando
16 460 400 2 18 8 Pipsqueaks
16 1,396 980 2 19 8 Chaser, 3 Trappers
16 1,036 680 3 18–19 8 Chaser, 3 Pipsqueaks
51 729 496 2 18–19 6 ProtoArmor, 2 Pipsqueaks
53 1,008 1,092 1 18 8 Commandos
- 998 592 4 19 4 ProtoArmors
- - - - 71 6 Guardian
Monsters: Encountered in Vector – 8 shown
World of Ruin monsters cannot be found in the World of Balance; unique monsters are found as set encounters or treasure guardians, but never in a random battle; legendary dragons are unique monsters that are found in the World of Ruin; special bosses have unique music and immense power; the final bosses are the last creatures fought in the game
Name
HP MP LV Exp. GP Elements
Most monsters have a special attack that is a modified basic attack; this attack is sometimes referred to as 'Special' regardless of its name
Special Attack
'Battle' refers to the effects of the monster's normal attack; HP draining, and MP draining attacks are indicated by their text color
Special Attack Effect
Speed Stamina Mag.Pwr Bat.Pwr
The estimated average amount of damage this monster's attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors, but this is a good measure of the relative danger of monster's attacks
Damage
The estimated average amount of damage this monster's special attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors
S.A. Dmg.
Defense
The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Defense) this monster takes from physical attacks due to its Defense score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any physical attack
Phys. Vuln.
Evade % is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead
Evade %
Mag.Def
The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Mag.Def) this monster takes from magic attacks due to its Mag.Def score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any magic attack
Mag.. Vuln.
Due to a bug, MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead of Evade %
MBlock%
Hit Rate
The items that can be stolen from this monster; even if a steal attempt would be successful, if no item is selected it will fail and can be attempted again
Steal
The items that can be dropped by this monster; there is always a chance of a drop if an item is listed
Win
Any special properties the monster has
Notes
Status effects that are always active on this monster as well as those it is immune to
Statuses
Guard 40 15 5 48 48 Weak pt: Poison Critical Battle ×1.5 30 16 6 16 7 11 100 121% 0 140 90% 0 100 Tonic (7/8), Potion (1/8) Tonic (1/8) Human -
Commando 580 35 18 252 273 Weak pt: Thunder, Water Program 65 Mute 30 17 10 13 67 - 210 35% 0 145 86% 0 100 Tent (7/8), Mithril Vest (1/8) Tent (1/8) Human Prevent: Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Seizure
Pipsqueak 250 50 18 115 100 Weak pt: Thunder, Water Program 55 Imp 25 16 10 13 67 - 200 43% 0 150 82% 0 100 Tonic (7/8) - Human Prevent: Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Seizure
Chaser 1,202 140 19 691 380 Weak pt: Thunder, Water Program 17 Shell 40 18 8 13 74 - 200 43% 0 150 82% 0 100 Bio Blaster (7/8) - Can't Suplex Float
Prevent: Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Seizure
Garm 615 45 19 228 343 Weak pt: Thunder, Water Program 95 Muddled 30 17 10 13 74 - 220 27% 0 140 90% 0 100 Tonic (7/8), Fenix Down (1/8) - - Prevent: Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Seizure
ProtoArmor 670 125 19 499 296 Weak pt: Thunder Program 35 Battle ×1.5 30 17 7 12 72 108 230 20% 0 110 113% 0 100 Potion (7/8), Mithril Mail (1/8) Bio Blaster (1/8) - Prevent: Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Seizure
Trapper 555 80 19 235 200 Weak pt: Thunder, Water Program 18 Reflect 35 17 10 13 74 - 180 59% 0 135 94% 0 100 AutoCrossbow (1/8) - Can't Suplex Float
Prevent: Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Seizure
Guardian 50,000 5,000 71 - - - Hit Battle ×1.5 50 40 10 250 9,684 14,526 235 16% 50 185 55% 50 100 - - Can't Control, Can't Scan, Can't Suplex Prevent: Dark, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Wound, Condemned, Near Fatal, Mute, Berserk, Muddled, Seizure, Psyche, Slow, Stop, Clear, Image
Weapons: Found or Sold in Vector – 4 shown
Rare weapons can be stolen from monsters; unique weapons are usually found as treasure; legendary weapons are dropped by the legendary dragons; strange weapons can be won in the colosseum; ancient weapons are held by the statues; ultimate weapons are the most powerful in the game; starting weapons are owned by certain characters but cannot be otherwise found
Name
Type Bat.Pwr
A 100% Hit Rate indicates that the weapon will not miss regardless of the target's MBlock%
Hit Rate
Description
When you attack with this weapon, there is a 1/4 chance that it will use this spell for 0 MP with a 100% Hit Rate on the same target after the attack; spell damage is affected by row and Jump status; weapons that deal automatic critical hits will deal critical damage with this spell; the spell is not subject to Reflect or the Runic command
Random
Any special battle effects this weapon has
Special
Evade % is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead
Evade %
Due to a bug, MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead of Evade %
MBlock%
Vigor Speed Stamina Mag.Pwr Price Value
If used as an item in combat, this item is lost but has the effect of the listed ability; this ability maximizes damage and ignores defense and environment factors
Item Use
The elemental nature of attacks made with this weapon
Element
Certain commands or abilities require weapons with a specific trait to operate
Used With
The characters that can normally equip this item; the Merit Award will expand a character's item selections
Used By
(Dirk)Blossom Dirk 112 180 - - - - - - - - - 3,200 GP 1,600 GP - Wind Runic, 2-hand, Throw Sh
(Sword)Epee Sword 98 150 - - - - - - - - - 3,000 GP 1,500 GP - - SwdTech, Runic, 2-hand, Throw Te Ed Ce
(Knife)Forged Knife 81 150 - - - - - - - - - 1,200 GP 600 GP - - SwdTech, Runic, 2-hand, Throw Cy
(Claw)Poison Claw Claw 95 200 Randomly poisons an enemy Poison - - - - - - - 2,500 GP 1,250 GP - Poison - Sa
Armors: Found or Sold in Vector – 5 shown
Rare armor can be stolen from monsters; unique armor is usually found as treasure; strange armor can be won in the colosseum; ultimate armor is the most powerful in the game; starting armor is owned by certain characters but cannot be otherwise found
Namex
Type Defense
Evade % is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead
Evade %
Mag.Def
Due to a bug, MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead of Evade %
MBlock%
Description Vigor Speed Stamina Mag.Pwr Price Value
If used as an item in combat, this item is lost but has the effect of the listed ability; this ability maximizes damage and ignores defense and environment factors
Item Use
The item teaches the listed spell at the listed rate in the same manner as an equipped esper
Learned
The elemental protections and weaknesses offered when equipping this item
Elements
The status effects removed by this item
Statuses
The characters that can normally equip this item; the Merit Award will expand a character's item selections
Used By
(Helmet)Head Band Helmet 16 - 10 - - +3 +1 +2 - 1,600 GP 800 GP - - - - Lo Cy Sh Sa Mo Ga
(Helmet)Bard's Hat Helmet 19 - 21 10 Raises MP a little - - - - 3,000 GP 1,500 GP - - - - All Except Umaro
(Armor)Mithril Vest Armor 45 - 30 - - - - - - 1,200 GP 600 GP - - - - All Except Umaro
(Armor)Ninja Gear Armor 47 - 32 - - - +2 - - 1,100 GP 550 GP - - - - Lo Sh Sa Se Ga Go
(Armor)White Dress Armor 47 - 35 - - - - - +5 2,200 GP 1,100 GP - - - - Te Ce Re