Bug

In a group, Bugs are little to no threat. Even alongside a FossilFang they can be mostly ignored. When there's only one left, though, they can inflict Petrify with StoneSpine, so try to finish them off all at once. They don't have any easy weakness to exploit, but they have a measly 310 HP.

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Elemental Vulnerability

Fire	Ice	Thunder	Water	Wind	Earth	Pearl	Poison
Normal	Weak pt	Normal	Weak pt	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Status Vulnerability

Dark	Zombie	Poison	Imp	Petrify	Wound	Condemned	Near Fatal	Mute
Prevent	Normal	Normal	Prevent	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Prevent
Berserk	Muddled	Seizure	Psyche	Slow	Stop	Freeze	Charm	HP Leak
Normal	Normal	Normal	Prevent	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
Clear	Float	Image	Regen	Haste	Shell	Safe	Reflect	Life 3
Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal

Metamorph (99.6094% chance of success)

Sketch

Battle (3/4)

StoneSpine (1/4)

Control/Muddled Actions

Battle

Special (StoneSpine)

Encounter Groups: With Bug – 2 shown

Area	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
World Map	Albrook Area	Deserts	6 Bugs (1/16) 3 Bugs (5/16) FossilFang, 3 Bugs (5/16) 2 FossilFangs (5/16)	728	2,226	1.9	16–20
World Map	Vector Area	Deserts	6 Bugs (1/16) 3 Bugs (5/16) FossilFang, 3 Bugs (5/16) 2 FossilFangs (5/16)	728	2,226	1.9	16–20

Encounters: With Bug – 3 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
FossilFang, 3 Bugs	18	875	2,500	2	16–20	8	FossilFang, 3 Bugs
3 Bugs	18	495	630	1	16	6	3 Bugs
6 Bugs	18	990	1,260	1	16	12	6 Bugs

Maps: Where Bug is found – 2 shown

Area	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?
World Map	Albrook Area	Balance	Plains 5 ChickenLips (1/16) Ralph, Joker (5/16) Ralph, 2 Wyverns (5/16) 3 Jokers (5/16) Deserts 6 Bugs (1/16) 3 Bugs (5/16) FossilFang, 3 Bugs (5/16) 2 FossilFangs (5/16)	-	Wind Song, Desert Aria	-	-	-	-	No
World Map	Vector Area	Balance	Plains Ralph, 2 Wyverns (5/16) 2 Ralphs (5/16) 3 WeedFeeders (6/16) Forests 5 ChickenLips (6/16) Ralph, Wyvern, 2 ChickenLips (10/16) Deserts 6 Bugs (1/16) 3 Bugs (5/16) FossilFang, 3 Bugs (5/16) 2 FossilFangs (5/16)	-	Wind Song, Forest Suite, Desert Aria	-	-	-	-	No

Items: Obtained from Bug – 5 shown

Rare items can be stolen from monsters; limited items are usually found as treasure; strange items can be won in the colosseum Name	Type	Description	Price	Value	The status effects removed by this item Statuses
Potion	-	Recovers 250 HP	300 GP	150 GP	-
Antidote	-	Cures "Poison" status	50 GP	25 GP	Poison
Soft	-	Cures "Petrify" status	200 GP	100 GP	Petrify
Eyedrop	-	Cures "Dark" status	50 GP	25 GP	Dark
Green Cherry	-	Cures "Imp" status	150 GP	75 GP	Imp

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