Midgar No. 5 Reactor

Screens: In Midgar No. 5 Reactor – 7 shown

Temporary screens become permanently inaccessible during the normal course of the game Name	The random encounter groups that you may fight on this screen; this list only includes standard encounters, but special encounter types may also be present as detailed on the screen detail page; encounter rates are in parenthesis and are out of 256 Random Encounters	How many treasures (items of interest containing equipment or other items) are found on this screen Treasures	The price of the cheapest inn in this screen. it is not necessarily always available Inn Price	Save Point	Notes
No. 5 Reactor (Staircases)	Special Combatant, 2 Smoggers (72) 2 Smoggers, Proto Machinegun (68) 4 Special Combatants (60) 2 Smoggers (56)	-	-	-	-
No. 5 Reactor (Pipes)	Special Combatant, 2 Smoggers (72) 2 Smoggers, Proto Machinegun (68) 4 Special Combatants (60) 2 Smoggers (56)	-	-	-	-
No. 5 Reactor (Bottom of Ladder)	5 Proto Machineguns (96) 2 Smoggers, Blood Taste (88) Smogger, 2 Blood Tastes (72)	-	-	In plain view at the bottom of the ladder	-
No. 5 Reactor (Reactor Core)	5 Proto Machineguns (96) 2 Smoggers, Blood Taste (88) Smogger, 2 Blood Tastes (72)	-	-	-	-
No. 5 Reactor (Elevator)	-	-	-	-	-
No. 5 Reactor (Central Rooms)	3 Special Combatants (60) 3 Proto Machineguns (56) 2 Proto Machineguns, 2 Special Combatants (52) 2 Blood Tastes, 2 Special Combatants (48) 4 Blood Tastes (40)	1	-	Past the security door	-
No. 5 Reactor (Outside Catwalks)	-	-	-	-	-

Items of Interest: In Midgar No. 5 Reactor – 1 shown

Item	Type	Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times Repeatable	Screen	Details
Ether	Item	No	No. 5 Reactor (Central Rooms)	In chest near elevator

Set Encounters: In Midgar No. 5 Reactor – 1 shown

Limited encounters never appear as random encounters; bosses are involved in important plot fights; special bosses and the final bosses are specifically called out as well; super bosses represent the greatest challenge in the game; Battle Square encounters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobo encounters only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught Encounter	Screen	Details	The range of levels of monsters in this encounter Level	EXP	AP	Gil	In a pincer attack, your party is surrounded; in a side attack, your party surrounds the enemies; in a back attack, the enemy attacks from behind Type	A factor indicating how hard it is to run from a battle; for example, it will generally take twice as long to run from a battle with a ×2 run difficulty than one with a ×1 run difficulty Run Difficulty
Air Buster	No. 5 Reactor (Outside Catwalks)	Approach the intersection	15	180	16	150 gil	Side Attack	Can't Run

Monsters: Encountered in Midgar No. 5 Reactor – 5 shown

Limited monsters never appear in random encounters; bosses are involved in important plot fights; special bosses and the final bosses are specifically called out as well; super bosses represent the greatest challenge in the game; Battle Square monsters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobos only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught Name	Level	HP	MP	Attack	The base physical damage dealt by this monster's abilities; physical damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (P) Base P	Magic atk	The base magic damage dealt by this monster's abilities; magic damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (M) Base M	Defense	This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a physical attack Phys. Vuln.	Magic def	This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a magic attack Magic Vuln.	Defense%	Note that party members get a +50 bonus to Dexterity during combat which monsters do not Dexterity	Luck	Elemental Vulnerability	Status Immunity	EXP	AP	Gil	The rate of Steal success per item by a character of equal level to the monster; these rates will change based on the level difference between the Stealing character and the monster; hover over a percentage to see the base rate (which is based on being 10 levels higher than the monster); this rate is multiplied by 80%±2% per level difference; only one item can be stolen, so an increase in level may in some cases decrease the effective Steal rate of items later in the list Steal	A monster will never drop an item if an item was Stolen from it during the battle; only monsters present in the final battle of a multi-battle sequence may drop items Win	Morph
Air Buster	15	1,200	-	24	35	12	162	80	84%	320	37%	3%	75	2	Invalid: Earth, Gravity Halve: Fire Weak: Lightning	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Darkness, Frog, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury	180	16	150 gil	-	Titan Bangle	-
Blood Taste	8	72	-	12	12	14	132	22	95%	24	95%	8%	65	6	-	-	24	2	32 gil	Eye drop (41.2%)	Antidote (14.1%)	Potion
Proto Machinegun	4	100	-	12	12	-	-	2	99%	128	75%	0	45	0	Weak: Lightning	Defend: Sleep, Small, Darkness, Frog, Poison, Paralyzed, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury	16	2	15 gil	-	-	Potion
Smogger	8	90	-	22	22	4	72	24	95%	64	87%	1%	47	1	Absorb: Poison	Defend: Sleep, Small, Darkness, Frog, Poison, Paralyzed, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury	32	3	60 gil	Smoke Bomb (11.2%)	Deadly Waste (14.1%)	Hi-Potion
Special Combatant	9	60	-	15	15	2	66	24	95%	32	93%	5%	58	12	-	-	28	3	40 gil	Eye drop (41.2%)	Antidote (14.1%), Grenade (4%)	Hi-Potion

Armor: Found in Midgar No. 5 Reactor – 1 shown

Uncommon armor cannot be purchased in shops at the end of the game, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare armor can only be found at specific points during the game; starting armor cannot be re-obtained if sold or lost Name	Defense	Defense%	Magic def is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; a character's Spirit and bonuses from materia determine their Magic def Magic def	Magic def%	The growth of materia slots is categorized by color: ⦿×1, ⦿×2, ⦿×3, and ⦾×0. Materia Slots	AP Growth	Effects	Characters	Price	Value
Titan Bangle	14	2%	4	-	⦿ ⦿	×1	-	All Characters	280 gil	140 gil

Items: Found in Midgar No. 5 Reactor – 1 shown

Uncommon items cannot be purchased in shops, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare items can only be found at specific points during the game; special items are held by the most powerful monsters in the game Name	Description	The damage calculation of the item's effect; multiple hits are indicated first; items deal full damage to multiple targets and always hit; HP or MP are those of the character the item is used on; healing and MP restoration items are indicated by their text color Base Damage	Type	Target	Element	The status effects that can be inflicted or removed by this spell, and the chance of success if it is not assured Status	Special Properties	Price	Value	Use in Field?
Ether	Restores MP by 100	100	Magic	One ally	Restorative	-	Restores 100 MP	1,500 gil	750 gil	Yes

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