Mt. Nibel

Screens: In Mt. Nibel – 12 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
Mt. Nibel (Base)	During Game 2 Kyuvilduns (72) 3 Kyuvilduns (68) Sonic Speed, 2 Kyuvilduns (60) 2 Sonic Speeds (56) Flashback 2 Kyuvilduns (72) 3 Kyuvilduns (68) Sonic Speed, 2 Kyuvilduns (60) 2 Sonic Speeds (56)	2	-	-	-
Mt. Nibel (Long Bridge)	During Game 3 Sonic Speeds (96) 2 Sonic Speeds (88) Zuu (72) Flashback 3 Sonic Speeds (136) 2 Sonic Speeds (120)	-	-	-	-
Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room)	5 Kyuvilduns (72) 3 Twin Brains (68) 2 Twin Brains, 3 Kyuvilduns (60) Dragon (56)	3	-	On the right side of the bottom level	-
Mt. Nibel (Mountain Face)	During Game 2 Kyuvilduns (72) 3 Kyuvilduns (68) Sonic Speed, 2 Kyuvilduns (60) 2 Sonic Speeds (56) Flashback 2 Kyuvilduns (72) 3 Kyuvilduns (68) Sonic Speed, 2 Kyuvilduns (60) 2 Sonic Speeds (56)	-	-	-	-
Mt. Nibel Cave (North-South Cave)	During Game 5 Kyuvilduns (72) 3 Twin Brains (68) 2 Twin Brains, 3 Kyuvilduns (60) Dragon (56) Flashback 5 Kyuvilduns (96) 3 Twin Brains (88) 2 Twin Brains, 3 Kyuvilduns (72)	1	-	-	-
Mt. Nibel Cave (Mako Fountain)	-	1	-	-	-
Mt. Nibel Cave (East-West Cave)	During Game 5 Kyuvilduns (72) 3 Twin Brains (68) 2 Twin Brains, 3 Kyuvilduns (60) Dragon (56) Flashback 5 Kyuvilduns (96) 3 Twin Brains (88) 2 Twin Brains, 3 Kyuvilduns (72)	1	-	-	-
Mt. Nibel (Reactor Approach)	During Game 2 Twin Brains, Sonic Speed (60) 3 Twin Brains (56) 3 Sonic Speeds (52) Zuu (48) 2 Screamers, Twin Brain (40) Flashback 2 Twin Brains, Sonic Speed (96) 3 Twin Brains (88) 3 Sonic Speeds (72)	-	-	-	-
Nibel Reactor (Outside)	During Game 2 Twin Brains, Sonic Speed (60) 3 Twin Brains (56) 3 Sonic Speeds (52) Zuu (48) 2 Screamers, Twin Brain (40) Flashback 2 Twin Brains, Sonic Speed (96) 3 Twin Brains (88) 3 Sonic Speeds (72)	-	-	-	-
Nibel Reactor (Entrance)	During Game 2 Twin Brains, Sonic Speed (60) 3 Twin Brains (56) 3 Sonic Speeds (52) Zuu (48) 2 Screamers, Twin Brain (40) Flashback 2 Twin Brains, Sonic Speed (96) 3 Twin Brains (88) 3 Sonic Speeds (72)	-	-	-	-
Nibel Reactor (Int.) (Catwalks)	-	-	-	-	-
Nibel Reactor (Int.) (Jenova Room)	-	-	-	-	-

Items of Interest: In Mt. Nibel – 8 shown

Item	Type	Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times Repeatable	Screen	Details
All Materia	Item	No	Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room)	Open the chest at the bottom of pipe 4
Counter Attack Materia	Item	No	Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room)	Pick up the purple orb after defeating the Materia Keeper (game calls it Counter materia)
Elemental Materia	Item	No	Mt. Nibel Cave (Mako Fountain)	Pick up the blue orb in the fountain waters
Elixir	Item	No	Mt. Nibel Cave (North-South Cave)	Open the chest at the bottom of the cave path on the left
Plus Barrette	Item	No	Mt. Nibel (Base)	Pick up the item on the large structure on the left
Powersoul	Item	No	Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room)	Pick up the white bag at the bottom of pipe 2
Rune Blade	Item	No	Mt. Nibel (Base)	Open the chest on the structure on the right
Sniper CR	Item	No	Mt. Nibel Cave (East-West Cave)	Open the chest on the upper path

Set Encounters: In Mt. Nibel – 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
Materia Keeper	Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room)	Examine the large blue creature	38	3,000	200	2,400 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run

Monsters: Encountered in Mt. Nibel – 7 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
Dragon	32	3,500	250	90	360	65	582	120	76%	300	41%	20%	90	40	Absorb: Fire Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Stop, Paralyzed, Petrify, Death, Death-sentence	900	110	1,400 gil	Gold Armlet (41.2%)	Fire Fang	-
Kyuvilduns	24	800	-	48	120	40	384	42	91%	64	87%	1%	56	0	Weak: Fire	-	340	34	368 gil	-	Hi-Potion (14.1%)	Hi-Potion
Materia Keeper	38	8,400	300	90	514	12	300	100	80%	280	45%	10%	90	10	Absorb: Fire Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	3,000	200	2,400 gil	-	Jem Ring	-
Screamer	26	800	40	67	175	40	396	44	91%	120	76%	1%	68	0	Invalid: Gravity	-	400	33	400 gil	-	Earth Drum (14.1%)	Power Source
Sonic Speed	26	750	50	52	136	44	420	52	89%	96	81%	1%	60	0	Invalid: Earth Weak: Wind	Defend: Frog, Stop, Paralyzed, Manipulate	370	28	330 gil	Ether (11.2%)	Hi-Potion (14.1%)	Speed Drink
Twin Brain	25	400	20	45	115	25	300	44	91%	96	81%	1%	48	0	-	-	340	32	320 gil	Ether (41.2%)	Ether (14.1%)	Turbo Ether
Zuu	27	1,200	40	55	147	40	402	50	90%	150	70%	1%	64	0	Invalid: Earth, Gravity Weak: Wind	Defend: Small, Frog, Stop, Paralyzed, Petrify, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	450	38	430 gil	Bird Wing (41.2%)	Bird Wing (14.1%)	Bird Wing

Party Changes: In Mt. Nibel – 2 shown

Character	The type of party change; a character can be named (usually when you first meet them), or join or leave the party; a lead change indicates which character must be in the party at any given time Type	Screen	Details
Cloud	Leave	Nibel Reactor (Int.) (Jenova Room)	At the end of Cloud's flashback
Sephiroth	Leave	Nibel Reactor (Int.) (Jenova Room)	At the end of Cloud's flashback

Weapons: Found in Mt. Nibel – 4 shown

Rare weapons can only be found at specific points during the game; ultimate weapons have special properties that can multiply their damage to extreme levels; starting weapons cannot be re-obtained if sold or lost Name	Character	Attack	Attack%	Magic	The growth of materia slots is categorized by color: ⦿×1, ⦿×2, ⦿×3, and ⦾×0. Materia Slots	AP Growth	Range	Effects	Price	Value
Rune Blade	Cloud	40	108%	9	⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×2	Normal	-	3,800 gil	1,900 gil
Powersoul	Tifa	28	106%	7	⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×2	Normal	2× damage with Near-death, 4× damage with Death-sentence	4,200 gil	2,100 gil
Plus Barrette	Red XIII	39	104%	12	⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×2	Normal	-	3,500 gil	1,750 gil
Sniper CR	Vincent	42	Always Hits	7	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Long	-	3,300 gil	1,650 gil

Accessories: Found in Mt. Nibel – 1 shown

Uncommon accessories cannot be purchased in shops, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare accessories can only be found at specific points during the game Name	Effects	Price	Value
Jem Ring	Defend Slow-numb, Defend Petrify, Defend Paralyzed	7,500 gil	3,750 gil

Materia: Found in Mt. Nibel – 3 shown

Uncommon materia cannot be purchased in shops, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare materia can only be found at specific points during the game; master materia are incredibly rare and powerful Name	Type	Levels	Abilities	The element added when this materia is paired with an Elemental materia Element	Strength	Dexterity	Vitality	Magic	Luck	Magic def	Max HP%	Max MP%	Price	Master AP	The sale value of this materia when it is mastered; materia that have not yet been mastered sell at a lower price Master Value	When your materia is stolen, materia with a higher priority is stolen first Priority
Elemental	Support	4	L1: Attack/Halve Elemental L2: Attack/Invalid Elemental L3: Attack/Absorb Elemental	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	80,000	1 gil	46
All	Support	5	All 1/battle/level	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20,000 gil	35,000	1,400,000 gil	23
Counter Attack	Independent	5	L1: Counter attack 30% L2: Counter attack 40% L3: Counter attack 60% L4: Counter attack 80% L5: Counter attack 100%	Hidden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100,000	1 gil	34

Items: Found in Mt. Nibel – 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?
Elixir	Fully Restores HP/MP	100% HP/MP	Physical	One ally	Restorative	-	-	-	1 gil	Yes

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