Temple of the Ancients

Screens: In Temple of the Ancients – 24 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
Temple of the Ancients (Entrance)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Altar)	-	1	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Stair Maze)	2 Kelzmelzers (60) Under Lizard (56) 2 Kelzmelzers, 2 Toxic Frogs (52) Under Lizard, 2 Toxic Frogs (48) Doorbull (40)	6	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Small Room)	-	1	Free	Talk to the Ancient	-
Temple of the Ancients (Boulder Room)	-	1	Free	Talk to the Ancient	-
Temple of the Ancients (Clock Room)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Chasm Bottom)	-	1	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Hallway I)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Room I)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Dead End II)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Hallway III)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Room III)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Hallway IIII)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Room IIII)	-	1	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Hallway VII)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Room VII)	-	1	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Hallway VIII)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Room VIII)	-	1	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Dead End IX)	-	-	-	-	-
Temple of the Ancients (Dead End XI)	-	-	-	-	-
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Items of Interest: In Temple of the Ancients – 26 shown

Item	Type	Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times Repeatable	Screen	Details
Keystone	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Altar)	Received from Tseng when you arrive
Trident	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Stair Maze)	Open the chest right of the first vine descent, through an underpass
Mind Source	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Stair Maze)	Pick up the pink potion at the very top of the area
Silver Rifle	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Small Room)	Open the chest on the right
Turbo Ether	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Stair Maze)	Pick up the blue potion below the entrance to the small room
Rocket Punch	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Stair Maze)	Open the chest at the bottom of the area
Luck Plus Materia	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Stair Maze)	Pick up the purple orb on a ledge
Boulder Trap	Note	No	Temple of the Ancients (Boulder Room)	Main path, stops when you reach the right side
Morph Materia	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Boulder Room)	Pick up the yellow orb on the side path near the purple pool
Nail Bat	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Chasm Bottom)	Open the chest against the wall
Princess Guard	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Room IIII)	Open the chest on the pedestal
Ribbon	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Stair Maze)	Open the chest near the door that leads to V on the clock
Work Glove	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Room VII)	Open the chest at the left side of the bottom level
Trumpet Shell	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Room VIII)	Open the chest on the pedestal
Megalixir	Item	No	Temple of the Ancients (Doorway Room)	Open the chest on the pedestal
Door Connection	Note	Yes	Temple of the Ancients (Doorway Room)	Enter left door on top tier, arrive at middle-right door on second tier
Door Connection	Note	Yes	Temple of the Ancients (Doorway Room)	Enter leftmost door on second tier, arrive at middle-left door on bottom tier
Door Connection	Note	Yes	Temple of the Ancients (Doorway Room)	Enter middle-left door on second tier, arrive at rightmost door on bottom tier
Door Connection	Note	Yes	Temple of the Ancients (Doorway Room)	Enter middle-right door on second tier, arrive at leftmost door on second tier
Door Connection	Note	Yes	Temple of the Ancients (Doorway Room)	Enter rightmost door on second tier, arrive at leftmost door on bottom tier
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Shops: In Temple of the Ancients – 1 shown

Certain shops stock different goods at different points in the game and become upgraded shops or final shops; optional shops only become available if certain requirements are fulfilled Name	Items	Notes	Screen	Type
Temple of the Ancients Item Shop	Potion 50 gil Hi-Potion 300 gil Phoenix Down 300 gil Ether 1,500 gil Hyper 100 gil Tranquilizer 100 gil Maiden's Kiss 150 gil Tent 50 gil	-	Temple of the Ancients (Small Room)	Item Shop

Set Encounters: In Temple of the Ancients – 5 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
2 Ancient Dragons (Pincer Attack)	Temple of the Ancients (Chasm Bottom)	Fall down from the clock by being hit by the second hand (fought each time)	34	1,600	160	1,600 gil	Pincer Attack	Can't Run
2 Toxic Frogs, Jemnezmy	Temple of the Ancients (Room I)	Open the chest on the pedestal	24–26	1,350	110	920 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run
2 8 eyes	Temple of the Ancients (Room III)	Open the chest on the pedestal	30	2,000	200	1,440 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Red Dragon	Temple of the Ancients (Mural Room)	Talk to Sephiroth three times	39	3,500	200	1,000 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Demons Gate	Temple of the Ancients (Exit)	Check the door	45	3,800	220	4,000 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run

Monsters: Encountered in Temple of the Ancients – 9 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
8 eye	30	500	220	40	114	60	540	200	60%	400	21%	0	25	0	Invalid: Gravity Weak: Poison	Defend: Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	1,000	100	720 gil	-	-	Magic Source
Ancient Dragon	34	2,400	450	70	292	55	534	90	82%	280	45%	1%	70	10	Invalid: Earth, Water Weak: Gravity, Wind	Defend: Frog, Stop, Paralyzed	800	80	800 gil	-	Turbo Ether (14.1%)	-
Demons Gate	45	10,000	400	150	1410	96	846	100	80%	450	12%	0	120	0	Invalid: Poison, Gravity Halve: Earth	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	3,800	220	4,000 gil	-	Gigas Armlet	-
Doorbull	35	2,800	160	70	298	50	510	66	87%	160	68%	5%	80	0	Absorb: Fire Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Manipulate	760	50	680 gil	Hi-Potion (41.2%)	Hi-Potion (14.1%)	-
Jemnezmy	24	800	80	55	137	34	348	58	88%	80	84%	1%	60	25	Invalid: Ice Weak: Poison	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Paralyzed, Manipulate	510	50	400 gil	-	-	-
Kelzmelzer	30	800	-	50	142	35	390	56	89%	90	82%	14%	53	1	-	-	410	35	400 gil	Antidote (41.2%)	Potion (14.1%)	Antidote
Red Dragon	39	6,800	300	95	555	85	744	80	84%	260	49%	5%	90	5	Absorb: Fire Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	3,500	200	1,000 gil	-	Dragon Armlet	-
Toxic Frog	26	500	100	56	146	35	366	30	94%	120	76%	1%	74	0	Absorb: Poison Weak: Ice	Defend: Small, Frog	420	30	260 gil	Impaler (41.2%)	Impaler (14.1%)	Remedy
Under Lizard	29	1,400	140	70	259	50	474	50	90%	130	74%	1%	66	0	-	-	440	45	420 gil	Remedy (41.2%)	Remedy (14.1%)	Remedy

Party Changes: In Temple of the Ancients – 1 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
Aeris	Leave	Temple of the Ancients (Empty Foundation)	After defeating Demons Gate (she keeps her weapon and armor, but returns her accessory and materia)

Weapons: Found in Temple of the Ancients – 7 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
Nail Bat	Cloud	70	100%	-	-	-	Normal	Critical Hit +4%	2,800 gil	1,400 gil
Work Glove	Tifa	68	114%	-	-	-	Normal	Critical Hit +4%	2,200 gil	1,100 gil
Rocket Punch	Barret	62	110%	-	-	-	Normal	Critical Hit +4%	3,200 gil	1,600 gil
Princess Guard	Aeris	52	111%	22	⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Normal	Vitality +12, Spirit +20, +100% damage for each Dead Character	-	3,750 gil
Trident	Cid	60	105%	12	⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿	×1	Normal	-	7,500 gil	3,750 gil
Trumpet Shell	Cait Sith	68	118%	2	-	-	Normal	Critical Hit +4%	3,000 gil	1,500 gil
Silver Rifle	Vincent	62	120%	-	-	-	Long	Critical Hit +4%	3,000 gil	1,500 gil

Armor: Found in Temple of the Ancients – 2 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
Gigas Armlet	59	-	-	-	⦾ ⦾─⦾ ⦾─⦾	-	Strength +30	All Characters	-	400 gil
Dragon Armlet	58	3%	47	2%	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	Halve Fire, Halve Ice, Halve Lightning	All Characters	-	1,900 gil

Accessories: Found in Temple of the Ancients – 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
Ribbon	Defend Sleep, Defend Poison, Defend Sadness, Defend Fury, Defend Confusion, Defend Silence, Defend Frog, Defend Small, Defend Slow-numb, Defend Petrify, Defend Death-sentence, Defend Berserk, Defend Paralyzed, Defend Darkness	-	1 gil

Materia: Found in Temple of the Ancients – 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
Morph	Command	2	L1: Morph	Hidden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100,000	1 gil	54
Luck Plus	Independent	5	Luck +10%/level	Hidden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100,000	1,050,000 gil	27
Bahamut	Summon	5	Bahamut 1/battle/level	Hidden	-	-	-	+1	-	+1	−5	+5	-	120,000	1 gil	58

Items: Found in Temple of the Ancients – 11 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?
Potion	Restores HP by 100	100	Magic	One ally	Restorative	-	Restores 100 HP	50 gil	25 gil	Yes
Hi-Potion	Restores HP by 500	500	Magic	One ally	Restorative	-	Restores 500 HP	300 gil	150 gil	Yes
Ether	Restores MP by 100	100	Magic	One ally	Restorative	-	Restores 100 MP	1,500 gil	750 gil	Yes
Turbo Ether	Fully Restores MP	100% MP	Magic	One ally	Restorative	-	-	-	1 gil	Yes
Megalixir	Fully restores all members HP/MP	100% HP/MP	Physical	All allies	Restorative	-	-	-	1 gil	Yes
Phoenix Down	Restores life	1/4 HP	Magic	One ally	Restorative	Remove: Death	25% chance of Death on targets that Absorb Restorative	300 gil	150 gil	Yes
Maiden's Kiss	Cures [Frog]	-	Magic	One ally	-	Remove: Frog	-	150 gil	75 gil	No
Hyper	Cures [Sadness]	-	Magic	One ally	-	Remove: Sadness	Adds Fury if target does not have Sadness	100 gil	50 gil	Yes
Tranquilizer	Cures [Fury]	-	Magic	One ally	-	Remove: Fury	Adds Sadness if target does not have Fury	100 gil	50 gil	Yes
Tent	Restores ally's max HP/MP. Use at Save Point.	-			-	-	-	500 gil	250 gil	Yes
Mind Source	Raises [Spirit]	-			-	-	Permanently increases Spirit by 1.	-	250 gil	Yes

Key Items: Found in Temple of the Ancients – 2 shown

Key items do not appear in your normal inventory; key items marked as lesser, standard, and greater have differing levels of use in the Wall Market event Name	Description
Black Materia	Black Materia
Keystone	Key to the Temple of the Ancients

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