Poor Chocobo

Speed 15–58 Potential 49–71
Stamina 87–213
Acceleration 30–50
Intelligence 0–20
Encounter Areas
Junon Area (32)
Junon Area (32)
Wutai Area (16)
Wutai Area (16)
Mideel Area (18)
Mideel Area (18)
Compare Poor Chocobo to other Chocobo Types
Screens: Where Poor Chocobos are Found – 3 shown
Area
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
World Map Junon Area Grass
2 Nerosuferoths (64)
2 Nerosuferoths, Formula (64)
Zemzelett (64)
Zemzelett, 2 Nerosuferoths (64)
Dirt
Hell Rider VR2 (88)
2 Formulas (84)
Zemzelett (84)
Forest
3 Formulas (128)
5 Capparwires (128)
Beach
2 Capparwires (88)
2 Nerosuferoths (84)
Nerosuferoth, 2 Capparwires (84)		 - - - -
World Map Wutai Area Grass
Tail Vault, 2 Razor Weeds (64)
4 Razor Weeds (64)
Edgehead, 2 Tail Vaults (64)
2 Tail Vaults (64)
Dirt
4 Thunderbirds (64)
2 Bizarre Bugs, 3 Thunderbirds (64)
3 Tail Vaults (64)
Tail Vault, 2 Bizarre Bugs (64)
Beach
Adamantaimai (256)		 - - - -
World Map Mideel Area Grass
Hippogriff (64)
2 Spirals (64)
3 Head Hunters (64)
4 Head Hunters (64)
Dirt
3 Spirals (88)
2 Spirals (84)
Hippogriff (84)
Jungle
3 Crysaleses (88)
4 Head Hunters (84)
3 Head Hunters (84)
Beach
Sea Worm (256)		 - - - -
Encounters: With Poor Chocobo – 6 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
Name
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
Whether pre-emptive strikes are possible in this encounter; pre-emptive strikes are only possible during normal battles, and are disabled during any set encounter on a map with no random encounters, even if the encounter would normally allow them; there are no pre-emptive strikes in the battle square
Pre-emptive?
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
The specific monsters that appear in this encounter; a dagger (†) indicates that one or more of the marked monsters have cover, meaning that they cannot be attacked until certain monsters in closer rows have been defeated
Monsters
3 Capparwires, Chocobo (Poor) 15–19 190 19 310 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 3 Capparwires, Chocobo (Poor)
Chocobo (Poor), 2 Capparwires 15–19 130 13 207 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Chocobo (Poor), 2 Capparwires
Chocobo (Poor), 2 Tail Vaults 28–30 890 73 761 gil Normal Battle No ×1 Chocobo (Poor), 2 Tail Vaults†
3 Razor Weeds, Chocobo (Poor) 27–30 1,135 91 1,051 gil Normal Battle No ×1 3 Razor Weeds, Chocobo (Poor)
Chocobo (Poor), 3 Head Hunters 30–36 1,960 241 3,001 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Chocobo (Poor), 3 Head Hunters
Chocobo (Poor), 2 Head Hunters 30–36 1,310 161 2,001 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Chocobo (Poor), 2 Head Hunters
Monsters: In Poor Chocobo Encounters – 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
Capparwire 15 210 20 16 16 - 90 38 92% 10 98% 1% 42 0 - - 60 6 103 gil Ether (11.2%) Potion (14.1%) -
Chocobo 19 190 30 13 20 52 426 40 92% 26 94% 1% 101 0 - Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 10 1 1 gil - - -
Chocobo 30 300 100 13 25 52 492 40 92% 26 94% 1% 101 0 - Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 10 1 1 gil - - -
Chocobo 36 360 100 13 27 52 528 40 92% 26 94% 1% 101 0 - Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 10 1 1 gil - - -
Head Hunter 30 2,000 100 100 472 58 528 60 88% 60 88% 3% 67 10 - - 650 80 1,000 gil Tranquilizer (41.2%) Ether (14.1%) -
Razor Weed 27 1,000 145 58 154 25 312 50 90% 100 80% 1% 60 0 - - 375 30 350 gil - Tranquilizer (14.1%), Hi-Potion (12.1%), Loco weed (10.4%) -
Tail Vault 28 960 - 69 249 25 318 46 91% 120 76% 1% 60 0 - - 440 36 380 gil - Phoenix Down -
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