Cave of the Gi - Final Fantasy VII - Guides

Encounters: In Cave of the Gi – 3 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 type of terrain where this encounter may be found Terrain	The higher the terrain's safety rating, the less often you will fight encounters there Safety	There are several encounter tables in a given area, each with its own encounters; you have a chance to fight an encounter of any given type, and this chance can be modified by certain materia; if no special encounter type is chosen, a Normal Battle will be fought; note that while this usually matches the encounter type, there are exceptions to this rule (e.g., a Back Attack in a Normal Battle slot or vice-versa); Chocobo Lure battles are only fought while on chocobo tracks with a Chocobo Lure materia equipped; only one Mystery Ninja encounter is available at any given time, based on the party's level, and only if Yuffie has not joined the party Slot Type	How common this encounter is for its slot type; each encounter is out of 256; for Chocobo Lure encounters, these values are for a Meet Chocobos value of 8, and increase proportionally for higher values to a maximum of ×4 at Meet Chocobos 32 Frequency	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
4 Hegs	Any	48	Normal Battle	96	22	1,000	80	960 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	4 Hegs
Sneaky Step	Any	48	Normal Battle	88	21	270	24	330 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	Sneaky Step
2 Hegs, Sneaky Step	Any	48	Normal Battle	72	21–22	770	64	810 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Hegs, Sneaky Step

Items of Interest: In Cave of the Gi – 2 shown

Item	Type	Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times Repeatable	Details
Secret Door	Note	No	Break the rock in the top middle small cave
Added Effect Materia	Item	No	Pick up the blue orb on the path from the lava room

Set Encounters: In Cave of the Gi – 3 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	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 Gi Spectors	Break the rock in the leftmost small cave	23	520	40	300 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run
3 Gi Spectors	Break the rock in the bottom middle small cave	23	780	60	450 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run
3 Gi Spectors	Break the rock in the rightmost small cave	23	780	60	450 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run

Monsters: Encountered in Cave of the Gi – 3 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
Sneaky Step	21	600	65	52	120	25	276	30	94%	130	74%	1%	62	0	-	-	270	24	330 gil	-	M-Tentacles (14.1%)	Ghost Hand
Gi Spector	23	450	88	45	109	35	348	30	94%	120	76%	1%	59	0	Absorb: Restorative Weak: Fire, Holy	Defend: Frog	260	20	150 gil	-	Smoke Bomb (14.1%)	Ghost Hand
Heg	22	400	-	46	108	5	162	30	94%	64	87%	1%	40	0	Absorb: Poison Weak: Ice	Defend: Poison	250	20	240 gil	-	Hi-Potion (14.1%)	-

Materia: Found in Cave of the Gi – 1 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
Added Effect	Support	2	L1: Added Effect	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100,000	1 gil	48

Sealed Cave Cave of the Gi (Lava Room)