Cave - Final Fantasy VII - Guides

Encounters: In Cave – 8 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
3 Bandersnatches	Any	128	Normal Battle	60	30	1,530	120	1,800 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	3 Bandersnatches
Ice Golem	Any	128	Normal Battle	56	40	1,000	70	1,500 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	Ice Golem
2 Bandersnatches	Any	128	Normal Battle	52	30	1,020	80	1,200 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Bandersnatches
Snow	Any	128	Normal Battle	48	32	500	42	700 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	Snow
2 Ice Golems	Any	128	Normal Battle	40	40	2,000	140	3,000 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	2 Ice Golems
2 Bandersnatches	Any	128	Back Attack	16	30	1,020	80	1,200 gil	Back Attack	No	×2	2 Bandersnatches
2 Bandersnatches, Snow	Any	128	Side Attack	32	30–32	1,520	122	1,900 gil	Side Attack	No	×1	2 Bandersnatches, Snow
3 Bandersnatches	Any	128	Pincer Attack	16	30	1,530	120	1,800 gil	Pincer Attack	No	×1	3 Bandersnatches

Items of Interest: In Cave – 1 shown

Item	Type	Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times Repeatable	Details
Safety Bit	Item	No	Pick up the white bag on the left side

Monsters: Encountered in Cave – 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
Bandersnatch	30	860	100	68	257	25	330	46	91%	76	85%	1%	55	0	Halve: Ice Weak: Fire	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Manipulate	510	40	600 gil	-	Hi-Potion (14.1%)	Ice Crystal
Ice Golem	40	4,000	300	100	600	70	660	80	84%	100	80%	10%	75	0	Absorb: Ice	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	1,000	70	1,500 gil	Hi-Potion (41.2%)	Hi-Potion (14.1%)	-
Snow	32	4,000	160	50	150	80	672	66	87%	138	73%	1%	70	10	Absorb: Ice Weak: Fire	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	500	42	700 gil	Circlet (11.2%)	Ice Crystal (14.1%)	-

Accessories: Found in Cave – 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
Safety Bit	Defend Death, Defend Slow-numb, Defend Petrify, Defend Death-sentence	7,500 gil	3,750 gil

Great Glacier (Central Lake Island) Great Glacier (Tree-Lined Path Northeast of Central Lake Shoreline)