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
2 Lessaloploths	Any	72	Normal Battle	48	34	1,840	130	2,000 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	2 Lessaloploths
4 Bandersnatches	Any	72	Normal Battle	44	30	2,040	160	2,400 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	4 Bandersnatches
Snow, Lessaloploth	Any	72	Normal Battle	40	32–34	1,420	107	1,700 gil	Normal Battle	No	×2	Snow, Lessaloploth
Snow	Any	72	Normal Battle	36	32	500	42	700 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×2	Snow
Magnade	Any	72	Normal Battle	56	35	980	50	1,200 gil	Normal Battle	No	×2	Magnade
2 Magnades	Any	72	Normal Battle	32	35	1,960	100	2,400 gil	Normal Battle	No	×2	2 Magnades
Magnade	Any	72	Back Attack	16	35	980	50	1,200 gil	Back Attack	No	×3	Magnade
3 Bandersnatches	Any	72	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
Alexander Materia	Item	No	Pick up the red orb on the ground after fighting Snow

Set Encounters: In Cave – 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	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
Snow	Talk to the blue-clothed woman after touching the hot springs	32	500	42	700 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run

Monsters: Encountered in Cave – 4 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
Lessaloploth	34	2,000	400	65	272	67	606	74	85%	190	62%	12%	77	20	Invalid: Ice, Earth, Gravity, Water Weak: Wind	Defend: Frog, Stop, Paralyzed	920	65	1,000 gil	Phoenix Down (41.2%)	Phoenix Down (14.1%)	-
Magnade	35	1,000	100	134	864	60	570	70	86%	48	90%	5%	50	10	Weak: Fire, Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death	980	50	1,200 gil	Phoenix Down (41.2%)	X-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%)	-

Materia: Found in Cave – 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
Alexander	Summon	5	Alexander 1/battle/level	Holy	-	-	-	+1	-	+1	−5	+5	-	150,000	1 gil	60

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