Gaea's Cliff (Upper Cliffs) - Final Fantasy VII - Guides

Encounters: In Gaea's Cliff (Upper Cliffs) – 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 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 Headbombers	Any	48	Normal Battle	72	35	1,920	192	1,380 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	3 Headbombers
2 Zolokalters	Any	48	Normal Battle	60	30	1,400	120	1,400 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Zolokalters
2 Headbombers, Zolokalter	Any	48	Normal Battle	56	30–35	1,980	188	1,620 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Headbombers, Zolokalter
Malboro	Any	48	Normal Battle	68	44	1,000	100	100 gil	Normal Battle	No	×2	Malboro
2 Headbombers	Any	48	Back Attack	32	35	1,280	128	920 gil	Back Attack	No	×2	2 Headbombers

Monsters: Encountered in Gaea's Cliff (Upper Cliffs) – 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
Headbomber	35	1,600	200	70	298	40	450	60	88%	46	91%	10%	60	10	-	-	640	64	460 gil	Tranquilizer (80%)	Hyper (4.7%)	Tranquilizer
Malboro	44	4,400	900	70	358	50	564	110	78%	120	76%	15%	80	5	Absorb: Poison Invalid: Gravity Weak: Water	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Poison, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate	1,000	100	100 gil	M-Tentacles (41.2%), Echo Screen (24.2%)	M-Tentacles	-
Zolokalter	30	950	90	70	265	50	480	58	88%	80	84%	3%	58	9	Absorb: Poison	-	700	60	700 gil	-	X-Potion (14.1%)	Antidote

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