Inside Northern Cave (East Lake)

Encounters: In Inside Northern Cave (East Lake) – 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 Magic Pots	Any	32	Normal Battle	48	41	16,000	2,000	17,000 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Magic Pots
2 Magic Pots	Any	32	Side Attack	32	41	16,000	2,000	17,000 gil	Side Attack	No	×1	2 Magic Pots
Magic Pot	Any	32	Normal Battle	52	41	8,000	1,000	8,500 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	Magic Pot
Master Tonberry	Any	32	Normal Battle	36	77	6,000	200	6,800 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	Master Tonberry
2 Allemagnes	Any	32	Pincer Attack	32	48	2,600	200	2,720 gil	Pincer Attack	No	×1	2 Allemagnes
Christopher, Gighee	Any	32	Normal Battle	60	34	2,000	140	1,400 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	Christopher, Gighee
Allemagne	Any	32	Normal Battle	44	48	1,300	100	1,360 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	Allemagne
3 Movers	Any	32	Normal Battle	16	59	-	2,400	90,000 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	3 Movers

Items of Interest: In Inside Northern Cave (East Lake) – 4 shown

Item	Type	Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times Repeatable	Details
Vaccine	Item	No	Open the chest in the northwest corner
Shield Materia	Item	No	Pick up the green orb in the northwestern area (unless found by Red XIII)
Imperial Guard	Item	No	Open the chest on the western platform (reached via a pool near the green orb) (unless found by Cid)
Hero Drink	Item	No	Open the chest on the east side of the area (unless found by Tifa)

Monsters: Encountered in Inside Northern Cave (East Lake) – 6 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
Magic Pot	41	4,096	128	64	310	64	630	64	87%	64	87%	8%	64	16	-	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	8,000	1,000	8,500 gil	-	Turbo Ether	-
Master Tonberry	77	44,444	100	150	2670	130	1242	136	73%	150	70%	1%	70	0	Absorb: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	6,000	200	6,800 gil	Elixir (41.2%)	Megalixir (14.1%)	Ribbon
Christopher	34	6,000	200	70	292	64	588	66	87%	150	70%	5%	90	5	-	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	1,300	80	800 gil	Earth Drum (11.2%)	Phoenix Down (14.1%)	-
Allemagne	48	8,000	200	120	1020	88	816	90	82%	96	81%	1%	85	0	Invalid: Earth Weak: Wind	Defend: Frog, Stop, Paralyzed	1,300	100	1,360 gil	Eye drop (41.2%)	Eye drop	-
Gighee	34	5,500	100	70	292	65	594	76	85%	190	62%	12%	90	3	-	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	700	60	600 gil	Elixir (11.2%)	Ether (14.1%)	-
Mover	59	3,000	120	100	836	98	942	150	70%	250	51%	10%	200	50	Halve: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Earth	Defend: Small, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Manipulate, Death-sentence	-	800	30,000 gil	Turbo Ether (41.2%)	Turbo Ether	Protect Ring

Armor: Found in Inside Northern Cave (East Lake) – 1 shown

Uncommon armor cannot be purchased in shops at the end of the game, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare armor can only be found at specific points during the game; starting armor cannot be re-obtained if sold or lost Name	Defense	Defense%	Magic def is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; a character's Spirit and bonuses from materia determine their Magic def Magic def	Magic def%	The growth of materia slots is categorized by color: ⦿×1, ⦿×2, ⦿×3, and ⦾×0. Materia Slots	AP Growth	Effects	Characters	Price	Value
Imperial Guard	82	-	74	-	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	-	1 gil

Materia: Found in Inside Northern Cave (East Lake) – 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
Shield	Magic	3	L2: Shield	Hidden	−4	-	−2	+4	-	+2	−10	+10	-	100,000	1 gil	68

Items: Found in Inside Northern Cave (East Lake) – 2 shown

Uncommon items cannot be purchased in shops, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare items can only be found at specific points during the game; special items are held by the most powerful monsters in the game Name	Description	The damage calculation of the item's effect; multiple hits are indicated first; items deal full damage to multiple targets and always hit; HP or MP are those of the character the item is used on; healing and MP restoration items are indicated by their text color Base Damage	Type	Target	Element	The status effects that can be inflicted or removed by this spell, and the chance of success if it is not assured Status	Special Properties	Price	Value	Use in Field?
Hero Drink	Raises ability once during battle	-	Physical	One ally	-	-	Raises Attack, Magic atk, Defense, and Magic def by 30% each	-	1 gil	No
Vaccine	Protects against transformations	-	Magic	One ally	-	Add: Resist	-	-	1 gil	No

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