Inside Northern Cave (Rock Pillar)

Encounters: In Inside Northern Cave (Rock Pillar) – 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
Pollensalta	Any	32	Normal Battle	56	41	1,000	100	1,000 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	Pollensalta
2 Death Dealers	Any	32	Normal Battle	48	48	3,600	400	2,400 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Death Dealers
Pollensalta, 2 Parasites	Any	32	Normal Battle	44	41–51	3,200	300	3,000 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	Pollensalta, 2 Parasites
3 Parasites	Any	32	Normal Battle	40	51	3,300	300	3,000 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	3 Parasites
Malboro	Any	32	Normal Battle	36	44	1,000	100	100 gil	Normal Battle	No	×2	Malboro
Dragon Zombie	Any	32	Normal Battle	32	54	4,000	300	2,800 gil	Normal Battle	No	×2	Dragon Zombie
Death Dealer	Any	32	Back Attack	16	48	1,800	200	1,200 gil	Back Attack	No	×2	Death Dealer
2 Death Dealers	Any	32	Pincer Attack	16	48	3,600	400	2,400 gil	Pincer Attack	No	×1	2 Death Dealers

Items of Interest: In Inside Northern Cave (Rock Pillar) – 2 shown

Item	Type	Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times Repeatable	Details
Mystile	Item	No	Open the chest west of the bottom of the pillar (unless found by Tifa)
Elixir	Item	No	Pick up the green bottle east of the bottom of the pillar (unless found by Cait Sith)

Monsters: Encountered in Inside Northern Cave (Rock Pillar) – 5 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
Death Dealer	48	7,000	400	120	1020	120	1008	140	72%	140	72%	5%	90	0	Invalid: Restorative	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Stop, Paralyzed, Death-sentence	1,800	200	1,200 gil	Turbo Ether (80%)	Kiss of Death (14.1%), X-Potion (12.1%)	-
Dragon Zombie	54	13,000	400	160	1780	65	714	150	70%	200	60%	1%	110	0	Absorb: Restorative Weak: Holy	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate	4,000	300	2,800 gil	Cauldron (41.2%)	Cauldron (14.1%), X-Potion (4%)	Vaccine
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	-
Parasite	51	6,000	300	120	1075	100	906	150	70%	140	72%	1%	90	0	Invalid: Earth Weak: Wind, Holy	Defend: Frog	1,100	100	1,000 gil	Remedy (41.2%)	Remedy (14.1%)	Remedy
Pollensalta	41	4,000	220	110	670	90	786	60	88%	136	73%	1%	85	0	Absorb: Fire	Defend: Confusion, Frog	1,000	100	1,000 gil	Hyper (41.2%)	X-Potion (14.1%)	-

Armor: Found in Inside Northern Cave (Rock Pillar) – 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
Mystile	65	50%	72	60%	⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿ ⦿─⦿	×1	-	All Characters	-	1 gil

Items: Found in Inside Northern Cave (Rock Pillar) – 1 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?
Elixir	Fully Restores HP/MP	100% HP/MP	Physical	One ally	Restorative	-	-	-	1 gil	Yes

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