Inside Northern Cave (Spiral Descent)

Encounters: In Inside Northern Cave (Spiral Descent) – 4 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
Gargoyle	Any	32	Normal Battle	72	43	800	80	2,500 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	Gargoyle
2 Gargoyles	Any	32	Normal Battle	56	43	1,600	160	5,000 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	2 Gargoyles
Dark Dragon	Any	32	Normal Battle	68	57	5,000	350	2,500 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	Dark Dragon
2 Parasites	Any	32	Normal Battle	60	51	2,200	200	2,000 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Parasites

Items of Interest: In Inside Northern Cave (Spiral Descent) – 2 shown

Item	Type	Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times Repeatable	Details
Save Crystal	Item	No	Open the chest on the north side of the top level
Guard Source	Item	No	Open the chest on the northwest side of the lower level

Monsters: Encountered in Inside Northern Cave (Spiral Descent) – 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
Dark Dragon	57	14,000	600	150	1752	90	882	120	76%	240	53%	5%	100	3	Invalid: Lightning	Defend: Small, Darkness, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Death	5,000	350	2,500 gil	Dragon Armlet (11.2%)	Elixir (14.1%)	Vaccine
Gargoyle	43	2,000	200	120	925	64	642	140	72%	120	76%	1%	90	0	-	Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Poison, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death-sentence	800	80	2,500 gil	-	Remedy	-
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

Items: Found in Inside Northern Cave (Spiral Descent) – 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?
Guard Source	Raises [Vitality]	-			-	-	Permanently increases Vitality by 1.	-	250 gil	Yes
Save Crystal	Use this to create a SAVE Point in the ‘North Cave’	-			-	-	-	-		Yes

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