Midgar Area - Final Fantasy VII - Guides

Encounters: In Midgar Area – 16 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
Devil Ride	Dirt	20	Normal Battle	64	13	60	6	100 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	Devil Ride
2 Custom Sweepers	Dirt	20	Normal Battle	64	15	126	14	240 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	2 Custom Sweepers
2 Kalm Fangs, Devil Ride	Dirt	20	Normal Battle	64	10–13	166	16	284 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	2 Kalm Fangs, Devil Ride
2 Devil Rides	Dirt	20	Back Attack	32	13	120	12	200 gil	Back Attack	No	×2	2 Devil Rides
Kalm Fang, 2 Prowlers	Dirt	20	Normal Battle	64	10–12	163	15	412 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	Kalm Fang, 2 Prowlers
2 Custom Sweepers	Dirt	20	Side Attack	40	15	126	14	240 gil	Side Attack	No	×1	2 Custom Sweepers
3 Kalm Fangs	Grass	32	Normal Battle	64	10	159	15	276 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	3 Kalm Fangs
2 Kalm Fangs, Prowler	Grass	32	Normal Battle	64	10–12	161	15	344 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	2 Kalm Fangs, Prowler
2 Devil Rides	Grass	32	Normal Battle	64	13	120	12	200 gil	Normal Battle	No	×1	2 Devil Rides
3 Kalm Fangs	Grass	32	Normal Battle	64	10	159	15	276 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	3 Kalm Fangs
Kalm Fang, 2 Prowlers	Grass	32	Back Attack	16	10–12	163	15	412 gil	Back Attack	No	×2	Kalm Fang, 2 Prowlers
Prowler, 2 Kalm Fangs	Grass	32	Pincer Attack	16	10–12	161	15	344 gil	Pincer Attack	No	×1	Prowler, 2 Kalm Fangs
3 Kalm Fangs	Beach	64	Normal Battle	88	10	159	15	276 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	3 Kalm Fangs
2 Kalm Fangs	Beach	64	Normal Battle	84	10	106	10	184 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Kalm Fangs
2 Kalm Fangs, Prowler	Beach	64	Normal Battle	84	10–12	161	15	344 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Kalm Fangs, Prowler
2 Prowlers, Kalm Fang	Beach	64	Pincer Attack	32	10–12	163	15	412 gil	Pincer Attack	No	×1	2 Prowlers, Kalm Fang

Set Encounters: In Midgar Area – 2 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
Diamond Weapon	Walk into Weapon as it approaches Midgar after taking Bugenhagen to the Forgotten Capital	49	35,000	3,500	25,000 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run
Ultimate Weapon (Grounded)	Ram into Ultimate Weapon with the Highwind when it stops for an ground battle (after defeating Diamond Weapon)	61	-	-	-	Normal Battle	Can't Run

Monsters: Encountered in Midgar Area – 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
Custom Sweeper	15	300	100	30	44	3	108	30	94%	40	92%	1%	43	1	Weak: Lightning	Defend: Sleep, Small, Darkness, Frog, Poison, Paralyzed, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury	63	7	120 gil	Atomic Scissors (11.2%)	Potion (14.1%)	X-Potion
Devil Ride	13	240	-	25	35	4	102	40	92%	22	95%	3%	56	2	-	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Darkness, Frog, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury	60	6	100 gil	Hi-Potion (41.2%)	Potion (14.1%)	Hi-Potion
Diamond Weapon	49	30,000	30,000	50	278	50	594	250	51%	250	51%	1%	180	0	Invalid: Gravity Halve: Fire Weak: Lightning	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	35,000	3,500	25,000 gil	Rising Sun (41.2%)	-	-
Kalm Fang	10	160	-	24	31	16	156	30	94%	14	97%	14%	57	6	Weak: Fire	-	53	5	92 gil	Ether (11.2%)	Potion (14.1%)	Hi-Potion
Prowler	12	150	-	23	31	-	-	28	94%	28	94%	18%	66	8	-	Defend: Frog	55	5	160 gil	Ether (41.2%)	Potion (14.1%)	Hi-Potion
Ultimate Weapon	61	100,000	400	100	1050	170	1386	120	76%	100	80%	3%	200	50	Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	-	-	-	Reflect Ring (41.2%)	-	-

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