Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room)

Area Mt. Nibel
Connections Long Bridge, Mountain Face, Nibel Reactor (Outside), Nibel Area
Save Point On the right side of the bottom level
Treasures All Materia, Counter Attack Materia, Jem Ring, Powersoul
Monsters Dragon, Kyuvilduns, Twin Brain
Encounter Safety 72
Encounters Level 24–32, 900–1,700 EXP, 96–170 AP, 960–1,840 gil
Boss Materia Keeper
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Encounters: In Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room) – 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
5 Kyuvilduns Any 72 Normal Battle 72 24 1,700 170 1,840 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 5 Kyuvilduns†
3 Twin Brains Any 72 Normal Battle 68 25 1,020 96 960 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 3 Twin Brains
2 Twin Brains, 3 Kyuvilduns Any 72 Normal Battle 60 24–25 1,700 166 1,744 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 2 Twin Brains, 3 Kyuvilduns
Dragon Any 72 Normal Battle 56 32 900 110 1,400 gil Normal Battle No ×3 Dragon
Items of Interest: In Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room) – 3 shown
Item Type
Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times
Repeatable		 Details
Powersoul Item No Pick up the white bag at the bottom of pipe 2
All Materia Item No Open the chest at the bottom of pipe 4
Counter Attack Materia Item No Pick up the purple orb after defeating the Materia Keeper (game calls it Counter materia)
Set Encounters: In Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room) – 1 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
Materia Keeper Examine the large blue creature 38 3,000 200 2,400 gil Normal Battle Can't Run
Monsters: Encountered in Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room) – 4 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
Dragon 32 3,500 250 90 360 65 582 120 76% 300 41% 20% 90 40 Absorb: Fire
Invalid: Gravity		 Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Stop, Paralyzed, Petrify, Death, Death-sentence 900 110 1,400 gil Gold Armlet (41.2%) Fire Fang -
Kyuvilduns 24 800 - 48 120 40 384 42 91% 64 87% 1% 56 0 Weak: Fire - 340 34 368 gil - Hi-Potion (14.1%) Hi-Potion
Materia Keeper 38 8,400 300 90 514 12 300 100 80% 280 45% 10% 90 10 Absorb: Fire
Invalid: Gravity		 Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 3,000 200 2,400 gil - Jem Ring -
Twin Brain 25 400 20 45 115 25 300 44 91% 96 81% 1% 48 0 - - 340 32 320 gil Ether (41.2%) Ether (14.1%) Turbo Ether
Weapons: Found in Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room) – 1 shown
Rare weapons can only be found at specific points during the game; ultimate weapons have special properties that can multiply their damage to extreme levels; starting weapons cannot be re-obtained if sold or lost
Name		 Character Attack Attack% Magic
The growth of materia slots is categorized by color: ⦿×1, ⦿×2, ⦿×3, and ⦾×0.
Materia Slots		 AP Growth Range Effects Price Value
Powersoul Tifa 28 106% 7 ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ⦿ ×2 Normal 2× damage with Near-death, 4× damage with Death-sentence 4,200 gil 2,100 gil
Accessories: Found in Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room) – 1 shown
Uncommon accessories cannot be purchased in shops, but can be found or won multiple times in other ways; rare accessories can only be found at specific points during the game
Name		 Effects Price Value
Jem Ring Defend Slow-numb, Defend Petrify, Defend Paralyzed 7,500 gil 3,750 gil
Materia: Found in Mt. Nibel (Pipe Room) – 2 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
All Support 5 All 1/battle/level - - - - - - - - - 20,000 gil 35,000 1,400,000 gil 23
Counter Attack Independent 5 L1: Counter attack 30%
L2: Counter attack 40%
L3: Counter attack 60%
L4: Counter attack 80%
L5: Counter attack 100%		 Hidden - - - - - - - - - 100,000 1 gil 34
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