Whirlwind Maze (Third Crossing)

Area Crater
Connections Upper Path, to Dr.'s Office
Monsters Wind Wing
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Set Encounters: In Whirlwind Maze (Third Crossing) – 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
Wind Wing Step into the whirlwind barrier 36 800 60 500 gil Normal Battle ×3
Monsters: Encountered in Whirlwind Maze (Third Crossing) – 1 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
Wind Wing 36 1,900 350 75 327 45 486 60 88% 64 87% 3% 65 20 - - 800 60 500 gil Hi-Potion (41.2%) Phoenix Down (14.1%) Phoenix Down
Party Changes: In Whirlwind Maze (Third Crossing) – 2 shown
Character
The type of party change; a character can be named (usually when you first meet them), or join or leave the party; a lead change indicates which character must be in the party at any given time
Type		 Details
Cloud Leave After moving to the next area
Tifa Lead After moving to the next area
Whirlwind Maze (Upper Path) Highwind (Interior)