Winding Tunnel (Tunnel 8-7) - Final Fantasy VII - Guides

Encounters: In Winding Tunnel (Tunnel 8-7) – 6 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
Crazy Saw	Any	72	Normal Battle	72	44	800	80	1,300 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	Crazy Saw
2 Shadow Makers	Any	72	Normal Battle	68	42	1,000	50	1,000 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Shadow Makers
3 Shadow Makers	Any	72	Normal Battle	60	42	1,500	75	1,500 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	3 Shadow Makers
2 Shadow Makers, Crazy Saw	Any	72	Normal Battle	56	42–44	1,800	130	2,300 gil	Normal Battle	Yes	×1	2 Shadow Makers, Crazy Saw
2 Shadow Makers	Any	72	Back Attack	16	42	1,000	50	1,000 gil	Back Attack	No	×2	2 Shadow Makers
Crazy Saw	Any	72	Back Attack	16	44	800	80	1,300 gil	Back Attack	No	×2	Crazy Saw

Set Encounters: In Winding Tunnel (Tunnel 8-7) – 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
Reno, Rude, & Elena	Walk north from the duct (you can avoid this fight if you finished the side quest in Wutai)	50–53	16,400	1,850	15,000 gil	Normal Battle	Can't Run

Monsters: Encountered in Winding Tunnel (Tunnel 8-7) – 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
Crazy Saw	44	3,900	340	116	911	96	840	100	80%	120	76%	10%	80	2	Weak: Lightning	Defend: Sleep, Small, Darkness, Frog, Poison, Paralyzed, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury	800	80	1,300 gil	Mute Mask (41.2%)	Phoenix Down (14.1%), Elixir (12.1%)	Turbo Ether
Shadow Maker	42	200	120	90	562	75	702	90	82%	68	86%	20%	40	30	Weak: Lightning	Defend: Sleep, Small, Darkness, Frog, Poison, Paralyzed, Manipulate, Death-sentence, Sadness, Fury	500	25	500 gil	Graviball (80%)	Turbo Ether	-
Turks:Elena	53	30,000	100	75	571	100	918	90	82%	190	62%	5%	85	20	Absorb: Ice Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	6,400	800	7,000 gil	Minerva Band (41.2%)	-	-
Turks:Reno	50	25,000	200	100	724	105	930	120	76%	106	79%	5%	80	20	Absorb: Lightning Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	4,500	450	3,000 gil	Touph Ring (41.2%)	Elixir	-
Turks:Rude	51	28,000	250	110	985	83	804	130	74%	190	62%	0	70	20	Absorb: Fire Invalid: Gravity	Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence	5,500	600	5,000 gil	Ziedrich (41.2%)	Elixir	-

Items: Found in Winding Tunnel (Tunnel 8-7) – 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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