Encounters: With Thunderbird – 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 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
4 Thunderbirds 28 1,540 144 1,680 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 4 Thunderbirds
2 Bizarre Bugs, 3 Thunderbirds 28 1,995 188 1,940 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 2 Bizarre Bugs, 3 Thunderbirds†
3 Thunderbirds 28 1,155 108 1,260 gil Back Attack No ×2 3 Thunderbirds
Tail Vault, Thunderbird, 2 Bizarre Bugs 28 1,665 152 1,480 gil Pincer Attack No ×1 Tail Vault, Thunderbird, 2 Bizarre Bugs