Encounters: With Tail Vault – 11 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
Tail Vault, 2 Razor Weeds 27–28 1,190 96 1,080 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Tail Vault, 2 Razor Weeds
Chocobo (Poor), 2 Tail Vaults 28–30 890 73 761 gil Normal Battle No ×1 Chocobo (Poor), 2 Tail Vaults†
Edgehead, 2 Tail Vaults 27–28 1,250 108 1,145 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Edgehead, 2 Tail Vaults
2 Tail Vaults 28 880 72 760 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 2 Tail Vaults
Chocobo (Average), 3 Tail Vaults 28–30 1,330 109 1,141 gil Normal Battle No ×1 Chocobo (Average), 3 Tail Vaults†
Chocobo (Average), 2 Tail Vaults 28–30 890 73 761 gil Normal Battle No ×1 Chocobo (Average), 2 Tail Vaults
3 Tail Vaults 28 1,320 108 1,140 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 3 Tail Vaults
Tail Vault, 2 Bizarre Bugs 28 1,280 116 1,060 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Tail Vault, 2 Bizarre Bugs
2 Tail Vaults 28 880 72 760 gil Back Attack No ×2 2 Tail Vaults
Tail Vault, Thunderbird, 2 Bizarre Bugs 28 1,665 152 1,480 gil Pincer Attack No ×1 Tail Vault, Thunderbird, 2 Bizarre Bugs
2 Bizarre Bugs, Tail Vault 28 1,280 116 1,060 gil Normal Battle No ×1 2 Bizarre Bugs, Tail Vault