Encounters: In Icicle Area – 17 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
Tonadu Beach 96 Normal Battle 256 30 600 45 600 gil Normal Battle No ×1 Tonadu
Vlakorados Grass 32 Normal Battle 88 33 510 40 460 gil Normal Battle No ×1 Vlakorados
Trickplay Grass 32 Normal Battle 84 24 480 35 800 gil Normal Battle No ×1 Trickplay
2 Trickplays Grass 32 Normal Battle 84 24 960 70 1,600 gil Normal Battle No ×1 2 Trickplays
2 Trickplays Grass 32 Back Attack 16 24 960 70 1,600 gil Back Attack No ×2 2 Trickplays
Vlakorados Grass 32 Back Attack 16 33 510 40 460 gil Back Attack No ×2 Vlakorados
Bandersnatch Snow 32 Normal Battle 52 30 510 40 600 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Bandersnatch
2 Bandersnatches Snow 32 Normal Battle 52 30 1,020 80 1,200 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 2 Bandersnatches
3 Bandersnatches Snow 32 Normal Battle 52 30 1,530 120 1,800 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 3 Bandersnatches
Jumping Snow 32 Normal Battle 52 24 400 30 50 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Jumping
2 Jumpings Snow 32 Normal Battle 48 24 800 60 100 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 2 Jumpings
Chocobo (Wonderful), Jumping Snow 32 Chocobo Lure 6 24–33 410 31 51 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Chocobo (Wonderful), Jumping
Chocobo (Wonderful), 2 Jumpings Snow 32 Chocobo Lure 6 24–33 810 61 101 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Chocobo (Wonderful), 2 Jumpings
2 Bandersnatches Snow 32 Back Attack 16 30 1,020 80 1,200 gil Back Attack No ×2 2 Bandersnatches
2 Bandersnatches Snow 32 Pincer Attack 16 30 1,020 80 1,200 gil Pincer Attack No ×1 2 Bandersnatches
Chocobo (Terrible), Bandersnatch, Jumping Snow 32 Chocobo Lure 26 24–33 920 71 651 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 Chocobo (Terrible), Bandersnatch, Jumping
2 Bandersnatches, Chocobo (Terrible) Snow 32 Chocobo Lure 26 30–33 1,030 81 1,201 gil Normal Battle Yes ×1 2 Bandersnatches, Chocobo (Terrible)