Location : Royal City of Lesalia Errand Type : Combat B
Days : 12-15 Best Job : Ninja
Cost : 3000 Gil Reward : * Bonus : Gil Bag (Combat)
Note: Must complete "Ducal Disaster" first Bravery/Faith : High Br., Low Fa.
Cries in the Dark
Location : Royal City of Lesalia Errand Type : Investigation N1
Days : 8-11 Best Job : Orator
Cost : 3050 Gil Reward : *** Bonus : Payment (Small)
Bravery/Faith : no preference
Salvage Work
Location : Walled City of Yardrow Errand Type : Salvage N
Days : 9-14 Best Job : T.Mage/Geo./Arith.
Cost : 0 Gil Reward : **** Bonus : Gil Bag (Salvage)
Bravery/Faith : no preference
Coal Mining Expedition
Location : Walled City of Yardrow Errand Type : Mining N
Days : 10-14 Best Job : Geomancer
Cost : 1000 Gil Reward : ** Bonus : Ore
Bravery/Faith : no preference
Second Coal Mining Expedition
Location : Walled City of Yardrow Errand Type : Mining N
Days : 10-14 Best Job : Geomancer
Cost : 1000 Gil Reward : * Bonus : Artefact
Note: Must complete "Coal Mining Bravery/Faith : no preference
Expedition" first
Historic Revolt
Location : Riovanes Castle Errand Type : Investigation N1
Days : 8-10 Best Job : Orator
Cost : 3050 Gil Reward : *** Bonus : Artefact
Bravery/Faith : no preference
Tutoring
Location : Riovanes Castle Errand Type : Odd Jobs F
Days : 8-12 Best Job : Chemist
Cost : 200 Gil Reward : *** Bonus : Reward Money
Bravery/Faith : Low Br., High Fa.
The Behemoth
Location : Free City of Bervenia Errand Type : Combat B
Days : 13-15 Best Job : Ninja
Cost : 500 Gil Reward : * Bonus : Gil Bag (Combat)
Bravery/Faith : High Br., Low Fa.
Dredge Work
Location : Zeltennia Castle Errand Type : Salvage B
Days : 6-10 Best Job : Knight/Monk
Cost : 1000 Gil Reward : ** Bonus : Gil Bag (Salvage)
Bravery/Faith : High Br., Low Fa.
Missing Boy
Location : Zeltennia Castle Errand Type : Investigation N2
Days : 15-16 Best Job : Orator
Cost : 3500 Gil Reward : *** Bonus : Payment (Large)
Bravery/Faith : no preference
Appraisal
Location : Zeltennia Castle Errand Type : Invesigation N1
Days : 8-9 Best Job : Orator
Cost : 550 Gil Reward : *** Bonus : Artefact
Bravery/Faith : no preference
Death’s Gorge
Location : Trade City of Sal Ghidos Errand Type : Mining N
Days : 9-14 Best Job : Geomancer
Cost : 13000 Gil Reward : * Bonus : Ore
Bravery/Faith : no preference
The Typhoon
Location : Trade City of Sal Ghidos Errand Type : Combat B
Days : 10-13 Best Job : Ninja
Cost : 11000 Gil Reward : **** Bonus : Gil Bag (Combat)
Bravery/Faith : High Br., Low Fa.
Beastly Trail
Location : Castled City of Zaland Errand Type : Odd Jobs F
Days : 11-13 Best Job : Chemist
Cost : 10000 Gil Reward : ** Bonus : Reward Money
Bravery/Faith : Low Br., High Fa.
Memories
Location : Castled City of Zaland Errand Type : Odd Jobs N
Days : 10-12 JP Reward : ** Best Job : Thief/Orator
Cost : 100 Gil Reward : * Bonus : Reward Money
Bravery/Faith : no preference
---Contest Errands-------------------------------------------------------------
The following "contest" errands don’t seem to be associated with any particular
chapter. Instead, they only show up at certain times of the year:
Gariland Magick Melee
Location : Magick City of Gariland Errand Type : Melee F
Days : 14-16 Best Job : Time Mage
Cost : 0 Gil Reward : ***** Bonus : Artefact
Note: Only during month of Virgo Bravery/Faith : Low Br., High Fa.
The Zaland Melee
Location : Castled City of Zaland Errand Type : Melee B
Days : 14-16 Best Job : Knight/Monk/Drag.
Cost : 0 Gil Reward : ***** Bonus : Prize Money
Note: Only during month of Aries Bravery/Faith : High Br., Low Fa.
Arteficer’s Contest
Location : Clockwork City of Goug Errand Type : Melee N
Days : 14-16 Best Job : Knight/Monk/Drag.
Cost : 0 Gil Reward : ***** Bonus : Prize Money
Note: Only during month of Sagittarius Bravery/Faith : no preference
The Yardrow Melee
Location : Walled City of Yardrow Errand Type : Melee B
Days : 14-16 Best Job : Knight/Monk/Drag.
Cost : 0 Gil Reward : ***** Bonus : Artefact
Note: Only during month of Cancer Bravery/Faith : High Br., Low Fa.
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XIII. RANDOM BATTLES
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%%%OVERWORLD RANDOM BATTLES%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%00over
In addition to the main story battles you encounter as you progress through the
game, you’ll also get into random battles as you move across the map.
Random battles occur at green dots on the map. Whenever you move onto or across
a green dot, there is about a 30% (3 in 10) chance that you will get into a
random battle.
Combat in random battles functions almost exactly like that in story battles,
with a few exceptions:
- You don’t have to deploy Ramza.
- Until reaching Lionel Castle in Chapter II, you may deploy up to 4
characters for a random battle. Once you reach Lionel Castle, the limit
increases to 5 characters for the rest of the game.
- The experience level of the enemies you fight in random battles in based on
your deployed characters’ levels. (In story battles, the enemies have a
fixed experience level that does not change even if you level up.)
- Any Guests on your roster will not participate in random battles.
- Battle Trophies are never earned from random battles, but you do still earn
Bonus Gil the same as in story battles.
- Story battles have mostly human enemies, but random battles have mostly
monster enemies.
Different locations on the map have different kind of random battle enemies. In
addition, the DIRECTION you enter the location also affects what kind of enemies
you see. For example, if you enter Mandalia Plain heading south from Eagrose,
there’s a chance you’ll encounter a Malboro. But if you enter Mandalia Plain
via Gariland or the Brigands’ Den, Malboros never appear.
The direction from which you’re entering also determines where your team starts
on the battle map. For instance, if you enter Finnath Creek from the west,
you’ll start at the top of the river, but if you enter from the east, you’ll
start at the bottom of the river.
Below, I’ve listed the types of monsters and human enemies that you’ll find at
each location, as well as a rough estimate of how often they show up on average.
COMMON : Encountered 50% of the time or more on average
UNCOMMON : 25% - 49%
RARE : 8% - 24%
VERY RARE : < 8%
These are averages, of course, so sometimes you’ll encounter 0 of a particular
enemy and sometimes you may encounter more than 1. For instance, if the Black
Chocobo is Uncommon at a particular area, on average you’ll encounter 1 Black
Chocobo every 2 to 4 battles (25% to 50% of the time). But, in a given battle,
you may see 0 Black Chocobos or you might even see 2 or 3.
(Enemies that only appear in the "special" random battles aren’t included in
this list; see further down for more information on the special battles.)
As you progress through the game, a wider variety of monster types will appear
in each location. Only a limited set of monsters appears in Chapter I. More
monsters are added at the start of Chapter II, and then even more at the start
of Chapter IV. I’ve listed the random encounters separately for Chapter I,
Chapters II & III, and Chapter IV.
Note that there are a few monsters and human jobs that are NEVER encountered in
random battles anywhere in any chapter:
Wild Boar Dancer Dark Knight
Bard Mime Onion Knight
Characters with special jobs or with enemy-only jobs also don’t appear in
random battles.
---Chapter I-------------------------------------------------------------------
--MANDALIA PLAIN--
From Eagrose Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Red Panther
From Gariland Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Red Panther
From Brigands’ Den Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Red Panther
--THE SIEDGE WEALD--
From Gariland Common : Black Goblin, Bomb, Wisenkin
From Dorter Common : Black Goblin, Bomb, Skeleton
--ZEKLAUS DESERT--
From Dorter Common : Bomb, Skeleton, Jura Aevis, Wisenkin
--LENALIAN PLATEAU--
From Gariland Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Black Goblin, Red Panther,
Dragon
From Fovoham Windf. Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Red Panther, Piscodaemon
--FOVOHAM WINDFLATS--
From Lenalian Plat. Common : Goblin, Piscodaemon, Floating Eye, Wisenkin
---Chapter II & III------------------------------------------------------------
--MANDALIA PLAIN--
From Eagrose Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Red Panther, Squire
Uncommon : Archer
Rare : None
From Gariland Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Red Panther
Uncommon : Knight
Rare : None
From Brigands’ Den Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Red Panther
Uncommon : None
Rare : None
--THE SIEDGE WEALD--
From Gariland Common : Black Goblin, Bomb
Uncommon : Chocobo, Skeleton, Wisenkin, Monk
Rare : None
From Dorter Common : Black Goblin, Bomb, Skeleton
Uncommon : None
Rare : None
--ZEKLAUS DESERT--
From Dorter Common : Bomb, Skeleton, Jura Aevis, Wisenkin
Uncommon : Grenade, Bonesnatch, Black Mage
Rare : None
From Gollund Common : Bonesnatch, Jura Aevis, Steelhawk, Wisenkin
Uncommon : Bomb, Grenade, Skeleton
Rare : Summoner
--LENALIAN PLATEAU--
From Gariland Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Black Goblin, Red Panther
Uncommon : Piscodaemon, Dragon, Time Mage
Rare : Squidraken
From Fovoham Windf. Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Black Goblin, Red Panther,
Piscodaemon
Uncommon : Time Mage
Rare : Squidraken
--FOVOHAM WINDFLATS--
From Lenalian Plat. Common : Goblin, Piscodaemon, Squidraken,
Floating Eye
Uncommon : Wisenkin, Thief
Rare : Jura Aevis
From Ziekden Fort. Common : Red Panther, Piscodaemon, Floating Eye,
Jura Aevis, Wisenkin
Uncommon : None
Rare : None
--ARAGUAY WOODS--
From Dorter Common : Goblin, Black Goblin, Ghoul
Uncommon : Coeurl, Skeleton, Ghast, Jura Aevis, Archer
Rare : Bonesnatch, Treant, Knight
From Zeirchele Falls Common : Red Panther, Coeurl, Bonesnatch, Ghoul,
Malboro
Uncommon : Skeleton, Jura Aevis
Rare : Archer
--ZEIRCHELE FALLS--
From Araguay Woods Common : Chocobo, Coeurl, Squidraken, Floating Eye,
Mystic
Uncommon : Piscodaemon, Bonesnatch
Rare : None
From Zaland Common : Coeurl, Mindflayer, Bonesnatch, Time Mage
Uncommon : Chocobo, Red Chocobo, Bomb, Squidraken,
Skeleton
Rare : Black Chocobo, Grenade, Floating Eye
--BALIAS TOR--
From Zaland Common : Chocobo, Bomb
Uncommon : Jura Aevis, Steelhawk, Archer
Rare : Wisenkin, Minotaur
From Lionel Common : Chocobo, Black Chocobo, Wisenkin, Minotaur,
Monk, Time Mage
Uncommon : Red Chocobo, Red Panther, Coeurl
Rare : None
--TCHIGOLITH FENLANDS--
From Lionel Common : Skeleton, Bonesnatch, Ghoul
Uncommon : Floating Eye, Malboro
Rare : None
From Goug Common : Bomb, Skeleton, Bonesnatch, Ghoul
Uncommon : Red Panther, Coeurl, Floating Eye, Ahriman,
Wisenkin, Minotaur
Rare : Ghast, Geomancer
--BALIAS SWALE--
From Warjilis Common : Black Chocobo, Goblin, Red Panther, Coeurl,
Piscodaemon, Squidraken, Mindflayer
Uncommon : Chocobo, Archer
Rare : Black Goblin, Gobbledygook, Vampire Cat
From Golgollada Gal. Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Piscodaemon
Uncommon : Black Goblin, Gobbledygook, Red Panther,
Coeurl, Squidraken, Steelhawk, Knight
Rare : Jura Aevis
From Lionel Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Black Goblin, Coeurl,
Squidraken, Monk
Uncommon : Red Panther, Piscodaemon
Rare : None
--GROGH HEIGHTS--
From Lesalia Common : Chocobo, Black Chocobo, Bomb, Grenade,
Coeurl, Floating Eye
Uncommon : Red Panther, Ahriman, Dryad, Geomancer
Rare : Red Chocobo, White Mage
From Yardrow Common : Chocobo, Black Chocobo, Grenade, Coeurl,
Knight
Uncommon : Bomb, Red Panther, Floating Eye
Rare : Blue Dragon
--THE YUGUEWOOD--
From Yardrow Common : Black Goblin, Skeleton, Bonesnatch, Ghast
Uncommon : Bomb, Dryad, Ninja
Rare : Coeurl, Black Mage
---Chapter IV Random Battles---------------------------------------------------
--MANDALIA PLAIN--
From Eagrose Common : Chocobo, Goblin, Red Panther
Uncommon : Black Chocobo, Black Goblin, Gobbledygook,
Coeurl, Squire, Archer
Rare : Summoner
Very Rare: Malboro
From Gariland Common : Goblin, Red Panther, Coeurl, Knight
Uncommon : Chocobo, Black Chocobo
Rare : Gobbledygook, Vampire Cat, Ahriman,
Black Mage, Mystic
Very Rare: Black Goblin
From Brigands’ Den Common : Black Chocobo, Black Goblin
Uncommon : Chocobo, Goblin, Gobbledygook, Red Panther,
Coeurl, Archer
Rare : Grenade, Vampire Cat, Black Mage, Dragoon
Very Rare: Knight
--THE SIEDGE WEALD--
From Dorter Common : Black Goblin
Uncommon : Goblin, Skeleton, Skeletal Fiend, Dryad,
Black Mage
Rare : Gobbledygook, Bomb, Grenade, Exploder,
Bonesnatch, Treant, Wisenkin, Squire
Very Rare: Archer
From Gariland Common : Black Goblin, Bomb
Uncommon : Gobbledygook, Exploder, Skeleton,
Skeletal Fiend, Monk
Rare : Chocobo, Grenade, Dryad, Knight
Very Rare: Black Chocobo, Red Chocobo, Goblin,
Red Panther, Coeurl, Vampire Cat, Wisenkin,
Archer
--ZEKLAUS DESERT--
From Dorter Common : Grenade, Minotaur
Uncommon : Bomb, Exploder, Skeleton, Jura Aevis,
Wisenkin, Archer
Rare : Steelhawk, Monk, Black Mage
Very Rare: Bonesnatch
From Gollund Common : Bonesnatch, Wisenkin, Minotaur
Uncommon : Exploder, Skeletal Fiend, Jura Aevis,
Steelhawk, Cockatrice, Behemoth, Black Mage
Rare : Grenade, Skeleton
Very Rare: Bomb, Sekhret, Summoner
From Mt. Bervenia Common : Black Goblin, Exploder, Bonesnatch, Minotaur
Uncommon : Wisenkin, Dragon, Ninja
Rare : Grenade, Steelhawk, Cockatrice, Red Dragon
Very Rare: Red Chocobo, Jura Aevis, Knight, Archer
--LENALIAN PLATEAU--
From Gariland Common : Squidraken
Uncommon : Goblin, Black Goblin, Gobbledygook,
Red Panther, Vampire Cat, Piscodaemon,
Ochu, Geomancer
Rare : Chocobo, Black Chocobo, Red Chocobo,
Coeurl, Malboro, Time Mage
Very Rare: Dragon
From Fovoham Windf. Common : Red Panther, Piscodaemon, Squidraken
Uncommon : Goblin, Gobbledygook, Malboro, Knight,
Archer, White Mage
Rare : Chocobo, Black Mage
Very Rare: Coeurl, Dragon
--FOVOHAM WINDFLATS--
From Lenalian Plat. Common : Piscodaemon, Squidraken, Mindflayer,
Floating Eye
Uncommon : Steelhawk, Wisenkin, Archer
Rare : Goblin, Thief
Very Rare: Vampire Cat, Ahriman, Jura Aevis, Sekhret
From Ziekden Fort. Common : Mindflayer, Jura Aevis
Uncommon : Squidraken, Floating Eye, Ahriman,
Steelhawk, Cockatrice, Sekhret, Summoner
Rare : Goblin, Gobbledygook, Wisenkin, Minotaur,
Knight
Very Rare: Red Panther, Piscodaemon
From Riovanes Common : Squidraken, Ahriman, Wisenkin
Uncommon : Mindflayer, Steelhawk, Minotaur, Sekhret,
Monk
Rare : Red Panther, Piscodaemon, Cockatrice,
Malboro, Mystic
Very Rare: Black Chocobo, Floating Eye, Plague Horror,
Jura Aevis
--ARAGUAY WOODS--
From Dorter Common : Ghast, Revenant
Uncommon : Goblin, Black Goblin, Gobbledygook,
Skeleton, Ghoul, Archer
Rare : Bonesnatch, Treant, Knight, Summoner
Very Rare: Coeurl, Skeletal Fiend, Jura Aevis, Dryad,
Malboro, Ochu
From Zeirchele Falls Common : Elder Treant, Archer
Uncommon : Red Panther, Coeurl, Bonesnatch, Steelhawk,
Malboro
Rare : Vampire Cat, Skeleton, Skeletal Fiend,
Ghoul, Jura Aevis, Cockatrice, Dryad, Treant
Very Rare: None
--ZEIRCHELE FALLS--
From Araguay Woods Common : Chocobo, Squidraken, Floating Eye
Uncommon : Black Chocobo, Coeurl, Piscodaemon
Rare : Bonesnatch, Ahriman, Archer, Mystic
Very Rare: None
From Zaland Common : Mindflayer, Bonesnatch, Skeletal Fiend
Uncommon : Bomb, Red Panther, Coeurl, Vampire Cat,
Wisenkin
Rare : Chocobo, Squidraken, Skeleton, Time Mage
Very Rare: Black Chocobo, Red Chocobo, Grenade,
Piscodaemon, Floating Eye, Minotaur,
Samurai, Ninja
From Fort Besselat Common : Chocobo, Coeurl
Uncommon : Black Chocobo, Red Panther, Bonesnatch,
Wisenkin, Geomancer
Rare : Red Chocobo, Squidraken, Ahriman, Minotaur,
Knight
Very Rare: Floating Eye, Malboro, Black Mage
--BALIAS TOR--
From Zaland Common : Chocobo, Black Chocobo, Bomb, Steelhawk
Uncommon : Exploder, Jura Aevis, Wisenkin, Minotaur,
Black Mage
Rare : Archer
Very Rare: None
From Lionel Common : Chocobo, Black Chocobo
Uncommon : Red Chocobo, Wisenkin
Rare : Bomb, Grenade, Exploder, Jura Aevis,
Steelhawk, Cockatrice, Minotaur, Sekhret,
Time Mage, Thief, Mystic
Very Rare: Red Panther, Coeurl, Monk
--TCHIGOLITH FENLANDS--
From Lionel Common : Exploder, Skeleton, Bonesnatch, Ghoul,
Ghast, Revenant
Uncommon : Ochu, Time Mage
Rare : Wisenkin, Malboro, Archer
Very Rare: Floating Eye, Summoner
From Goug Common : Skeletal Fiend, Ghoul, Malboro
Uncommon : Ghast, Cockatrice
Rare : Bomb, Red Panther, Coeurl, Vampire Cat,
Skeleton, Bonesnatch, Revenant, Jura Aevis,
Steelhawk, Minotaur, Ochu, Archer,
Black Mage, Mystic
Very Rare: Floating Eye, Ahriman, Wisenkin, Geomancer
--BALIAS SWALE--
From Warjilis Common : Red Chocobo, Vampire Cat, Squidraken,
Mindflayer
Uncommon : Black Chocobo, Goblin, Gobbledygook,
Red Panther, Coeurl, Piscodaemon, Summoner
Rare : Archer
Very Rare: Chocobo, Black Goblin
From Golgollada Gal. Common : Chocobo, Gobbledygook
Uncommon : Black Goblin, Coeurl, Mindflayer,
Cockatrice, Ochu, Archer
Rare : Black Chocobo, Goblin, Piscodaemon,
Jura Aevis, Steelhawk, Malboro, Dragoon
Very Rare: Red Panther, Squidraken, Knight
From Lionel Common : Chocobo, Black Goblin, Squidraken
Uncommon : Goblin, Gobbledygook, Red Panther, Coeurl,
Piscodaemon, Monk, Black Mage
Rare : Red Chocobo, Mindflayer, Behemoth,
Blue Dragon
Very Rare: None
--GROGH HEIGHTS--
From Lesalia Common : Floating Eye, Wisenkin
Uncommon : Chocobo, Coeurl, Ahriman
Rare : Black Chocobo, Goblin, Black Goblin, Bomb,
Grenade, Red Panther, Archer, Black Mage,
Summoner
Very Rare: Red Chocobo, Dryad, White Mage, Geomancer
From Yardrow Common : Chocobo, Grenade
Uncommon : Black Chocobo, Bomb, Coeurl, Revenant,
Floating Eye, Ahriman, Treant, Wisenkin,
Knight, Mystic
Rare : Red Panther
Very Rare: Ghast, Elder Treant, Blue Dragon
From Dugeura Pass Common : Chocobo, Grenade, Ahriman
Uncommon : Red Chocobo, Bomb, Floating Eye, Wisenkin
Rare : Black Chocobo, Exploder, Coeurl, Jura Aevis
Very Rare: Summoner, Samurai
--THE YUGUEWOOD--
From Yardrow Common : Skeleton, Ghast, Revenant
Uncommon : Chocobo, Bonesnatch, Ghoul, Treant, Monk
Rare : Black Goblin, Coeurl, Vampire Cat, Dryad,
Elder Treant, Mystic, Geomancer
Very Rare: Bomb, Black Mage, Ninja
From Riovanes Common : Ghoul, Ghast, Revenant
Uncommon : None
Rare : Black Goblin, Gobbledygook, Dryad, Treant
Very Rare: Archer, Black Mage, Time Mage, Summoner
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