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