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Final Fantasy Tactics Random Encounters

If you play Final Fantasy Tactics all the way through, you're probably going to run into a lot of random battles along the way. If you play it through more than once, you may even end up entirely sick of them. But these random encounters have a lot of randomness that build them up; encounters are defined by how you enter the location, and even then there are a lot of variables involved. Some enemies will always appear, some will appear infrequently or not at all, and some maps even have completely separate, very rare encounters. This page gives you a digest of them all.

Yuguo Woods

Entering from Riovanes Castle
Common 1Always present: Ghoul
May appear: Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Gust, Gust, Gust, Gust, Black Goblin, Woodman
Common 2Always present: Ghoul
May appear: Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Time Mage, Archer, Gust, Gust, Gust, Gust, Black Goblin, Woodman
Common 3Always present: Revenant
May appear: Gust, Gust, Gust, Gust, Gust, Gust, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Gobbledeguck, Trent
Common 4Always present: Revenant
May appear: Gust, Gust, Gust, Gust, Wizard, Summoner, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Gobbledeguck, Trent
Entering from Yardow Fort City
Common 1Always present: Skeleton
May appear: Skeleton, Skeleton, Skeleton, Skeleton, Skeleton, Trent, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bomb, Ninja
Common 2Always present: Gust
May appear: Gust, Gust, Gust, Woodman, Woodman, Wizard, Woodman, Black Goblin, Black Goblin, Black Goblin, Black Goblin, Cuar
Common 3Always present: Revenant
May appear: Revenant, Gust, Trent, Trent, Taiju, Trent, Cuar, Vampire, Cuar, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo
Common 4Always present: Revenant
May appear: Gust, Gust, Gust, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Oracle, Geomancer, Monk, Monk
RareAlways present: Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Red Chocobo, Red Chocobo
May appear: Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai, Samurai
Yuguo Woods map

Zeklaus Desert

Entering from Bervenia Volcano
Common 1Always present: Black Goblin
May appear: Black Goblin, Black Goblin, Black Goblin, Black Goblin, Black Goblin, Grenade, Grenade, Juravis, Steel Hawk, Bone Snatch
Common 2Always present: Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch
May appear: Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Steel Hawk, Bull Demon, Bull Demon, Archer, Knight
Common 3Always present: Explosive
May appear: Explosive, Explosive, Explosive, Cocatoris, Cocatoris, Minitaurus, Minitaurus, Minitaurus, Dragon, Dragon, Red Dragon
Common 4Always present: Minitaurus
May appear: Minitaurus, Minitaurus, Minitaurus, Dragon, Red Dragon, Red Chocobo, Bull Demon, Bull Demon, Ninja, Ninja, Ninja
Presence unspecified: Summoner
Entering from Dorter Trade City
Common 1Always present: Skeleton
May appear: Skeleton, Skeleton, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Skeleton, Juravis, Bull Demon, Juravis
Common 2Always present: Grenade, Grenade
May appear: Skeleton, Skeleton, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bull Demon, Wizard, Wizard, Wizard, Bull Demon
Common 3Always present: Minitaurus
May appear: Bull Demon, Bull Demon, Grenade, Grenade, Grenade, Minitaurus, Minitaurus, Steel Hawk, Juravis, Juravis
Common 4Always present: Minitaurus
May appear: Grenade, Explosive, Explosive, Explosive, Bull Demon, Archer, Archer, Archer, Monk, Monk
RareAlways present: Minitaurus, Knight, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo
Entering from Goland Coal City
Common 1Always present: Steel Hawk
May appear: Juravis, Juravis, Bull Demon, Bomb, Juravis, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Grenade, Bone Snatch
Common 2Always present: Bull Demon
May appear: Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Grenade, Steel Hawk, Steel Hawk, Skeleton, Skeleton, Summoner, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch
Common 3Always present: Explosive
May appear: Cocatoris, Cocatoris, Bull Demon, Bull Demon, Bull Demon, Living Bone, Living Bone, Living Bone, Living Bone, Living Bone, Sacred
Common 4Always present: Minitaurus
May appear: Minitaurus, Minitaurus, Minitaurus, Minitaurus, Minitaurus, Wizard, Wizard, Wizard, Wizard, Cocatoris, Cocatoris, Cocatoris, Behemoth, Behemoth, Behemoth
Zeklaus Desert map

Zigolis Swamp

Entering from Goug Machine City
Common 1Always present: Ghoul
May appear: Bomb, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Skeleton, Bone Snatch, Skeleton, Bone Snatch, Red Panther, Bomb
Common 2Always present: Minitaurus
May appear: Bull Demon, Bull Demon, Cuar, Cuar, Cuar, Geomancer, Flotiball, Ahriman, Flotiball, Ahriman, Red Panther, Gust
Common 3Always present: Living Bone
May appear: Living Bone, Living Bone, Living Bone, Morbol, Living Bone, Vampire, Gust, Gust, Revenant, Revenant, Morbol, Cocatoris
Common 4Always present: Morbol
May appear: Cocatoris, Cocatoris, Steel Hawk, Juravis, Ochu, Archer, Morbol, Juravis, Cocatoris, Wizard, Wizard, Oracle
RareAlways present: Knight, Knight, Samurai, Archer, Squire
May appear: Archer, Lancer, Monk
Presence unspecified: Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo
Entering from Lionel Castle
Common 1Always present: Skeleton
May appear: Skeleton, Skeleton, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ghoul, Flotiball, Morbol
Common 2Always present: Bone Snatch
May appear: Bone Snatch, Skeleton, Bone Snatch, Bull Demon, Ghoul, Ghoul, Gust, Gust, Bull Demon, Time Mage, Time Mage, Time Mage
Common 3Always present: Revenant
May appear: Explosive, Explosive, Explosive, Explosive, Explosive, Explosive, Gust, Gust, Gust, Ghoul, Ghoul, Ochu
Common 4Always present: Ochu
May appear: Revenant, Revenant, Revenant, Revenant, Morbol, Explosive, Gust, Gust, Gust, Archer, Archer, Summoner
Zigolis Swamp map

Zirekile Falls

Entering from Araguay Woods
Common 1Always present: Squidlarkin
May appear: Pisco Demon, Pisco Demon, Pisco Demon, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Flotiball, Squidlarkin, Flotiball
Common 2Always present: Chocobo
May appear: Chocobo, Chocobo, Squidlarkin, Oracle, Oracle, Squidlarkin, Cuar, Cuar, Cuar, Flotiball, Flotiball
Common 3Always present: Flotiball
May appear: Ahriman, Flotiball, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Cuar, Squidlarkin, Squidlarkin, Black Chocobo, Black Chocobo, Black Chocobo
Common 4Always present: Flotiball
May appear: Ahriman, Flotiball, Chocobo, Chocobo, Chocobo, Archer, Squidlarkin, Squidlarkin, Black Chocobo, Black Chocobo, Archer
Entering from Bethla Garrison
Common 1Always present: Bone Snatch
May appear: Chocobo, Chocobo, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Morbol, Red Panther, Red Panther, Cuar, Cuar, Cuar
Common 2Always present: Chocobo
May appear: Chocobo, Chocobo, Cuar, Cuar, Red Panther, Black Chocobo, Wizard, Wizard, Flotiball, Ahriman, Ahriman
Common 3Always present: Chocobo
May appear: Black Chocobo, Red Chocobo, Squidlarkin, Squidlarkin, Bull Demon, Minitaurus, Red Panther, Red Panther, Cuar, Cuar, Ahriman
Common 4Always present: Chocobo
May appear: Black Chocobo, Red Chocobo, Bull Demon, Bull Demon, Bull Demon, Minitaurus, Knight, Knight, Geomancer, Geomancer, Geomancer
RareAlways present: Time Mage, Summoner, Oracle
May appear: Wizard, Time Mage, Summoner, Oracle, Wizard, Time Mage, Summoner, Oracle, Time Mage, Time Mage, Oracle, Wizard, Summoner
Entering from Zaland Fort City
Common 1Always present: Bomb
May appear: Chocobo, Chocobo, Skeleton, Skeleton, Flotiball, Grenade, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Black Chocobo
Common 2Always present: Mindflare
May appear: Mindflare, Mindflare, Red Chocobo, Mindflare, Mindflare, Squidlarkin, Cuar, Cuar, Cuar, Time Mage, Time Mage
Common 3Always present: Vampire
May appear: Cuar, Bone Snatch, Living Bone, Living Bone, Living Bone, Pisco Demon, Squidlarkin, Bull Demon, Minitaurus, Bone Snatch, Bone Snatch, Red Panther
Common 4Always present: Vampire
May appear: Cuar, Bone Snatch, Living Bone, Living Bone, Living Bone, Samurai, Red Panther, Red Panther, Bull Demon, Bull Demon, Bone Snatch, Ninja
Zirekile Falls map
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