FF III: (In)Complete list of monsters v2.3 (4 new!)
David Edward McGrath
[Note: I started this list because I was interested in getting all of Gau's
Rages - having a list of monsters my party has fought would make it easier
to know which I had left. NB that many have notes by them. And please, if
you notice any missing, mail me!]
THE WORLD OF ORDER
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While entering Narshe:
Lobo
Guard
Vomammoth
Inside the mines of Narshe:
Were-Rat
Repo Man
Vaporite
Mine boss monster:
Whelk [Attack the head, not the shell]
Three-Party battle boss monster:
Marshal
Grass/Forest outside of Narshe:
Leafer
Dark Wind
Desert outside of Narshe:
Sand Ray
Areneid
Battle while fleeing Figaro Castle:
M-TekArmor
Monsters in Figaro Cave, first time through:
Hornet
Crawly
Bleary
Grass/Forest near South Figaro:
Rhinotaur
GreaseMonk
Rhodox [Rhodox Rage = Snare, useful against Intangir]
Caves of Mt. Kolts:
Brawler
Tusker
Ledges of Mt. Kolts:
Cirpius
Trilium
Mt. Kolts boss monsters:
Vargas
Ipooh
On Lete River:
Nautiloid
Exocite
Pterodon
Lete River boss:
Ultros [And not for the last time, either]
Locke:
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In South Figaro:
HeavyArmor
Officer [Note that these two don't]
Merchant [seem to have rages. ]
Under South Figaro:
Commander
Vector Pup
Figaro Cave, second time through:
Trilobiter
Primordite
Gold Bear
Figaro Cave boss:
TunnelArmr
Terra:
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Inside SW mines:
1st Class
Wild Rat
Dark Side
Sabin:
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Monsters by Aged Man's house:
Beakor
Rhobite
CrassHoppr
Stray Cat
Monsters in Imperial Base:
Soldier
Leader [No apparent Rage]
Templar
Grunt [No apparent Rage]
Cadet [No apparent Rage]
Monsters-in-a-Box in Imperial Base:
Doberman [Kick the chest that doesn't open]
Telstar [Thanks to <dark...@iglou.com> for these two]
Monsters in Phantom Forest:
Ghost
Poplium
Monsters on Ghost Train:
StillGoing
Whisper
Bomb
Hazer
Over-Mind
Specter [Monster-In-A-Box]
Siegfried [Or is it Ziegfried?]
Boss of the Ghost Train:
GhostTrain
Down Baren Falls:
Piranha [No apparent Rage]
Rizopas [No apparent Rage]
The Veldt:
Everything previously and subsequently noted, except when excluded.
As well, *most* bosses aren't on the Veldt either.
Serpent Trench:
Anguiform [Take Mog to learn the Water Dance]
Actaneon [Go right each time you're given the choice]
Aspik
Three-Party battle monsters:
Bounty Man [A dog. Go fig.]
Trooper
Fidor
Rider
Boss of the Three-Party battle:
Kefka [Not the last of him, either]
Grass near Kohlingen:
Red Fang
Vulture [also appears in the forest]
Forest near Kohlingen:
Over Grunk
Mind Candy
Iron Fist
Desert near Kohlingen:
FossilFang [also appears in south continent in sand]
In Zozo, outside:
HadesGigas
Gabbldegak
Harvester [also appears inside]
In Zozo, inside:
SlamDancer
Zozo boss monster:
Dadaluma
In Opera House rafters:
Vermin
Sewer Rat
Opera House boss monster:
Ultros [again!]
Most of southern continent, in the grass:
Ralph
Joker
WeedFeeder
Wyvern
ChickenLip
Most of southern continent, in the sand:
Bug
In Vector, and Magitek Research:
Garm
Commando
ProtoArmor [appears on Veldt, but apparently has no Rage]
Pipsqueak [appears in the back stairs too]
Magitek Research, junk heap:
Flan
Ifrit [you fight these two together ]
Shiva [to gain two magicite crystals]
Magitek Research, back stairs:
General
Trapper
Magitek Research, top of stairs:
Rhinox
Gobbler
Magitek Research sub-boss:
Number 034
Railcar monster:
Mag Roader [First two of four monsters with this name]
Mag Roader [One is big and purple, the other small and red]
Railcar boss:
Number 128 [Has two blades, independently attackable]
Leaving Vector:
Chaser
While flying away in the airship:
Crane [Two of 'em.]
On Triangle Island, NE of the map:
Intangir [gives 10 MP]
Far north, middle of map:
Cephaler
Chimera
Baskervor
Before Sealed Gate, before lava:
Lich
Apparite
Coelecite [This and Ing appear after lava too]
Ing
Before Sealed Gate, after lava:
Zombone
Ninja [With a strange comment about a hidden treasure]
Vector, banquet time:
Mega Armor
Sp Forces [take a break, and talk to the soliders]
Inside burning house in Thamasa:
Balloon
Boss of house:
FlameEater
Esper Cave, inside:
Slurm
Adamanchyt
Esper Cave, outside:
Abolisher
Mandrake
Insecare
Esper Cave boss:
Ultros [Yet again!]
Flying to the Floating Continent:
Sky Armor
Spit Fire
Bosses while flying to the Floating Continent:
Ultros [For the last time, as a monster]
Chupon [He'll sneeze you away, once you hit him enough]
Air Force [Two independently attackable guns]
Speck [put out by Air Force, absorbs magic]
On Floating Continent:
Brainpan
Behemoth
Misfit
Apokryphos
Gigantos [Monster-In-A-Box!]
Wirey Dragon
Dragon
Ninja [As a wandering monster, this time]
Floating Continent boss monster:
AtmaWeapon
Escaping from Continent:
Naughty [No apparent Rage]
Final Boss monster before the World of Ruin:
Nerapa [Remember to wait if you want to keep Shadow!]
THE WORLD OF RUIN
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[Note that the gravel and the grass *seem* to be equivalent.]
On Solitary Island, on gravel and sand:
Peepers
EarthGuard
On Solitary Island, on sand:
Black Drgn
Near Albrook, on gravel and in forest:
Lunaris
Osprey
Chitonid
Mesosaur [In forest as well]
Gigan Toad [The desert is the same as on Solitary Island]
Gilomantis
The house in Tzen:
Scorpion
Pm Stalker [Also a Monster-In-A-Box]
HermitCrab
Gravel on Serpent Trench:
Buffalax
Delta Bug
Bloompire [This and the next only seem to]
Lizard [appear at the extremeties of the Trench]
Boss of Mobliz:
Phunbaba [You'll have to come back in the airship to defeat it]
By Figaro Cave, on grass:
Nohrabbit [shows up in forest]
Maliga [shows up in desert]
By Figaro Cave, in forest:
Latimeria
By Figaro Cave, in desert:
Sand Horse
In Figaro Cave, and basement of Castle:
Dante [Incidentally, the spelling Sigfried shows]
Neckhunter [up in the beginning of the cave]
Cruller
Humpty
In Castle basement:
Drop
Boss of Castle basement:
Tentacles [four of 'em]
By Kohlingen, in grass:
Muus [shows up in forest]
Harpiai
Bogy
By Kohlingen, in forest:
Deep Eye [desert same as by Figaro]
In Daryl's Tomb:
Osteosaur [Gives Gau X-Zone Rage]
Orog
Mad Oscar
Exoray
PowerDemon
Presenter [Monster-In-A-Box]
Boss of Daryl's Tomb:
Dullahan
By Maranda, in grass:
Crawler
Mantodea [appears by Narshe too]
Sprinter
Spek Tor
By Maranda, in forest:
Reach Frog [appears by Narshe too]
By Maranda, in desert:
Hoover
Cactrot [10 MP, but hard to hit]
Mt. Zozo, in the caves:
Borras [these three show up outside, too]
Ursus
Punisher
Mt. Zozo, on the ledges:
Luridan
Scrapper
Cave in Veldt:
Toe Cutter
Rhyos
Allo Ver [Monster-In-A-Box]
Boss of the Cave in the Veldt:
SrBehemoth [Two of 'em]
by 'Jurrasic Park' NW of the Veldt:
TumbleWeed
in 'Jurrasic Park':
Tyranosaur
Brachosaur
Near Thamasa, in grass:
GloomShell
Harpy [this and the next show up in the forest]
Prussian
In Owzer's mansion, top floor:
Nightshade [Monster-In-A-Painting]
Dahling [Monster-In-A-Painting]
In Owzer's mansion, basement:
Vindr
Wild Cat
Crusher
Soul Dancer
Still Life [Monster-In-A-Painting]
Somewhere in the skies:
Doom Gaze [Can't heal itself; defeat to get Bahamut Magicite]
In Phoenix Cave, before lava:
Aquila
Chaos Drgn
Trixter
Necromancr
Phase
Parasoul
Red Dragon [DRAGON!]
In Phoenix Cave, around lava:
Uroburos
Sea Flower
By Narshe:
Geckorex
In Narshe, before mines:
Red Wolf [Shows up in snow]
Nastidon
Test Rider
In Narshe, in north mines:
Mag Roader [Yes, two more, of at least four different Mag Roaders]
Mag Roader [Anyone know where the fourth is?]
In Narshe, in snow:
Wizard
Psychot [Bring Mog here to learn snow dance]
Ice Dragon [DRAGON!]
Boss of the snow:
Tritoch [You'll get the Tritoch Magicite]
Esper Cave:
Pugs [Monster-In-A-Box - Rage unlearnable]
Pug [Rage *can* be learned from these]
Tomb Thumb [Thanks again to <dark...@iglou.com> for these two]
Anemone
Kiwok
Poppers
Ceritops
Esper Cave 'boss':
Umaro [If Mog's in your party, Umaro'll join you]
Triangle Island:
Zone Eater [Let it 'Engulf' you]
In Zone Eater:
Tap Dancer
Covert
Karkass
Wart Puck
Ogor [This is where you get Gogo, incidentally]
Fanatic's Tower:
L.10 Magic [Fire3 is effective on all L.?0 Magics...]
L.20 Magic
L.30 Magic
L.40 Magic
L.50 Magic
L.60 Magic
L.70 Magic [...except for this one.]
L.80 Magic
L.90 Magic [None of the L.?0 Magics are on the Veldt]
Magic Urn [5 MP -- heals you, too]
White Drgn [DRAGON! Note that Pearl weapons heal it]
MagiMaster [Casts Ultima when it dies - cast Life3 beforehand]
In Cyan's Nightmare, stairway section:
Critic
Pan Dora
Barb-e [Shows up on the train]
Allosaurus
Parasite
The stairway section bosses:
Larry [A wise guy, eh?]
Curley [Nyuk nyuk nyuk, woo woo woo!]
Moe [Pick a finger! *boink*]
In Cyan's Nightmare, train section:
Samurai
Suriander
Rain Man
In Cyan's Nightmare, mine section:
Io [When was Cyan ever in the mines?]
PlutoArmor [Incidentally, a fun bug: change the order of]
Sky Cap [your chars, and watch at the end of the dream]
The bosses of the nightmare:
SoulSaver [X-Zone these if you're lazy, or kill your]
WrexSoul [characters off, and cast Life spells.]
Cave to Ancient Castle:
Enuo
Goblin [This and the next show up by the castle]
Figaliz
Master Pug [Monster-In-A-Box]
By and in Ancient Castle:
Lethal Wpn [Barb-e, Samurai, and Suriander show up here too]
KatanaSoul [Monster-In-A-Box]
In Throne Room:
Boxed Set
In hidden basement:
Blue Drgn [DRAGON!]
In Ebot's Rock:
Slatter [Or is it Eboshi Rock? That's what the map says]
Opinicus [Remember to take Strago alone]
Hipocampus
Eland
Cluck
Warlock
Boss of Ebot's Rock:
Hidon [Strago learns Grand Train from it]
Hidonite [Four of 'em]
Outside of Kefka's Tower:
Vectaur
GtBehemoth
Evil Oscar
Land Worm [*not* Zone Eater]
Brontaur
Inside Kefka's Tower, wall background:
Outsider
Hemophyte
Retainer
Dark Force [Has *almost* all of Strago's Lores]
Steroidite
IronHitman
Mover [Has Big Guard Lore - defeat all but one]
Innoc
Veteran
Skull Drgn [DRAGON!]
Gold Drgn [DRAGON!]
Inside Kefka's Tower, railing background:
Dueller
Fortis
Scullion
Prometheus
Innoc
Sky Base
Junk
Sub-bosses of Kefka's Tower:
Atma
Inferno [Two attackable arms, Striker and Rough]
Guardian [Finally attackable!]
Statues in Kefka's Tower:
Doom
Goddess
Poltrgeist
The 'What? he's that easy?' boss:
Kefka ['though you have to battle your way]
[up a three-screen tower of monsters first]
[Again, please send any addenda. I know I'm missing monsters like 'Rinn',
which is in the Rage list.]
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David McGrath, Amateur Writer | I know Elf an' Kibo an' everybody!
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