Final Fantasy VI Encyclopedia
When fighting on the veldt, the monsters you run into are not completely random. Instead you run into 1 battle from a group, and then the next time, you run into a battle from the next group (the groups are listed below).

When you first start a new game, the first group you'll run into a battle from is group 1. To determine which battle in the group you run into, the game picks a random number from 0 to 7, and that determines which battle you'll encounter.

However, you can only run into battles that you've run into before (you don't need to have won the battle; if you escape, you can encounter it on the Veldt as well). If the game determines that you should run into a battle that you haven't encountered, then you encounter the next battle in the group instead. It keeps doing this until it finds a battle that you've encountered. If you're on battle 7 of a group and haven't encountered that battle, it starts over at battle 0 from the group and keeps checking.

Some battles can't ever be encountered on the Veldt (these are mostly boss battles). These are marked as "Empty" in the list. If a battle is empty, it's treated exactly the same as if you have never encountered it.

After you fight a battle, the next time you fight on the veldt you'll fight a battle from the next group, or if you're on group 64, then the next fight will be from group 1. If a group is entirely empty and/or you haven't encountered any battles from the group, it skips that group and moves on to the next group. It keeps doing this until it runs into a group which has 1 or more battles that you have encountered.

When you reload a game, it adds 13 to the group number that you'll fight next. A special note about the 2 SrBehemoth battles (in groups 54 and 57): After you beat the living SrBehemoth in the Veldt Cave (Don't Vanish + X-Zone him!), the game turns on a flag that causes the undead SrBehemoth formation to be loaded whenever a subsequent battle (i.e. a Veldt one) tries to load the living SrBehemoth formation. When you beat the undead one in the Veldt Cave, the game marks the LIVING formation as encounterable for the Veldt (this works because one variable still holds the first formation number, but all the enemies in the current formation have a value <= 255).

So you can now encounter the SrBehemoth (undead) battle in group 57 on the Veldt, in place of SrBehemoth (living). Once you've fought that, you'll also be able to encounter the SrBehemoth (undead) battle in group 54.


Group 1:
0 Lobo
1 Lobo, Lobo
2 Guard, Guard
3 Bleary, Bleary, Crawly
4 Lobo, Lobo, Marshal
5 Hornet, Bleary, Bleary, Bleary, Hornet
6 Leafer
7 Leafer, Leafer, Dark Wind

Group 2:
0 Leafer, Leafer, Dark Wind, Dark Wind
1 Sand Ray, Areneid, Areneid, Areneid
2 Sand Ray, Sand Ray
3 Areneid, Areneid, Areneid
4 Sand Ray, Areneid, Areneid
5 Hornet, Hornet
6 Were-Rat, Were-Rat, Were-Rat
7 Hornet, Crawly, Crawly

Group 3:
0 Tusker, Tusker
1 Vomammoth, Lobo
2 Crawly, Crawly, Crawly
3 Rhinotaur
4 Rhinotaur, Rhodox, Rhodox
5 Rhodox, Rhodox, GreaseMonk
6 Rhinotaur, GreaseMonk, Rhodox, Rhodox
7 GreaseMonk, GreaseMonk

Group 4:
0 Rhodox, Rhodox, Rhodox, Rhodox
1 Soldier, Soldier, M-TekArmor
2 Repo Man, Vaporite
3 M-TekArmor
4 Trilium, Tusker, Cirpius, Cirpius
5 Cirpius, Cirpius, Cirpius
6 Trilium, Trilium
7 Tusker, Cirpius, Cirpius, Cirpius

Group 5:
0 Brawler, Brawler
1 Brawler, Trilium, Vaporite, Vaporite
2 M-TekArmor, M-TekArmor
3 Pterodon, Pterodon
4 Zombone, Zombone
5 Nautiloid, Exocite, Pterodon
6 Nautiloid, Exocite
7 Pterodon, Exocite, Exocite

Group 6:
0 Empty
1 Lobo, Guard, Guard
2 Empty
3 Empty
4 Were-Rat, Repo Man
5 Were-Rat, Were-Rat
6 Doberman, Doberman
7 Actaneon, Actaneon, Actaneon

Group 7:
0 Empty
1 Stray Cat, Stray Cat, Stray Cat
2 CrassHoppr, CrassHoppr, Stray Cat, Stray Cat
3 CrassHoppr, CrassHoppr, CrassHoppr
4 Rhobite, Rhobite, Rhobite, Rhobite, Rhobite
5 Beakor
6 Beakor, Beakor, Stray Cat
7 Beakor, Rhobite, Rhobite

Group 8:
0 Rhobite, Rhobite, Rhobite
1 Beakor, Stray Cat, CrassHoppr, CrassHoppr
2 Templar, Templar
3 Empty
4 Empty
5 Telstar, Soldier, Soldier, Soldier, Soldier
6 Doberman, Doberman, Doberman
7 Empty

Group 9:
0 HeavyArmor
1 Ghost
2 Ghost, Ghost, Ghost
3 Actaneon, Actaneon, Actaneon, Aspik, Aspik
4 Ghost, Poplium, Poplium
5 Ghost, Ghost, Poplium, Poplium, Poplium
6 Whisper, Whisper, Hazer
7 Vaporite, Vaporite

Group 10:
0 Bomb, Bomb, Hazer, Hazer
1 Apparite, Apparite, Lich, Lich
2 Whisper, Whisper, Whisper, Whisper
3 Over-Mind, Over-Mind
4 Bomb, Bomb, Bomb
5 Bomb
6 Over-Mind, StillGoing, StillGoing
7 Empty

Group 11:
0 Whisper, StillGoing, Hazer, Hazer
1 Whisper, Hazer, Hazer, Hazer
2 Anguiform
3 Anguiform, Anguiform
4 Vomammoth, Vomammoth, Guard, Guard
5 StillGoing, StillGoing, StillGoing
6 Anguiform, Actaneon, Aspik
7 Rider

Group 12:
0 HeavyArmor, Trooper, Trooper
1 Fidor, Trooper
2 Whisper
3 Trooper, Trooper, Trooper, Trooper
4 Bounty Man, Trooper, Trooper
5 FossilFang
6 Red Fang, Red Fang
7 Over Grunk, Vulture, Iron Fist

Group 13:
0 Iron Fist, Iron Fist, Mind Candy, Mind Candy
1 Red Fang, Vulture, Red Fang
2 Over Grunk, Over Grunk, Mind Candy, Mind Candy, Mind Candy
3 Vulture, Vulture
4 Vulture, Iron Fist
5 Mind Candy, Mind Candy, Mind Candy, Mind Candy
6 HadesGigas
7 Crawler

Group 14:
0 Gabbldegak, Gabbldegak, Gabbldegak, Gabbldegak
1 SlamDancer
2 SlamDancer, Gabbldegak, Gabbldegak, Gabbldegak
3 Harvester
4 SlamDancer, Harvester, Harvester
5 Harvester, Gabbldegak, Gabbldegak
6 HadesGigas, Harvester
7 Mag Roader (purple)

Group 15:
0 Vermin, Sewer Rat, Sewer Rat
1 Sewer Rat, Vermin, Sewer Rat, Sewer Rat, Vermin
2 Crawler, Crawler, Crawler, Crawler
3 Garm, Garm, Commando, Commando
4 Garm, Garm, Commando
5 Mag Roader (purple), Mag Roader (red)
6 Trapper, Trapper, Trapper
7 General, General

Group 16:
0 General, Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak
1 Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak
2 Chaser, Trapper, Trapper, Trapper
3 Chaser, Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak
4 Gobbler
5 Commander, Commander, Commander
6 Empty (Allo Ver would go here)
7 Empty

Group 17:
0 Nastidon, Nastidon
1 Empty
2 Empty
3 Empty
4 Empty
5 Empty
6 Nohrabbit, Nohrabbit, Nohrabbit
7 Bomb

Group 18:
0 Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb
1 Io
2 Maliga, Maliga, Maliga
3 FossilFang, FossilFang
4 FossilFang, Bug, Bug, Bug
5 Bug, Bug, Bug
6 Bug, Bug, Bug, Bug, Bug, Bug
7 Ralph, Ralph

Group 19:
0 Ralph, Wyvern, Wyvern
1 Ralph, Wyvern, ChickenLip, ChickenLip
2 WeedFeeder, WeedFeeder, WeedFeeder
3 Ralph, Joker
4 Joker, Joker, Joker
5 ChickenLip, ChickenLip, ChickenLip, ChickenLip, ChickenLip
6 Zombone
7 Zombone, Ing, Ing

Group 20:
0 Ing, Ing, Ing
1 Apparite, Apparite
2 Coelecite, Coelecite, Coelecite
3 Lich, Apparite, Coelecite
4 Lich, Lich, Lich
5 Sp Forces, Sp Forces, Sp Forces
6 Balloon, Balloon, Balloon
7 Balloon, Balloon, Balloon, Balloon, Balloon, Balloon

Group 21:
0 Baskervor
1 Chimera
2 Cephaler, Baskervor
3 Cephaler, Cephaler, Cephaler
4 Adamanchyt, Slurm, Slurm
5 Adamanchyt, Adamanchyt
6 Slurm, Slurm, Slurm, Slurm, Slurm
7 Mandrake, Mandrake, Mandrake

Group 22:
0 Mandrake, Insecare, Insecare
1 Abolisher, Abolisher
2 Gigantos
3 Empty
4 Empty
5 Empty
6 Empty
7 Sky Armor, Sky Armor, Spit Fire

Group 23:
0 Sky Armor, Spit Fire
1 Behemoth
2 Apokryphos, Misfit, Misfit
3 Apokryphos
4 Ninja, Ninja
5 Wirey Drgn, Wirey Drgn, Wirey Drgn
6 Apokryphos, Apokryphos, Apokryphos
7 Brainpan, Misfit, Apokryphos, Brainpan

Group 24:
0 Brainpan, Brainpan, Brainpan
1 Dragon
2 Behemoth, Misfit, Misfit
3 Behemoth, Behemoth
4 Ninja, Ninja, Wirey Drgn
5 Grenade
6 Chimera, Cephaler, Cephaler
7 Baskervor, Baskervor

Group 25:
0 Peepers, Peepers
1 Peepers, Peepers, Peepers
2 EarthGuard, Peepers, Peepers
3 Black Drgn
4 Didalos, Veteran
5 Mesosaur, Mesosaur
6 Mesosaur, Mesosaur, Mesosaur, Mesosaur
7 Gilomantis, Mesosaur

Group 26:
0 Gilomantis, Gilomantis, Mesosaur
1 Chitonid, Gigan Toad, Gigan Toad
2 Lunaris, Osprey
3 Lunaris, Lunaris
4 Osprey, Chitonid, Gigan Toad
5 Madam, Veteran, Veteran
6 Veteran, Veteran, Veteran
7 HermitCrab, HermitCrab, Pm Stalker

Group 27:
0 Empty
1 Scorpion, Scorpion, Scorpion
2 Intangir
3 Pm Stalker, Pm Stalker, Pm Stalker, Pm Stalker
4 Vectagoyle, Vectagoyle
5 Buffalax
6 Buffalax, Delta Bug, Delta Bug
7 Bloompire, Bloompire, Lizard

Group 28:
0 Bloompire, Bloompire
1 Delta Bug, Delta Bug, Delta Bug, Delta Bug
2 Bloompire, Bloompire, Delta Bug
3 Buffalax, Lizard
4 Maliga, Maliga, Nohrabbit, Nohrabbit
5 Cactrot
6 Sand Horse, Sand Horse
7 Sand Horse, Maliga, Maliga

Group 29:
0 Latimeria
1 Latimeria, Nohrabbit, Nohrabbit, Nohrabbit
2 Doom Drgn, Doom Drgn
3 Land Worm
4 Humpty, Humpty, Humpty
5 Cruller, Humpty, Humpty
6 Humpty, Humpty, Humpty, Humpty
7 NeckHunter, NeckHunter

Group 30:
0 NeckHunter, Cruller, Humpty, Humpty
1 Dante
2 Drop, Drop, Drop
3 Pugs, Pugs, Pugs
4 Harpiai
5 Hoover
6 Harpiai, Deep Eye, Deep Eye
7 Bogy, Bogy

Group 31:
0 Deep Eye, Deep Eye, Deep Eye, Deep Eye, Deep Eye, Deep Eye
1 Deep Eye, Muus, Muus, Deep Eye
2 Muus, Muus, Muus
3 Muus
4 Orog, Orog
5 Orog, PowerDemon, PowerDemon
6 Osteosaur
7 PowerDemon

Group 32:
0 PowerDemon, Exoray, Exoray
1 Exoray, Exoray, Exoray
2 Mad Oscar, Exoray
3 Mad Oscar
4 Empty
5 Pug
6 Poppers, Poppers, Poppers, Poppers
7 Kiwok, Ceritops

Group 33:
0 Kiwok, Poppers, Poppers, Poppers
1 Ceritops, Ceritops, Ceritops
2 Anemone, Anemone, Tomb Thumb
3 Anemone, Anemone, Anemone, Anemone
4 Ceritops, Tomb Thumb, Tomb Thumb
5 Luridan, Luridan, Luridan
6 Punisher, Scrapper, Punisher
7 Borras

Group 34:
0 Borras, Ursus, Scrapper
1 Ursus
2 Luridan, Luridan, Luridan, Luridan, Luridan, Luridan
3 Ursus, Punisher
4 Toe Cutter
5 Toe Cutter, Toe Cutter
6 Rhyos
7 Vectaur, Vectaur, Vectaur, Vectaur

Group 35:
0 Brontaur, Evil Oscar
1 Red Wolf, Red Wolf, Red Wolf
2 Test Rider
3 Nastidon, Red Wolf, Red Wolf
4 Wizard, Wizard, Wizard
5 Wizard, Wizard, Psychot, Psychot, Psychot
6 Red Wolf, Red Wolf, Psychot, Psychot
7 Psychot, Psychot, Psychot, Psychot, Psychot, Psychot

Group 36:
0 Mag Roader (yellow), Mag Roader (yellow), Mag Roader (brown)
1 Mag Roader (yellow), Mag Roader (brown), Mag Roader (brown)
2 Brontaur, Brontaur
3 Empty
4 SoulDancer, SoulDancer, Crusher, Crusher
5 Vindr, Vindr, Wild Cat, Crusher, Crusher
6 Vindr, Vindr
7 SoulDancer, Wild Cat, Wild Cat, Wild Cat, Wild Cat

Group 37:
0 Dahling, Dahling
1 Nightshade, Nightshade, Nightshade
2 Still Life
3 Opinicus, Opinicus
4 Displayer
5 Opinicus, Hipocampus, Eland
6 Hipocampus, Hipocampus, Hipocampus
7 Hipocampus, Cluck, Cluck, Cluck

Group 38:
0 Slatter, Warlock, Eland
1 Slatter, Slatter
2 Warlock, Cluck, Cluck, Eland, Eland
3 GtBehemoth, Vectaur, Vectaur
4 Doom Drgn
5 Goblin, Goblin
6 Goblin, Figaliz, Figaliz
7 Boxed Set, Boxed Set, Figaliz, Figaliz

Group 39:
0 Boxed Set
1 Lethal Wpn
2 Enuo, Enuo
3 Enuo, Goblin, Figaliz
4 Boxed Set, Boxed Set, Boxed Set, Boxed Set
5 Rain Man, Rain Man
6 Samurai, Rain Man, Rain Man
7 PlutoArmor, PlutoArmor

Group 40:
0 Barb-e, Critic
1 PlutoArmor, Sky Cap
2 Allosaurus, Parasite, Parasite, Parasite
3 Critic, Pan Dora, Pan Dora, Pan Dora
4 Allosaurus
5 Barb-e, Samurai, Suriander
6 Suriander, Pan Dora, Parasite, Parasite
7 Crawler, Crawler, Crawler

Group 41:
0 Tyranosaur, Tyranosaur
1 Tyranosaur
2 Brachosaur
3 Mantodea, Sprinter, Spek Tor, Spek Tor
4 Reach Frog, Reach Frog, Reach Frog, Reach Frog
5 Mantodea, Mantodea
6 Geckorex, Geckorex, Reach Frog
7 TumbleWeed, TumbleWeed, TumbleWeed, TumbleWeed

Group 42:
0 Sprinter, Sprinter, Spek Tor, Spek Tor
1 GtBehemoth, Evil Oscar, Vectaur
2 Evil Oscar, Evil Oscar, Evil Oscar
3 Harpy
4 Harpy, Prussian
5 Prussian, GloomShell
6 GloomShell, GloomShell, GloomShell
7 Empty

Group 43:
0 Phase, Phase
1 Trixter, Trixter, Trixter
2 Phase, Parasoul, Necromancr, Necromancr
3 Trixter, Trixter, Necromancr
4 Sea Flower, Sea Flower, Sea Flower, Sea Flower, Sea Flower
5 Uroburos, Sea Flower, Sea Flower
6 Chaos Drgn, Uroburos, Sea Flower, Sea Flower
7 Aquila, Chaos Drgn, Chaos Drgn

Group 44:
0 Empty
1 Empty
2 Ogor, Ogor
3 Covert, Ogor
4 Wart Puck, Wart Puck
5 Karkass, Karkass
6 Tap Dancer, Covert, Covert
7 Tap Dancer, Woolly

Group 45:
0 Woolly, Woolly, Karkass, Karkass
1 Wart Puck, Ogor
2 Empty
3 Magic Urn, Magic Urn
4 Flan, Flan, Flan, Flan, Flan, Flan
5 Flan, Flan, Flan, Flan
6 Empty
7 Empty

Group 46:
0 Rhinox, Rhinox
1 Gobbler, Rhinox, Gobbler
2 Empty
3 Empty
4 Empty
5 Empty
6 Empty
7 Empty

Group 47:
0 Empty
1 Empty
2 Empty
3 Empty
4 Empty
5 Vector Pup, Vector Pup, Commander
6 Vector Pup, Vector Pup
7 Trilobiter, Primordite, Primordite

Group 48:
0 Gold Bear, Primordite
1 Trilobiter, Trilobiter, Trilobiter
2 Primordite, Primordite
3 Dark Side, Dark Side
4 Dark Side, Spectre, Rinn, Rinn, Rinn
5 1st Class, Wild Rat
6 1st Class, 1st Class, 1st Class
7 Wild Rat, 1st Class, 1st Class, Wild Rat, Wild Rat

Group 49:
Empty

Group 50:
0 Empty
1 Empty
2 Empty
3 Innoc, Fortis
4 Fortis, Fortis
5 Empty
6 Dueller, Dueller, Sky Base
7 Scullion

Group 51:
0 Innoc, Innoc, Innoc
1 Junk, Junk, Junk
2 Empty
3 Empty
4 ProtoArmor, Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak
5 Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak, Pipsqueak
6 Mag Roader, Mag Roader (both purple)
7 Mag Roader, Mag Roader, Mag Roader, Mag Roader (all red)

Group 52:
0 Empty
1 Empty
2 Templar, Templar, Soldier, Soldier
3 Balloon, Balloon, Balloon, Balloon
4 Soldier, Soldier
5 Sky Base, IronHitman, IronHitman, IronHitman, IronHitman
6 IronHitman, IronHitman, IronHitman
7 Dueller, Fortis

Group 53:
0 Commando, Commando, Commando, Commando
1 Empty
2 Commando
3 Empty
4 Empty
5 Empty
6 Empty
7 Empty

Group 54:
0 SrBehemoth (undead)
1 Dark Force, Dark Force
2 Retainer, Retainer, Dark Force
3 Hemophyte, Retainer
4 Outsider, Outsider, Madam
5 Mover, Mover, Mover
6 Steroidite
7 Didalos, Didalos

Group 55:
Empty

Group 56:
Empty

Group 57:
0 Empty
1 Empty
2 Empty
3 Empty
4 SrBehemoth (undead. the living formation is swapped out at battle start.)
5 Empty
6 Empty
7 Empty

Group 58:
Empty

Group 59:
Empty

Group 60:
Empty

Group 61:
0 Empty
1 White Drgn
2 Empty
3 Empty
4 Empty
5 Empty
6 Empty
7 Empty

Group 62:
Empty

Group 63:
Empty

Group 64:
Empty