Fiend Arena

The Fiend Arena is a battle arena accessed through the Creature Creator, which in turn is accessed through the Celsius, available in Final Fantasy X-2: International + Last Mission and the HD Remaster versions of Final Fantasy X-2.
== Features ==
The Fiend Arena can be accessed at any point during the game by talking to Shinra on the Celsius. In its menu, the player can capture fiends, watch their Fiend Tale progress, manage them and finally, fight in the arena.
The arena features two modes: Tournament Cups and Battle Simulator. The former allows the Gullwings to participate in cups against different monster formations. The latter gives them a list to choose any formation they have encountered in the cups to fight at will. Losing a battle, be it in the cups or the Battle Simulator, will not result in a Game Over; the player is simply returned to the Fiend Arena menu. The only exception to this is the Fiend portal when faced for the first time.
Completing the storyline of captured creatures can award the player with accessories or unlock new enemy formations in the tournaments. The girls do not perform their victory poses in the Fiend Arena except in the Battle Simulator.
All Gun Mage Blue Bullet abilities can be learned in the Fiend Arena with the exception of Annihilator.
== Tournament Cups ==
Tournaments are carried out in three- or four-round elimination. Depending on the cup, either 8 or 16 teams will be facing off against each other. After every match, no matter if the player wins or loses, they obtain a pod. If they already have 8 pods, they receive curative items instead.
=== Standard Cup ===
Standard Cup is available from the very beginning. The monsters in this cup are not too tough, but they may overwhelm players that come here too early. The player will often end up facing off against the Amorphous Gel, accompanied by a Barbuta, a formation that can be somewhat difficult to defeat at low levels.
Winning Standard Cup for the first time awards the player with the Psychic dressphere. Beating it three times awards the Intrepid Garment Grid and unlocks Standard Cup: Hard. Other rewards include X-Potion x4, Ether x8, Titanium Bangle or Silver Bracer.
=== Standard Cup: Hard ===
Standard Cup: Hard is unlocked by beating Standard Cup three times. The monsters the Gullwings will face here are very different from the ones they faced in the first cup. A dangerous enemy that is frequently encountered is the Rukh, which is capable of petrifying characters with its basic attack and has an immunity to magic. Also, the Dark Elemental often defeats its opponents.
Winning Standard Cup: Hard once unlocks the Grand Cup. Rewards for beating this cup include several accessories that increase attributes by 20 or increase HP or MP by 60% like the Power Wrist, Tarot Card, Defense Veil, Mythril Gloves, Mythril Bangle, Gold Bracer and Talisman.
=== Grand Cup ===
Grand Cup is unlocked after beating Standard Cup: Hard a single time. The roster of enemies fought in this cup is largely identical to that of the Standard Cup: Hard. However, as the name states, this is a "large" cup, meaning the winner is decided through a four-round elimination system rather than three.
The first time the player wins this cup, they are awarded the Festivalist dressphere. After beating the cup three times, Grand Cup: Hard is unlocked. For placing first in this cup, the player is rewarded with small amounts of high-quality curative items such as Elixir, Remedy, Mega-Potion, or Mega Phoenix.
=== Grand Cup: Hard ===
Grand Cup: Hard is unlocked by beating Grand Cup three times. At first, the monsters fought in this tournament are similar to the Large Cup's, but several strong formations are added to its roster as the player completes the storyline of specific creatures or by simply beating the cup a couple of times.
Beating the cup awards the player with the Abominable Garment Grid. During the first attempt, the final opponent will be a Chocobo. Winning the tournament unlocks the Chocobo Cup.
After beating this cup three times, multiple dangerous formations are added to block early access to the Youth League Tournament and, subsequently, the Mascot dressphere and the Farplane Cup. The player is guaranteed to encounter one or both of the following two "stonewall" participants every time following their third victory: Tonberry the Ripper (Mega Tonberry) and/or Shady Duo (Black Elemental + Mushroom Cloud). These enemies are very strong (especially Mega Tonberry who can easily instantly kill a character with a single attack) and can wipe out most parties. At this point, the player is generally forced to wait until Chapter 5 when stronger fiends become available for capture after making progress in Via Infinito, or until the Mascot dressphere is obtained, although it is still possible to beat them in Chapter 1 with heavy grinding, strong luck, or both. It is also possible, but rare, that both Shady Duo and Tonberry the Ripper appear in the bottom half of the tournament brackets on the fourth attempt, where they will be beaten by Areg & Arroja. Having a Tonberry with the Adamantite accessory equipped is recommended, which can be obtained by doing the Machina Panzer sidequest below.
When completing the cup for the fourth time, the last team the player faces will be two Cactuars and beating them unlocks the Cactuar Cup. Finally, beating the cup six times unlocks the Youth League Tournament.
Subsequent wins can award Tetra Gloves, Tetra Guards, Black Rings, and Megalixirs.
=== Chocobo Cup ===
Chocobo Cup is unlocked after beating Grand Cup: Hard once. The player can only participate in this cup if they have a Chocobo in their active battling party. Chocobos can be captured by setting up S-pods either in Luca, on the Mi'ihen Highroad or the Calm Lands.
In this cup, players have to face off against enemy teams that always include a Chocobo. They are paired up with strong enemies like the Anything Eater. Winning it awards the player useful accessories like Regal Crown, Champion Belt, Rabite's Foot, or Minerva's Plate.
=== Cactuar Cup ===
Cactuar Cup is unlocked by beating Grand Cup: Hard three times. The player must have a Cactuar in their party to enter. Cactuars can only be captured in Chapter 5 after unlocking the Cactuar Hollow by setting up an S-pod in Bikanel.
Just like in the Chocobo Cup, enemy teams always include a Cactuar. Most monsters they are paired up with are giant fiends from the Cactuar Dungeon. At times, they will also fight the Jumbo Cactuar and unlike in the dungeon or the Via Infinito, he will actually attack the party here. Winning this cup awards the player accessories that greatly increase attributes like Power Gloves, Crystal Gloves, Oath Veil or Pixie Dust.
=== Youth League Tournament ===
Youth League Tournament is unlocked by beating Grand Cup: Hard six times. In this cup, the player will fight various NPCs, including Lucil, Elma, Yaibal, Nooj, Gippal, Baralai, Lulu, Kimahri, Garik, accompanied by two Ronso Youths and the duo of Brother and Buddy. Most enemies can appear either solo or in a team with some other enemies; for example Nooj, Gippal and Baralai will occasionally appear as a team (Ex-Crimson Squad). If the player completes the storyline of all six of Leblanc's Goons, the Weak Squad (consisting of Goon Red, Goon Black, and Goon Purple) can also be fought here after the player has scored enough victories.
As a reward for beating it for the first time, the player is awarded a copy of the Mascot dressphere. For subsequent victories, awards include accessories like Defense Bracer, Speed Bracer, Tetra Bracelet or Shmooth Shailing.
=== Aeon Cup ===
Aeon Cup is unlocked by capturing and transforming eight specific creatures into aeons.
In this cup, the player will exclusively battle aeons. Shiva, Anima, Yojimbo and the Magus Sisters are identical to their storyline counterparts, including AP earned upon defeating them. The others, on the other hand, are much stronger here than they were during the mandatory fights. The most dangerous foe is Bahamut, who has over 100,000 HP and very dangerous attacks, including Shin-Zantetsu.
Beating this cup awards the player with one of several stat-raising accessories. If the player manages to win three times, they obtain the Peerless Garment Grid, one of the best Garment Grids in the game. For subsequent victories, they can obtain Kaiser Knuckles, Crystal Ball, Crystal Bangle, or Rune Bracer.
=== Fiend portal / Fiend World Cup ===
The Fiend portal can only be unlocked through a sidequest involving the capturing and releasing of several specific creatures. After it is completed once, the name changes to Fiend World Cup.
In the Fiend World Cup, the Gullwings face demonic enemies, including Doomstones, Spellspinners, and Imps. Aranea, Humbaba, and the deadly Mega Tonberry also frequently appear. Another enemy to watch out for is Aeshma, a Spellspinner who is immune to physical attacks, which can spell certain defeat for parties that rely solely on physical attacks. Shadow Envoy, Abyssal Judge, and Moonflow Guardian are all teams the player should watch out for as they have at least one Aeshma present. Unlike other cups, as the Fiend World Cup operates on a deathmatch format, the player's HP and MP are not restored between rounds and upon starting the tournament, so they must start and continue fighting with whatever they have left. It is a four-round elimination tournament instead of the usual three.
When the player participates in the Fiend World Cup for the very first time, it is named the Fiend portal, and the final opponent is Omega Weapon. Losing to any team results in a Game Over with a unique scene where the Celsius explodes. After winning, the player is given a choice to recruit either Ultima Weapon or Omega Weapon. Since Ultima Weapon was recruited to unlock the Fiend Portal in the first place, choosing Omega Weapon is recommended.
If the player indeed chooses Omega Weapon, completing his Fiend Tale causes the creation of Almighty Shinra, who then hijacks the Fiend World Cup and turns it into Almighty Shinra's Cup. It is identical to the Fiend World Cup except that Almighty Shinra is always the final opponent and beating him gives the player an opportunity to recruit him.
After beating Omega Weapon and Almighty Shinra, they occasionally appear in the Fiend World Cup. They usually beat any computer-controlled team they face, so the player will most likely have to fight them. If the player has unlocked this cup and then starts a New Game Plus, Omega Weapon and Almighty Shinra will not appear again until the player watches the former's fiend tale ending again and beats Almighty Shinra again.
Winning the Fiend World Cup awards the player with outstanding accessories. Possible rewards include the AP Egg, Soul of Thamasa, Adamantite, and Gold Hairpin.
=== Farplane Cup ===
Farplane Cup is the final and most difficult tournament of the Fiend Arena. It is unlocked by beating every other cup, other than the Almighty Shinra Cup, at least once.
In Farplane Cup, the Gullwings face the game's most powerful enemies and superbosses, including the Black Elemental and Mushroom Cloud duo, Concherer, Elder Drake, Insect Matriarch, Azi Dahaka, Paragon, Trema, and Major Numerus. Trema usually defeats any team he faces and therefore has to be fought almost every time, although he may lose to enemies like Paragon and Concherer. At times, the player may also encounter characters from Final Fantasy X: Tidus, Auron, and Seymour. If these characters are beaten during the cup and the Gullwings win the cup afterwards, they are given the choice to recruit them. If they choose to recruit them and then release them later, Seymour and Auron can be re-recruited. Releasing Tidus, however, should only be done from the Creature History menu — releasing him by replacing him with another fiend triggers a glitch that prevents the player from re-recruiting him.
The most dangerous foe in this tournament is Major Numerus, the strongest superboss of the game and unique to the Farplane Cup. He only shows up after the player has already beaten the cup multiple times and if he appears, the player has a high chance of fighting him—although it is possible that he loses to enemies like Trema or Paragon. Although rare, it is also possible that either the Concherer or, even more rarely, the Elder Drake beats him.
Winning the Farplane Cup awards the player with one of the rarest and most valuable accessories in the game. The possible rewards are: Ragnarok, Force of Nature, Key to Success, and Iron Duke. Participating in the Farplane Cup and defeating Major Numerus through the battle simulator are the only ways to obtain multiple Iron Dukes in one playthrough.
== Battle Simulator ==
The Battle Simulator allows one to fight the fiends they have encountered through the various tournaments. Note that dying in these battles does not result in a Game Over, and various strong enemies can be repeatedly fought (such as Concherer, Paragon, Trema, etc.) for their drops (e.g. Dark Matter).
Some teams can only be encountered by observing a fiend's Fiend Tale. See the Creature Creator article to see where to capture the corresponding fiends.
Most of the fiends encountered in the Fiend Arena, when Oversouled, count towards Shinra's Bestiary, allowing the Battle Simulator to be a helpful tool to cause a fiend to Oversoul (see the Oversouled article for specifics). However, if a fiend has different abilities than the version encountered in the main story, then it will not count towards Shinra's Bestiary but can be repeatedly fought to bring about an Oversouled version which can then be fought in the main story.
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Team Name 	Appears In	Enemies 	EXP	Gil	Notes
Impressions 	N/A 	Coyote, Flan Azul 	8 	30 	
Crazy Divers 	N/A 	Sahagin x2 	6 	14 	
Kilika Wanderers 	N/A 	Red Elemental x2, Death Dauber 	74 	12 	
Team Bow Wow 	N/A 	Quadricorn, Wild Wolf 	14 	25 	
Thunderstorms 	N/A 	Bicocette, Lesser Drake 	112	56 	
Private Eyes 	N/A 	Ahriman, Fly Eye 	26 	40 	
Djose Outlaws 	N/A 	Coyote, Red Elemental x3 	87 	85 	
The Highway Star 	N/A 	Gecko, Nashorn, White Elemental	83 	66 	
Evil Flowers 	N/A 	Purpurea x2 	28 	36 	
Rogue Chimera 	N/A 	Protochimera 	80 	120	
Nightmare Begins 	N/A 	Bully Cap x2, Wild Wolf x2 	72 	52 	Blue Bullet: White Wind
Voltage Brothers 	N/A 	Lesser Drake, Bolt Drake 	182	152	
Invincibles 	N/A 	Hrimthurs x2 	148	88 	
Calm Land Blasters	N/A 	Coeurl x2, Wild Wolf 	58 	72 	Blue Bullets: Blaster, White Wind
Fat Bomb 	N/A 	Stalwart 	122	100	
Icicle Sisters 	N/A 	Haizhe x2 	96 	44 	Blue Bullets: Absorb, Mighty Guard
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Team Name 	Appears In 	Enemies 	EXP 	Gil	Notes
Shell Squad 	Standard Cup 	Bicocette x3 	132 	54 	
Elementrio 	Standard Cup 	White Elemental, Gold Elemental, Red Elemental	96 	91 	
Squishy Brothers	Standard Cup 	Flan Palido x3 	72 	90 	
Machinegunners 	Standard Cup 	Leucophylla, Viper Sniper 	220 	106	Blue Bullet: Seed Cannon
Forest Watch 	Standard Cup 	Amorphous Gel, Barbuta 	522 	413	
No Fear 	Standard Cup 	YAC-13, Machina Hunter 	143 	55 	
Heavy Metal 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup	Gemini 	275 	153	
Ugly Jam 	Standard Cup 	Flan Amarillo x2, Haizhe 	212 	106	Blue Bullets: Absorb, Mighty Guard
Flying Circus 	Standard Cup 	Peregrine x2, Vespa 	325 	166	
No Tears 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup	Scout Machina, Guard Machina 	365 	88 	
Flan Flan Flan 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup	Flan Amarillo, Flan Blanco x2 	278 	186	
Moonfang 	Standard Cup 	Canis Major x2, Lupus 	504 	124	
Terrible Sky 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup	Rukh 	1220	530	The screen information incorrectly shows a Zu enemy instead
Hitmen 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup	Queen Coeurl, Assassin Bee 	246 	378	Blue Bullets: Blaster, White Wind
No Apologies 	Grand Cup 	YAC-62 x2 	510 	188	
Funky Divas 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup	Gucumatz, Mycotoxin 	622 	256	Blue Bullets: Heaven's Cataract, White Wind
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Team Name 	Appears In 	Enemies 	EXP 	Gil 	Notes
Empty Heart 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup 	Iron Giant 	380 	280 	Unlocked by completing Iron Giant's Fiend Tale
Silver Brothers 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup 	White Fang x2 	310 	140 	Unlocked by completing White Fang's Fiend Tale
Lizard Squad 	Grand Cup 	Greater Drake, Archaeothyris x2	696 	360 	
Black Chandelier 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup 	Dark Elemental 	670 	410 	
Boom Squad 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup 	Detonator, Grim Gaze 	376 	228 	
Roughneck 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Zalamander 	1200	930 	
No Limit 	Standard Cup: Hard 	Machina Striker 	1400	400 	
Fisticuff Twins 	Grand Cup 	Gigas, Bascinet 	1094	290 	Gigas is incorrectly named "Ogre" in the menu screen
Bad Boys 	Grand Cup 	Rhyos, Aculeate 	827 	382 	
Queen Bee 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Wasp Queen 	230 	98 	
Underwater Gang 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup: Hard 	Sahagin Prince x2 	370 	210 	
Total Eclipse 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Flan Azabache 	380 	98 	Blue Bullet: Absorb
No Mercy 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup: Hard 	Machina Panzer 	1050	10000	Good for grinding gil
Redstar & Darkstar	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup: Hard 	Flan Rojo, Tindalos 	1220	220 	
Dragon King Jr. 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Zalamander 	1600	1300 	Unlocked by completing Zalamander's Fiend Tale
Brigade Newcomer 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup, Grand Cup: Hard	Stalwart 	390 	265 	Unlocked by completing Stalwart's Fiend Tale.Blue Bullet: Storm Cannon
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Team Name 	Appears In 	Enemies 	EXP 	Gil 	Notes
Sleepy Sneaky 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup: Hard 	Shell Shocker 	1500	1280	Unlocked by completing Shell Shocker's Fiend Tale
Zanarkand Guard 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup: Hard 	Guardian Beast 	880 	490 	Unlocked by completing Guardian Beast's Fiend Tale
Clear Aqua Squad 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup, Grand Cup: Hard	Haizhe, Deep Haizhe 	466 	167 	Unlocked by completing both Haizhe's and Deep Haizhe's Fiend Tale.Blue Bullets: Absorb, Mighty Guard
Superpants 	Standard Cup: Hard 	Hrimthurs 	385 	97 	Unlocked by completing Hrimthur's Fiend Tale
Ushie Family 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup: Hard 	Protochimera 	210 	510 	Unlocked by completing Protochimera's Fiend Tale.Blue Bullets: Absorb
Iron Stomach 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Chocobo Eater 	780 	1000	Unlocked by completing Chocobo Eater's Fiend Tale
Hard Rock 	Grand Cup: Hard 	YSLS-99 	480 	1000	Unlocked by completing YSLS-99's Fiend Tale
Raging River 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup 	Dinictus, Sahagin Prince	372 	193 	
Big Justice 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Heavy Sallet 	380 	110 	
Omega Weapon 	Fiend World Cup 	Omega Weapon 	1650	5000	Unlocked by completing Ultima Weapon's Fiend Tale
Dragon King 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Claret Dragon 	1280	780 	
Ancient Power 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup: Hard 	Adamantortoise 	1780	1000	
Soul Quake 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Earth Worm 	1130	6000	
Hellbreeders 	Standard Cup: Hard, Grand Cup: Hard 	Gug, Tindalos x2 	2930	1230	Good team for grinding EXP
Elephant Eater 	Grand Cup: Hard, Fiend World Cup 	Humbaba 	1800	550 	
Tonberry the Ripper	Grand Cup: Hard, Fiend World Cup 	Mega Tonberry 	1280	600 	Blue Bullet: Cry in the Night
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Team Name 	Appears In 	Enemies 	EXP 	Gil 	Notes
Lady Tarantula 	Grand Cup: Hard, Fiend World Cup	Aranea 	710 	800 	
Shady Duo 	Grand Cup: Hard, Farplane Cup 	Mushroom Cloud, Black Elemental	1870	700 	Blue Bullet: Absorb
Peacekeeper 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Battlesnake x3 	540 	600 	Unlocked by completing Battlesnake's Fiend Tale
Stowaways 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Barbuta, Vertigo 	459 	250 	Unlocked by completing Vertigo's Fiend Tale
Ark Legend 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Adamantoise, Aquila 	1780	980 	Unlocked by completing Aquila's Fiend Tale. Falcon is incorrectly named "Aquila" in the menu screen.
Sharp Order 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Barong 	530 	780 	Unlocked by completing Barong's Fiend Tale
Lonely Tentacles	Grand Cup, Grand Cup: Hard 	Tentacles 	430 	850 	Unlocked by completing Tentacles' Fiend Tale
Calm Avengers 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Balivarha, Spine Drake 	1032	1738	Unlocked by completing Balivarha's Fiend Tale.Blue Bullet: Fire Breath
Papa Eaters 	Grand Cup: Hard 	Critical Bug, Hug Bug 	1620	1080	Unlocked by completing Hug Bug's Fiend Tale
God Wife 	Grand Cup, Grand Cup: Hard 	Lacerta, Great Malboro 	2000	1600	Unlocked by completing Lacerta's Fiend Tale.Blue Bullet: Bad Breath
Wild Bird 	Grand Cup: Hard, Chocobo Cup 	Chocobo 	320 	400 	
Fortune Alliance	Chocobo Cup 	Chocobo, Armet x2 	546 	548 	
Beauty of Nature	Chocobo Cup 	Chocobo, Cephalotus 	533 	462 	Blue Bullet: Seed Cannon
Fish & Chips 	Chocobo Cup 	Chocobo, Dinictus 	507 	488 	
Chocobo & Pals 	Chocobo Cup 	Chocobo, Creeper, Hexapod 	760 	560 	
Gysahl Hunters 	Chocobo Cup 	Chocobo x2 	640 	800 	
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Note: Cactuars all teach the Blue Bullet ability 1000 Needles.
Team Name 	Appears In 	Enemies 	EXP 	Gil 	Notes
Today's Friends 	Chocobo Cup 	Chocobo, Anything Eater 	1920	2300	
3rd Chocobo Unit 	Chocobo Cup 	Chocobo, Machina Soldier x2	1500	1040	
Chocobo Kings 	Chocobo Cup 	Chocobo x3 	1800	2400	
Areg & Arroja 	Grand Cup: Hard, Cactuar Cup	Cactuar x2 	2002	2004	
Team Islaya 	Cactuar Cup 	Cactuar, Great Haunt 	1121	1212	
Team Lobeira 	Cactuar Cup 	Cactuar, Elder Zurvan 	1141	1182	
Chiapa & Friends 	Cactuar Cup 	Cactuar, Sahagin Chief 	1301	1107	
Erio & Brother 	Cactuar Cup 	Cactuar, King Takouba 	1486	1302	
Mushroom Toumeya 	Cactuar Cup 	Cactuar, Big Bully Cap 	1181	1050	
Frailea Gang 	Cactuar Cup 	Cactuar x3 	3003	3006	Good team for grinding EXP
Bartschella's Love	Cactuar Cup 	Cactuar, Volcano 	1881	1332	
Jumbo Cactuar 	Cactuar Cup 	Cactuar x2, Jumbo Cactuar 	2852	2224	
Ronso Hardliners 	Youth League Cup 	Garik Ronso, Ronso Youth x2	1740	590 	
Elma 	Youth League Cup 	Elma 	1100	800 	
Yaibal 	Youth League Cup 	Yaibal 	1000	380 	
Lucil 	Youth League Cup 	Lucil 	1200	400 	
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Team Name 	Appears In 	Enemies 	EXP 	Gil 	Notes
Kimahri 	Youth League Cup	Kimahri 	1500	600 	
Lulu 	Youth League Cup	Lulu 	1500	2000	
Baralai 	Youth League Cup	Baralai 	1400	1000	Blue Bullets: Absorb, Drill Shot
Nooj 	Youth League Cup	Nooj 	1500	1200	
Gippal 	Youth League Cup	Gippal 	1400	1000	Blue Bullet: Mortar
Gullwing Guys 	Youth League Cup	Brother, Buddy 	2700	950 	
Lucil Squad 	Youth League Cup	Elma, Lucil, Yaibal 	3300	1580	
Old Guard 	Youth League Cup	Kimahri, Lulu 	3000	2600	
Ex-Crimson Squad 	Youth League Cup	Nooj, Gippal, Baralai 	4300	3200	Blue Bullets: Absorb, Drill Shot, Mortar
Weak Squad 	Youth League Cup	Scarlet Goon, Ebony Goon, Violet Goon	4200	5300	Unlocked by completing all six Goon Fiend Tales.(Re-watch all six Fiend Tales to unlock the team again in New Game+)
Return to Nothing	Fiend World Cup 	Aka Manah x2 	2060	1340	
Silent Prophet 	Fiend World Cup 	Jahi x2 	2400	1240	Blue Bullet: Absorb
Curse Lifter 	Fiend World Cup 	Monolith, Arast 	2300	790 	Blue Bullet: Stone Breath
Shadow Envoy 	Fiend World Cup 	Aeshma x2 	3200	1600	
Dark Seal 	Fiend World Cup 	Monolith x2 	2840	920 	Blue Bullet: Stone Breath
Lost in the Dark 	Fiend World Cup 	Arast, Varan x2 	1700	810 	
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Team Name 	Appears In 	Enemies 	EXP 	Gil 	Notes
Chaos Vessel 	Fiend World Cup	Dolmen x3 	3390 	960 	Blue Bullet: Stone Breath.Good team for grinding EXP
Underworld Spirit 	Fiend World Cup	Lich, Arast 	1610 	660 	
Fiend World Cleric	Fiend World Cup	Arast x3 	2640 	990 	
Abyssal Judge 	Fiend World Cup	Aeshma, Arast 	2480 	1130 	
Moonflow Guardian 	Fiend World Cup	Monolith, Aeshma	3020 	1260 	Blue Bullet: Stone Breath
Eternal Prison 	Fiend World Cup	Epitaph 	1200 	330 	Blue Bullet: Stone Breath
Almighty Shinra 	Fiend World Cup	Almighty Shinra 	3000 	3000 	Unlocked by completing Omega Weapon's Fiend Tale (re-watch Fiend Tale to force him to appear again)
Seymour 	Farplane Cup 	Seymour 	1300 	1000 	
???? 	Farplane Cup 	Tidus 	1500 	750 	
Auron 	Farplane Cup 	Auron 	1600 	900 	
Abyss Crawler 	Farplane Cup 	Insect Matriarch	1200 	1000 	
Fire Dragon God 	Farplane Cup 	Elder Drake 	1300 	550 	
Hell's Gatekeeper 	Farplane Cup 	Azi Dahaka 	1570 	1300 	
Slimy Boss 	Farplane Cup 	Concherer 	1440 	1200 	
Master of Spira 	Farplane Cup 	Paragon 	1800 	3000 	Blue Bullet: Supernova
Outer Plane Envoy 	Farplane Cup 	Major Numerus 	24000	20000	
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Team Name	Appears In 	Enemies 	EXP 	Gil 	Notes
Shiva 	Aeon Cup 	Shiva 	1350	2000	Unlocked by completing Flan Blanco's Fiend Tale.Awards 15 AP when defeated
Anima 	Aeon Cup 	Anima 	1130	2000	Unlocked by completing Aranea's Fiend Tale.Awards 15 AP when defeated
Magus 	Aeon Cup 	Sandy, Cindy, Mindy	2100	3000	Unlocked by completing Jumbo Cactuar's Fiend Tale.Awards 24 AP when defeated
Yojimbo 	Aeon Cup 	Yojimbo 	1000	1500	Unlocked by completing Critical Bug's Fiend Tale.Awards 15 AP when defeated
Valefor 	Aeon Cup 	Valefor 	1800	1000	Unlocked by completing Mycotoxin's Fiend Tale
Ifrit 	Aeon Cup 	Ifrit 	1900	1300	Unlocked by completing Flame Dragon's Fiend Tale
Ixion 	Aeon Cup 	Ixion 	2000	1600	Unlocked by completing Machina Striker's Fiend Tale
Bahamut 	Aeon Cup 	Bahamut 	2500	2000	Unlocked by completing Azi Dahaka's Fiend Tale
Trema 	Farplane Cup	Trema 	2000	3000	
== Quests ==
Several sidequests are tied to the Fiend Arena and completing them often offers great rewards.
=== Sphere Break Elites ===
By completing the storyline of Varan, the player unlocks the Besaid Aurochs' locker room in Luca. Here, they can face the three best Sphere Break players in the game with Quota values upwards of 500. Defeating the elites will award the player some rare accessories—Enterprise, Invincible, and Ragnarok, respectively.
=== Machina Panzer ===
If the player captures and completes the Fiend Tale for Killer Hound, who can be captured by setting up an S-pod in Bikanel, they are instructed to look for a machina in the Zanarkand Ruins. Now they can capture the YSLS-Zero there by using an SP-pod (choose Defender as species). Completing its storyline activates a mission.
The player is told to look for a 1000-year-old machina. That machina is the Machina Panzer, found by setting up an L-pod in the Thunder Plains. Completing the Fiend Tale for Machina Panzer awards the player with the Adamantite accessory.
=== Aeon Cup ===
:See Creature Creator for how to capture necessary fiends.
To unlock Aeon Cup, the player must find and transform several fiends. The fiends can be transformed by increasing their Story Levels by 4 after capturing and then releasing them. Doing so will release one of the eight aeons and unlock them in the Battle Simulator. If the player finds all of them, Aeon Cup is unlocked.
* Mycotoxin turns into Valefor.
* Flame Dragon turns into Ifrit.
* Machina Striker turns into Ixion.
* Flan Blanco turns into Shiva.
* Azi Dahaka turns into Bahamut.
* Aranea turns into Anima.
* Critical Bug turns into Yojimbo.
* Jumbo Cactuar turns into the Magus Sisters.
If the player manages to unlock the cup and then beat it three times, they obtain the Peerless Garment Grid.
=== Fiend World Cup and Almighty Shinra ===
Unlocking the Fiend World Cup is quite complicated. The sidequest can only be started in Chapter 3 and completed in Chapter 5. The Fiend Tales of many creatures must be completed in succession. All these creatures receive a Fiend Tale Complete at Story Level 3 except for Ultima Weapon and Almighty Shinra.
# To begin, the player must capture Daeva. This can only be done after Chapter 2.
# Completing Daeva's tale makes him transform into Aka Manah, who is then automatically recruited.
# Completing Aka Manah's tale makes him turn into Aeshma.
# Completing Aeshma's tale makes him transform into Jahi.
# After completing Jahi's tale, it's Mission Time! Before disappearing, Jahi cryptically tasks Shinra with capturing a traitorous fiend.
# At this point, the player can capture Tomb. Completing Tomb's tale makes it possible to capture Dolmen in Chapter 5.
# Once the player has completed Dolmen's tale and has descended into the Farplane Abyss at least once (defeating Shiva and then returning to the Celsius is sufficient enough for this), Monolith becomes available for capture.
# Completing Monolith's tale releases Ultima Weapon, who is then automatically recruited.
# Upon completing the tale of Ultima Weapon, Omega Weapon is unleashed, and the Fiend portal tournament opens up. Unlike most other tournaments, losing this tournament results in a Game Over. Winning the tournament's final battle against Omega Weapon will give you a choice of either re-recruiting Ultima Weapon or recruiting Omega Weapon; choose the latter to continue. The Fiend portal will also become the Fiend World Cup, which is the standard version of that tournament.
# Completing the Fiend Tale for Omega Weapon will transform Shinra into Almighty Shinra. The Fiend World Cup changes once more to the Almighty Shinra Cup, with Almighty Shinra as its final opponent. Defeating him gives the player the option to recruit him, at which point the tournament reverts to the Fiend World Cup.
# Completing the tale of Almighty Shinra and then releasing him awards the player with the extremely powerful Last Resort Garment Grid. To re-recruit Shinra, simply watch Omega Weapon's ending in the Bestiary. Almighty Shinra's Cup will return, and Shinra can be fought and recruited once more.
== Musical themes ==
"Flash Over" is played as the normal tournament music. During the Aeon Cup, the aeon battle theme titled "Aeons" plays instead of the normal tournament music. During the Fiend World Cup, the typical tournament theme is substituted with "Clash". During Farplane Cup, "Their Resting Place" plays instead.
== Other appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade ===
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