Monsters

**Monsters** are AI controlled enemies that roam the undercity. They represent the games core PvE element and give out experience points, items, ammo and gil upon defeat with some giving out weapons and materia. They will also drop Data items that can be used to earn cosmetic items through the Collections tab in the season pass.

## Common Monsters

### Hedgehog Pie

The Hedgehog Pie is common monster found throughout the undercity and they are found usually in groups of three or four, They are weak to ice elemental attacks. If they land a hit on you they will steal Gil, defeat them before they flee or your Gil will be lost. They drop the Fire materia, potions, ammo and Gil and rarely drop Secret Boxes. Only appears in the Undercity.

### Slug-Ray

Slug-Rays are mechanical robots found in groups of two and are seen mostly in the industrial areas of the undercity and are found more commonly on the Plateside. They can attack from medium range but are weak to Thunder elemental attacks. They will drop potions, ammo and Gil and rarely drop Secret Boxes. Appears in the Undercity and Plateside.

### Monodrive

A solo monster that will give away player location to monsters upon getting close to it. Appears in the Undercity and Plateside.

### Security Guard

A Shinra security officer that patrols the Plateside in groups of three or groups of two with a Guard Dog. They will attack with their sub machine gun or shotgun. Will drop Potions, ammo, and Gil as will rarely drop Secret Boxes. Appears in the Plateside and the GS Battle Square in the Undercity.

### Guard Dog

A canine like monster bred to serve Shinra Public Security Forces across the Plateside. Seen with two Security Guards and will normally charge ahead to attack enemies. Only appears in the Plateside.

### MP (25th)

A humanoid low polygon monster that attacks with its machine gun, they appeared in groups of three or in groups of two with a guard dog and disappear in a red flash upon being killed. They had a chance to drop a limited time secret box that gave out special data items. The MP will replace the Security Guard on the Plateside. The MP is based of the Shinra MP or Military Police from the Compiliation of Final Fantasy VII with this design coming from Final Fantasy VII to celebrate the games 25th Anniversary.

## Uncommon and Rare Monsters

### Cerulean Drake

A dragonic monster that roams the higher points of the Undercity and the rooftops of the Plateside. They will deal Ice and Wind attacks towards players and they cannot initially be harmed with melee damage, they must be damaged by guns or magic to bring them down. They will drop potions, ammo and Gil and rarely drop Secret Boxes. Appears in both the Undercity and Plateside

### Bomb

A fire monster that will counter gun damage and must be killed with melee attacks and magic. They will drop potions, ammo and Gil and rarely drop Secret Boxes and will drop the Bomb Launcher weapon. However if they self-destruct before they are killed, no items will drop, not even data items. Appears in both the Undercity and Plateside.

### Cutter

A mechanical robot found in certain sites in the undercity, it can deal heavy damage at close range but it is weak to Thunder elemental attacks. Upon death it will drop potions, ammo and Gil and rarely drop Secret Boxes. It will also rarely drop the Buzzsaw Launcher weapon. Appears in both the Undercity and Plateside.

### Tomberry

A lantern carrying monster that attacks with a chef's knife, it is seen guarding two chests and will not attack unless it is attacked or when one of these chests are opened. Its Chef's knife attack can cut low level players down to 1 HP and can do severe damage to high level players, it can teleport to the attacking players location if they move too far from the Tomberry. It will drop several items when defeated. It appears in both the Undercity and the Plateside.

### Cactuar

A very rare cactus like monster that can be found rarely in the undercity. They will attempt to run away upon being discovered, they will take reduced damage from guns but are weak to melee attacks. They will drop rare items a large amount of Gil upon death and have a higher chance at droping rare and legendary data items. Appears in both the Undercity and Plateside.

A special version of the Cactuar called the Cactuer (25th) replaced the Cactuar during the Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary event. This version had a high chance to drop the Secret Box (25th) Upon death. Its name and appearance are from Final Fantasy VII as a stronger version of the Cactuar that could be found on Cactus Island just south of Cosmo Canyon

A Bunny eared Cactuar could be found during the 2022 Easter event. It has the same drops as the normal Cactuar but it also could drop an event Chocobo egg and a Cactuar mimic materia that turns the user into a Cactuar.

### Grangalan

An egg like monster that appeared during the 2022 Easter event. It would spawn smaller versions of itself which will explode on contact, but they are weak to melee attacks. Defeating it will drop items, a event Chocobo egg and a Grangalan summon materia. The monster comes from Final Fantasy VII that first appeared in the Corel area and later in the Gold Saucer.

## Boss Monsters

Boss monsters are the strongest monsters that appear during matches. They will be surrounded in a green dome to prevent players outside the dome from damaging players inside it. (Except For Shadow Cloud)

*Note: Scorpion Sentinel and Shadow Cloud cannot be in a match at the same time.*

### Scorpion Sentinel

A large scorpion like robot that will occasionally appear in matches, it will be marked by a symbol on the map for every player to see. It is capable of dealing heavy damage with its tail laser attack and could use a damage reduction barrier but was weak to Thunder elemental attacks. It will drop epic and legendary weapons, epic accessories, materia, potions, ammo, Gil and Secret Boxes upon death. It will also drop the Cyclops Roar sniper rifle and the Polestar shotgun. Appears in both the Undercity and Plateside.

During the 25th anniversary event, the Sentinel was replaced by the Guard Scorpion (25th) in which it had the same moveset as the Sentinel but was considerably weaker. It will drop the same items as the Sentinel but will also drop the Secret Box (25th) as well as 25th data items. The Guard Scorpion's appearance comes from Final Fantasy VII as it appeared when it was the games first boss.

### Shadow Cloud

Formally known as **???,** it is a shadowy SOLDIER that will attack with a series of sword slashes and magic, it can deal heavy damage with the Cross-Slash attack. Upon defeat, it will drop items, Gil and materia as well as the Cloud Mimic materia which will turn the caster into Cloud from Final Fantasy VII Remake. Appears in the Undercity and the Plateside

Cloud's appearance in First Soldier is a contradiction as the game takes place 30 years before the events of Final Fantasy VII Remake meaning he wasn't born during this time. However the whispers appearance in First Soldier could be a demonstration of their ability to manipulate time and space due to their knowledge of future events by showing them as a glitch in the combat simulator.

## Data Items

When a monster is defeated, there is a chance at the end of a match that it will drop a data Item. These items are used in redeeming for special cosmetic items that match a set theme for each season. At the beginning of each new season, every data item collected in the previous season including event items are converted into gill.

### Moogle (Season 1)

This set was focused on Moogles, a recurring creature found throughout the Final Fantasy Series. The set included A full Moogle suit as well as well as a hat, backpack, wings and rare weapon camos.

### Bahamut (Season 2)

Matching with the season, this set included Bahamut themed cosmetics such as alternate styles for Cloud's outfit styled on Bahamut, Alternate styles for the Bahamut (FF7R) Skin and weapon camos themed on Whisper Bahamut, the merged form of Whispers Rubrum, Croceo, and Viridi in the image of Bahamut. Included were also alternate skins for the Bahamut Summon: Bahamut Fury and Bahamut SIN.

### Whispers (Season 3)

This set is primarily focused on the Whisper Harbinger, the penultimate boss of Final Fantasy VII Remake and the three whispers Rubrum, Croceo, and Viridi, featuring a full body skin and alternate styles of all four. It also includes the weapons of Rubrum and Viridi as weapon skins for Swords and Hand to Hand. Croceo themed weapon camos are also available.

### FFVII 25th Anniversary

During the FF7 25th Anniversary event, players could obtain special data items separate from normal data items that could be redeemed for cosmetics themed after the original Final Fantasy VII such as Cloud in a dress as a body skin, the original Buster Sword, and a MP body skin as well. These data items are dropped by MP (25th), Cactuer (25th), and Guard Scorpion (25th) as well as from Secret Box (25th).