World Map Encounter Mechanics

World Map Regions:

These IDs are used to decide which encounter table to use.

ID	Name
0	Midgar Area
1	Grasslands Area
2	Junon Area
3	Corel Area
4	Gold Saucer Area
5	Gongaga Area
6	Cosmo Area
7	Nibel Area
8	Rocket Launch Pad Area
9	Wutai Area
10	Woodlands Area
11	Icicle Area
12	Mideel Area
13	North Corel Area
14	Cactus Island
15	Goblin Island / Round Island

Ground Types

This table was stolen from https://wiki.ffrtt.ru/index.php/FF7/WorldMap_Module

code	type	description
0	Grass	Most things can go here.
1	Forest	No landing here, but anything else goes.
2	Mountain	Chocobos and flying machines only.
3	Sea	Deep water, only gold chocobo and submarine can go here.
4	River Crossing	Buggy, tiny bronco and water-capable chocobos.
5	River	Tiny bronco and chocobos.
6	Water	Shallow water, same as above.
7	Swamp	Midgar zolom can only move in swamp areas.
8	Desert	No landing.
9	Wasteland	Found around Midgar, Wutai and misc other. No landing.
10	Snow	Leaves footprints, no landing.
11	Riverside	Beach-like area where river and land meet.
12	Cliff	Sharp drop, usually where the player can be on either side.
13	Corel Bridge	Tiny bridge over the waterfall from Costa del Sol to Corel.
14	Wutai Bridge	Rickety rope bridges south of Wutai.
15	Unused	Doesn't seem to be used anywhere in the original data.
16	Hill side	This is the tiny walkable part at the foot of a mountain.
17	Beach	Where land and shallow water meets.
18	Sub Pen	Only place where you can enter/exit the submarine.
19	Canyon	The ground in cosmo canyon has this type, walkability seems to be the same as wasteland.
20	Mountain Pass	The small path through the mountains connecting Costa del Sol and Corel.
21	Unknown	Present around bridges, may have some special meaning.
22	Waterfall	River type where the tiny bronco can't go.
23	Unused	Doesn't seem to be used anywhere in the original data.
24	Gold Saucer Desert	Special desert type for the golden saucer.
25	Jungle	Walkability same as forest, used in southern parts of the map.
26	Sea (2)	Special type of deep water, only used in one small spot next to HP-MP cave, possibly related to the underwater map/submarine.
27	Northern Cave	Inside part of the crater, where you can land the highwind.
28	Gold Saucer Desert Border	Narrow strip of land surrounding the golden saucer desert. Probably related to the "quicksand" script.
29	Bridgehead	Small area at both ends of every bridge. May have some special meaning.
30	Back Entrance	Special type that can be set unwalkable from the script.
31	Unused	Doesn't seem to be used anywhere in the original data.