FF1 Bestiary Completion Guide
FF1 Pixel Remaster has 128 enemies in the bestiary. A normal playthrough clears 127 of them automatically - you'll fight every enemy through natural exploration and story progression. The only exception is Warmech (#118), a rare spawn on the Flying Fortress 5F bridge with roughly a 1-in-64 encounter rate. Everything else takes care of itself.
Three trophies are tied to bestiary completion:
- Field Research - Basic (Bronze) - 10% complete (13 entries)
- Field Research - Advanced (Silver) - 50% complete (64 entries)
- Field Research - Professional (Gold) - 100% complete (all 128 entries)
The first two pop during normal play. The third requires hunting Warmech.
Checking Your Progress
To check completion, go to the title screen and select Extras - Bestiary, or open it from the Config menu mid-game. Enemies you haven't defeated show up as "????". Your current count and percentage are shown at the top.
Warmech - The Only Problem Enemy
Warmech is bestiary entry #118 and the only enemy you will not encounter through normal play. It spawns exclusively on the bridge leading to Tiamat on Flying Fortress 5F. The spawn rate is approximately 1 in 64 random encounters on that specific tile.
How to farm Warmech:
- Get to Flying Fortress 5F. The bridge is the narrow walkway just before Tiamat's room.
- Walk back and forth on the bridge tiles to trigger random encounters.
- Keep running the bridge until Warmech appears. You only need to defeat it once for the bestiary entry.
- You do not need to kill it for any specific drop - just defeating it once registers the entry.
Warmech fight: It hits very hard and uses Nuke (full-party damage). Come fully healed with max MP and Ribbons on key party members. See the Warmech boss guide for full stats and strategies.
Time estimate: With bad luck, farming Warmech can take 30-60 minutes. With 4x encounter rate on, you'll see it much faster. You can do this before or after fighting Tiamat - the bridge is accessible either way as long as you're on 5F.
All Other Enemies
Every other enemy in the bestiary appears through normal dungeon exploration and fights. The general principle: clear every floor of every dungeon and fight everything you encounter rather than running.
A few enemies appear only in specific dungeons or during specific story segments:
- Garland (#012) - Chaos Shrine prologue. Story fight, unmissable.
- Piscodemon (#032) - Marsh Cave B3. Story fight in the Crown room.
- Astos (#033) - Western Keep. Story fight, unmissable.
- Vampire (#054, around there) - Cavern of Earth. Story fight.
- The four Fiend bosses (Lich, Marilith, Kraken, Tiamat) - each appear once and in their past versions.
- The four Fiend Past versions - Chaos Shrine 2000 years ago.
- Chaos - Final boss. Unmissable.
Monster-in-box enemies (Mummy, Wraith, Anaconda) appear inside specific treasure chests - mostly Mystic Key chests in Western Keep and Marsh Cave. Open all chests to capture these entries.
The Chaos Shrine 2000 years ago floors have the highest density of late-game enemies. Spend time here during the Seasoned Hero grind and you'll naturally clear any missing entries from the final area.
Notes on Bestiary Farming
If you're missing entries after completing the story, cross-reference the dungeon where each enemy type appears and do a targeted sweep. Common gaps for players who ran from fights:
- Western Keep enemies (Mummy, Wraith) - trapped in Mystic Key chests. Open all three locked chests.
- Marsh Cave B3 enemies (Anaconda) - also in a Mystic Key chest.
- Ice Cavern enemies - rare encounter types that require spending time in the dungeon.
- Sunken Shrine enemies - large dungeon, easy to miss floors if you rushed.
The bestiary is accessible after completing the game, and all dungeons stay open. There's no urgency - sweep missing entries at your own pace.
RELATED GUIDES
- Trophy Hub - All 24 trophies and platinum roadmap
- Warmech Boss Guide - Stats, attacks, and strategy
- All Chests Overview - Mystic Key chests with monster-in-box enemies
- Flying Fortress Chests - Warmech bridge location context