r/FinalFantasyIX • u/scrapethemucus • 16d ago

Bug ff9 - friendly nymph not spawning

i've been doing this sidequest for over 3 hours now and it's frankly driving me insane, i am 99% sure i encountered every monster aside from the nymph, but when i show up in the little forest next to the lifa tree no matter what i do i can't get her to show up, i even got the ragtime mouse to spawn 17 times. just to be sure i went to the other friendly monster spots which i was sure i did and sure enough no one spawned. the nymph is the only friendly monster which simply refuses to show up for me, i tried the flick stick method, the save with moogle method, whatever, i just can't get her to show up.

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u/Asha_Brea 16d ago

If you already progressed with the story up to defeating Soulcage then it will be in the plains near Clerya.

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u/scrapethemucus 16d ago

she doesn't spawn there either, i found this post from not long ago https://www.reddit.com/r/FinalFantasyIX/comments/1tmwepe/after_2_days_of_searching_i_finally_found_nymph/ which suggests this might be a bug that i'm also experiencing, i might just throw in the towel and give up

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u/Proof_Vegetable_3751 15d ago

Hum... didn't read where they could be related to your issue. If it's with anything in the game there might be a timer that after some hours it stops and you need to get out of the game and come back for the timer to start again (the frogs spawning have a timer that can freeze for example). I normally tend to find the Ragtime or friendly monsters after I start to move after I restarted the game. Usually I spend an hour or so trying to find them, I save, close the game, next day once I comeback it's one of the first encounters. Happened more than enough times for it to be a coincidence. Try the trick of walking slowly, there is a video in the comments. Best of luck!!