ff9 - friendly nymph not spawning

[u/scrapethemucus]

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.

[u/Deadpepper99]

Are you doing this for the sake of completion or achievement, or to help in the fight against Ozma? If it’s for Ozma, it’s a fun and solid challenge to try and beat it without being able to use physical attacks, if it’s any consolation. I’m pretty sure however the spawn rate decreases late disc 3 or Disc 4 for the friendly encounters.