Pitfall (trap)

In [Final Fantasy 5], you may find pitfall traps in dungeons, these traps can be first found in the [Lonka ruins] surrounded by several treasure chests in a small room to try and trick people into dashing straight ahead out of excitement to open the chests only to fall to their doom. These pitfalls often take you to the floor below. Some pitfalls are necessary to access certain areas though most pitfalls are used to slow the players progress down by dropping them to the previous floor. There are also certain Pitfalls that can drop the player into hazardous areas, the first one being inside [Castle Ex-Death] where the player is dropped into the lava and another being in the [Great Trench] where a switch is required to activate the trap and the player is dropped into a small pool of lava.