Monster Arena

The Monster Arena is a Battle Arena located in the game Final Fantasy X, situated in the Calm Lands. The Monster Arena is used to store fiends caught during the game. This is done by defeating the monster while using weapons with the Capture special ability, which can only be purchased here.

Once the monsters are caught they can be battled at any time within the arena for a fee. If certain conditions are met then new creations are bred and can be fought. As new monsters are bred, the owner rewards the party with special, and often rare, items. For each new creation the first battle is free, but any fight after that has a cost. The most expensive battle is against Nemesis, costing 25,000 gil each time. Within the Arena, the player is not in danger of receiving a Game Over after defeat: they simply return to the entrance and can heal, and then can try again.

In Final Fantasy X-2 Monster Arena becomes Clasko's Chocobo Ranch.

Monster Directory
In the monster directory there are 13 different sections. These are the different areas in which monsters can be found. The areas and monsters in them are shown below.

Besaid

 * Dingo
 * Condor
 * Water Flan

Kilika

 * Dinonix
 * Killer Bee
 * Yellow Element
 * Ragora

Mi'ihen Highroad

 * Mi'ihen Fang
 * Ipiria
 * Floating Eye
 * White Element
 * Raldo
 * Vouivre
 * Bomb
 * Dual Horn

Mushroom Rock Road

 * Raptor
 * Gandarewa
 * Thunder Flan
 * Red Element
 * Lamashtu
 * Funguar
 * Garuda

Djose Road
(Comprises Djose Highroad and Moonflow)
 * Garm
 * Simurgh
 * Bite Bug
 * Snow Flan
 * Bunyip
 * Basilisk
 * Ochu

Thunder Plains

 * Melusine
 * Aerouge
 * Buer
 * Gold Element
 * Kusariqqu
 * Larva
 * Iron Giant
 * Qactuar

Macalania

 * Snow Wolf
 * Iguion
 * Wasp
 * Evil Eye
 * Ice Flan
 * Blue Element
 * Murussu
 * Mafdet
 * Xiphos
 * Chimera

Bikanel

 * Sand Wolf
 * Alcyone
 * Mushussu
 * Zu
 * Sand Worm
 * Cactuar

Calm Lands

 * Skoll
 * Nebiros
 * Flame Flan
 * Shred
 * Anacondaur
 * Ogre
 * Coeurl
 * Chimera Brain
 * Malboro

Sunken Cave
(Also known as the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth.)
 * Yowie
 * Imp
 * Dark Element
 * Nidhogg
 * Thorn
 * Valaha
 * Epaaj
 * Ghost
 * Tonberry

Mt. Gagazet

 * Bandersnatch
 * Ahriman
 * Dark Flan
 * Grenade
 * Grat
 * Grendel
 * Bashura
 * Mandragora
 * Behemoth
 * Splasher
 * Achelous
 * Maelspike

Inside Sin

 * Exoray
 * Wraith
 * Gemini (sword)
 * Gemini (mace)
 * Demonolith
 * Great Malboro
 * Barbatos
 * Adamantoise
 * Behemoth King

Omega Dungeon

 * Zaurus
 * Floating Death
 * Black Element
 * Halma
 * Puroboros
 * Spirit
 * Machea
 * Master Coeurl
 * Master Tonberry
 * Varuna

Special Monsters
Once certain requirements have been met new monsters can be unlocked. There are three extra groups in which the unlocked monsters are in.

These are:
 * Area Conquest
 * Species Conquest
 * Original

Extras

 * After collecting at least one of each fiend from the Calm Lands, which allows the Keeper to reopen the Arena, a chest will appear which contains Yuna's Celestial Weapon, Nirvana.
 * After collecting at least one of each fiend from Mt. Gagazet, the Keeper will give the player the Blossom Crown, which is necessary to obtain the Magus Sisters. Obtaining the Magus Sisters is a prerequisite for obtaining the Moon Sigil, which is needed to fully activate Yuna's Nirvana.
 * Once a total of 10 monsters have been bred in the Area and Species Conquests, the Keeper will give the Mars Sigil, which is needed for Auron's Celestial Weapon, Masamune.
 * After collecting four of every dragon monster, the Keeper will give the player 99 Purifying Salts, which can be used to customize No Encounters onto an armor. This can be helpful for obtaining the Venus Sigil, which is used to upgrade Lulu's Celestial Weapon, Onion Knight.

Musical Themes
The theme that plays at the Monster Arena is called "Brave Advancement".

Trivia

 * It is unknown what became of the owner of the Monster Arena between Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, and in Final Fantasy X-2 it has been abandoned.
 * The odd statue beside the arena gate is never explained. If investigated in Final Fantasy X, subtitles will say "It's alive...". It does, however, have a distinct similarity to Leviathan.

Monsterfarm Zona de entrenamiento Centre d'entrainement de Mi'ihen Monster Arena