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This website has been a great resource for Phantasy Star for a long time, and PSIII is no exception. That said, something that I noticed a long time ago is that a lot of the locations listed for enemies are wrong.

Sometimes they’re not the first appearance of the enemy and more obvious locations aren’t listed, while some are just completely wrong. I’ve redone them myself, listing just one location per enemy and to keep it fair, I’ll only list a location if it’s somewhere you’d encounter in normal play through, if applicable, since the third generation gets trippy with enemy placement.

I’ve started with front-row monsters, then I’ll do back-row monsters, then front-row cyborgs, and finally back-row cyborgs.

Glop - Shusoran Castle
Ooze - Laden Surface
Slime - Skyhaven Dungeon

Fire - Aridia-Frigidia Passage
Murafire - Dahlia Dungeon
Azufire - Sage Isle

Nayl - Landen-Aquatica Passage
Flayl - Aridia Surface
Slayl - Aridia Surface

Dryad - Cille Castle
Nereid - Aridia-Frigidia Passage
Sylph - Aridia-Frigidia Passage

Buzzgull - Aquatica Surface
Lashgull - Aquatica Surface
Hackgull - Frigidia Surface

Eindon - Landen Surface
Tsveidon - Island Cave
Dreidon - Landen Surface

Clump - Weather/Satellite Control
Cluster - Weather/Satellite Control
Clique - Dahlia Surface

Chirper - Landen Surface
Warbler - Landen Surface
Squawker - Landen Surface

Lizrd - Landen Surface
Blizrd - Aridia Surface
Grizrd - Landen Surface

Spinner - Aridia Surface
Twirler - Aquatica Surface
Wizzer - LaShute Dungeon

Imp - ?
Impfoul - Sage Isle
Impvile - Terminus Surface

Nova - Elysian Surface
Pulsar - Frigidia Surface
Quasar - Skyhaven Dungeon

Here are back-row monsters. In case it’s not clear, enemies with a question mark were removed from the final game, but will list them anyway.

Emir - Aridia-Frigidia Passage
Sheik - ?
Caliph - Sage Isle

Harpy - Frigidia Surface
Griffin - Landen-Elysium Passage
Gryphon - ?

Banshee - Frigidia Surface
Ghost - Shusoran Castle
Haunt - Draconia Surface

Beastess - Mystoke Castle
Trogress - Frigidia Surface
Demoness - Skyhaven Dungeon

Bushi - Frigidia Surface
Kensai - Aridia-Frigidia Surface
Samurai - Aridia-Frigidia Surface

Irisa - Aquatica Surface
Rosa - Mystoke Castle
Viola - Landen Surface

Moos - Landen Surface
Fearmoos - Weather/Satellite Control
Diremoos - Draconia Surface

Blueroot - Frigidia Surface
Pinkroot - Dahlia Surface
Goldroot - Draconia Surface

Catwoman - Elysium Surface
Tigress - Mystoke Castle
Lioness - Draconia Surface

Lobowing - Landen-Aquatica Passage
Lobobat - Cille Dungeon
Lobohawk - Dahlia Dungeon

Hopliz - Weather/Satellite Control
Leapliz - Elysium Surface
Jumpliz - ?

Glowtoad - Landen Surface
Gilatoad - Western Cave
Megatoad - Dahlia Dungeon

Drake - Sage Isle
Dragon - Sage Isle
Wyrm - Sage Isle

Skeleton - ?
Spectre - ?
Wraith - Sage Isle

Grinder - Western Cave
Smasher - Divisia Dungeon
Crusher - Western Cave

Clops - Cille Castle
Biclops - Elysium Surface
Triclops - Elysium Surface

Amazon - Frigidia Surface
Erinye - Cille Castle
Valkyrie - Draconia Surface

Giant - Aridia Surface
Titan - Frigidia Surface
Colossus - Aquatica Surface

Primus - Western Cave
Secondus - Dahlia Surface
Tertius - Landen Surface

Lasher - Aquatica Surface
Slasher - Aridia Surface
Gnasher - Aridia Surface

Blotter - Cille Castle
Flutter - Mystoke Dungeon
Splatter - Rebel Cave

Punisher - LaShute City
Torturer - LaShute City
Executer - LaShute Dungeon

Fatima - LaShute City
Zafirah - LaShute City
Khalidah - LaShute Dungeon

Dire - Terminus Surface
Baneful - Terminus Surface
Malific - Terminus Surface

Conjured - LaShute Dungeon
Wizard - LaShute Dungeon
Sorcerer - LaShute Dungeon

Goatman - Terminus Surface
Goatduke - Terminus Surface
Goatking - Terminus Surface

Watcher - LaShute City
Defender - LaShute City
Guardian - LaShute City

Next, front-row cyborgs, not much of them. Some front-row enemies actually first appear in boss battles, so those locations are listed as such.

Chirpbot - Lensol Dungeon
Warblbot - Aridia-Draconia Passage
Squakbot - Frigidia Surface

Commsat - Landen-Aridia Passage
Spysat - Azura Surface
Killsat - Landen Surface

Arachne - Aquatica Surface
Darachne - Draconia Surface
Zarachne - Landen Dungeon

Blink - Aquatica Surface
Flash - Azura Dungeon
Strobe - Shusoran Castle

Minimech - Landen Dungeon
Mech - Azura Surface
Maxmech - Landen-Aquatica Surface

Lazrbot - Aridia Surface
Mazrbot - Rebel Cave
Fazrbot - Rebel Cave

Finally, back-row cyborgs! Will provide further analysis and notes in a bit.

Seeker - Aquatica Surface
Hunter - Techna Dungeon
Killer - Aridia Surface

Roboman - Rebel Cave
Mechman - Mystoke Castle
Droidman - Mystoke Castle

Polebot - Landen Surface
Stickbot - Azura Surface
Wirebot - Draconia Surface

Agribot - Aquatica-Aridia Surface
Guardbot - ?
Warbot - Western Cave

Flopper - Techna Dungeon
Disker - ?
Carder - Terminus Surface

Stix - Aridia Surface
Glazstix - Techna Castle
Metlstix - Aridia Surface

Twistbot - ?
Swivlbot - ?
Rotabot - ?

Dogbot - Aquatica Surface
Feralbot - Draconia Surface
Wolfbot - Landen Surface

Doomfly - Draconia Surface
Demonfly - Draconia Surface
Deathfly - Aridia Surface

Fatale - Azura Dungeon
Morte - Landen-Elysium Passage
Finis - Draconia Surface

Stickle - Skyhaven Dungeon
Twig - Skyhaven Dungeon
Mantis - Skyhaven Dungeon

Orb - Aquatica Surface
Globe - Skyhaven Dungeon
Sphere - Skyhaven Dungeon

This website uses Hugues Johnson’s website on PSIII as its source for the locations - which is still a great resource regardless! Link - https://huguesjohnson.com/ps3/enemies.html

Some enemies technically do appear earlier - the Feral Bots can appear on Landen’s Castle grounds in the second generation, but there’s zero reason for you to go there, so I didn’t bother listing it.

The third generation is kinda trippy because there’s a lot of optional locations. I listed the Landen-Elysium passage for the Griffin and Morte because if you’re playing as Adan or Crys, that’s the first cave you go to.

I just wanted to make this thread since it was something I had a lot of knowledge on. Thanks for reading!