History Main / EncounterRepellant

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A spell, item or other thing that reduces or eliminates RandomEncounters, or even PreexistingEncounters, in a RoleplayingGame or other game with encounters.

* The Holy Bottles in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' eliminate RandomEncounters in the games that have them. In games where monsters are visible, using a Holy Bottle makes enemies either not notice you or run away from you. Holy Bottles also make enemies respawn slower. Certain food items in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny''can gift the player with reduced encounters as a side effect.

* In ''[[VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia Skies of Arcadia]] Legends'', equipping the White Map significantly reduces random encounters. By the time you get the White Map, you will have finished most of the game, making it useful only for [[BraggingRightsReward Bragging Rights]].

* Holy Water and the Repel/Holy Protection spell from the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series. Some of the games also feature an item called the Gospel Ring, with eliminates random encounters when it's equipped. But, to get it, you have to have defeated every enemy in the game at least once (including the FinalBoss and every BonusBoss). So, by the time you get it, [[BraggingRightsReward there's nothing left to do.]]

* Sweet Water in ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}''

A spell, item or other thing that reduces or eliminates RandomEncounters, or even PreexistingEncounters, in a RoleplayingGame or other game with encounters. This is often used for timed areas, when a player has done enough LevelGrinding and wants to get to the BossBattle, or if the party is in danger (like low health and used up practically all healing spells/supplies) and needs to head to the nearest TraumaInn or SavePoint ASAP.

A spell, item or other thing that reduces or eliminates RandomEncounters, or even PreexistingEncounters, in a RoleplayingGame or other game with encounters. This is often used for when a player has done enough LevelGrinding and wants to get to the BossBattle, or if the party is in danger (like low health and used up practically all healing spells/supplies) and needs to head to the nearest TraumaInn ASAP, or just get to the nearest SavePoint ASAP.

* ''[[Franchise/FinalFantasy Final Fantasy]]''

* In the remakes of the [[VideoGame/StarOceanFirstDeparture first]] [[VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory two]] ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' games for the PSP, opening the UMD tray would make it impossible for random battles to trigger, though you have to close it and re-open it every time you go from one screen to another.

* In the remakes of the first two ''Franchise/StarOcean'' games for the PSP, opening the UMD tray would make it impossible for random battles to trigger, though you have to close it and re-open it every time you go from one screen to another.

* Protect Ball in ''PaladinsQuest''

* The Sybll's Balm item in ''GloryOfHeracles'' reduces the rate of monster attacks for a limited time.

* The Holy Bottles in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''. They eliminate RandomEncounters in the games that have them. In games where monsters are visible on the map, using a Holy Bottle either makes it so enemies don't notice you at all or run away from you, and also makes them respawn slower. Certain food items in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' also gift the player with reduced encounters as a side effect.

* Holy Water and the Repel/Holy Protection spell from the ''DragonQuest'' series. Some of the games also feature an item called the Gospel Ring, with eliminates random encounters when it's equipped. But, to get it, you have to have defeated every enemy in the game at least once (including the FinalBoss and every BonusBoss). So, by the time you get it, [[BraggingRightsReward there's nothing left to do.]]

** ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 Final Fantasy X-2]]'' also features the Charm Bangle, which eliminates random encounters.
* The Holy Bottles in the ''Franchise/TalesSeries''. They eliminate RandomEncounters in the games that have them. In games where monsters are visible on the map, using a Holy Bottle either makes it so enemies don't notice you at all or run away from you, and also makes them respawn slower. Certain food items in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' also gift the player with reduced encounters as a side effect.

* ''BreathOfFire'' games have a share of enemy repellants.

* ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Mega Man Battle Network]]'' has [=SneakRun=] ([=ShinobiDash=] in the Japanese versions). It only repels weak normal enemies (Defined by how high your base max HP is compared to their's), however, which makes it handy for encountering the multitudes of bosses that show up randomly.
** ''{{Mega Man Star Force}}'' also has this in the form of the Cloaker item. It's especially useful in the third game, as it allows both rare normal enemies and bosses to be fought. From the same game, the Chivalry weapon works as a lesser encounter repellent by simply reducing the normal enemy encounters as opposed to blocking them completely [[GuideDangIt (Though it doesn't actually say this anywhere in-game)]].

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has potions, skills, and equipment that you can use to increase or decrease the rate of combat encounters. There are also skills and items that can be used mid-combat to temporarily banish the particular type of enemy you're facing. Since you only have a limited number of adventures per day, changing the encounter rate depending on what would help you reach your current goal faster is a regular part of the game's strategy.

* Sweet Water in ''{{Lufia}}''

** The "Safe Travel" augment in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' DS.

** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the Charm Bangle cuts down encounters and the Moogle's Charm eliminates them.
** One of the materias in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' reduces encounters at a greater rate depending on its level.

** Repulse Water in the ''RaidouKuzunoha'' games. Some demons come equipped with the "Intimidate" skill, which works exactly like the Water and can be used infinitely.

* [[VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing]] has potions, skills, and equipment that you can use to increase or decrease the rate of combat encounters. There are also skills and items that can be used mid-combat to temporarily banish the particular type of enemy you're facing. Since you only have a limited number of adventures per day, changing the encounter rate depending on what would help you reach your current goal faster is a regular part of the game's strategy.

** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' has the skill Estoma Sword, which banishes all encounters on the world map and if your level is higher than the enemies on the field, you can force them away by hitting them with your weapon. It doesn't work on Challenge Quest enemies, even if you're higher level than them so that you can skip fighting them.