FF7 Rebirth 100% Walkthrough – Ultimate Platinum Guide

Welcome to my 100% Walkthrough for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. This more than just a Platinum Guide, this walkthrough will help you clear 100% of the game’s content in the most efficient way.

After playing hundreds of hours and doing hundreds more of research, I have prepared the Ultimate Guide for completionists who want to enjoy this masterpiece to the fullest.

If this is your first Final Fantasy game ever, I’ve got your back, there will be many tips and information to help you become good at this game.

If you’re a Final Fantasy  veteran, I’ve also got you covered, there will be Advanced Combat mechanics, hidden combos you’ve never heard of and the best possible builds.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FF7 REBIRTH TROPHY LIST
WALKTHROUGH PRESENTATION
MORE THAN JUST A GUIDE
FAQ
SETTINGS

FF7 REBIRTH 100% WALKTHROUGH PART 1

EPISODE 01
EPISODE 02
EPISODE 03
EPISODE 04
EPISODE 05
EPISODE 06
EPISODE 07
EPISODE 08
EPISODE 09
EPISODE 10

Other parts of the guide:

Coming soon, each page of the guide will contain 10 episodes to keep the scrolling down to a reasonable size.

There are 61 Trophies to Unlock in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth:

• 1 Platinum Trophy
• 1 Gold Trophy
• 5 Silver Trophies
• 54 Bronze Trophies

Achievement	Trophy	How to Unlock
The Planet’s Hope	Platinum	Earn All FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Trophies.
7-Star Hotel	Gold	Inform Johnny that you have donated all possible items to this treasure trove.
5-Star Hotel	Silver	Donate 60 items to the treasure trove at Johnny’s Seaside Inn.
Materia Completionist	Silver	Develop all possible materia together with Chadley.
Bladesman of Legend	Silver	Defeat Gilgamesh.
Of Hardy Stock	Silver	Complete all Chapters on Hard difficulty.
Virtually Renowned	Silver	Complete all of Chadley’s combat simulations.
1-Star Startup	Bronze	Donate 10 items to the treasure trove at Johnny’s Seaside Inn.
3-Star Hotel	Bronze	Donate 30 items to the treasure trove at Johnny’s Seaside Inn.
Never Meet Your Heroes	Bronze	Complete Chapter 1.
Swampy Situation	Bronze	Complete Chapter 2.
Make Mine Back	Bronze	Complete Chapter 3.
The President’s Commendation	Bronze	Complete Chapter 4.
Cryptic Cameo	Bronze	Complete Chapter 5.
Fun in the Sun	Bronze	Complete Chapter 6.
The Price of Progress	Bronze	Complete Chapter 7.
Worth the Weight?	Bronze	Complete Chapter 8.
Crying Out	Bronze	Complete Chapter 9.
Stars Fell from My Eyes	Bronze	Complete Chapter 10.
You’re Not Murasaki	Bronze	Complete Chapter 11.
Hearts Out, Dukes Up	Bronze	Complete Chapter 12.
I’m Here for You	Bronze	Complete Chapter 13.
Confluence of Worlds	Bronze	Complete Chapter 14.
I Got This	Bronze	Win a battle.
Exploitative Practices	Bronze	Exploit an enemy’s weakness.
Unfettered Friendship	Bronze	Free a bound ally.
Staggered Learning	Bronze	Stagger an enemy.
Break It Down	Bronze	Use a limit break.
Fledgling Summoner	Bronze	Invoke a summon.
Team Player	Bronze	Use a synergy skill.
No “I” in “Synergy”	Bronze	Use a synergy ability.
Entering New Markets	Bronze	Complete a quest.
Weapons 101	Bronze	Max out a weapon ability’s proficiency.
A Materia World	Bronze	Level up an orb of materia.
New Blood	Bronze	Raise your Queen’s Blood rank.
Caching In	Bronze	Complete your search of a cache location.
I Brake for Chocobos	Bronze	Repair three Chocobo stops.
Expert Ex-kweh-vator	Bronze	Use a Chocobo to find two treasures buried by rabbits.
You Work for Me Now	Bronze	Defeat a summon in battle and obtain its materia.
Intelligence Aide	Bronze	Gather world intel at five separate locations.
Intelligence Specialist	Bronze	Gather world intel at fifty separate locations.
Director of Regional Intelligence	Bronze	Gather all pieces of world intel in a region.
Founder’s Bonus	Bronze	Obtain a Protorelic in The Grasslands.
Fort Condor Commander	Bronze	Obtain a Protorelic in the Junon region.
Cactuar Crusher	Bronze	Obtain a Protorelic in the Corel region.
Honorary Turk	Bronze	Obtain a Protorelic in the Gongaga region.
The Gambit Paid Off	Bronze	Obtain a Protorelic in the Cosmo Canyon region.
Professional Handler	Bronze	Obtain a Protorelic in the Nibel region.
Moogle Lover	Bronze	Max out your Moogle Emporium merchant rank.
7th, Assemble!	Bronze	Recruit all Midgar 7th Infantry Units for the parade in Junon.
Stealing the Show	Bronze	Win the Prize for outstanding performance in the Junon Parade.
Card Royalty	Bronze	Win the Queen’s Blood tournament held on board the Shinra-8.
Critically Acclaimed	Bronze	Receive a review of S or higher for your performance in Loveless at the Gold Saucer.
Polygonal Prizefighter	Bronze	Defeat Sephiroth in 3D Brawler.
Piano Virtuoso	Bronze	Play all six Piano Outreach Association songs well enough to receive remuneration.
Are You Not Entertained?	Bronze	Complete all bouts in the Musclehead Colloseum.
Hall of Famer	Bronze	Win all Chocobo Races.
My Job Here Is Done	Bronze	Complete all quests.
Grind It Out	Bronze	Attain Level 70 with a character.
Staggering Success	Bronze	Deal 300% or more damage to a staggered enemy.
Well-Rounded	Bronze	Master all Weapon Abilities and Limit Breaks, including those found in folios.

On this page you will find:

• A very Compact Text Guide that you can use as a roadmap and to complete 100% of the game in the most efficient way. And you can always check the video walkthrough when the text version requires more explanation.
• A very Detailed Video Walkthrough, with timecodes for every key step and chapters to skip the parts which you don’t feel like watching. This So I recommend to give it a try and to subscribe to my YouTube channel if you want to get the latest info first.

The video walkthrough will contain more detailed combat tips, so I suggest you check them out. Each video will have a list of timecodes with all the important moments in the episodes:

• Timecode for each Item obtained
• Timecode for each Combat tip and Boss strategy
• Timecode for each Important info given
• Timecode for each Trophy obtained

All cut scenes and NPC dialogues will be included, but if you want to skip them it will be quite easy to do so: each video will be spilt into chapters, with clear labels so you can skip the parts you don’t want to watch or would rather watch on your own.

This is a REAL 100% Walkthrough. Well over 1500+ hours of preparation are necessary for this guide to make sure not a single item was missed and to complete 100% of Final Fantasy VII as efficiently as possible!

In this guide, I will of course show you how to unlock ALL FF7 Rebirth Achievements / Trophies  but also:

• Acquire ALL Items
• Acquire ALL Weapons
• Acquire ALL Accessories
• Acquire ALL Materias
• Acquire ALL Summons
• Acquire ALL Protorelics
• Acquire ALL Moogle Emporium rewards
• Gather ALL Pieces of World Intel
• Defeat ALL Bosses, even the optional Ones (Gilgamesh, etc.)
• Detailed Guides for each BOSS Fight
• Complete ALL the side quests
• Complete ALL Minigames (3D Fighter, Chocobo Races, etc)
• Collect ALL Queen’s Blood Cards
• Attain Level 70 with All Characters
• Master ALL Weapon Abilities and Limit Breaks
• And more secrets / easter eggs

But I will also provide many advice to become better at the game:

• Basic Combat Mechanics and Tips
• Advanced Combat Guides for each character
• Best Builds and Party setups
• Best way to clear the Hard Mode (which is needed to unlock the Silver Trophy called Of Hardy Stock)

If you enjoy this format, please check my other 100% walkthroughs:

• Final Fantasy 7 Remake 100% Walkthrough
  • FF7 Intermission 100% Walkthrough
• FF16 100% Walkthrough
  • FF16 Echoes of the Fallen DLC 100% Walkthrough
• Elden Ring 100% Platinum Guide
• Cyberpunk 2077 100% Walkthrough
• God of War Ragnarok 100% Walkthrough – Platinum Guide

This is the ultimate guide to complete 100% of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

This is more than just a Platinum Trophy guide, we’ll get everything.

• All 61 Trophies including The Planet’s Hope platinum trophy
• All items, even the not important ones, every Potion will be looted! Every Gil will be collected!
• All Side Quests

Basically, we’ll farm everything, every Gil, material or consumable will be found and looted if you follow this guide. You’ll finish your first playthrough with plenty of materials to do anything you want in your New Game+ (Hard Mode Playthrough).

I’ve planned this guide to do everything in the most efficient order, so that we never hit difficulty walls and complete the full game with as little deaths as possible. Every upgrade that can help will be obtained at the right moment, you’ll be warned in advance of every ambush and trap, there will be an optimal strategy for each of the enemies and Bosses which require one.

• If you’ve never played a Final Fantasy game before, I guarantee you will Platinum this game without any problems if you follow my guide.
• If you’re a casual gamer or 70+ year old with bad reflexes, I guarantee you will Platinum this game too.
• If you’re a veteran FF player, I guarantee you won’t regret following this guide, it will save you a lot of time and you’ll probably learn a few tricks and hidden game mechanics.

We’ll start the game with a few basic combat mechanics, get some early upgrades and progressively add more tools to our arsenal and explore some advanced combat tactics as well as new combat mechanics which only exist in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

I have thousands of hours of experience with Final Fantasy games. I’ve completed them all, including the old games. You can rest assured these guide will be very optimized and will provide you the best path to power up your team, master the best combos, and defeat the hardest challenges.

If you want an example, here’s a guide I wrote for the hardest battle in FF7 Remake: Top Secrets. Thousands of players were able to complete this tough challenge thanks to my guide:

Before we dive into the guide, let me answer the most frequently asked questions.

Q: This is my first Final Fantasy game ever. Is it ok if I start with this one?
A: Yes! Each Final Fantasy game has it’s own story and characters. What they have in common are some battle mechanics, monsters, magic, items and music. So you can start with this one and you’ll be fine, especially if you have me as your guide 😜. However, I do recommend playing FF7 Remake first, because it’s the first part of the story taking place in FF7 Rebirth. The remake of Final Fantasy 7 will be a trilogy:  FF7 Remake (2020), FF7 Rebirth (2024) and FF7 ???? (Yet to be announced).

Q: Can I follow this guide if I’m on PC / PS / Xbox?
A: Not yet. This is a PlayStation exclusive for now, but there will be a PC release for sure and my guide will be 100% compatible with the PC version. The achievements will be the same.

Q: Will I get all trophies, including the platinum, if I follow your guide?
A: Yes of course. But much more than that. You’ll get everything you can possibly get in one playthrough. All items, weapons, spells, etc. Everything.

Q: Do I have to follow your builds and party layouts exactly ?
A: No. You can follow this guide and do your own thing and you’ll be fine. However, this is a very optimized guide and I believe the tactics I’ll use are very optimized and powerful. Some strategies in the later part of the game are specific and will require certain Materia Levels and Weapon Abilities to work properly, so you’ll have to find your own strategies if you don’t have the same gear and materia loadout. However, FF7 Rebirth is very flexible with respecing. You can reset all your Folios at any moment for free, and you can grind to catch up on your Materias at any points as well, so you can copy my party setup at any point if you’re struggling.

Q: Can I follow your guide if I’m on PC / PS / Xbox?

A: Not yet. This is a PlayStation exclusive for now, but there will be a PC release and my guide will be 100% compatible with the PC version. The achievements will be the same.

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Gameplay

Difficulty: Normal
You can play in Classic Mode on your first playthrough if you want, but you’ll need to do a 2nd playthrough in hard mode anyway if you want to unlock all the Trophies and the best gear, so I recommend playing in Normal Mode to learn the battle system and prepare for hard mode. In any case don’t worry, I’ll make sure everything goes smoothly. I’ve got some 69 year old guy with arthritis to 100% Elden Ring in the past, so everyone can do it😉

Combat Style: Active
Same as above.

Cursor Position: Out of Battle: Remember
Quality of Life change. When you’re outside of battle and want to heal up your party with Cure several times for example.

Cursor Position: In Battle: Remember
Quality of Life change. This will be increasingly useful as we progress to the game. Some Materias such as ATB Assist trigger when you use the same ability twice in a row.

Combo Targeting: Free
Makes a big difference when you fight multiple enemies, allows you to switch freely from one target to another, which can be very useful in some situations.

Camera

Camera Distance: Out of Battle: 3
You’ll get a better view of your surroundings this way.

Camera Distance: In Battle: 3
You’ll get a better view of your surroundings and see what you’re doing. Very important in battle.

Lock-On Controls: Menu Controls & Auto-Camera
We want to be able to control our camera independently from switching targets. It’s much more convenient that way, especially when surrounded by multiple enemies.

Screen Shake: Off
It’s kinda cool, but it makes it harder to see things and you get bored with it pretty quick.

Graphics

Optimization: Performance
Playing in 60 FPS will help you a lot with battle, and overall everything will feel more fluid. The game is already beautiful in 60 FPS.

Brightness: 5
Some areas are quite dark, I feel like I can see everything better with Brightness set at 5, while still having everything look “normal”.

CHAPTER 1: The Fall of a Hero

Video coming soon

EPISODE 01: CHECKLIST AND TIMECODES

Coming soon

EPISODE 01: TEXT GUIDE

CUTSCENE: Mission Briefing

FIGHT: Sephiroth vs Disgorgon
Combat tips (check video for details):

• Always Lock-on
• Dodging
• Aura Charge

In Nibelheim, take a left and find a chest near the 3 big gas tanks:

• 1x Mega-Potion

Take the wooden stairs up SouthEast, then the stone stairs SouthEast, then South over the barrier to find another chest:

• 1x Mega-Potion

Go back on the main street, stairs up NorthEast, enter The Nidhogg Hotel to the left
Inside, approach the man with the red cape
CUTSCENE: Rashard Zangan

Get out and climb up the Old Water Tower
CUTSCENE: Nostalgia

Drop down East and enter Tifa’s House

• “You went to my place?”
• Yeah.

Inside the Lockhart Residence, go upstairs
Enter the first room to the right to find a chest:

• 1x Ether

Enter Tifa’s Room
You can open the closet or not if you want, it has no impact on your relationship with Tifa.

• “You went through my stuff!?”
• Yes. or No, I was making a joke.

Note: It’s up to you as well, no consequences.

Interract with the Piano

• “Did you actually play the piano?”
• Pick: Went to town on it.

Play a few notes, then exit. It doesn’t matter if you play well or not.

Get out and enter the next house, Cloud’s House.

• “Go on.”
• Pick: Ugh, fine.

Note: it doesn’t matter for the Trophies, but it’s an important part of Cloud’s character, and this is a 100% Walkthrough, so we’ll do 100% of the game!

CUTSCENE: Claudia

All sub-objectives are now complete.

Go back to The Nidhogg Hotel and go upstairs
CUTSCENE: This landscape…
CUTSCENE: The Guide

== EPISODE 01 END ==

Video coming soon

EPISODE 02: CHECKLIST AND TIMECODES

Coming soon

EPISODE 02: TEXT GUIDE

Main scenario: The Mission Begins

Follow Tifa, press L3 to toggle on sprint mode. You can also activate it by holding R2, but just toggling it on is more convenient most of the time.

• Smash all the Shinra Boxes on your way to get extra items.
• Don’t bother going off the path, there are no items, I’ve checked everything thoroughly.
• The only thing you can find sometimes off this path are a few Shinra Boxes, on very rare occasions. Not worth your time. We’ll get plenty of items in this walkthrough, you won’t ever lack of anything.
• Everytime you attack something, smash a box, loot an item, your Sprint will be Toggled off, so remember to toggle it back on. Sprint mode makes you automatically climb stuff too.

Keep moving up
CUTSCENE: I think I got this

FIGHT: 2x Insectoid Chimera
Combat tips:

• Blocking
• Operator Mode
• Holding Square in Operator Mode (sweep attack at the end groups up small enemies, great to combo with follow up AoE damage moves)
• Building ATB
• Triple Slash

Bronze Trophy Unlocked: I Got This
Total Trophies Obtained: 1/61

CUTSCENE: You Leave It All to Me

Main scenario: Happy Trails

Heal yourself up with Cure outside of combat. We’ll only use items when we’re low on MP.

Move up until you get the Initiating Combat tutorial window. Get your 1st First Strike.
FIGHT: 2x Kyuvildun
Combat tips:

• Punisher Mode Blocking

Move up and cross the bridge
CUTSCENE: Is That Mako?
FIGHT: Velociwing
Combat tips:

• Dodging Attacks
• Aerial Attacks
• Braver (airborne whenever possible)

Move up
FIGHT: Velociwing, Kyuvildun
Combat tips:

• Pressuring Enemies
• Focused Thrust
• Stagger Damage / Berserker Buff (30% Damage buff for 10 Seconds, but Cloud also takes 30% more damage for 10 seconds)
• Save up 1 ATB, the next battle will chain.

Bronze Trophy Unlocked: Staggered Learning
Total Trophies Obtained: 2/61
CUTSCENE: Well done, Trooper
FIGHT: 2x Velociwing
Combat tips:

• Using Magic on harder fights to quickly take out the first enemy.

CUTSCENE: Clearing the Way

Main scenario: Clear the Way

MATERIA CHANGE

EQUIP Assess Materia

Move up
FIGHT: 3x Insectoid Chimera
Combat tips:

• Assessing
• Launching Enemies in the Air

After the fight is over, on both sides you can find:

• Shinra Boxes

Move up, look to the right up on the rocks:

• Shinra Boxes

Move up
FIGHT: 2x Velociwing
Combat tips:

• 3 ways to Pressure Velociwing:
  • Dodge their “Charge” move. If you don’t feel comfortable with Dodging, just stay in Punisher Mode and hold Block to retaliate. This won’t Pressure them, but it will count as a Block and do some damage.
  • Hit them with Aero. Except we don’t have Aero yet.
  • Do enough damage to break their “Pressure Threshold”. ALL enemies have a damage threshold which puts them under Pressure. You just have to do enough damage in a short time window. Normal melee combos will achieve that, especially in Punisher Mode.

After the fight, look on the ground for:

• Shinra Boxes

Move up, look to the left and right:

• 2x Shinra Boxes

A few steps further is a chest:

• 2x Mixed Hi-Potion

A few steps further, before the stairs:

• Shinra Boxes

A the top of the stairs, on each sides:

• 2x Shinra Boxes

Face West and climb up the rocks to find a green materia:

• Wind Materia

MATERIA CHANGE

EQUIP Wind Materia

Move up until the collapsed bridge

Main scenario: Bridge Is Out

Go back and follow Tifa
Move up and let Sephiroth operate the computer

Enter the Mako Measurement Facility

• 2x Shinra Boxes

Go upstairs and right to find a blue materia:

• Level Boost Materia

MATERIA CHANGE

EQUIP Level Boost Materia (linked to Fire Materia)

Here’s a recap of our current setup

MATERIA LOADOUT

Weapon:
Level Boost
Fire

Armor:
Ice
Healing
Wind
Assess

Take the elevator
Get out and go left:

• Shinra Boxes

FIGHT: Screamer
Combat tips:

• Precision Block / Parry
• Ranged Attacks or Retaliation to build ATB
• Assess: Fire Weakness. They are resistant to frontal melee attacks when swinging their maces.
• Easiest strategy is to use ranged attacks to build ATB and then cast Fire or Fira (but Fire is enough to Pressure, so save on MP)

Bronze Trophy Unlocked: Exploitative Practices
Total Trophies Obtained: 3/61
Move up, on the other side of the stairs is a chest:

• 1x Ether

Go upstairs:

• Shinra Boxes

Clear the very easy first puzzle. Just drag the machine over the 3 Mako Fumes. Holding R2 speeds up the process.
Take the Elevator

Get out and check left:

• Shinra Boxes

Move up and check left and right:

• 3x Shinra Boxes

Move up to the helipad
CUTSCENE: C’mon

Main scenario: Cross the Bridge

Move around the barbed fences to find a chest:

• 1x Elixir

Cross the bridge
CUTSCENE: Lightning Strikes

Sephiroth joins the party

== EPISODE 02 END ==

Video coming soon

EPISODE 03: CHECKLIST AND TIMECODES

Coming soon

EPISODE 03: TEXT GUIDE

Main scenario: The Mission Continues

Climb up the wall, don’t rest on the bench yet unless you’re very low on HP/MP.
Loot the purple materia on the floor next to the bench:

• HP Up Materia

MATERIA CHANGE

EQUIP HP Up instead of Level Boost
Note: for now we don’t need a Level Boost for our materias, we’d rather use a slot to Gain AP for all our materias.

FIGHT: 3x Insectoid Chimera
Sephiroth Combat Tips:

• Zanshin / Zanshin Rising

Rest on the bench

Enter the cave
FIGHT: 2x Velociwing

• Hell’s Gate / Infernal Gate

Look for crates in the middle of the first room:

• Shinra Boxes

A few step NorthEast should also be blue crystals, a new type of destroyable object which can give you MP back:

• Mako Crystal

A few steps further North is a green materia on the ground:

• Empowerment Materia

MATERIA CHANGE

EQUIP Empowerment instead of HP Up Materia. It will be more useful to us in the near future

Go west and down towards the objective
CUTSCENE: Mako Spring

Move up North, Mako Crystal to the right.

FIGHT: Screamer, Velociwing
Combat tips:

• Hold Square on Sephiroth to do ranged attacks on the Screamer. The use Fire to pressure.
• Switch to Cloud to use Void Shatter, a Synergy Skill he has with Sephiroth (HOLD R1, then HOLD Square or Triangle to charge up, then release). Void Shatter significantly fills up the stagger bar, and costs no ATB, unlike Focused Thrust. But it does require a little more time to be executed.

Bronze Trophy Unlocked: Team Player
Total Trophies Obtained: 4/61
Move up and look to the right:

• Mako Crystal

Also to the right you should see a dead tree against a rock platform, climb it to find a Yellow Materia:

• Spare Change Materia

Note: we’re not gonna start wasting Gil now, we’ve got other ways to deal damage

Further up, in the middle of the rocks:

• 2x Mako Crystals

Move up
FIGHT: 2x Insectoid Chimera, Twin Brain
Combat tips:

• Switch to Cloud, Assess Twin Brain
• Defeat the 2x Insectoids First
• Twin Brain becomes Pressured when they use “Screech”. Save ATB to Focused Thrust during that.
• You can also use the Synergy Skill: Counterfire if you stand close when they use it. It will Counter the Skill and also do a lot of damage and fill up Cloud’s Limit by a decent amount.

Climb up 2 walls
FIGHT: Twin Brain, Velociwing
Combat tips:

• Switch to Cloud, build ATB and Focused Thrust the Twin Brain when he’s Pressured.

Shimmy accross the plank, drop down to the left to find a Blue Materia:

• Magnify

MATERIA CHANGES:
EQUIP Magnify instead of Healing Materia
SWAP Magnify with Fire Materia
Sephiroth has a Healing Materia equipped, we just need one. Plus he has very high Magic, his Cure heals for a ton of HP.

MATERIA LOADOUT:

Weapon:
Empowerment
Magnify

Armor:
Ice
Fire
Wind
Assess

Climb back up and move up
FIGHT: Zu
Combat tips:

• As a general rule, if the enemy is targeting the character you’re currently controlling, it’s best to switch out. That way you can be offensive while the AI will decently defend with the other characters.
• Also, try to spread out and fight the enemy from Behind or the sides if possible.
• Open up the fight with Sephiroth to get the aggro, then quickly switch to Cloud, do Aerial Attacks until Zu is pressured. Then Focused Thrust to Stagger. Then build ATB quickly in Punisher Mode to Assess.
• Switch to Sephiroth to finish with Zanshin / Rising Zanshin or Hell’s Gate / Infernal Gate

Move up the small stairs:

• Shinra Boxes

Climb up the rock for a chest:

• 1x Mega-Potion

North, climb up the platform for a Purple Materia:

• Precision Defense Focus Materia

Note: we can’t equip them all, it’s a good materia but heavily reliant on your ability to Parry. Not for everyone.

Climb up the ladder
FIGHT: 2x Kyuvildun

Near the next ladder:

• Shinra Boxes

Climb up, boxes ahead:

• Shinra Boxes

Climb up the stairs to find a Blue Materia on top of some crates:

• Auto-Cast Materia

Note: for the lazy kind of players, we won’t use it in this guide. We have much better options.

Move up, look to the left:

• Bunch of Shinra Boxes

Climb up the ladder, turn to the right and drop down over the railings to find a green materia with shinra boxes:

• Comet Materia

MATERIA CHANGE:
EQUIP Comet instead of Wind Materia
Note: a very powerful materia to deal heavy damage

Get back up, go behind the fence and open the double doors
Then grab the Hoover, suck in the nearest Mako Fumes
Then go through the double doors we just opened to hoover the other 2 Mako Fumes

Take the elevator
Exit and go right inside the fenced area to find some boxes and a chest:

• Shinra Boxes
• 1x Elixir

Move towards the bench, drop down to the right to loot a chest:

• 1x Elixir

Get back up and rest at the Bench

COMBAT SETTINGS
Set Cloud as Leader, it’s part of our opening strategy against the upcoming Boss.

Video coming soon

EPISODE 04: CHECKLIST AND TIMECODES

Coming soon

EPISODE 04: TEXT GUIDE

CUTSCENE: Wait
BOSS FIGHT: Materia Guardian
Check the video for the detailed strategy to defeat the Materia Guardian easily.
Combat tips:
Phase 1:

• Start on Cloud, switch to Punisher Mode, hold R1 to Retaliate and build one ATB.
• Right after blocking an attack: Assess.
• If he does Seizing Claw, let yourself get caught the first time:
• Quickly switch to Sephiroth, build 1 ATB and cast Fire on the Hindleg to free Cloud, which will unlock another Trophy for us.

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Bronze Trophy Unlocked: Unfettered Friendship
Total Trophies Obtained: 5/61

• After that, you can try to Dodge the next Seizing Claws:
  • The best way to Dodge it is to be in Punisher Mode and Swinging, then switch back to Operator Mode to do a slide. You’ll end up behind the Materia Guardian, check the video to see exactly how this combat mechanic works.
  • Dodging it successfully will put the Boss in a Pressured state. Destroying the Hindleg will also apply Pressure. Doing a lot of damage in a short time window as well (but that applies to all Enemies).
• While the Boss is Pressured, build 2 ATB on Both Characters, then back to Cloud and use Voidshatter if still time.
• Try to always keep at least 1 ATB on each character, ready to either Cure or use Fire when needed.
• When you have 2 ATBs: buff up with Bravery (Magnified), and with Sephiroth, either use Cure if needed, or cast Fira.

Phase 2 (Materia Guardian jumps to the ceiling)

• Fire on either Leg with Sephiroth
• Dash in with Cloud: Punisher Mode, Berserker Buff, Voidshatter.
• Switch to Sephiroth: Build 2 ATB, Fira.
• Switch to Cloud: Build 2 ATB, Fire.
• Build 2 ATB again on both characters and save it

Phase 3 (Materia Guardian jumps above the pipes)

• 2 options to counter it:
  • Use Synergy Ability: Double Helix immediately
  • Or get ready to use Counterfire (Hold R1 + Circle) when Trine is about to hit you. Counterfire is very powerful, it negates all projectile damage if timed properly, it does a lot of counter damage and stagger damage, and it boosts your Limit significantly.
  • In any case, use your Synergy Ability: either immediately to get the Materia Guardian back down. Or after getting it back down thanks to Counterfire.

Bronze Trophy Unlocked: No “I” in “Synergy”
Total Trophies Obtained: 6/61

• Then Fira, Fira on Sephiroth / Fire, Fire on Cloud
• This should Pressure him before he gets a chance to do anything.
• Stagger him with either Character who is closest to filling up the Limit Bar (Staggering an enemy fills up the Limit Bar by 1/3 for the character who landed the Stagger blow)
• Use Limit Break on either character to finish the fight.

Bronze Trophy Unlocked: Break It Down
Total Trophies Obtained: 7/61

Note: Don’t worry if you didn’t get to use your Limit Break on this particular fight, you’ll unlock this Trophy easily without even trying, it will happen soon. On many other fights.

CUTSCENE: It’s over

Main Scenario: Reactor Survey

Move inside the generator, take the elevator down
South through the double doors
Go to the bottom of the reactor, through the broken door
CUTSCENE: Jenova?

Close the valve (5 Times)
Go back inside

CUTSCENE: What are you doing?

Main Scenario: Sephiroth’s Whereabouts

Get out of the Inn
Follow the villagers to Shinra Manor
Enter the manor, go to the left room, take the elevator down
Move up until you find Sephiroth
CUTSCENE: Jenova Project Approved
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EPISODE 05: TEXT GUIDE

Main Scenario: Village in Turmoil

Run back to the village
CUTSCENE: The gate crumbles
Limp towards Cloud’s house, burning planks fall down
Turn around, go through the other house
The Old Water Tower crumbles

Limp to Cloud’s house
CUTSCENE: Run, Cloud.
CUTSCENE: Militiaman

Crawl towards Sephiroth
CUTSCENE: Through the fire
Bronze Trophy Unlocked: Never Meet Your Heroes
Total Trophies Obtained: 8/61

Chapter 1 Completed.

== EPISODE 05 END ==

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