Final Fantasy VII WT

Final Fantasy VII

Platform: PS1
Released (d.m.y):
 31.01.1997 (J)
 03.09.1997 (NA)
 17.11.1997 (PAL)

Based on: PAL-version (SCES-00867, SCES-10867, SCES-20867) (and PS4)



- A single save file takes 1 block of space.
- There's no way to return to the title screen from the 'Insert Disc x'
screen.
- The play time counter maxes out at 99:59:59.
- All status ailments, except for Fury and Sadness, are removed at the
end of battle.
- Exp is *not* divided among active party members. Characters outside
of the active party receive 50% Exp.
- Due to a programming error, your Magic Defense is not affected by
anything other than your Spirit stat. As a result, armor will *not*
increase your Magic Defense.
- Enemies will take double damage when attacked from behind, but your
characters will only take double damage when attacked from behind in
a pincer encounter.
- If a character's current HP is ever 7777, the character will enter
All 7 Fever in which they will attack the enemy 64 times for 7777 pod
each (for a total of 497 728 pod). The fever can only occur once per
battle for each character. After the fever is over, the character's
damage and healing values will still be set to 7777 for as long their
HP remains at 7777.
- Don't forget that, while you can't use a PS2 memory card on PS1 games,
you can still store PS1 save files on a PS2 memory card.
- Changes in the PS4 version:
 × Magic Defense bug is fixed.
 × Can't change the button config.
 × Can adjust audio levels, allowing you to turn the music off.
 × You have the option to return to the title screen from the menu.
 The game will occasionally crash when using said option.
 × Faster cursor movement.
 × Similar to the original FFIV, rapid input after d-pad or L/R input
 will result in the d-pad or L/R input to be doubled. (A misguided
 homage, perhaps?)
 × All slots have a low frame rate, making it even harder to hit what
 you want.
 × The reticle in the Speed Square mini-game moves very fast, making
 it rather hard to hit targets.
 × When betting on the chocobo races, the race is sped up.




  Disc 1
	Midgar - Sector 1 / No.1 Reactor
	Sector 7 Slums
	Lower Sector 4 Plate / No.5 Reactor
	Sector 5 Slums / Wall Market
	Sewer / Train Graveyard / Plate Support
	Shinra Building
	Kalm / Chocobo Farm
	Mythril Mine / Junon Region
	Junon / Cargo Ship
	Costa del Sol / Mt. Corel
	Gold Saucer / Corel Prison
	Cosmo Canyon / Cave of the Gi
	Nibelheim / Mt. Nibel
	Rocket Town / World Tour
	Wutai
	Temple of the Ancients
	Coral Valley / Forgotten Capital

  Disc 2
	Icicle Inn / Great Glacier
	Gaea's Cliff / Whirlwind Maze
	Junon / Mideel
	Corel Express / Fort Condor
	Mideel / Ancient Forest
	Junon Underwater Reactor
	Gelnika / Rocket Town
	Midgar

  Disc 3
	Northern Crater





			---- Disc 1 ----


Items (nc): Potion, Potion			\\\ Sector 1 - Platform ||
Default (Cloud): Buster Sword (Unique), Bronze Bangle (Artifact),
 Ice GM, Lightning GM
- You start off at Level 6 with 3 Potions, 1 Ether, 1 Phoenix Down,
240 Gil, and the GM (Green Materia, ie. Magic Materia) Ice and Lightning
(the Materia menu becomes available soon after the first dungeon).
- Please take some time to customize the settings in the Config menu.
Here's what I use:
 Cursor			Memory
 ATB Mode		Wait
 Battle Speed		Max
 Battle Message Speed	Above normal
 Field Message Speed	Max
 Battle Camera		Fixed
 Controller
   Confirm	R1
   Cancel	R2
   Menu		L1
   EXT		L2
   Left 1	Square
   Right 1	X
   Left 2	Triangle
   Right 2	O

- Check the knocked out soldier(s) for two Potions.
- Press Select on the field to see paths leading to other areas (not
present in the original Japanese release).
- Press Select during battle to see target names and command / item
descriptions.
- If you pause the game during battle, the play time counter will halt.
There's no way to pause the game on the field.
- Note that, if you check your status right away, the game tells you that
Cloud has 610 Exp with 35 left for the next level. However, at the end
of the fixed encounter, you only have 6 points remaining.

						\\\ Sector 1 - Station ||
- Talk to the NPCs and you'll get the chance to name Cloud and Barret.
Characters cannot be renamed (again).

						\\\ No.1 Reactor ||
Items: Phoenix Down, Potion, Restore GM
PC: Barret
Default (Barret Lv6): Gatling Gun (Unique), Bronze Bangle (Artifact)
Boss: Guard Scorpion
- Barret joins the party.
- You can change a character's row by choosing Order in the menu (hit
Confirm twice). In battle, you can switch rows by using the Change
command (press left in the menu).
- As usual, characters and enemies in the back row will deal and receive
less damage (in the case of non-ranged physical attacks). Since most of
Barret's weapons are long-range, you can set him in the back row to
reduce the damage he takes. Of course, if you leave him in the front,
he can use Limit Breaks more often.
- Like in FFVI, you can press the Menu button in battle to switch
between characters who are ready to take action. Pressing EXT will
make the command window disappear.
- In menus, you can use Left 1 and Right 1 to switch between characters
and scroll pages.
- Note that, if you return to the earlier areas, you have to use Circle
to examine the glowing panel that opens the elevator doors even if you
changed the button settings.
- You'll fight the boss soon after the save point.

[Boss]
- 800 HP, 100 Exp, 100 Gil, 10 AP, Assault Gun (Artifact)
- Attacking him while his tail is up will prompt him to counter with
Tail Laser (ab. 70 pod to all). You may want to eat a couple of those
just to fill your Limit gauges.

- Afterwards, you have 10 minutes to escape before the Makou reactor
blows. Make sure you talk to Jessie in the area with the ladders.

Item: Potion					\\\ Sector 8 ||
- You can fight the soldiers or run away from them. I suggest you fight
them to earn some kills for the new Limit Break. Learning the first Lv2
and Lv3 Limit Breaks requires a fair number of kills and learning the
second LB of a level requires you to use the first one a bunch of times.

						\\\ Last Train from Midgar ||
- Talk to Jessie then approach Barret.

Items: All BM, Ether				\\\ Sector 7 Slums ||
Item (nc): 1500 Gil
PC: Tifa
Default (Tifa): Leather Glove (Unique), Bronze Bangle
Shop:
 Potion			 50 Gil		Assault Gun		350 Gil
 Antidote		 80 Gil		Iron Bangle (Artifact)	160 Gil
 Phoenix Down		300 Gil
 Fire GM		600 Gil
 Ice GM			600 Gil
 Lightning GM		600 Gil
 Restore GM		750 Gil

- There's nothing at the Train Graveyard, although you can fight some
battles if you want.
- Enter the bar and you can name Tifa. Try to leave then ride the pinball
machine down. Approach Barret and try to leave again.
- When you're talking with Barret the next day, you can go through the
Materia tutorial if you want. You can unequip Materia and accessories
with the Menu button and switch between the equipment menu and Materia
menu with EXT.
- Visit the Beginner's House to find the items. Pairing Restore with All
would allow you to heal your party quite well (use Left 1 / Right 1 to
switch between all targets and single target). Do note the Strength and HP
penalties that come with Green and Red/Summon Materia. Your damage output
will come mainly from physical attacks, so don't just automatically equip
everything just because you have empty slots.
- The level of the All materia determines how many times you can multi-cast
during a given battle (5 at most). The limit applies to each spell
individually.
- You should level up a few All materias even if you don't need them.
Once mastered, you can sell them for a *very* adequate amount of gil.
 × Trophy note: You need to accumulate 100 000 000 gil. One All gives
 you 1,4 (35 000 AP to master), so you need to sell 72 of them. You
 can eventually buy All materias in late Disc 2, but the ones you find
 should be enough (you can get 5 on Disc 1).

Items (nc): Phoenix Down, Hi-Potion		\\\ Inside Train ||
- Approach Tifa and an alarm will go off. You're supposed to keep
heading towards the front of the train, but it doesn't matter even if
the timer runs out. You could try and get the two items, though. You
can get the first one from the guy in the back of the first car and
the second one from the guy closest to the camera in the second car.
A guy in the third car will pick-pocket you, but you don't have to deal
with that if you get caught in the second car.

Party: Cloud, Barret, Tifa			\\\ Winding Tunnel ||
- The tunnel consists of 6 areas plus the south-most area where you can't
pass (and where you can trigger fixed encounters) and the north-most
area where you need to go down the hole.
- The Rocket Launchers here always target the character with the lowest
cHP. This is usually Tifa, but you can manipulate your HP figures and
have them attack anyone you want.

Items: Ether, Potion				\\\ 4th Street Plate Int. ||
Item: Tent					\\\ Lower Sector 4 Plate ||
Item: Ether					\\\ No.5 Reactor ||
Boss: Air Buster

[Boss]
- 1200 HP, 180 Exp, 150 Gil, 16 AP, Titan Bangle

TPC: Aeris					\\\ Church ||
Default (Aeris): Guard Stick (Unique), Bronze Bangle
- Chat with Aeris and she'll join. Move her to the front row and give
her the Titan Bangle you just got.
- Aeris will not be available after Disc 1.
- In the next part, you can try and help Aeris by pushing down the
barrels.
        B              1: A  2: B  3: D
 A              D
         C

Party: Cloud, Aeris				\\\ Sector 5 Slums ||
Items: Ether, Cover PM, Potion, Phoenix no O
Special: Turtle's Paradise Flyer #1
- In one of the houses, you'll find a sleeping kid. Check the drawer
here to find 5 gil, but do *not* take it.
- Check the notes on the wall in the same room to find the first
Turtle's Paradise Flyer. If you find all six of these, you'll get
a little reward later.
- You'll find the items in and outside of Aeris's house.
- Talk to Elmyra then head upstairs. Once you're in control, walk
downstairs to sneak out without alerting Aeris. You'll nonetheless
run into her again at the path leading to Sector 6.

						\\\ Wall Market ||
Items (nc): Cotton Dress / Satin Dress / Silk Dress,
 Wig / Dyed Wig / Blonde Wig, Pharmacy Coupon,
 Disinfectant / Deodorant / Digestive,
 Cologne / Flower Cologne / Sexy Cologne,
 Glass Tiara / Ruby Tiara / Diamond Tiara, Member's Card,
 Lingerie / Bikini Briefs (all Key)
Shop:
 Hi-Potion		300 Gil		Metal Knuckle		320 Gil
 Eye Drop		 50 Gil		Assault Gun		350 Gil
 Echo Screen		100 Gil		Mythril Rod		370 Gil
 Hyper			100 Gil		Titan Bangle		280 Gil
 Tranquilizer		100 Gil		Mythril Armlet		350 Gil

- Metal Knuckle, 3 Mythril Armlets = 1370 gil
- About Hyper and Tranquilizer:
 × Hyper can be used to cure Sadness and inflict Fury. A character under
 Fury will experience drastically increased Limit Gauge growth. However,
 as a trade-off, the character's accuracy is reduced.
 × Tranquilizer can be used to cure Fury and inflict Sadness. A character
 under Sadness will take less damage, but their Limit Gauge fills much
 slower (and not just because of the reduced damage).
- Ask a guy at the Honeybee Inn about Tifa, then go talk to the guy in
front of Corneo's mansion. Your next task is collecting some stuff in
order to get into the mansion.
 × Dress: Talk to the woman at the boutique then talk to her father
 at the bar.
 × Wig: Gym.
 × Tiara: The guy at the Materia shop wants you to get an item from
 the vending machine in the inn (spend a night).
 × Cologne: Get something to eat at the diner and compliment the food
 to get a Pharmacy Coupon. Use the coupon at the pharmacy, then take
 the item to the person using the facilities in the bar.
 × You can also get a Member's Card from the guy near the path leading
 to Honeybee Inn.
- Only the dress and wig are necessary. You can go ahead and hit the
mansion once you have those. What items you get makes little difference
(no extra reward or anything).

Items: Ether, Phoenix Down, Hyper		\\\ Don Corneo's ||
- Find Tifa then meet the Don.
- Beat up Corneo's lackeys then find the girls. Don't miss the Hyper
behind Corneo's bed.

Items: Potion, Steal YM				\\\ Sewer ||
Boss: Aps
- You'll fight the boss almost right away.

[Boss]
- 1800 HP, 240 Exp, 253 Gil, 22 AP

						\\\ Train Graveyard ||
Items: Hi-Potion, Potion, Potion, Potion, Hi-Potion
Items (nc): Hi-Potion, Echo Screen, Ether
Theft: Striking Staff (Eligor)
- There are some items hidden in the barrels.
- Hang around in the northern area until you manage to steal a Striking
Staff.
- Aeris will leave the party once you reach the support pillar. Have her
heal you, and de-equip her Mythril Armlet, so you can give it to Barret.

Boss: Reno					\\\ Plate Support ||
- You'll reunite with Barret and fight the boss at the top.

[Boss]
- 1000 HP, 290 Exp, 500 Gil, 22 AP
- You'll need to attack your own characters in order to get rid of
Pyramid. This will *not* damage the character.

Item (nc): Turbo Ether				\\\ Sector 5 Slums ||
- Talk to the kid in the house where you found the first Turtle's
Paradise Flyer. Assuming you refrained from looting his stash, he'll
give you a Turbo Ether.
- Head to Aeris's house for a scene.

Item: Sense YM					\\\ Sector 6 Park ||

Item: 3× Batteries (Artifact, Temp)		\\\ Wall Market ||
Shop: Cover PM - 1000 Gil
- Pick up the batteries for 300 gil from the guy in the weapon store.
- The next dungeon is the longest so far. Make sure you're prepared.
I recommend having 3 Restore Materias.
- Go to the area east of Corneo's place and climb up the wires.

Item (nc): Ether				\\\ Plate Section ||
- You'll need the batteries here. Soon you'll reach Shinra Headquarters.

Item: Elixir					\\\ Shinra HQ - Stairs ||
- If you want everything right away, you need to take the side entrance
and get the Elixir halfway through the stairs, then go all the way back
down and take the main entrance. I suggest you leave the Elixir and get
it on Disc 2 when there's another item in there as well.

Special: Turtle's Paradise Flyer #2		\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 1F ||
- Check the notice board for the second Turtle's Paradise newsletter.
Do *not* miss it!
- You can buy some items on the second floor. When you're ready, take
the elevator.

Item (nc): Keycard 60 (Key)			\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 59F ||
- After some elevator action, you'll end up on 59F. Drop the guards and
you'll obtain your first keycard.

						\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 60F ||
- You have to sneak past the guards here. You can fight them, but you
can't fight your way through.

Item (nc): Keycard 62 (Key)			\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 61F ||
- Talk to one of the NPCs here and reply '....' to get the second keycard.

Items (nc): Keycard 65, Elemental BM		\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 62F ||
- Talk to the mayor once, then take the elevator all the way down and
save your game. You need to guess the password right on your first try
in order to get the Elemental Materia.

Items: Coupon A, Coupon B, Coupon C		\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 63F ||
Items (nc): Star Pendant, Four Slots (Artifact), All BM
- Save your game on 64F before attempting this. You need to get the 3
coupons, but you can only open 3 doors. Get to the west-most room by
opening 2 doors, then use the air duct to get the remaining two.

Items (nc): Phoenix Down, Ether			\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 64F ||
- You can rest in the room with the save point.
- Mess with the vending machines.

						\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 67F ||
Theft: Hardedge (SOLDIER 3rd), Carbon Bangle (Moth Slasher)
- You don't have much room to move in, but it'll do. Steal a Hardedge
and at least 3 Carbon Bangles. Do it *before* fighting the next boss.

						\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 65F ||
Items: Midgar Parts, Midgar Parts, Midgar Parts, Midgar Parts,
 Midgar Parts, Keycard 66
- You need to fetch and place the Midgar Parts into the model city one
by one.

						\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 66F ||
- Climb into the ventilation shaft in the bathroom, so you can eavesdrop
on the meeting.

Item: Poison GM					\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 67F ||
- If you don't have the Hardedge and Carbon Bangles yet, get them *now*.

						\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 68F ||
Items: Enemy Skill YM (Artifact), Potion, Potion, Potion, Potion
Item (nc): Keycard 68
PC: Nanaki
Default (Nanaki): Mythril Clip (Artifact), Mythril Armlet, Fire GM,
 All BM, Sense YM
Boss: Sample H0512
- Nanaki (aka Red XIII) will join you right before the boss.

[Boss]
- 1000 HP, 360 Exp, 250 Gil, 36 AP, Talisman
- Equip the Star Pendant for this one.
- He can revive his goons a couple of times before running out of MP.

- Once you have more than one Enemy Skill materia, you should equip
all of them on the same character when learning single-target skills.
Note, however, that, when you do this, you can only learn skills that
haven't been learned by any of the materias.
- Afterwards, head to an elevator, and some scenes will take place.
Head to the top floor. Cloud will be taking on a boss solo while Barret,
Nanaki and Aeris take care of another one. There's one more boss after
that. You can choose your party for that one.

						\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 69F ||
Boss(es): Hundred Gunner & Heli Gunner (separate phases)
- Aeris, Barret and Nanaki are up first. Take the elevator to start the
battle.

[Boss]
- 1600 HP / 1000 HP, 250 Exp, 200 Gil, 25 AP
- You can't hit the boss without ranged attacks. Thunder is a good choice.

						\\\ Shinra Bldg. - 70F ||
Lost & Found: Protect Vest (Rufus), Guard Source (Dark Nation)
Boss: Rufus (& Dark Nation)

[Boss]
- 500 HP. 310 Exp, 650 Gil, 42 AP in total
- Dark Nation is in the back row, but doesn't have much HP (140).

						\\\ Midgar Highway ||
Boss: Motor Ball
- You'll fight the last boss after the mini-game. He gets a back attack
on you, so switch your characters to the back row in advance.

[Boss]
- 2600 HP, 440 Exp, 350 Gil, 45 AP, Star Pendant

Theft: Atomic Scissors (Custom Sweeper)		\\\ Midgar Area ||
E-Skill: Matra Magic (Custom Sweeper)
- You can only find Custom Sweepers in the barren wastelands.

Item: Peacemaker				\\\ Kalm ||
Items (nc): Ether, Ether, Guard Source,	Ether, Megalixir, PHS (Key)
Shop:
 Mythril Saber		1000 gil	Heal GM			1500 gil
 Mythril Claw		 750 gil	Earth GM		1500 gil
 Cannon Ball		 950 gil	Poison GM		1500 gil
 Full Metal Staff	 800 gil	Steal YM		1200 gil
 Mythril Armlet		 350 gil	Sense YM		1000 gil

- Keep checking the cupboard at the inn to get the Megaelixir.
- A fairly lengthy flashback scene will take place.
 × During the flashback, go to Tifa's house. Check the piano on the
 second floor and choose 'Yeah, I jammed on it.'
- Afterwards, you'll obtain the PHS, which allows you to switch party
members whenever you can save.
- Use Exchange in the Materia menu to easily swap materia between
characters even if they're not part of the active party.

- Do *not* venture into the marshlands west of the Chocobo Farm! The
marshlands are home to the Midgar Zolom (not a random encounter, it's
actually visible). Even if you somehow manage to put up a fight, he'll
probably just eject you from the battle in the end.

						\\\ Chocobo Farm ||
Items (nc): Choco/Mog RM, Chocobo Lure PM - 2000 gil
Shop:
 Gysahl Greens		 100 gil
 Krakka Greens		 250 gil
 Tantal Greens		 400 gil
 Pahsana Greens		 800 gil
 Curiel Greens		1000 gil
 Mimett Greens		1500 gil

- Talk to the chocobo and reply 'Kweh' to obtain your first Summon Materia.
Summons can only be used a limited number of times per battle as determined
by the materia's level.
- The guy in the barn will sell you the Chocobo Lure Materia for 2000 gil.
You need to have this equipped in order to be able to encounter chocobos.
You should buy some greens as well. You need to kill all the enemies in
a chocobo battle before the chocobo runs off. Using greens kind of helps,
but it may still be difficult.
 × You should master the Chocobo Lure, then get the new one up to Lv3.

						\\\ Chocobo Farm Region ||
E-Skill: L4 Suicide (Mu), Chocobuckle (Chocobo)
- The Mus are somewhat rare, so learning L4 Suicide will take a while.
They don't use it often either.
- A Chocobo will use Chocobuckle if you hit it with L4 Suicide after
giving it Mimett Greens. L4 Suicide actually has to hit it. Around here,
it only works on the one that comes with two Elfadunks. It's much easier
to get later and it's not useful at all.

						\\\ Mythril Mine ||
Items: Long Range PM, Ether, Tent, Mind Source, Elixir, Hi-Potion
Theft: Grand Glove (Madouge)
E-Skill: Flame Thrower (Ark Dragon)
- Long Range is recommended for melee characters, so they can hit flying
enemies. There aren't many of them at all, but still. You could also
place the characters in the back row, but, as already mentioned, keeping
them in the front would allow you to get Limit Breaks faster. I rarely
set my characters in the back row myself.

						\\\ Fort Condor ||
- South of the mine is Fort Condor. You can play a mini-game here,
but it takes a good amount of money. If you don't have that much and
don't feel like grinding (not that it takes that long to get enough
to cover the first two battles), you can just ignore it.
- The first battle will cost you about 5000 gil and you'll receive
a Magic Comb as a reward. If you use Nanaki, it's well worth it.
- New battles become available after reaching certain points in the
story. You can only fight the most recent one, so it's easy to miss
battles. However, most of the rewards are not even remotely worth the
money and time spent backtracking.
- The second battle will be available very soon. If you hate confusion,
it's well worth the roughly 15k it takes to beat it, as the reward is
an accessory that makes you immune to confusion (the in-game description
doesn't actually tell you that on the PS4, though).
- With a highly aggressive strategy, it's possible to end the battles
by killing only two enemies, which saves a lot of time and money. The
battle ends once no enemies remain on the field. If you form a "ladder"
to the bottom of the hill by placing Fighters, you can take out the
first two enemies before any more appear.

Theft: Boomerang (Formula)			\\\ Junon Region ||
PC: Yuffie
Default (Yuffie): 4-Point Shuriken (Unique), Carbon Bangle, Throw YM
- It's now possible to get Yuffie to join the party. You can encounter
her in the forests. After fighting her, choose the following dialog
options.

      All right
 ---> Not interested

 ---> Petrified
      You're gonna lose again

      Go ahead...
 ---> Wait a second!

 ---> That's right
      You kiddin'?

      What's your name?
 ---> Let's hurry on

						\\\ Junon ||
Items: Enemy Skill YM, Mind Source, Luck Source, Power Source,
 Guard Source, Speed Source
Items (nc): Shiva RM, Grenade, 1/35 Soldier, 1/35 Soldier, Force Stealer
Boss: Bottomswell
Shop:
 Hardedge		1500 gil	Hi-Potion		 300 gil
 Grand Glove		1200 gil	Revive GM		3000 gil
 Boomerang		1400 gil	Seal GM			3000 gil
 Atomic Scissors	1400 gil	Silver Glasses		3000 gil
 Diamond Pin		1300 gil	Headband		3000 gil
 Striking Staff		1300 gil	Mythril Clip (Artifact)	 800 gil

- Assuming you're ready to leave the continent, head to the beach
to fight the boss.

[Boss]
- 2500 HP, W:N (Wind), 550 Exp, 1000 Gil, 52 AP, Power Wrist
- This one's a flyer, so Long Range will come in handy.
- A character stuck in a bubble can't act and will gradually lose HP.
Cast magic on the bubble to get rid of it.

- Afterwards, go rest in the old woman's house near the entrance.
- The second Fort Condor battle is now available.
- Cloud will be going solo for a while (no battles, though. Well, not
unless you leave Junon.). The dolphin jump is really quite easy. When
you miss, just blow the whistle again right where you land.
- You'll be disguising as a Shinra soldier and taking part in the
ceremony.
- I still haven't figured out what you're supposed to do in the parade
mini-game. The rewards aren't that impressive either way.
- After practicing for the second mini-game (and you'll want to get
that one right), you're free to explore the town.
- Just in case, save your game at the inn before doing the send-off
mini-game. You need to get at least 100 points in order to receive
the Force Stealer. Not hard at all really (the rewards for lower scores
are Silver Glasses or HP Plus, but you definitely want the weapon).

						\\\ Cargo Ship ||
Items: Ether, All BM, Wind Slash, Ifrit RM
Theft: Shinra Beta (Artifact) (Marine)
Boss: Jenova Birth
- Speak to your party members then talk to Tifa again, and the guy
blocking your path to the front of the ship should disappear. Talk
to Barret twice.

[Boss]
- 4000 HP, 680 Exp, 800 Gil, 64 AP, White Cape

						\\\ Costa del Sol ||
Items: Power Source, Motor Drive (Unique), Fire Ring
Shop:
 Carbon Bangle		 800 gil	Soft			150 gil
 Four Slots (Artifact)	1300 gil
 Platinum Bangle	1800 gil

						\\\ Mt. Corel ||
Items: W Machine Gun, Turbo Ether, Transform GM, Tent,
 Mind Source, Power Source
Items (nc): Wizard Staff, Star Pendant
- Be sure to save your game at the railroad tracks. There are three
parts where the tracks will break. As you're falling down, you need
to hold either left or right while hitting Circle in order to get the
treasure (Wizard Staff on the left, Star Pendant on the right).
- Transform allows you to cast Mini (10 MP) and Toad (Lv2, 14 MP).
- You could also get 10 Phoenix Downs if you kill the mother cockatrice
near the little shack, but I'm not comfortable doing that.
- Don't miss the hidden area after crossing the bridge.

Item (nc): Ether				\\\ North Corel ||
Shop:
 Force Stealer		2200 gil	Maiden's Kiss		150 gil
 Carbon Bangle		 800 gil	Cornucopia		150 gil
 Transform GM		5000 gil

- You can find an Ether in the yellow pot next to the fridge in one
of the tents.

E-Skill: Aqualung (Harpy)			\\\ Gold Saucer Region ||
- You can find a Harpy in a chocobo encounter.

Item (nc): Speed Source				\\\ Gold Saucer ||
Special: Turtle's Paradise Flyer #3
PC: Cait Sith
Default (Cait Sith): Yellow M-phone, Silver Armlet, Manipulate YM,
 Transform GM
- Use the ropeway at North Corel to get here. Don't buy the Gold Ticket
yet. You can easily afford it later.
- The holes at the main terminal are as follows:

   Event  Speed  Round  Ghost  Battle  Wonder  Chocobo

- Head to the Wonder Square and Cait Sith (pronounced 'ket she') will
join the party.
- The Wonder Square is, of course, the place where you will get to
experience the joy of screwing up double shots in Super Dunk. In any
case, it's the best way to get GP for now (200 gil per game). Later in
the game, you can just buy GP, which makes things less aggravating.
- If you complete the Mog House and talk to the guy behind you, you'll
get 30 GP (only once). The game is very simple. You just feed him some
Kupo nuts on two occasions. It's easy to tell when he's had enough.
At that point you just wait.
- Scoring 10k on G Bike for the first time gives you a Speed Source.
- Do *not* trade your GP for any of the items (the ???? one for 500 GP
is just a nut).

- Head to the Speed Square for a story event.
- The Speed Square offers a rail shooter mini-game that costs 10 GP.
I suggest you try it once then move on.

- You'll find the 3rd Turtle's Paradise flyer at the hotel.

- Head to the Battle Square and you'll end up in Corel Prison.

Item: Ramuh RM					\\\ Corel Prison ||
E-Skills: Matra Magic (Bullmotor), Laser (Death Claw)
Boss: Dyne
- The enemies here are pretty annoying, so you'll want to get out of here
as quickly as possible. Head to the house near the save point. You'll
need to keep Barret in your party for now. (You'll get the Materia later)
- Next, head north past the guy who was blocking your path earlier.
You'll find an area with a fence and a pit. Head east along the north
side of the pit to find Dyne (do *not* go into the desert).
 × Pick up Matra Magic and Laser in the area with the pit or the one after
 that (with the wrecked cars).
 × If you head out into the desert, you *will* get lost. In that case,
 you need to wander around until you run into a chocobo carriage. That'll
 take you back to the area with the pit.
- Barret will be taking on Dyne solo.

[Boss]
- 1200 HP, 600 Exp, 750 Gil, 55 AP, Silver Armlet

- Unfortunately, you haven't earned your ticket to freedom quite yet.
You need to do some chocobo racing as well. You have to finish 1st place.
Whenever you lose, you'll be given a better chocobo (three times) until
you pretty much can't lose.
 × Trophy note: Winning a chocobo race is supposed to give you a trophy,
 but it seems to be a little glitchy. If you don't get it here, you can
 try again on Disc 2/3.

- Afterwards, you'll obtain your first vehicle, the buggy. You can use
it to cross rivers. If you didn't get Aqualung earlier, you can easily
get it now by driving in the desert.
- You can now play at the Battle Square, but I suggest you ignore it
for now.
- You can take the buggy to the eastern continent by riding it into
Costa del Sol and then taking the ship. When you get to Junon, you can
either use the air taxi by talking to the guy on the street or run all
the way through town to use the elevator.

E-Skill: White Wind (Zemzelett - Manipulate)	\\\ Junon Region ||
- You need to Manipulate Zemzelett before it uses Thunderbolt, otherwise
it won't have enough MP to cast White Wind (34 MP).
 × As in previous installments, White Wind heals the party for the amount
 of HP that equals the caster's cHP. This time, it also heals status
 ailments (except Fury and Sadness).

Items (nc): Mythril, Bolt Ring			\\\ Old Man's House ||
- Cross the river east of Junon to find a small cave. Inside, you'll
find a man who can tell you how many battles you've fought. Talk to
him when the last two digits of that figure are the same, and you'll
receive either Mythril or a Bolt Ring. Fight 11 battles and talk to him
again to get the other one.

E-Skill: Beta (Midgar Zolom)			\\\ Midgar Region ||
- You should be strong enough to learn Beta at this point (pick up
Flame Thrower for your other ES Materia on your way). Beta deals 1100
pod to all characters, but surviving isn't really the hard part - you
have the Fire Ring after all (you can also use Elemental-Fire). The hard
part is that he'll only use Beta when you hit him when he's low on HP.
He could easily eject two of your characters before that, so give both
ES Materias to the same character. Start with Laser, then hit him with
a Limit Break or two.

E-Skill: Big Guard (Beachplug - Manipulate)	\\\ Gold Saucer Region ||
- Pick this one up at the beaches.

E-Skill: Frog Song (Touch Me)			\\\ Gongaga Region ||
- You can find Touch Mes in the forests.

						\\\ Gongaga ||
Items: Deathblow YM, X-Potion, White M-phone
Item (nc): Titan RM
Boss(es): Reno 2 & Rude
Shop:
 Headband		3000 gil	Mystify GM		6000 gil
 Silver Glasses		3000 gil	Time GM			6000 gil
 Star Pendant		4000 gil	Hardedge		1500 gil
 Talisman		4000 gil
 White Cape		5000 gil
 Fury Ring		5000 gil

- You'll fight the boss right away (this place is optional).

[Boss]
- 2000 HP (each). 1380 Exp, 3500 Gil, 130 AP, Fairy Tale

- Check the reactor to find the summon.

- Northwest of Gongaga, you'll find Cosmo Canyon. If you try to drive
past Cosmo Canyon, your buggy will break down, but you can just get off
before that happens. Even if it breaks down, it'll be fixed after the
next dungeon. Nanaki will be a mandatory party member in said dungeon.

						\\\ Cosmo Canyon Region ||
- You'll need Ice to take care of Desert Sahagins. They randomly become
immune to physical attacks and there's nothing you can do about it.
- Crown Lance is one of the few enemies who can inflict instant petrification.

Item (nc): Elixir				\\\ Cosmo Canyon ||
Special: Turtle's Paradise Flyer #5, #4
Shop:
 Butterfly Edge		2800 gil	HP Plus PM		8000 gil
 Tiger Fang		2500 gil	MP Plus PM		8000 gil
 Pinwheel		2600 gil
 Heavy Vulcan		2700 gil
 Silver Barrette	2500 gil
 Green M-phone		2400 gil
 Prism Staff		2600 gil
 Silver Armlet		1300 gil

- You'll find Turtle's Paradise Flyer 5 in the inn and number 4 next
to the weapon shop.
- Also, check the sofa in the inn to find an Elixir.
- After some events, Bugenhagen will direct you to the sealed cave.

						\\\ Cave of the Gi ||
Items: Added Effect BM, Black M-phone, Ether, X-Potion, Fairy Ring,
 Turbo Ether, Gravity GM
Lost & Found: Wizer Staff (Gi Nattak)
E-Skill: Death Sentence (Gi Spector, Sneaky Step)
Boss: Gi Nattak (& 2× Soul Fire)
- You will no longer have access to this area once you complete the
events here.
- Part of the ground is slippery in the second area. Watch your step.
- Added Effect will cover all the status ailments of the connected
materia regardless of the connected materia's level.
- Use Frog Song against the Stingers.
- No save points here. You'll fight the boss in the fourth area.

[Boss]
- 5500 HP, 1300 HP (Soul Fire). 1800 Exp, 3200 Gil, 170 AP in total
- You don't have to kill the Soul Fires. They don't give you much anyway.

Item (nc): Seraph Comb (Unique)			\\\ Cosmo Canyon ||
- If your buggy broke down, it'll be fixed now. Either way, head north
to Nibelheim.

						\\\ Nibelheim ||
Items (nc): Luck Source, Elixir, Turbo Ether, Platinum Fist, Luck Source
- Don't bother playing the piano at Tifa's house. There's nothing you
can get from it yet.

						\\\ Shinra Mansion ||
Items: Silver M-phone, Twin Viper, Enemy Launcher, Magic Source,
 Odin RM, Destruct GM
Item (nc): Basement Key (Key)
E-Skill: ???? (Jersey)
PC: Vincent
Default (Vincent): Quicksilver, Silver Armlet
Boss: (Lost Number)
- You can find Jerseys in the rooms on the 2nd floor. Unfortunately,
you can't Manipulate them, so learning ???? may take a while as they
don't use it often.
- The combination to the safe is: Right 36, Left 10, Right 59, Right 97.
Inputting it will trigger the boss. Do save before doing that.
 × Note that if you shoot past any figure while scrolling, you will
 fail to unlock it.

[Boss]
- 7000 HP, 2000 Exp, 2000 Gil, 80 AP, Cosmo Memory (Unique)
- A fairly tough boss. He can deal some very serious damage especially
once his HP is below half. Meteorain + Doom of the Living should get
the job done. If not, you can just come back later. It's optional after all.

- Keep in mind, you can't teach the Lv4 Limit Break to a character
until they've learned all their other Limit Breaks.
- You can use the key in the basement to get Vincent to join.
- You may run into Ying & Yang in the basement. This is one of the most
annoying enemies in the game. Do not fight it.
- Be careful if you pair up Added Effect with Destruct. Instant Death
is nice up until the character gets confused. At that point, you might
be fucked. If you got the Peace Ring at Fort Condor, put that on. You
can also get one by completing the Wutai side quest (available soon).

						\\\ Mt. Nibel ||
Items: Rune Blade, Plus Barrette, All BM, Elixir, Elemental BM,
 Sniper CR, Powersoul, Counter Attack PM
Theft: Gold Armlet (Dragon)
E-Skills: Flame Thrower (Dragon), Trine (Materia Keeper)
Boss: Materia Keeper
- You'll find the boss in the third area.
- The Dragons deal pretty heavy damage. You could use that to learn
some Limit Breaks. If you're not interested, use Lv4 Suicide to take
care of them as quickly as possible.
- There's not much need to steal Gold Armlets. You can buy them in
Rocket Town.

[Boss]
- 8400 HP, 3000 Exp, 2400 Gil, 200 AP, Jem Ring
- Make sure you pick up Trine before you finish him off.

- Counter is quite good. Since the effect stacks, equipping multiple
ones can be very effective (100 000 AP to master). Better remove it
when stealing, morphing or trying to learn Enemy Skills, though.
- The game refers to gradual petrification as 'Slow-Numb.' It doesn't
refer to Slow or Stop. Incidentally, to become immune to Slow and Stop,
you need to use the Auto-Haste accessory or Added Effect-Time on your
armor.

Theft: Remedy (Velcher Task)			\\\ Rocket Town Region ||

Items: Power Source, Drill Arm			\\\ Rocket Town ||
Item (nc): Yoshiyuki (Unique)
PC: Cid
Default (Cid): Spear, Gold Armlet
Boss: Palmer
Shop:
 Shotgun (Artifact)	3100 gil	Barrier GM		10 000 gil
 Gold Armlet		2000 gil	Exit GM			10 000 gil
 Power Wrist		7500 gil	Ether			  1500 gil
 Protect Vest		3500 gil
 Earring		7500 gil
 Talisman		4000 gil

- Talk to the old man in front of the item shop a couple of times to
obtain the Yoshiyuki.
- After some events, you'll fight Palmer.

[Boss]
- 6000 HP, 1800 Exp, 5000 Gil, 98 AP, Edincoat

- Afterwards, Cid will join and you'll obtain the Tiny Bronco, which
you can use to move in shallow waters.

Theft: Adaman Bangle (Adamantaimai)		\\\ West Continent ||
Lost & Found: X-Potion (Bizarre Bug)
E-Skills: Magic Hammer (Razor Weed), Death Force (Adamantaimai - Manipulate)
- Do *not* head north into the mountains yet! If you do, you'll initiate
the Wutai side-quest where Yuffie steals most of your materia. Pick
up the Enemy Skills (you'll find Razorweed in the green plains and
Adamantaimai at the beaches) then head to the north continent.
- Magic Hammer allows you to keep your MP up quite well.

E-Skill: L4 Suicide (Trickplay)			\\\ Bone Village Region ||

Item: Kjata RM					\\\ Bone Village ||
Shop:
 Diamond Bangle		3200 gil
 Rune Armlet		3700 gil
- If you have some Materia you're itching to level up, go with the
Rune Armlets (Double AP). Didn't need them myself (except when I did
my trophy run on the PS4).
- Head into the Sleeping Forest. You can find Kjata in the looping area,
but it'll be moving around and appears only momentarily.
- Next, head to the south continent.
- You should also get Beta and White Wind now if you didn't get them
earlier (White Wind at least).

						\\\ Mideel Region ||
- If you're looking to build up your characters, this is a great place
to do so. If the enemies seem too tough, go with the West Continent first.
- I usually build up to Lv60-70 here myself.
- Trophy note: Now's a good time to learn all those Limit Breaks. Use
Matra Magic at the Mythril Mine to get kills and then just use the Limit
Breaks in the Mideel region.

Item (nc): Great Gospel (Unique)		\\\ Weapon Seller ||
- East of Gongaga is a blacksmith who's looking for some Mythril. If
you got it from the sleeping man east of Junon, you can trade it for
the Great Gospel (in the safe). The large box has a Gold Armlet, but
you don't want that.
- The guy also talks about the Keystone, but you don't need to come
here in order to trigger the next story event at the Gold Saucer.

						\\\ West Continent ||
- I suggest you do the Wutai side quest now. As I already mentioned,
Yuffie will steal 40+ of your Materia and you have to hunt her down.
She won't rejoin the party until you're done. Note that, when you get
your Materia back, it'll be equipped randomly, so you may want to
write down what each character has.

						\\\ Wutai ||
Boss: Rapps
- Here's what to do (I'll list the items and stuff later):
 1. Go to the building on the north side (near the pagoda). Talk to
 Godo until Yuffie makes an appearance.
 2. Talk to the Turks at the pub (if you didn't already).
 3. Open the chest at the materia shop.
 4. Check behind the screen in the house near the town entrance.
 5. Check the pot outside the pub.
 6. After being to Yuffie's House, go to the northern area (where Godo's
 house is) and ring the bell to reveal a secret passage.
 7. Head to the mountain to fight the boss.

[Boss]
- 6000 HP, 3200 Exp, 20 000 Gil, 33 AP, Peace Ring
- Aero 3 hurts (1500 pod).

						\\\ Wutai ||
Items: Hairpin, Magic Shuriken, Swift Bolt, Elixir, Dragoon Lance,
 HP Absorb BM
Items (nc): Power Source, Guard Source, Magic Source, Mind Source,
 Speed Source, Luck Source, Megalixir, MP Absorb BM, Leviathan RM
Special: Turtle's Paradise Flyer #6
E-Skill: Trine (Godo)
Bosses: Gorkii, Shake, Chekhov, Staniv, Godo
Shop:
 Murasame		6500 gil	Choco Feather		10 000 gil
 Diamond Knuckle	5800 gil
 Razor Ring		6000 gil
 Chainsaw		6300 gil
 Slash Lance		6500 gil
 Gold Barrette		6000 gil
 Shortbarrel		6400 gil
 Blue M-phone		5500 gil
 Aurora Rod		5800 gil

- You'll find the 6th and last Turtle's Paradise Flyer in Yuffie's House.
Check the sign in front of the pub, then talk to the pub owner for your
reward.
- At the Pagoda, you can fight 5 bosses with Yuffie alone.

[Boss: Gorkii]
- 3000 HP, 1500 Exp, 50 AP

[Boss: Shake]
- 4000 HP, 2200 Exp, 50 AP

[Boss: Chekhov]
- 5000 HP, 2900 Exp, 50 AP, Ice Ring

[Boss: Staniv]
- 6000 HP, 3600 Exp, 50 AP, Elixir

[Boss: Godo]
- 10 000 HP, 5000 Exp, 40 000 Gil, 60 AP, All Creation (Unique, Temp)

						\\\ Gold Saucer ||
Items (nc): Gold Ticket (Key) - 30 000 gil, Keystone (Key), Ether
- Note that Aeris will become a mandatory party member after the events
here. Once you complete the next dungeon, she'll be gone.
- Go to the Battle Square and check the Keystone at Dio's Show Room.
After getting it, go talk to the staff member at the station.
 × On the off chance that you survive all 8 battles, you'll also receive
 a Protect Vest and a Choco Feather. You don't actually get any BP, though.
- After the events, check the closet in your hotel room before leaving.
- You'll find the Temple of the Ancients on the island south of Junon.

						\\\ Temple of the Ancients ||
Items: Trident, Mind Source, Silver Rifle, Turbo Ether, Rocket Punch,
 Luck Plus PM, Morph YM, Nail Bat, Prince55 Guard (Unique), Ribbon,
 Trumpet Shell, Megalixir, Work Glove, Bahamut RM
Bosses: Red Dragon, Demon Gate
- You will no longer have access to this dungeon once you complete the
events here.
- In the clock room, let the second handle knock you down in order to
reach the chest with the Nail Bat

 I   | Monster-in-a-box (nothing)
 II  | -
 III | Monster-in-a-box (nothing)
 IV  | Prince55 Guard
 V   | Ribbon
 VI  | Work Glove, Mural room
 VII | Trumpet Shell
 VIII| Megalixir
 IX  | -
 X   | Pool room
 XI  | -
 XII | Demon Gate (after Red Dragon)

- You'll fight the first boss in the mural room. Make sure you've found
everything before that (you'll get the summon after the boss).

[Boss]
- 6800 HP, 3500 Exp, 1000 Gil, 200 AP, Dragon Armlet

- Aeris will permanently leave the party after the next boss. You'll
lose the weapon and armor she's equipped with.

[Boss]
- 10 000 HP, 3800 Exp, 4000 Gil, 220 AP, Gigas Armlet

- If you do Fort Condor now, you *may* get a Superball.
- I suggest you go grab the third Enemy Skill materia at the Forgotten
Capital right now and then come back, so you can fill it up.

Morph: Power Source (Heavy Tank)		\\\ Gongaga ||
Morph: Guard Source (Bagnadrana)		\\\ Mt. Corel ||
Morph: Guard Source (Spiral)			\\\ Mideel Region ||
Morph: Turbo Ether (Beachplug)			\\\ Beaches ||
Morph: Elixir (Harpy)				\\\ Gold Saucer Region ||

- If you have a lust for maximum ownage, you'll want to boost your
Str at this point. I'd go with 50 per character. Don't forget that
ATP maxes out at 255 and there's no need to boost your Str once you
reach that.
- Boosting Vit isn't a high priority. If you're going for it anyway,
use Elemental-Ice. I went with a modest +20 for all. Spirals are a
better source later in the game.
- Morphed enemies don't drop any items.

Item (nc): Sprint Shoes				\\\ Gold Saucer ||
Shop:
 Remedy			   200 BP
 Enemy Lure PM		   800 BP
 Pre-Emptive PM		  6400 BP
 Speed Plus PM		12 800 BP
 Champion Belt		25 600 BP
 Omnislash		51 200 BP

- I recommend you pick up Enemy Lure at the Battle Square at this point.
It'll come in handy when grinding. Equip three of them to max out the
effect (50 000 AP to master).
- Before you go in, talk to one of the NPCs outside the arena and choose
the first dialog option. Talk to her again later after beating the arena
to receive a pair of Sprint Shoes.
- In case you're not that familiar with how things work here, the Battle
Arena challenge has you fight up to 8 battles with a single character
(10 GP per attempt). After each round, a slot reel is used to force a
penalty on you. You need to make it to round 8 in order to score big,
as BP is received from the penalties and the 7th reel gives you the most
points by far (except for No Penalty and HP Restore, since, you know,
they're not penalties at all). Break All Materia on the 7th gives you
10 000 BP. Break GM is almost as much. Break Weapon, Seal Items and
Break PM are also worth a good amount, although Break Weapon is only
manageable if Enemy Skill is still intact or if you've boosted you Str.
You lose all your BP when you leave the area.
- Equip the Nail Bat, Gigas Armlet, Ribbon, Enemy Skill, HP Plus and
Counter Attack(s).
- Mini drops your damage to 1, but you can still use your abilities.
Toad drops your damage by 75% and you can't use any abilities.
- I highly recommend you forget about Omnislash. Unless...
- Trophy note: Unless you want the trophy. This one can be a little
tricky, but it's still best that you get it now. If you wait until
Disc 2/3, you'll be stronger and the prices will go down, but the
enemies will be tougher as well. Get at least 200 GP before you try
and don't forget about that Str boost.

						\\\ Bone Village ||
Items (nc): Mop, Buntline, Megalixir, Lunar Harp (Key)
- Check the map on Gamefaqs to see where you can find the items. Note
that you have to use Circle to climb the ladder when choosing the spot.
- Once you have the Lunar Harp, you can get through the Sleeping Forest.

Item: Water Ring				\\\ Corral [sic] Valley ||
Morph: X-Potion (Malldancer)
E-Skill: Death Sentence (Boundfat)

						\\\ Forgotten Capital ||
Items: Comet GM, Magic Source, Aurora Armlet, Guard Source, Elixir,
 Enemy Skill YM (Artifact)
E-Skill: Aqualung (Jenova Life)
Boss: Jenova Life
- Get the items, then rest on the east side. Take the new path in the
middle area.

[Boss]
- 10 000 HP, 4000 Exp, 1500 Gil, 350 AP, Wizard Bracelet


			---- Disc 2 ----

Item: Viper Halberd				\\\ Forgotten Capital ||

						\\\ Coral Valley Cave ||
Items: Bolt Armlet, HypnoCrown (Unique), Megalixir, Magic Plus PM,
 Power Source
Theft: Water Ring (Acrophies)

						\\\ Icicle Inn ||
Items: Hero Drink, Vaccine, X-Potion, Turbo Ether
Items (nc): Glacier Map (Key), Snowboard (Key)
Shop:
 Organics		12 000 gil
 Dragon Claw		10 000 gil
 Hawkeye		12 000 gil
 Microlaser		12 000 gil
 Mast Ax		13 000 gil
 Adaman Clip		11 000 gil
 Lariat			12 000 gil
 Red M-phone		11 000 gil

- Try to head north to trigger a scene. Afterwards, some Shinra soldiers
will be blocking your way back south, but they'll be gone after the
mini-game.
- Once you have the map and the kid's snowboard, you can ride down
to what could be considered the most annoying dungeon in the game.

						\\\ Great Glacier ||
Items: Added Cut BM, Alexander RM, All BM, Elixir, Mind Source,
 Potion, Safety Bit
Theft: Circlet (Snow)

                 O                A: Ice Gate sign
               .-I-J              B: Crossroads
               |  \---\           C: Woods (Mind Source)
          (M,M)|       H          D: Lake shore (Potion)
            \|/M=N-\  <|          E: Ice puzzle, lake cave (Safety Bit)
             L--/ E F--G          F: Lone tree
              \ /C-D  /           G: Mountain (G-H: Added Cut)
               K |  \/            H: Hot springs
                \A--B--           I: Snowfield (All)
                 |                J: Witch's cave (Alexander)
                                  K: Barren tree
                                  L: Frozen rocks (Elixir)
                                  M: Mountain Path
                                  N: Tree bridge
                                  O: Holzoff's cabin

- After taking a certain number of steps in this area, you will pass
out and wake up at Holzoff's house at the base of Gaea's Cliff.
- You can return to Icicle, but then you'll have to go through the
annoying mini-game again.
- You can find Added Cut when going from G to H (right path) but not
the other way around.
- You can only get Alexander if you touch the hot spring.
- You can get to H from J, but it's one-way only.

						\\\ Gaea's Cliff ||
Items: Ribbon, Javelin (Unique), Elixir, Fire Armlet, Megalixir,
 Speed Source, Enhance Sword
E-Skill: Bad Breath (Malboro), Magic Breath, Trine (Stilva - Manip.)
Lost & Found: Dragon Armlet (Blue Dragon)
Theft: Protect Ring (Schizo - Right)
Boss: Schizo
- NOTE: You will no longer have access to Gaea's Cliff or Whirlwind
Maze after completing the Whirlwind Maze. Make sure you don't miss
anything too important.
- You can encounter Malboro in the outdoor areas
- You'll need to go through a wall to reach the Ribbon.
- You'll fight the boss after the second save point.
- You can't learn Dragon Force from Blue Dragon.

[Boss]
- 18 000 HP (Left), 18 000 HP (Right). 4400 Exp, 3000 Gil, 240 AP in total.
- Steal the Protect Ring.

						\\\ Whirlwind Maze ||
Items: Neo Bahamut RM, Hi-Potion, Ether, Kaiser Knuckle,
 MP Turbo BM, Poison Ring (Unique)
Theft: Gigas Armlet (Artifact) (Gigas), Turbo Ether (Killbin)
E-Skill: White Wind (Wind Wing - Confuse)
Boss: Jenova Death
- Tifa will be a mandatory party member here.
- Steal a couple of Gigas Armlets.
- You'll fight the boss just before reaching the second save point.

[Boss]
- 25 000 HP, 6000 Exp, 5000 gil, 400 AP, Reflect Ring (Artifact)

- After the boss, either Barret or Nanaki will leave the party for
a short while.
- Once you trigger the event at the end, Cloud will go off the grid
for a while, but he'll be back fairly soon (he won't gain any Exp
in his absence). And don't forget that after this you can't return to
the areas past the Great Glacier.

						\\\ Junon ||
- More story events. There's no time limit when using the key with Tifa.
Eventually, you'll obtain the airship, Highwind. Note that it can only
land on green plains.

Item: Chocobo Lure PM				\\\ Chocobo Farm ||
- Talk to the guy in the house to rent some stables for 10 000 gil each.
You can get up to 6 of them, but 4 should be enough for now. After that,
you have the option of sending any caught chocobo to the farm.
- Pick up some Mimett Greens as well if you don't have any.
- You probably don't need another Chocobo Lure taking up space in your
Materia menu, but if you want it, it's there by the fence.

Item: Enemy Skill YM				\\\ Chocobo Sage's House ||
Shop: Sylkis Greens - 5000 gil
- You'll find the Chocobo Sage's house surrounded by mountains on the
North Continent. You'll find the fourth and last Enemy Skill Materia
here (not that you need another one).
- You'll likely be doing some chocobo breeding soon, so pick up a fair
amount of Sylkis Greens.

Theft: Carob Nut (Vlakorados)			\\\ Bone Village Region ||
- Steal a few of these. You don't have to kill the enemy.

						\\\ Junon ||
Shop:
 Rune Blade		3800 gil	Wind Slash		2000 gil
 Enhance Sword		12 000 gil	Twin Viper		3200 gil
 Platinum Fist		2700 gil	Viper Halberd		7000 gil
 Kaiser Knuckle		15 000 gil	Dragoon Lance		6200 gil
 W Machine Gun		2000 gil	Peacemaker		3500 gil
 Drill Arm		3300 gil	Buntline		6800 gil
 Fairy Tale		2500 gil	Magic Comb		2000 gil
					Plus Barrette		3500 gil
 Nail Bat		2800 gil	Wizard Staff		1800 gil
 Work Glove		2200 gil	Wizer Staff		3200 gil
 Superball		3000 gil
 Rocket Punch		3200 gil	Powersoul		4200 gil
 Mop			3200 gil	Magic Shuriken		6000 gil
 Hairpin		6000 gil	Enemy Launcher		3300 gil
 Silver Rifle		3000 gil	Sniper CR		3300 gil
 Trumpet Shell		3000 gil	Silver M-phone		3300 gil
					Black M-phone		2800 gil
 Spear			1200 gil	White M-phone		2300 gil
 Trident		7500 gil	Platinum Bangle		1800 gil
 Quicksilver		1000 gil
 Yellow M-phone		 500 gil

Shop:						\\\ Costa del Sol ||
 Spiral Shuriken	14 000 gil
 Solid Bazooka		16 000 gil
 Centclip		14 000 gil
 Long Barrel R		13 000 gil
 Gold M-phone		15 000 gil

Items: Elixir, Magic Source, Full Cure GM	\\\ Cosmo Canyon ||

Item (nc): Elemental BM				\\\ Nibelheim ||
- Check Tifa's piano for the Materia. You'll only get it if you messed
with it during the flashback. No big deal if you miss it.

Items: Fourth Bracelet (Unique), Guard Source	\\\ Rocket Town ||
Shop:
 Edincoat		8000 gil	Throw YM		10 000 gil
 Peace Ring		7500 gil	Deathblow YM		10 000 gil
 Safety Bit		7500 gil	Manipulate YM		10 000 gil

Theft: Zeio Nut (Goblin)			\\\ Goblin Island ||
E-Skill: Goblin Punch (Goblin)
- (Northeast part of the map)

Morph: Tetra Elemental (Cactuer)		\\\ Cactus Island ||
- (South of Cosmo Canyon)
- Tetra Elemental is an accessory that allows you to absorb Fire, Ice,
Lightning and Earth. Use Lv4 Suicide and Manipulate to make the morphing
easier.

E-Skill: Chocobuckle (Chocobo)			\\\ Mideel Region ||
- Learning Chocobuckle is quite easy here, as all the chocobos can be hit
by Lv4 Suicide. In case you forgot, they'll use Chocobuckle if you hit
them with Lv4 Suicide while they're eating Mimett Greens (or Sylkis).

Item: Elixir					\\\ Mideel ||
Items (nc): Contain GM, Curse Ring (Artifact)
Shop:
 Crystal Sword		18 000 gil	Fairy Ring		  7000 gil
 Crystal Glove		16 000 gil	Jem Ring		  7500 gil
 Crystal Cross		18 000 gil	Fire Ring		  8000 gil
 AM Cannon		18 000 gil	Ice Ring		  8000 gil
 Partisan		19 000 gil	Bolt Ring		  8000 gil
 Crystal Comb		17 000 gil	Amulet			10 000 gil
 Winchester		18 000 gil	Gravity GM		  8000 gil
 Crystal M-phone	18 000 gil	Destruct GM		  9000 gil
 Crystal Bangle		  4800 gil	Remedy			  1000 gil
 Wizard Bracelet	12 000 gil

- Feed the little white chocobo Mimett Greens (referred to as 'Samolen
Greens' for some reason) and scratch behind its ear to get Contain.
- Check the door at the back of the weapon shop, then find the key near
the shack where you can buy accessories from the maid (the left-most
shack)(you'll hear a sound when you're in the right spot). Use the key
on the door and tell the truth about what you were trying to do to get
the Curse Ring.
- After the story event, Tifa will leave the party and Cid will become
the leader, both only for a short while. You can take care of the next
two events in any order.

						\\\ Corel ||
Items (nc): Huge Materia (Key, Temp), Ultima GM, Catastrophe (Unique)
Theft: Warrior Bangle (Unique) (Eagle Gun)
- Head to the reactor in the mountains. You have 10 minutes to stop the
train. Make sure you steal the Warrior Bangle. At the end, press down + X
a couple of times to stop the train.
- A woman in the shack next to the inn will give you Barret's Lv4 Limit
Manual.

Item: Phoenix RM				\\\ Fort Condor ||
Item (nc): Huge Materia (Key, Temp)
Lost & Found: Imperial Guard (Artifact) (CMD. Grand Horn)
Shop: All BM - 20 000 gil
- In the mini-game, you should just let the enemy reach the shack so you
can fight Commander Grand Horn and score the Imperial Guard. Afterwards,
talk to the old man to get the Huge Materia, then head back to Mideel.

Theft: Curse Ring (Ultimate Weapon a)		\\\ Mideel ||
Boss: Ultimate Weapon a

[Boss]
- 0 xp

- Next, you'll be going through a fairly long story event. After that,
Cloud and Tifa rejoin the party.
- There's not much left of Mideel, but you can access the old shops by
talking to the hyperactive NPC after checking one of the other shops.

Item (nc): Final Heaven (Unique, Temp)		\\\ Nibelheim ||
- Have Tifa in your party and go play the piano (choose 'I remember'):
    X, Square, Triangle, L1+Triangle, L1+Square, X, Square, Triangle,
    L1+X, O, X, Square, X.

- Keep in mind, while some of the Lv4 Limit Breaks are indeed powerful,
you need to take a lot of damage before you can use them. I recommend
sticking with Level 3.

Item (nc): Key to Sector 5 (Key)		\\\ Bone Village ||
- Dig up the key and you can return to Midgar.

						\\\ Midgar ||
Items (nc): Premium Heart (Unique), Sneak Glove (Unique) - 129 000 gil
- Check the machine in the Item hut at the Wall Market to obtain Tifa's
(supposed) ultimate weapon. You probably don't want to use it (damage
is affected by Tifa's limit gauge).
- You can also buy the Sneak Glove from the guy at the weapon store.

						\\\ Gold Saucer ||
Items (nc): Sprint Shoes, Precious Watch, Cat's Bell, Chocobracelet,
 Counter Attack PM
Shop:
 Gil Plus PM		1000 GP		Enemy Lure PM		   250 BP
 Exp Plus PM		2000 GP		Pre-Emptive PM		  1000 BP
					Speed Plus PM		  4000 BP
					Champion Belt		16 000 BP
					Omnislash		32 000 BP
					W Summon YM		64 000 BP

- The Gold Saucer has reopened.
- You can now buy 100 GP for 10 000 gil from the 'GP man.' He'll appear
occasionally behind the save point at the station. You can make a lot
of GP in the chocobo races as well, though.
- Exp Plus (Double Exp at Lv2) will come in handy, as the Exp doesn't
really get any better than what it is in the Mideel region.
- You can also take part in chocobo racing. Racing (and winning) with
your chocobos increases your chances of getting special chocobos when
breeding but is by no means necessary. When racing, you'll want to hold
R1+R2 to regenerate your stamina. Assuming the chocobo's stats are good
enough, all you really need to do aside from that is increase your speed
to max right away (with Square).
- After winning a few times, the chocobo will go up in rank. You can't
drop in rank and you can only race in the rank the chocobo is at. As a
result, most chocobos will simply no longer be able to win once they
reach a high enough rank, as their stats just aren't up to the task
anymore.
- Stuff you can win in the races: Counter Attack PM (AS),
Enemy Away PM (AS), Sneak Attack BM (AS), Cat's Bell (AS), Sprint Shoes (AS),
Precious Watch (S), Chocobracelet (S), Magic Counter BM (S).
 × Enemy Away appears as a common prize, so you can easily pick that up.
- When betting, the odds of getting the best item are a measly 4%. When
racing, it's 20% assuming you manage to win.
- If you manage to win several S rank races consecutively, Ester will
give you a bunch of stuff.

						\\\ Chocobos ||
- You may want to do some chocobo breeding at this point (if you already
haven't). At the very least, I suggest getting a Green Chocobo so you
can explore the Ancient Forest on Disc 2. Then there's Lucrecia's cave,
but you can get there with the sub too. Eventually, you'll be able to
reach the Ancient Forest without a chocobo as well, but you shouldn't
wait. It's an optional dungeon, but there are some pretty nice items there.
- You can start by catching two Great Chocobos in the Mideel region (you
did already rent some stables, right?). These are encountered along with
Spirals (the others won't do).
- The chocobo's sex is determined when you move them in. Move the first
one, then go out and save so that the other one will have the opposite
gender. If you keep getting the same, you should go in and out of the
barn a few times to mix the RNG.
- Once you have the right chocobos, you need to increase their stats by
feeding them Sylkis Greens. I gave them 40 each in two batches (ie. 20+20).
- After that, you just mate them with a Carob Nut (save first, of course).
You can get both a Green and a Blue chocobo this way. Fairly easy even
without racing. If you want a Black one, you'll need a Blue and Green
of opposite gender (plus a Carob Nut). You'll likely need to race them,
as your odds aren't that good without doing so. Then there's the Gold
one, but I usually don't bother with it myself.
- To get a Gold Chocobo, breed the Black Chocobo with a Wonderful
Chocobo. You can catch one in the north continent. You'll know it's
a Wonderful Chocobo when there are one or two Jumpings with it (but
no other enemies). Boost both of their stats substantially and race
them at least a few times. The nut you need to use is a Zeio Nut.
- When a chocobo is unable to mate (after mating or being born), you
need to fight a bunch of battles before you can mate them.
- The stuff you can get with the colored chocobos are:
 Blue: Quadra Magic BM (northeast Mideel)
 Green: Mime YM (south of Wutai), Lucrecia's cave (east of Nibelheim),
  Ancient Forest (south of Cosmo Canyon)
 Black: HP <-> MP PM (north of Corel)
 Gold: Knights of the Round Table RM (NE island)

						\\\ Lucrecia's Cave ||
Items (nc): Death Penalty (Unique), Chaos (Unique)
- You'll need Vincent in your party here. After the event, go fight
10 battles, then come back to find the items.
- Unless you've gotten thousands of kills with Vincent, his ultimate
weapon isn't going to be of much use.

						\\\ Ancient Forest ||
Items: Supershot ST (Unique), Spring Gun Clip (Unique), Slash-All YM,
 Minerva Band (Artifact), Typoon RM, Apocalypse (Unique), Elixir
- The puzzles might take a while to figure out, but it's really not that
hard. If you find yourself pulling your hair out, you can always check a
video.
- The Rilfsaks are quite a nuisance thanks to their high Evade. I suggest
running away from them.
- Right, so, in order to make progress in this dungeon, you need to pick
up stuff and release them in specific places.
- Standing on a bag when a frog leaps out is needed to reach some places.
- Slash-All changes your normal attack so that you'll attack all targets.
The damage is about 2/3 of normal and is unaffected by row modifiers.
If there's only one target, damage is normal. At Lv2 (130 000 AP), the
command changes to Flash, which attempts to instantly kill all targets
(150 000 AP to master).
- The Apocalypse is one of only two Triple AP weapons in the game.

					\\\ Junon Underwater Reactor ||
Items: Battle Trumpet (Unique), Scimitar (Unique), Leviathan Scales (Key)
Theft: Shinra Alpha (Artifact) (Underwater MP, Captain)
Morph: Guide Book (Ghost Ship)
Boss: Carry Armor (+ Left Arm & Right Arm)
- You'll fight the boss soon after the second save point.

[Boss]
- 24 000 HP, 10 000 HP (arms)
- 5700 Exp, 4000 Gil, 425 AP in total, God's Hand (Unique)

- The sub mini-game is quite easy. Afterwards, you'll have control of
the sub. Do your best to avoid Emerald Weapon while exploring the
underwater areas.

Item: Underwater PM				\\\ Kalm ||

Items: Oritsuru (Unique), Steal as well BM	\\\ Wutai ||
- The Leviathan Scales allow you obtain two new items at the Da Chao
statue.

						\\\ Underwater ||
Items (nc): Huge Materia (Key, Temp), Key to Ancients (Key)
- You'll find the sub you sank south of Costa del Sol.
- The Key to Ancients is found in the north continent.
- You'll find Gelnika near Costa del Sol.
- The Barrier Tower is... Oh, wait. Wrong game.

						\\\ Gelnika ||
Items: Heaven's Cloud (Unique), Escort Guard (Unique), Conformer (Unique),
 Double Cut YM, Megalixir, Megalixir, Spirit Lance (Unique),
 Outsider (Unique), Highwind (Unique), Hades RM
Theft: Touph Ring [sic](Artifact) (Reno 3), Ziedrich (Artifact) (Rude 2),
 Fire Armlet (Unknown), Aurora Armlet (Unknown 2), Bolt Armlet (Unknown 3),
 Water Ring (Serpent)
Morph: Power Source (Unknown), Guard Source (Unknown 2),
 Magic Source (Unknown 3), Mind Source (Serpent), Speed Source (Poodler),
 Luck Source (Bad Rap)
Boss(es): Reno 3 & Rude 2
- The enemies are rather tough, but the items are well worth it. If you
want to be able to return here much more easily later, you can leave your
sub near the Gold Saucer, but you'll need to use a Black Chocobo to get
back to your airship.
- The chest with the Conformer, Yuffie's ultimate weapon, is hidden
from view. This is your weapon of choice if/when Morphing.
- Double Cut changes the Attack command to 2x-Cut, which allows you to
attack a target twice (normal damage). At Lv2 (100 000 AP), it'll change
to 4x-Cut, which hits random targets four times (normal damage, ignores
row modifiers)(150 000 AP to master).
- If you're leveling up both Slash-All and Double Cut with the same
character, the command you can use depends on the order of the Materia.

[Boss]
- 15 000 HP (Reno), 20 000 HP (Rude)
- 10 500 Exp, 9000 Gil, 660 AP in total
- Steal the items before you finish the deal.

						\\\ Rocket Town ||
Items (nc): Huge Materia (Key, Temp), Venus Gospel (Unique)
Theft: Ziedrich (Rude 3)
Boss: Rude 3 (+ 2× Attack Squad)
- Cid will become a mandatory party member after the first three fixed
encounters.

[Boss]
- 9000 HP
- 4000 Exp, 3840 Gil, 100 AP in total

- The passcode for the lock is: Circle, Square, X, X.
- Afterwards, return and talk to the man who gave you the Yoshiyuki, and
he'll eventually give you the Venus Gospel, Cid's ultimate weapon.

Item (nc): Bahamut Zero RM			\\\ Cosmo Canyon ||
- Talk to Bugenhagen. Check the blue Huge Materia to get the summon.

						\\\ Forgotten Capital ||
- You can land your airship in the valley (you don't have to go through
Bone Village). Assuming you got the Key to Ancients, take the left path
to trigger some events.
- When you return to your ship, Diamond Weapon will appear and start
heading for Midgar. You'll need to intercept it.

Theft: Rising Sun (Unique) (Diamond Weapon)
Boss: Diamond Weapon

[Boss]
- 30 000 HP, 35 000 Exp, 25 000 Gil, 3500 AP
- Only magic and Limit Breaks will damage him. Normal attacks work
during Countdown.
- A good opportunity to level up Enemy Away.

						\\\ World Map ||
Theft: Circlet (Ultimate Weapon b), Reflect Ring (Artif.)(Ultimate Weapon c)
E-Skill: Shadow Flare (Ultimate Weapon d)
Boss: Ultimate Weapon b/c/d
- You can now find Ultima Weapon in the crater near Junon. After fighting
him, he'll start flying around and you'll need to run into him a number
of times before you can fight him again. You'll know he's going to stop,
if he's flying in a straight line. The final encounter will be near
Cosmo Canyon.

[Boss]
- 35 000 Exp, 25 000 Gil, 3500 AP
- The item you can steal depends on the location where you fight him.
He won't have anything to steal in the final encounter.
- He'll cast Shadow Flare as a final attack on the character who kills
him. To survive it, the character should have 9000+ HP. You may need to
use a Turbo Ether on him so he can actually cast it.

- After killing Ultima Weapon, Ruby Weapon will appear in the desert
surrounding the Gold Saucer. You'll want to stay away from him.

- Assuming you're ready to finish Disc 2, fly to the Northern Crater
for a scene. After that, fly to Midgar.

						\\\ Midgar ||
Items: Elixir, Megalixir, Aegis Armlet (Unique), Starlight Phone (Unique),
 Elixir, Max Ray (Unique), Power Source, Guard Source, Mind Source,
 Magic Source, W-Item YM, Master Fist (Unique), Pile Bunker (Unique),
 Behemoth Horn (Unique), Grow Lance (Unique), Elixir, Mystile (Artifact),
 Missing Score (Unique)
Items (nc): HP Shout (Unique), Mind Source, Speed Source
Theft: Touph Ring (Reno 4), Ziedrich (Rude 4), Minerva Band (Elena),
 Shinra Alpha (SOLDIER - 1st)
E-Skill: ???? (Behemoth)
Bosses: Turks (Reno 4, Rude 4, Elena), Proud Clod, Hojo, Helletic Hojo
 (+ Right Arm & Left Arm), Lifeform Hojo NA
- You will no longer have access to these areas once you complete the
events here.
- Crazy Saws can confuse you with their normal attack.
- If you fall off the bridge before getting the Aegis Armlet, you need
to reset, as there's no way to get back.
- When you reach the Winding Tunnel, keep heading south to find Double
Item. If you miss it, you can dig it up in Bone Village on Disc 3.
 × I would recommend against using the W-Item glitch.
- You'll fight the Turks in the screen where you can go back to Sector 8
Underground.

[Boss]
- 25 000 HP (Reno), 28 000 HP (Rude), 30 000 HP (Elena)
- As usual, steal the items. The battle ends after killing only one
of them.

- When you head north, the path splits. Take a right to find a hole
that takes you to the Shinra Building. Within, you'll find:
 × 2 chests on the 2nd floor
 × Behemoth Horn in the stairway. You'll get it faster if you go down
  from the 59th. If you didn't get the Elixir back on Disc 1, grab that
  as well; it's in the next area below that.
 × Grow Lance on the 63rd
 × Cait's ultimate weapon, HP Shout, Mind Source and Speed Source on
 the 64th (can't get the Sources if you didn't mess with the vending
 machines on Disc 1).
- Return and take a left to encounter the next boss.

[Boss]
- 60 000 HP (Clod), 20 000 HP (Jamar Armor)
- 15 000 Exp, 20 000 Gil, 2500 AP in total, Ragnarök (Unique)

- ATTENTION: The chest with the Missing Score, Barret's ultimate weapon,
will only appear if you have Barret in your party.
- You'll fight Hojo at the the end.

[Boss]
- 13 000 HP (Hojo), 26 000 HP (Helletic Hojo), 5000 HP (Right Arm),
24 000 HP (Left Arm), 30 000 HP (Lifeform)
- 25 000 Exp, 6000 Gil, 2500 AP, Power Source


			---- Disc 3 ----

Item (nc): Limited Moon (Unique)		\\\ Cosmo Canyon ||
- Visit Cosmo Canyon with Nanaki to get his ultimate weapon.

- If you want to level up, I'd go with the Mideel forest. You can get
100k in about 30 minutes (without Exp Plus). You should explore the
final dungeon first, though. If you want to get all your characters to
Lv99 (I only do my main party), you should try and optimize it. The 5
characters you haven't really used should have about the same amount of
xp. You should level up 2 of these characters until you have 2/3 of the
xp they still needed to get to Lv99 when you started. At that point,
you swap them to two of the other characters. Then you just grind to max
(you should also swap in the last of the five before you hit Lv99).
- If you want to boost your stats, here's a recap. Don't forget to use
the Conformer and Mega All.
 Strength    | Heavy Tank (Gongaga)
 Vitality    | Spiral (2/3x) (Mideel)
 Dexterity   | Poodler (1/2x) (Gelnika)
 Magic       | Unknown 3 (Gelnika)
 Spirit      | Serpent (Gelnika)
 Luck        | Bad Rap (2/4x) (Gelnika)

						\\\ Northern Crater ||
Items: Save Crystal (Unique, Temp), Guard Source, Power Source,
 HP Absorb BM, Elixir, Magic Source, Guard Source, Mind Source,
 Mind Source, Megalixir, Hero Drink, Guard Source, Power Source,
 Remedy, Elixir, X-Potion, Turbo Ether, Vaccine, Magic Counter BM,
 X-Potion, Turbo Ether, Mega All PM, Speed Source, Luck Source,
 Magic Source, Remedy, Hero Drink, Vaccine, Shield GM, Imperial Guard,
 W-Magic YM, Counter BM, Mystile, Elixir, Speed Source, Tetra Elemental,
 Megalixir, Megalixir
Items (nc): May vary
Theft: Dragon Armlet (Dark Dragon), Elixir (Master Tonberry, Gighee)
Morph: Ribbon (Master Tonberry), Protect Ring (Mover)
E-Skill: Laser, Dragon Force (Dark Dragon - Manipulate),
 L5 Death, Magic Breath (Parasite - Manipulate), Roulette (Death Dealer),
 Angel Whisper (Pollensalta - Manipulate), Bad Breath (Malboro),
 Shadow Flare, Pandora's Box (Dragon Zombie)
Bosses: Jenova Synthesis, Bizarro Sephiroth, Safer Sephiroth

- Gargoyles may use L4 Death (not an E-Skill) as a final attack.
- In the fourth area, you'll see your characters standing around. The
path splits, and you need to choose where to send each character (the
path splits again when going down the left path). Each character you
send down a path you do *not* take will pick up an item on their way
and give it to you at the bottom. *However*, these items will not
actually be gone until you trigger the rendezvous scene. What this means
is that, if you check the other paths after reaching the bottom, you
can actually obtain duplicates of these items. Most of the stuff is of
little importance, but there are two items you really want to get. These
are the Mystile and the Imperial Guard. You'll get these by sending Tifa
to the right and Cid to left-up. Here's what I chose:

   Right: Tifa, Nanaki, Cait, Vincent
   Left-up: Cid
   Left-down: Cloud, Barret, Yuffie

- If you make a mistake, you have to reset the game, as the game doesn't
give you a chance to change your choices.
- The characters outside of your party after splitting up will not gain
Exp until you rendezvous.
- The Magic Counter Materia is in the second area of the left-down path.
You really can't see it at all.
- Mega All PM affects Materia that All BM would not (such as Morph). It
also changes Attack to Slash-All (160 000 AP to master).
- You'll know you're at the bottom when the music stops. Do *not* get
too close to the steps on the left. Feel free to use the Save Crystal,
but I recommend using a different slot (you can't use PHS at this save
point). You need to go back the way you came from, as the ends of the
other two paths are one-way only. Get the items from the other two
paths, and only after that should you approach the steps to trigger
the rendezvous scene.
- The W Magic Materia is in the last area of the left-up path (the area
with the glowing light).
- The Dragon Zombie will cast Pandora's Box as a final attack, but for
some reason, only the first Dragon Zombie you kill will ever do so. It
also takes quite a while for him to cast Shadow Flare.
- Once prepared, go down the steps to begin the final battle. Ribbons
are highly recommended.

[Boss: Jenova Synthesis]
 |
[Boss: Bizarro Sephiroth]
 |
[Boss: Safer Sephiroth]

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