Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Part 2

The following is Part II of the Final Fantasy VII FAQ/Walkthrough.





Final Fantasy VII FAQ/Walkthrough cont...


 


 

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8 .    S  E  C  R  E  T 
S      A  N  D     
C  O  D  E  S


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  8 . 1      g e t t i n g  
y u f f i e   k i s a r a g i


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You can get Yuffie in your party during any disc.  If you're in
Disc 1


and are riding around in the Buggy, that will work, too.  The
two


places that she appears most often are the forests beyond the Gold


Saucer (in the Gongaga Area), and most forests in the Junon Area.


After a few battles, you'll fight Yuffie (seems to be a 1 in 15 chance,


if you ask me).

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BOSS TIPS: MEI NO NINJA      
LV: 37  HP: 1950  MP: 280

Just attack, really.  The Summon Materia 'Titan' works well. 
Yuffie can


do all kinds of cool attacks during this time, but not once she joins


you!  Yuffie's level, HP and MP vary depending on what level your


characters are at.


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When the battle ends, you'll be in a plain with Yuffie lying nearby.


There's also a Save Point here.  However, if you touch the Save
Point,


then go to your menu screen to save, Yuffie escapes and steals 200
gil!


Don't worry, you can meet her again.  You'll have to talk to her
several


times to get her to join.  As she and you converse, she'll ask
you


several questions, and you can reply in two ways.  To get her
to join,


respond like this:

  Bottom answer, Top answer, Bottom answer, Top answer, Bottom
answer

Put another way, respond using the second reply, then the first reply,


then the second reply... and so on.  After that, you can name
her, and


she'll hook up with Cloud and the rest of the gang.  Note that
if you


choose the top answer for the last question she asks, you can name
her,


but she'll steal 700 gil from you and run away.  You'll have to
repeat


the whole process if you want to get her in your party.


 

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  8 . 2      g e t t i n g  
v i n c e n t   v a l e n t i n e


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The second 'optional' (or hidden) character in the game, Vincent can


also join your party during any disc.  You'll need the gold key
from the


safe in Nivelheim's Shinra Mansion (see below if you don't know how
to


open it).  Go down to the pink cavern leading to Sephiroth's library


(it's in the Shinra Mansion, the entrance is in the stone wall in the


eastern wing).

Remember the door to the crypt you couldn't get through?  You can
now


enter it.  Stand at the foot of the purple coffin and hit O. 
The lid


will fly off and Vincent will talk to you.  Choose the bottom
reply when


he asks you a question.  When the coffin closes, press O again. 
Choose


the second (bottom) reply when Vincent poses another question, and
you


can name him.  Then, try to leave the cavern and he'll join you. 
Vincent


can join you from the first time you reach Nivelheim onwards (but not


during Cloud's flashback).


 

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  8 . 3      t h e   s a f
e   i n   n i v e l h e i m


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What most people forget when trying to open the safe is that it's just


like a real combination lock...so you have to go in more than one


direction when inputting the numbers.  Furthermore, unless you're


fast enough, you'll run out of time if you try any other combination.


The code is:

        RIGHT TO 36, LEFT TO 10,
RIGHT TO 59, RIGHT TO 97

This means that you hold right and scroll through the numbers, then


hold left until you reach 10, then hold right for the last two numbers.


Don't forget to press O to verify each entry.  When the safe opens,
a


Summon Materia (Odin) pops out, and you are assaulted by a big goon


(how'd he fit into that little safe?)

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BOSS TIPS: ROSUTONANBAA           
LV: 35  HP: 7000  MP: 300


This boss can be taken out just by attacking and using Limit Breaks.


Magic spells (Fire, Cold, Lighting) that are at level 2 are also


okay to use.  Heal yourself and use Summon Materia (like 'Sumon
Chocobo


and Moogle', and you'll win in no time.  Aside from physical attacks,


all this guy can really do is use a Lightning 2 spell on you, but it
only


does 400-500 points of damage to one character, so it's nothing to


worry about.  Rarely, he does a double-fisted hammer punch to
one


character that averages 2200 points of damage, though, so pack in some


Phoenix Downs before trying to tackle him.  If you blow off his
red


half (the one that uses magic) his physical attacks become more


aggressive, so keep your HP Plus.  Likewise, if his purple half
is


destroyed first, the Lost Number will use more mid-level spells, like


Quake 2, against your party.  It is possible to kill this boss
without


either part of it dying (by stunning it using the 'Summon Chocobo and


Moogle' spell).


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Not only do you get an item from the boss once you beat it (it's the


manual for Red 13's Level 4 Limit Break, the Cosmo Memory), but there's


also a gold key lying in the safe that you can grab (Chi x x no Key).


Don't forget to take the Red Materia!  Apparently, there's a paper
in


the lower room in the right wing of the mansion that hints at the correct


combination for the safe, but someone like me can't read it :( 
Once


you've read the paper, you can find hints throughout the house (by
the


piano, next to the chair in the bedroom, etc.)  Refer to the Disc
One


Walkthrough for more information.

Did the code still not work?  Remember, the safe's lock is LIKE
A REAL


COMBINATION LOCK.  So, when you're turning to 36, you can either
land


on it or creep up to it, but you can't hit 37 and go back.  This


applies to the rest of the digits, too; you can't go farther than the


number you want.  If you do (i.e. you go to 09 when trying to
get to


10), you'll have to start all over again.


 

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  8 . 4      t h e   s l e
e p i n g   m a n


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Get over 100 wins by fighting battles.  To see how many wins you
have,


get in the Highwind or ride a Green, Blue, Black, or Gold Chocobo


ever so slightly south and a little ways to the east of Midgar City,


where you'll find a cave surrounded by mountains with a river nearby.


Inside the cave is a sleeping fellow who (usually) tells you how many


wins you've gotten so far.  Not only do you need to have over
100 wins,


but the last two digits have to be the same (100, 111, 255, 733, etc.)

When you have the correct number of victories, talk to the sleeping


man.  He'll toss and turn, then give you an item (Mythril). 
Next,


go to the house on the penninsula near the Gold Saucer (you should


recognize it since it's full of weapons inside).  Talk to the
man in


the house, and when he gives you a choice, pick the top option.


You'll lose the Mythril, but you now have the choice of opening the


long wooden chest by the bed to get a Gold Armlet, or examining the


metal lid on the upper floor at the end of the walkway to get the


manual for Aeris's Level 4 Limit Break.

It's probable that you can do this with less than 100 wins, but I'm


not certain of that.  Someone want to verify it for me?


 

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  8 . 5      p i a n o   t
r i c k


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Go to Nivelheim (the town by the pointed mountains on the Western


Continent).  Enter Tifa's house (the second building on the right
side)


and head upstairs to where her piano is.  Choose the bottom option,


then the bottom option again to play it (you can't use the top option


if you want the manual).  Then, press:

        X, S, T, L1+T, L1+S, X, S,
T, L1+X, O, X, S, X

                             
or*

        D, L, U, L1+T, L1+S, D, L,
U, L1+X, R, D, L, D

 * You can also use a combination of buttons and direction presses.

I'd like to stress that as far as I can determine, the result of


playing the piano is random.  Sometimes, nothing happens, other
times,


you'll find 1 gil, and other times, you'll find Tifa's Level 4 Limit


Break Manual (keep reading).  I'd also like to state that I've
gotten


her manual _without_ having Tifa in my party.  I'm not sure how
I did


it, but I have a save file that proves it (see? see!)  I thought
I did


it by playing the melody once, exiting out, playing it again, exiting


out again, and then getting back on the piano and pressing L1+T.

But, the way that you're _supposed_ to do it is to stick Tifa in your


party, go to the piano, play it once using the 'button only' method,


and she'll eventually find a letter from her master, Zangan (the caped


guy you saw during the first Nivelheim flashback).  Tifa will
get the


Final Heaven Limit Break Manual after reading his letter.


 

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  8 . 6      k e y   t o  
m i d g a r   c i t y   ( s e c t o r   5


            
k e y )


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  First talk to the man standing by the doors back
at


Midgar City.  He won't appear until after you've gotten the Highwind


and rescued Cloud from Mideel Village.  Talk to him, then return
to the


excavator's village on the Northern Continent.  Chat with the
man by the


door and pick the first option, then the second or third option. 
While


you could place diggers and hunt for the Key yourself, if you want
to


cheat, go over to the destroyed plane atop the dinosaur's skull. 
See


the one excavtor near the bottom of the screen?  Near him is a
tiny


piece of metal sticking outwards; position yourself underneath it and


press up so that your character is looking forward, then dig.

You can use the Key to enter the locked gates near Area 7 and look


around Midgar City.  If you go into the church where you met Aeris,


you can see her bending over the flowers; she'll flicker and disappear


after a second.  There's not a lot to do here, but if you go back
to


the Wall Market and go to the 'ITEM' building with the machine gun


inside it, you can get Tifa's Ultimate Weapon by examining the computer


before the gun fires upon you (you don't need Tifa to get the item).


Also, remember the man in the gun shop that you bought the Battery


from to reach the Shinra Building back in Disc 1?  The man in
the left


side of the shop will sell you an accessory (Sneak Glove) for


129,000 gil this time around.


 

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  8 . 7      t u r t l e s '  
p a r a d i s e   f l y e r s


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There are six of these flyers scattered throughout the world. 
You can


find them in the following locations:

Flyer No. 1:  Midgar City...the town next to Aeris' house. 
Go to


             
the second floor of the southeastern building and look


             
at the papers taped to the wall by the stairwell.

Flyer No. 2:  Shinra HQ...on the first floor, check out the board
with


             
the papers on it near the elevators.  The only time you


             
can read this flyer is at the beginning of the game or


             
when you raid Midgar in Disc 2.

Flyer No. 3:  Gold Saucer...go to the Ghost Square and enter the
hotel.


             
Read the sign that says 'SHOP' next to the shop entrance.

Flyer No. 4:  Cosmo Canyon...check the left wood post of the Tigerlily


             
Arms Shop.

Flyer No. 5:  Cosmo Canyon...the gold paper by the door on the
second


             
floor of the inn (the entrance is behind some hanging


             
cloth near the bonfire).

Flyer No. 6:  Utai...the bottom floor of Yuffie's house; it's the
wall


             
scroll to the right of the doorway.  You can't get there


             
unless you've done the sub-quest (refer to the 'Bonus


             
Areas' section).

You don't have to find the flyers (they look like pieces of paper) in


order.  Whenever you have read all six of them, go to the restaurant


in Wutai (the large building in the southwestern corner of town). 
Talk


to the barkeep and you'll get a Power Source, Guard Source, Magic Source,


Mind Source, Speed Source, Luck Source, and a Mega Elixir.


 

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 8 . 8      a l l   7  
f e v e r


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As easy as this trick sounds, it's harder to perform than you might


think.  One of your characters has to have a current HP of 7777
(or a


maximum and a current HP of 7777...I'm not sure yet).  This can
be done


by getting injured, equipping materia, or raising levels.  When
that


particular character enters a battle, the message 'Ooru 7 Fiibaa' (All
7


Fever) will appear.  It will show up every time the 'fevered'
character


attacks, too.

During this time, the person affected by the 'All 7 Fever' will make
one


_normal_ attack against each enemy when their Time Bar is filled, even
if


you have materia such as Slice Everybody or Mega All


equipped.  However, assuming they don't miss, that person will
always


strike for 7777 damage, even if an enemy has special defenses.


Furthermore, that person behaves as if he/she was berzerked (i.e. you


can't select commands for them since they will do nothing but attack),


and can take no other action (even if you're wearing a Counter Attack


materia).  They can still lose HP or be affected by enemy abilties/magic/


etc.

There are two major drawbacks to this trick; your current HP drops to
1


point after the battle (it can be healed by normal means), and you
can't


repeat the trick unless you have 7777 HP exactly.  Since I think
your


maximum HP has to be 7777 too, this means that you can't repeat that


trick once you raise a level, since you will gain HP and it will affect


the amount of HP a materia is adding/taking away from your 'real' total.


This means that the only way to permanently keep this trick is to get


really good at using materia orbs to customize your character's life,


or by killing that character before the end of the battle so that they


don't gain experience ^_^;


 

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  8 . 9      f m v   v i e
w i n g   t r i c k


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All you FF7 owners out there should try this!  Go to any point
in the


game with an FMV sequence (such as starting a new game--the part where


Cloud runs up to the Makoro furnace).  Open your PSX and put in
another


disc.  When you continue playing (the game won't crash) the FMV
sequence


will be replaced with one from the disc!  (Using the last example,
put


in Disc 3 and you'll see the sequence with the stone pillars rising
from


the center of the last level; it's the same bit you see after killing


Jenova Synthesis before fighting Sephiroth for the last time.)

What's really weird is that you can keep playing the game with another


disc in your system!  I beat the whole first part of the game
and the CD


would load up the various levels!  I don't know for sure, but
I guess


that means that the ENTIRE game is written on each disc (barring the
FMV,


obviously)!  If you want to verify this, try starting up a save
file from


disc 3 and replace it with, say, the first disc.  You can do the


submarine/snowboard sequences, or go to any place you couldn't go to
in


the first disc--and all the data loads up!

Going back to the trick, though, you can try this anywhere, and you


usually get cool results.  For instance, near the end of Disc
2, the


Weapon monster rises up from the sea and attacks Midgar City--and gets


decapitated by the Mako Cannon.  I switched to the first disc
before


viewing the FMV and saw parts of the intro, and some parts from the


FMV during/after Aeris's death!  If you're fast, try switching
the


discs during the opening FMV when you start a new game; with Disc 2


inserted, it showed some more FMV of Aeris (this is when you return


with Buugen Haagen to the Ancient City).

Even stranger is the fact that you can still see text/graphics over
the


FMV in some cases, such as Cloud and the Avalanche member running


offscreen just after the furnace explodes near the start of the first


disc, or Cid talking to Cloud on his phone during the part where the


Weapon attacks Midgar City (of course, this is over the FMV from the


disc you've chosen).  And as I mentioned before, you can play
normally


after the FMV is over, even with the other disc in your PSX!

In earlier versions of this FAQ, I said that there was 'hidden' FMV
of


a silver car rotating around.  Several people e-mailed me and
informed


me that you can normally view this in the Shinra HQ during Disc One.


What's interesting, though, is that when I saw this FMV by using the


trick above, I had switched Disc One with Disc Three (at the FMV with


the bridge collapsing in Cloud's flashback).  This means that
it's on


at least two of the three discs.  Why it's there is another story.


Also, the scene with the planets in Buugen Haagen's observatory (which


is only in Disc 1) will also be partially displayed if you switch it


with Disc 2 or 3.


 

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  8 . 1 0    a l w a y s   r u n  
f r o m   b a t t l e s


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Interestingly enough, you will instantly flee a battle if at least one


character is petrified, stopped, or paralyzed while in the 'running'


pose.  So as long as you are not fighting a boss or have been
ambushed


(see the Running section for more detail), you can always escape simply


by letting the enemy do one of the above attacks to you, or by doing
it


to yourself (via Spell Materia)!  This is also useful if all your
members


are paralyzed, stopped, or whatever, and your last character is about
to


suffer a similar fate.  Simply try to run away (even if you can't),
and


you'll escape the moment you are hit by the attack.  The only
exception


to this trick is that if you are petrified and your other teammates
are


dead or petrified, then you will always lose.  This doesn't work
on boss


battles, by the way.


 

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  8 . 1 1    r a i s i n g   c h o c
o b o s


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This section is based upon a summarized guide written by Nikki. 
Some


information is also taken from a more detailed guide written by Crow.


Their addresses can be found in the Special Thanks section near the
end


of the FF7 FAQ.

You're going to need a lot of money, patience, and luck if you want
to


raise chocobos.  The payoff is that you can breed chocobos that
can fly,


swim, climb over mountains and go to places normal vehicles can't reach.

a)  Go to the Chocobo Farm once you've accquired the Highwind. 
Enter


    the house (not the barn) and talk to the person
there.  Choose


    the first option, then choose the top choice. 
Doing this will let


    you purchase one of the stalls in the barn. 
You'll need to purchase


    all six, but they cost 10000 gil a pop.  If
you want, you can do


    the process with only four stalls, but you'll have
to kick out the


    chocobos you don't need to make room for the newer
ones.

b)  Leave and get on the airship.  Fly to the northern continent
and


    land near the lone house surrounded by grass (it's
exactly to the


    northwest of the farm).  Equip one character
with a Steal (yellow)


    materia and keep walking around on the grass until
you fight a


    large red reptile (Brachosaur?)  Try to steal
from him until you


    get a Carob Nut (you'll get a message with an exclamation
mark


    if you stole something).  Run away or beat
him, then repeat the


    process three times so that you have three Carob
Nuts.  You can


    also get this item from the same enemy if you go
to the tip of the


    penninsula near the excavator's village on the Northern
Continent


    where the dark grass is.

c)  Now, go to the chocobo tracks near the Gold Saucer (by the
shore).


    Equip someone with a Chocobo Attract materia and
walk along the


    tracks until you enter a battle with a Chocobo. 
Don't kill the


    chocobo, but do kill the other enemies.  When
the battle is over,


    press X to dismount and select the top option to
make the chocobo


    return to the farm.

d)  Go to the tracks on the Southern Continent, near the forest
where


    you found Cloud in Disc 2.  Unlike the walking
kind, you can get


    running chocobos here.  Just repeat step (c)
to catch one.  Wait


    a second--save your game.  If you didn't get
the right type of


    chocobo (more about this in part e), you can reset
the game and


    try again: the chocobo's gender is determined randomly
each time,


    so you can end up with the correct gender if you
keep resetting


    and naming the Chocobo until you get the one you
want.

e)  Return to the chocobo farm.  Talk to the guy standing
still in the


    barn and choose the 3rd option, then the first choice
twice.  Name


    your chocobo, then repeat with the other bird. 
This will also place


    your chocobos in the stables.  You can tell
by their stance (walking


    or running) if they are the right type.  To
tell your chocobo's


    gender and race ranking (more on this later), go
up to them in the


    barn and press O.

    You'll want to make sure that the running chocobo
is female and


    the walking chocobo is male.  If you have a
chocobo walking with


    his head down, put it in a stall, then talk to the
man again and


    choose the 6th option from the top.  Pick that
chocobo and choose


    the top option twice, then the bottom option once
to let that bird


    go so you can get another one.  If the sex
of the chocobo is wrong,


    just use the trick in the above section to change
it.

f)  Do you have the correct type and gender?  Talk to the
man in the


    barn again and choose the fifth option from the
top.  Choose one


    of the chocobos by walking up to it and pressing
O.  Pick the top


    option, then repeat with the other chocobo. 
When you get another


    choice, pick the top option.  A list will appear. 
Remember the


    items you stole from that reptile in the north? 
It will appear


    as the item 7th from the top (there should be a
3 next to it


    since you stole 3 items).  Choose and and choose
the top choice.

g)  Hopefully you got a green Chocobo!  If you got a blue
one or a


    yellow one, reset and try to mate the two chocobos
again (repeat


    step f).  You'll want a blue chocobo, but if
you get one right


    now, it's harder to breed a green one -NSS-. 
Keep note of your


    chocobo's gender--it's important.

h)  At this point, you can't mate the yellow chocobos again or
the


    green chocobo.  If you don't want to wait,
repeat steps (c)


    through (f) and try to breed a Blue Chocobo who
is the opposite


    gender of your Green Chocobo.  If you have
time on your hands,


    though, waste it and come back later.  You
can re-breed your


    two yellow chocobos and try to get a Blue Chocobo. 
Either way,


    it will take _a lot_ of tries, but you save the
trouble of


    capturing and renaming chocobos if you waste some
time and just


    re-breed your two yellow birds.  Remember the
item that you


    used (Carob Nut), will now have a '2' next to it
since you


    already used one.  Don't worry, it will still
stay in the same


    place on the menu.

i)  Okay!  Now, you should have a Blue chocobo and a Green
chocobo of


    opposite genders.  If you caught another pair
of yellow chocobos,


    you won't have any more stall space and you'll have
to let the


    two yellow ones go.  If you simply breeded
them again, you'll


    still have two stalls left open.  Since the
Blue chocobo is a


    newborn, you'll need to waste some more time before
you can breed


    it to the Green one.  Hop in the Highwind and
fly back to the


    house on the grassy patch in the Northern Continent. 
Talk to the


    purple geezer and choose the first option. 
He will offer to sell


    ou items; buy 40 of the ones that cost 5000 gil
(Shirukisu


    Vegetable).

    Return to the Chocobo Farm and give ten of them to
your blue


    chocobo and 10 to your green chocobo.  You
can do this by picking


    the fourth option when you talk to the man, then
picking the


    Sylkis Greens (it's the next to last one). 
Pick the chocobo


    you want to feed it to and press up or down on your
controller to


    increase the number.  Then press O twice to
feed the chocobo.

j)  Go to the Gold Saucer (you can get there from the sky lift
in


    North Corel).  Go to the Chocobo Square, enter
the main


    building, and talk to the girl in front of the 'STAFF
ROOM'


    door.  Choose the first option and pick either
your green


    chocobo or your blue chocobo to race.  Then
pick the top choice


    two times and press Start at the next screen to
start the race.

    The point of racing is to improve your chocobo's
race ranking.


    Remember what happened when you checked your chocobo's
stats?


    Underneath the gender was the race ranking. 
You need to improve


    it from a C to an A-class ranking, and you can do
so by racing.


    It doesn't matter if you lose; just keep racing
until you gain


    new classes.  Refer to the chocobo-racing tips
in section 3o if


    you need help, although it's easy to win the races
using


    Automatic Sequence Mode.  Every time you win
a race, pick the


    top option to get an item, the bottom option twice
to get an


    item, or the bottom option, then the top option
to get some GP.


    Remember, to raise a class level, you have to come
in first place


    (and even then you may need to get a high score
such as 1-2 or


    1-2 a few times before you'll gain a level). 
When you do raise


    a race ranking, the girl will tell you.  You
can see your


    chocobo's class every time you race it (at the screen
before the


    race starts).  Obviously, it will take quite
a few races before


    you can hit class 'A' (it took me around 3 races
to raise to


    the next class each time).

k)  Fun, wasn't it?  Get back in the Highwind and return to
the


    Chocobo Farm.  Refer to step (f) and breed
the blue and green


    chocobos together.  With a little luck, you'll
find a black


    chocobo in one of the empty stalls the following
day.  Yes,


    you may have used up your last piece of Karabu,
but you won't


    need it anymore.  Once again, take note of
your black chocobo's


    gender.

l)  There's an elongated island with a forest on it northeast of
the


    Chocobo Farm.  Go into the forest and wander
around until you


    run into a tiny monster wearing boxing gloves (Goblin). 
You can


    steal a Zeio Nut off of it--you only need one. 
After you


    get it, fly to the chocobo tracks on the west edge
of the Northern


    Continent and capture one; you can get the dashing
kind here.


    Then go back to the farm, name your yellow Chocobo,
and put it in


    the stalls.  If it isn't the opposite gender
of your black chocobo,


    reset and try the naming process again.  Refer
to step (e) if you


    forgot how to do this.

m)  You should have 20 Sylkis Greenss left, so feed 10 of them
to


    the dashing yellow chocobo and 10 to your black
chocobo (just like


    how you did it in step i).  Now for the real
fun part--you have to


    get an A-rank class for both the yellow and black
chocobos!  So,


    just repeat what you did back in step (j). 
It will take a while,


    but when they're both at race ranking A, leave the
Gold Saucer and


    return to the Chococbo Farm.

n)  Now, breed your yellow and black chocobo together.  This
time,


    use the Zeio Nut (it's at the very bottom of the
list).


    Once again, refer to step (f) if you have trouble
navigating


    the menus.  It may have to retry a few times,
but you'll end up


    with the gold chocobo eventually.  Now you
can go anywhere on


    the World Map!

YELLOW CHOCOBOS can go anywhere you can normally get to on foot. 
The


sole advantage is that a chocobo is a lot quicker than walking.

BLUE CHOCOBOS can walk along rivers, but they can't go past waterfalls.


They can also walk in shallow water, just like Cid's airplane could.

GREEN CHOCOBOS can run over mountains, even the pointed mountains by


Nivelheim.  They can also dash over _most_ cliffs and drops.

BLACK CHOCOBOS can walk along rivers and move around in shallow water.


They can also run over mountains and cliffs.  Unlike the blue
or green


chocobos, the black variety can go over any cliff or drop: even


walk up or down waterfalls, enter the canyon surrounding the Ancient


City, or walk _over_ the ice forest that you have to traverse in Disc


2 after the snowboard scene!

GOLD CHOCOBOS can do everything a black chocobo can--they can also


walk in the ocean, allowing you to go anywhere you want, even into


the dirt pit surrounding the Gold Saucer (just like the Saucer


vehicle).  Truly the ultimate in transportation!

In case you didn't know about it, you can rotate the chocobo you're


viewing when using the various options in the Chocobo Farm by holding


the R1 or L1 buttons :)

Unlike chocobos that you capture and ride around on, the ones that you


ride out from the Chocobo Farm are a little tamer.  They'll stay
where


you get off them until you ride them again, and you can do this as
much


as you want and return them to the Farm whenever you want (although
you


can only have one chocobo out at a time).  If you're riding a
chocobo


and you try to enter the Highwind, you'll find it in the 'Chocobo'
area


of the the ship.  You'll automatically be riding the chocobo when
you


land the ship, too.


 

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  8 . 1 2    u n c h a r t e d   i s
l e s


-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Head due south from Cosmo Canyon in the Highwind, then go a little to


the west.  You'll see an island that's part dirt, part grass,
with


a smaller grassy island nearby.  This isle doesn't appear on the
Map,


but if you land the Highwind on the grassy plain and run around in


the dirt long enough, you can fight Sabotenders (better known as


Cactrots; those little cactus guys from FF3)!  You can't get Rename


Cards from them or anything like that, but it's kinda fun fighting


them.  Actually, the name of this island is 'Cactus Island' so
it


makes sense to find them here.

To get to the second isle, head for the two islands near to each other


on the northeastern edge of the map.  Then go north (and a little
more


to the east), and you'll come across an oval-shaped island surrounded


by mountains.  There's a cave entrance here, but you can't land
there


in the Highwind.  For more about the island, refer to the Bonus
Areas


part in section 6.  The name of this place is 'Round Island'.


 

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  8 . 1 3    g a m e   s h a r k  
c o d e s


-------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm not much of a code-maker myself, but here are some cheats you might


want to try.  Remember, you need a Game Shark or a Pro Action
Replay for


these to work.  Some people have reported problems with these
codes


(such as, these codes don't work with a PAR).  FYI, I made these
codes


using a Game Shark with PAR software (version 1.98), so I really don't


know why it wouldn't work on both devices.

All of the codes in this FAQ were made by me, unless otherwise stated.


If you want to reprint, submit, or display these codes, please give


credit where it is due.  If you want to submit a code, just tell
me


the code itself, what it does, and include any glitches/problems with


the code.  Oh, and please tell me the code's creator if you didn't
make


it yourself.

Finally, the reason why I've made these codes is because I didn't see


anything like them beforehand.  So don't BS me about making the
'Materia


Select' code first or any of that garbage, as I'm not interested.


 

FF7 MASTER CODE                                        
80000000 - 0000


-----------------------------------------------------------------------


This is the cheat that lets you use other codes with this game. 
I don't


know if it (and the other codes listed here) will work on every disc,


but if a code doesn't, then I'll let you know.


 

CHARACTER SELECT - 3RD POSITION                        
8009CBDE - FF0x


-----------------------------------------------------------------------


Enter this code, but replace the last digit with one of the following:

        x = 0  -  Cloud
Strife


           
1  -  Barett Wallace


           
2  -  Tifa Rockheart


           
3  -  Aerith Gainsborough


           
4  -  Red 13


           
5  -  Yuffie Kisaragi


           
6  -  Cait Sith        
(sometimes, Young Cloud)


           
7  -  Vincent Valentine (sometimes, Sephiroth)


           
8  -  Cid Hiwind


           
9  -  


           
A  -  


           
B  -  


           
C  -    (Now Printing)


           
D  -    (Now Printing)

When you turn on the code, the character in the 3rd position will turn


into whatever character you specified.  You may want to go into
the


PHS menu, turn off the code, and put the character in/out of the PHS


groups a few times to 'debug' it a bit.  When you return to the
Main


Menu screen, that person will have the portrait/stats. of the desired


character.

It is HIGHLY recommended that you have the 3rd space EMPTY when you


use this code as in some cases, a pre-existing character may overlap


with the selected one.  The result is that, when you enter a battle,


that character does not appear, cannot interact, and his/her HP drops


steadily until it hits zero.

Using this code:

Characters all start off at their 'base' level (1).  If you use
this


code to get a character that you don't have at the moment (say picking


Aeris while in Disc 2 or 3), they'll have the same stats and abilities


as they did when you last had them in your party.  If you level
them


up, change their equipment, etc., then save the game and use the code


to replace them with another character and put them back in, any changes


you made will be saved, too.  Note that if you use this code to
get a


character you already have (say, if Cid is in the 3rd position and
you


put in the code for Cid), you'll get multiple copies of the character.


This also happens if you have the code on while you try to pull a


character in/out of the active group.  Copied characters disappear
when


you exit the PHS menu.

Yes, if you save the game, you save the added characters.  The
only way


to remove them is to use the code to 'select' a new character, or to


put them in PHS (inactive party) and then return to your Main Menu.


Also note that sticking a 'selected' character in the first position


will make Cloud disappear on-screen (you can still use the cursor).

Finally, note that if you enter a conversation/event with a character


you're not supposed to have (say, Sephiroth outside of the flashback


or Aeris after Disc 1), the game may (and probably will) crash. 
The


only exception to this are the 'general' quotes which a character will


say automatically, regardless of who he/she is.

Specific Character info.:

Both Cloud and Aeris become 'permanent' members of either your active


party or the inactive party.  To remove them, you'll have to stick


them in the third position (use Order), and put in a code for one of


your normal characters.

Sephiroth is still controlled by the computer, although you can take
or


change his equipment and Materia.  As he only has one weapon (Masamune),


using the 'Item Select' code to have this item is useless as it's the


only weapon he can equip.  Although it will act as if he and Young
Cloud


have Limit Breaks, they don't in actuality (if you look, you'll see


that it's Vincent's and Cait's Breaks instead).

This code has trouble realizing who is Cait Sith/Young Cloud and who


is Vincent/Sephiroth, because of the way the characters' data is


stored.  As a result, you may not always get the character you
want


when trying to get either of these characters.

The 'Chocobo' and 'Now Printing' are not real characters.  They
have


no weapons, statistics, etc. (if you look, you'll see that they


borrow the stats. of another character, usually your leader). 
If you


try to enter a battle with one of them in your party, you get the


'overlap' result described above (as they are not playable).


 

ITEM SELECT                                              
8009CCxx - yzzz


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Please take note:  As long as you follow the below guidelines
(remember


to be careful when putting in the two 'location' digits), this code


should work.  Several people have been complaining that they can't
get


the code to work--even the people with the same GS and version number


aS-mine (1.98).  If you've _carefully_ tried this code and can't
get any


results, then you may simply not be able to use the code on your game.


I have NO IDEA what causes this and I'm sorry I can't offer more help
to


those with problems concerning this code or the Materia Select code


(they both work in the same manner).

And yes, saving your game with this code _will_ save the items into


memory--you'll still have to be careful that you don't end up with
the


'battle' glitch' described below (although it seems as if it's not
in


the English version).

An example code would be 8009CCA8 - 202A for the Ghost Hand item, for


those of you who don't understand how the x/y/z entries work.

xx = Location where item appears on the Item Select Screen.  You
can


     change this number to enter the code multiple
times to have


     multiple items of your choice, but you _must_
use EVEN numbers


     (i.e. C2, 9A, or 88) or the game may glitch. 
Also, if this code


     would put an item over an occupied space and
not a blank one, the


     game may freeze or the item may not appear. 
Finally, try to keep


     the location range between 8_ and C_ or the
game may crash.

  y = No. of items; you'll have an infinite amount unless you turn


      the switch off (usually).  The
number you enter is converted


      to hexidecimal form (so what you put
in won't correlate with


      the # of items you get).  Keep
in mind that 0 is a valid


      number and can be used.

zzz = Item name:

000 = Potion                           
0A0 = Gatling Gun


001 = Hi-Potion                        
0A1 = Assault Gun


002 = X-Potion                         
0A2 = Cannon Ball


003 = Ether                            
0A3 = Atomic Scissorss


004 = Turbo Ether                      
0A4 = Heavy Vulcan


005 = Elixir                           
0A5 = Chainsaw


006 = Megaelixir                       
0A6 = Microlaser


007 = Phoenix Down                     
0A7 = A*M Cannon


008 = Antidote                         
0A8 = W Machine Gun


009 = Soft                             
0A9 = Drill Arm


00A = Maiden's Kiss                    
0AA = Solid Bazooka


00B = Cornucopia                       
0AB = Rocket Punch


00C = Echo Screen                      
0AC = Enemy Launcher


00D = Hyper                            
0AD = Pile Banger


00E = Tranquilizer                     
0AE = Max Ray


00F = Remedy                           
0AF = Missing Score


010 = Smoke Bomb                       
0B0 = Mythril Clip


011 = Speed Drink                      
0B1 = Diamond Pin


012 = Hero Drink                       
0B2 = Silver Barrette


013 = Vaccine                          
0B3 = Gold Barrette


014 = Grenade                          
0B4 = Adaman Clip


015 = Shrapnel                         
0B5 = Crystal Comb


016 = Right arm                        
0B6 = Magic Comb


017 = Hourglass                        
0B7 = Plus Barrette


018 = Kiss of Death                    
0B8 = Centclip


019 = Spider Web                       
0B9 = Hairpin


01A = Dream Powder                     
0BA = Seraph Comb


01B = Mute Mask                        
0BB = Behimoth Horn


01C = War Gong                         
0BC = Spring Gun Clip


01D = Loco weed                        
0BD = Limited Moon


01E = Fire Fang                        
0BE = Guard Stick


01F = Fire Veil                        
0BF = Mythril Rod


020 = Antarctic Wind                   
0C0 = Full Metal Staff


021 = Ice Crystal                      
0C1 = Striking Staff


022 = Bolt Plume                       
0C2 = Prism Staff


023 = Swift Bolt                       
0C3 = Aurora Rod


024 = Earth Drum                       
0C4 = Wizard Staff


025 = Earth Mallet                     
0C5 = Wizer Staff


026 = Deadly Waste                     
0C6 = Fairy Tale


027 = M-Tentacles                      
0C7 = Umbrella


028 = Stardust                         
0C8 = Princess Guard


029 = Vampire Fang                     
0C9 = Spear


02A = Ghost Hand                       
0CA = Slash Lance


02B = Vagyrisk Claw                    
0CB = Trident


02C = Light Curtain                    
0CC = Mast Axe


02D = Lunar Curtain                    
0CD = Partisan


02E = Mirror                           
0CE = Viper Halberd


02F = Holy Torch                       
0CF = Javelin


030 = Bird Wing                        
0D0 = Grow Lance


031 = Dragon Scales                    
0D1 = Mop


032 = Impaler                          
0D2 = Dragoon Lance


033 = Shrivel                          
0D3 = Scimitar


034 = Eye drop                         
0D4 = Flayer


035 = Molotov                          
0D5 = Spirit Lance


036 = S-mine                           
0D6 = Venus Gospel


037 = 8inch Cannon                     
0D7 = 4-point Shuriken


038 = Graviball                        
0D8 = Boomerang


039 = T/S Bomb                         
0D9 = Pinwheel


03A = Ink                              
0DA = Razor Ring


03B = Dazers                           
0DB = Hawkeye


03C = Dragon Fang                      
0DC = Crystal Cross


03D = Cauldron                         
0DD = Wind Slash


03E = Sylkis Greens                    
0DE = Twin Viper


03F = Reagan Greens                    
0DF = Spiral Shuriken


040 = Mimett Greens                    
0E0 = Shotgunball


041 = Curiel Greens                    
0E1 = Magic Shuriken


042 = Pahsana Greens                   
0E2 = Rising Sun


043 = Tantal Greens                    
0E3 = Oritsuru


044 = Krakka Greens                    
0E4 = Conformer


045 = Gysahl Greens                    
0E5 = Yellow M-phone


046 = Tent                             
0E6 = Green M-phone


047 = Power Source                     
0E7 = Blue M-phone


048 = Guard Source                     
0E8 = Red M-phone


049 = Magic Source                     
0E9 = Crystal M-phone


04A = Mind Source                      
0EA = White M-phone


04B = Speed Source                     
0EB = Black M-phone


04C = Luck Source                      
0EC = Silver M-phone


04D = Zeio Nut                         
0ED = Trumpet Shell


04E = Carob Nut                        
0EE = Gold M-phone


04F = Porov Nut                        
0EF = Battle Trumpet


050 = Pram Nut                         
0F0 = Starlight Phone


051 = Lasan Nut                        
0F1 = HP Shout


052 = Saraha Nut                       
0F2 = Quicksilver


053 = Luchile Nut                      
0F3 = Shotgun


054 = Pepio Nut                        
0F4 = Shortbarrel


055 = Battery                          
0F5 = Lariat


056 = Tissue                           
0F6 = Winchester


057 = Omnislash                        
0F7 = Peacemaker


058 = Catastrophe                      
0F8 = Buntline


059 = Final Heaven                     
0F9 = Long Barrel R


05A = Great Gospel                     
0FA = Silver Rifle


05B = Cosmo Memory                     
0FB = Sniper CR


05C = All Creation                     
0FC = Shotgunshot ST


05D = Chaos                            
0FD = Outsider


05E = Highwind                         
0FE = Death Penalty


05F = 1/35 Soldier                     
0FF = Masamune


060 = Super Sweeper                    
100 = Bronze Bangle


061 = Masamune Blade                   
101 = Iron Bangle


062 = Save Crystal                     
102 = Titan Bangle


063 = Combat Diary                     
103 = Mythril Armlet


064 = Autograph                        
104 = Carbon Bangle


065 = Gambler                          
105 = Silver Armlet


066 = Desert Rose                 
106 = Gold Armlet


067 = Earth Harp                  
107 = Diamond Bangle


068 = Guide Book                  
108 = Crystal Bangle


069 =                           
109 = Platinum Bangle


06A =                           
10A = Rune Armlet


06B =                           
10B = Edincoat


06C =                           
10C = Wizard Braceletlet


06D =                           
10D = Adaman Bangle


06E =                           
10E = Gigas Armlet


06F =                           
10F = Imperial Guard


070 =                           
110 = Aegis Armlet


071 =                           
111 = Fourth Bracelet


072 =                           
112 = Warrior Bangle


073 =                           
113 = Shinra Beta


074 =                           
114 = Shinra Alpha


075 =                           
115 = Four Slotss


076 =                           
116 = Fire Armlet


077 =                           
117 = Aurora Armlet


078 =                           
118 = Bolt Armlet


079 =                           
119 = Dragon Armlet


07A =                           
11A = Minerva Band


07B =                           
11B = Escort Guard


07C =                           
11C = Mystile


07D =                           
11D = Ziedrich


07E =                           
11E = Precious Watch


07F =                           
11F = Chocobracelet


080 = Buster Sword                     
120 = Power Wrist


081 = Mythril Saber                    
121 = Protect Vest


082 = Hardedge                         
122 = Earring


083 = Butterfly Edge                   
123 = Talisman


084 = Enhance Sword                    
124 = Choco Feather


085 = Organics                         
125 = Amulet


086 = Crystal Sword                    
126 = Champion Belt


087 = Force Stealer                    
127 = Poison Ring


088 = Rune Blade                       
128 = Touph Ring


089 = Murasame                         
129 = Circlet


08A = Nail Bat                         
12A = Star Pendant


08B = Yoshiyuki                        
12B = Silver Glasses


08C = Apocalypse                       
12C = Headband


08D = Heaven's Cloud                   
12D = Fairy Ring


08E = Ragnarok                         
12E = Jem Ring


08F = Ultima Weapon                    
12F = White Cape


090 = Leather Glove                    
130 = Sprint Shoes


091 = Metal Knuckle                    
131 = Peace Ring


092 = Mythril Claw                     
132 = Ribbon


093 = Grand Glove                      
133 = Fire Ring


094 = Tiger Fang                       
134 = Ice Ring


095 = Diamond Knuckle                  
135 = Bolt Ring


096 = Dragon Claw                      
136 = Tetra Elemental


097 = Crystal Glove                    
137 = Safety Bit


098 = Motor Drive                      
138 = Fury Ring


099 = Platinum Fist                    
139 = Curse Ring


09A = Kaiser Knuckle                   
13A = Protect Ring


09B = Work Glove                       
13B = Cat's Bell


09C = Powersoul                        
13C = Reflect Ring


09D = Master Fist                      
13D = Water Ring


09E = God's Hand                       
13E = Sneak Glove


09F = Premium Heart                    
13F = HypnoCrown

 -   Codes ending in 069 - 07F give you these items. 
As of right now,


     I don't know what their purpose is (they may
be disabled Key


     Items, I think).


 -   Codes ending in 080 - 08F are swords for Cloud.


 -   Codes ending in 090 - 09F are claws for Tifa.


 -   Codes ending in 0A0 - 0AF are cannons for Barret.


 -   Codes ending in 0B0 - 0BD are combs for Red XIII.


 -   Codes ending in 0BE - 0C8 are rods for Aeris.


 -   Codes ending in 0C9 - 0D6 are spears for Cid.


 -   Codes ending in 0D7 - 0E4 are shurikens for Yuffie.


 -   Codes ending in 0E5 - 0F1 are M-phones for Cait
Sith.


 -   Codes ending in 0F2 - 0FE are handguns for Vincent.


     The code ending in 0FF looks like a gun, but
it is in


     fact Sephiroth's Masamune blade.


 -   Codes ending in 100 - 11F are defensive bracelets.


 -   Codes ending in 120 - 13F are accessories you equip.


 -   Codes ending in 140 - FFF are 'glitch' items that
don't exist


     and have no purpose/effect on the game.

If you have this code activated and you go into a battle, you may get


a strange effect that prevents you from fighting the battle. 
As the


battle begins, these messages will appear, one after the other:

               
xxx: ### / Error Occurred: ##


               
L1+R1+SELECT x Reset xxx


               
System Error x xx xxxx

Should you press L1+R1+Select at any time, you're instantly taken out
of


the battle.  While you don't gain AP, gil, or experience points
or items,


you don't lose anything, either.  Not only can this be used to
bypass


normal battles, but it can be used during boss battles and the game
will


continue as if you had fought and beaten the boss!

This is pure speculation on my part, but I think this is probably some


sort of error checker/debugger that was used by the game's programmers


to test battle sequences, probably to fix up any flaws in the 'Active


Time Battle' system.  This seems possible because the number seem
to


indicate your party's Agility compared to the enemies (I think). 
And


assuming my translations are correct (assuming, mind you :)) it would


make some sense.

Keep in mind that this may still happen even with the code off. 
So,


it's a good idea not to have this code on when you go into a battle.


The best procedure would probably be to put in the codes for the items


you want, then save your game and load it without using this code.


Then, make sure that you don't have any spare items left in your menu


(use them, sell them, or try 're-equipping' them to reduce the amount


that you have--if you re-equip them you'll still keep one, but the


others will vanish).  Of course, if you don't want to fight any
battles,


then leave the code activated :)


 

MATERIA SELECT                                           
8009D0xx - 00yy


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Well well!  Here's an interesting code.  It works very much
like the


Item Select code above, except that you have to go into the Materia


Screen.  As long as the switch is up, you have an infinite number
of


whatever Materia you've selected.  The only bad thing about this
code


is that it will sometimes start off the Materia orbs with 'beyond master'


levels, meaning that you can use all their abilities, but you can't
get


another one by mastering it.

xx = Location where the materia appears on the Materia Menu.  You
can


     change this number to enter the code multiple
times to have


     multiple materia of your choice, but you _must_
use EVEN numbers


     (i.e. A0, C4, or 86) or the game may glitch. 
Also, if this code


     would put a materia over an occupied space
and not a blank one, the


     game may freeze or the materia may not appear. 
Finally, try to


     keep the location range between 8_ and C_
or the game may crash.

yy = Name of Materia:

00 = MP Plus                           
2E = (glitch)


01 = HP Plus                           
2F = (glitch)


02 = Speed Plus                        
30 = Master Command


03 = Magic Plus                        
31 = Fire


04 = Luck Plus                         
32 = Ice


05 = EXP. Plus                         
33 = Earth


06 = Gil Plus                          
34 = Lightning


07 = Enemy Away                        
35 = Restore


08 = Enemy Plus                        
36 = Heal


09 = Chocobo Plus                      
37 = Revive


0A = Pre-emptive                       
38 = Seal


0B = Long Range                        
39 = Mystify


0C = Mega All                          
3A = Transform


0D = Counter Attack                    
3B = Exit


0E = Slash-All                         
3C = Poison


0F = Double Cut                        
3D = Demi


10 = Cover                             
3E = Barrier


11 = Underwater     3F = 


12 = HP  MP                         
40 = Comet


13 = W-Magic                           
41 = Time


14 = W-Summon                          
42 = 


15 = W-Item                            
43 = 


16 =        
44 = Destruct


17 = All                               
45 = Contain


18 = Counter                           
46 = Full Cure


19 = Magic Counter                     
47 = Shield


1A = MP Turbo                          

48 = Ultima


1B = MP Absorb                         
49 = Master Magic


1C = HP Absorb                         
4A = Choco/Mog


1D = Elemental                         
4B = Shiva


1E = Added Effect                      
4C = Ifrit


1F = Sneak Attack                      
4D = Titan


20 = Final Attack                      
4E = Ramuh


21 = Added Cut                         
4F = Odin


22 = Steal as well                     
50 = Leviathan


23 = Quadra Magic                      
51 = Bahamut


24 = Steal                             
52 = Kjata


25 = Sense                             
53 = Alexander


26 =            
54 = Phoenix


27 = Throw                             
55 = Neo Bahamut


28 = Morph                             
56 = Hades


29 = Deathblow                         
57 = Typoon


2A = Manipulate                        
58 = Bahamut ZERO


2B = Mime                              
59 = Knights of Round


2C = Enemy Skill **                    
5A = Master Summon


2D = (glitch)                          
89 = (glitch)

*   Codes ending in 16, 26, 3F, 42 and 43 are 'disabled' Materia
that


    you can't normally get during the game.  In
the Japanese game,


    they were still usable, but their abilities, descriptions,
and


    other stats. have been removed/altered in this release.

    Note that the Underwater materia has been made into
a


    real, usable Materia!  It's not used to revive
Aerith, but to


    explore more of the underwater areas (and fight
the underwater


    Weapon monster).

**  Starts off with a variable number of stars (usually missing
the


    first eight or stars 3, 6, and 7).

 - Codes ending in 00 - 0D, 10 and 12 are Independant Materia.


 - Codes ending in 0E, 0F and 17 - 23 are Combination Materia.


 - Codes ending in 13 - 15, 24, 25, 27 - 2C and 30 are Command
Materia.


 - Codes ending in 31 - 3E, 40, 41, and 44 - 49 are Magic Materia.


 - Codes ending in 4A - 5A are Summon Materia.


 - Codes ending in 2D - 2F, 89 are game glitches and not real
Materia.


 - However, equipping the '089' materia will raise most of your
stats.


   to 255 and your MAX MP to 999, although your HP will be
dramatically


   reduced.


 - All other codes (5B - FF, excluding 89) are game glitches and
not


   real Materia.

Here are materia charts for each of the 'disabled' materia.  Please
note


that the abilities/AP levels of these materia tend to fluctuate, even
if


you put these in using the Game Shark, saved your game, and then played


again without the GS codes on.  Refer to the 'Main Menu' section
of the


first part of the FAQ for information on Materia descriptions, etc.

These stats are taken from the Japanese version, only because they are


more descriptive.  In the American version, none of the Materia
have


names (except for SuichuuKokyuu, which is 'Underwater'), and they have


altered/disabled stats. and abilties.  For some reason, the only
two


Materia with abilities that work are Mabarrier and Law (in the Japanese


version, all the materia had an effect except for 'Underwater'


and 'Booster').

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MABARIA  (Mabarrier) - Magic Materia           
20000 AP          3 stars


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Â¥ížÂ¥íÂ¥íªÂ¥Â¢

LV1: Mabarrier  Â¥ížÂ¥íÂ¥íªÂ¥Â¢Â Â Â Â Â Â 
24      Lessens Magic Plus damage


LV2: Mabarrier  Â¥ížÂ¥íÂ¥íªÂ¥Â¢Â Â Â Â Â Â 
24      Lessens Magic Plus damage


LV3: Mabarrier  Â¥ížÂ¥íÂ¥íªÂ¥Â¢Â Â Â Â Â Â 
24      Lessens Magic Plus damage

This materia has its own description, Mabaria no....  Although
it is just


like other Magic Materia descriptions, note that the bracket-like quotes


put around most magic spells are not used in this description (as in


Mabaria instead of [Mabaria], sort of).

Status Changes:      POWER   
-02      MAGIC        
+02      MAXHP -05%


                    
STRENGTH -01      MAGIC DEFENSE +01     
MAXMP +05%

Find:               
Use the 'Materia Select' Game Shark code (3F).


 

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RIFUREKU  (Reflect) - Magic Materia            
20000 AP          4 stars


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Â¥íªÂ¥í•Â¥í¬Â¥Â¯

LV1: Reflect  Â¥íªÂ¥í•Â¥í¬Â¥Â¯Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 
30      Reflects most magic


LV2: Wall     ¥¦¥ª¡¼¥í«Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 
58      Barrier and Mabarrier cast at once

This materia has its own description, Rifureku no....  Although
it is


just like other Magic Materia descriptions, note that the bracket-like


quotes put around most magic spells are not used in this description
(as


in Rifureku instead of [Rifureku], sort of).

Status Changes:      POWER   
-02      MAGIC        
+02      MAXHP -05%


                    
STRENGTH -01      MAGIC DEFENSE +01     
MAXMP +05%

Find:               
Use the 'Materia Select' Game Shark code (42).


 

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RIFUABU  (Reflect Wave?) - Magic Materia       
60000 AP          3 stars


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Â¥íªÂ¥í•Â¥Â¢Â¥í–

L1: --                        
--      --


L2: Wall  ¥¦¥ª¡¼¥í«Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 
58      Barrier and Mabarrier cast at once

This materia has its own description, Uooru no....  Although it
is just


like other Magic Materia descriptions, note that the bracket-like quotes


put around most magic spells are not used in this description (as in


Uooru instead of [Uooru], sort of).

Status Changes:      POWER   
-02      MAGIC        
+02      MAXHP -05%


                    
STRENGTH -01      MAGIC DEFENSE +01     
MAXMP +05%

Find:               
Use the 'Materia Select' Game Shark code (43).


 

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SUICHUU KOKYUU  (Underwater Breath) - Independant Materia         
1 star


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¤¹¤¤¤íÂ¤í¥Â¤Â¦Â¤Â³Â¤Â­Â¤í¥Â¤Â¦

Has no description.

It says it's ability is 'SuichuuKokyuu*'

This materia seems to have no effect when equipped, nor does it affect


anything or anyone at any point in the game, as far as I can tell.


Unlike all other materia, it has only one star.  I would assume
that


this Materia starts off mastered, but because of the Materia Select
code,


I have way over a million AP and I can't seem to make that number go


down.  It could be that you have to master it (just like other
materia)


but then it would be the only materia in the game that starts off with


no mastered star levels.


 

* The info. box will give the stats. of the last Materia the cursor
was


  on should you move it around (unless it was last on an Independant


  Materia, in which case it will display 'SuichuuKokyuu' for the
ability


  name).

Find:               
Use the 'Materia Select' Game Shark code (11).

NOTE:  If you want to learn more about this materia, please refer
to the


'Rumors and Speculation' and 'Documents' sections for more detailed


conjecture.  For those of you who keep asking, I've been to the
Ancient


City and _nothing_ happens.  Believe me, I've experimented with
this


materia in just about every possible way and it doesn't seem to have


any effect in the game.


 

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HOUSOKU  (Law*) - Command Materia              
20000 AP          2 stars


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¤í›Â¤Â¦Â¤Â½Â¤Â¯

Has no description.

LV1:  ZENINAGE  (Coin Toss)  ¤¼¤í‹Â¤íŠÂ¤Â²


      Just like the 'Zeninage' skill of the
'Nageru' materia.  Although


      it doesn't say it, you also have the
Nageru skill (Throw) in


      battle, too.

Find:               
Use the 'Materia Select' Game Shark code (26).

*  Mr. Kelley points out that this is most likely a joke by the


   programmers.  'Law' is what lawyers deal with, and
the listed skill


   given for this materia is Coin Toss.  As in 'you
have to throw away


   your money when dealing with lawyers'.


 

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BUUSUTAA  (Booster) - Combination Materia      
90000 AP          5 stars


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¥햡¼¥¹¥¿¡¼

Has no description.

It says it's ability is 'Buusutaa'.

So far, it doesn't seem to affect any Materia I equip it to.  From
the


name, though, I'd imagine that it's supposed to increase the range/


effectiveness/power of the Materia that you combine it with or perhaps


increase the amount of AP you earn for that Materia.

Find:               
Use the 'Materia Select' Game Shark code (16).


 

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9 .    A  P  P  E  N  D 
I  X


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  9 . 1      m a t e r i a  
o r b s


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As you play the game, you'll find, buy, and be given Materia Orbs. 
When


equipped, these orbs have various functions (like Relics from FF3),
and


become stronger as you use them (like the Classes from FF5j). 
There are


five types of Materia:

        Green   -      
Spell Materia.  When equipped, you can cast


                       
spells like Lightning, Fire, Cure, Barrier, etc.


        Yellow  -      
Command Materia.  These give you the ability


                       
to Steal, Throw, Mimic, etc.


        Purple  -      
Independent Materia.  These will increase


                       
your scores, like Max HP or Speed Plus.


        Blue    -      
Support Materia.  These augment the power


                       
of certain other Materia.  For instance,


                       
the 'Select All' Materia, when combined with


                       
a Fire materia, lets you cast a fire spell on


                       
all foes.


        Red    
-       Summon Materia.  These let you
summon monsters,


                       
like Chocobo, Shiva, Bahamut, or even Typoon!

* My tv has some strange color properties.  This means that when
I


  mention a 'Purple Materia', it may actually be a Blue Materia. 
I


  didn't even realize this until after first releasing this FAQ,
so


  try and bear with me, okay?  I'll avoid incorrect naming
in the


  future, but I may still get it wrong sometimes.  Sorry!
^_^;

You can equip Materia from the Main Menu, and mix and match them in


any way you want.  This is how they work:

Weapons and bracelets have a certain number of 'holders' on them. 
You


can equip one Materia per holder.  So, if a sword has one holder
and a


bracelet has five holders, you can equip six Materia in all. 
The benefit


to equipping a Materia is the skills/magic/etc. it gives you. 
The bad


part is that equipping Materia tends to lower your statistics. 
While


this is only temporary, you'll have to decide if you value skills or


scores more when equipping certain Materia.  To restore your stats.
to


normal, simply unequip the Materia you're using.  You'll notice
that


some holders aren't connected, and some are (it looks something like


this: 0=0 ).  Connected holders are used to couple an Independent


Materia with another Materia, since Independent Materia have no effect


on their own.

When you win a battle, you gain AP (Ability Points).  Each Materia
has


a number of stars, representing its' 'levels'.  All Materia start
off


at level 1, but can be increased to their max. level.  The more
level


stars a Materia has, the stronger and more useful it becomes. 
To


gain a star level, you have to gain a certain number of Ability Points,


just like raising levels or learning Esper magic (in FF3).  However,


only Materia that you have equipped earn AP.  Luckily, that Materia
has


the same number of points no matter who uses it.  For example,
let's


say Cloud keeps the Summon Chocobo materia equipped for a long time,


and manages to raise it to level 2.  If Barret, who's never worn
that


Materia before, equips it, he can also use it at level 2 strength. 
When


you do 'master' a Materia (by gaining all its' levels), you will


instantly get another Materia of the same type!  Even though it
will


begin at level 1 (i.e. unused), this means that you can have as many


Ultima or Summon Bahamut materia as you want (for example), providing


you max out the ones you already have beforehand.  Be sure to
sell off


Materia that you don't need; if you have a full Materia list with no


empty places and you master a materia that you have equipped, it will


appear in a random location on the list, permanently erasing the Materia


that was in it's place (guess the programmers at Square never bothered


to check that out, did they?)

You'll want to be careful if you have more than one of the same Materia,


because you have to raise them seperately.  And there's no point
in


giving two of the same Materia to the same person!  Try to figure
out


what Materia works best with which person (i.e. give the MAX MP Plus


Materia to a good magic-user, and give the Deathblow materia to a


character with low normal attack power).  Also, take note of the
way


the holders look; if they don't have silver dots in them (like this:


O=O or just O), then you can still equip Materia, but you can't level-


up them since none of the AP you gain in battles will be distributed
to


the Materia in that weapon or item.  The tradeoff is that such
equipment


is usually very strong.


 

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  9 . 2      h u g e   m a
t e r i a  /  m a s t e r   m a t e r i a


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From Disc 2 onwards, you have the chance to find and collect four 'Huge


Materia'.  They can be gotten from these locations:

Blue Materia   - North Corel.  You have to save the town
from being


                
destroyed by a train during Disc 2.

Yellow Materia - The other Huge Materia is located in the Fort Condor--


                
you can only get this during Disc 2.  What you have to


                
do is win the 'mini-battle' sequence atop the tower or


                
you won't receive the Huge Materia.

Green Materia* - Rocket Town.  After you and Cid blast off in his
ship,


                
you'll have to enter the code command to free the huge


                
Green Materia.  If you can't save the Materia, it's lost


                
for good.  This quest can only be done during Disc 2.

Red Materia    - Red Submarine.  If you were able
to sink the red sub


                
during the return trip to Junon Town in Disc 2, you can


                
capture the huge Red Materia from the sunken submarine


                
at any time during Discs 2 or 3.  If you weren't able


                
to stop the sub, then this Materia is permanently lost.

* In one game, I tried beating every quest but Corel.  I had three
of


the materia, Yellow, Green, and Red.  I always thought the Blue
Materia


was part of the Rocket Town sub-quest, but I guess not.

While you have to get two of the Huge Materia in order to make the game


progress during Disc 2, you don't need to collect all four of them.


However, you can get the powerful 'Master Materia' from the Huge Materia,


as well as the strongest Bahamut summon materia, 'Bahamut Form Zero',
so


it's advisable that you try to find them all.  You can receive
the


following materia from each Huge Materia:

NAME               
DESCRIPTION             
PREREQUISITES


Master Magic        Cast any magic
spell     Huge Green materia and a


                                            
'master' level for all 21


                                            
magic materia.

Master Command      Use most commands       
Huge Yellow materia and a


                                            
'master' level for seven


                                            
command materia (see below).

Master Summon       Use all summon spells   
Huge Red materia and a


                                            
'master' level for all 16


                                            
summon materia.

Bahamut Form Zero   A summon materia        
Huge Blue materia and the


                                            
Bahamut and Neo Bahamut


                                            
summon materia orbs.

Once you've fulfilled the prerequisites to get a certain master materia,


simply return to Buugen Haagen's observatory in Cosmo Canyon and touch


the correct Huge Materia (I hope you have the Huge Materia on you/have


already taken it to the observatory in Cosmo Canyon beforehand!) 
Pick


the first option and the screen will glow; pick the top option to get


your master materia or the bottom option if you want to get that


particular master materia later.  You do have to have all the
mastered


materia on hand, but it doesn't matter whether they're equipped or
not.

If you're trying to get Bahamut Form Zero, then all you have to do is


touch the huge blue materia and you'll automatically receive it after


choosing the first option; you have to get this summon spell before
you


can receive the Master Summon materia.  There's good news and
bad news,


though:

 - All of the Master materia do not have level stars, so you can't


   simply 'master' them and get a second Master Materia. 
Wearing


   one doesn't effect your statistics, either (so all of
you who


   were hoping for a 'MAX MP +80%' or something like that
will be


   disappointed!)

 - When you receive a Master materia, you lose all the materia
that


   you mastered.  This means that not only will you
be left with a


   bunch of low-level materia (since you get another materia
of the


   same type when you master it, remember?), but you'll have
to master


   each of them if you want to get a second Master materia
of that


   type.  The good news is that if you have two mastered
orbs of the


   same type (say, two Fires and you're trying to get the
Master


   Magic materia), you'll only lose one and keep the other. 
So, if


   you have two mastered Kjata materia and you get a Master
Summon


   materia and want another one, you'll only have to level-up
15 orbs


   instead of 16 since one is already mastered.

Individual notes on the Master materia:

 - If you affix a combination materia like All or Random Magic


   Strike to the Master Magic orb, it will affect all the
spells!


   However, not all combination materia work with each spell.

 - When you master a Summon materia, you can call a particular
summoned


   beast five times.  With the Master Summon materia
equipped, you can


   summon any beast an infinite number of times (providing
you have the


   MP for it)!  Like the Master Magic materia, Combination
materia


   attached to this orb will affect all summon spells.

 - You only have to master the Steal, Sense, Throw, Morph,


   Deathblow, Manipulate and Mime materia orbs in order to
get the


   Master Command materia.  This may sound good, but
then again, all you


   get are the above abilities of those materia: this orb
won't let you


   use other commands like Swordplay, W-Item, Techniques
of the


   Enemy, or Continuous Slice, for example (but you can equip
these


   seperately, if you like).

 - And of course, there are no Master Combination or Master Independant


   Materia :)


 

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  9 . 3      m a t e r i a  
l i s t


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This section lists each Materia and explains it's abilities and other


information.  A new addition to this section is 'AP to Master':
this


tells you how many AP you will need to master that materia.  It's
easy


enough to check your current AP level in the Main Menu, but you can't


figure out what the master amount of AP is until you're at the next


to the last level--the reason for this addition.


 

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GREEN MATERIA - SPELL


=====================

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MATERIA NAME                             
AP TO MASTER   # OF LEVEL STARS


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Levels: Name    MP Cost    Effect when
used

Changes to status when Materia is equipped:

Who has it when they first join you:


Where you can buy it from:           
(may change depending on what Disc


                                     
you're currently on)


Where you can find it at:            
(* anything else you should know)

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Fire                                           
35000 AP          4 stars


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LV1: Fire 1                
4      Fire damage


LV2: Fire 2                
22     Fire damage x2


LV3: Fire 3                
52     Fire damage x3

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAX HP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAX MP +02%

Initially equipped:  Red 13


Purchase from:       Wall Market, Costa
Del Sol, Fort Condor, Mideel


 

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COLD                                           
35000 AP          4 stars


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LV1: Blizzard 1            
4      Ice damage


LV2: Blizzard 2            
22     Ice damage x2


LV3: Blizzard 3            
52     Ice damage x3

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Initially equipped:  Cloud


Purchase from:       Wall Market, Costa
Del Sol, Mideel, Fort Condor


 

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THUNDER                                        
35000 AP          4 stars


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LV1: Lightning               
4      Lightning (bolt) damage


LV2: Lightning 2             
22     Lightning (bolt) damage x2


LV3: Lightning 3             
52     Lightning (bolt) damage x3

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Initially equipped:  Cloud


Purchase from:       Wall Market, Costa
Del Sol, Mideel, Fort Condor


 

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EARTH                                          
40000 AP          4 stars


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LV1: Quake                 
6      Earth damage


LV2: Quake 2               
28     Earth damage x2


LV3: Quake 3               
68     Earth damage x3

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Purchase from:       Kalm Town, Costa
Del Sol


 

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POISON                                         
38000 AP          4 stars


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¤í‰Â¤Â¯Â  ¡íŠí†í‡Â¡í‹

LV1: Bio         8     
Poison dmg., then continuous damage


LV2: Bio 2       36    
Poison dmg., then continuous damage x2


LV3: Bio 3       80    
Poison dmg., then continuous damage x3

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +02         MAXMP +02%

Purchase from:       Kalm Town, Costa
Del Sol


Find:               
Shinra HQ -- 68th floor


 

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GRAVITY                                        
40000 AP          4 stars


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LV1: Demi        14    
Reduces current HP to 3/4*


LV2: Demi 2     33     Reduces
current HP to 1/2


LV3: Demi 3      48    
Reduces current HP to 1/4

Status Changes:         POWER
-01         MAXHP -02%


                       
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Purchase from:       Costa Del Sol, Mideel


Find:               
Cave below Cosmo Canyon after beating the boss.

*  If the description doesn't make sense, think of it like this:
Demi


   reduces current HP by 1/4, Demi 2 reduces current HP by
1/2, and


   Demi 3 reduces current HP by 3/4.  Make sense now?


 

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METEORITE                                      
60000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: Comet         70    
Special damage x4 against one enemy


LV2: Comet 2       110   
Special damage x4 against all foes

Status Changes:      POWER   
-02      MAGIC        
+02      MAXHP -05%


                    
STRENGTH -01      MAGIC DEFENSE +01     
MAXMP +05%

Find:               
Ancient City


 

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SEALED OFF                                     
60000 AP          5 stars


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LV1: Freeze        82    
Ice damage + Stop  (chance)


LV2: Break         86    
Earth damage + Petrify  (chance)


LV3: Tornado       90    
Wind damage + Confyuu  (chance)


LV4: Flare         100   
Fire damage

Status Changes:      POWER   
-04      MAGIC        
+04      MAXHP -10%


                    
STRENGTH -02      MAGIC DEFENSE +02     
MAXMP +10%

Find:               
Mideel  (see note *1)

*1 Go to the town on the Southernmost Continent and feed the hyperactive


   boy's chocobo.  You'll have to make sure that you
have the proper


   seasoning on you (buy it for 1500 gil from the Chocobo
Farm; it's the


   same one you use to learn Chocobockle; the 5th item from
the top).


   Choose the top option when you examine the chocobo, then
choose the


   5th option (the next to last one), and you'll get this
materia.  You


   can still do it even after the town is partially destroyed.


 

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ULTIMA                                         
100000 AP         3 stars


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LV1: --                    
--     --


LV2: Ultima       130   
Special damage (heavy) to all foes

Status Changes:      POWER   
-04      MAGIC        
+04      MAXHP -10%


                    
STRENGTH -02      MAGIC DEFENSE +02     
MAXMP +10%

Purchase from:       North Corel 
(see note *2)


Find:               
North Corel

*2 You get this for free if you save the town.  If you fail, you
can


   still buy it from a kid in one of the train cars for 50,000
gil.


 

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Restore                                        
40000 AP          5 stars


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LV1: Cure           
5      Recover lost HP


LV2: Cure 2        24    
Recover lost HP x1.5


LV3: Regene       30    
Gain back some HP each round


LV4: Cure 3         64    
Recover lost HP x3

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Purchase from:       Midgar City -- Area
5, Wall Market, Mideel,


                    
Fort Condor


Find:               
Makoro Furnace


 

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FULL CURE                                      
100000 AP         3 stars


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LV1: --                    
--     --


LV2: Full Cure    99     Recover
all lost HP

Status Changes:      POWER   
-04      MAGIC        
+04      MAXHP -10%


                    
STRENGTH -02      MAGIC DEFENSE +02     
MAXMP +10%

Find:               
Cosmo Canyon; behind the Item Shop (Disc 2+ only)


 

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MEDICAL TREATMENT                              
60000 AP          4 stars


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LV1: Poisona        3     
Cures Poison status


LV2: Esuna           
15     Cures any bad status


LV3: Resist    120    Prevents status
change

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Purchase from:       Kalm Town, Gongaga
Town, Junon Town


 

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RESURRECT                                      
55000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: Raise          34    
Come back to life with some HP


LV2: Life 2         100   
Come back to life with all HP

Status Changes:      POWER   
-02      MAGIC        
+02      MAXHP -05%


                    
STRENGTH -01      MAGIC DEFENSE +01     
MAXMP +05%

Purchase from:       Junon Town, Costa
Del Sol (Disc 2+)


 

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SEAL                                           
20000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: Sleepel     8     
Enemy falls asleep


LV2: Silence      24    
Enemy is silenced

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Purchase from:       Junon Town


 

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PERPLEX                                        
30000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: Confuse       18    
Enemy is confused


LV2: Berserk       28    
Automatic attack/Attack Power goes up

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Purchase from:       Cosmo Canyon 
(see note *3)

*3 Berserk is useful against magic-casting enemies because they're


   forced to attack and can't use spells.  You can also
use this


   spell on yourself; while the ally can do nothing but attack,
his


   attack power is greatly increased (but this is true for
enemies


   hit with this spell, too).


 

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TRANSFORM                                      
24000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: Minimum        10    
Body shrinks; stats./damage drop to 1.


LV2: Toad          14    
Can do nothing but attack/ cast 'Toad'

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Initially equipped:  Cait Sith


Purchase from:       North Corel, Cosmo
Canyon, Gongaga Town, Mideel


 

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SEPERATION                                     
30000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: Escape       16    
Escape from battles (some exceptions)


LV2: Degeon       99    
All enemies are banished (killed)

Status Changes:      POWER -01        
MAXHP -02%


                    
MAGIC +01         MAXMP +02%

Purchase from:       Rocket Village 
(see note *4)

*4 Yes, if you cast Degeon on yourself then you'll all die ^_^;


 

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TIME                                           
42000 AP          4 stars


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LV1: Haste        18    
Time bar fills faster


LV2: Slow         20    
Time bar fills slower


LV3: Stop         34    
Time bar can't fill for a short while

Status Changes:      POWER   
-02      MAGIC        
+02      MAXHP -05%


                    
STRENGTH -01      MAGIC DEFENSE +01     
MAXMP +05%

Purchase from:       Gongaga Town, Rocket
Village


 

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BARRIER                                        
45000 AP          5 stars


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LV1: Barrier        16    
Lessens physical damage


LV2: Mabarrier    24     Lessens
Magic Plus damage


LV3: Reflect       30    
Reflects most magic


LV4: Wall          58    
Barrier and Mabarrier cast at once

Status Changes:      POWER   
-02      MAGIC        
+02      MAXHP -05%


                    
STRENGTH -01      MAGIC DEFENSE +01     
MAXMP +05%

Purchase from:       Rocket Village 
(see note *5)

*5 Reflect reflects a magic spell to the opposite party (foe to ally,
ally


   to foe) even if the caster and receiver are both allies
or enemies.


   If a spell affects more than one person, only the people
with Reflect


   will have the spell reflected.

   Unlike previous Final Fantasy games, a reflected spell
(at least, if


   the reflective power is automatic or due to an accessory
like the


   Reflect Ring) will bounce back and forth until it 'breaks
through'


   a target's reflectiveness (which will still be there--it's
not


   permanently removed) or misses.  This is quite a
change from the


   normal 'reflect one time' rule of other FF incarnations,
and whether


   it was programmed in purposely or is a glitch remains
to be seen.

   Riflek doesn't work against Juuryoku-type spells, Inseki-type
spells,


   Ultima, Shield, Debarrier, or Dispel.


 

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ANNIHILATION                                   
45000 AP          4 stars


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LV1: Debarrier   12     Cancels Barrier
spells


LV2: Dispel      20    
Cancels any magic


LV3: Death       30    
Kills foe instantly

Status Changes:      POWER   
-02      MAGIC        
+02      MAXHP -05%


                    
STRENGTH -01      MAGIC DEFENSE +01     
MAXMP +05%

Purchase from:       Fort Condor, Mideel 
(see note *6)

*6 Dispel removes status-changing magics such as Wall, Haste, Slow,


   Regene, Toad, etc.  It only affects the spells in
use, but can


   remove more than one Magic Plus status at once.


 

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SHIELD                                         
100000 AP         3 stars


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LV1: --                    
--     --


LV2: Shield         180   
Ally becomes invincible for a while

Status Changes:      POWER   
-04      MAGIC        
+04      MAXHP -10%


                    
STRENGTH -02      MAGIC DEFENSE +02     
MAXMP +10%

Find:               
Makou Pit


 

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MASTER MAGIC                                   
n/a             
no stars


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When equipped, you can cast ANY magic spell, providing you have enough


MP.  Remember, using a combination materia together with the Master
Magic


materia will affect all your spells, but not all of them will be


compatible with certain types of combination materia.


 

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YELLOW - COMMAND MATERIA


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STEAL                                          
50000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: (Steal)


     Attempt to steal an item from an enemy. 
It doesn't always work,


     and you can't steal if an enemy has no items.

LV2: (Plunder)


     As above, but you will attack and steal at
the same time.  Once


     you learn this, you can't use Nusumu.

Status Changes:      Speed Plus +02

Purchase:           
Kalm Town


Find:               
After killing the boss when you fall into the sewers


                    
once you've rescued Tifa from Wall Market (Disc 1).


 

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THROW                                          
60000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: (Throw)


     You can throw one of the weapons in your inventory
at an enemy.


     You'll lose the weapon you throw, however. 
The only items you're


     allowed to throw are: swords (Cloud), rods
(Aeris), cannons


     (Barret), shuriken (Yuffie), M-phones (Cait
Sith), handguns


     (Vincent), and spears (Cid).  You cannot
throw a weapon an ally


     is equipped with.

LV2: (Coin Toss)


     Once you learn it, this command and Nageru
switch constantly while


     the Battle Window is open.  If you choose
it, you must then decide


     how much money you will _keep_ by using the
controller (just like


     purchasing a certain amount of items). 
No matter how much gil you


     toss, the maximum damage is always 9999. 
The ratio of gil to


     damage points is 10:1, so you'd better have
a lot of money.

Status Changes:      STRENGTH +01

Intially Equipped:   Yuffie


Purchase:           
Fort Condor, Rocket Town


 

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CONTINUOUS SLICE                               
150000 AP         3 stars


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LV1: (Continuous Slice)


     You can make make two physical attacks on
one enemy.

LV2: (Random Hit)


     You can attack 4 times, but the damage you
inflict is slightly


     lower than normal.  Each enemy that you
attack is picked at


     random.

Status Changes:      Speed Plus +02

Find:               
Wrecked Plane


 

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SLICE EVERYBODY                                
150000 AP         3 stars


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LV1: Slice Everybody)  You can make one attack which will hit all


enemies.  It's possible to hit and miss at the same time with
this


command.

LV2: (Swordplay)


     All enemies facing you are instantly killed. 
This command doesn't


     always work.

Find:               
Old Forest


 

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PERCIEVE                                       
40000 AP          2 stars


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You're shown an enemy's HP, MP, experience level, and any weaknesses
they


may have.  Furthermore, their current HP and MP rate is shown
if you


select them while the Help Window is activated.  Not all enemies
can be


scanned with this command.

Initially Equipped:  Red 13


Purchase:           
Kalm Town, Junon Town


Find:               
Midgar City -- Area 7


 

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Morph                                          
100000 AP         2 stars


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This command makes you do a physical attack at roughly 2/3rds less


damage.  If your foe is killed with this hit, he will transform
into an


item for you to take.  Not all enemies can be morphed.

Find:               
At the Temple


 

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Deathblow                                      
40000 AP          2 stars


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When used, an ally will try to make a critical strike.  This attack


misses often, but still hits more frequently than a regular critical


attack does.

Status Changes:      LUCK +01

Purchase:           
Fort Condor, Rocket Village


Find:               
Area near Gongaga Town


 

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MANIPULATE                                     
40000 AP          2 stars


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You can control an enemy with this command.  If it works, your
character


can't do anything aside from controlling the enemy.  Not all enemies
can


be controlled, and on top of that, this command doesn't always work.


While an enemy is under your command, you can do nothing aside from


direct it (you can't perform normal commands, only pick commands for
the


monster under your control).  If you're using this materia and
Subete


All, you'll attempt to control all monsters, but you can only


control one, no matter how successful you are :(

Initially equipped:  Cait Sith


Purchase:           
Fort Condor, Rocket Village


 

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Enemy Skill                                    
n/a             
24 stars


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You can learn certain skills normally available only to your enemies


with this materia equipped.  To learn a skill, the enemy must
use it


on you (even if you dodge it or are killed by it), and you must then


proceed to win the battle.  Each time you gain a new skill, one
of the


24 stars in the Materia Menu lights up and the skill's name is added


to the gray box beneath it.  Using enemy skills costs MP, in most
cases.


You can also check out Enemy Skills in the Magic Menu.

Find:               
Shinra HQ -- 68th floor, after killing the boss.


                    
Ancient City (behind a bed), Chocobo Sennin's


                    
house (talk to the Green Chocobo), basement of


                    
Junon Town (the room with the soldiers).


 

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Mime                                           
100000 AP         2 stars


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You can mimic the last action one of your allies made when using this


command, whether it was spell-casting, using up an item, activating
a


Command Materia, summoning a monster, changing rows, etc.  You
won't


lose any HP, MP, items, or anything else that would be used up or


depleted normally.  Since Monomane mimics the last action made,
you can


skip through the other allies until it is your turn again to repeatedly


imitate yourself.  And while you can't mimic Limit Breaks, you
can


imitate your own Breaks.  What's really cool about this materia
is that


you will imitate the person's combination materia, too.  So if
someone


casts Fire 2, and it's combined with Quadra Magic, then you will


use Quadra Magic as well when you mimic them without having to have


it equipped!

Find:               
One of the bonus areas...refer to section 5b.


 

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W-Magic / W MAGIC                              
250000 AP         2 stars


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This command lets you cast two spells, one right after the other. 
MP


consumption remains normal and you have to have enough for both spells.


The great thing about this materia is that you can still use Mahou


Midareuchi, All, Subete All, MP Turbo, or any other materia


that affects magic along with this to affect both spells that you're


casting.

Find:               
Makou Pit.


 

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W-Summon / W SUMMON                            
250000 AP         2 stars


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You can summon two monsters, one right after the other, when this Materia


is equipped.  You have to have enough MP to perform the summons,
and if


you've already called a monster the maximum number of times, you can't


call it again using this command.

Find:               
A prize you can buy at the Gold Saucer's Battle


                    
Square.


 

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W-Item / W ITEM                                
250000 AP         2 stars


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You can use two items, one right after the other, with this command.


You must have enough items to use, though.


 

Find:               
At the end of the passageway leading south when you


                    
raid Midgar City at the end of Disc 2.


 

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MASTER COMMAND                                 
n/a             
no stars


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When equipped, you can use the following commands in battle: Certain


Kill, Coin Toss, Manipulate, Morph, Mime, Sense, Steal,


and Throw.


 

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PURPLE - INDEPENDENT MATERIA


============================

Note that when more than one of the following Materia are worn, their


bonus is culmulative:  HP Plus, MP Plus, Luck Plus, Magic Plus,
and Plus.


This means that you can wear more than one for an even higher increase
in


your scores (but you can only wear so many--try to equip lots of the


same type of Materia and you'll see that your stats. remain the same.


The rest of the Purple Materia (Gil Plus, Teki Yose, etc.) have no


Added Effect of two or more of them are worn at once.  The only


exception is when you wear the Counter Materia; see below for details.

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HP Plus                                        
50000 AP          5 stars


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LV1: HP 10% Up       When equipped, your
Maximum HP increases by the


LV2: HP 20% Up       listed amount, allowing
you to gain back more HP.


LV3: HP 30% Up       Your HP cannot be
raised above 9999, though, and you


LV4: HP 40% Up       lose your HP bonus
when this materia is de-equipped.


LV5: HP 50% Up

Purchase:           
Cosmo Canyon or Mideel.


 

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MP Plus                                        
50000 AP          5 stars


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LV1: MP 10% Up       When worn, your Maximum
MP increases by the listed


LV2: MP 20% Up       amount, allowing
you to gain back more MP.  Your MP


LV3: MP 30% Up       cannot be raised
above 999, though, and you lose the


LV4: MP 40% Up       MP bonus when this
materia is taken off.


LV5: MP 50% Up

Purchase:           
Cosmo Canyon or Mideel.


 

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HPMP                                        
80000 AP          2 stars


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This materia switches your maximum HP score with your maximum MP score.


While this allows you to have up to 9999 MP, your HPs can never go


beyond 999 while wearing this materia.  Interestingly enough,
equipping


an 'HP Plus' materia will increase your MP amount (up to 9999), and


wearing a 'MP Plus' materia will increase your maximum HP (but you
still


can't go beyond 999 Hit Points).

Find:               
One of the bonus areas...refer to section 5b.


 

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Luck Plus                                      
100000 AP         5 stars


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LV1: Luck 10% Up     This materia raises your luck
score (which helps


LV2: Luck 20% Up     determine your critical hit
(Hissatsu) rate.  If


LV3: Luck 30% Up     it is removed, your luck drops
back to normal.


LV4: Luck 40% Up


LV5: Luck 50% Up

Find:               
At the Temple.


 

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Magic Plus                                     
50000 AP          5 stars


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LV1: Magic 10% Up    This materia raises your magic score
(which helps


LV2: Magic 20% Up    rate the effectiveness of Mahou
materia).  When


LV3: Magic 30% Up    de-equipped, your magic score returns
to normal.


LV4: Magic 40% Up


LV5: Magic 50% Up

Find:               
Bottom of ladder in the cave beyond the Ancient


                    
City in Disc 2.

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Speed Plus                                     
100000 AP         5 stars


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LV1: Speed Plus 10% Up    This materia increases your
Speed rating (which


LV2: Speed Plus 20% Up    determines, in part, battle
initiative and your


LV3: Speed Plus 30% Up    ability to dodge attacks). 
Should this materia


LV4: Speed Plus 40% Up    be taken off, your speed will
go back to it's


LV5: Speed Plus 50% Up    former level.

Find:               
A prize you can buy at the Gold Saucer's Battle


                    
Square.


 

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Gil Plus                                       
150000 AP         3 stars


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LV1: Receive 1.5 times more gil than usual when you win a battle.


LV2: Receive twice as more gil than usual when you win a battle.

Status Changes:      LUCK +01

Purchase:           
Gold Saucer's Wonder Square.


 

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EXP. Plus                                      
150000 AP         3 stars


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LV1: Receive 1.5 times more EXP than usual when you win a battle.


LV2: Receive twice as more EXP than usual when you win a battle.

Status Chagnes:      LUCK +01

Purchase:           
Gold Saucer's Wonder Square.


 

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Enemy Away                                     
50000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: Enemy enCounter Attack rate drops to one-half.


LV2: Enemy enCounter Attack rate drops to one-fourth.

Status Changes:      LUCK +01

Find:               
Receive as a prize if you did well in the chocobo


                    
races at the Gold Saucer.


 

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Enemy Plus                                     
50000 AP          3 stars


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LV1: EnCounter Attack enemies 1.5 times more often.


LV2: EnCounter Attack enemies twice as often.

Status Changes:      LUCK -01

Find:               
A prize you can buy at the Gold Saucer's Battle


                    
Square.


 

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Chocobo Plus                                   
30000 AP          4 stars


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Allows you to enCounter Attack chocobos while in areas with very light


grass or with Chocobo tracks.

LV1: Chocobo enCounter Attack rate is 2 times higher.


LV2: Chocobo enCounter Attack rate is 4 times higher.


LV3: Chocobo enCounter Attack rate is 8 times higher.

Status Changes:      LUCK +01

Purchase:           
The man in the chocobo stables at the Chocobo Farm.


Find:               
Edge of the Chocobo pen at the Chocobo Farm (Disc


                    
2+).


 

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Pre-emptive                                    
80000 AP          5 stars


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LV1: Chance of attacking first is 12%    When worn, this
materia gives


LV2: Chance of attacking first is 24%    your party
an increased chance


LV3: Chance of attacking first is 36%    of getting
a free round of


LV4: Chance of attacking first is 48%    fighting, just
as if you had


                                        
made an initial attack.

Status Changes:      Speed Plus +02

Find:               
A prize you can buy at the Gold Saucer's Battle


                    
Square.


 

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LONG DISTANCE ATTACK                           
80000 AP          2 stars


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You may attack from the back row without any reduction in your attack


power.  This materia has no effect if you are in the front row.

Find:               
In the Mythril Mine.


 

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PROTECT                                        
40000 AP          5 stars


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LV1: 20% Up          The
character wearing this Materia will block


LV2: 40% Up          an
enemy's attack by standing in front of one of


LV3: 60% Up          his
allies when they are attacked.  It won't


LV4: 80% Up          always
happen (unless you're at 100%), and that


LV5: 100% Up         ally will
keep guarding even if his HPs are low.


                    
This only works when another ally is hit by a


                    
physical attack, not by magic or certain enemy


                    
abilties.

Status Changes:      STRENGTH +01

Find:               
In the garden next to Aeris's house.


 

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Counter Attack                                 
100000 AP         5 stars


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The character wearing this will Counteattack using his weapon if he
is


targeted by an enemy (the attack doesn't have to be physical, and it


doesn't have to be aimed specifically at the person wearing the Counter


Attack Materia.  In fact, it doesn't even have to hit or do damage
in


order to trigger a counterattack).  Damage is the same, just as
if you


had attacked normally (it's even possible to miss).

A counterattack is made only against the enemy you hit; combining


this materia with Subete All, Renzokugiri, or any other materia that


affects your ability to attack will have no effect.  However,
I'm not


sure how Enkyori Kougeki would affect this materia.  The chance
of you


Counter Attacking when hit raises at 20% per star.  You won't


counterattack your friends if they attack you, BTW.

Note that the more of these that you wear, the more times you make a


counterattack.  So if you have 4 Counter Attack materia equipped
and an


enemy hits you with a physical attack, you will strike that foe 4 times.

Find:               
Caves behind Nivelheim, or you can receive it as a


                    
prize for winning the chocobo races held at the


                    
Gold Saucer.


 

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Mega All                                       
160000 AP         5 stars


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Like All, this materia allows you to target all allies or enemies


instead of just one.  However, the Subete All affects _every_


ability your character possesses.  The ability must be a selectable
one


(in the Battle Window), and not an ability such as Counter Attack or


Cover.  This Materia doesn't work with Summon Spells or the ability
to use


Items (even with W Item equipped).

Find:               
Makou Pit.


 

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BLUE - COMBINATION MATERIA


==========================

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HP ABSORB                                      
100000 AP         2 stars


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Every time you hit an enemy with magic, 1/10th of the damage you did
is


given back to you in the form of HPs.

Find:               
Makou Pit.


 

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MP ABSORB                                      
100000 AP         2 stars


-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Every time you hit an enemy with magic, 1/10th of the damage you did
is


given back to you in the form of MPs.

Find:               
Chest in Wutai.


 

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MP TURBO                                       
120000 AP         5 stars


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When paired with a Mahou or Summon materia, the MP cost raises by about


1/3rd the original amount.  However, the effectiveness of the
spell cast


is increased by a third as well, whether it is damaged inflicted or
HP


restored.  The only exception to this that I've found so far is
the


Knights of Round materia--pair it to MP Turbo and the cost raises


only 5 points, yet the amount of damage is still raised by a third.

Find:               
In the Temple.


 

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All                                            
35000 AP          5 stars


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When linked to a green materia, you will target that spell on all allies


or enemies instead of just one.  This allows you to hit them all
with


that spell.  The more levels you raise this materia, the more
times you


can do this; after enough uses of that spell, you'll have to target


one enemy again until the next battle.  Note that All will not
work


with the following materia: Altema, Chiryou (Resist only), Fulkea,
Fuuin,


Inseki, Ridatsu, or Shield.

Initially Equipped:  Red 13


Purchase from:       Fort Condor


Find:               
Shinra HQ -- trade in one of the bags from the


                    
'locked door' puzzle to get it.


 

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Quadra Magic                                   
200000 AP         5 stars


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This can be combined with Spell or Summon Materia.  When used,
the spell


strikes 4 times, with the target randomly chosen each time.  The
damage


that spell would inflict is reduced, but the you only lose MP as if
you


had casted the spell once.  The same applies if it is combined
with a


Summon Materia.  This Materia works with every magic spell and
summon


skill except for Escape and Knights of Round.

Find:               
One of the bonus areas...refer to section 5b.


 

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Sneak Attack                                   
150000 AP         5 stars


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If you have a Mahou, Summon, or Command materia attached to the Fuiuchi


materia, then the character wearing them will instantly use the


attached materia before the allies or enemies can attack.  However,


there is only a small chance of this working, but you can increase
it


by raising this materia's levels.  This materia doesn't work against


enemies that are supposed to attack first (such as the armored tank


that you fight after escaping from Shinra HQ in Disc One).

Find:               
Receive as a prize if you did well in the chocobo


                    
races at the Gold Saucer.


 

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MAGIC Counter Attack                           
300000 AP         5 stars


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Despite it's name, you can attach a Mahou or a Summon materia to this


materia orb.  If you are attacked, there is a chance that you
will


Counterattack with whatever spell or Shoukan you have equipped, providing


you have the MP for it.  The chance of you making a Counterattack


increases 20% per level star you earn.  If you have either the
Master


Magic or Master Summon materia equipped, the Shoukanjuu or magic spell


used is determined randomly.

Find:               
Receive as a prize if you did well in the chocobo


                    
races at the Gold Saucer.


 

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Counter Attack                                 
100000 AP         5 stars


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This materia will only work if it is attached to a Command Materia.


Furthermore, it will will only work with the following Materia:


Ayatsuru, Henka, Hissatsu, Miyaburu, Monomane*, Nageru, and Nusumu.


If you have the Master Command materia linked to this one, then one
of


the eight commands will be picked at random.  When you are attacked
by


an enemy, you will Counter Attackattack with the command materia you
have


equipped.  The chance of you counterattacking increases by 20%
for each


new level star you earn.  If the command chosen is Nageru or Zeninage,


then the item thrown/amount of gil thrown is randomly determined.

* Since Monomane will make you imitate what you or your allies just
did,


  you can use Monomane to Counter Attackattack with Renzokugiri,
a Summon


  spell, or any other Materia ability.  It's probably the
best Materia


  to have when using the Counter Attack because you can strike
back


  with just about any ability you can think of.

Find:               
Makou Pit.


 

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FINAL ATTACK                                   
160000 AP         5 stars


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This works just like the ability that many of your enemies have; when


your HP is reduced to 0, you will activate whatever Materia is attached


to the Final Attack Materia, but that Materia has to be a Mahou, Shoukan,


or Command materia.  Be careful, though, since if one of your
allies


kills you, you'll attack them with the Materia you have equipped! 
You


can equip a Materia like Sosei or Barrier to revive yourself or protect


your party once you pass away, though, making this useful as both an


offensive and defensive tactic.  The more stars you've earned,
the more


times you can use this Materia when you are killed.

Find:               
A prize you can win at the Gold Saucer's Battle


                    
Square, should you win the URA Battle.


 

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ADDITIONAL SLICE                               
200000 AP         2 stars


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After using the materia that this is combined with, you'll perform a


single physical attack on the enemy affected by the materia. 
This means


that if you use a materia on yourself (like Barrier), you'll attack


yourself or your allies!

Find:               
Look on the 'switching path' in the Mountain


                    
Crossroads area (it's where you can use your map


                    
in the 2nd disk, just before the snowfield).

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Steal as well*                                 
200000 AP         2 stars


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After using the materia that this is combined with, you'll attempt to


steal from the enemy affected by the previous materia (you won't move


or anything--you simply receive a message telling you if you were


successful or not).  Combining this with the Nusumu materia is
obviously


pointless unless you're having a hard time stealing from a particular


foe.

Find:               
In a cavern above Wutai (you need to be able to


                    
cross the fire-pits before you can reach it).

*  Could also be translated 'Steal while you are doing (action)'.


 

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Added Effect                                   
100000 AP         2 stars


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This materia is affect not only by which Mahou or Shoukan materia you


combine it with, but if you affix it to your weapon or your bracelet.


It takes the properties of the linked materia and gives your weapon
or


bracelet those properties.  For example, equip Shiva on your paired


bracelet holders and you are protected from Ice damage.  Equip
it and


the Ikazuchi materia on your weapon's holders and your normal attacks


will hit for lightning damage.  Like Zokusei (below), not all
materia


will work with this combination materia.

Find:               
Cosmo Canyon -- the cave that you and the old man


                    
explore.


 

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Elemental                                      
80000 AP          4 stars


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Like Tsuika Kouka, this materia affects the weapon or armor it is


attached to as well as the materia it is combined with.  Zokusei
only


works when paired with certain Mahou or Shoukan materia.  If it
is


attached to a weapon, the type of damage you inflict is the same as
the


Materia combined with Zokusei (so if you have Phoenix attached to your


weapon and it is combined with this materia, you'll hit for fire damage.


And if you have Doku attached to you armor along with this materia,
you


will be protected from Poison attacks).  This Materia has no additional


power when linked with a weapon, but if it is combined with a bracelet,


it has the following abilities:

LV1: Damage inflicted is reduced to 1/2 if it is the corresponding type.


LV2: No damage is received if it is the corresponding type.


LV3: Gain HP if you are struck with the corresponding type of attack.

Zokusei will only work when paired with these materia:

MAHOU MATERIA        SHOUKAN MATERIA


Poison              
Alexander        Titan


Fire                
Ifrit           
Ramuh


Lightning           
Leviathan


Demi                
Phoenix


Cold                
Shiva

Find:               
From Domino on the 62nd floor of the Shinra HQ.


                    
Also in either Tifa's house or the mountains


                    
behind Nivelheim (NSS).


 

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RED - SUMMON MATERIA


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All summon materia have five level stars.  The more levels you
raise,


the more times you can summon that particular Shoukanjuu (Summoned


Beast) during a battle.  Unless mentioned, all summon attacks
strike


all enemies at once.

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CHOCOBO AND MOOGLE                             
35000 AP     COST - 14 MP


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Technique:       ULTIMATE SPECIAL TECHNIQUE!!


                
Dash attack hitting for physical damage.  Has a small


                
chance of stunning your foes for several rounds.  In


                
case you're wondering, the kanji on the moogle's


                
headband is the real name of this Summon in the


                
Japanese version (it is 'HissatsuWaza' or 'Ultimate


                
Special Technique').

Technique:       FAT CHOCOBO


                
Fat Chocobo performs squashing attack hitting for


                
physical damage.  Occurs 1/16th of the time.

Status Changes:  MAGIC +01              
MAXHP -02%


                                        
MAXMP +02%

Find:           
Talk to the fenced in Chocobo at the Chocobo Farm.


                



 

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SHIVA                                   
50000 AP           
COST - 32 MP


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Technique:       DIMOND DUST


                
Attacks with frost blast for ice damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC +01              
MAXHP -02%


                                        
MAXMP +02%

Find:           
In the cave between the chocobo farm and Fort Condor


                
(before Junon Town).  


 

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IFRIT                                          
50000 AP     COST - 34 MP


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Technique:       Fire OF HELL


                
Flaming body check hitting for fire damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC +01              
MAXHP -02%


                                        
MAXMP +02%

Find:           
After killing Jenova Birth on the Shinra Boat.  


 

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TITAN                                          
80000 AP     COST - 46 MP


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Technique:       ANGER OF EARTH


                
Ground lift and crush hitting for earth damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC +01              
MAXHP -02%


                                        
MAXMP +02%

Find:           
Check the ruined machinery after the Shinra minions


                
leave in the village located before Cosmo Canyon.


                



 

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RAMUH                                          
70000 AP     COST - 40 MP


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Technique:       LIGHTNING OF JUDGMENT


                
Lightning storm striking for thunder damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC +01              
MAXHP -02%


                                        
MAXMP +02%

Find:           
Alcove in Chocobo racer's room in the Golden Saucer.


                



 

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ODIN                                           
90000 AP     COST - 80 MP


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Technique:       IRON-CUTTING SWORD


                
Slashes with sword, instantly killing all enemies.

Technique:       GUNGNIR SPEAR


                
Impales one foe with spear for special damage (done


                
only vs. foes that cannot be 'instantly killed', such


                
as bosses).


 

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+01       MAXHP -05%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +01       MAXMP +05%

Find:           
After opening the safe and defeating the boss in the


                
mansion in Nivelheim (where Vincent is found).


                



 

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LEVIATHAN                                     
10000 AP      COST - 78 MP


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Technique:       GREAT OCEAN COLLIDE


                
Summons tidal wave that hits for water damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+01       MAXHP -05%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +01       MAXMP +05%

Find:           
Given to you after beating the Ashura-like monster at


                
the top of the pagoda in Utai on the Westmost Continent.


                



 

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KJATA                                          
140000 AP   COST - 110 MP


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Technique:       TRI-DISASTER


                
Hits for three element damage (Fire, Ice, Bolt)

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+01       MAXHP -05%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +01       MAXMP +05%

Find:           
Second screen of endless Forest on Northern Continent.


                



 

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BAHAMUT                                        
120000 AP   COST - 100 MP


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Technique:       MEGAFLARE


                
Attacks with flare breath for special damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+01       MAXHP -05%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +01       MAXMP +05%

Find:           
After beating the dragon in the Temple once you've met


                
Sephiroth and the Temple starts to shake.  


 

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ALEXANDER                                      
150000 AP   COST - 120 MP


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Technique:       HOLY JUDGMENT


                
Laser ray hitting for holy power damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+01       MAXHP -05%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +01       MAXMP +05%

Find:           
In a cave on the east edge of the icy wasteland below


                
the old man's shack on the Northern Continent.


                



 

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NEO BAHAMUT                                    
200000 AP   COST - 140 MP


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Technique:       GIGAFLARE


                
Attacks with stronger flare breath for special damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+02       MAXHP -10%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +02       MAXMP +10%

Find:           
Lying on path leading to first barrier at top of the


                
crater in the Frozen Mountain.  


 

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PHOENIX                                        
180000 AP   COST - 180 MP


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Technique:       Fire OF REINCARNATION


                
Causes fire damage to enemy and revives all dead allies


                
(restores a dead character's HP to max).

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+02       MAXHP -10%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +02       MAXMP +10%

Find:           
Win the Mini-Battle at Fort Condor.  


 

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HADES                                          
250000 AP   COST - 150 MP


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Technique:       CAUDLRON OF DARKNESS


                
Hades appears and summons a gas from within his cauldron


                
which will affect enemies with various status ailments,


                
in addition to inflicting poison damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+04       MAXHP -10%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +04       MAXMP +15%

Find:           
Near the ruined helicopter in the sunken Shinra plane


                
next to the Gold Saucer.  


 

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BAHAMUT ZERO                                   
250000 AP   COST - 180 MP


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Technique:       TERAFLARE


                
Bahamut's ultimate form appears in outer space and


                
eradicates all enemies with a Shotgun flare for special


                
damage.  This attack hits for around 8000-9999 damage.

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+04       MAXHP -10%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +04       MAXMP +15%

Find:           
Touch the floating blue stone in Cosmo Canyon after


                
revisiting the Ancient City with the old man.  You


                
must have Bahamut and Bahamut Kai or you won't


                
receive this materia.  


 

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TYPOON                                         
250000 AP   COST - 160 MP


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Technique:       COLLAPSE OF HEAVEN AND
EARTH


                
Typoon creates a wind vortex, then turns the ground


                
upside-down and all the enemies fall down into the


                
sky :)  This attack instantly kills foes, but it can


                
miss.

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+04       MAXHP -10%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +04       MAXMP +15%

Find:           
In a bag on a branch across from three pink vines, in


                
the third area of the Old Forest.  


 


 

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KNIGHTS OF ROUND                               
500000 AP   COST - 250 MP


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Technique:       ULTIMATE END


                
King Arthur and his fellow knights (they don't look


                
like knights to me) each take a turn attacking your


                
opponents with all kinds of attacks (causing fire


                
damage, ice damage, special damage, etc.)

Status Changes:  MAGIC        
+08       MAXHP -10%


                
MAGIC DEFENSE +08       MAXMP +20%

Find:           
In a cave on the uncharted island in the northeast


                
corner of the map.  You'll need the Gold Chocobo to


                
reach it.  


 

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MASTER SUMMON                                  
n/a             
no stars


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When equipped, you can summon ANY monster.


 

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  9 . 4      e n e m y   s
k i l l   l i s t


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This section lists the enemy skills you can learn in numerical order.


It also lists the amount of MP needed to use an enemy skill, the effect


of that skill, and the locations of monsters you can learn them from.

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STAR 01 - FROG SONG                                          
COST - 5 MP


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Effect:  Transforms all foes into frogs and puts them to sleep.


Learn:   From the green frogs (Tatchimi) in the circular
forest near


         Gongaga Town (also
from the other forests nearby).  


Tip:     You can control the enemy and make it
use Kaeru no Uta on you


         (pick the bottom option).


 

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STAR 02 - SUICIDE                                           
COST - 10 MP


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Effect:  All enemies with an experience level that is a multiple
of 4


         loses almost all their
HP (you can't kill an enemy with this


         spell--the best you
can do is reduce their HP to one point).


         In addition, they
may be afflicted with the 'Minimum' status.


Learn:   Burrowing squirrel-like foes (Muu) found near the
Chocobo Farm.


         


Tip:     You can't control this enemy, so you'll
have to wait until they


         use it on you.


 

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STAR 03 - MAGIC MALLET                                       
COST - 3 MP


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Effect:  Bop one foe on the head and gain up to 100 MP (assuming


         the monster has enough
MP).


Learn:   Plant-like monsters (Ashigirisou)  found on
the tip of the


         Westernmost Continent
(in the dark grass).  


Tip:     You can control an Ashigiisou and have
it use the Magic


         Hammer against one
of your allies (choose the third


         option).


 

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STAR 04 - PEARL WIND                                        
COST - 34 MP


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Effect:  Each ally regains lost HP and their status ailments are
cured


         and dispelled. 
The amount of HP recovered depends on the


         current HP of the
caster.


Learn:   The white and green cactus-like monsters (Zemzerett)
in the


         grassy area by Junon
Town  , or from the winged


         serpents you fight
if you're hit by a barrier at the Frozen


         Mountain.  


Tip:     You can't learn White Wind from a Zemzerett
unless you control


         it and make it use
the skill on you (pick the bottom choice to


         do this).


 

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STAR 05 - BIG GUARD                                         
COST - 56 MP


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Effect:  Has the same effect as casting Haste, Barrier, and Mabarrier
on


         all your allies.


Learn:   The spiky, shelled creatures with green tentacles
(Beach Plug)


         that live on the shore
near the Gongaga Town.  


Tip:     The Beach Plug won't use Mighty Guard
unless you control it


         and make it use the
skill on one of your members (it's the


         middle option).


 

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STAR 06 - ANGEL'S WHISPER                                   
COST - 50 MP


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Effect:  An angel appears above one person and brings them back
to life


         if they are dead. 
They also relieve any status ailments and


         dispel any bad effects. 
In addition HP is restored to the


         amount shown during
the skill's use; however, this can be a


         bane to characters
with high HP because if your life is higher


         than the amount shown,
it is reduced to that amount.  You'd


         think that this would
be a great way to weaken enemies with


         more than 9999 HP,
but it won't work on your opponents in this


         manner--it will only
heal them, remove status ailments, etc. :(


Learn:   From the beckoning women in the yellow swimsuits
(Polan Solita)


         you meet in the Makou
Pit if you take the right path the first


         time you meet your
friends.  


Tip:     The easiest way to learn this skill is
by controlling your


         enemy and picking
the bottom option to make them use this skill


         on you.


 

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STAR 07 - DRAGON FORCE                                      
COST - 19 MP


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Effect:  Increases your physical and Magic Plus defense rating.


Learn:   From the dragons (Dark Dragon) you meet during the
descent into


         the Makou Pit. 



Tip:     You can't learn this unless you control
the Dark Dragon and have


         it use Dragon Force
on one of you (pick the second choice).


 

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STAR 08 - DEATH FORCE                                        
COST - 3 MP


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Effect:  One ally becomes immune to instant death attacks (this
doesn't


         protect you from dying
if you lose all your HP).


Learn:   The huge tusked turtles (Adamantaimai) by the shoreline
of the


         Westmost Continent. 



Tip:     You can't learn this skill unless you
control the turtle and


         make it use Death
Force against you.  To do this, choose the


         bottom option once
it's under your control.


 

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STAR 09 - Fire BLASTER                                     
COST - 10 MP


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Effect:  A stream of fire burns one foe for fire (Honoo) damage.


Learn:   From any enemy that utilizes a fire breath attack.
One of the


         earliest locations
would be the room with the ladders and


         pipes where you fight
the boss of the mountains behind


         Nivelheim; you can
fight Dragons in that area that use Kaen


         Housha often. 
  You can also learn it from the


         flying yellow monsters
(Aakudoragon) in the Mythril Mine.


Tip:     While you could learn this skill by controlling
a Dragon and


         picking the bottom
choice to make it use this skill on you,


         chances are it will
hit you with Kaen Housha as it's initial


         attack in the first
place.  The same goes for the flying


         Aakudoragons.


 

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STAR 10 - LASER                                             
COST - 16 MP


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Effect:  Reduces an enemy's HP by one-half.


Learn:   From the dragons (Dark Dragon) you meet during the
descent into


         the Makou Pit. 



Tip:     You can either let the Dark Dragon use
this ability on you, or


         you can control it
(using Ayatsuru), and pick the top option


         to make it use Laser
on one of your allies.


 

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STAR 11 - MATRA MAGIC                                        
COST - 8 MP


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Effect:  Fire a pack of missiles at one enemy for magic damage.


Learn:   Machines with big feet and guns for arms (Sweeper
Custom) around


         Junon Town. 
  Or from the wheeled robo-creatures in


         the underwater part
of Junon Town.  


Tip:     To learn this skill from the Sweeper Custom,
just control it


         and choose the last
option.


 

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STAR 12 - BAD BREATH                                        
COST - 58 MP


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Effect:  Inflict multiple status ailments upon all enemies, including


         Confusion, Frog, Minimum
(Shrink), Mute, Poison, and Sleepel.


Learn:   From the Mobol creatures (green guys with tentacles
and really


         big mouths) living
on the outside ledges in the Frozen Mountain.


          
You can also meet them in the Makou Pit, if you take


         the right path the
first time you run into your friends.


         


Tip:     Be sure to have some protective accessories
equipped when trying


         to learn this skill
or your party may be too weakened by the


         Smelly Breath to kill
the Molbol or even escape!


 

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STAR 13 - BETA                                              
COST - 35 MP


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Effect:  A swirling red shape appears, surrounded by specks of
white.


         All targets are hit
for magic damage.


Learn:   The big shadow snake (Midgal Zuolm) in the marsh
near the


         Chocobo Farm. 



Tip:     This monster won't use Beta unless he's
waving back and forth.


         To make him do that,
inflict heavy damage on him.  Then just


         wait until he uses
Beta.  If he still doesn't use it, take off


         a little bit of his
life since he tends to use Beta more when


         he's near death.


 

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STAR 14 - AQUALUNG                                          
COST - 34 MP


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Effect:  Blue bubbles strike all enemies for water damage.


Learn:   From the boss of the Ancient City  , the winged chimera


         in the plains surrounding
the Gold Saucer  ; or from


         the floating sea-dragon
creature (Saapando) in the sunken plane


         near the Gold Saucer. 



Tip:     To pick up this skill, just control a
Chimera and choose the


         bottom option to make
it use Aqua Breath.


 

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STAR 15 - TRYNE                                             
COST - 20 MP


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Effect:  A Delta Force-like attack that hits all enemies for lighting


         (Ikazuchi) damage.


Learn:   The Ashura-like boss (Godo) of the pagoda's top
floor in Utai.


          
Also from the red spider/crab-like creature (Stilve)


         living inside the
Frozen Mountain , or the spider-like


         boss (Materia Keeper)
of the mountains behind Nivelheim.           1>.  Remember,
the _only_ time you can learn this skill is while


         fighting one of the
above monsters, so learn it while you still


         can!  If you
miss it, it's possible to learn it from the Stilves


         you meet in the Gold
Saucer's Battle Square, though -NSS-.


Tip:     Actually, the Materia Keeper is more likely
to use this against


         your characters than
any other enemy that can use this skill.


         It's a good thing,
too, since you can't control it.


 

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STAR 16 - Magic Breath                                    
COST - 75 MP


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Effect:  Rainbow orbs hit all foes for fire, ice, and lighting
damage.


Learn:   From the red spider/crab-like creatures (Stilve)
living inside


         the Frozen Mountain. 
  Also from the blue, leech-like


         enemies (Parasite)
in the Makou Pit.  


Tip:     To learn this skill from a Parasite quickly,
control it and


         pick the last option
to have it use Magic Breath on your


         allies.


 

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STAR 17 - ????                                               
COST - 3 MP


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Effect:  A weight drops and hits for special damage.  The
amount is


         equal to the amount
of damage the caster has received in


         battle.


Learn:   From the balance-like creatures (Judge) in Nivelheim. 



         Also from the purple
behemoths (Behemoth) you encounter when


         raiding Midgar City. 
  Keep in mind that you won't


         actually learn this
skill unless you take damage from it.


Tip:     The Judges will use this skill eventually. 
You can't control


         them, but they're
easier to run into than the Behemoths.


 

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STAR 18 - GOBLIN PUNCH                                       
COST - 0 MP


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Effect:  One foe is hit for physical damage.  The damage inflicted
is


         multiplied if your
opponent has the same EXP level that you


         do.


Learn:   Imp-like monsters wearing boxing gloves :) (Goblin)
found on the


         only forested island
in the northeast area of the map.           2-3>


Tip:     You can control the Goblins if you want
(pick the middle option


         to use the Goblin
Punch), but it's more likely that they'll hit


         you with it in the
first place, so don't even bother and just


         let them strike first.


 

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STAR 19 - CHOCOBOCKLE                                        
COST - 3 MP


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Effect:  A fat chocobo bounces around and hits one foe for special


         damage.  This
attack gains strength each time you flee from a


         battle.


Learn:   Go to the Chocobo Farm.  Talk to the man in
the barn and choose


         the first choice. 
The 5th item from the top costs 1500 gil;


         purchase three of
them.  Then go to the chocobo tracks on the


         Southern Continent
near the forest.  Equip yourself with a


         Chocobo Yose materia. 
When you encounter a chocobo, kill off


         all but one of the
other enemies and use the item you bought 3


         of on the chocobo
(it looks like an orange squash).  This will


         make the chocobo peck
at the ground.  At any time after that


         point (whether or
not the chocobo is still pecking), use the


         Level 4 Jibaku enemy
skill and you'll be hit by the Chocobockle.


         


Tip:     Make sure you're in the right location
(the forest near Mideel);


         you can't learn this
skill from any other type of Chocobo (these


         are the only ones
who will be affected by Level 4 Jibaku).


 

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STAR 20 -  LEVEL 5 DEATH                                    
COST - 22 MP


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Effect:  Any enemy whose level is a multiple of 5 is instantly
killed.


Learn:   From the blue, leech-like enemies (Parasite) in
the Makou Pit.


         


Tip:     Simply use Control to command your foe
and then choose the


         middle option if you
want the Parasite to use Level 5 Death


         on one of your members.


 

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STAR 21 - DEATH SENTENCE                                    
COST - 10 MP


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Effect:  One enemy is Condemned (they die when the counter over
their


         head reaches zero).


Learn:   The yellow, spiked enemies (Bound Fat) that live
in front of and


         in the area behind
the Ancient City.  


Tip:     You could control these guys, but if you
kill one it will


         counterattack with
this skill so it may be easier to simply


         off one, especially
if you don't have the Ayatsuru materia.  If


         you do, then simply
control them and pick the bottom option to


         use the Death Sentence.


 

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STAR 22 - DEATH ROULETTE                                     
COST - 6 MP


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Effect:  One friend or foe is randomly killed.


Learn:   From the floating card-jesters (Death Dealer) in
the Makou Pit


         if you take the right
path the first time you meet your friends.


         


Tip:     You can control the Death Dealer and make
him use Shi no


         Roulette on you by
picking the second option when the enemy


         abilities window appears. 
If it kills one of your enemies,


         you'll have to try
again until the pointer lands on you.


 

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STAR 23 - SHADOW FLARE                                     
COST - 100 MP


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Effect:  A black flare hits a single opponent for magic damage.


Learn:   From the flying black dragon in Disc 3; it uses
it as a


         Counter Attackattack
before dying.  Or, learn it from the Dragon


         Zombies in the Makou
Pit.  


Tip:     If you're fighting the flying dragon,
just kill it and it will


         use the Shadow Flare
on you.  If you're trying to learn it from


         a Dragon Zombie, you'll
have to wait until it uses it since you


         can't control them.


 

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STAR 24 - WHAT???                                          
COST - 110 MP


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Effect:  A star field and question mark appear; hits all enemies
for


         physical damage.


Learn:   From the huge, multi-limbed bone dragons (Dragon
Zombie) in


         the Makou Pit if you
take the right path the first time you


         meet your friends. 



Tip:     As the Dragon Zombies are uncontrollable,
you'll simply have


         to keep fighting them
until they use this skill on one of


         your characters.

To learn an enemy skill, you must be equipped with a Teki no Waza (Learn


Enemy Skill) yellow materia.  When an enemy hits you with it's
special


skill, you will learn it, even if it misses or kills you.  However,


unless you win the battle, you won't keep the skill you've learned.


There are 24 skills in all, and one of the 24 stars on the Materia
Menu


will light up as you get more enemy skills.  Note that you can't
learn


a skill and then have your player cast it on another person with a


Teki no Waza; they _must_ learn it from enemies.  You'll know
if you


learned a skill because the character with the materia equipped will


spin in a circle once and you'll get a message ending in an exclamation


point.  Keep in mind that if you're controlling a monster to learn
a


particular skill, you'll have to target the character wearing the Teki


no Waza in order to learn the skill.

For those of you who would like a more definitive guide, here is a list


that shows the earliest point at which you can learn each skill as
you


play through the game:

DISC ONE  ______________________________________________________________

Matora Magic     - from the Sweeper Customs after
you've escaped from


                  
Midgar City.


Level 4 Self-... - from the Muus in the area around the Chocobo Farm.


Beta            
- from Midogaru Zuorumu, the snake you encounter after


                  
reaching the Chocobo Farm.


Fire Blaster    - from the Aakudoragons in the Mythril
Mine (I tried to


                  
learn it from the Mootaabooru boss, but I couldn't


                  
get it, so....)


White Wind       - from the Zemzeretts
in the Junon Area (land between


                  
the Fort Condor and Junon Town).


Aqua Breath      - use the Gold Saucer vehicle
to get attacked by a


                  
Chimera in the dirt pit around the Saucer.


Song of the Frog - the Tatchimis in the forests around Gongaga Town.


Mighty Guard     - the Beach Plugs on the shore
near Gongaga Town.


????            
- from the Judges in Sephiroth's Mansion in Nivelheim.


Tryne           
- from the Materia Keeper boss of the Nivelheim


                  
mountain range.


Death Force*     - from the Adamantaimais on the
shores of the


                  
Westermost Continent (once you have Cid's airplane).


Magic Hammer*    - from the Ashigiisous found in the
dark, grassy areas


                  
of the Westernmost Continent (just before entering


                  
Utai).


Death Sentence   - from the Bound Fats found just before
the Ancient


                  
City.

* If Yuffie hasn't joined you yet, then you can get these skills without


  worry.  But if she has joined your party, then she'll steal
all your


  Materia, preventing you from learning these two skills until
after


  you've completed her sub-quest and gotten your Teki no Waza
materia


  back (along with the rest of your materia).

DISC TWO  ______________________________________________________________

Smelly Breath    - from the Molbols while climbing up
the Frozen


                  
Mountain.


Magic Breath   - from the Stilves inside the Frozen Mountain.

Once you get the Highwind...

Chocobockle      - from the Chocobs found in
the forest near Mideel.


Goblin Punch     - from the Goblins on the forested
isle in the


                  
northeast part of the World Map.


Shadow Flare     - from the Ultima Weapon flying
around in the sky.

DISC THREE  ____________________________________________________________

Dragon Force     - from the Dark Dragons in the
Makou Pit.


Laser           
- from the Dark Dragons in the Makou Pit.


Level 5 Death    - from the Parasites in the Makou Pit.


Angel's Whisper  - from the Polan Solitas in the Makou Pit.


Death Roulette   - from the Death Dealers in the Makou Pit.


What???          - from
the Dragon Zombies in the Makou Pit


                  
(you can also learn Shadow Flare from them).


 

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  9 . 5      l e a r n i n g  
l i m i t   b r e a k s


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A lot of people don't know how the process to learn Limit Breaks works,


or they may not know how to learn all the Breaks.  Basically,
the Limit


Break mastery process goes like this:

 - Breaks are divided into four levels of power, and most characters


   have two Breaks per level, excluding level four (you only
have one


   break for that level).

 - Each ally starts out with his first Level 1 break, so you don't


   have to fret over learning it.

 - But when you want to learn the second Limit Break of that particular


   level, you have to use the first break approximately:

       Ten times to get your second Level
1 break


       Eight times to get your second
Level 2 break


       Six times to get you second Level
3 break

   You don't have to do this all in one battle, but you do
have to kill


   the enemy your Break affects (if it is an attacking type
of Break),


   Also, you do have to win the battle, since the new Limit
Break you


   learn appears in the 'EXP/AP Gained' screen, although
you don't have


   to be the one to kill the last opponent, as long as you
killed at


   least one enemy with a Break.  I'm a little unsure
when it comes to


   non-attacking breaks...I think you just have to use them
a certain


   number of times (see above).

 - Once you have your second Break, your goal is to reach the next


   level of power (and get that level's first Break in the
process).


   To do this, your character has to win 40 battles _on his
own_.


   This means that if the other characters kill the enemies
and you


   do nothing or only inflict damage, you won't reach the
next level.


   You have to win the battle using your abilities (attacking,
magic,


   Limit Breaks, items, etc.), although it's okay if other
characters


   damage that enemy before you kill it.

 - Finally, there is the Level 4 Limit Break.  To learn it,
you must


   have learned _all_ of that character's other breaks. 
Furthermore,


   you must have a special manual (you can tell what it is
since it


   has the same name as the Limit Break).  If you try
to use the manual


   on another character, or on a character who has yet to
learn all his


   or her breaks, you'll get a message in red and white. 
But when you


   have filled all the requirements, simply using the manual
on the


   correct person will automatically give them their last
Break (don't


   forget to set that person's level to 4 so that you can
use it in


   battle :))  Here are the locations of each character's
manual:

   CLOUD STRIFE


   You must earn 32,000 battle points at the Gold Saucer
in _one visit_.


   You can then trade them in for the manual.

   Barret WALLACE


   Get it from a lady wearing a hat in one of the buildings
in North


   Corel after the train ride in Disc 2.

   TIFA ROCKHEART


   Go to Nivelheim and play the 'Highwind' theme twice on
the piano in


   Tifa's house followed by L1+T (see section 8 for details).

   Aeris GAINSBOROUGH


   Get 1xx wins in battle (where xx are two matching digits). 
Then go


   to the cave where the sleeping man is and he'll give you
the Mythril.


   Head to the blacksmith's house by the Gold Saucer, give
him the


   Mythril, then climb up the stairs and examine the metal
lid at the


   end of the walkway.  Once you get the Highwind, doing
this is a snap.


   But Aeris will have already left you by then.  So,
to get her


   manual while she's still in your party in Disc 1, do the
following:

   Hop on the Gold Saucer Buggy.  If you haven't gotten
it yet, keep


   playing until you've finished the Gold Saucer area. 
Then pilot the


   Buggy _into_ Costa Del Sol.  You'll enter the town
as if you had


   walked into it.  Go to the harbor and talk to the
sailor by the boat.


   Choose the top option to pay 100 gil and you can then
walk along the


   dock and enter a ship, which will return to Junon Town. 
Although


   there's not much new here, you will get a different reaction
from


   most people because you're no longer dressed up as a guard. 
Anyway,


   once you exit the city (the fastest way is to take the
helicopter--


   refer to the end of section 4e for details), you'll find
that you've


   brought the Buggy with you!  From here, it's a simple
matter of


   heading towards the river, crossing it at the ford below
the


   waterfall, then heading up to the cave where the sleeping
man is.


   And after getting the Mythril, you have to go _all_ the
way back to


   the Eastern Continent so you can reach the blacksmith's
house.


   Well, don't say I didn't warn you!

   RED XIII


   Go to Nivelheim and unlock the safe in the right wing
of Sephiroth's


   Mansion (use the code in section 8 if you don't know how). 
You'll


   receive Red 13's manual from the boss when you defeat
him.

   YUFFIE KISARAGI


   Return to Wutai after completing Yuffie's sub-quest. 
Head to the


   pagoda and beat the five bosses within--she'll get her
manual once


   Godo is defeated in battle.

   VINCENT VALENTINE


   Once you have the submarine or a Green, Black, or Gold
Chocobo, go to


   the waterfall in the middle of the Western Continent. 
If you enter


   the waterfall from the left side with Vincent in your
party, he'll


   meet a girl from his past (Rukuresshia).  You have
to visit the falls


   twice, once during Disc 2 and again in Disc 3; it's during
your


   second visit that you'll get his manual.  Much to
my surprise, I


   tried this and it _doesn't work_!  I've heard from
more than one


   source that this is the correct method, so if someone
can tell me


   what I did wrong, it'd be appreciated.  All I know
is that I went


   to the room under the falls in Disc 3 and there's no one
there,


   even when I stuck Vincent in my party.

   CID HIGHWIND


   After you get a submarine, go underwater and search for
the wrecked


   plane near the southern part of the World Map, between
the Western


   and Eastern continents.  His manual is in one of
the treasure chests


   inside the plane.

 - Note that Cait Sith only has two Limit Breaks; his inital one
and


   one for Level 2.  You still learn it the normal way
you'd learn


   the first break of a new level.  The same applies

to Vincent, who


   has four Break levels but only one break per level. 
All other


   characters have two breaks a level (but only one break
for Level 4).

Limit Breaks become stronger and stronger as you play.  This is
due in


part to your character's current level.  Limit breaks that inflict


damage become stronger depending on your Attack Power as well, even


ones like Cait's Dice attack (in which the damage amount can vary),


and Vincent's transformations (even though he doesn't use his guns).


At the very least, equipping a strong weapon will add to the basic


amount of damage a Limit Break can inflict*.

*   The only exception to this is Cait's Slot attack, when
he summons


    a monster; damage is determined normally for this
attack.  Remember,


    if the Break doesn't inflict damage, it isn't affected
by your


    character's Attack Power.


 

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  9 . 6      l i m i t   b
r e a k   l i s t


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This is a list of each character's Limit Break, it's effect, and a brief


description.  The letters and numbers mean the Break Level and
which one


it is (i.e. B3/1 is Level 3, 1st Break).

============


Cloud Strife


============

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B1/1:   (Braver)


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Cloud dashes forward and performs a diving slash against one opponent.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B1/2:   (Cross Slash)


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Cloud's three slashes create a symbol over his enemy.  When it
fades


away, that enemy is hit once.  It also has a chance of paralyzing
the


hit foe.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B2/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Cloud sends a wave of green energy at the targeted foe.  When
it hits,


smaller waves shoot outward to hit each remaining foe, although the


damage is less than the first, big wave.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B2/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Cloud sticks his sword into an enemy and then yanks it upwards while


jumping for heavy damage.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B3/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Cloud twirls his sword and leaps into the air.  With one swing,
he sends


a shower of meteors down upon his foes, hitting 4 times.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B3/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Creating a light at the tip of his sword, Cloud throws a funnel of
rising


air that sucks in all opponents for an instant kill attack. Those that


survive are dropped to the ground for further physical damage.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B4/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


A column of wind surrounds Cloud and his sword lights up.  He
then


attacks all enemies for a total of 15 hits, finishing with a diving
sword


slash.  The sword strikes cause physical damage, while the last
strike


hits all foes.


 

==============


Barret Wallace


==============

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B1/1:   (Heavy Shot)


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Collecting energy, Barret fires a huge fireball at one opponent.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B1/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Similar in appearance to the Heavy Shot, Barret launches a ball of
azure


energy at one opponent.  While it inflicts no damage, it completely


drains that enemy of MP.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B2/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Barret fires an invisible shot that explodes into a huge hemisphere
of


fire that damages all opponents.


 

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B2/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Barret dashes forward and punches one enemy as purple waves emanate
from


his arm.  If it misses, this attack causes no damage, but if it
hits,


the enemy is instantly killed.


 

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B3/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Barret locks on to his enemies and calls down beams of blue light to


fry the opposition.  This attack hits for special damage.


 

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B3/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Using his weapon like a machine gun, Barret fires repeated rounds of


ammunition at all opponents.


 

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B4/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Steam erupts from Barret's weapon as he leaps into the air and fires
an


earth-scorching beam of yellow light at all his enemies.  This
attack


hits ten times in all for special damage.


 

===============


Tifa Rockheart*


===============

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B1/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


A quick combination of punches.


 

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B1/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


A somersault kick.


 

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B2/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


A sweep kick that hits for water damage.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B2/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


A back-slam.


 

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B3/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


A rising uppercut accompanied by a geyser of water with a dolphin riding


on top of it.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B3/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Tifa grabs her opponent, jumps in the air, and body-slams them as a


huge explosion appears.


 

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B4/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Tifa strikes her enemy with a huge, exploding attack.


 

*  Tifa's Limit Break works like this; the more Limit Breaks she
learns,


   the more slots appear in the slot machine that picks the
skill she


   uses (the abilities listed above).  When she gains
a new Break, she


   is able to use a new attack.  She can learn up to
10 slots total.


   When picking a slot, there are three outcomes: HIT, which
makes Tifa


   perform one of the above attacks, YEAH!, which works like
HIT but


   increases the damage inflicted, and MISS, which makes
Tifa do nothing.


   Tifa will then proceed to perform all the moves you end
up with in


   a row.  She will randomly switch to a new enemy (or
stay with the one


   she's attacking) for each new move.


 

===================


Aeris Gainsborough


===================

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B1/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Aeris creates an encircling wind that restores a large amount of lost


HP to herself and her friends.


 

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B1/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Purple lights fly into all of Aeris's opponents.  This attack
causes


no damage but has the same effect as 'Stop' and 'Silence' on all of
them.


 

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B2/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Streams of blue light wrap around the allies, curing status ailments.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B2/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Aeris waves her staff, causing blue lightning to hit herself and her


allies, followed by yellow, circular lights.  This will instantly
max


out the other characters' Limit gauges.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B3/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Stars rotate around Aeris and her friends as the screen turns yellow,


making them invincible for a short while.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B3/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Aeris kneels and prays; every ally's status ailments are cured and
they


gain back all lost HP and MP.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B4/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Rain falls upon Aeris and her companions.  It is replaced by a
bright


sky where three angels can be seen floating around.  All allies
have


their HP and MP restored, and are made invincible for a short time.


 

======


Red 13


======

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B1/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Swirls of blue energy surround Red 13, who tackles his opponent for


physical damage.


 

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B1/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Sheets of yellow vapor shoot up from around Red 13 and his companions.


It has the same affect as 'Haste'.  Each ally is also 'powered
up' (?).


 

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B2/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Swirls of energy surround Red 13, who tackles his opponent.  In
addition


to striking for physical damage, Red is healed for a small amount of
HP


and also gains back some MP as well.


 

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B2/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


A field of stars replaces the background.  Red 13 howls and a
shower of


blue lights rain down on all opponents striking twelve times.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B3/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


A full moon appears, making Red 13 leap up and howl at it.  He
is


affected by Berserk and Haste at the same time.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B3/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Red 13 attacks the enemy with jumping bites and claw scratches. 
Each


time he attacks, balls of fire burst forth and shower over the enemy.


This attack hits five times for physical and fire damage.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B4/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Red 13 summons a flare into which a field of stars and balls of fire
are


absorbed.  The flare then explodes in a ray of Fire followed by
an


explosion that hits all foes for fire damage.


 

===============


Yuffie Kisaragi


===============

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B1/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Yuffie slashes once with her weapon, causing no damage.  A second
slash


mark then appears and her opponent is hit for physical damage.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B1/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Globes of water surround Yuffie and her companions.  When they
pop open,


each character regains some HP.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B2/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Yuffie hits the ground and a line of blast waves heads towards her


enemy.  The ground buckles, then explodes, inflicting earth damage.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B2/2:  


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


The screen turns red and Yuffie hits all enemies with her weapon 10


times for physical damage.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B3/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Yuffie creates a blue light beneath all her opponents.  A column
of blue


light bursts upward, hitting every one for special dmaage.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B3/2: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


The screen turns blue as Yuffie leaps from enemy to enemy, striking
for


a total of 15 hits.  With each hit, purple light flashes from
her weapon.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B4/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Yuffie creates a swirling circular mass of red, purple, and white light.


Out of it fires a large beam of white light that damages all enemies
for


special damage.


 

=========


Cait Sith


=========

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B1/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Cait's stuffed moogle throws several dice to the ground.  The
score that


is rolled determines how much damage the targeted enemy will receive.


 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------


B2/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


A slot machine appears.  Depending on what you pick, a different
result


will occur:

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


 -                                      
3 bars


   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


   Cait Sith randomly calls upon a summoned monster.


 

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


 -                                                 
3 crowns


   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


   Six toy soldiers appear and fire at all enemies for special
damage.


 

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


 -                                                 
3 stars


   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


   A moogle (from the 'Summon Chocobo & Moguri' spell)
appears and does


   a dance that completely restores each members' HP and
MP.


 

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


 -                                                  
3 hearts


   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


   A cat-girl appears and all allies have a 100% hit rate
(no chance of


   missing) for the rest of the battle.


 

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


 -                                                    
3 moogles


   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


   Cait's allies disappear and his moogle grows twice as
large, gaining


   9999 HP and 999 MP.  In this form, he can do anything
but use Limit


   Breaks, and his attacks cause more damage.  When
the battle is over,


   everyone's current HP and MP drop to 1/3rd their former
amount.  He


   can't use this ability if there are less than 3 allies.


 

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


 -                                                     
3 faces


   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


   All enemies facing you are instantly killed.  This
ALWAYS works


   against any enemy.


 

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


 -                                          
face, face, bar


   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


   All allies are instantly killed.  There's no way
to avoid this, even


   with the help of accessories like the Safety Bit or an
Enemy Skill


   such as Death Force.


 

   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


 -                                        
any other combination


   ----------------------------------------------------------------------


   A random object is dropped on one enemy, inflicting physical
damage.


   It can be a Hell House, Debu Chocobo, Magic Hammer, icicles,
a


   boulder, or a Comet 2-like meteor attack.  Just like
when you attack


   normally, it's possible to hit for extra damage (like
making a


   critical hit attack).


 

==================


Vincent Valentine*


==================

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B1/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Vincent alters his form and becomes a horned, purple monster.

 - 


   Vincent claws and bites one opponent.

 - 


   Vincent throws golden orbs at all foes that hit for ice/lightning


   damage.


 

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B2/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


This Morph changes Vincent into a Frankenstein's Monster.

 - 


   Vincent jumps and punches one enemy.

 - 


   Vincent pounds his chest and fires electricity at all
enemies, which


   strikes for lightning damage.


 

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B3/1: 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Vincent transforms into a Jason look-alike, complete with chainsaw
and


hockey mask.

 - 


   Vincent attacks 5 times with his saw.

 -