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
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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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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
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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

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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 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  
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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).

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Cloud Strife

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B1/1:   (Braver)

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Cloud dashes forward and performs a diving slash against one opponent.

 

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B1/2:   (Cross Slash)

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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.

 

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B2/1: 

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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.

 

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B2/2: 

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Cloud sticks his sword into an enemy and then yanks it upwards while

jumping for heavy damage.

 

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B3/1: 

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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.

 

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B3/2: