Final Fantasy VII

Disc 1: Wutai Area

Exploring With the Tiny Bronco

After the PalmerEnemyRocket Town boss. No elemental weakness or absorb. Reward: 98 AP, 5,000 Gil. Drops: Edincoat. Trine, Beta, summons, Limit Breaks, and Poison are all effective. fight, you gain control of the Tiny Bronco on the water near a place where you can land. You can land and continue the plot if you want, but this is also a good time to clean up anything you missed.

Good optional targets before chasing the KeystoneKey ItemsKey Item: Use to enter Temple of Ancients:

• Restock both Enemy Skill Materia if you skipped White Wind, Beta, Big Guard, or Chocobuckle earlier.
• Visit Gold Saucer’s Battle Square if you want to work toward OmnislashFinal Limit BreaksCloud's Level 4 Limit Break. Acquire from battle arena on any disc., Speed Plus Materia, or other prizes.
• Visit Bone Village to obtain a Rune ArmletArmorArmor: 0 Connected Slots, 4 Unconnected Slots; Growth: x2 for your three active characters, along with the Kjata Materia.
• Farm Turbo EthersRestoration ItemsTarget: 1, Restores ALL MP near the railroad area above North Corel if you are running low.
• Participate in Fort Condor Battle 08 (must be completed before getting the KeystoneKey ItemsKey Item: Use to enter Temple of Ancients).

On the beach west of where you first gain control of the Tiny Bronco, you can fight Adamantaimai. Manipulate one and have it cast Death Force so your Enemy Skill Materia can learn it. You can also steal an Adaman BangleArmorArmor: 2 Connected Slots, 0 Unconnected Slots.

Save before starting Wutai. Once the quest begins, you lose most of your materia for a while, and the next boss can be unpleasant if you are underprepared.

Road to Wutai

From the beach west of the Tiny Bronco landing point, head north along the mountain path. Yuffie steals most of your materia, and Shinra Attack SquadEnemyShinra trooper encountered during the Corel Huge Materia train sequence. Rare steal: 8inch Cannon; may drop S-Mine. Its attacks can inflict Sleep and Darkness. troops pull you into a fight. You can steal an 8-inch CannonMiscellaneous ItemsTarget: 1, Explosive Damage from them.

After the fight, redistribute whatever materia you still have. Then continue north across two bridges, turn south, wrap east and north, cross another bridge, and follow the land north to Wutai.

When you enter town, Yuffie runs away. Follow her.

Wutai

Start at the pagoda area:

1. Cross the bridges and follow the river left to the pagoda.
2. Enter the house on the right.
3. In the left room, examine the leftmost wall to open a secret passage and get the Magic ShurikenYuffie's WeaponsYuffie's Weapon. Attack: 68; Attack %: 110; Connected Slots: 6; Unconnected Slots: 2.
4. In the right room, use the hidden door at the bottom of the screen and go all the way right for HairpinRed XIII's WeaponsRed XIII's Weapon. Attack: 57; Attack %: 120; Connected Slots: 0; Unconnected Slots: 0; Growth: NO GROWTH!.
5. Talk to GodoEnemyFinal Wutai Pagoda opponent. No elemental weakness or absorb. Reward: 60 AP, 40,000 Gil. Drops: All Creation; defeating him also awards Leviathan Materia. Learn Trine before defeating him. in the next room until Yuffie appears and runs away.

Return to town:

1. Enter the building by the save point and talk to the woman by the box.
2. Cross one bridge and enter Turtle’s Paradise. Talk to the Turks.
3. Go back across the bridge and open the chest in the next house. Yuffie steals from you again.
4. Run back over the bridge and the next two bridges.
5. Enter the house by the town entrance. Examine the silk screen in the left corner, talk to the guy, and leave.
6. Go back toward Turtle’s Paradise and examine the shaking pot outside.

After you catch Yuffie, Shinra arrives. When you regain control, follow Yuffie downstairs. Go past the doorway she enters and read the Turtle’s Paradise notice on the wall. Then talk to Yuffie and press the wall switch twice: once to trap your party, and once to free them.

You have now seen all Turtle’s Paradise posters. Go to Turtle’s Paradise and talk to the bartender for Power SourceStat-Up ItemsTarget: 1, Permanently raise Strength by 1, Guard SourceStat-Up ItemsTarget: 1, Permanently raise Vitality by 1, Magic SourceStat-Up ItemsTarget: 1, Permanently raise Magic by 1, Mind SourceStat-Up ItemsTarget: 1, Permanently raise Spirit by 1, Speed SourceStat-Up ItemsTarget: 1, Permanently raise Speed by 1, Luck SourceStat-Up ItemsTarget: 1, Permanently raise Luck by 1, and MegalixirRestoration ItemsTarget: All, Restores ALL HP/MP.

Da-chao

Save, then go left along the river path to the pagoda area. Go through the gate on the left, climb the stairs, and ring the gong to reveal a hidden door. After Corneo runs out, open the right chest for Swift BoltMagic and Casting ItemsTarget: All, Cast Bolt 3 on all enemies and the left chest for ElixirRestoration ItemsTarget: 1, Restores ALL HP/MP.

Upstairs, fight the Shinra soldiers. If you want to charge limit breaks for the next boss, defend once a character has one ready. You will also have random battles on the mountain, so you can charge limits there instead.

Rest on your way out if needed. Outside, talk to the Turks, then follow them. Buy 5-10x Fire VeilMagic and Casting ItemsTarget: All, Cast Fire 3 on all enemies and 5-10x Swift BoltMagic and Casting ItemsTarget: All, Cast Bolt 3 on all enemies if you can afford them. Save near the bridge, then head up Da-chao.

Route through the mountain:

1. Cross the bridge north of the save point and follow the mountain path.
2. Go up and take the left path. Talk to Rude.
3. Go back and take the right path.
4. At the split, take the right path first and talk to RenoEnemySector 7 pillar boss. Lightning damage is halved. Reward: 22 AP, 500 Gil. Drops: Ether. Attack Pyramid to free a trapped ally..
5. Go back and take the straight path.
6. At the up/down split, go up and talk to Rude.
7. Follow him into the cave for Dragoon LanceCid's WeaponsCid's Weapon. Attack: 66; Attack %: 100; Connected Slots: 0; Unconnected Slots: 8, then leave the cave.
8. Go south from the cave to trigger the boss sequence - see the prep below first.

Boss Fight Prep

The only reason this fight is tough is that you’re working with partial materia. Bring Swift Bolts, Fire Veils, and X-Potions. Put Vincent in your party; his limit breaks work well here.

This battle is kind of interesting because it teaches you how to rely on items. That can be useful at times. Use X-Potions to heal and Swift Bolts or Fire Veils to attack. Limit breaks are excellent here.

After the scenes, you end up outside Wutai with your materia back, but it will be equipped incorrectly. Reequip your party before moving on.

After Wutai

Before leaving the area, stock a few useful things:

You can now leave Wutai and return to the Tiny Bronco.