Final Fantasy 7

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Materia Combo:
Combine Final Attack with Phoenix- That will use Life 2 on allies and fire damage on opponents so youll all be fully restored and be using attack
Submission: Matthew Paine (matthewpaine@dingoblue.net.au)


Unlimited Ammo at the Gold Saucer:
At the roller coaster where you shoot things at the gold saucer. Just use your turbo set and you wont run out of ammo.
Submission: Dingo717@aol.com


W-Item:
If you don't find the w-item in midgar in disc 3, you can go to the excavation village in the northern continent,dig under good treasure and you might find it there.
Submission: Ad van Loenhout <>ad.vanloenhout@bluewater-offshore.com


Funny Death:
Do you know that monster in the Northern Cave that uses Pandora's Box? You can kill it...with an Elixir!! It was funny because there were the chimes, the "Death" appeared!
Submission: Derek Arrington (pedrodelic@juno.com)


Earth Harp:
To get earth harp beat the underwater weapon and he will give it to you! All of the items above can be given to the man on the second floor of the house in kalm all the way on the bottom right hand corner!
Submission: Chandra (brenchan@primus.com.au)


Buggy Drive:
When you get the buggy drive around in the quiksand and you'll eventually find an enemy called a "harpy" (which isnt mentioned in the stradegy giude eether) which looks like a beast with a goat and a snake stuck onto him with a combination of other enemy's and you can also learn enemy skill:aqualling off him insteda learning it half way thru game from jenova and the best thing is that it still gets rida round 1000 helth jus like when u learn it from jenova! and round that pointa game thats BLOODY STRONG!!
Submission: Chandra (brenchan@primus.com.au)


Sprint Shoes:
a differnt way to get sprint shoes besides at the chocobo races is to get omnislash (clouds level 4 limit break) at the battle square then exit while you have omnislash and talk to the lady at the end of the steps then talk to her .she will give you sprint shoes.(i don't know if you have to have it equip)
Submission: Genevieve Leirer >gleirer@orwell.net


Real "Easy" Money:
Name ARIESs EASY. You'll hear some sort of hooker speech.(i havent tried that one yet).An if you name cloud fuji you start at level 10 and get 20,0000 or sumthin GIL!!!
Submission: CodeMage1@aol.comCodeMage1@aol.com


Secret Character:
You may have heard this 1000 times, but i have an uncle working for Squaresoft USA And i have information on how to get a secret character. Zack. Remember the man Cloud mixed his identity with? Zack. Who's Cloud's best friend? Zack. Who
saved Cloud from Nibelheim and brought him to Midgar? Zack. Well, here's how to get him. 1st, in Midgar, you must answer EVERY question CORREXTLY! It must be done in a certain way. Now, before starting the Kalm flashback, if you answered correctly, you will hear Aeris say Cloud reminds her of a man she once dated. After the flashback, Cloud, Tifa, and Aeris stay in the Inn, and Tifa mentions something about a man she found half-dead outside of Midgar. Now continue the game as usual. At the Temple of the Ancients, you'll find Zack killed by Sephiroth, and he'll enter the lifestream. Now get up to the 3rd CD. Go to the Gongaga reactor, and bring a Super Sweeper and a Mutsurame Blade ( both Gold Saucer Shooting Coaster prizes ) and use the Sweeper on the reactor. It will explode, and then use the Blade. You colapse and find yourself hearing Aeris's voice, then you wake up, and find yourself next to Zack. You talk for a while,
and he leaves. You meet up with him again the North Crater. Then he is able to join your party, and starts at level77. Can't say much more about it, except, he's a great character to have!!!
Submission: Matt (Master9360@AOL.com)


Protect Ring:
This accesory puts a barrier and m-barrier on whoever is wearing it. there is two ways to get it. First when you climb up Gae's Cliffs at the top you have to fight a two headed dragon you can steal this item from it. also in the northen
cave you fight little orange balls that give you 800 AP apiece morph them to get protect rings.
Submission: Wayne Van Devender (vandevenderr@appstate.edu)


Materia:
I have found the most useful and coolest loophole in the materia system of FF7. Did you ever notice how when you attach a support materia connected to the "Master Command" materia it affects your regular attack too? I've noticed that if you also equip another materia to change your normal attack, it is also affected by the support materia. Now, using this knowledge I've discovered the two very best materia combinations that can be equipped in the game. Equip the Master Command materia linked to HP absorb (or MP absorb) and then equip the Double cut materia! (preferably advanced to 4X-cut) With this combination every time your character hits an enemy for the first time during an attack round
(4X-cut attacks multiple enemies) he/she will absorb their hit points. With the MP-absorb magic is absorbed EVERY hit on any enemy. Have fun with this tip you guys!! :) :)
Submision: Carlos Miranda [video_gamer900@hotmail.com]


12 Soldiers:
I have heard a rumor about how to get another hidden character. And this is how I was told how to get him. First collect all of the 12 small soldiers. The coaster at the golden saucer is a good way to get them. Once you get all of them take them to the guy where you get Aerith's level 5 limit breaker and he will forge them in to a robot soldier or something like that. Also I can't seem to get the small soldier in Junon on the top bunk in the soldier's room right after you march in the parade(acually more like mess up the parade) if anyone has any info e mail me at JHoneymanJ@AOL.com put subject as FF7
Submission: JHONEYMANJ@aol.comJHONEYMANJ@aol.com


Curse Ring:
This item raises ALL stats big time, but the wearer is death sentenced duing battle (get around this with death force enemy skill) to get this you go to mideel before it is destroyed. on the left if you walk around you will hear a
creacking sound press O and it says there is a key stuck in the boards. Look in the shops. In one of them there is a door on the back wall go uyp to it and press O, it will say that it is locked, go back to the key and you can yank it
out take the key to the door, the key will break off in the lock and the store owner will ask you what you were doing, tell him the truth and he will give you the ring.
Submission: Wayne Van Devender (vandevenderr@appstate.edu)


Ribbons:
Have you always hated having only one ribbon. Go to the northen cave and find a monster called master tonberry. morph him to get ribbons. he's the hardest creature to morph because he can't be sensed and he absorbs gravity attacks.
Submission: Wayne Van Devender (vandevenderr@appstate.edu)


Another way to get ribbons:
Another way to get ribbons easier than you would think. You know that big plant-like creature that you fight in the Gold Saucer's battle arena? The one with the pollen and the whip sting. If you morph HIM he turn into a ribbon too.
Isn't that so cool? Well, enjoy!
Submission: Carlos Miranda (Video_gamer900@hotmail.com)


Harpy:
when you get the buggy drive around in the quiksand and you'll eventually find an enemy called a "harpy" (which isnt mentioned in the stradegy giude eether) which looks like a beast with a goat and a snake stuck onto him
with a combination of other enemy's and you can also learn enemy skill :aqualling off him insteda learning it half way thru game from jenova and the best thing is that it still gets rida round 1000 helth jus like when u learn it from jenova! and round that pointa game thats BLOODY STRONG!!
Submission:Chandra (brenchan@primus.com.au)


Stealing from bosses:
Unless you meet the turks in the Northern Crater, you can only do this twice. The two last times you meet the Turks,(in the sunken airplane where you find Hades and in the subway when youre going after Hojo and the Sister Ray) you can
steal a "Touph Ring"(vitality and spirit +50) from Rude.
Submission: Jean Marie Godin (jmgodin@health.nb.ca)


Secret Movie:
Here's a great secert.After Cloud recovers from the Mako poisoning return to Nibelheim and revisit the Shinra Mansion(where U got the Odin summoning materia) and go to the basement. There U will have a flashback with explains how Cloud ended up in Midgar and how he got Zack's uniform and sword.
Submission: Softsq1745@aol.comSoftsq1745@aol.com


Duplicate Item Trick:
You must have the W-Item materia to do this trick. First, go into battle then select the W-Item option. Choose the item you want to duplicate and choose any character to give it to. When you pick your second item, choose a different item
than you chose before. without casting the secon item push O to select a person, then X to cancle... do this as many times as you want the item you chose before duplicated. This only works on items which has the item bag symbol next
to it.
Submission: Josh Haug (jhaug@delanet.com)


More Duplicate Items:
Have W-Item and put it in the character who has the item you want to duplicate. In the battle use the W-item to do the trick , first choose the item and give it to any character. Second, choose the item you would like to duplicate. After that press X and the item will increase by 1 keep doing it by pressing O and X until you have 99 of that item.


Revised Duplicate Items:
1) Get the W-Item Materia (sometime after you beat the Diamond Weapon).
2) Equip it.
3) During a battle, select the W-Item Command.
4) Select the Item you want more of.
5) Select ANY character.
6) Select ANY Item.
7) Press X, O, X, O, X, O, X, O...and get 99 of em'.
Submission: Joe Orsello "Mentor-On-the-Lake, Ohio, U.S.A." (orsello@ptcom.net)


Unlimited Sources:
To get unlimited Sources (luck source, magic source, etc.) perform the following actions. Get in the submarine and go to the downed plane. Wander around until you get into a battle and use the morph command on the enemies. The best way to do this is attack the enemies until they are almost dead and then use morph. In this area there are six different enemies and each one morphs into one of the six sources.
Submission: PauloMI@AOL.COMPauloMI@AOL.COM


Chocobo Racing:
While racing the chocobos, hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 to increase your speed. a differnt way to get sprint shoes besides at the chocobo races is to get omnislash (clouds level 4 limit break) at the battle square then exit while you have omnislash and talk to the lady at the end of the steps then talk to her .she will give you sprint shoes.(i don't know if
you have to have it equip)
Submission: MASTER OF VIDEO GAMES ( >gleirer@orwell.net )


Easy Money:
Go to the desert outside of the golden saucer and walk around for a while. Sooner or later a little cactus man will appear. You can't beat him with magic or weapons, but he can be defeated by summoning Chocobos or Mogs. If you manage
to kill him he's worth 10,000 gil!


More Easy Money:
For easier gil go to the southern most island, (where midea is) and on the beach. Big worm things which are easy to kill are worth 50,000 gil
Submission: "Mike Hough" (shane102@hotmail.com)


Knights of the Round Table:
Ride the Golden Chocobo to the North-Eastern part of the map. There you'll find a hidden island with a cave. Enter the cave and talk to the red light to receive the "Nights of the Round Table" spell.


Virtual Immortality:
Connect the Phoenix Summon and Final Attack materia in any linked slot. When your party dies, there Hitpoints will be completely restored. This makes killing Ruby, Emerald, and Sephiroth simple, just make sure you have enough Mindpoints
to use the Phoenix Summon. For more punch, add a Final Attack/Knight oo the Round Table to the same weapon. Then when you die you'll resurrect and hit back HARD.
Submission:tiger123@concentric.net and Hiro Kanno


Command Materia:
In the second CD, you can get the COMMAND MATERIA "W ITEM". When youre going tostop Hojo from using the sister ray, right after you get on the sub-way tracks, head down until you reach a dead end and the W ITEM materia.(Its a LONG walk.)
Submission: Daniel Godin (jmgodin@health.nb.ca)


Contain Materia:
You can also get a "contain" materia in the town that gets destroyed by the lifestream(I forgot the name, but its at the bottom of the world map.)Go to the left until the music changes into chocobo music. There will be a little white
chocobo. Talk to him and youll be asked to give him some greens.(You dont have to buy any)After that, scratch him behind the ear and he will give you the materia.
Submission: Daniel Godin (jmgodin@health.nb.ca)


Alexander Materia:
To get the Alexander Materia you must be at the Great Glacier. find the hot spring and then touch it , then find a woman name "SNOW" you will fight her if you beat her you will get the Materia. MORE : To get the "Full Cure" Materia it
is in the back room in the general store in Cosmo Canyon Bot only the second time you go their. MORE : To get the "Typoon" Materia you must be in the Sleeping Forest first, you must pick up two insects and put them in the picher
flowers so Cloud can reach the spring stamen this puts you deep in the forest's canopy. follow the limbs up and all the way to the right to find the "Typoon: Materia ALSO you must be in area 3 if yo want more contact me at
Submission: Sly Spy (lySpy55@aol.com)


Guide Book:
The guidebook you were looking for is in the transparent tunnels of the Underwater reactor. First, you try and get in a battle with a 'ghost ship', then morph the ghost ship until it changes into the Guidebook. You can exchange this map for an Underwater materia.
Submission: FRANKIE LAM (hkgfl702@netvigator.com) and Shaoxian Yu (syu@arches.uga.edu)


Alternate Guidebook:
I was looking through your FF7 pages and I saw that you needed help on finding the Guidebook. You know where your on the path to get the submarine, (the underwater tunnel where you can see all the fish) you might run into a monster
(boat with a skeleton on top) that has a fair amount of HP. Equip Morph on Cloud and sense on one of your other characters. Make sure none of these are on Cid if he is in your party because, every time I fought this monster Cid got thrown out of the battle (this is just like if you fought the Midgar-Slolom). He has 6,500 HP and not many very strong attacks. If you morph this monster he will turn into the guidebook.Please contact me if you have any questions. I also need to know where the red weapon is.
Submission: mike trucks (jtrucks@northcoast.com)


Underwater Materia:
If you did not find out yet there is an "underwater meteria." Its real easy to get.All you need is the "morph meteria." Go to the place where you get the sub. You will find your self in a underwater tunel.In the tunel you will fight a bad
guy. He is a boat with a bone body on it. Morph him and you will get a "guide book" from him. Take it to an old man in Kalam(he is in a house on the 2nd floor standing still.) This has to be done on the 3rd disk. After you give the item
to him he will give you the "underwater meteria" and ask for 2 more things. A "desert rose" and a "earth harp". I think to get the 2 items you need to kill the 2 weapons. The "underwater meteria" helps you with the underwater weapon and you get something from the underwater weapon. If you take it to the old men he will give you master meterias.
Submission: Analisa Loder (i-cgthluk@idt.net)


Underwater Materia:
The Underwater materia is real. I have it. The only use I have found for it so far is to take the clock away while fighting the emerald weapon. Go to the place where you fight the ghost ship. Morph it. You will get a guidebook.
Give this guide book to a man in the town just outside Midgar. He's in the upstairs of one of the houses he'll give you the purple "underwater materia". I ran in to the man with a sick friend. I didn't help him though. I did run in
to the ghost of Aerith in th church. But she just faded. I haven't been down to see the fish while I had the materia though. A little help from a fellow gamer Will
Submission: Will


Summon Materia:
To find the SUMMON MATERIA "LEVIATAN", go to WUTAI with YUFFIE in you party. Enter the 5 story Pagoda (in in the North-West of the village). When youll try to climb to the next floor, the man there will ask you if you wish to climb the tower. Answer yes, and you will fight him only with YUFFIE. After that, go up and talk to each of the persons to fight
them and climb the ladder. The fifth and final battle is against YUFFIEs father. After youve won that fight, YUFFIEs father father will give you the MATERIA.
Submission: Daniel Godin (jmgodin@health.nb.ca)


Bahamut Zero:
I also found BAHAMUT ZERO (yes, the third and most powerful version)to get it, go to the lab. at the top of COSMO CANYON with BAHAMUT AND NEO BAHAMUT equiped and inspect the blue colored HUGE MATERIA. BAHAM. AND NEO BAHAM. will react and creat BAHAM. ZERO. If it doesnt work, E-mail me and ill give you some more detail.(im not sure if you have to equipe them on a certain person but i dout it)
Submission: Daniel Godin (jmgodin@health.nb.ca)


Yuffie:
To get Yuffie, walk about in the jungle near Red's home until you meet her. Defeat her and talk to her. Remember:
1) Do NOT go to the save point, 2) Do NOT agree to a rematch, and 3) Do NOT ask her her name. She'll join you later.


Hidden Characters:
Just a few clarifications and answers for you...you can get the "hidden" characters pretty much any time, at least in the US version. Vincent is in Nibelheim, in the locked room in the basement. The combination you have sounds right, but if not, there's a note in the room left of the Shinra Mansion entrance. You should get the Odin materia as well. Yuffie is in the forest that follows the river, and is northwest of Gogonda(where the Mako reactor exploded). When you actually find her and beat her, you have some choices to make...don't go to the subscreen when she gives you the chance; when it looks like she may join you, chosse to say "alright, let's go"(or something like that) and she'll join you.The only new materia i've gotten from the huge materia is the Bahamut Zero. About the end of the game, all i can say is it's incredible. Don't use the save crystal too early, wait at least until after the party has split up and
rejoined again in the northern cave...I was about level 75 when i beat it, but I imagine it's possible to do it sooner. Good luck!


Yuffie Alternative:
Always have Red13 and Barret before getting Yuffie After getting Yuffie, make sure she always is the second character and the third character can be Red13 or Barret. When you talk to allies , always talk with Yuffie First If in a Doubt
when making choices, remember the object is of getting Tifa/Aeris favour of you down, and getting Yuffie's favour of you up. Finally , make sure that the Cover materia is always equipped on Cloud, when Yuffie's in your party, so that he can protect her.....
Submission: Al


Below is what choices you need to date Yuffie, do not be daunted by the number of instructions.
HERE THEY ARE:
1.-When you meet Aeris, not in church, in the slums, tell her: Nothing......hey listen.
2.-Answer : Don't see many flowers around here
3.-When she ask you : You want to buy one ?
4.-Answer: No.
5.- When talk to Jessie in train, choose , I'll be waiting, of course,
after he/she(I'm not sure) show you the map of Midgar.
6.-In front of 7th Heaven, talk to Barret, just one time, when he tell you
something like this: Ok , get in.
7.-When Tifa ask to you: Did you fight with Barret?, say ''I didn't"
8.-when talk to Biggs(about food) say: yes, ok
9.-when talk to Wedge don't choose : I'm not interested
10.- Then, when Tifa says, Did you sleep well?, say : Barret snores a lot
11.- When Barret ask about Materia, say : Ok, I'll explain to you
12.-When talk to Tifa at Bar, say: I don't feel like it.
Submission: Alfredo Mite Vivar (amitev@gye.satnet.net)


Underwater Materia:
It is easy to get: You get it in kalm from the locked chest. you have to talk to some guy.
Submission: markwell@erols.com and Aaron Curran >kapptin@geocities.com


Underwater Cave:
the itme u mentioned is in an underwater cave, along with a sunken ship and some awesome itmes. BEWARE unless Shinra kills weapon b4 hand (and they will) weapon is floating around down there. Weapon can doing 8000+ damn to your whoile group if u fight him, so try not to dr\ve sub into him. I didnt get materia in rocket, but i did find a spiot where onlt ocen cokobos can go. Find out chocobo breeds at a small hut near Snowy villiage (air ship only) u can leanr how to get Mountai, river, ocean and mix of all 3 chocobos. Final tip for the wise : in seropths area, there are NO save spots. U do get an item called a save crystal, but u can only use it once. This fight gets difficult at times so watch it. I died here and got pissed. Phonix materia (delas fire dam and revies and heal whole party) is very helpfull. I know i missed stuff, but i got Yuffie , who is a pain to get. u will lose a few thousand gold getting her.


Vincent:
You do need the key in the safe in the Shinra Mansion to get Vincent, and the combination is ( right-36, left-10, right-59,and right-97.) Now all you to do is beat "THE LOST NUMBER", a fairly easy last guy, get the key, the "Odin
Materia" and head down the spiral staircase to open Vincent's uh....room. Wake him up out of his coffin keep talking to him until he has nothing else to say, go visit Sephiroth in the library and when your done with that head back up the staircase and if Vincent doesn't try to join your party then you didn't talk to him enough, so go back and talk with him some more. Well there you have it!
Submission: Matthew Pulk


Vincent Alternate:
yup i got both, and vincent is hardest to get Vincent, a gun toting Seroth basically, u must do safe puzzle. opening safe gives u Odin mateira (cuts guys aprt for instant kill or impales for damage) , akey if u search it and u fight a
boss for more shit. vincent is hidden well. Go to basement and right when u walk into room to the lab (purpleish) walk up to top wall, u will see a door and when u open it a coffin or 2. Talk to Vincent (who is in coffin) then go chat
with Seroth who is in Lab. When u leav talk to vincent again. Then go to leave house and he joins you. Hint: u might have to fight something Called Yin-Yang. this suckers tough! its 2 creatures and they attack really slowly qand for mass
damage. use your best attacks to drop it quickly. Yuffie is in a forset near reds area, in a small forseted area surround by mountains. when u fight her, go talk to her then say u are sacred of her. then when she goes to leave ask her to wait. then ask her to join. but dont ask her name or she take gold from you ad runs away. she will tell yiou her name when u go to leave. Later she steal all of your materia in her home town. its a short quest involving helping the
turks but its pretty easy if u talk to EVERYONE ALOT. u will get a good weapon for cid and kick Don Corneros ass again. Vincent's linit levels are awesome. he tunrs into diffenrt beats whio deal massive damage to enemy. Get both of these
characters!.


Guidebook:
ou can get the guidebook by going down into the Shinra underwater reactor. Right before you go into the submarine docks there is a underwater tube that you walk through. It is the only screen where you can see the outside ocean. Anyways, you fight a big pirate ship thing that looks like a skeleton holding a paddle. You use the morph command and morph this guy into the Guidebook.
Submission: Chris (Cinbearcat@aol.com) and From: Grossman Residents (bartlett@harborside.com)


Alternate Guidebook:
Guidebook in ff7 can be gotten if u use morph on the ghostship in the water tunnel inside the broken down ship under the waterthe ship has about 6600 HP so dont use strong attacks or u wont be able to cast morph cause hell already be
defeated.
Submission: todd (Crafty9507@aol.com)


Several Hints:
The Special Battle at the Gold Saucer allowing you to gain
a.Dio's Diary
b. Dio's Greatest Battles
c. And the second half of Dio's diary
(where do you use these?)
2. Winning the Speed Race at the Saucer where you gain an Item that
describes itself as saving a reactor. (eh?)
3. How do you beat the Earth Elemental?
4. Takes exactly 1,000,000 hp for the Water Elemental
5. What's the Sephiroth Sword used for?
6. I know now that taking both Bahumuts and going to the command Huge
Materia creates Bahumut Zero...is there any other combos with other
materia?
7. There's a locked chest in a house in Kalm...can it be opened?
8. Finding the card that allows you to enter Shinra HQ again at Bone
Village. Dig near the crashed plane...I think.
9. Old Grandmother at the first place you ski at (almost only) asks for
some medicine from a doctor at the lifestream place. Can anything be
done with that?
10. Game at the Saucer where you ski...if you beat all three levels
your given a timed trial.
Submission: Squidboy (pmcv@his.com)


Key to Midgar:
The key to midger is found while digging for normal treasure in bone village.
Submission:Thomas Hill >[tom_hill@accesscable.net]


Magic Pots:
Another thing! If your near the end of the game and at the crater go the the place where there is the vegitation and water where you fight the Magic Pots. Use the item cheat and get butt loads of AP points and exp. all for the elixers. Use the cheat get 99 no prob.
Submission: Maverynthia (maverynthia@geocities.com)


Skiing Chocobo:
1. Have any kind of chocobo of your own and any vehicle (car, plane on
water,submerine or air plane). 2. Park your chocobo just beside your vehicle. 3.
Get on your chocobo again.
From: Susanto Halim (fudjuhlm@cyberway.com.sg)


Aerith Rumors:
OK, first off the rumor started at the FF7 Discussion Group on Jason Crafts page, the Chocobo Range. The forum was quite popular with the hardcore FF fans and I was a frequent poster (does the name "Akuma Matata" ring a bell?). Anyways, rumors began circulating that Aerith could be ressurected and many people claimed to have seen it but nobody came forth with a solid method (cause there never was one, but I'll get back to that...). Certain people DID experience glitches and/or found gameshark codes to bring Aerith back, but nobody found any REAL way. Enter Lansing. Lansing came on the forum claiming to work for Square and stated that Aerith can indeed be revived but he wasn't allowed to say the exact method. Many people of course started the bashing and denouncing and called him a liar...but me and a select few of others decided that the best way to get the info was to...well...kiss his ass, and beg. It worked...Lansing began giving us clues as to how to get Aerith back. The list stated that you needed 4 things: The Sword of Sephiroth, a key, and a General who would give you Bakusa and the final item you need if you do little missions for him... Needless to say, we spread the rumor and the whole discussion group went on a massive search for this General. Lansings lie was pretty safe...there is nobody that sends you on any kind of missions (I finally translated all the text..even though I was slow in doing so). However, he stuck by it and started giving more clues. Once gamers exhausted every option you can possibly think of and still nobody had a SOLID clue about the general. Almost all the gamers publicly bashed Lansing as a liar...and I was about to do so too, until I realized that I needed to play his little game. I went on the discussion group and replied to the posts stating that Lansing was "telling the truth" and that everyone didn't derserve to hear it. I told them that we (there were about 3 of us) would continue the search and Lansing promised to deliver Aerith when he quit Square at the end of the month. O.K. sounds good... Up until the end of the month we are constantly in contact with Lansing asking him questions (and giving him theories as to what we thought was the right method...)...then the end of the month came. I was intrigued to see how Lansing would respond considering Smear and Mooncalf and I had tried literally EVERYTHING pertaing to his first clues. Then he gave us another clue: You needed to cure the General's Friend in the pipe at the beginning of the game and the medicine was the "key" that we needed to do this (why didn't he say medicine before?). We searched everywhere for this medicine but came up empty. Then Smear, I believe it was, told Lansing privately about his guess that the six signs had something to do with the Medicine. LANSING SAID YES! This is key because up until this time NOBODY had posted anything about this on the FF7 forum...but SOME people (namely me) had already solved that puzzle and knew that you just got a relic for your work. I didn't confront him with it. I waited...pretty soon more holes started showing up in Lansing's clues. He said we needed to go under the fish that Aerith was buried under and doing that we needed "fish food" to do it and the fish food could be obtained with an "underwater materia" (which was recently posted as a rumor...how convienent it shows up in his story the next day). BS...nobody found it. Then he stated that the medicine we needed to cure the guy was actually Aerith and she needed to find out who she was to cure the sick friend of the General (note this completely forgets his earlier "job and Bakusa" method...) and you could do so before leaving the town. BS...I went back at the latest possible moment after talking to everyone. Then he said that you need the key of Midgar to get back into the town and cure him later. Only problem...you can't get it until the second or third CD. Upon realizing this he was looking forsomething to change his story. He reverted back to a stray rumor about multiple endings that was on the forum awhile ago...He told me about them (apparently attempting to see if I would buy it)...and I pretended like I did. The the next day, came his post about the process being cut and he stated the real process involved Aerith curing the sick guy but that Square "took out" the key so that you couldn't do it cause the game wasn't finsihed...but that capper is that he said the real endings were STILL left on the CD (and popping your CD in the CDROM of your computer would verify three seperate files) and it is here where we got him. Many people simply converted the movie files and watched Lansing's "proof" go down the toilet. Square never inteded for Aerith to be ressurected and this whole story was made up by a rumor specialist to save face (funny...you can't see anyone on the internet). If you still don't believe me notice how his clues completely changed over time... I have left out a lot MORE proof (but I don't want to spend all day typing this)...but consider this...his story changed completely over time but he insisted he knew about the method from the original script Square had (note: Scripts don't change information over time...) and that he indeed worked for Square as a translator for FF7. Too bad Sony is translated the game (why do you think THEY made the statement that FF7 will not be altered)...sorry I took so long to get to the solid proof, but I wanted to show you beyond reasonable doubt...that Square did not make an unfinished game and you WILL NOT GET A "REAL" VERSION! Sony is delaying the game till September (like they did last year) because they want to save the top titles for the Christmas Season. Now I don't
want to hear any more rumors about this AGAIN! YOU HEAR ME!


Master Materias:
I finally defeated the green weapon swimming around underwater. He gave me a ton of experience and also this item called earth harp, which I thought had no use at all. Well, I was screwing around and I went to the town of Kalm ( the one to the northeast of Midgar) and I went into the southeastern most house. On the second floor, there is an old man who if you talk to him will ask you if you want to trade the earth harp for something. I said yes and he gave me ALL 3 MASTER MATERIAS!!! That's right, master summon, master magic, and master command. He then asks for a "desert rose" and a figured that the red weapon in the desert had it so I beat him and got the desert rose and took it back to the old man. He gave me an ocean crossing chocobo for it, which wasn't that great because I already have one. The old man then says he now only needs an item called "GUIDEBOOK" and he can start his journey to pray for dead people's souls. He gives me a clue that says " a map sunk along with the ship....GUIDEBOOK." I have gone through the bottom of the ocean and the sunken Shinra plane for hours and I can't find the "guidebook". Will someone please look into this and e-mail me back with suggestions. You can e-mail at larkipm@mail.auburn.edu Even if you can't find the guide book, this is a much easier way to get the 3 master materias because the green weapon isn't that tough if you know the right combos.


How to keep aris:
All you have to do is be mean to tifa. You have to answer the question to where it threatons tifa. Ex. when you get the flower from aris give it to marlene instaed of tifa. When aris goes to the acient forest to get killed(you have to have tifa on your team). Tifi will push aris out of the way and kill herself. I don't know how to game end i haven't made it that far yet.
Submssion: Chris62651@aol.comChris62651@aol.com


Nights of the round:
The nights of the round materia is found on an island off to the top right hand side of the world map. It isnt shown so fly around there till you see it. To get there you must breed a Gold chocobo. A bloke called Chocobo Sage is found on the Icicle Area not far from Bone Villiage. He will tell you where to find the right chocobos but he forgets easily. So get as much information from him and when he forgets go away and try to find the chocobos, then come back. NOTR materia is very handy when equpped with HP or MP Absorb materia
Submission: Chopper (palvaro@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au)


Alexander Materia:
To get the Alexander Materia you must be at the Great Glacier. find the hot spring and then touch it , then find a woman name "SNOW" you will fight her if you beat her you will get the Materia. MORE : To get the "Full Cure" Materia it is in the back room in the general store in Cosmo Canyon Bot only the second time you go their. MORE : To get the "Typoon" Materia you must be in the Sleeping Forest first, you must pick up two insects and put them in the picher flowers so Cloud can reach the spring stamen this puts you deep in the forest's canopy. follow the limbs up and all the way to the right to find the "Typoon: Materia ALSO you must be in area 3 if yo want more contact me at
Submission: Sly Spy (lySpy55@aol.com)


Another Duplicate Item Trick:
You must have the W-Item materia to do this trick. First, go into battle then select the W-Item option. Choose the item you want to duplicate and choose any character to give it to. When you pick your second item, choose a different item than you chose before. without casting the secon item push O to select a person, then X to cancle... do this as many times as you want the item you chose before duplicated. This only works on items which has the item bag symbol next to it.
Submission: Josh Haug (jhaug@delanet.com)


More Underwater Materia:
If you did not find out yet there is an "underwater meteria." Its real easy to get.All you need is the "morph meteria." Go to the place where you get the sub. You will find your self in a underwater tunel.In the tunel you will fight a bad guy. He is a boat with a bone body on it. Morph him and you will get a "guide book" from him. Take it to an old man in Kalam(he is in a house on the 2nd floor standing still.) This has to be done on the 3rd disk. After you give the item to him he will give you the "underwater meteria" and ask for 2 more things. A "desert rose" and a "earth harp". I think to get the 2 items you need to kill the 2 weapons. The "underwater meteria" helps you with the underwater weapon and you get something from the underwater weapon. If you take it to the old men he will give you master meterias.
Submission: Analisa Loder


More Underwater Materia:
The Underwater materia is real. I have it. The only use I have found for it so far is to take the clock away while fighting the emerald weapon. Go to the place where you fight the ghost ship. Morph it. You will get a guidebook. Give this guide book to a man in the town just outside Midgar. He's in the upstairs of one of the houses he'll give you the purple "underwater materia". I ran in to the man with a sick friend. I didn't help him though. I did run in to the ghost of Aerith in th church. But she just faded. I haven't been down to see the fish while I had the materia though.
A little help from a fellow gamer Will
Submission: Will


Golden Chocobos:
First find 2 Good chocobos an race them until they are in s class then u have to mate them with any nut .Once you mate them race the newborn chocobo until he is s class then finally mate the 2 s class chocobos to get a gold chocobo NOTE: the last 2 chocobos u mate must be either balck and green s class or blue and black s class. when yoour done and have a gold chocobo go to the northorn most island on the map materia cave lies there inside with nights of the round
Submission: Seebr30031@aol.comSeebr30031@aol.com


Guidebook:
The Guide Book is located in the underwater reactor but is not in a treasure chest. youll have to morph a creature called the ghost ship to pick up that item.It can usually be found in the tunnel where u can see the fish Another way that i figured out is go to gold saucer and go into battle arena. eqip morph and u will sometimes fight the ghostship . Bring the guide book to the old man in kalm and he will give u the underwater materia.witch can only stop the timer on emerald weopon witch was no use 2 me
Submission: Seebr30031@aol.comSeebr30031@aol.com


Vincent's Final limit & wepon:
If you want to obtain Vincent's final limit and wepon this is how. When you have him on the 2nd CD do not, repeat DO NOT go to the cave uder the waterfall. If you do when you go there later on the 3rd you will only see a flash back about Lucrecia and the birth of Sepiroth. Later on the 3rd CD if visit the cave with a chocobo and have Vince in your party. Walk up to the light. Vincent will say "Lucrecia..." and you will recieve both the limit and his wepon.
Submission: Julian Gorman


FF7 COMBOS TO USE AGAINST THE WEAPONS:
To use the combo aganist Emerald weapon you must have"master materia's" (magic,command, and summon.)(Additional materia's recomended,MASTERED Final attack connected to Pheonix, MASTERED MP Absorb linked with Knights Of The Round, W-SUMMON, and 2 MIME MASTERDED , Master Summon linked with MASTERED MP Turbo.) Once you start the battle against Emmy (EMERALD WEAPON) you use W-SUMMON and KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND then have the others in your party MIME the combo (W-SUMMON and KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND ). The Knights Of The Round will hit for 9999pts each knight = to 129,987 pts each time, and absorb 999mp each time so there is no mp lost dureing the battle. The combo will not stop until everyone has had a turn.The Pheonix combo (Final Attack + Pheonix) will allow you to be brought back to life, and anyone in your party thats dead, with full hit points for little mp. KEEP THE COMBO GOING NO MATTER WHAT ! You should beat Emmy in under 20 min.To use the combo aganist Ruby weapon you must have"master materia's" (magic,command, and summon.)(Additional materia's recomended,MASTERED Final attack connected to Pheonix, 2 MASTERED MP Absorb linked with Knights Of The Round and Hades , W-SUMMON, and MIME MASTERDED , Master Summon linked with MASTERED MP Turbo.) Before you start the battle with Ruby (this may sound cruel) have Cloud kill the other 2 members of your party (this way ruby will not use the wirl sand attack , she will automaticaly stick her claws in the ground) Once you start the battle 1 person is alive and she automaticly sticks her claws in the sand .Allow Ruby to kill you to start the Final Attack +Pheonix combo, so everyone in your party is revived. Start the W-Summon , Hades +Knights Of The Round Combo ( Hades will cast Stop on her and she can't attack). Have everyone Mime the combo. DO WHAT YOU CAN TO STAY ALIVE, SHE WILL STOP THE COMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP TRYING , IT WILL WORK!!!!!!! You should have no problems killing her!
Submission: SHANE & BOB_E_BL(A)ST (rritz@bellatlantic.net)


Ultimate Weapon:
There is a weapon for Aeris that is more powerful than her ultimate weapon. It is called the Parasol and you can get it from the Shooting Coaster at the Gold Saucer. (You have to get at least 5000 points, though).
The best way to get that many points is to shoot the four special targets. The first is the big yellow boulder on the canyon wall and it's worth 200 pts. The second is the huge balloon with rabbit ears and it gives you 70 pts. The third (and hardest to destroy, of course) is thegiant UFO near the end. Splashing it nets you a flat 1000 points, and this is essential to getting 5000. The fourth os one of the lightbulb-rocks at the very end (it is on the left side; just aim the crosshairs at that line of rocks on the last curve) and it gives you 200 pts.
If you do this in Disc 2 or 3 when the prizes change you can get an EXTREMELY powerful weapon for Cid called the Flayer (Attack 100, 6 unlinked Materia slots; Materia growth: Normal). This one is also more powerful than his ultimate weapon.
I can also disprove a rumor. I read somewhere that if you get all 1/35 Soldiers and a Masamune Blade from the Coaster and take them to the Wepon Seller, he makes Cloud a Masamune (or another ally). Neither of these is true. I spent an hour getting all the action figures and the blade from the Gold Saucer and Junon and when I took them to the guy, nothing happened. Oh yeah, oh yeah- in Rocket Town before Shinra launches the Rocket, if you have Cid in your party and go into the house to the right of Cid's (the one with the guy who says Do I have any good jokes?) talk to him. If Cid is there the guy makes up some lame similies concerning the rocket. Cid tells him how lame they are and the man makes up another one that insults Cid. Cid gets mad and pops the guy in the head, then walks out. It's just really funny, no items or anything. If you do Yuffie's sub-quest (Head for the far west continent, land and head north and you WILL find out) then you won't have to fight the Turks in the Midgar subway.
There is a monster near Wutai called Admantaimai (the giant turle on the beaches that uses Barrier and MBarrier and doesn't attack unless you do) that in addition to using a very useful Enemy Skill that protects one ally from instant death (Death Force), has a VERY strong armor that you can steal from it. The Adman Bangle raises Def. up to 93 and Magic Def. to 23 and has I think it's 4 linked Materia slots.
On that note, there is an even stronger armor that can be stolen from Rude of the Turks most of the time you fight him (the only excepthin is at Gongaga). The Ziedrich has extremely high Def. and Magic Def (100 and 98 respectively), decent Def.% and MDef.% (15 and 18 I think) and it decreases ALL elemental attacks by half.
Ever wondered where to get that Touph Ring that Sephiroth wears? Steal it from Reno most of the time you fight him (again, not at Gongaga). There exists a HUGELY useful armor called the Mystile. Put this thing on, and whatever physical and magical attacks it doesn't cut in half, miss entirely. Def% of 60 and Magic Def% of 50 make the highest ratings in the game. I know you can get one in Midgar during Disc 2. There is another one somewhere, but I forget where it is. Barret and Cait Sith's ultimate weapons are also in Midgar. Cait Sith's is in the Shinra building (go right at tha last branch in the tunnel instead of left to the Sister Ray. Cait Sith comes out of the Shinra bounding and says that you're going the wrong way. Ignore him and go in. Don't worry about the enemies- they're the exact same ones from your first trip th the HQ and twice as wimpy, with your (hopefully) improved levels. And this time you don't have to fight Rufus ('cause he's dead) or the Hundred Gunner or the Heli Gunner (because you don't need to use the outside elevators and they're not there anyway). Cait Sith's ultimate weapon, the HP Shout, is in the lockers on the 64th floor, the one Cloud wouldn't take earlier because he had no use for it. Barret's ultimate weapon, the Missing Score, is in a chest on the third landing of the stairs to the top of the Mako cannon. However, THE CHEST WILL NOT BE THERE UNLESS BARRET IS IN YOUR PARTY. If he isn't then go down to the Save Point and put him there. You can go back to your original arrangement once you have the weapon. In case you were wondering, Vincent's Ultimate Weapon and Limit Break Manual are in the waterfall near Nibelheim. Use the submarine or a green, black or gold Chocobo to get there. You must have Vincent in your party. You can find the W-Item Materia at the end mof the tunnels in Midgar during Disc 2. Just keep going south (down). The numbers between the doors will get lower until they reach 1. Go south from there to find a Save Point and the W-Item Materia. You will get lots of Turbo Ether from the Shadow Makers along the way, so you can use the W-Item trick to get 99 of those right off. In the Shinra Building the first time, during Disc 1 when you go in to rescue Aeris, look for the monsters called crazy saw that look like a bird on top of a ball with a saw on the circumference. You can steal a Carbon Bangle from them which is the best armor available at that point in the game.
Also keep watch for the Soldier: 3rd's on the 67th and 68th floor. You can steal the Hardedge from them, which is Cloud's best weapon at that point. Steal a few of them because they are worth quite a bit of gil when you sell them and when you leave Midgar you will need a lot of money. In the Train Graveyard after you get back from Don Corneo's mansion, look for a monster called Eligor who looks like the top half of a white-robed skeleton attached to the back of what appears to be the front half of a horse stuck onto a chariot. You can steal a Striking Staff from it whch is Aeris's best weapon at that point in the game. When you get out of Midgar, walk around until you run into a monster called Custom Sweeper. It uses an Enemy Skill called Matra Magic and you can steal the Atomic Scissors from it, which as you may have guessed by now, is Barret's best weapon at this point. (It beats dropping 950 gil on the Cannonball at Kalm.) That's all for now. I know I had more but I can't remember the rest. If you play this game and at the flashback in Kalm Tifa mentions a man she found half-dead outside Midgar, PLEASE tell me exactly how you got through Midgar and how you answered every question.
Submission: Dave [edie.hofstatter@snet.net]


Bring back Aeris:
On a code page I noticed you sai you cannot bring back Aeris. WE DID!! Get the Midger key and go to the church. There tou should see Aeris' spirit. Its hard to grab it but when you do go to the lake where Aeris dies and get her body. You will get her but she will be dark Aeris. It will chnge the ending.
Submission: Michael Wood [WoodTiger@webtv.net]


Hint:
1. ChocoboStamina Regain- Press R2,1 L2,1 at the same time during the races to get back stamina. 2. Use "morph" on Cactuars on cactuar island to gain "Tetra Elemental." These are very good items, that, when equipped protect you from a lot of the most powerful attacks. 3. Use W-item toget unlimited items. Select W-item in battle menu, select first item that you would like to use, then pick the second one, STOP!! Do not select who you want to use it on! Instead press the cancel button and you will see the first item go up in number! You can repeat this until you get 99 of that item. With this little trick, you can get unlimited gil also! All you have to do is make 99 ethers and sell them for 750 gil each!
Submission: PowayCloud@aol.com


Hint:
To get Vincent right after you beat thr guy in the safe make sure you pick up the key and go to the basement and use the key on a door before the lab and you will talk to vincent but talk to him twice and then leave and go to the lab talk to sephiroth and then get the materia he throws and leave. Vincent will stop and ask to join just say yes. Cool huh! names justin in nevada
Submission: justin feil [genius_18@go.com]


Hint:
To kill the ULITIMATE WEAPON easily equip quad magic with comet materia on level 2 on Cloud. Then put Kajata and Phoenix on the 2nd member of your party. Finally put the Bahaumat Zero metariea on the 3rd member of your party. (Its a good idea to have enemy skill materia equipped on all the characters) Then fight weapon untill hes in the Cosmos area. All you have to do is fight him one more time using.
Phoenix
Kajata
Comet2 With Quad magic
Bahamut Zero
Note: You don't have to use them in that order but its a good idea to use Phoenix next to last. After you beat him he will use something called shadow flare right before he dies on a member of your party. (Shadow flare is a learnable enemy skill) And that's all there is to it.
Submission: Falco11


Hint:
I just wanted to say that yuffie is in the forest near the phenix fort and across the river from the cave where the guy that gives you things if the last 2 numbers of how many battles you fought are the same
Submission: Mercer Highwind [Death_Jester@webtv.net]


Guide Book:
You get the guide book by morphing the ghost ship in the under water tunel you use morph matereia that you found in the temple of time and try to use it on the ghost ship but it is hard to use it on him you have to get his strength down


Submission:
Mercer Highwind [Death_Jester@webtv.net]

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Materia Kombination:
Kombiniere "Final Attack" mit "Phoenix" . Damit gibt für die Party-Mitglieder "+2 Leben" und für die Gegner gibt jede Menge Schaden durch Feuer.
Übermittelt von: Matthew Paine (matthewpaine@dingoblue.net.au)


Für Leute, die oft angreiffen:
Habt ihr schonmal versucht "Zusatzeffekt" (Added effect) (vom Cosmo Canyon, Höhle der Gi) mit der Aufrufsubstanz "Hades" (versunkenes Flugzeug Gelnika) zu koppeln? Ihr könnt euch ja denken, was dann passiert:
Alle (fast alle) schlechten Statusveränderungen treffen den Gegner beim normalen Angriff. Falls man diese Kopplung in die Rüstung steckt, hat man Abwehr gegen diese Statusveränderungen.
Übermittelt von: RedVII (RedVII@gmx.net)


Für Leute, die oft Zaubern:
Koppelt "Auch stehlen" (steal as well) mit irgendeiner Substanz (auch Aufruf). Sobald ihr diese Substanz einsetzt, erhält der Gegner Schaden und ihm wird (evtl.) was gestohlen! Eine Art ersatz für "Überfall (Stehlen Eb. 2)" ("Mug", steal lv. 2). Außerdem hilft es oft "Alle" mit "Wiederherstellen" ("all" mit "restore") zu koppeln.
Übermittelt von: RedVII (RedVII@gmx.net)


Zum Thema "Date" mit Leuten aus der Gruppe:
Sobald man in CD 1 den Schlüsselstein bekommen hat wird man aufgefordert in Gold Saucer im Hotel zu übernachten. Wenn Cloud in seinem Zimmer ist, kommt jemand rein und fordert ihn auf, mit ihr/ihm (ja, wirklich IHM) auszugehen. 4 Charaktere stehen da zur auswahl, und die kommen nach "Sympathiepunkten" (so nenne ich sie immer). Diese kann man während dem Spiel unbemerkt vergeben. Natürlich gibt es einen kleinen Haken:
Aeris startet mit 40 (!)
Tifa mit 30 (soweit ich weiß)
Yuffie mit 10
und zum krönenden Abschluss:
BARRET (ja, kein Scherz!!!) mit 0.
Z.b: In der Kirche von Midgar, wenn du Aeris getroffen hast. Sobald sie angegriffen wird, kannst du entscheiden:
Warte mal einen Moment
Kämpfe!
Lauf!
(Oder so)
Wenn du sagst Warte mal einen Moment und du dann die falsche Kiste runterschiebst: -3 P.
Richtige Kiste: +3
Kämpfe! -2
Lauf! -1
Es gibt noch viele andere Stellen, und es versteht sich von selbst, dass "Date mit Aeris" häufig vorkommt. Ich persönlich strebe nach "Date mit Barret". Ein Tip: Aeris immer runtermachen wenns geht
Tifa auch, aber NIEMALS Aeris zustimmen
Bei Yuffie möglichst einschmeicheln (aber NICHT beim Yuffie finden - in die Gruppe aufnehmen), aber wenn du Barret zum schmunzeln bringen kannst, tu das!
Und falls es nicht klappt, versuchs nochmal, und nimm Barret in deine Truppe (OHNE Tifa oder Aeris!).
Bitte mailt mir, wenn ihr Fehler gefunden habt. Aber mailt mir nicht um mir eure "Date" Statistiken zu zeigen oder andere Tips zu geben! Ihr könnt mich anmailen für Hilfe, aber nicht für: "Wie belebe ich Aeris" oder "Wie bekomme ich Sephiroth ohne GameShark" oder "Wie bekomme ich Zack" und ähnlichen Schwachsinn. Ok, an dem Gerücht mit Zack scheint was dran zu sein, aber trotzdem: Ich bin kein Meister! Und schon gar nicht im Chocobo-Züchten!
Übermittelt von: RedVII (RedVII@gmx.net)