================================ 3.0 - PERFECT GAME DEFINITIONS================================

I've made up ten levels of perfect game saves, summarized below. As I saidin the intro these are open for debate. These refer to Disc 3 saves.

SPECIAL NOTE: In general you can't go through the whole game with a certainperfect game level in mind, and then switch to a higher level. There aremany points in the game which you can't visit again, so you must havecompleted the requirements for that place before you leave. See section 7for details.

Level 0 - beat the game

Level 1 - Level 0 requirements - purchase the Costa del Sol villa - earn all limit breaks - get Yuffie and Vincent

Level 2 - Level 1 requirements - beat Ultimate/Emerald/Ruby weapons

Level 3 - Level 4 requirements - Full set of chocobos (see notes) - Chocobo Sage tells you everything - Everyone's Grudge does 9999 damage to each character

Level 4 - Level 2 requirements - at least one of each materia mastered - all characters at level 99

Level 5 - Level 3 requirements - at least one of each item/weapon/armor/accessory - complete all sidequests

Level 6 - Level 5 requirements - at least eight of each armor/accessory, unless the max is less than eight (thanks to nephalim for this suggestion) - max stats for each character

Level 7 - Level 6 requirements - maximum amount of items/weapons/armor/accessories

Level 8 - Level 7 requirements - max gil - max experience for each character

Level 9 - Level 8 requirements - complete set of materia

Notes

Sidequests: This includes getting all four Huge Materia, Yuffie'ssidequest, the Ancient Forest, and fight all Fort Condor battles. Will istesting the F.C. battles I'm missing. As soon as he's finished, I'll fleshout this requirement further, and probably move it to a higher level.

Items: See section 4 for details.

Materia: See section 5 for a list of materia and the AP amounts needed formastery.

Max stats: Use power/guard/mind/magic/speed/luck sources to get these statsup to 255.

Chocobos: Mate the gold chocobo you get from breeding and the one you getfor defeating Ruby Weapon to get more gold chocobos (I haven't verifiedthis myself yet). It should be possible to get 7. Alternatively, get oneblack, blue, green, wonderful, and three golds.

Everyone's Grudge: This refers to the Master Tonberry attack which inflicts10 HP of damage for each enemy the character has killed. This means eachcharacter has to kill 1000 enemies.

Max Gil: I don't know what the max gil is, but it's at least 400 million.I'm guessing 999,999,999 because that's all there's room to display onthe menu screen.

Max Exp: 999,999,999 exp is the max. Thanks to Drake for reporting thisone. Note I haven't tested this myself.

Complete Materia Set: See section 6 for details.

Once I have a better idea of whether level 8 or 9 is more difficult, I mayinterchange them. If anyone accomplishes this before me, let me know whichone you were able to do first.

OPTIONAL: Chocobuckle---------------------Terence suggested this be made an optional goal because it's got more thanone use, and is largely based on opinion. Possible goals include 0escapes, 9999 escapes, and 2222 escapes. I'd suggest 2222 escapes becauseit's the easiest way to get Lucky 7's. Thanks to Arctic for pointing thisout to me.

=========================== 4.0 - ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT===========================

For these listings, the first column is the name of the item, the secondcolumn is the maximum number you can obtain, and the third column lists whereyou can obtain the item.

Key

(s) - steal(m) - morph(w) - win(t) - treasure(1) - buyable in Disc 1(2,3) - buyable in Discs 2 and 3

If a town has no number by it, that means you can buy the item there anytime.

--------------- 4.1 - Weapons---------------

Cloud

Buster Sword 1 initial equipmentMythril Saber 99 Kalm, Junon(1)Hardedge 99 SOLDIER:3rd(s), Junon(1), GongagaButterfly Edge 99 Cosmo CanyonEnhance Sword 99 Whirlwind Maze(t), Junon(2,3)

Organics 99 Icicle InnCrystal Sword 99 Mideel(2,3)Force Stealer 99 Junon(t), North CorelRune Blade 99 Nibelheim Mountains(t), Junon(2,3)Murasame 99 WutaiNail Bat 99 Temple of the Ancients(t), Junon(2,3)Yoshiyuki 1 Rocket Town(t)Apocalypse 1 Ancient Forest(t)Heaven's Cloud 1 Gelinka(t)Ragnarok 1 Proud Clod(w)Ultima Weapon 1 Ultimate Weapon(w)

Tifa

Leather Glove 1 initial equipmentMetal Knuckle 99 Wall MarketMythril Claw 99 Kalm, Junon(1)Grand Glove 99 Madouge(s), Junon, GongagaTiger Fang 99 Cosmo CanyonDiamond Knuckle 99 WutaiDragon Claw 99 Icicle InnCrystal Glove 99 Mideel(2,3)Motor Drive 1 Costa del Sol(t)Platinum Fist 99 Nibelheim(t), Junon(2,3)Kaiser Knuckle 99 Whirlwind Maze(t), Junon(2,3)Work Glove 99 Temple of the Ancients(t), Junon(2,3)Powersoul 99 Nibelheim Reactor(t), Junon(2,3)Master Fist 1 Shinra HQ(t)God's Hand 1 Carry Armor(w)Premium Heart 1 Computer in Wall Market's ITEM shop(t)

Barret

Gatling Gun 1 initial equipmentAssault Gun 99 Sector 7(1), Wall MarketCannon Ball 99 Kalm, Junon(1)Atomic Scissors 99 Custom Sweeper(s), Junon, GongagaHeavy Vulcan 99 Cosmo CanyonChainsaw 99 WutaiMicrolaser 99 Icicle InnA*M Cannon 99 Mideel(2,3)W Machine Gun 99 Junon(2,3), Death Machine(s)Drill Arm 99 Junon(2,3)Solid Bazooka 99 Costa del Sol(2,3)Rocket Punch 99 Junon(2,3)Enemy Launcher 99 Junon(2,3)Pile Banger 1 Shinra HQ(t)Max Ray 1 Sector 8 Underground(t)Missing Score 1 Mako Cannon stairs(t)

Red XIII

Mythril Clip 99 initial equipment, Junon(1)Diamond Pin 99 Junon, Bagnadrana(s), GongagaSilver Barrette 99 Cosmo CanyonGold Barrette 99 WutaiAdaman Clip 99 Icicle InnCrystal Comb 99 Mideel(2,3)Magic Comb 99 Fort Condor(t), Junon(2,3)Plus Barrette 99 Junon(2,3)Centclip 99 Costa del Sol(2,3)Hairpin 99 Junon(2,3)Seraph Comb 1 Cave of the Gi

Behemoth Horn 1 Shinra HQ(t)Spring Gun Clip 1 Ancient Forest(t)Limited Moon 1 Bugenhagen(t)

Aeris

Guard Stick 1 initial equipmentMythril Rod 99 Wall MarketFull Metal Staff 99 Kalm, Junon(1)Striking Staff 99 Eligor(s), Junon, Gongaga, Harpy(s)Prism Staff 99 Cosmo CanyonAurora Rod 99 WutaiWizard Staff 99 Junon(2,3)Wizer Staff 99 Junon(2,3)Fairy Tale 99 Junon(2,3)Umbrella 1 Speed Square(1)Princess Guard 1 Temple of the Ancients(t)

Cid

Spear 99 initial equipment, Junon(2,3)Slash Lance 99 WutaiTrident 99 Junon(2,3)Mast Axe 99 Icicle InnPartisan 99 Mideel(2,3)Viper Halberd 99 Junon(2,3)Javelin 1 Whirlwind Maze(t)Grow Lance 1 Shinra HQ(t)Mop 99 Junon(2,3)Dragoon Lance 99 Junon(2,3)Scimitar 1 Submarine Dock(t)Flayer 1 Speed Square(2,3)Spirit Lance 1 Gelnika(t)Venus Gospel 1 Rocket Town old man(t)

Yuffie

4-point Shuriken 1 initial equipmentBoomerang 99 Formula(s), Junon, GongagaPinwheel 99 Cosmo CanyonRazor Ring 99 WutaiHawk Eye 99 Icicle InnCrystal Cross 99 Mideel(2,3)Wind Slash 99 Junon(2,3)Twin Viper 99 Junon(2,3)Spiral Shuriken 99 Costa del Sol(2,3)Superball 99 Fort Condor(t), Junon(2,3)Magic Shuriken 99 Junon(2,3)Rising Sun 1 Diamond Weapon(s)Oritsuru 1 Dachao Statue area(t)Conformer 1 Gelnika(t)

Cait Sith

Yellow M-phone 99 initial equipment, Junon(2,3)Green M-phone 99 Cosmo CanyonBlue M-phone 99 WutaiRed M-phone 99 Icicle InnCrystal M-phone 99 Mideel(2,3)White M-phone 99 Junon(2,3)Black M-phone 99 Junon(2,3)Silver M-phone 99 Junon(2,3)Trumpet Shell 99 Junon(2,3)

Gold M-phone 99 Costa del Sol(2,3)Battle Trumpet 1 Submarine Dock(t)Starlight Phone 1 Sector 8 Underground(t)HP Shout 1 64th floor lockers in Shinra HQ(t)

Vincent

Quicksilver 99 initial equipment, Junon(2,3)Shotgun 99 Rocket Town(1)Shortbarrel 99 WutaiLariat 99 Icicle InnWinchester 99 Mideel(2,3)Peacemaker 99 Junon(2,3)Buntline 99 Junon(2,3)Long Barrel R 99 Costa del Sol(2,3)Silver Rifle 99 Junon(2,3)Sniper CR 99 Junon(2,3)Supershot ST 1 Ancient Forest(t)Outsider 1 Gelnika(t)Death Penalty 1 Waterfall Cavern(t)

------------- 4.2 - Armor-------------

Bronze Bangle 4 initial equipment for Cloud, Tifa, Barret, AerisIron Bangle 99 Sector 7Titan Bangle 99 Air Buster(w), Sector 5, Wall MarketMythril Armlet 99 Wall Market, Kalm, JunonCarbon Bangle 99 Moth Slasher(s), Costa del Sol(1), North CorelSilver Armlet 99 initial equipment for Cait Sith/Vincent, Cosmo CanyonGold Armlet 99 initial equipment for Cid, Rocket Town, Dragon(s)Diamond Bangle 99 Bone VillageCrystal Bangle 99 Mideel(2,3)Platinum Bangle 99 Costa del Sol(1), Death Claw(s), Junon(2,3)Rune Armlet 99 Bone VillageEdincoat 99 Rocket Town(2,3)Wizard Bracelet 99 Mideel(2,3), Epiolnis(s)Adaman Bangle 99 Adamantaimai(s)Gigas Armlet 99 Gigas(s)Imperial Guard 2 Northern Crater(t), CMD. Grand Horn(w) (Final battle)Aegis Armlet 1 Sector 8 underground(t)Fourth Bracelet 1 Rocket Town(t)Warrior Bangle 1 Eagle Gun(s)Shinra Beta 99 Marine(s), Submarine Crew(w)Shinra Alpha 99 Captain(s), SOLDIER:1st(s), Underwater MP(w)Four Slots 99 Costa del Sol(1)Fire Bracelet 99 Unknown 1(s)Aurora Armlet 99 Unknown 2(s)Bolt Bracelet 99 Unknown 3(s)Dragon Armlet 99 Blue Dragon(w), Dark Dragon(s)Minerva Band 2 Ancient Forest(t), Elena(s)Escort Guard 1 Gelnika(t)Mystile 2 Mako Cannon stairs(t), Northern Crater(t)Zeidrich 3 Rude(s)Precious Watch 99 Chocobo RacingChocobracelet 99 Chocobo Racing

Notes

Escort Guard: You can morph Iron Man into more Escort Guards, but these areonly found after the point of no return in the norther crater, hence you can'taccumulate them and then save.

------------------- 4.3 - Accessories-------------------

Power Wrist 99 Rocket TownProtect Vest 99 Rocket TownEarring 99 Rocket TownTalisman 99 Gongaga, Rocket TownChoco Feather 99 Wutai, Battle Square(1)Amulet 99 Mideel(2,3)Champion Belt 99 Battle SquarePoison Ring 1 Whirlwind Maze(t)Touph Ring 2 Reno(s)Circlet 99 Ho-chu(s), Snow(s), Ultimate Weapon(s)Star Pendant 99 GongagaSilver Glasses 99 Junon(1), GongagaHeadband 99 Junon(1), GongagaFairy Ring 99 Mideel(2,3)Jem Ring 99 Mideel(2,3)White Cape 99 Gongaga, Mideel(2,3)Sprint Shoes 99 Chocobo RacingPeace Ring 99 Fort Condor(t), Rocket Town(2,3)Ribbon 99 Master Tonberry(m), Ho-chu(m)Fire Ring 99 Mideel(2,3)Ice Ring 99 Mideel(2,3)Bolt Ring 99 Mideel(2,3)Tetra Elemental 99 Cactuer(m)Safety Bit 99 Rocket Town(2,3)Fury Ring 99 Gongaga, Battle SquareCurse Ring 2 Mideel(t), Ultimate Weapon(s)Protect Ring 99 Mover(m)Cat's Bell 99 Chocobo RacingReflect Ring 99 Jenova*Death(w), Ultimate Weapon(s)Water Ring 99 Acrophies(s), Serpent(s)Sneak Glove 1 Wall Market(2,3)HypnoCrown 1 Forgotten Capital Cave(t)

Notes (from KMegura's FAQ)

A curse ring can be stolen from Ultimate Weapon the first time you meet him.

Circlets can be stolen from Ultimate Weapon when you fight him in a placewhere he flies.

Reflect Rings can be stolen from Ultimate Weapon when you fight him at a placewhere he stands on the ground.

The last time you fight him you can't steal anything.

------------- 4.4 - Items-------------

I didn't put sources for most of the commonly bought items from potions,because you can get these from so many different places.

Potion 99Hi-Potion 99X-Potion 99 Wonder Square(1,2), Bandit(s), Bull Motor(s), Bizzare Bug(w), Custom Sweeper(m), Dragon Zombie(w), Eagle Gun(w), Gargoyle(w,s), Gremlin(m), Magnade(w), Pollensalta(w), Rilfsak(w), Roulette Cannon(w)

King Behemoth(w), Malldancer(m), Manhole(w), SOLDIER:2nd(w), Spiral(s), Zolokalter(w)Ether 99Turbo Ether 99 Wonder Square(1,2), Ancient Dragon(w), Beachplug(m), Armored Golem(s), Crazy Saw(m), Death Dealer(s), Jersey(w,s), Killbin(s), Land Worm(s), Magic Pot(w), Mover(w,s), Poodler(s), Scissors(w), Search Crown(s), Shadow Maker(w), Tonberry(s), Twin Brain(m), XCannon(w)Elixir 99 Gighee(s), Dark Dragon(w), Golem(s), Harpy(m), Iron Man(s), Master Tonberry(s), Tonberry(m), Vlakorados(m)Megalixir 99 Master Tonberry(w)Phoenix Down 99Antidote 99Soft 99Maiden's Kiss 99Cornucopia 99Echo Screen 99Hyper 99Tranquilizer 99Remedy 99 Gagighandi(m), Bagrisk(m), Jayjujayme(w), Needle Kiss(m), Parasite(w,s,m), SOLDIER:2nd(s), Touch Me(m), Toxic Frog(m), Under Lizard(w,s,m), Velcher Task(s,m), Zenene(m)Smoke Bomb 99 Edgehead(w), Gi Spector(w), Hammer Blaster(m), Slalom(s)Speed Drink 99 Formula(m), Sonic Speed(m), Vice(s)Hero Drink 99 Chocobo RacingVaccine 99 Dark Dragon(m), Dragon Zombie(m)Grenade 99 Sector 7, Sector 5, Plate Support, Junon, Grenade Combatant(w,m), Mighty Grunt(s), Special Combatant(w), Underwater MP(s)Shrapnel 99 Bomb(w,m)Right arm 99 Bomb(s), Grenade(w,s)Hourglass 99 Kimara Bug(m)Kiss of Death 99 Death Dealer(w)Spider Web 99 Grashtrike(w), Kimara Bug(s)Dream Powder 99 Crown Lance(m), Crysales(m)Mute Mask 99 Bahba Velamyu(w,m), Crazy Saw(s), Garuda(w)War Gong 99 Behemoth(s), Grand Horn(w)Loco weed 99 Corvette(w), Hammer Blaster(w), Razor Weed(w), SOLDIER:3rd(w), Sword Dance(w)Fire Fang 99 Dragon(w), Land Worm(m), Chocobo RacingFire Veil 99 Wutai, Desert Sahagin(m), Foulander(w)Antarctic Wind 99 Jumping(m)Ice Crystal 99 Bandersnatch(m), Snow(w)Bolt Plume 99 Garuda(w), Needle Kiss(w), Thunderbird(w, s)Swift Bolt 99 Wutai, Thunderbird(m)Earth Drum 99 Flower Prong(w), Christopher(s), Screamer(w)Earth Mallet 99 Gigas(w)Deadly Waste 99 Brain Pod(m), Jayjujayme(w), Slalom(w), Smogger(w), Zenene(s)M-Tentacles 99 Malboro(w,s), Sneaky Step(w)Stardust 99 Battle Square(2,3)Vampire Fang 99 Black Bat(w,m), Evilhead(w)Ghost Hand 99 Ghost(w,s)Vagyrisk Claw 99 CMD. Grand Horn(w)x3, Bagrisk(s)Light Curtain 99 Corvette(m), Garuda(w), Sword Dance(m)Lunar Curtain 99 Foulander(w)Mirror 99 Mirage(w)Holy Torch 99 Evilhead(m), Stilva(m)Bird Wing 99 Tonadu(w,s), Zuu(w,s,m)

Dragon Scales 99 Sea Worm(s,m)Impaler 99 Gongaga, Touch Me(s), Toxic Frog(w,s)Shrivel 99 Gongaga, Gremlin(w), Grimguard(w,s)Eye drop 99Molotov 99 Costa del Sol(1), North Corel, Gongaga Guard System(w), Hard Attacker(w)S-mine 99 Attack Squad(s), Fort Condor(2,3), Costa del Sol(2,3), Rocket Town(2,3), Senior Grunt(w), Submarine Crew(w)8inch Cannon 99 Attack Squad(w), Cromwell(w), Grosspanzer*Big(w), Submarine Crew(s)Graviball 99 Deenglow(w), Shadow Maker(s)T/S Bomb 99 Flapbeat(w,s,m)Ink 99 Bad Rap(s)Dazers 99 Battery Cap(w,s), Boundfat(w,s,m), Bad Rap(w)Dragon Fang 2 Schizo(w), Submarine GameCauldron 99 Dragon Zombie(w,s)Sylkis Greens 99 Chocobo SageReagan Greens 99 Chocobo SageMimett Greens 99 Chocobo FarmCureil Greens 99 Chocobo FarmPahsana Greens 99 Chocobo FarmTantal Greens 99 Chocobo FarmKrakka Greens 99 Chocobo FarmGysahl Greens 99 Chocobo FarmTent 99Power Source 99 Heavy Tank(m), Screamer(m), Unknown 1(m)Guard Source 99 Bagnadrana(m), Armored Golem(m), Maximum Kimaira(m), Spiral(m), Unknown(2)Magic Source 99 8 Eye(m), Unknown(3)Mind Source 99 Dragon Rider(m), Killbin(m), Serpent(m)Speed Source 99 Poodler(m)Luck Source 99 Bad Rap(m)Zeio Nut 99 Goblin(s)Carob Nut 99 Wonder Square(1,2), Vlakorados(w,s)Porov Nut 99 Chocobo SagePram Nut 99 Chocobo SageLasan Nut 99 Mandragora(w,s), Chocobo FarmSaraha Nut 99 Chocobo Farm, Spencer(w,s)Luchile Nut 99 Chocobo Farm, Nibel Wolf(w,s)Pepio Nut 99 Chocobo Farm, Dual Horn(w,s)Battery 1 Wall MarketTissue 99 Battle SquareOmniSlash 1 Battle SquareCatastrophe 1 North CorelFinal Heaven 1 Tifa's PianoGreat Gospel 99 Man in the house south of Gold SaucerCosmo Memory 1 Nibelheim SafeAll Creation 1 Godo(w)Chaos 1 Waterfall CaveHighwind 1 Gelnika1/35 soldier 99 Speed Square, Junon(t)x2Super Sweeper 99 Speed SquareMasamune Blade 99 Speed SquareSave Crystal 1 Northern Crater(t)Combat Diary 99 Special Battle at Battle SquareAutograph 99 Special Battle at Battle SquareGambler 99 Special Battle at Battle SquareEarth Harp 1 Emerald Weapon(w)Desert Rose 1 Ruby Weapon(w)Guide Book 99 Ghost Ship(m)

Notes

Vagyrisk Claws: You can win three of them by losing the first threeFort Condor battles and defeating the CMD. Grand Horn. The restyou must steal from Bagrisks. See the walkthrough section for moredetails.

Great Gospel: You can get more of these by getting more Mythrilfrom the sleeping man and trading them for Great Gospels.

Other limit break items: Either keep the items in your inventoryor use them to learn the Lv4 limit break. Either way, it shows yougot the item.

Battery: Don't use the one to get the ether, so you can keep abattery in your inventory.

----------------- 4.5 - Key Items-----------------

Silk DressBlonde WigDiamond TiaraSexy CologneMember's CardLingerieKey to AncientsLunar HarpBasement KeyKey to Sector 5PHSGold TicketKeystoneLeviathan ScalesGlacier MapSnowboardMythril

The items for the cross-dressing event can be whatever you choose,as long as you got one of each type. Please email me if I missedany items.

==================== 5.0 - MATERIA LIST====================

The first column is the name of the materia, second column is theamount of AP required for mastery, third column is the price forselling a mastered materia of that type, and the fourth column isgil to AP ratio for selling mastered materia of that type. Notethat the All materia has the highest ratio (40) making it the bestone to sell for money. For Underwater materia, the AP means thatthe selling price is equal to how much AP is on it.

Magic Materia

Master Magic n/a 1 0Ultima 100000 1 0Shield 100000 1 0Full Cure 100000 1 0Contain 60000 1 0Destruct 45000 630000 14Time 42000 420000 10

Comet 60000 1400000 23Barrier 45000 700000 16Gravity 40000 560000 14Poison 38000 105000 3Exit 30000 700000 23Transform 24000 350000 15Mystify 25000 420000 17Seal 20000 210000 11Revive 55000 210000 4Heal 60000 105000 2Restore 40000 52500 1Lightning 35000 42000 1Earth 40000 105000 3Ice 35000 42000 1Fire 35000 42000 1

Support Materia

Quadra Magic 200000 1 0Steal as well 200000 1 0Added Cut 200000 1 0Final Attack 160000 1 0Sneak Attack 150000 1 0Added Effect 100000 1 0Elemental 80000 1 0HP Absorb 100000 1 0MP Absorb 100000 1 0MP Turbo 120000 1 0Magic Counter 300000 1 0Counter 100000 1 0All 35000 1400000 40

Command Materia

Master Command n/a 1 0Enemy Skill n/a 1 0Mime 100000 1 0Manipulate 40000 700000 18Deathblow 40000 700000 18Morph 100000 1 0Throw 60000 700000 12Sense 40000 70000 2Steal 50000 84000 2W-Item 250000 1 0W-Summon 250000 1 0W-Magic 250000 1 0Double Cut 150000 1 0Slash-All 150000 1 0

Independent Materia

HP<->MP 80000 1 0Underwater n/a AP 1Cover 40000 70000 2Counter Attack 100000 1 0Mega All 160000 1 0Long Range 80000 1 0Pre-Emptive 80000 1 0Chocobo Lure 30000 1 0Enemy Lure 50000 1 0Enemy Away 50000 1 0Gil Plus 150000 1 0EXP Plus 150000 1 0

Luck Plus 100000 1050000 11Magic Plus 50000 1400000 28Speed Plus 100000 1400000 14HP Plus 50000 560000 11MP Plus 50000 560000 11

Summon Materia

Master Summon n/a 1 0Knights of Round 500000 1 0Bahamut ZERO 250000 1 0Typhoon 250000 1 0Hades 250000 1 0Neo Bahamut 200000 1 0Phoenix 180000 1 0Alexander 150000 1 0Kjata 150000 1 0Bahamut 120000 1 0Leviathan 100000 1 0Odin 90000 1 0Titan 80000 1 0Ramuh 70000 1 0Ifrit 60000 1 0Shiva 50000 1 0Choco/Mog 35000 1 0

============================ 6.0 - COMPLETE MATERIA SET============================

This section is highly debatable. The first column lists the name ofthe materia, the second is how many I think you should have as partof a complete set. The numbers should hopefully add to 280. You canhold 200 materia in your bag, plus another 80 on the five characterswhich are not part of the active party. These characters should beequipped with 8-slot weapons and 8-slot armor (wizard bracelets). Ifyou want to switch to different characters, first equip the characteryou're switching out with an 8-slot weapon and a wizard bracelet.Then transfer all the materia from the character you are bringing into the one you're taking out. When that person is empty of materia,you can equip whatever weapon and armor you want and place themateria. In this way, you won't lose any of your materia. Otherwise,if your materia bag is full and you switch to equipment which has lessslots, you will lose some of the materia you had equipped.

All of these should be mastered. The 4 Enemy Skill materias shouldhave every enemy skill on them. The Underwater materia should havethe maximum amount of AP (though I don't know how much that is yet).

In a future version of this guide I'll put information here aboutwhy I chose these numbers for each type of materia.

Master Magic 24Ultima 4Shield 3Full Cure 1Contain 3Destruct 3Time 3Comet 3Barrier 3Gravity 3Poison 2

Exit 1Transform 3Mystify 3Seal 3Revive 3Heal 1Restore 1Lightning 1Earth 1Ice 1Fire 1

Quadra Magic 3Steal as well 3Added Cut 9Final Attack 3Sneak Attack 4Added Effect 9Elemental 12HP Absorb 3MP Absorb 3MP Turbo 3Magic Counter 3Counter 3All 3

Master Command 24Enemy Skill 4Mime 1Manipulate 1Deathblow 3Morph 4Throw 1Sense 1Steal 1W-Item 3W-Summon 3W-Magic 3Double Cut 3Slash-All 3

HP<->MP 3Underwater 1Cover 1Counter Attack 15Mega All 3Long Range 3Pre-Emptive 1Chocobo Lure 1Enemy Lure 1Enemy Away 1Gil Plus 1EXP Plus 3Luck Plus 1Magic Plus 1Speed Plus 1HP Plus 1MP Plus 1

Master Summon 24Knights of Round 1Bahamut ZERO 1Typhoon 3

Hades 3Neo Bahamut 1Phoenix 3Alexander 3Kjata 1Bahamut 1Leviathan 3Odin 3Titan 1Ramuh 1Ifrit 1Shiva 1Choco/Mog 3

================================ 7.0 - PERFECT GAME WALKTHROUGH================================

It's not really a walkthrough, but this section is designed to tell youabout things to watch out for that you can only do at a certain time in thegame. This combined with a normal walkthrough (such as KMegura's) shouldallow you to get all the treasure.

SPECIAL NOTE #1: There's one situation where you have to actually wait todo something until Disc 2. If you want to get every enemy skill on all fourof the enemy skill materias, then you must not defeat Godo on Disc 1. Youcan fight the first four pagoda bosses on Disc 1 if you want, but you haveto wait until you have all four enemy skill materias before fighting Godo.This is because it's your last chance to learn Trine. Also note that youhave to do it on Disc 2, not Disc 3. Thanks to nephalim for this suggestion.

SPECIAL NOTE #2: There may be one other reason not to level up too high inthe early part of the game. It's regarding those elusive Vagyrisk Claws.You can get three of them from Fort Condor battles, but the others must bestolen from Bagrisks. It appears that it is easier to steal these claws ifyour characters have LOWER dexterity. I'll put more info here if peoplepost some test results to my Vagyrisk Claw topic on the message board.

-------------- 7.1 - Disc 1--------------

Midgar-------Before boarding the train to head off to Sector 5, buy 99 Iron Bangles fromSector 7. You can earn money by fighting in the train graveyard.

After exiting the sewers, steal 99 Ghost Hands from the Ghosts in the traingraveyard before heading to the plate support. You can find Ghosts in theBattle Arena in Disc 1 but it's much easier to just get the Ghost Hands now.

Don't use the battery for the ether when you're climbing up. Keep it inyour inventory.

Fort Condor-----------Lose the first 3 Fort Condor battles so that you have to fight the CMD.Grand Horn. You will win a Vagyrisk Claw for each of these fights.

Cargo Ship----------Steal 99 Shinra Betas from the Marines (it's the easiest way to get them).

Cosmo Canyon------------Steal all your Vagyrisk Claws from the Bagrisks here, since it appears tobe easier to steal them at low levels.

Temple of the Ancients----------------------Give Aeris one of her non-unique weapons so you don't lose it when sheleaves the party.

Before the end of the Disc--------------------------Score 5000 points at the Speed Square to get an Umbrella. You can onlyget one of them, and you have to do it in Disc 1 because the prize changesto a Flayer in Discs 2 and 3.

Morph the Land Worms in the Corel Desert to get 99 Fire Fangs. This isprobably easier than winning them from Dragons or getting them from ChocoboRacing.

Buy 99 Mythril Clips from Junon, 99 Shotguns from Rocket Town, and 99Four Slots from Costa del Sol.

-------------- 7.2 - Disc 2--------------

Gaea's Cliff------------Steal 99 M-Tentacles from the Malboros here. You can also encounter themin the Northern Crater but I think the encounter rate is higher at Gaea'sCliff.

Morph the Evilheads and Stilvas into 99 Holy Torches.

Crater------You can encounter Gigas in the area where you run down the slope in thecrater. Steal 99 Gigas Armlets and then win 99 Earth Mallets from him.

Tifa's Piano------------When you have the highwind and Tifa's the party leader, go back to Nibeland get the Elemental materia from her piano. It doesn't matter what yousaid or did in Cloud's flashback. Thanks to Will for this info.

Mideel------Steal a Curse Ring from Ultimate Weapon the first time you fight him.

North Corel Huge Materia Quest------------------------------Steal a Warrior Bangle from the Eagle Gun on the train.

Sunken Plane------------Steal a Touph Ring from Reno and a Ziedrich from Rude when you fight them.

Rocket Town Huge Materia Quest------------------------------Steal a Ziedrich from Rude when you fight him at the Rocket.

Before killing Ultimate Weapon------------------------------Keep fighting him without causing him any damage until you steal 99Reflect Rings from him.

Before invading Midgar----------------------Defeat Godo to win the All Creation, and to learn Trine.

Steal a Rising Sun from Diamond Weapon.

Midgar------Steal 99 War Gongs from the Behemoths in the Sector 8 Underground. This isprobably the easiest way to get them. You can also win them from GrandHorns.

Win 99 8inch Cannons from the Cromwells in the Underground.

Steal 99 Graviballs from the Shadow Makers in the Underground.

Steal a Minerva Band from Elena, a Touph Ring from Reno, and a Ziedrichfrom Rude when you fight them in the tunnel.

Steal 99 Deadly Wastes from the Zenenes in Shinra HQ.

Steal 99 Shinra Alphas from the SOLDIER:1st's right before you fight Hojo.

-------------- 7.3 - Disc 3--------------

This Disc is where you will spend most of your time. You can buy a lot ofthe items and equipment at shops, and get many other items from monsters.See section 4 for details.

====================== 8.0 - OPEN QUESTIONS======================

If anyone has answers to any of the questions here, please email me.

Q. Are the Vagyrisk Claws you win from the CMD. Grand Horns at the first twoFort Condor Battles the only ones in the game? Terence from the FF7 boardon GameFaqs has suggested that you might be able to steal them fromBagrisks (although very rarely), but he wasn't sure. I've tested this byfighting about 200 Bagrisks and I always got Softs.

A. It turns out you can steal claws from these guys, but you might need tohave low dexterity to do it. If anyone wants to help in testing this out,

please see my vagyrisk claw thread on the message board.

Q. Is the Warrior Bangle you steal from the Eagle Gun unique?

A. Arctic confirms that this item is unique.

Q. Can you fight Submarine Crews as random encounters? If so then you couldsteal 99 8inch Cannons from them instead of winning them from Cromwells.

A. Unknown

Q. If you keep winning the submarine game at Gold Saucer, can you win morethan one Dragon Fang? Are this one and the one you win from Schizo the onlyones in the game?

A. You can only win one from the submarine game. Thanks to Arctic foranswering this one. So it appears you can only get two Dragon Fangs.

Q. What is the maximum gil you can have?

A. Speculated to be 999,999,999 by both Slipstream and myself.

Q. What is the maximum experience you can have (you keep earning it even afterlevel 99)?

A. 999,999,999 exp. Thanks to Drake for reporting this.

Q. What is the maximum AP you can put on the underwater materia?

A. Unknown, someone suggested it's a three byte integer, meaning 16,777,215.

============ 9.0 - TIPS============

---------------------------- 9.1 - Automatic AP/EXP/Gil----------------------------

Ok here's what I do. You'll need a turbo controller. For my party I useCloud, Vincent, and Cid. Vincent should be at a reasonably high level. Equipeveryone with Ribbons. Equip Vincent with the Long Barrel R (255% accuracy).Give him the following materia:

Sneak Attack=DeathblowEnemy Lure=(anything)Cover=Mega AllHP Absorb=Master CommandAll mastered.

Give him any armor you want. Give Cloud and Cid any weapons and armor you want(most likely with enhanced AP growth). Now go to the Mideel island and go tothe beach just south of Mideel. Turn on your turbo on the confirm button. Usea rubber band to hold it down, and another rubber band to hold down the downbutton on the d-pad. Also you need the camera to be the overhead view. Thiswill cause you to run against the beach, and you'll run back and forth. Whenyou encounter enemies, with 80% chance, Vincent will kill all the enemies with

a deathblow. Since you're using the Long Barrel R, his deathblow attacks willalways hit. If he doesn't do the sneak attack, your party will just attacknormally. If vincent attacks, he'll absorb HP. And since he's got Cover, he'sthe only one who will lose HP (since the enemies don't use magic attacks inthis area).

You should come back and check every so often so you can switch out any materiayou've mastered and put in new ones.

You can really do this trick in other areas (by running around in circles, orfinding another convenient spot like the Mideel beach), but I like to do itnear Mideel because the monsters there give pretty good AP and exp.

Thanks to Zimfier for the idea of using the Mideel beach instead of running incircles.

-------------------------------------- 9.2 - Building up Chocobuckle Damage--------------------------------------

You can use this trick for easy Lucky 7's, by building up Chocobuckle until itdoes 2222 damage. Thanks to Arctic for this tip. Or if you want to max outthe damage, the following trick is also useful.

This tip is from Arctic:

<Arctic>

To help build up Chocobuckle damage. Here's the setup:

Sneak Attack (MASTERED) + Exit (Escape)HP<->MP

Preferrably at 9999 HP before the switch. To use this, just face the leftmountain range from the Chocobo Farm end of the swamp with the Midgar Zolom.Fix the camera to be side view. Tape/Rubber Band the Up button in place, andCloud will keep running up to the mountains and get stuck in one point, wherethe Zolom would attack you. Cloud would then use Escape, earning you oneescape. Then, the party will be back where they started and Cloud would againrun up to the mountain and the process would repeat. Due to the 9999 MP, andthe low low cost of Escape (16 MP), it'd take a pretty long time to run out ofMP. Or you can add Sneak Attack + Gravity (LV1), and Master Magic + MP Absorbto gain on MP.

</Arctic>

If you have a turbo controller, I'd also suggest taping the confirm buttondown and turboing it, just in case sneak attack fails. Otherwise you'd haveno way to get past the AP/EXP/Gil screens. Or, as Arctic suggested, you canequip more Sneak Attack=Exit pairs to further decrease the chances of SneakAttack failing.

-------------------------------- 9.3 - Automatic Chocobo Racing--------------------------------

You need a turbo controller for this. Race your gold chocobo up to S-class.If you have other chocobos, your gold one needs to be the first one on thelist that Esther gives you to select them. Use rubberbands or tape to holddown confirm, start, and up on the d-pad. The confirm should be turbo'd.Holding up will allow you to go up and talk to Esther after each race.Confirm goes through all the talking and selects your chocobo and the race.Start gets you through the stat screen. Now just let it race. As long as

Teioh isn't racing you should win every time. When Teioh races, you may winor lose depending on if he gets stuck behind other chocobos, but usually lose.But if you leave this on for a couple hours you'll get lots of prizes, somecrap but some good ones. One thing to watch out for is that if you have closeto max materia, be careful because if you win a materia it might replace onein your bag at random. I'm not sure I haven't tested that. So if you're closeto full, just check it every so often.

----------------- 9.4 - Lucky 7's-----------------

If you are going for 2222 Chocobuckle damage, that's probably the easiest wayto get Lucky 7's. Otherwise, use a trick like the following one submitted byCax0r:

<Cax0r>

Requirements for this trick:Manipulate materia.Cats bell.Demi 2 or T/S bomb or Laser Enemy skill.15 High Potions 2 potions (for 1 character) 30 high potions 4 potions for 2characters and so on.7777hp per character (or higher).Having the Highwind and a chocobo is recommended

Go to the Wutai beaches and encounter an Adamantoise (keep close to yourchocobo because you want to get back on it without getting into anotherbattle), because on its first turn it cast barrier and M Barrier on its secondturn so it is the ideal enemy.

Manipulate the Adamantoise and then cast demi 2 style magic on the charactersyou want to get lucky 7's until their hp is less then 154. (if you want youcan take this opportunity to learn Death force from the Adamatoise).

Jump on your chocobo and ride to Wutai, enter the town and then equip the Cat'sBell/s on the person/s that you want to get lucky 7's for. Walk slowly andclosely monitor you hp, every step is about 2 hp. Stop once you get to 154 hpand unequip the Cat's Bell. If you only have one cats bell it is fine becauseit only heals the person who has it equipped so you can just take it off andput it on someone else.

When the characters you want to get lucky 7's for have 154 hp leave wutai andjump on your chocobo then ride back up to the Wutai beaches to encounteranother Adamantoise. Manipulate it and then cast Demi 2 style magic once onthe people who have 154 hp. This should take them to 77hp.

Leave the battle and hop back on your chocobo, ride it to the highwind or towutai. Once in a safe area give the characters who are on 77hp 15 High Potionsand 2 potions, they should end up on 7777hp if done correctly and willinstantly enter lucky 7's as soon as the next battle starts (provided they stayon that much hp)------The Cats Bell is a chocobo racing gift, you have to have a good quality S classchocobo, I would recommend Gold because sometimes Teioh will race and he is apain in the A$$. The cats bell will always make you hp even, If you HP is oddit will increase it by 1 and then by 2 after that so you cant just walk aroundand get lucky 7.------There is no point in having more then one character using lucky 7's at a timebecause the damage is not accumulative. One character using lucky 7's will hitaround 64 times, we characters will also hit around 64 times but that is in

total.