The duo haven’t forgotten the Nibelheim incident, and every step will be another painful reminder.
Experience the fun of Cosmo Canyon.
How To Reach Nibelheim
To reach Nibelheim, follow thedirt pathand head toward therobed men.
On the way, you’ll pass by the firstRemnawave tower.
The following are thebest dialogue options for each character.
Character
Location
Response
Aerith
In front of the water tower.
“Sounds like something I’d do.”
Tifa
On the second floor of her house.
“Have I helped you get through it at all?”
Barret
On the first floor of Hotel Nidhogg.
“Hell yeah, you’re right.
Yuffie
North, on the edge of town near a sign path.
“This isn’t my hometown.”
Red XIII
To the right of Yuffie, closer to a dirt path.
Once the cutscene ends,Tifa and Yuffie will accompany youup the mountain.
When you reach the broken pathway,Yuffie will use her grappling hook to create a pathupwards.
Keep moving up the mountain and you’ll come across a series of walls you better climb up.
At the bottom, there will be a locked fence impeding your progress.
Keep moving, and you’ll arrive at the Mako Reactor.
After the cutscene,rest up and prepare for the upcoming boss fight.
Cleansing Materia is great for curing poison, but you couldequip Star Pendants for full immunity to poison.
Continue destroying the Diabolic Variant’s right armwhen possible, and victory will be yours.
Step on the nearby panel with footprints to drop extra boxes.
TheseProvision Switches will drop more boxesif you ever run out.
Take the box andthrow it at the lever on the right side of the cellto rescue your party.
This chestcontains the Golden Megaphone weapon for Cait Sith; it teaches the Moogle Mine ability.
Leave the cartbelow the chute where the boxes fall from, then hit the Provision Switch.
Any boxes you create will bounce right off the cart instead of shattering.
Keep moving, and you’ll reach another room with another blocked doorway.
Ventilation Control Room
Here, you oughta take care of another blocked-off doorway.
There’s a vent near the blue fans, but it’s locked.
To kick off the vent,throw a box at the red switch in the center.
Once you’re on the lift,destroy the boxes or toss them off to raise the lift.
In this area,use the computer nearby to bring up the doorfor Aerith and Barret.
Before they join you, you’ll need to defeat an enemy lurking nearby.
Fire Materia is all you needto handle this fight with ease.
Be sure tosummon your moogle when possibleso that Yin and Yang will target the moogle instead of Cait Sith.
Once the moogle is on the field,hit Yin and Yang repeatedly with fire spells.
The Locked Vault
The elevator will take you up to a room with a locked vault.
The vault’s code ison a wall hidden behind the carts on the left sideof the room.
Pull the carts backwards andthe vault code will be revealed as 36, 10, 59, 97.
The Forgotten Specimen iscapable of resisting all physical or magical attacksdepending on how you choose to attack.
When the Fogotten Specimenuses its Metamorphose ability, it switches its resistance.
When the Forgotten Specimenturns red, it resists magic attacks.When the specimenturns blue, it resists physical attacks.
To progress,head right and go through the door with the lightsnear it.
During the cutscene,your dialogue choice has no effecton what happens.
Make him flinch during Inner Turmoil or Chaotic Consumption to create an opening.
This Synergy Skillcalls an ally to their side to blockincoming attacks.
Additionally,Barret is capable of hitting the enemy as they zip around the fieldand prepare various attacks.
WhileRed XIII can be used to tank these attacksand rapidly build his Vengeance gauge.
Ultimately, you could’t go wrong with either of these tanks on your side.
At half health, the Galian Beast willgain a glowing claw that will extend its combosand strengthen its attacks.
It’s imperative that you block or dodge these attacks to avoid getting combo’d.
Strike with powerful abilitieswhen the enemy uses Inner Turmoil or Chaotic Consumptionto make them flinch and pressure them.
After defeating the Galian Beast and stepping outside Shinra Mansion, you’re in for another boss fight.
This one is a one-on-onefight with Cloud against Roche.
Dodge these attacks andstrike back against Roche as soon as the attack endsto pressure him.
