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Underwater Reactor: Shinra Versus Sephiroth 2
Final Fantasy VII

Underwater Reactor: Shinra Versus Sephiroth 2

Guide to the Underwater Reactor in Final Fantasy VII, including the boss battle against Carry Armor and how to obtain the God's Hand weapon for Tifa.

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Guide to the Underwater Reactor in Final Fantasy VII, including the boss battle against Carry Armor and how to obtain the God's Hand weapon for Tifa.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Return to lower Junon and pay the Shinra guard 10 Gil to use the elevator.
  2. 2
    Proceed through upper Junon towards the street leading to the Underwater Reactor. Note the absence of the Junon cannon, Sister Ray.
  3. 3
    Continue south-west on the road to the Underwater Reactor to find a Shinra officer drilling his troops. This allows normal combat with enemies previously only encountered by triggering an alarm.
  4. 4
    Continue south-west to an elevator. Ride it down, defeat the two Submarine Crew soldiers, and then another pair after leaving the elevator.
  5. 5
    Proceed south-east down a tunnel to the next area.
  6. 6
    Travel south-west through a transitional screen, then south-east through another. Save your game at the Save Point near the end of the tunnel.
  7. 7
    Ride another elevator down to reach the Underwater Reactor.
  8. 8
    Head north through a maintenance tunnel to reach a glass, underwater tunnel.
  9. 9
    Press a red button to ride an underwater elevator down.
  10. 10
    Exit the elevator and run west along a metal walkway past submarines to the next screen.
  11. 11
    Save your game at the Save Point.
  12. 12
    Continue north to a room with a patrolling Shinra soldier and two idle soldiers to the east. Defeat them.
  13. 13
    Find and defeat another pair of Underwater MPs further east.
  14. 14
    Go through the doorway the Underwater MPs were guarding and proceed east along a metal walkway.
  15. 15
    Witness Shinra take the Huge Materia from the Underwater Reactor.
  16. 16
    Continue east to find Reno, who will attempt to delay you.

Boss Battle: Carry Armor

Carry Armor has a large HP pool and several attacks. Its "Lapis Laser" hits the whole party for about 1300 damage, and normal attacks deal over 400. Its most dangerous attack is "Arm Grab," which removes a character until the arm is destroyed. Victims of "Arm Grab" take three physical attacks per round while imprisoned. Carry Armor targets characters with the most HP for this attack.

Stats / Weaknesses:

  • Carry Armor: HP: 24000, MP: 200, Weaknesses: Lightning, Resistances: Gravity (negates), Poison (negates), XP: 2800, AP: 240, Steal: N/A, Drop: God’s Hand, Gil: 4000
  • Left Arm/Right Arm: HP: 10000, MP: 100, Weaknesses: Lightning, Resistances: Gravity (negates), Poison (negates), XP: N/A, AP: N/A, Steal: N/A, Drop: N/A, Gil: N/A

Strategy:

  • Use "Big Guard" and "White Wind" to maintain party health.
  • Hit the main body with two "Magic Hammer" spells to disable "Lapis Laser."
  • Carry Armor is weak against lightning; use "Trine" for significant damage.
  • Once its arms are destroyed and MP drained, use physical attacks.
  • If available, "Knights of the Round" can end the fight instantly.

Search and Destroy:

  1. After the boss fight, loot a chest to the west for the God’s Hand (Tifa's weapon: 86 Attack, 255% Attack%, 4 Materia sockets).
  2. Head east, then north across the docks to a submarine.
  3. Search a chest near the ramp to the ship for the Scimitar (Cid's weapon: 86 Attack, 2 joined Materia sockets, Triple AP Growth).

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