Trophies (Ultimate Limit Breaks and the Super Bosses)

Unlock Cloud's Omnislash, Barret's Catastrophe, Tifa's Final Heaven, Aerith's Great Gospel, and Red XIII's Cosmo Memory in Final Fantasy VII. Learn how to defeat super bosses and claim ultimate Limit Breaks.

This guide covers how to obtain the ultimate Limit Breaks for Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aerith, and Red XIII in Final Fantasy VII, along with strategies for facing challenging super bosses.

The Slash to End All Slashes

To learn Cloud's ultimate Limit Break, Omnislash, you must purchase it with Battle Points (BP) earned at the Gold Saucer's battle arena. This costs 64,000 BP on disc one and 32,000 BP on disc two and beyond. It's advisable to attempt this late-game with a Ribbon accessory and improved Materia. Each arena bout consists of eight rounds, followed by a random handicap, such as losing all MP, gear damage, status effects, or losing access to Materia or battle commands. A Ribbon can mitigate many of these effects. Each battle costs 10 GP; earning GP can be difficult before disc two, primarily through Wonder Square mini-games, which consume Gil. Chocobo racing is a more efficient GP source.

Loose Cannon

To learn Barret's ultimate Limit Break, Catastrophe, on disc two, during the Huge Materia quest in North Corel, stop the train from crashing. After resting at the inn, enter the house below it and speak to the lady inside. She will give you Catastrophe.

Packing a Punch

Tifa's ultimate Limit Break, Final Heaven, can be obtained on disc two after Cloud is lucid again. Ensure Tifa is in your party and return to Nibelheim. Play the following sequence on Tifa's piano upstairs:

Playstation Controller: X, [Square], [Triangle], R1 + [Triangle], R1 + [Square], X, [Square], [Triangle], R1 + X, [Circle], X, [Square], X

PC controls: [CANCEL], [SELECT], [MENU], [PAGE UP] + [MENU], [PAGE UP] + [SELECT], [CANCEL], [SELECT], [MENU], [PAGE UP] + [CANCEL], [OK], [CANCEL], [SELECT], [CANCEL]

A note will appear, providing the knowledge for Final Heaven.

See the Light

To learn Aerith's ultimate Limit Break, Great Gospel, you need a piece of Mythril. Cross the river east of Junon with the buggy and speak to a narcoleptic miner. If the last two digits of your battle count are the same and odd (e.g., 11, 33, 55, 77, 99), he will give you Mythril. He may also provide a Bolt Ring for even numbers (22, 44, 66, 88). Later, with the Tiny Bronco, visit the Weapon Seller's house east of Gongaga. Give him the Mythril, and choose the small chest. The Great Gospel is found in a wall safe upstairs.

A Universe of Pain

To learn Red XIII's ultimate Limit Break, Cosmo Memory, open the locked safe in the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim and defeat the Lost Number boss. To open the safe, find the dial positions:

• Clues:
• Dial (1): “The lid of the box with the most oxygen.”
• Dial (2): “Behind the Ivory’s short of tea and ray.”
• Dial (3): “The creek in the floor near the chair on the second floor… then to the left five steps, up nine steps, left two steps, and up six steps.”
• Dial Positions:
• (4: Right 97) - Found by scrolling down past Dial (3) on the note.
• (2: Left 10) - Behind the piano in the large room north of the entrance.
• (1: Right 36) - Found by searching the chest in the circular greenhouse after obtaining the Enemy Launcher.
• (3: Right 59) - Located in the hallway in the right wing of the mansion, by repeatedly pressing [X].

Enter the codes in order (Right 36, Left 10, Right 59, Right 97) within twenty seconds to open the safe, which yields a Basement Key, Odin Materia, and triggers the Lost Number boss fight.