10 Phoenix Downs and a Secret Cave
On the way to Coral, go to the switch that
you push to let the others go through. If you
explore around that area, you should hear
birds chirping. Go up the hill where you
hear it (you might have to search to find the
right spot) and pick the first choice you are
given.

After collecting the 10 Phoenix Downs, go
back down to the lower tracks and follow
your partners. As they turn to the right, you
need to take the left split because buried in
the hill under the tracks is a cave with an
out-of-work miner. A Power Source, Mind
Source, and Tent may be acquired within
this hidden area.

Note: Your score will be lowered if you do
this. It's not nice to disturb baby birds.
Submitted by jjfrules0@aol.com and
cecilsoc@oocities.com

Alternate Save Pictures
The saved-game picture changes depending
on what slot your game is saved in. Here's
the complete list:

FILE 1 : CLOUD
FILE 2 : BARRET
FILE 3 : AERIS
FILE 4 : CAIT SITH
FILE 5 : RED XIII
FILE 6 : CID
FILE 7 : TIFA
FILE 8 : VINCENT
FILE 9 : YUFFIE
FILE 10 : RUFUS
FILE 11 : TSENG
FILE 12 : PRISICILLA
FILE 13 : RUDE
FILE 14 : DAIN
FILE 15 : SEPHIROTH


Submitted by Aldi Haryadi
(chocobo@indo.net.id)

Ancient Forest
To get to the Ancient Forest before disc 3,
simply ride up the hill with a black, gold or
green chocobo.
Submitted by tmcgrail@hotmail.com
and chomper45@aol.com

Beat the Cosmo Canyon Boss
When you get to the Boss inside the caves
at Cosmo Canyon to beat him all you do is
use a Phoenix Down on him to kill him
instantly. Sometimes that misses so you
might want to use other healing items like
X-Potion, High Potion or Potion.
Submitted by
austinmankindwwf@hotmail.com and
leavitt@chipshot.net

Beat the Emerald Weapon
If your having difficulty beating Emerald
Weapon and you can't get the Knights of
the Round consider using this method.First
equip three gravity materia, one to each
character, second if possible equip a mime
materia to each character.

Next to one character, equip both the
W-Magic materia and quadra magic
materia joined to the characters gravity
materia. Join an all materia to the other
characters materia. Okay. Now when you
go into battle all you do is use any level of
demi on the Emerald weapon and it
automatically does 9999 HP of damage to
with every hit but at the end his HP will
lower and a couple of hits with a
moderately powerful summon spell and he's
done for. Voila!
Submitted by maadranch@texoma.com

Beat the Ruby Weapon
For this you will need Nights Of The Round
with at least 3 levels. Phoenix summon with
at least 3 levels. Shield with at least 2 levels.
Final Attack with any level. About 3
mastered HP and MP pluses (you might
need more). 3 Enemy Skills with White
Wind learned (to learn White Wind, go to
the grassy area of Junon untill you fight a big
green creature with wings. Manipulate it
and have it use White Wind on your party).

You also need MP and HP absorb and the
MIME command. Make sure you do NOT
have the w-item, w-magic, and w-summon
materias. Give everyone HP pluses untill it
reaches 9,999 HP. Then do the same with
the MP pluses until it reaches 999. Equip
Cloud with the Ultima Weapon and give
him the following materia.

Combine the Nights Of The Round with the
MP absorb. Give him Phoenix with Final
Attack. Give him mime with HP absorb.
Make sure that you only eqip these matiera
on the Ultima Weapon if their mastered.
Give him shield and enemy skill. Give your
other party members the other enemy skills.
Make sure Cloud has an accesory that will
protect him from Frog and Small.

Before you fight Ruby, get into a battle and
have Cloud kill your other party members.
Now go after Ruby. Start off by using
shield on Cloud. Do NOT have Cloud
bring the rest back to life.

Now have Cloud use Knights of the Round
and just keep miming it until the Ruby
Weapon kills you. When you come back to
life, repeat the process until you've won..

NOTE: No matter what, do not use any
limit breaks or regular attacks on Ruby. If
Cloud becomes a toad, use white wind to
heal him.
Submitted by Bill Hussey
(huss@eclipse.net)

Beta Materia
When you first go to the Chocobo ranch
you have to catch a chocobo to avoid the
Midgarsorm. Well, I figured out a way to
get the powerful Beta spell before the
second disc. You need the Enemy skill
materia, a Fire materia, and any elemental
materia equipped on one person. MAKE
SURE THE LAST TWO ARE ON YOUR
ARMOR!

If you keep this character healed until
Midgarsorm casts Beta you SHOULD be
able to survive the spell. Then just finish him
off. This is tricky to pull off but if done
correctly you will be set for a LONG time.
Submitted by Sam Biggins

Cast Any Spell Three Times
To cast three magic spells in one round, first
equip someone with a Magic Materia +
"All" Support Materia. You'll also need
Barrier Materia with the Reflect spell
learned. When you enter battle, cast Reflect
on the entire party, (your party). Then cast
the magic spell that was connected to the
"All" Materia on YOUR party. Even though
you casted the spell once, it will be
reflected and returned to the enemy hitting
for three times! And for the same price of
the usual MP's. What's even better is that if
you have W-Magic, you can cast that spell
twice, or two different spells (both need to
be connected to "All" Materia) hitting for six
times!!!
Submitted by Loungin345@aol.com

Chocobo Tricks
While racing the chocobos, hold L1 + L2 +
R1 + R2 to increase your speed. To
increase their stamina, hold R1 + R2.

While choosing a chocobo to race, press
L1, L2, R1, R2 or any direction to pan,
zoom and rotate the chocobo you're
viewing.
Submitted by Duke3d69@aol.com and
Hiro Kanno

Curse Ring
While in Mideel (before it has been
destroyed), go to the weapons shop and
check the door in the back (the one that
does not open.) Next, go to the shop on the
hill with the man on the balcony. Walk
behind him along the part of the balcony on
the side of the shop until you here a rattling
sound. Check the spot and you will get a
key. Use the key on the door, and it will
break off. The owner will ask what
happened. Tell the truth and he will give you
the curse ring. If you lie, he will not give it to
you. It raises all of your stats, but puts the
character on death sentance, but this can be
countered with a Phoenix Down.
Submitted by Vampyr1332@aol.com

Defeating Savior Sephiroth
For this fight you will need: Knights of the
Round, Zero Bahumut, and any other
summons. Cure 3, Wall, "Mime",
DeBarrier, Remedies and at least three
Megaexlir's.

Start out by casting Wall on your party,
then cast DeBarrier to take away
Sephiroth's wall. After this has been done
throw everything you've got at him, use
Mime to cause major damage. During the
fight Sephiroth will levitate higher, signaling
he's preparing to cast Super Nova.

If you are above 1500 energy you should
be alright, watch out for his Heartless Angel
that will not kill you, but bring your health
down to 1. Then use Megaexlirs. Keep up
the endurance and Sephiroth shouldn't be to
hard to beat.
Submitted by
brotherhoodofnod@hotmail.com

Easy AP
Go to the forest outside of Meedeel. Walk
around until you fight Head Hunters or
Caterpillers. Equip Cloud with an
Apocalipse sword and everyone with a
Rune Armlet. If you fight a group of 4 Head
Hunters you get 340 AP. Caterpillers and a
group of 3 Head Hunters give you 240 AP.
Equip as many 'ALL' and 'MAGIC PLUS'
materia a possible in the sword and Rune
Armlet. When mastered they are worth 1.4
million gil each.
Submitted by Ziggy
(uncler@bellatlantic.net)

Easy Accessories
Here's a way to get two very helpful
accessories.

Ribbon: To get a ribbon you must go into
the crater and walk around until you fight a
Master Tonberry (a mole creature with a
rotating yellow star above its head.) Attack
him a few times and then morph him. He
will turn into a Ribbon.

Tetra-Elemental: There is a small desert
island in the south under the Western
Continent. Land there with the Highwind or
with a gold chocobo. Walk on the sand
until you fight a small cactus man. Morph
him a eh becomes a Tetra-Elemental.
Note: I have had the best luck morphing
with Yuffie simply because see deals 9999
HP damage each time. It may be a different
case for you but Yuffie is usually the best
morpher.
Submitted by Ray Hart and Mat Kraning

Easy Life
With this code, you can easily restore life
while in battle without having to worry
about anything happening. Enter a battle,
and when your characters' health gets low,
cast regenerate on him/her/them. Once the
spell has been cast, open the Playstation lid
and have someone cast a spell.

FOR THIS TRICK TO WORK THE LID
ON THE PLAYSTATION MUST BE
OPEN BEFORE YOU CAST THE
SECOND SPELL!

With the lid open, the game won't be able
to cast the spell, so the game will stop until
you close the Playstation lid. Once the lid is
closed, the game will function corectly and
you can resume play. The trick to this code
is that while the game is looking for the CD,
the regenerate spell will still be working, so
your life will fill up while nothing else
happens! This code works great for some
of the ultra tough bosses (Emerald and
Diamond Weapon) because nothing else
will happen while the lid is up.
Submitted by Doug Moushey
(EightSix86@juno.com)

Easy Money
If you want virtually unlimited money, here
is a wonderful trick. As soon as you have
mastered an "All" mateira, remove it and
replace it with the new born one and sell the
old one. This may seem like kind of a harsh
comprimise, but each mastered "All" is 1.4
million gils! and scince they are so easy to
master you will keep geting more and will
never miss them. Sell one or two and you
will never run out of money ever again!
Submitted by
jeremy.hagens@sheridanc.on.ca

Easy Money, AP and Experience
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!

For better results, head for the Mideel Area
(an island in the south) and look for Sea
Worms. Each one you defeat is worth 1300
EXP, 200 AP and 5000 gil!
Submitted by Beast (duce@flash.net)

Effortless GP Gain
To do this trick, you need a joystick
controller with rapid-fire settings and access
to the Gold Saucer.

Go to Wonder Square, and up to the
arm-wrestling game. Wrap a rubberband
around your joystick so that it's pulled to
the upper left diagonal, so that Cloud
continuously walks into the arm-wrestling
machine but not into the GP-trading girl.
Now, turn on the rapid-fire for the 'O'
button. Cloud will now repeatedly challenge
and beat the wrestling game. Slowly but
surely, your GP will increase. It takes a
while, so it's probably best to set this up
just before you go to bed at night, and leave
it on while you sleep. By morning, you
should have plenty of GP to buy your Gold
Pass and the two secret Materia: XP-Plus
and Gil-Plus. Cheater!
Submitted by Felicia the Cat-Woman

Fast Materia Level-Ups
This cheat can only be done in the third
disc. First, go to the Northern cave and
look for mole like creatures with a star
above thier heads, also holding a knife and
a lantern. Steal an elixir from them and then
run away. After that, look for these small
creatures in a floating pot. They will say
"Gimme' an elixer". Give them one. Then kill
it. Each one killed will give you 1,000 AP.
You can not kill them unless you give them
an elixer.
Submitted by TAKER 3:16
(huss@eclipse.net)

Gain Limit Breaks Easily
When in normal status use a "Hyper." This
will let your limit meter go up faster, so you
can use your old techniques more. The
reason for this is that one way to get your
limit breaks gained is to use your old
techniques.

WARNING: When you use the "Hyper,"
your status changes to "Fury," which will
lessen your hit rate.

Another way to gain your limit breaks is to
defeat large groups of enemies. Try this:
When leaving the Nibel Mountains and
heading for Rocket Town, you should see a
group of forests when you leave the
mountains. Try engaging combat there,
because sometimes you fight large groups
of enemies there. Such as a group of six
"Battery Caps," or sometimes five "Battery
Caps" and one "Valron." This might help in
getting your limit techniques also.
Submitted by Warlord113@aol.com

Huge Materia
To obtain the Huge Materia in Rocket
Town, press Circle, Square, X, X as the
passcode.

There are four huge Materia that can
reproduce other materias if you can pass
the requirements.

Blue - You must have Bahamut and
Bahamut Neo. Take these to Cosmo
Canyon and talk to the Blue Huge Materia
and you will recieve Bahamut Eishiki
(Zero).

Yellow - Master the Steal, Throw, Mime,
Manipulate, Morph, Deathblow and Sense
Materias, then talk to the yellow huge
Materia to recieve the Master Command
materia.

Red - Must have all 16 summoning materia
at master level then talk to the red huge
materia to recieve the Master Summoning
materia.

Green - Have all 21 magic materia at
master level then talk to the green huge
huge materia and you will recieve the
Master Magic materia.
Submitted by J.Lynn, Matt Kraning and
Tiger123

Item Duplication
If you have the W-Item Materia, equip it
and enter battle. Use the W-Item command
and select your first item you want to use
with the Circle button. Then choose your
second item but do not use it. Select it so
that cursors appear on the screen (either on
you allies or your enemies) then cancel with
the X button. Select again and make the
cursor appear then cancel. Repeat the
selecting and canceling of the second item
over and over. Each time you do this the
quantity of the first item will increase by 1.
Submitted by Joe Marts
(jmarts@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.
Submitted by tiger123@concentric.net

Limit Break Manuals
To learn Level 4 limit breaks you'll need to
find the manuals. Here's how to find them.

Cloud: Trade 32,000 battle points at the
Golden Saucer.

Tifa: Go to Nibel area (Tifa's house) and
play these piano notes: X, Square, Triangle,
L1/R1 + Triangle, L1/R1 + Square, X,
Square, Triangle, L1/R1 + X, O, X,
Square, X. Then press START and search
the music sheet to find Tifa's Limit break.

Barret: A lady will give it to you in North
Coral.

Aeris: Southeast of Midgar there is a small
cave with a man living there. Talk to him
when you have battled a certain number of
battles that end in the same number, such as
122, 133, 144. He will then give you a
Mithril orb. Take the Mithril to the
Blacksmith's house on the south peninsula
near Cosmo Canyon. He will trade you for
the limit break manual for the Mithril, or you
can choose to have a gold bracelet.

Red XIII: In the Nibel area there is a
mansion and on the second floor of this
mansion there is a safe. To crack this code
turn right 36, left 10, right 59, and right 97.
Then the safe will open to reveal a
miniboss.Kill the miniboss and you will
recieve Red VIII's Manual.

Vincent: Land near the waterfall and use
the green, black, gold chocobo or the
submarine to pass the mountain. Then enter
the waterfall. (You must have Vincent in
your group and must be done first in disc 2)
go forward and it will show Vincent's past.
Then leave. Return if you are already in disc
three and you'll get not only the manual but
a weapon of Vincent.

Cid: Cid's manual is in one of the chests in
the sunken plane.

Yuffie: Go to Wutai and enter the tower
with yuffie and let yuffie beat all the bosses
including her father and you'll get a manual
and Leviathan materia.
Submitted by tiger123@concentric.net
and Renato Vergel de Dios

Limited 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
of the Round Table to the same weapon.
Then when you die you'll resurrect and hit
back HARD.

NOTE: This method is limited because you
can only use Phoenix materia 5 times.
Submitted by Tiger123 and Hiro Kanno

Morph Enemies Easily
For an easy way to morph enemies, have
W-Magic Materia, Gravity Materia + "All"
Materia, and Morph Materia. Have
someone else cast Reflect on the party, then
have the person with W-Magic use Demi 3
on your party twice. It will reflect and hit
the enemy six times without killing it, but will
greatly reduce it's HP's. At this point, you
can easily morph it.
Submitted by Loungin345@aol.com

Prevent Back Attacks
If your battle starts with a "Back Attack"
hold L1 and R1 for a moment then release
them. This will turn you around before your
opponents get a shot.
Submitted by
brotherhoodofnod@hotmail.com

Racing Trophy
When racing S-class in the Gold Saucer,
You will notice many keen items you can't
ever seem to get. Well you can get them all
at once! Just win 15-20 races in a row!
Ester will say "I've never seen anyone win
so much in S-class before!" She will then
give you one of each item, including the
coveted Cat's Bell! this trick only works
once, though.
Submitted by Dave Shabet

Re-enter Midgar
It is possible to get back into Midgar after
you have left (not including by parachute.)
On disc 3, go back to Midgar and talk to
the man standing outside the fence. He says
he has misplaced his key and that it is
probably back at the dig site he just left.

To find the key, go to Bone Village and tell
the foreman you want to look for Normal
Treasure. Place some of the workers up
top in front of the tent and set off the blast.
They will point to a spot on the ground, so
have them dig there overnight.

In the morning open the treasure chest and
you should have the Key to the Sector 5
Slums. Now go back to Midgar and go
through the gate. Go back to Wall Market
and go to the shop where the item machine
was broken before (the one that shot at
you), and try to use it now. You will recieve
Tifa's ultimate weapon.
Submitted by jwtaylor@iastate.edu

Recover Missing Items
Did you miss something important? Fear
not. Once you get to disc 3 you can
recover anything by excavating for it in the
Bone Village.
Submitted by Ian Moon

Recruit Vincent
In the Shinra mansion at Nibbhiem, there is
a safe on the top floor. The combination is:
Right to 36, Left to 10, Right to 59 then
Right to 97. Make sure you don't go to far
left or to far right when turning. When it
opens kill the monster, then get the stuff in
the safe. Descent the spiral staircase and
into the coffin room. Vincent is in one of the
coffins. Talk to him and leave then come
back and talk to him and he will join you.
Submitted by tiger123@concentric.net

Recruit Yufie
Near the exploded Mako site there is a
small forest. Wonder around in it until you
fight a ninja woman. After you defeat her
there will be a save point. DO NOT USE
THIS or she will run away. Talk to her and
tell her you don't want to fight her again.
Then tell her your terrified of her. When she
asks if you need her help, say "Yes" then
tell her that you're leaving and don't ask for
her name.

Alternatively, try this. Equip the Enemy
Away Materia which can be won in the
Gold Saucer Chocobo Racing and a Luck
Plus Materia. Go into any forests and wait
for a while. Note that the Enemy Away
Materia must be at Master Level for a
higher percentage of chances to encounter
Yuffie.
Submitted by tiger123@concentric.net
and tany@pacific.net.sg

Reset
Hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 + Select + Start
to reset the game.
Submitted by Kyle Leeson

Special Battle
To get to the URA battle (special battle) in
the Battle Arena, first gain 64000 battle
points and buy the W-Summon materia.
Next get 32,000 battle points and buy
Cloud's level 4 limit, Omnislash. Equip
Omnislash and talk to the lady at the
counter in the battle arena, and she will ask
you if you want to participate in a special
battle. Beat all 8 enemies and get the Final
attack materia.

Note: You must have your Ultimate
Weapon equiped to fight in the special
battle.
Submitted by tiger123@concentric.net,
Colin Humber and Jerrad Olszen

Time Attack Contest
At the golden saucers wonder square there
is a snowboard game. If you get a good
rating on the beginner, expert and crazy
course the next time you play there you will
see a yellow balloon. Grab it and you will
enter time attack mode. In this mode there
are no balloons or obstacles and you go
extremely fast.
Submitted by Yoda
(nastasim@sprynet.com)

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.
Submitted by PauloMI@AOL.COM