6 Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth tips to aid your adventures
Mar. 6, 2024Follow these Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth tips to get ahead, from combat pointers to exploration advice
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Arming yourself with some Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth tips is good preparation, before you set off to explore The Planet and hunt down Sephiroth. Whether you’re already familiar with the series, orFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthis your first visit to this world in a while, if ever, it pays to take a bit of advice on board before you get started. From ways to improve your combat abilities, to bonding with your party and what to look out for while exploring, these Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth tips will help steer you onto the right path.
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After you meet Chadley for the first time, you’ll get access to his Combat Simulator where you can practice and hone your fighting skills in a virtual space. While this opens up various challenges to unlock rewards, you should use this as soon as possible to work through the various Combat Training scenarios for your party at the bottom of the list. This explains the basics of combat, introduces the unique abilities of each party member, and also shows you how to combine them using Synergy, so can really give you a competitive edge in battles and help you make an informed choice of who to select for your party.
During the course of the story, you’ll have opportunities to build bonds with your party that not only affect your relationships with each other, but how well you work together in combat as well. Some of this comes through dialogue, so you should speak to the other characters at every chance you get and consider how any responses you choose will make them feel. There are also more practical events that have an effect on your bonds with others, such as choosing a matchingFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth beachwear outfitor decidingwho to help on the beachduring the Costa del Sol chapter, so if there’s a particular character you want to get closer to and ultimate go on aFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth Gold Saucer datewith then focus your attention on them.
Whether you’re receiving them as rewards or finding them in the many chests scattered around the world, you’ll gradually build up a selection of weapons in your arsenal. By regularly using the unique ability for a weapon you’ll build up your proficiency with it, and once you max it out you can use that ability in combat even if you have a different weapon equipped, so you can increase the moves you have available be switching to new weapons and building your proficiency with them. I have a separate guide for how toupgrade weapons in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, as the process is somewhat confusing.
The overallFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth mapis huge, and each of the open world regions presents you with a vast area to uncover through exploration. It’s therefore very tempting to useFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth fast travelwherever possible to get around quickly, but you should try to use that sparingly as there’s a lot you’ll miss out on by not moving around on foot. Keep an eye out for materials to hoover up, as there’s no carry limit and they can be used with the Transmuter to make new items or sold for Gil, while opening chests provides more items and weapons. If you ride a chocobo when available then it may pick up a scent to investigate, and if you follow that to an area with rabbits running around then you can dig up hidden treasure.
We’ve written elsewhere about howthe Queen’s Blood card game is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s best addition and the RPG’s greatest distraction, but if you want to continue securing victory in this moreish deck builder then you’ll need to collect additional cards to improve your hands and defeat the tougher opponents. Beating other players you encounter in the open world regions will give you more cards, and purchasing all of them available from any vendors you meet is a wise investment of Gil. Work through all of theFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth Card Carnival puzzle solutionsfound on the Costa del Sol in Chapter 6 and you’ll add even more cards to your deck, including the powerful Tonberry King.
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