To get some stuff early and clear up some confusion hints and tips for Final Fantasy VII

To get some stuff early and clear up some confusion

In some of the guides I see they say certain things that aren't true. They say you have to wait a certain time to get a few things or even have to get one thing to get another, read on and you'll get the elemental materia without having to get Tifa's secret stash, how to get Vincent's final limit and Death penalty on the second disk not third, and how to destroy every enemy you face with no problem in all three disks.

Tifa: you really don't have to get her secret stash to receive the elemental materia, that's false. I've done it so don't worry about that. Just go to the piano when they tell you both times with Cloud, then Tifa and you should be fine.

Death penalty and Chaos limit second disk: when I first got the sub I immediately went to the cave where you can get the cut scene with Vincent. I was going to wait till the third disk to go back but on my search for the Key of the Ancients I decided to look in the cave again with Vincent in my party and low and behold it was waiting for me.

Easy training 1st disk that lasts till the third: if you wanna have a strong character for both disks heading to the third follow this tip. On the first disk after the Golden Saucer go directly to Junon. Save at the inn and make sure you are around Lvl 22 (that's how low I was) head two screens over to the right until you're at the place where the shinra soldiers are Practicing. Go over and press O on the red box to activate an alarm. This gives you Lvl 35 and Lvl 37 monsters to train on. If you encounter the big machine by itself run it's a waste of time and potions for only 900 exp and 1400 Gil. What you want are the pink soldier like things that come in twos and threes. Two of them give 1400 exp and 3000 Gil, three give 2100 exp and 4500 Gil. This is amazing training for your Lvl. Make sure to have summons cause a the Lvl 22 it won't be enough. What I did was put most of the summons on cloud and waited till everyone was low on mp to leave. To do this strategy stay close to the door and you should be fine. I left around Lvl 41 and was happy with the result that no one in the first disk could kill me. Second disk requires more time for breeding a gold chocobo so you can get quadra magic and Knights of the round or kotr for those who abbreviate. Also getting mime, hp<->mp. These are key things you need except hp<->mp. I didn't really get the gold chocobo till after I got cloud back and before I got the Key to the Ancients so it's pretty critical to get the chocobo you need when you get the airship. It's not too bad just takes time and worth the effort.

I hope this helps any of you gamers out there. It's a great game so keep on playing.

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