Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthpicks up shortly after the events in Midgar from Remake. Now, with the rest of the world to explore, players will have a lot more to see and do, with many new things even for returning players.

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Many mechanics from the previous game are carried over to Rebirth, with some being reworked slightly to match the open-world formula of the game. Despite letting players farm and level up to their heart’s content, this game will also offer many challenges for those who are unprepared; here are some tricks and tips to help players be prepared.

A Green Materia & Cloud Casting A Spell

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

10Complete Divine Intel

Strengthen Your Summons

One of the many World Intel players will find in the open world isDivine Intel.The Divine Intel of a region focuses on the Summon Entity of that region, and completing more Divine Intel can let players fight a weakened version of the summon to obtain its Materia.

Completing additional Divine Intel for a summon will also increase the rating of its Materia, offering a much more powerful version to help players out in fights. Divine Intel takes little time when you know how to complete them, and the rewards are well worth the effort.

A Titan Divine Intel

9Play Some Minigames

Fun Ways To Earn Powerful Items

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has all sorts of Minigames for players to find and complete. While many of them may just seem like entertaining side content, many of them can be completed to obtain powerful weapons or rare items.

The Gold Saucer is full of minigames players can complete to earn points and redeem them for unique items only found through that method. Completing every minigame and achieving the highest scores will help strengthen your party in more ways than one may think.

The Player Winning A Game Of Fort Condor

8Side Quests

XP, Gil, And Good Stories

When regions open up to be explored, complete every available side quest. These not only offer fun stories that show more sides of various party members but can also lead to unique combat battles, rare items, and large rewards of Gil for helping someone out.

Players can also increase the relationship score of various party members by completing specific side quests that involve a party member. Completing certain side quests can also unlock new ones for that region.

The Quests Menu Showing The Stuck In The Rut Quest

7Craft New Items

Get Many Healing Items For Free

TheItem Transmuteris a powerful tool the party gets very early into the game. With this, they can turn gathered materials into additional healing items and quest items and even upgrade various accessories. Some of the better accessories in the game are only obtainable through Item Transmutation.

Even when trying to farm for it, Gil can be difficult to come by. Instead of wasting all your money on additional potions, it’s sometimes best to gather materials and make your own potions for a lot cheaper than stores are selling.

The Player Making An Antidote In The Item Transmuter

6Play Queen’s Blood

A Necessary & Fun Minigame

Queen’s Blood is the biggest minigame players will see throughout Rebirth. Cloud will receive a deck for Queen’s Blood shortly after the game starts and will learn how to play. Opponents will get more difficult throughout the game, and cards can be collected and purchased throughout the game.

While it may just seem like a minigame, Queen’s Blood will often become directly involved in the main story and require players to beat opponents of that region’s difficulty rating to proceed. To avoid getting stuck in these sections later, play Queen’s Blood as you progress to challenge opponents of the right difficulty and get stronger incrementally.

5Use Synergy Attacks

Flashy Attacks That Buff Your Party

Synergy Attacks not only look cool but are one of the party’s strongest attacks to utilize in battle. There are a few steps to take in battle before a Synergy Attack can be used, but they are well worth the effort as the damage output is second only to Limit Breaks.

Synergy Attacks also give a powerful temporary buff on the party members involved in the attack after it is completed, such as infinite MP and increased Limit Break energy. Synergy Attacks can be used often in battle and should be used whenever possible to take advantage of the attack and boost.

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4Upgrade Your Folios

Unlock Better Abilities & Stats

Folios act as the skill treesfor each character. By earning SP and upgrading them, players can increase the various stats and abilities of each character to slightly alter their play style or teach them better attacks. Synergy Attacks are also locked behind Folio upgrades, making these very useful to get as soon as possible.

As characters level up, they will earn more SP to use on their Folios, and books can be purchased to get additional SP for a specific character. Folios are only upgraded at bookstores and vending machines and can often be forgotten when exploring. Be sure to upgrade them and use all available SP whenever possible, as it can also be refunded for no cost and used to purchase other upgrades.

3Level Up Materia

Learn The Best Spells & Boost Stat Bonuses

As enemies are defeated in combat, the equipped Materia of each party member will earn AP and level up over time. As Materia levels up, it will learn more powerful versions of its spell, letting players cast any level of that spell when needed.

Each character can only equip so many Materia between their weapons and equipment, but it’s best to always have as many equipped as possible. Some Materria, such as Cure, Fire, Blizzard, etc, will need to start being leveled up right away to reach the higher level towards the end of the game, so use the whole party and be as efficient as possible with Materia.

2Master Your Weapon Abilities

Keep Weapon Abilities From Any Weapon

Each weapon a character uses will have its own unique ability to use in combat. By using that weapon’s ability enough times, the ability will be mastered, and the character will be proficient with that weapon.

Mastering a weapon’s ability will let that character use that ability with any other weapon equipped. This makes it important to utilize every weapon found and master their abilities, as they can later be used on better weapons and only add to that character’s list of options in combat.

1Rest Often & Efficiently

Save Your Money & Fast Travel

The linear sections of the game will offer the occasional bench to rest on or a bed to sleep in to restore the HP and MP of the party. While these dungeons can feel a bit more like a test of endurance, the open region sections of the game offer a lot more freedom to rest whenever players want.

WhileCushions can be used to restat any Chocobo Stop, be sure to first head back to a city or ranch to rest for free. These Chocobo Stops are also fast travel points, so players can go to a free bench, usually found in Ranches, and go back to the original Stop to get a free restoration in.

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