Debug room
 
 Note: This code requires a Game Shark or Pro Action Replay cartridge.
 Enable the following code: 8009A05C 0041. Start a new game at the
 "New Game/Continue" screen, disable the code, then refer to the
 following guide. 
 
 Unlimited items
 
 This trick requires the W-Item materia. The materia is obtained after
 your party parachutes back into Midgar in Disc 3. After entering the
 subway tunnels in Sector 8, your party may walk away from the screen
 and encounter the Turks, or walk towards the screen to reach another
 subway section. Select the second choice and follow the subway tunnel
 until it ends at a dead end with the W-Item materia.
 
 Equip the materia on the character with the item to be duplicated.
 When a battle begins, select the W-Item entry on the battle menu,
 select an unimportant item and use it on any character. On the second
 item choice, select the item to be duplicated by pressing Circle,
 then press X to cancel your selection and increase the number of that
 item in inventory. Repeatedly press Circle followed by X to
 accumulate 99 of the duplicated item. Note: This will only duplicate
 item selectable in battle and can not be used to duplicate the
 various sources, materia, weapons, or armor. 
 
 Refill HP
 
 Cast Regen-All on your party, then quickly open the PlayStation lid
 when all opponents have been defeated. The game will be unable to
 load the victory screen, and may glitch while the HP for each party
 member fills. After everyone is at full health, close the lid to
 resume the game. 
 
 Easy Battle Square handicaps
 
 During the "slot machine" handicap sequence, rapidly tap Square in
 the Battle Square section at Gold Saucer. The slots will slow down,
 allowing an easier selection of your handicap. Note: This trick will
 also work in a similar manner with Cait Sith's limit break.
 
 Easy Chocobo races
 
 While racing a Chocobo, hold R1 + R2 to slowly restore energy.
 
 Cast magic three times at an opponent
 
 Have all characters with Reflect status. Then, cast any attack spell
 on all three of your characters. The spell will bounce three times
 into the enemy, each with the attack power of a full spell.
 
 Hints
 
 Extra money
 
 Sell a Master level All materia to get 1.4 million Gil. Since another
 All materia will appear when the original reaches master level, there
 will be no loss in usefulness.
 
 Prevent back attacks
 
 If a battle begins with a "Back Attack", press L1 + R1 to turn your
 character around before your opponents get a shot.
 
 Nibelheim safe combination
 
 The combination to the safe in the old mansion in Nibelheim that
 contains the key to enter the basement (and get Vincent) is Right 36,
 Left 10, Right 59, Right 97. Note: Push the button used to talk to
 people to select each number. After opening the safe and fighting the
 monster inside, a key to the other part of the mansion and Odin
 summon materia will be found. 
 
 Finding Vincent
 
 Take the key from the safe that contained the Odin summoning materia
 in Nibelheim. After defeating the Boss, Lost Number, walk down into
 the basement. Open the door that was previously locked (right before
 enter the room with Sephiroth). Talk with Vincent, after finding him
 inside the purple coffin. When leaving the room, he will offer to
 join the party. 
 
 Turtle's Paradise prizes
 
 The Turtle's Paradise restaurant in Wutai has hidden six flyers with
 their advertisement in various locations. Collect all six flyers and
 return them to the restaurant owner to receive a prize consisting of
 a Power Source, Guard Source, Magic Source, Mind Source, Speed
 Source, Luck Source, and a Megalixer. The flyers are located in the
 following places: 
 
 Sector 5 slums, on the wall upstairs in a house on the east side of
 town. 
 
 Posted on the bulletin board of the lobby of Shinra HQ.
 
 On the wall next to the item shop in the Ghost Hotel at Gold Saucer.
 
 Attached to the wall at the Tiger Lily Arms Shop in Cosmo Canyon.
 
 On the wall next to the inn keeper's desk.
 
 In Yuffie's basement (next to Turtle's Paradise), check the banner on
 the wall outside the trap room.
 
 Materia to beat Weapons
 
 Use the following steps to make the battle with the Emerald and Ruby
 Weapons easier. Note: This must be done after Meteor is summoned and
 the Highwind is in your possession.
 
 1. Before fighting either Weapons, find and equip the Morph Matera
 before returning to the Undersea Reactor in Junon. Go through the
 sight-seeing tunnel (where the ocean can be viewed) and enter battles
 until the Ghost Ship appears. Use Morph when the enemy is low on HP
 to change them into an item called "Guide Book".
 
 2. Leave Junon and return to Kalm. Go to the last house on the right,
 next to the bar. Go upstairs, where an old man will be encountered.
 He will explain how he wants to understand the afterlife, and ask you
 to find three items: Guide Book, Earth Harp, and Desert Rose. He will
 notice that you already have Guide Book and give you the Underwater
 Materia. 
 
 3. Equip the Underwater Materia. It does not gain AP and will not
 duplicate. This Materia removes the time limit when Emerald Weapon is
 encountered. 
 
 4. Defeat Emerald Weapon (a few mastered Mime and Knights of the
 Round will be helpful) to receive Earth Harp. Take it back to Kalm
 and give it to the old man to receive Master Summon (Red), Master
 Magic (Green), and Master Command (Yellow) Materia. These Materia can
 not level up or duplicate, but have all the abilities of their single
 counterparts. Master Summon grants all Summons for as long as MP are
 available. A similar effect is also used by Master Magic. Master
 Command is a little difficult to work with, but is still worth it. 
 
 5. Equip the new Materia and ram into Ruby, who is minding its own
 business in Gold Saucer. With luck, the single character Ruby allows
 to stay and fight will be ready to deal with this massacre.
 
 6. Defeat Ruby and take Desert Rose to the man in Kalm to receive a
 Gold Chocobo. You probably will already have one, as Knights Of The
 Round is required for the Weapons battles. A good combo to use
 against the Weapons is HP Absorb + Knights (mega damage and mega
 boost in HP). 
 
 Easier Ruby Weapon battle
 
 Kill two members of your party before fighting Ruby Weapon. Have the
 Summon Phoenix materia equipped on the remaining character, then run
 into Ruby Weapon. When fighting, Ruby will only attack the live
 character, and therefore not use the Quicksand attack. Wait until the
 Weapon sticks his claws in the ground. Then, use Summon Phoenix to
 attack it and revive the dead party members. All three party members
 are now available for the battle. 
 
 Another strategy is to have all characters equipped with the Final
 Attack + Revive or Phoenix materia combination. Have one character
 equipped with a weapon or armor containing Knights Of The Round + MP
 Turbo. Also have a Mastered Magic Plus materia (not MP Plus)
 somewhere else in the weapon or armor of each character. Have all
 three people wear the Mystile armor (first from Midgar Raid, second
 from North Cave, third from Ultimate Weapon when it is over Midgar).
 This will prevent Ruby's Ultima attack from injuring your characters.
 Kill two characters, then enter the battle with Ruby Weapon. When the
 Weapon's claws are in the ground, revive the two dead characters, and
 have W-Summon cast Knights Of The Round and have the other two
 characters Mime. This will hit Ruby Weapon for 9999 damage each time.
 It should be defeated after eight to ten rounds of this type of
 attack.  
 
 Another strategy is to kill two of your characters, then equip the
 following materia combination: HP Absorb + Knights Of The Round,
 W-Summon, Mime. Use a hero drink, then summon the Knights Of The
 Round. Each time he/she will gain over 9,000 HP points. Then, simply
 Mime this attack until the Weapon is defeated.
 
 Another strategy is to use Mime in addition to the Final Attack +
 Phoenix materia combination. Get Cloud's limit bar full, and start
 the battle. Ruby will take your other two characters away with
 Quicksand. Attack with Omnislash. At Cloud's next turn, select Mimic
 and Cloud will use the Omnislash again. Repeat this attack. The only
 drawback to this strategy, is the need for a little bit in the limit
 meter. Without it, Cloud will jump forward after a brief flash, and
 Ruby Weapon will attack. When Cloud does the limit, the game will act
 as though you had a full limit bar, and delete all that remains in
 it. To effectively make this trick work, make sure Ruby Weapon hits
 Cloud before doing the Omnislash again. 
 
 Easier Emerald Weapon battle
 
 Equip a member of your party with a Gravity materia, at any level. It
 will hit the Emerald Weapon for 9,999 damage. Using this and the
 Quad-Magic combo can take almost 40,000 hit points from one attack
 round alone. 
 
 Another strategy is to equip the following materia combination: HP
 Absorb + Knights Of The Round, W-Summon, Mime, Underwater (and
 nothing else). Use a hero drink, then summon the Knights Of The
 Round. Each time he/she will gain over 9,000 HP points. Then, simply
 Mime this attack until the Weapon is defeated. Keep your materia
 number as low as possible, the more materia equipped, the more the
 Weapon's Air Tam Stomp will effect the party. For example, if four
 materia are equipped the Air Tam Stomp will take off 4444 HP points,
 five materia will result in 5555 HP points and so on. 
 
 Extra Gil
 
 When at the Gold Saucer Prison, go out in the desert and fight a
 enemy called Cactuar. Defeat him to get 10,000 Gil. This creature can
 also be found at Cactuar Island on the south-east area of the map, or
 south of Cosmo Canyon. 
 
 Exchange Gil for GP
 
 When at Gold Saucer go through the welcome sign then come back out
 again. Keep on doing this until a man appears in the far background,
 near the save location. Approach him, and he will ask if you want to
 change Gil into GP. Answer yes to trade up to 10,00 Gil into 100 GP.
 
 Key to Sector 5
 
 Late in the game, go to the Number 7 gate at Midgar. A man outside
 the door will say that he lost his key to the city at an excavation
 site. The only excavation site is at Bone Village. Go there and talk
 to the man that asks about what you are searching. Reply "normal
 treasure" and place your excavators on the upper area. Eventually, a
 box will turn up after multiple digs. Search it in the morning to
 find the key. 
 
 Cloud mercenary flashback
 
 After Cloud has had his coma, go to the basement at the Shinra
 Mansion. Enter the library and Cloud have a flashback and remember
 how he became a mercenary. 
 
 Back room of Cosmo Canyon General Store
 
 The General store in Cosmo Canyon has a back room that is roped off
 when your characters first arrive. Check back after Meteor has been
 summoned. The rope will be gone, allowing your characters to walk
 back in the room and get an Elixir, Magic Source, and the "Full Cure"
 Materia. 
 
 Sleeping old man
 
 Directly East of Junon is a small cave that is only accessible using
 the Highwind or riding on a blue/gold Chocobo. The old man in the
 cave can tell you how many times your party has fought or escaped.
 You can also get helpful items from him, but the last two digits in
 the times you have fought must be the same. For instance, speaking to
 him after you have fought 699 times may get you the Bolt Ring.
 
 Date with Tifa
 
 Never talk to Aeris unless it is vital for progression of the game.
 Then, Cloud will get a date with Tifa after Aeris dies.
 
 Date with Barret
 
 Never talk to Aeris or Tifa unless it is vital for progression for
 the game. Then, once Kalm has entered for the first time, Barret will
 ask Cloud for a date.
 
 Bahamnant ZERO Summon Materia details
 
 Walk around after boarding the Shinra No. 26 spaceship on disc two.
 Your party will be able to go down to the space pod or up the ladder
 to the right to the huge materia. Go to the huge materia and use the
 talk button at the tall glass to speak with Cid. He will explain the
 controls in this part of the game. Talk again at the case and enter
 the password Circle, Square, X, X to collect the Key Item "Huge
 Materia". After travelling to Cosmo Canyon later in the game, talk to
 Bugenhagen. He will take your party up to his observatory. Approach
 to the Blue huge materia and get closer. Your party will receive the
 Bahamnant ZERO summon materia. 
 
 Easy Power Source for super strength
 
 Go to the meltdown reactor at Gonganga town. Then, get into a battle
 with a Heavy Tank. Morph it to get a Power Source to build your
 strength up by a point. Repeat this as needed to build as much
 strength as needed. 
 
 Status display
 
 The highest number shown on the status menu is 255. However the game
 will allow items on that screen to be built higher, but will not
 display anything greater than that number.
 
 Extra Ribbons
 
 Go to Geas Cliff. In the first cave after wrapping around to the
 bridge overlooking the door that was used to enter, walk straight to
 enter a cave with a box. Open it to find a ribbon. For a third
 ribbon, go to North Cave and morph a Master Tonbury. It is helpful if
 it is stopped first. 
 
 Extra Tetra elemental
 
 Go to Cactuar Island in the south-west portion of the map. Explore
 until a Cactuar appears. Then, morph it to get the Tetra elemental.
 
 Maneuvering the Highwind
 
 The Highwind can be turned sideways or flown backwards without
 turning around. Hold Square and press the D-pad in the desired
 direction while flying. 
 
 Cosmo Canyon song
 
 You can play the Cosmo Canyon song on your own by going to Tifa's
 house in Nibelheim. Then, press Square, Square, Square, X, Square,
 Circle, Circle, R1 + X, Circle, R1 + Square, R1 + Square, R1 +
 Square, R1 + X, Circle, R1 + X, R1 + Square, R1 + X, Circle, R1 + X,
 R1 + Square, Circle, Square, X, Circle, Square, X, Square. Note: This
 serves no purpose in the game. 
 
 Getting a Gold Chocobo
 
 Get a Green Chocobo by mating two Great Chocobos or two Good
 Chocobos. Obtain Carob nuts by buying some the Gold Saucer Wonder
 Square for 500 GP or by stealing them from the Vlakarados creatures
 found near the Bone Village. Get the Chocobos to the S class, then
 give them a Carob nut. Race the Green Chocobo until it is in S class.
 Then, use a Carob nut and mate the same or different Chocobos. Then,
 race the Blue Chocobo until it is in S class. Use a Carob nut and
 mate the Blue and Green Chocobos. You will get a Black Chocobo. Race
 it until it is a S class Chocobo. Then, go to the Chocobo Tracks
 around the Icicle Inn area and get a Wonderful Chocobo. Race it until
 it is a S class Chocobo. Find the Zeio Nut on an island north of the
 Chocobo Farm. You can steal it from a Goblin that your party fights.
 If you do not steal anything at first, try a few more times then kill
 them and try again. Mate the Black Chocobo with the Wonderful Chocobo
 using a Zeio Nut. You should now have a Gold Chocobo that can go
 anywhere on the map.  
 
 Chocobo quality
 
 Different Chocobo ranks can be found in various areas of the game:
 
 Chocobo Ranch area: Poor/Weak
 
 Junon area: Fair/Poor
 
 Gold Saucer area: Good/Average
 
 Rocket Town area: Mediocre
 
 Wutai area: Average/Fair
 
 Icicle Inn area: Wonderful/Weak
 
 Mideel area: Great/Fair
 
 Ancient forest
 
 Ride up the hill with a black, gold, or green Chocobo to reach the
 Ancient Forest before disc 3.
 
 Getting Yuffie in the party
 
 Yuffie can found in a random encounter in one of the forest areas.
 After fighting her, do not pause or use the save point. Talk to her
 and answer her questions with the following responses:
 
 Yuffie: "You spikey-headed jerk! One more time, let's go one more
 time!" 
 
 Answer: Not interested.
 
 Yuffie: "You're pretty scared of me, huh?"
 
 Answer: ......petrified
 
 Yuffie: "I'm really gonna leave! REALLY!"
 
 Answer: Wait a second!
 
 Yuffie: "You want me to go with you?"
 
 Answer: ......That's right.
 
 Yuffie: "All right! I'll go with you!"
 
 Answer: ......Let's hurry on.
 
 Finding the best weapons
 
 Each character has an ultimate weapon that must be found using the
 following instructions:
 
 Cloud
 
 Found after killing Ultimate Weapon (not in Mideel).
 
 Barret
 
 Found before fighting Hojo on Mako Cannon. Note: Barret must be in
 your party for it to appear.
 
 Aeris
 
 Found behind door four in the clock room at the Temple of the
 Ancients. 
 
 Tifa
 
 Use the key to reach sector 5. Go to Wall Market and use the broken
 item machine.
 
 Yuffie
 
 Found in the downed Shinra Plane in the ocean.
 
 Red XIII
 
 Take Bugenhagen to the ancient city, then return to Cosmo Canyon on
 Disc 3 with Red XIII in your party. He will receive the weapon from
 Bugenhagen. 
 
 Cid
 
 After the rocket in Rocket Town has been launched, talk to the man
 outside the item shop several times.
 
 Cait Sith
 
 When in Midgar for the second time, go to the Shinra Tower. Go to
 floor 64 and enter the locker room. Search one of the lockers in the
 third row on the left side.
 
 Vincent
 
 After getting a Gold Chocobo or the Submarine, find the cave behind
 the waterfall in the middle of a continent. Vincent must be in your
 party. 
 
 Level 4 limit breaks
 
 Cloud: Omnislash
 
 Get 32,000 battle points in Battle Square at the Gold Saucer, then
 trade them in at the machine. This is worth getting, as it does more
 damage than Knights Of The Round when used at a high level with the
 Ultima weapon. 
 
 Barret: Catastrophe
 
 Once Meteor has been summoned, go to North Corel and speak to the
 woman whose husband died. She may be found in the first hut on the
 second level in the town. 
 
 Red XIII: Cosmo Memory
 
 Defeat the Lost Number monster found in the safe at the Shinra
 mansion. 
 
 Tifa: Final Heaven
 
 Go to Nibelheim with Tifa in the party. Then play the following notes
 on the piano in her room by pressing X, Square, Triangle, R1 +
 Triangle, R1 + Square, X, Square, Triangle, R1 + X, Circle, X,
 Square, Triangle. 
 
 Aeris: Great Gospel
 
 Find the sleeping man on the first continent that can tell you how
 many fights you have had. He is in a cave near Condor Fort, across a
 river. The buggy (hitch a ride from Costa Del Sol) is needed to reach
 that location. Once you find him, wander outside and keep getting in
 fights until the last two digits of your fight total are the same
 (e.g. 688,133). Return to the may to receive some mithril. Go to the
 weapons shop near Gongaga and talk to the man inside. He will offer
 you a small or large box. Select the small box, then look in the box
 that is upstairs. 
 
 Yuffie: All Creation
 
 Win all the battles in the pagoda in Wutei.
 
 Cid: Highwind
 
 Found in the Gelinka (the sunken Shinra plane).
 
 Vincent: Chaos
 
 Using the submarine or a Gold Chocobo, go to the circular lake on the
 second island on disc 3. Vincent only has one break per level.
 
 Summon Materia locations
 
 Choco Mog
 
 Talk to the Chocobo at the front of the farm and reply "Waaark".
 
 Shiva
 
 At the Junon coast after saving Pricilla.
 
 Ifrit
 
 On the boat after beating Jenova-BIRTH.
 
 Ramuh
 
 Lying on the floor in the Chocobo Jockey waiting room.
 
 Titan
 
 In the wreckage of the Gongaga reactor.
 
 Odin
 
 Defeat the Lost Number enemy inside the Shinra mansion safe.
 
 Leviathan
 
 Defeat everyone in the Pagoda in Wutai.
 
 Kjata
 
 Walk to the second area in the Sleeping Forest and it will be
 floating around. Wait in the spot where it is first seen, then tap
 the Action button to take it. Do not use against fire absorbing
 enemies. 
 
 Alexander
 
 After the snowboarding sequence, find the hot spring and touch it.
 Then find the area where you leave markers and keep to a straight
 path. Find the hut there and enter. Leave through the downward facing
 door. Go right, find the cave and talk to the person inside. Defeat
 her and the materia will fall from the sky.
 
 Bahamut
 
 Defeat the red dragon at the Cetra shrine.
 
 Typhoon
 
 Defeat the Ultimate Weapon a few times until it dies. A crate will
 remain. Go to the jelly object on top of the mountain and its at the
 end. 
 
 Neo Bahamut
 
 After Geas cliff; just pick it up.
 
 Phoenix
 
 Found while collecting the Huge Materia at Mount Condor. After
 defeating the enemies and the man sends you out to check on the
 condor egg, it can be found on the ground.
 
 Hades
 
 On the wreckage in the Gelinka.
 
 Bahamut ZERO
 
 Collect the four Huge Materia. Store them in the Observatory, then
 look closely at the blue Huge Materia.
 
 Knights Of The Round
 
 Found on the island only on the final disc. It is unmarked at the top
 right of the map, and requires a Gold Chocobo to reach it.
 
 Materia Caves
 
 The location and contents of four Materia Caves are as follows:
 
 Materia Cave #1, Knights of the Round
 
 This cave is located far north of the Chocobo Farm and can only be
 reached by a Gold Chocobo.
 
 Materia Cave #2, Quadra Magic
 
 This cave is located south-east of the Chocobo Farm and can be
 reached with the Highwind and a Green Chocobo.
 
 Materia Cave #3, HP and MP conversion
 
 This cave is located far West of Rocket Town use a blue chocobo to
 get there. 
 
 Materia Cave #4, Mimic
 
 This cave is located north of Corel and can be reached with a Blue
 Chocobo. 
 
 Good Materia combinations
 
 Cover + Counter + Elemental with either Fire, Ice, Bolt, or Earth.
 Effect: Character covers for teammate and counter-attacks with an
 elemental attack. 
 
 Quadra magic + Bahamaut ZERO. Note: This does work with Knights Of
 The Round. Effect: Casts a summon four times in one turn.
 
 Final Attack + Phoenix summon. Effect: When character dies he
 immediately casts Phoenix and is revived.
 
 MP Turbo + Knights Of The Round. Effect: Increases damage from 80,000
 to 129,987 AP.
 
 Sneak Attack + any Barrier or Haste. Start battle by immediately
 casting whatever you linked it with.
 
 Mime. Effect: Mimics attack preceding it. Especially useful when it
 follows Bahamaut ZERO or Knights Of The Round.
 
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