FF7 Rebirth: How To Unlock Barret’s Fafnir Rifle (Pursuit of Perfection Walkthrough)

Each stage in will contain several Sparkle Gems, key collectibles that are required to challenge the game's many bosses. These Gems are often hidden in sneaky ways, which is especially true for the Ninja Peach levels. Collecting every Ninja Sparkle Gem will require sneak-attacking guards, prowling over rooftops, and collecting Gem Fragments during high-speed wall-running sequences.

Madame Grape is the last boss of , the final obstacle preventing the theater's restoration. Unlocking her fight will require completing multiple floors of levels, as well as accumulating a few dozen Sparkle Gems. As a reward for this effort, Peach gets one more transformation exclusive to the ultimate boss fight.

As you continue to find paths through the Temple of the Ancients in , you'll run into the Ironclad boss, who can only be beaten when staggered by your party. This massive knight has nearly no weaknesses, making them difficult to pressure. You'll need to use specific attacks from characters on your team to stun this creature quickly enough to defeat it.

The final boss of is Sephiroth, who you have to beat across multiple phases in many different forms. The one-winged angel appears once you defeat the Jenova Lifeclinger boss, challenging not just Cloud but many other characters from the story. With his own Summon and plenty of resistances, it can be hard to anticipate what you need to do during each stage of this battle.

The Djinn is a great Salutor to have early on in with its unique curse skillset. Taming Djinn involves completing the "" side quest, where Wiktor tracks down a market thief and uncovers the reasons behind their pickpocketing spree. Intriguingly, players can also elect to tame Djinn for a secret achievement, but this is best left for later playthroughs.

Depending on players' choices, Grigori Rasputin is Wiktor's last obstacle in . The Tsar's Mystic is a formidable enemy,with a high health pool and a signature Burden ability that punishes the player for each Salutor they have obtained. With precise strategy and a few sacrifices, players should be able to take Rasputin down in one or two attempts.

Bringing the locations of the original to life is one of the most exciting things about , but one region is a clear example of how the game can miss the mark. From the slums of Midgar to the military fortress of Junon, packed a lot of flavor into a globe-trotting adventure. transforms these originally pre-rendered destinations into detailed 3D environments, expanding many of them in size while packing them full of more side content than ever.

During Chapter 8 of , players compete in a Chocobo race to earn their freedom from the Dustbowl. Their Chocobo, Piko, needs nutritious Sylkis Greens to stand a chance in the race. Getting these Sylkis Greens is fairly simple, as completing three of six possible sub-quests is all it takes to get enough Greens to feed Piko.

Krampus is an incredibly powerful Salutor in , focusing on depleting enemies' Focus quickly and dealing damage based on lost Focus. Unlocking him, however, requires completing two hard-to-miss quests in Port Praga. His boss fight is not very difficult, so taming Krampus should only take roughly 20 to 30 minutes from start to finish.

is full of puzzles, collectibles, and challenges, and the city of Costa del Sol is home to one such delight: its Queen's Blood mini-game. This event boasts a Companion Card for Cloud at its end and more rewards along the way, so completing the puzzles is worth it. You'll need the Companion Cards to get vacation-ready outfits, including swimsuits, for Cloud. Alongside the Card Carnival mini-game, the Queen's Blood event also includes the Gold Saucer Mini-Game.

One of the mini-games with the most depth in is Queen's Blood, an intricate card game you can often win if you manage to build a strong deck. You can buy powerful new cards from vendors as your party arrives in different regions throughout story Chapters. Winning matches in Queen's Blood may seem easy at first, but it can become challenging as opponents use unexpected strategies.

's map isn't truly open-world; it's divided into regions, and further areas are unlocked as the player progresses through the story. The regions themselves are pretty wide open, though. Each one comprises a significant bit of real estate on ’s larger Gaia map, and they’re all interconnected, even if players can only travel between them after reaching certain milestones in the story.