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Chapter 17: Deliverance from Chaos

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE guide · The team fights through the Shinra laboratory levels.

Cloud, Tifa, and Barret awake in Aerith's former room inside the Shinra Building and prepare to escape with Red XIII and Aerith. The party must traverse Hojo's testing facility, The Drum, splitting into separate squads using control switches to clear paths for each other. After surviving multiple test wards, the party confronts the laboratory specimens and Jenova Dreamweaver before heading towards the roof.

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Twin Stinger: Inside a purple Shinra chest immediately adjacent to the stairway right after the party regroups on the third tier of The DrumThe Twin Stinger weapon for Cloud, found inside a purple chest shortly after regrouping, can be overlooked if you advance past the area without picking it up (though it can be retrieved later via Chapter Select).

Items

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Reinforced Staff: Inside a purple Shinra chest in Ward 666, in the room right after the cutscene where the party splits upTime Materia: On the floor along the walkway in Ward 65 of The Drum, accessible during Tifa and Aerith's path

Secrets

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Chadley's Shinra VR Combat Simulator can be found in The Drum's central lounge area, unlocking top-tier combat challenges including battles against Bahamut and Pride and Joy Prototype.

Enemies

Jenova Dreamweaver

Deals heavy magic and status effects; focus down its tentacles whenever they spawn to break its invulnerability shield.

Swordipede

Weak to Lightning

A mechanical centipede boss that switches engagement zones; stagger it using ranged Lightning magic.

The Arsenal

Weak to Lightning, Fire, Ice, Wind

A heavy mobile combat unit fought by Aerith and Barret; use the pillar barriers to avoid its high-damage laser barrages.

Rufus

Highly evasive and counters most direct melee attacks; wait for him to reload or attack his hound, Darkstar, to sever their tether and create an opening.

Darkstar

Rufus's hound; sever the link between Darkstar and Rufus to pressure both enemies simultaneously.

Tips

Equipping the Healing and Revival Materia on both split squads ensures neither duo is caught unprepared during the combat sequences in Hojo's Drum.
During the Rufus Shinra boss battle, use Cloud's Punisher Mode counter against Rufus's hound, Darkstar, and use Focused Thrust the moment Rufus enters the "Reloading" status to quickly stagger him.

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