Shinra Building

FINAL FANTASY VII guide · Infiltrating the headquarters to rescue Aerith

Cloud, Barret, and Tifa infiltrate the Shinra Electric Power Company headquarters in Midgar to rescue the captive Aerith Gainsborough. They must scale the floors of the tower either by sneaking up the emergency stairs or fighting through the front entrance, navigate through corporate and laboratory floors, and retrieve keycards to ascend. After confronting Shinra executives and finding Aerith, the party is captured, leading to a bloody escape following the sudden appearance of Sephiroth.

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Found: Elixir, EtherFound in the emergency stairwell during the climbStar Pendant: Found in the gym area on Floor 62Four Slots: Given by Mayor Domino on Floor 62 if you guess his password on the first attemptKeycard 65: Rewarded on Floor 62 after correctly solving Mayor Domino's password puzzleMidgar Parts: Found inside chests in the model room on Floor 65 to assemble the Midgar dioramaCarbon Bangle: In a chest inside the Floor 67 laboratory specimen room

Items

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Enemy Skill Materia: Found inside the laboratory specimen tank after defeating Sample: H0512 on Floor 68Poison Materia: Left on the floor of the laboratory specimen tank after the battle with Sample: H0512

Secrets

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You can enter the vent on Floor 64 and climb through the duct system to Floor 66 to eavesdrop on the Shinra executive conference.If you inspect the vending machine on Floor 64 and bang on it, it jams; returning to this machine on the revisit to the Shinra Building in Disc 2 yields the Mind Source and Speed Source items.

Enemies

Grenade Weapon

Weak to Lightning

Machine enemy found in the early elevator or stair encounters that uses physical and bomb attacks.

Moth Slasher

Weak to LightningSteal / drop Carbon Bangle

Flying robotic enemy found on Floors 67 and 68 with bladed arms.

SOLDIER:3rd

Weak to FireSteal / drop Hardedge

Sword-wielding Shinra guard roaming Floor 67 and Floor 68; steal yields a powerful weapon for Cloud.

Mighty Grunt

Weak to Sleep

Armored Shinra infantry found throughout the corporate floors.

Sample: H0512

Boss encountered on Floor 68 accompanied by smaller minions called Sample: H0512-opt.

Rufus

Boss fought solo with Cloud on the Floor 70 roof alongside his pet dark nation.

Dark Nation

Rufus's panther companion that casts barrier and mbarrier on Rufus.

Hundred Gunner

Weak to Lightning

Long-range boss fought on the elevator by Barret, Tifa, and Aerith; cannot be reached with short-range physical attacks.

Heli Gunner

Weak to Lightning

Flying boss fought immediately after Hundred Gunner; vulnerable to lightning and long-range attacks.

Motor Ball

Weak to Lightning

Boss encountered at the end of the motorcycle mini-game escape on the Midgar highway.

Shops and people

Floor 63 Item Shop Vending Machine: Hi-Potion, Phoenix Down, Ether, Antidote, Eye Drops, Tent

Tips

If you choose to sneak up the emergency stairs instead of taking the lobby elevator, you avoid all random battles, but the climb takes several minutes of continuous running.
Equipping the Steal Materia on Floor 67 or 68 to steal the Hardedge from a SOLDIER:3rd grants Cloud a huge attack boost this early in the game.
Cloud fights Rufus alone, so ensure he has healing magic and a Restore Materia equipped before going out to the roof.
Long-range Materia or ranged weapons must be equipped on characters fighting Hundred Gunner, as melee attacks without Long Range cannot connect.

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