1.11 - Chapter 11: The Final Showdown

After the scene, head north. Go inside the hole by choosing the first option. After the next scene, head to the next area.

In this area, you can save your game. You must grab 4 'materia' from chests in this area to proceed the game later on. This area is the main area, and is called the Depths of Judgement. The first chest is easy to find and lies right on your path. The next chest is located at the end of the northern cliff. At the bottom of that cliff is a small caveway that leads to the third chest. The fourth chest is gotten by simply walking to the west at the main path. Also, read the prologue of loveless on the stone that's in the center of the area, near the save point. This is essential.

Now you have 3 options. The west path leads to the Portal of Severance, the South path leads to Oblivion Lake, and the east path leads to Howling Fang.

First off, head west to the Portal of Severance. The only thing you need to do here right now is read the 3rd chapter of Loveless on the stone. Head back to the Depths of Judgement, and head east to the Howling Fang now. Here, turn the valves to open up cells #33 and #34, and grab an •X-POTION from the chest. Open up cell #35 for the •MUG (M). Read the Loveless chapter 2 on the stone, at the end of the hall, and ignore Behemoth King - for now. Head back to the Depths of Judgement.

Now, head south into Lake of Oblivion. Read chapter 1 of Loveless on the stone. There are 3 chests in this area, which contain the last 3 'materia' to proceed the game. After opening the chests, you should now have all 7 materia. Congratulations! You can now go beat the game, or do some optional stuff.

Optional

If you've read all LOVELESS inscriptions, you can take an optional path.

At Oblivion Lake, there are 5 points where the Lifestream is very strong. If you press X at any of those 5 points, you'll face a tough creature which looks alot like the monsters in the pods at the Nibelheim Reactor. If you beat these 5 Genesis clones, a bridge will connect to a new area at the north. Dodge their attacks and attack with Costly Punch to have a fairly easy time. Save and head over the bridge to the Cage of Binding.

You must fight creatures in order to proceed with the game. The creatures drop keys which are used to unlock doors. The following creatures drop the keys:

• Goddess Base Key: Nightmare (purple Dorky Face; Looks like a flying pumpkin)
• Goddess Sacral Key: Nightmare (purple Dorky Face; Looks like a flying pumpkin)
• Goddess Solar Key: Mover (three bouncing orbs)
• Goddess Heart Key: Mover (three bouncing orbs)
• Goddess Throat Key: Death Machine (looks like a sweeper)
• Goddess Third Eye Key: Evil Eye (looks like one-eye)
• Goddess Crown Key: Grosspanzer (STRONG, 78600 HP, looks like General Tank)
• Goddess Wing Key: Behemoth King

In this area you'll come across quite a few cells with treasure. Turn the valve at cell #1 to find a chest with a •RIVER CHOCOBO ARMLET. Fight the Nightmare creatures in this room to get a Goddess' Base Key. Use it to open the door. In The next hall, cell #4 holds an •ELIXIR. Head downstairs, open up cell #5 and grab the •GRAVITGA (M). Open up the door with the Goddess' Sacral Key.

In this area, the hole in cell #9 leads to cell #8, allowing you to grab a •DISPEL BLADE. Go through the door, and through the next one also that comes in sight. Here, unlock cell #12 which leads back to a cell in the previous area. Also open up cell #13 to find a •PHOENIX DOWN. The door here is locked, so go back to the hall and continue. Open up cell #16 which leads to cell #15 to find the •LABORATORY KEY, which opens the previously locked door. Head back and open it up.. that is, if you want to, because you can only read some notes here, and fight the 4 strong materia that are similar to the ones Sephiroth summoned in battle.

Proceed through the hall and go inside cell #17 for a •GRIS-GRIS BAG and a Save Point. Proceed through the gate, and head east. To the right, open up cell #19, and ignore the hole, which only leads the beginning of Howling Fang where you'll end up later anyway. Head north from cell #19, and open up cell #20 here for a •MAG Up+ (M). Cell #23 holds a •SILVER ARMLET; You can ignore cell #22.

Head west to end up in the main hall again. Walk up the stairs to the west and go through cell #27 (which links to cell #18) to find a •HP Up++ (M) and a •ATK Up+ (M). Head back to the main hall and go down the stairs on the northwest, near the gate. You'll find another gate here, so open it up and find a chest with the •IRON BARS KEY in cell #31. Backtrack (and fight a very strong enemy called Gross Panzer on your way back) and open up the gate in the main hall.

Now it's just a matter of walking down the stairs and going through cell #32 at the end, which links with cell #36, right before Behemoth King. Save your game, then open the cell door to fight Behemoth King, which has 138780 HP. It drops the last Goddess Key, so head over to the last gate and open it up to find.. Nothing! I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but that was the entire final area. The reward you've gotten were the items that you gotten on your way (which admittedly held some nice items). Now you're at the Portal of Severance again. Save your game.

End Optional

Since you have the Light, Star, Heaven, Ground, Life, Sabbath, and Being Materia you can place them in the altar to open the gate. Equip a Blaze Armlet and a Thunder Armlet to nullify upcoming threats. As soon as you place the Materia in the altar, a creature comes out.

Strategy

The main thing to watch out for is this boss' Tri-Thundaga attack which really hurts. If you put on a Thunder Armlet, you won't have to worry about this at all. Put up Barrier and Magic Barrier like always, then attack him with Vital Slash (time this well), regular attacks, or massive spam your strongest magical attacks. He's got a large amount of HP like all late bosses do, so the fight may last a while. Be prepared to heal with Cura at the very least, or better.

Save your game, adjust your equipment, use a Phoenix Down if you don't already have the ReRaise status, then enter through the gate for the final showdown.

Strategy

The main thing here is that you must focus on the sword when he sticks it in the ground. The sword has 230000 HP, which is really considerably less than Genesis Avatar. Whenever the sword is sticked into the ground, creatures will be summoned to annoy you. Quickly take care of them, or some of them, then massive spam your best magic on the sword. When it goes back up, kill the remaining creatures and heal yourself completely. Barrier and Magic Barrier can certainly help in this battle, as can Vital Slash or Costly Punch against the sword. Other than this, the battle is linear.

The battle continues.

Strategy

Start the fight with Wall (or Barrier + Magic Barrier) and attack him with massive magic attacks as usual. You can really just use up your MP because it doesn't matter, since you can use up all your Ethers and Elixirs anyway. His attacks can hurt quite a bit, do your best to dodge them, or block them when you think it's not possible to dodge. If you're quick, this isn't even all that hard, especially not with strong magic and ReRaise.

Congratulations! You've beaten the game! Enjoy the ending.. I won't spoil anything for you, but these cutscenes are the most stunning visuals the PSP is going to see for a long time! If you found this Guide helpful, you could help me and others by recommending it at the top of the screen. Thank you.

You can save your game, which will become a New Game+. You get to keep:

• Level, Stats, Exp, SP, Gil
• Game Time
• DMW Stats
• Materia
• Accessories

• Items (With the exception of DMW and Key items)

• Note: You can choose if you want Normal or Hard Mode.

The game will be the same, except you have those things.