Northern crater, does the character path affect which item they pick up?
In Final Fantasy VII, one of the final things you do is to go in the Northern Crater. During it, you have a few points where you are forced to split your team up. Those who go with the main party and those who do not.
When you get to the bottom of the crater, you find a room with all the party members in and sometimes the ones who were not with the main group have an item for you. Does this change depending on the character and the direction they took? Is there an optimal route to send people to gain the better quality items or it it just luck? Does anything else affect which items the other party members pick up?
Best Answer
In the walkthrough, that Tom posted, it contained the information to answer the rest of the question, in section {AP-4} Tricks. Here is a list of what items each character will normally get depending on the route they take:
The Right Path:
Barret: Guard Source
Tifa: Mythril (Mystile)
Red XIII: Mind Source
Yuffie: Last Elixir (Megalixir)
Cait Sith: Elixir
Vincent: Last Elixir (Megalixir)
Cid: Speed Source
The Left-Upper Path:
Barret: Vaccine
Tifa: Hero Drink
Red XIII: Shield materia
Yuffie: (Command) Counter materia
Cait Sith: Remedy
Vincent: Magic Source
Cid: Imperial Guard
The Left-Down Path:
Barret: Remedy
Tifa: Turbo Ether
Red XIII: Speed Source
Yuffie: Vaccine
Cait Sith: X-Potion
Vincent: Mega-All materia
Cid: Elixir
Note: If Cloud goes right, then any party members going left have a 50/50 chance to give either the left-up or the left-down path's item.
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What path is Northern Cave?
At the Northern Cave at the point where the party is split down the two paths, the player should send Tifa down the right path, and tell Cloud to go left. When Cloud's path divides, the player should choose the lower path for Cloud and everyone else should go the upper path (except Barret and Cait Sith).How do you pick up Mega All materia?
Mega All can be found in the Northern Cave, in the Mako Stream area. It is located on a ledge the player jumps through, and the player must use the confirm button at the right time to pick it up amid Cloud's jump.Where should I use the Save Crystal ff7?
I recommend using the save crystal all the way at the bottom of the Northern Crater in the area just before where you meet up with the entire party before you fight the final boss. It's by far the best way to avoid the glitch and also lets you replay the final boss and ending a lot quicker too.How do you get materia in the Northern Crater?
Make your way up the left side and open the first two chests to find a MAGIC SOURCE and an ELIXIR. Climb up and open the chest in the upper-left corner to find a POWER SOURCE, pass behind the rock to the right to pick up an HP ABSORB MATERIA, and jump down to the next area.Which influenced RARE ITEMS do you NEED to pick up?
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