Cheats, Secrets & Easter Eggs
Cheats
Speed Up Barret’s Charge
Barret’s attack is powerful but the cooldown can be a pain. Here’s a hack to speed it up.
- While controlling Barret, when his overcharge is on cooldown, hold down the basic attack button until Barret has to reload.
- While he’s reloading, press triangle to charge his Overcharge meter.
- He will cancel out of the reload animation and instead do a much faster version of his Charge, allowing you to not only build the Overcharge faster, but also cut the amount of time needed to reload.
Farm Moogle Medgals
You can farm for Moogle Medals by just repeatedly doing the Whack-a-Box minigame in the kid’s secret hideout in Chapter 8. You’ll have to fully complete the side quest “Kids on Patrol” and defeat the toad king to unlock it.
Parry (before getting the Parry Materia)
While it’s totally possible to get through the game without ever countering or parrying attacks, it’ll make MUCH quicker work of a number of boss fights – and while this might be obvious to some players, it can be easy to forget about amidst the many other systems in play.To parry, deflect, counter, riposte (or whatever you want to call it) take control of Cloud and do the following.
- Lock onto an enemy during by pressing R3.
- Put Cloud in Punisher mode by pushing triangle
- Wait for an enemy to make a melee attack, and just when it’s about to land, block with R1. If you timed it right, Cloud will deflect the attack and make a brutal counterattack in slow motion.
Secrets
You can determine what outfit Tifa will wear later on in the game by unlocking the Discovery – Alone at Last by completing all the Chapter 3 Side Quests.
Beat Wedge’s score at darts, at the Seventh Heaven Bar in Chapter 3, to get the luck up material.
There are a lot of different things to discover in Jessie’s parent’s room in ch 4, but you can’t look at all of them since Cloud wants to get out of there.
Chadley reacts oddly to Cloud when he’s in a dress…
Beat the game to unlock hard mode.
After beating the game – Bahamut Summon: If you manage to complete all of Intel Reports, in addition to all of the gladiator fights, all the VR missions, and all of the Shinra Battle Simulations, you’ll open up the most challenging fight in the game, with one of the coolest rewards.
Easter Eggs
Nod to Crisis Core
In-game products and ads often lead to a bit of amusement and FFVII Remake’s demo is no exception. After taking out the Security Guards before the turnstile you’re free to check out the vending machines and posters on the walls. There, you’ll spot an ad for Banora White apple juice. This is a reference to the Banora White apples found in Banora Village in Crisis Core, the PSP prequel to Final Fantasy VII.
A Reason for Cloud’s Spiky Hair
Speaking of ads, this Hair Tonic poster surely must be a nod to Cloud’s iconic hairdo. While it’s known as being “Ideal Scalp Care” people are definitely buying it for the “astonishingly radiant & spiky hair!” the product boasts. After all, “looks are what people notice first.”
Singing Victory Fanfare
Everyone knows the classic Final Fantasy fanfare that plays after every battle, but because Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s battles don’t exactly have clear “endings,” we miss out on the nostalgic tune. Enter Barret – he’ll sing the theme himself with a terrible singing voice after battle sometimes. Since we’ve only been able to party with him in the Demo, we’re hoping multiple party members will offer up this service so we can hear a potentially pleasant rendition of this sign of victory.
Moogle Medals
Destroying boxes with the Shinra logo will get you potions to restore HP and Mako Shards that restore MP (needed to cast spells). But sometimes you’ll also find Moogle Medals. Stored in your inventory under Key Items Moogle Medals are simply described as “a popular item among collectors” but you’ll find a use for them in Chapter 9 when you can use them to buy useful items.
Cloud’s Unique Ability Stance
Every character has a unique ability that you can activate by pressing triangle. Cloud can shift between his balanced Operator Mode and his slower but more powerful Punisher Mode.In Operator mode his stance resembles Zack Fair’s while in Punisher Mode his sword is elevated and pointed downward, resembling Sephiroth.
This doesn’t mean much to newcomers but returning fans may appreciate this bit of foreshadowing when it comes to Cloud’s ominous backstory.
Post Game Unlockables
Once you beat the game and roll credits in Final Fantasy 7 Remake, FF7 Remake is far from over. Upon completion you gain access to a number of end-game exclusives. Here’s everything that unlocks once you beat FF7 Remake:
- Chapter Select: Replay any mission on any difficulty. You can also still use your end game gear, making it essentially a New Game + mode if you decide to start all the way at the beginning.
- Hard Mode: You can now select this new mode to replay any chapter with your equipment.
- The hardest Shinra Battle Simulation missions
- Final Battle Intel Reports
- Shinra VR simulator final battle: Pride and Joy
- Bahamut Summon: If you manage to complete all of Intel Reports, in addition to all of the gladiator fights, all the VR missions, and all of the Shinra Battle Simulations, you’ll open up the most challenging fight in the game, with one of the coolest rewards
