| There are two ways of entering the Shinra HQ. You can either go to
the left and up to climb up the stairs all the way to the top which
takes aaaaaaaaaages, but you don't have to fight anyone and you can
pick up an Elixer. Or you can do through the front door and go up
the lifts to the north of the second floor. But you have to fight
guards on the way up. I personally prefer going up the lifts as it's
quicker and you can get EXP for your characters at the same time, and
you get to see a FMV of some of Shinra Motor Mobiles (talk to the
people by the TV), if you enter the room called 'Accessories' on the
second floor. You can buy items from the woman in here. If you go up
the lifts, you will ned to press the panel again to continue upwards.
But it's up to you, whatever route you take you will end up on the
59th floor. Go to the south to enter a battle with some more guards.
After the battle, you will pick up the Keycard 60, which will get to
the 60th floor. Go into the lift and rife up to the 60th floor, talk
to your friends on the way up. When you arrive, go off the screen
and go left, avoiding the guards ahead of you, and into the office.
What you need to do next is to hide behind the gold statues and make
your way right. Run when the guards are turning not staying still,
and pause behind each statue before moving again.. When you get to
the middle, you'll need to signal Tifa and Barret across, do so when
the guards are moving like when Cloud crossed. The guards on the far
right move faster, so you need to run as soon as they turn. Again
signal Tifa and Barret across when Cloud get to the far right. If
you are caught by the guards at any point, you will have to fight
them and then start back at the office. When you've got all the way
across go up the stairs.
On the next floor, talk to the people here, and one guy will present
you with an option, answer '.......', and he'll assume you're a
repairman , and give you the Keycard 62, allowing you up to the 62nd
floor. Go into the lift and go up to the 62nd floor. You'll meet
the Mayor of Midgar here, and if you guess his password right, he'll
give you an Elemental materia, but only if you guess right on the
first go. I think there's hints in the libraries and you can buy
hints off the guy outside (Hart), but I don't think it's worth it.
You can now go to the 63rd, 64th and 65th floors, there is a Save
Point on the 64th floor, which you may want to use before attempting
the 63rd floor. Also on the 64th floor, check the lockers at the
back to get a Phoenix Down and an Ether. You can't take the
megaphone yet. You can rest in the room with the Save Point too.
On the 63rd floor, there are three coupons which can be exchanged for
items, and you can only open three doors at a time, before reseting.
To get all the items first activate the computer. Then go out the
door, and go up to the top of the screen and open the door on the
right, on the last row of gates. Keep going right until you come to
a door facing right, and one facing south. Open the south facing
door. Go through and head left and go through the door with the red
light. Pick up 'A Coupon'. Go into the air duct, (the black box
thing to the right). Once inside go south and head right. Go up the
walkway not right at the junction, drop down and get 'B Coupon'. Go
out of the red light door and go left. Open the door here and go
inside to get 'C Coupon'. Go back into the air duct in the room with
the 'B Coupon' and now go right to drop down in the room with the
computer. Activate the computer , and pick the bottom option to
exchange your coupons. For 'A Coupon' you get the Star Pendent, for
the 'B Coupon' you get the Four Slots Braclet and for the 'C Coupon'
you get an All materia.
Either go back to the 64th floor to save again, or continue to the
65th floor. On the 65th floor, you have to open various chests to
get pieces to fit into the model of Midgar, eventually resulting in
getting another Keycard. Be careful, for some odd reason there are
random battles on this floor, although they are very random. Firstly
go into the room to the north with the model in. You can examine it
if you want. Go out and go into the room on the top left. Examine
the chest at the bottom to get Midgar Parts. Go back to the model
and examine it in a counter-clockwise way until an option appears to
place the parts in the model. Go back to the top left room and open
the other chest, return to the model and place the parts. Go to the
bottom left room and open the left chest and return and place the
parts. Go back to the lower left room and open the other chest.
Place the parts and go to the room in the upper right, open the chest
here and go back to the model. Finally go to the middle right room
and pick up the Keycard 66, to get to the 66th floor.
You can either go up the stairs or go back to the lift. Either way
go to the toilets to the left of the floor. Choose the middle option
when it appears, to climb into the ventilation shaft above the
conference room. Move towards the screen and listen to what the
Shinra executives are talking about. When they are done, go back the
way you came and go towards the stairs. Follow Hojo to the 67th
floor (nice and convenient that the door stays open as you don't have
the Keycard to open it yourself). Go to the left and into the area
with lots of boxes. When Cloud goes freaky, look into the purple
chamber and go north through the boxes. Pick up the Poison materia
in the chest and save your game as you've got a boss coming. Go into
the lift to the next floor. Talk to Hojo and free Aeris. Watch as
Hojo is attacked and choose who you want to look after Aeris, choose
whoever you don't intend on fighting with. Name Red XIII, who will
replace whoever you chose to protect Aeris, and fight the boss...
-----Sample HO512-----
Use Fire and Bolt, as well as Limit Breaks on the big guy, don't
bother about the little things, they die when the big one does. Red
XIII has Fire already equipped so have him cast that. Don't use Ice
or Bio. This guy likes to poison you characters alot. But if you
cure yourself, he'll probably just poison you again, so save your
Antidotes and just Cure every now and then. I think you'll get a
Talisman when you win.
Pick up the Enemy Skill's materia in the chamber and go left, south
and up the stairs. Talk to the guy in grey to get the Keycard 68.
Pick up the two Potions on the walkway Go to the right and pick up
two more Potions. Make your way down a floor and go into one of the
lifts. You be caught by Rude and Tseng. You will then be taken to a
meeting with President Shinra. Afterwards you'll find yourself in
the cells to the north of the 67th floor.
Talk to everyone here, the choose to sleep by walking towards the
door after talking to Tifa. When you wake up, you'll find the door to
your cell is open. Go outside and examine the guard in the corner.
Return to your cell and talk to Tifa. Go outside and talk to her
again. Go and free Barret and Red XIII. Follow them and talk to
everyone here. Go back to the area with the boxes and talk to Red
XIII. Follow him upstairs. Go right, and north and go up to the
next floor using the stairs (follow the blood trail). Go through the
centre door and save.
Go up the stairs on either side and go right to see that President
Shinra has been killed. Listen to what Palmer says, talk to everyone
and go through the door to the north to get to the roof. Listen to
Rufus's speech and then Cloud orders everyone to leave. On the lower
floor, Tifa stays behind to wait for Cloud. Your team is now Barret,
Red XIII and Aeris. You can either remove Tifa and Cloud's materia
or leave it as it is. I suggest removing it then re-equiping the
team you have with Bolt, Fire and other magic spells. Leave your
Cure materia for Cloud, as you can use Aeris's Limit Breaks to heal.
Go south and enter the lift. You will be attacked by a boss...
-----Hundred Gunner-----
In this battle you can only use long range attacks so have Barret
attack. You should have equipped Bolt and Fire to your characters so
use those. Red XIII and Aeris can't reach, so have them use magic,
or heal with Limit Breaks in Aeris's case and Potion's otherwise.
Red XIII can use his Limit Breaks to attack also. Don't use Bio.
After you inflict enough damage, the boss will begin to break up, and
after wards will begin to use more powerful attacks. After you
defeat this boss, another will appear....
-----Heli Gunner-----
Use the same tactic as the previous boss, use Thunder, have Barret
attack and Aeris heal. You'll win a Mythril Armlet when you win.
After the battle, you'll find yourself on the roof again with Cloud,
you can remove materia from everyone else if you like. Equip Cure
and Poison and any other strong magic. When you are done, press
Start and Rufus and Cloud will talk for a while, when you and Rufus
will fight...
-----Rufus-----
Use Bio to poison him, and use Bolt to kill off the Dark Nation
first. The Barrier makes your physical attacks not as damaging so
use magic instead. Your Limit Break will fill quite quickly so use
that. You'll win a Protect Vest and Guard Source when you win. |
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