Final Fantasy 7 (VII) Rebirth Chapter 14: End of the World Walkthrough

Chapter 14: End of the World is the 14th and final story mission in Final Fantasy 7 (VII) Rebirth. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the End of the World Main Mission.

Area: Northwood
Objectives:

Interlude: Episode 7
- In a Dream
- Our Spot
Guided by Fate
Altarbound
Beyond the Wall

Interlude: Episode 7

In a Dream

At the start of the Chapter after waking as Cloud, follow Aerith out of the house. In this linear section, you can make whichever choices you would like to progress.

Our Spot

After the choices, follow Aerith a short distance for more scenes. You will then regain control in a section where you are attacked by Whispers, but you can’t take damage or use abilities so just keep taking them out with your basic attack to progress and follow the path through the forest.

Guided by Fate

After being reunited with the party, keep following the path north through the forest.

Altarbound

After the scene, follow the path down the rocks toward the lower area. When you reach it you will be attacked by a group of Whispers. These don’t have any specific weakness and will start casting spells when there are 3 or more alive at once, so you many want to try and clear them as quickly as possible to stop them casting debuffs on you. Attacks that hit multiple at once like Triple Slash can help deal with them quickly,

Beyond the Wall

After defeating the group of Whispers, Cloud will be by himself inside the building. Make sure to stop at the rest point the game points out to you and make sure all of your party members are prepared for the fights ahead, then continue along the path. When you reach Aerith, keep pressing and when prompted to continue through the scene.

Boss Fight: Jenova Lifeclinger

Weaknesses / Status Ailments:
Lesser Resistances: Ice, Wind
Greater Resistances: Stop
Immunities: Proportional Damage, Poison, Stone, Morphable Items
Absorbed Elements: —
Items Dropped: —
Rare Items Dropped: —
Stealable Items: —
Assess Info: Unable to read.

For this fight, you will use all your party members so make sure they all have equipment. The combat dynamics will rotate between different characters, with everyone except Cloud commencing with a full Limit Break but don’t use them at the start if you can help it. Initially, attack Jenova as normal until she uses Barrier. At this point, all physical damage will be hugely reduced so us Breach magic to remove it. Keep chugging away at her health, using Lightning and Fire magic to supplement your physical attacks as she is resistant to the other two elements.

After losing a certain amount of health, you’ll be fighting her alone as Cloud so make sure to block and parry, using Punisher mode for strong counters and extra damage while you build ATB for your strongest abilities or to heal. Then you will have Yuffie and Red XIII, so use Red as your tank with support abilities, absorbing Jenova’s attacks to use his strongest abilities and Vengeance Mode counters, while Yuffie attacks from range out of harm’s way. Then as Tifa and Cait Sith you’ll need to destroy the Right Wing. The good thing about these two is they can quickly build the Stagger bar (use Moogle Knuckle for Cait Sith) to eliminate it quickly. You’ll then have Barret and Red XIII for the Left Wing, so use the same tactics as you did before wth Red tanking and Barret the ranged character. Then you’ll have Cloud and Yuffie against the Head which thankfully should pose little trouble as you have your strongest character and the strongest ranged character.

Finally, in the climactic phase Jenova will render herself immune to melee attacks when pressured. Utilise your arsenal of magical abilities to inflict damage or top your health up until she becomes vulnerable. You will have Cloud, Barret and Cait Sith with you so if you haven’t already used your Limit Breaks, now is the time to give it everything you have.

Hard Tips: Before you even get to this fight, do note that the fight with the Whispers prior to this can drain your MP with the Etheric Bleed attack. If you have it, equip Boxcrusher Keychain to someone so they can regain MP when they stagger a Whisper. You may not need all your MP for the upcoming boss fights but it doesn’t hurt to have more.

Onto the actual boss fight. All six of your current party members will be used during this fight, so make sure everyone is equipped. Everyone should have Healing, Revival, Prayer, HP Up, MP Up, Steadfast Block and Precision Defense Focus equipped, and spread the Magnify and Elemental out (in armour to protect against Ice and Wind).

The fight will cycle between different characters, and everyone except Cloud will start with a full limit break. Don’t use these immediately, but instead wait until you get to the phases where two members are fighting at a time and use your limits during these phases to quickly move on. Do note if you die during this section, there is a checkpoint at the beginning of the duo fights, just make sure to select “Retry from Before Current Battle” from the Game Over screen.

In the final section, whenever she is pressured Jenova will become immune to melee damage, so use whatever means of magic damage you have or simply try to stay healed up and alive until she is vulnerable again.

Boss Fight: Sephiroth Reborn

Weaknesses / Status Ailments:
Lesser Resistances:
Greater Resistances:
Immunities: Proportional Damage, Berserk, Deprotect, Deshell, Debrave, Defaith, Slow, Stop, Poison, Silence, Sleep, Petrify, Stone, Morphable Items
Absorbed Elements: —
Items Dropped: —
Rare Items Dropped: —
Stealable Items: —
Assess Info: Unable to read.

This fight unfolds in several phases, but don’t fret if you die because there’s a checkpoint after each party change. The initial phase against Human Sephiroth with Cloud and Zack is straightforward. Utilise your ATB abilities and synergy moves whenever available. Zack, as a new character, can charge his attacks with up to three levels, either by holding the button or pressing it immediately after a normal attack. After synergy moves, Zack enjoys a brief period of unlimited MP, so make used of his various support spells if needed, but this an easy phase.

After this is when the real battle begins against the true last boss, Sephiroth Reborn. You’ll control only Cloud and have to take out the weak point at the botto of the body. Initially, focus on dealing damage while evading Sephiroth’s attacks. Sephiroth likes to use Heartless Angel, leaving you with 1 HP, so make sure to prep a heal either with an Item or Curaga as soon as you see the attack is coming, although don’t use it until it actually hits you.

The next phase sees Tifa, Red, and Cait Sith join the fray against Sephiroth and the recurring Bahamut Arisen Whisper. Concentrate your assaults on Bahamut until Sephiroth lowers his arms, then shift focus to attacking his vulnerable arms (its best to focus on one arm first to completely destroy it, then the other). When Bahamut is being revived is the chance to attack the wings and limit its healing capabilities. Eventually, with both wings dead, Bahamut can’t be healed and so you can finally destroy him.

Following this, you’ll control Zack again against Sephiroth Reborn’s chest, but you can use synergy abilities with Cloud. There’s not much to this phase at all, just attack the chest as much as you can to presure it, then when it gets close to stagger try and get Charge LV. 3 with Zack and save up ATB to use his most powerful abilities during stagger.

Next, you’ll control Red, Barret, and Yuffie. Initially, the core is invulnerable, so direct Yuffie to assault the wings, which alternate between elemental attributes. Utilise Yuffie’s Ninjutsu corresponding to the wing’s weakness (fire for ice, wind for lightning, etc.) to inflict damage. Once the wings are destroyed, concentrate all attacks on the core to defeat it. Be prepared for Sephiroth’s Heartless Angel move again and heal accordingly, then resume attacking the head in between his assaults with the rest of the party.

Finally, you’ll have Cloud again, accompanied by Aerith, facing Human Sephiroth instead of his Reborn form. Whenever he employs a Whisper attack, use Aerith’s magic to damage his wing and Masamune sword. Destroying either will weaken him and apply pressure. Dodge his Grip of Fate or Skewer attacks and anticipate multiple uses of Heartless Angel throughout the battle by always having a healing move prepared.

As you approach victory, Sephiroth will unleash Tempus Finis, rotating slowly with Whisper beams emanating from each side. Continue your assault while evading the beams to stagger him, ensuring to deliver the finishing blow during this window. Failure to do so may result in Octaslash Prime, a devastating attack which will do huge damage, so do everything you can to avoid this.

Hard Tips: After the fight with Jenova, this fight will begin immediately after the cutscenes, so make sure to hold square during the second cutscene if you want to change any of your gear for anyone in your party.

There are lots of phases to this fight, but every time your party changes there’ll be another checkpoint in the event you die, so don’t worry too much if you do die. The first phase with Cloud and Zack isn’t anything special, use your ATB as you get it and your synergy ability when you can. Zack will have temporary unlimited MP after doing this, so use it as a chance to heal up without wasting his MP. He has pretty much every support spell available so use whatever you want.

For the second phase against Sephiroth Reborn, you’ll be stuck with just Cloud. The first part is a short damage phase, simply avoid his attacks and attack the body. When you’re fighting him properly, he will use Heartless Angel which will put you at 1 HP, follow up with several other attacks, then repeat with Heartless Angel. Don’t bother fully healing during this section, just use a Prayer or Chakra after being hit by Heartless Angel and wait for the next one before healing again.

Next you’ll have Tifa, Red and Cait Sith against him and a respawning Bahamut Arisen Whisper. Focus attacks on Bahamut until Reborn lowers his arms, then attack them. You’ll get more time to attack the arms after defeating the Bahamut while it is being revived.

After this you’ll have a solo fight with Zack, however you can still synergise with Cloud. Focus on attacking the chest to pressure it, then unload on him to stagger him and deal heavy damage.

Next will be a fight with Red, Barret and Yuffie. You will need to attack his core, but it’s invulnerable to begin with. Use Yuffie to attack the wings, which will regularly change between the four elements. Use her respective Ninjustu (fire for ice, wind for lightning and vice versa) to damage the wings while ignoring the other two, then once the wings are destroyed unleash everything on the core to destroy it. He will then do Heartless Angel so be sure to heal up, then continue attacking the head in between the attacks to finish up with the rest of the party.

Lastly you’ll be back with Cloud, this time joined by Aerith, and you’ll be against regular Sephiroth instead of his Reborn form. Whenever he uses a Whisper attack, you can do damage to his wing/Masamune with magic so use Aerith to damage it. Destroying either his wing or Masamune during these attacks will weaken him, as well as pressure him. Dodge whenever he does Grip of Fate or Skewer to avoid them, and be aware that he’ll do Heartless Angel multiple times throughout the fight.

When you get him near defeat, he’ll do Tempus Finis where he slowly rotates with Whisper beams shooting out either side, while his pressure bar slowly depletes. Pummel away on him while avoiding the beams to stagger him and make sure to finish him off during this stagger, as otherwise he’ll follow up with Octaslash Prime. This will all but guarantee to kill you, however if you weakened him enough during the stagger he’ll immediately be defeated afterwards, even if you get knocked out by Octaslash Prime.

This finishes the main story in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. After the story you will unlock Chapter Select, the Play Log (Completion Checklist), and the Extras Menu that lets you pick your date for Chapter 12 if replaying via Chapter Select. You will also unlock Hard difficulty, available through Chapter Select. New challenges become available at the Musclehead Museum and there are new Queen’s Blood cards for sale. Anything you haven’t yet completed in the open world can be finished from the start of Chapter 13 via Chapter Select, the full world is accessible at that point. If you missed anything during a linear story section you can grab it during your hard playthrough via Chapter Select.

Your next goal should be finishing all Johnny’s Treasure Trove Items, beating Gilgamesh if you haven’t already, and finishing all Brutal/Legendary VR Missions.

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