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Final Fantasy 7 (VII) Remake Shears’ Counterattack Walkthrough

April 6, 2020 by Darth_Krid 6 Comments

Shears’ Counterattack is a side quest in Final Fantasy 7 (VII) Remake. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Shears’ Counterattack Side Mission (Odd Job).

Shears’ Counterattack becomes available in Chapter 9 when you complete ‘The Underground Colosseum’ main objective, and completed both ‘Burning Thighs‘ and ‘The Price of Thievery‘ side quests.

Side Quest: Shears’ Counterattack
Chapter: 9
Area: Sector 6 Slums – Wall Market
Quest Giver: Gatekeeper
Requirement: Make the following choices in Chapter 9:

  • Sam Dialogue (Chocobo Cowboy): When describing Tifa to him pick “She’s great at handling the books”.
  • In Wall Market, don’t talk to the guy in front of the hotel and don’t talk to the hotel receptionist.
  • In Wall Market, Ignore the Johnny Discovery Event (where he runs away) and head straight for the main objective.
  • When Sam does the coin flip, pick “Heads”.
  • Pick the most expensive massage “Luxury Course – 3000 Gil”
  • When Aerith asks how you like her outfit “Looks comfortable”.
  • Complete ‘The Underground Colosseum’ main objective & “Parting Ways” main objective.
  • Complete “Burning Thighs” side quest.
  • Complete “The Price of Thievery” side quest.

Reward: Arcane Scepter, HP and MP restored, Manuscript: The Art of Swordplay Vol. IX (Hard Difficulty Only)
Mission Info: The Colosseum gatekeeper asks you to participate again. Accept the challenge.

Objectives:

  • Head to the Colosseum and select the ‘Special Match’
  • Defeat the Jury-Rigged Cutter and claim your reward

Starting Location: Shears’ Counterattack

Warning: This Side Quest requires specific choices in Chapter 9, see the requirements listed above and replicate them exactly. If you make different choices you get two alternate quests instead A Dynamite Body, The Party Never Stops (click on them for their requirements). These optional quests are also needed for the “Best in the Business” trophy, which you can do after the story in chapter select. Since they cancel out the alternate Chapter 9 quests you can only do one or the other on the 1st playthrough.

Head to the Colosseum and select the ‘Special Match’

Head over to the Colosseum and speak to the Gatekeeper. Select ‘Special Match’ and you’ll be taken to the arena.

Defeat the Jury-Rigged Cutter and claim your reward

You’ll have to fight a Jury-Rigged Cutter, an upgraded version of the Cutter enemy. a new enemy at this stage. It shouldn’t post much of a threat if you have strong Lightning magic, which will do tremendous damage. It can hit fairly hard, but is also slow and lumbering so you can dodge most of its attacks. Once he’s defeated, return to Madam M at the entrance to the arena and she’ll reward you with an Arcane Scepter (if this is your first playthrough of Chapter 9) or simply just restore your HP/MP if you completed the other branch of Chapter 9 side quests on a previous playthrough.

This finishes Shears’ Counterattack side quest in Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Important for Best in the Business Trophy: To get this quest you must ignore the Johnny Discovery Event in Chapter 9 Wall Market which locks you out of the 2 alternate Side Quests The Party Never Stops, A Dynamite Body. After the story you unlock Chapter Select and can get these 2 alternate quests via chapter select without having to replay the entire game. Once you did all 26 side quests you get trophy “Best in the Business”. You can’t get all 26 side quests in a single playthrough.

For all other Side Quest Walkthroughs, check out our complete Final Fantasy 7 (VII) Walkthrough.

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Comments

  1. Asgard0822 says

    April 11, 2020 at 6:45 pm

    The Colosseum gatekeeper only comes at you when you go back to madam M.
    He runs out of her shop.

    Missed this detail

    Reply
    • Torin says

      April 20, 2020 at 3:27 pm

      Thank you so much! Without this tip, I could’ve screamed!

  2. larry says

    April 15, 2020 at 9:42 am

    this quest in hard mode gave me cloud book

    Reply
    • hamza ali says

      September 28, 2020 at 12:31 am

      i have gottterdemarung the best accessory equped with lightning elemental meteria this sidequest on hard mode was so easy for me 🤗

  3. Corey says

    April 17, 2020 at 9:21 pm

    I didn’t follow those steps, and I was still able to do this quest.

    Reply
  4. Nate says

    June 3, 2020 at 4:49 am

    Getting these “Alternate” Chapter 9 Side Quests; “Shears Counterattack” & “The Price of Thievery” instead of “The Party Never Stops” and “A Dynamite Body” is the consequence of several converging factors throughout the chapter – mostly dialogue choices.

    To summarize, you will get sidequests assigned by either Chocobo Sam (The Party Never Stops, etc.) or Madam M (Shears Counterattack “, etc.). The latter is the result of attaining a high enough “score” regarding a hidden variable. This variable is representative of how RESPECTFULLY you’ve treated women in ALL of the Chapter 9 branching dialogues.

    Typically, these conversations are ones with 3 options (though there are 1 or 2 exceptions), where one response is worth +2X to the variable (we’ll call it “Respect”), one is worth +0X or +1X Respect, and one is worth -1 Respect.

    Perhaps the easiest example is Madam M’s massage. Choosing the “Deluxe” option for 3000gil will net you +3 Respect, 1000gil message gives you +1 Respect, and “Poor Man’s” for 100gil gets you -1 Respect.

    Basically, answer like Chocobo Sam would presumably appreciate (like a misogynist) more frequently to get his side quests, or answer like Madam M might appreciate more frequently to get her side quests!

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