Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough

1.16: Getting out of Shinra

After you're caught and brought in front of the President, you learn more about just who Aeris is.

In the next scene, you're in a jail cell. Talk to others in the rooms, by either clicking near Tifa, or at the door. .

The crew decides to rest, but when you wake up, something is wrong. The door is wide open, for one.

Go to where Jenova was, which is now a bloody wreck.

Make your way through the crates to where the red arrow is, and take a moment to save. Once you're in the lab, follow the trail of blood through the room with the green stripes, and up.

Keep heading up, to find the President dead at his desk. Head up to the top of the screen after some dialogue, and out the door.

At this point, you split into two parties. Make sure your materia is evenly spaced, keeping in mind that Cloud has to do a solo boss fight soon. With Aeris, head down to the elevator and go down, and you’ll have to fight two bosses consecutively.

Hundred Gunner	Level	HP	MP	Attacks
	18	1600	0	Aux Artillery, Hidden Artillery, Main Artillery, Wave Artillery
	Absorbs	Blocks	Strong Against	Weak Against
	Steal	Morph	Win Item	Enemy Skill
	EXP	AP	Gil	Location
	330	35	300	Shinra Tower
	Immune to Status		Notes
	Sleep, Return, Confusion, Silence, Darkness, Transform, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Paralysis, Stone, Slowly Stone, Manipulate, Death
	Strategy
	This boss is, frankly, a pain in the butt. You can’t use long range weapons, but he certainly can, using Wave Artillery and Main Artillery often. Make sure that you keep Aeris healed, and use her healing limit break at every given opportunity. HG is weak against Lightning, so use that as much as you can. Be sure not to let any of the characters stay down for long, as you move to a new boss when you’re done with this one.

Heli Gunner	Level	HP	MP	Attacks
	19	1000	0	AB Cannon, C Cannon, Firing Line, Flying Drill, Spinning Bodyblow
	Absorbs	Blocks	Strong Against	Weak Against
	Steal	Morph	Win Item	Enemy Skill
	EXP	AP	Gil	Location
	250	25	200	Shinra Tower
	Immune to Status		Notes
	Sleep, Return, Confusion, Silence, Darkness, Transform, Stop, Berserk, Poison, Stone, Slowly Stone, Manipulate, Death
	Strategy
	This boss is fairly easy to beat, fortunately, and is also weak against Bolt. Attack as usual.

When you’re done, head to the bottom, and then you switch to Cloud, who has his own fight to win against Rufus and his pet cat.

Rufus	Level	HP	MP	Attacks
	21	500	0	Shotgun
	Absorbs	Blocks	Strong Against	Weak Against
	Steal	Morph	Win Item	Enemy Skill
			Protect Vest
	EXP	AP	Gil	Location
	240	35	400	Shinra Tower
	Immune to Status		Notes
	Return, Confusion, Silence, Transform, Berserk, Stone, Slowly Stone, Manipulate, Death
	Strategy
	Keep healing Cloud every second turn (or when you think that Rufus could take him out in two hits or less). Your limit break is your friend, as well as magic materia.

Dark Nation	Level	HP	MP	Attacks
	18	140	80	Barrier, MBarrier
	Absorbs	Blocks	Strong Against	Weak Against
	Steal	Morph	Win Item	Enemy Skill
	EXP	AP	Gil	Location
	70	7	250	Shinra Tower
	Immune to Status		Notes

When you’re done, run back out and down to Tifa and the Save Point.

Once you're back to Aeris' party, start to head out of the building to get dialogue going.