Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough

3.2: Down in the Crater, part 1

Laser

Dragon Force

L5 Death

Magic Breath

When ready, just head to the Crater with the Highwind, and land inside it. You will be back to the area where you started at the beggining of disc three. This time, go south, and run down when asked to do so.

You will end up in a spiraled path. Going down, you will find a cave entrance and a chest. The cave leads you out of the Crater, the chest contains the Save Crystal item. This special item will allow you to place a save point anywhere in the Crater, until the point of no return of course (more about adequate areas for using the Crystal later on).

Going down the path, you will find a chest with a Guard Source. Don’t worry if some rocks fall off under your weight; you can still go back if you want to. Right after the chest is the path to the next area.

You have two choices from the beginning of this area: east or south-west. Since you will have to go down and then up to collect each and every treasure, it really doesn’t matter which way you go, but the way described here is the shortest (that is if you want to get all the treasures. If you just want to pound on the final boss, take the right passage, as it is the fastest).

Go down the passage on the east. Collect a Guard Source and a Mind Source on your way down, and then jump down right next to the red arrow pointing to the next area. Jump back up on the west passage, and collect a Magic Source and an Elixir in the two chests on your way up. When you reach the higher level, there will be a third chest on the northwest corner containing a Power Source. From this location, head east and press OK to collect a HP Absorb. After that, all you have to do is take the right passage one more time and go back down to the next area.