Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough

3.8: The Second Gathering Place

This place is a semi-circular path around a glowing green light. Depending on which path you took, you can come from three points in here: if you’re coming from the Right Path, you’ll jump down from the northwest corner. If you’re coming from the Left A Path, you’ll be jumping from the east wall, and end just south of a treasure chest containing a Luck Source. Finally, if you’re coming from the Left B Path, you will be walking from the northeast corner, just north of the treasure chest.

If you reach the lower portion of the semi-circular path on the southwest corner of the room, you will trigger the gathering event: the characters sent on different paths will join you, and gather in the southwest corner. When you approach your partners, you will enter a different screen, viewed sideways, with all the characters in it. Talk to them, and they will give you items they collected on the way. However, pay close attention to this: the southwest corner of this screen is the point of no return. If you approach it, you will trigger the last sequence of events of the game. This is why the screen just before this one is the second favored place for placing the Save Crystal.

When you’re done collecting the items from your partners (note that Yuffie will only give you what she collected if you sent someone on the same path as hers. She really is a “treasure hunter”), head for the southwest corner of the screen to begin the final showdown.