The list of trophies and descriptions on how to obtain each of them. Return to the “Trophy List” for an easier-to-read listing. Note that the full list of trophies, including descriptions, may contain game spoilers. Turn back now if you prefer not to see them!
Unlocking Each Achievement/Trophy
Obtain all trophies.
You will obtain this Achievement/Trophy once you obtain all the other trophies listed on this page. Read the descriptions below for more information on how to get each of them.
Emerge victorious from your first battle.
You automatically receive this Achievement/Trophy after you emerge successfully from the first battle of the game. This is the battle that Cloud (who is listed as Ex-SOLDIER on the battle screen) engages in after he jumps off the train and reaches Sector 1.
Use a Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received after you use a Limit Break for the first time. This typically occurs pretty early in the game. Check out the Limit Break section for more information on how Limit Breaks work.
Get Don Corneo to choose Cloud over the two females.
You can obtain this Achievement/Trophy when you reach Wall Market. To get into Don Corneo’s mansion with Aeris to rescue Tifa, Cloud, and Aeris will take part in a small scavenger hunt. This hunt involves locating pieces of an outfit in Wall Market to help Cloud dress up as a girl.
Gaining entry into Don Corneo’s mansion is pretty straightforward, as it only requires you to obtain two outfit pieces. However, to earn the Consummate Cross-dresser Achievement/Trophy, you not only need to gain entry into Don Corneo’s mansion… you also have to have Don Corneo select Cloud to be his date.
Don Corneo’s chances of selecting Cloud improve to 100% if you not only obtain all four outfit pieces but also ensure that you obtain the best outfit pieces. For example, you should have the dressmaker craft the Silk Dress over the Shiny Dress.
Lastly, you need to ensure that the girls at the Honeybee Inn apply their makeup to Cloud’s face. Refer to the Wall Market Walkthrough page for additional details on how to obtain each piece.
Use a summon Materia in battle.
You will obtain this Achievement/Trophy as soon as you use one of your Summon Materia. The first summon that you receive during a regular playthrough is the 
Choco/Mog Materia, which you can get at the Chocobo Farm on Disc 1.
Raise a Materia to Lv. 5.
Obtaining this Achievement/Trophy involves leveling a Materia to Level 5, which is the maximum level possible. This will occur naturally to one of your Materia as you progress through the game. However, you can also Leveling Materia section as well if you need tips on how to level your Materia faster.
Go on a date with Barret in the Gold Saucer.
Final Fantasy VII features a date scene that occurs during the team’s second visit to Gold Saucer. Depending on the choices you make throughout the game, it is possible to go out with any of the following characters:
- Aeris
- Tifa
- Yuffie
- Barret
The team member that Cloud goes on a date with is selected based on some of the decisions that you make during your playthrough, the answers you give to certain dialog, and which party members you include for certain scenes. All these choices raise or lower a character’s “affection score,” which is a hidden value that the game uses to determine Cloud’s date when the team arrives at Gold Saucer.
You must have Cloud go out on a date with Barret to obtain the Best Bromance Achievement/Trophy. You can check out the Gold Saucer Date section for all the details, or use the Walkthrough section which points out any areas in the game where your decisions will impact the date scene.
Win the Chocobo Racing mini-game.
You can obtain this Achievement/Trophy as soon as you win a Chocobo race at Chocobo Square in Gold Saucer. The first opportunity to earn this Achievement/Trophy occurs during the first which takes place when the team is attempting to escape from the Corel Prison. After that, you can enter your own Chocobo in the Chocobo races.
Check out the Chocobo Racing and Breeding guide in the Side Quests section for more information about how to level up and race your Chocobos.
Score 10,050 points or more in G-Bike at the Gold Saucer.
To obtain this Achievement/Trophy, you have to score 10,050 or more points on the G-Bike mini-game. You can find the mini-game in the arcade section of Gold Saucer, which is in Wonder Square (where you first meet Cait Sith).
Getting more than 10,050 points takes practice. Here are a few tips that you can use though:
- Position your bike as close to the screen as possible when there are no bikes around so that you can intercept them before they get close to the truck.
- Use Cloud’s bike to ram the enemies.
Have Yuffie join your party.
You will obtain this Achievement/Trophy as soon as you locate Yuffie Kisaragi, a secret character, and defeat her in battle. Yuffie will join your party after you proceed through a few sections of dialog, and you will receive the Shuriken Join Us Achievement/Trophy automatically once she does. Check out the Secret Characters section for more information.
Have Vincent join your party.
You can obtain this Achievement/Trophy once you’ve followed the steps required to have Vincent Valentine join your party. Vincent is a secret character that you can have join your team once you have reached Nibelheim with your party, but not during the flashback sequence that takes place in Nibelheim while the team is at Kalm.
Obtaining Vincent is difficult early on in the game, so make sure that you use the tips and tricks identified in the Secret Characters section to open the safe and defeat Lost Number.
Obtain the Leviathan Materia.
This Achievement/Trophy is received when you obtain the Leviathan Summon Materia. Leviathan is a reward obtained by reaching the top of the Wutai Pagoda with Yuffie. Check out the Wutai Pagoda guide in the Side Quests section for more details.
Obtain the Bahamut Materia.
This Achievement/Trophy is received when you obtain the Bahamut Materia. Bahamut is a summon that you should receive during a regular playthrough of the game.
You can obtain Bahamut Summon Materia while you are navigating through the Temple of the Ancients. There is a sequence after you defeat the Red Dragon and before you defeat the Demon’s Gate boss at the end of the Temple of the Ancients. Bahamut is a Red Materia that drops directly in front of Cloud in between the two sequences.
Obtain 99,999,999 gil.
You can obtain this Achievement/Trophy by possessing 99,999,999 gil at one time. Note that this is not the same thing as earning 99,999,999 gil throughout the game. If you spent 10,000,000 gil, you would need to earn that back. So, what’s the easiest and quickest way to earn gil?
The easiest method for farming gil is to level up your 
All Materia to level 5 and sell them for a massive 1,400,000 gil per piece. This still means that you will need to level up quite a few All Materia, but you can use the Materia leveling tips to make this go much quicker. Check out the Earning Gil Quickly page in the Tips and Tricks section for more information.
It is interesting to note that 99,999,999 gil is not the maximum amount of gil that you can carry at one time – you can keep going beyond this. This amount of gil is already more than would ever be needed during a playthrough as there are very few items worth purchasing late in the game.
Reach Lv. 99 with one character.
You can earn this Achievement/Trophy once you level one of your characters to level 99, the maximum level value.
Reaching level 99 is not required for any of the side quests, including the most challenging bosses in the game (Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon). However, you will likely get one of your characters to level 99 while obtaining some of the other trophies. Specifically, you will gain a ton of EXP while leveling up your Materia for the Coming Up All Nines trophy.
Alternatively, check out the Leveling Characters section for more information.
Obtain the Bahamut ZERO Materia.
This Achievement/Trophy is received when you obtain the Bahamut ZERO Materia. You can only obtain this Materia, though, if you manage to save all four pieces of Huge Materia and get the other two Bahamut Materia. The two Bahamut Materia required include:
Bahamut Materia: Located in the Temple of the Ancients
Neo Bahamut Materia: Located in the Whirlwind Maze near the screen.
Both of these two Materia are missable, meaning that if you did not pick them up when you were in each respective area (the Temple of the Ancients and the Whirlwind Maze), there is no way to go back and get them.
Details on how to recover and save each of the four pieces of Huge Materia are included throughout the Walkthrough section. Specifically, you will need to:
1) Have Cid and his team save North Corel from the train
2) Have Cid and his team save Fort Condor from the Shinra attack
3) Defeat the Red Submarine during the underwater Submarine Fight sequence and then retrieve the Huge Materia from the sunken sub
4) Retrieve the Huge Materia from Shinra Rocket No. 26 after being launched into space during the return to Rocket Town
Return to Cosmo Canyon once you have both Materia and have saved all four Huge Materia. During the sequence with Bugenhagen in his observatory, examine the blue Huge Materia and select the “Get closer…” option. Cloud will find the Bahamut ZERO Materia inside.
Obtain the Knights of the Round Materia.
You can obtain this Achievement/Trophy when you pick up the Knights of the Round Materia. “Knights of the Round” is the most powerful summon available in the game by a significant margin. You can find it in one of the Materia Caves, which you can only reach with a Gold Chocobo.
As such, to obtain it, you will need to raise a Gold Chocobo and explore each of the Materia Caves. Check out the Chocobo Racing and Breeding and the Materia Caves guides in the Side Quests section for more information.
Learn Omnislash - Cloud’s last Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received once Cloud learns his Level 4 Limit Break: Omnislash. You must first locate the 
Omnislash item, which you can then use to teach Cloud his final Limit Break.
Omnislash is one of the rewards that you can obtain in the Battle Arena of Gold Saucer. Check out the Battle Arena guide in the Side Quests section for more information.
Once you have obtained the Omnislash item, you will need to teach it to Cloud, which involves having him learn all of his Limit Breaks. Check out the Learning New Limit Breaks page in the Tips and Tricks section for more information on how to do this.
Learn Catastrophe - Barret’s last Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received once Barret learns his Level 4 Limit Break: Catastrophe. You must first locate the Catastrophe item, which you can use to teach Barret his final Limit Break.
You can find Catastrophe in North Corel after you have completed the Huge Materia portion of the story. Note that you do not need to have successfully stopped the train to obtain the item.
Once you have obtained the Catastrophe item, you will need to teach it to Barret, which involves having him learn all of his Limit Breaks. Check out the Learning New Limit Breaks page in the Tips and Tricks section for more information on how to do this.
Learn Final Heaven - Tifa’s last Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received once Tifa learns her Level 4 Limit Break: Final Heaven. You must first locate the Final Heaven item, which you can use to teach Tifa her final Limit Break.
Final Heaven can be found in Nibelheim once you reach Disc 2. To obtain it, you must play the Final Fantasy VII theme on Tifa’s piano. It’s much easier to do than it sounds. Check out the Nibelheim guide in the Side Quests section below for more information.
Once you have obtained the Final Heaven item, you will need to teach it to Tifa, which involves having her learn all of her Limit Breaks. Check out the Learning New Limit Breaks page in the Tips and Tricks section for more information on how to do this.
Learn Great Gospel—Aeris’s last Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received once Aeris learns her Level 4 Limit Break: Great Gospel. You must first locate the Great Gospel item, which you can use to teach Aeris her final Limit Break.
The challenge is that Aeris is only able to learn her Level 4 Limit Break before Disc 2. So, how do you teach Aeris Great Gospel?
You need to have Aeris learn her last Limit Break before you enter the Temple of the Ancients. If you have entered or completed the Temple of the Ancients, you can no longer have her learn her last Limit Break, and you will need to restart the game to obtain this trophy.
Before you head to the Temple of the Ancients, travel back to the town of Nibelheim, where you left the Buggy that you obtained when you escaped Corel Prison. Ride the Buggy back to Costa del Sol and drive it directly into the town. Head down to where the ship is docked and pay the sailor 100 gil to return to Junon.
Leave Junon, and you will find the Buggy waiting just outside Junon. Take the Buggy to the east and use it to cross a river. Search for a small cave on the side of the mountains, as shown in the screenshot below.
Speak to the sleeping man in the cave, and he will tell you some random statistic about your gameplay. He will tell you a different random statistic each time you enter and speak to him. You need to have him tell you how many battles you have participated in, and you need to talk to him when the last two digits of the number of battles are odd numbers and the same.
For example, this would be numbers like 199, 233, 355, 177, 99, etc., but it would not include numbers like 200, 222, 188 (because these numbers are even).
Exit the cave and engage in battles until you reach the correct number, and then speak to the sleeping man again. He will wake up and give you a “Mythril” key item. If he gives you a Bolt Ring, it is because the last two digits were even and not odd – keep engaging in battles if this is the case.
Now take the Mythril key item, hop back into the Buggy, and go back to the Gold Saucer Area. To the southeast of Gold Saucer is a small house located on the peninsula where a man inside typically talks about the Keystone and where to find it. Offer to give him the Mythril, and he will offer you the option of opening one of two chests – a small one and a large one. You can find Great Gospel in the small chest (located on the left side of the second floor).
Once you have obtained the Great Gospel item from the weapon seller’s house, you will need to teach it to Aeris, which involves having her learn all of her Limit Breaks. Check out the Learning New Limit Breaks page in the Tips and Tricks section for more information on how to do this.
Learn Cosmo Canyon - Red XIII’s last Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received once Red XIII learns his Level 4 Limit Break: Cosmo Memory. You must first locate the Cosmo Memory item, which you can use to teach Red XIII his final Limit Break.
You can obtain Cosmo Memory when you open the safe on the second floor of the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim. You will automatically receive it while you are completing the side quest to obtain Vincent Valentine as a secret character. Check out the Secret Characters section for more information.
Once you have obtained the Cosmo Memory item, you will need to teach it to Red XIII, which involves having him learn all of his Limit Breaks. Check out the Learning New Limit Breaks page in the Tips and Tricks section for more information on how to do this.
Learn All Creation - Yuffie’s last Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received once Yuffie learns her Level 4 Limit Break: All Creation. You must first locate the All Creation item, which you can use to teach Yuffie her final Limit Break.
You can find All Creation in Wutai either in Disc 1 or Disc 2. You will need to complete the Wutai Pagoda side quest to obtain it. Check out the Wutai Pagoda guide in the Side Quests section for more information.
Once you have obtained the All Creation item, you will need to teach it to Yuffie, which involves having her learn all of her Limit Breaks. Check out the Learning New Limit Breaks page in the Tips and Tricks section for more information on how to do this.
Learn Slots - Cait Sith’s last Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received once Cait Sith learns his final Limit Break: Slots. Slots is not a Level 4 Limit Break like the others listed on this page and is significantly easier to obtain. All you have to do is have Cait Sith defeat 40 enemies, and he will automatically learn this Limit Break, which, besides Dice, is the only Limit Break he is capable of learning.
Learn Chaos - Vincent’s last Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received once Vincent learns his Level 4 Limit Break: Chaos. You must first locate the Chaos item, which you can use to teach Vincent his final Limit Break.
You can find Chaos in Lucrecia’s Crystal Cave, which is a secret area that you can reach when you have access to the Shinra Sub. Check out the Lucrecia’s Crystal Cave guide in the Side Quests section for more information.
Once you have obtained the Chaos item, you will need to teach it to Vincent, which involves having him learn all of his Limit Breaks. Check out the Learning New Limit Breaks page in the Tips and Tricks section for more information on how to do this.
Learn Highwind - Cid’s last Limit Break.
This Achievement/Trophy is received once Cid learns his Level 4 Limit Break: Highwind. You must first locate the Highwind item, which you can use to teach Cid his final Limit Break.
You can find Highwind inside the Sunken Gelnika, which is an optional area that you can reach underwater once you have access to the Shinra Sub. Check out the Sunken Gelnika guide in the Side Quests section for more information.
Once you have obtained the Highwind item, you will need to teach it to Cid, which involves having him learn all of his Limit Breaks. Check out the Learning New Limit Breaks page in the Tips and Tricks section for more information on how to do this.
Complete FINAL FANTASY VII
You will receive this Achievement/Trophy automatically after you have completed the game and defeated Sephiroth in the final battle. Check out the Sephiroth Walkthrough page for additional details.
Obtain the Master Summon Materia.
You will receive this Achievement/Trophy automatically once you pick up the Master Summon Materia. You receive this Materia, along with the 
Master Magic Materia and the 
Master Command Materia, when you trade the Earth Harp key item to the Kalm Traveler.
To obtain the Earth Harp, you will need to defeat the Emerald Weapon, one of the most difficult battles in the game. Check out the Kalm Traveler and the Emerald Weapon guides in the Side Quests section for additional information.
Defeat the Diamond Weapon.
You will obtain this Achievement/Trophy automatically once you have defeated Diamond Weapon in battle. During this battle, you don’t actually defeat Diamond Weapon, and it runs away from Cloud and his team before the battle is finished.
Diamond Weapon is part of the regular story of the game, and you will automatically encounter it near the end of Disc 2. Refer to the Forgotten City Walkthrough page for additional details.
Defeat the Ruby Weapon.
You will automatically obtain this Achievement/Trophy as soon as you defeat Ruby Weapon in battle. Ruby Weapon is anotehr one of, if not the most, challenging battle in the game.
Check out the Kalm Traveler and the Ruby Weapon guides in the Side Quests section for more information on how to defeat Ruby Weapon.
Defeat the Emerald Weapon.
You will automatically obtain this Achievement/Trophy as soon as you defeat Emerald Weapon in battle. Emerald Weapon is one of the most challenging battles in the game—probably the second-hardest.
Check out the Kalm Traveler and the Emerald Weapon guide in the Side Quests section for more information on how to defeat Emerald Weapon.
Have your whole party fall in battle.
This Achievement/Trophy is very easy to obtain, and you will probably get it accidentally if your party all dies. You do not need to use Phoenix Materia with a Final Attack Materia to revive your party after they are KO’d or do anything crazy like that—you just need to have all three party members KO’d in battle and see the “Game Over” screen.