The town of Mideel is the next official stop for continuing the story, but now that you have access to the Highwind, there are several side quests that you can complete beforehand, many of which involve revisiting towns that you have previously been to.

Note that you may have already completed the first two side quests listed below if you have been following this guide all the way through.

Purchase some Mimett Greens from Choco Billy at the Chocobo Farm before you travel to Mideel.

Lastly, considertake this opportunity to revisit Costa del Sol, as there are new weapons that you can purchase from the Weapon Shop, including:

• Solid Bazooka
• Centiclip
• Spiral Shuriken
• Long Barrel R
• Gold M-phone

Mideel | The “Hot Springs” Town

The town of Mideel is on the southeastern continent, and you can identify it by looking for a red dot on the mini-map (which you can pull up at any time using the button).

There is an Item Store near the entrance that sells regular items, but it also sells the following:

• Potions
• Hi-Potions
• Phoenix Downs
• Ethers
• Hypers
• Tranquilizers
• Tents
• Remedy

The Mideel Item Shop is the first shop that sells Remedy items. They are expensive to purchase, but they can cure nearly all status effects, making them quite helpful. Don’t purchase too many of them, as the Ribbon accessories that you’ve recently acquired should be preventing you from being afflicted by many status effects already.

The Materia Store is on the far right side of the screen You can purchase the following Materia:

• HP Plus Materia
• MP Plus Materia
• Transform Materia
• Gravity Materia
• Destruct Materia

The Weapon Store is up the stairs on the second level, the one with the girl in the blue dress standing out front. There are lots of great weapons and armor for sale, including:

• Crystal Sword
• Crystal Glove
• A·M Cannon
• Crystal Comb
• Crystal Cross
• Crystal M-phone
• Partisan
• Winchester
• Crystal Bangle
• Wizard Bracelet

The lady you see in each of the stores is the same woman accompanied by the same little white Chocobo. Speak to the Chocobo inside one of these stores, and Tifa will offer to feed it the “Samolen Greens.” The name of the greens listed in the dialogue box is another typo in the game, as Samolen Greens do not exist. This typo was corrected in the PlayStation 4 version of the game, but they misspelled it again as “Mimmet Greens.”

Choose to give it some “Samolen Greens,” and you will actually feed it the Mimett Greens that you should have purchased.

After that, choose to “Tickle behind his ears,” and the Chocobo will give you the Contain Materia.

Contain Materia has some of the most powerful spells in the game once you get it leveled up. Tornado and Flare magic are on par with magic like Ultima and Comet. Contain is very good Materia to equip on any of your more “magic-focused” characters.

Inspect the door at the back of the Weapon Store to confirm that it is locked. You need to inspect the door before proceeding to the next steps.

Cross the wooden bridge on the left side of the screen, just to the left of the man in purple, and you will hear the ground make a noise as you walk over it. Examine the ground to find a “Beat-up Useless Old Key.”

Take the key back to the Weapon Store and attempt to use it on the door at the back. The man at the counter will ask Tifa what she is doing. You will have the option to either “Lie your butt off!” or “Tell them the truth!”.

Choose to tell the store owner the truth. The store owner will then hand over a Curse Ring accessory.

Proceed to the north end of Mideel to continue with the story. Tifa will stop and talk to the dog before discovering that Cloud is in Mideel and is in the clinic nearby.

The story will continue for some time, with Tifa deciding to stay behind with Cloud in Mideel.

You will regain control as Cid aboard the Highwind. Walk over to the Operation Room and speak to the man inside.

Choose your party and spend some time equipping them with Materia, armor, and weapons. Tifa’s Materia, if she had any equipped, will be back in your inventory. Speak to the (now LV6) pilot in training when you are ready to go.

Fly back down to Mideel before you go anywhere. There was one final house in Mideel that you never had the opportunity to explore near the area where Tifa found the dog and behind where she overheard the two men talking about Cloud.

Enter the house to find a gigantic Elixir sitting on the bed.

You should also take this opportunity to purchase weapon upgrades for your characters if you need them. You have now likely had to make use of characters that were not generally in your main party, and you may not have been purchasing weapons for them along the way.

Cid’s team will soon be exposed to some battles, so make sure that they are fully prepared to fight.