Final Fantasy 7 - Fifth leveling area

[Veghesther]

Well by the time I gained all limit breaks that aren't Cat Sith's Dice via the same area/monsters I "only" hit level 45 and fighting battles until you have 3x level 99 party members in this area just isn't worth it.

[pyrotekniks63]

Think I shall make use of this later, I have the long grind from Lvl 2 > Lvl 3 Limits to do with all but Cloud and Aeris.

[NinjaStarForceX]

hey, im about go to ANCIENT TEMPLE, and aerith MUST be in party. my aerith is so weak, i need leveling spot.

status : cloud :lv35 aerith lv 27 vinceng lv 33

[ulillillia]

I don't recall when this was, but I think you should be able to make use of this leveling ground.

[NinjaStarForceX]

@ulillillia where is this (sorry dumb question)

[NinjaStarForceX]

@ulillillia ahh sorry, i didnt read "nibel area" at the bottom of menu :-)

[ulillillia]

I don't know if you have the Tiny Bronco, but if you do, look at my sixth leveling ground - it's the best for a very long time in the game.

[NinjaStarForceX]

@ulillillia but its bothering to spot>inn>spot>inn for me, i think its the best because nibel is near

[ulillillia]

You'd be surprised as to how often you actually need the inn. I can easily go from level 30-something to 99 without ever needing the inn. Healing magic pretty much says it all. A certain worm (a simple enemy with a forgotten name (sea worm?)) found along beaches near Mideel (the sixth leveling grounds - the forest just around the town is my seventh leveling ground) drops turbo ethers that fully restore MP so you have a seemingly infinite MP supply. Just heal and save every now and then.

[nufvcosta]

@NinjaStarForceX Wutai area, easternmost continent, you need to access it with the tiny bronco. Fight in the barren areas.

[nufvcosta]

@nufvcosta I mean westernmost.

[NinjaStarForceX]

@nufvcosta stop reply it -_- its 3 weeks ago..... im already finish this game now -_-

[ulillillia]

This is covered in my 6th leveling grounds video. Sea worm is a very easy enemy, found along the beaches.

[nufvcosta]

@nufvcosta Western continent, I mean.

[Ghostspartan83]

I've actually found a spot which every battler gives 2000+ exp and like 184 AP I believe or something along the lines of that. Trine will also take care of all the enemy's.

[ulillillia]

The best place is the sixth leveling ground. Not only is it faster than what this video has, it's also lame, requiring almost no user interaction. You could be referring to the case with 5 of those brain things that cause paralysis or stop. Yes, that's worth quite a bit, but it's the fact that the battle takes a long time that makes it not as worthy. You're better off with a 30-second span between battles that give just 1500 exp than you are with a 1-minute span giving 2100 exp.

[Ghostspartan83]

@ulillillia Sorry I meant to get back to you right when you sent it but I forgot... But it's near the Northern Continent. and the creatures can't put any effects on you.

[Ghostspartan83]

@Ghostspartan83 (Before Aeris dies.

[jon3s3yladd]

dude that is insane lvl 74 by this stage you are beating me nd on my 3 disk lvl 62 lad this must of taken you ages =D awesome vid

[ulillillia]

I'm an extreme powerleveler - I reach level 99 on disk 1 all the time in FF7, using my sixth leveling ground. I got level 99 on my first play on my fifth. Now that I'm aware of it, level 99 is reachable in reasonable time before my fourth leveling ground - right after obtaining the buggy.  In FF1, I reach level 50 (the max) in the Terra Caverns before defeating the vampire. In FF12, I get level 99 at game start. I could go on....

[jon3s3yladd]

@ulillillia thanks for replyin i am disk 3 is there anywhere good to train ladd =D really need to get lvls up =D

[ulillillia]

The area you'd use depends on your level and whether or not you have the W-item materia. If you're around level 50 or 60 (lower if you're loaded with high-level HP plus materia so have 5000+), the left path in the Northern Cave is what you seek - the frequent magic pots give 8000 exp a piece and w-item (due to a bug) allows for an infinite supply of elixirs. If you don't have W-item, the bug is absent in your version, or extremely low level, the forest around Mideel is the best.

[ShadowsDawn7]

How many things can u learn from a eskill? More than 1

?

[ulillillia]

Enemy skill materia has 24 stars, right? That would imply that you could obtain 24 skills. What happens when all 24 are obtained, that I don't know, but knowing other materia, you get a new one. I've only ever had about 7 or 8 of the skills, maybe 10 at the high end.

[blainyrules]

this is usually one of my only leveling grounds, along with the northern cave

[ulillillia]

The forest around Mideel is among the best before the northern cave. There's also the Junon alarm method, of which I was completely unaware of when I recorded these videos.

[Refigee789]

I'd also suggest the mountain area of Wutai. Just don't go up the ramp to trigger the Yuffie event,. The XP and AP gains are quite comparable, maybe even a little better. The big upside is you will gain lots of restorative items like X-Potions and Phoenix Downs.

[ulillillia]

My sixth leveling ground is much faster than that and it becomes first accessible at the same time as your area is. In addition, the Junon alarm method (I wasn't aware of it until after these videos were posted) is probably as fast as this, yours, or the sixth leveling ground, but it's accessible before the fourth leveling ground, much earlier in the story.

[Nickthelich]

I have beat this game many times but one thing I've never done is obtain a single "Enemy skill" what do I have to do to get those? (Not the material the actual skills that comes from it)

[ulillillia]

To learn skills from "enemy skill", you just need to take a hit by the enemy's attack (manipulation accelerates this). I don't know if having an ally with enemy skill use it on another ally with enemy skill that doesn't have the skill to learn it.

[Darnellius]

It seems the Junon alarm area which is accessible before your fourth leveling area is better than both your fourth and fifth leveling area.... Lets hope its not better than the sixth or these videos have been very misleading.

[ulillillia]

At the time, I was completely unaware of the Junon alarm method. The best part about the sixth leveling ground is that it's lame - it requires very little interaction, so little that you can watch TV while doing it (though you'll need a second TV for this).

[Darnellius]

@ulillillia I know. I'm doing it right now which is why this is probably the best lvling area on disc one :)

[xXKazerXx]

@ulillillia wat is the junon alarm method?

[ulillillia]

The Junon alarm method involves triggering the alarm in, I think, upper Junon which brings out tough enemies that are worth a lot of experience. You can use it as soon as you first leave Junon and return at any time after this point. I have yet to try it myself though.

[jon3s3yladd]

@xXKazerXx you press the alram and you can trigger some battles which ar ehard at tht lvl =D

[ulillillia]

What level are you referring to? 30? 20? 50? I don't see any references in this part of the list of comments.

[jon3s3yladd]

@ulillillia i am lvl 60 and i was just wandering because you can lvl up so fast =D and it took me ages to get to lvl 60

[jon3s3yladd]

@jon3s3yladd yh i know but they have gotton to easy now hardly any xp but i will try it again i go to the airship underwater which get me xp but i want to know any other places i could train =D XD

[ulillillia]

The forest around Mideel is the best until disk 3 at level 60 - about 2400 exp a battle. Just be sure to have defense against sleep status though. Accessing it requires the Highwind. Don't have the Highwind yet (such as being before the second half of disk 2)? The area covered in my sixth leveling ground is the next fastest. Of course, powerleveling does get quite monotonous and easy, but there are ways to thwart that - my sixth leveling ground is lame - very little interaction is needed.

[jon3s3yladd]

@ulillillia thanks ladd i will go there and i am jw how long did it take you to get to lvl 99 3 weeks or 6 weeks ??? thanks for replyin =D XD

[ulillillia]

Using days, weeks, and months for the units of time is pointless - not everyone plays the same amount each day. Hours makes more sense. If you rushed the story until you got the Tiny Bronco, you might be able to get level 99 via my sixth leveling grounds in under 40 hours on the game clock. It's untested though so I have no real idea as to how fast it really would be.

[kobeconcha]

how can i get enmy lure

[ulillillia]

The battle arena in Gold Saucer has it - spend your battle points to get it. It doesn't have much of an effect on the encounter rate, so I tend to get 2 or even 3 of them....

[ulillillia]

Yes, immediately before Rocket Town.

[jackyiswacky]

hey, where do you go to max out your materia at the low place? o.o

and where is this, i cant read your map.

also can you put the places , cause i cant see well (glasses lost)

[ulillillia]

What do you mean "at the low place"? By "max out your materia", I'm assuming mastering it (having the materia reach the highest level, and thus replicate).

[bigbossvii]

where did you get a double ap weapon for cloud?

[ulillillia]

Explore the mountain just before the initial area. There is a secret passage here that you must follow.

[NivekOcnarf]

Hmmm makes sense. In the case of the battle if you cause an enemy to exit you probably dot get the experience for them.

[ulillillia]

I don't know in that case. I don't think I've ever used those spells. Given other FF games, and the names, "escape" is used to flee from battle and "remove" is used to eliminate an enemy (like instant death). I don't know if remove will affect experience gained. If it works when you encounter a single enemy, you should see that you'll get either 0 EXP or some EXP. With knowing how much the combo is worth, you can see if the EXP is less if there are multiple enemies.

[NivekOcnarf]

Yo dude what does exit materia do?

[ulillillia]

I believe it allows you to abruptly exit caves or escape from battle, and also to remove an enemy during battle.

[whitechocolate931]

Dude your videos are very helpful. Ive played FF7 on regular playstation for sometime now but i just figured out that on the playstaion store on the psp apps You can buy ff7 and play it on the psp its really cool. and you are kick ass on dis game

[YaikZZZZHuannnn]

uliliilia,u must try junon alarm trick,u can reach lvl 99 EASILY before access to gongaga..

[ulillillia]

At the time I recorded it, I didn't know that you could do that alarm thing.

[YaikZZZZHuannnn]

yeah,but actually your six leveling ground is lot better but junon alarm is accessable earlier..

[wellmellgell]

are you autistic or something

no offence ment by that

[OnyonKnight]

How could that possibly be offensive?

[wellmellgell]

you must be a massive stoner

[ulillillia]

?? What do you mean by "massive stoner"? I'm confused.

[wellmellgell]

well surely you cant do all this training without being on some kind of drug i know i couldent doesent it get well boring otherwise?

[ulillillia]

With my sixth leveling grounds, I, well, watch TV. Really! At the time, I was playing on my TV tuner and I was watching Morning Express on HLN, among others. It's also how I'm getting to level 99 on the first world with FF6. It's what I call "lame leveling" - it takes almost no involvement to do it, allowing you to do other things while waiting. Yet, 3 days is nothing compared to some of my other extremes such as listening to the same song for 52 1/4 days in a row (song and speed for 17).

[BornFromHell13]

i do it, oh wait im a massive stoner, nvm =D

[Rhapthorne3]

Is this place better or worse than the Junon leveling area? The one with the alarm.

[ulillillia]

I never tried the alarm thing. At the time I made these, I didn't know about it. If you average 1200 EXP per battle with the alarm area, it is better. The best place of all for disk 1 is my sixth leveling grounds. The best in the game is the Northern Cave, the final area.

[psphunter]

Why are so many having fury dissease? what is it good for?

[ulillillia]

I like using the limits and I find using fury very useful. It also adds a bit of challenge to this otherwise very easy game.

[massmurderer02]

ey!

more questions

lol

where did you get exit materia?

[ulillillia]

Rocket town, and it's very close by (the next town at this point). Exit has a very decent 23 1/3 to 1 gil to AP ratio, among the 3 best in the game (magic plus (obtained on disk 2) is second with a 28:1 ratio and all is the best with a 40:1 ratio).

[wellmellgell]

WHAT THE HELL!!

are you still on disk 1 there?

[ulillillia]

Exactly. I've never been to disk 2 without someone on level 99. See my 6th leveling grounds for details.

[cloudownage666]

how did u get vincent??????? i have disk 1 and i stil lcant get him where did u get him???

[ulillillia]

You need to open the safe in the Nibelheim mansion, defeat the sudden boss, and take the key into the basement and you'll find a coffin. Go from there.

[cloudownage666]

how do i find the code for the chest?????

[ulillillia]

There's a letter on the left side of the mansion's entrance explaining the details. It gives various clues. I recall there being a "97" and a "10" in the code. There's four numbers in all. You can also check cheat code websites for this as well.

[werboweckjybahamut]

36, 10, 59, 97 in that order...

[imnot18yetlol]

right 36 left 10 right 59 right 97

[werboweckjybahamut]

If you follow thos directions you enter: 36, 26, 85, 182...

[ulillillia]

I can see where you're getting that, but it's actually "left to 10", "right to 97", etc..

[cloudownage666]

how do u keep all ur ppl on fury?

[ulillillia]

Use hyper on all of them, even if they don't have sadness.

[cloudownage666]

kk tnxs

[Fftfan93]

how many final fantastys are there in all? 17? 18? i really dont know........

[ulillillia]

12 are currently available based on the numeric sequences with 13 supposedly in the works. There's other side releases like Final Fantasy Tactics and I think one other. Wikipedia or searching Google is your best way to answer that.

[WGReviews]

Theres also Crisis Core.

[EllieBobber123]

IS there anywhere you can level fast at the beginning of the game, please? :/

[ulillillia]

I have 6 leveling grounds. The fastest is my sixth one, which is also the last. The fourth is the next best, but there's nothing decent before the fourth that would allow you to get to level 99 in reasonable time.

[darkvegeta4]

This may be stupid, but where are you? This is my first play through and I can't tell where you are. Also I am just entering Rocket Town, have I missed Morph materia, and how can I get Sniper CR for Vincent? Thanks a million. I'm using all of your FFVII videos and they are really helpful.

[ulillillia]

You find this area immediately after Mount Nibel and immediately before Rocket Town. You get the morph materia in the "Temple of the Ancients" which comes later in the story than this. It's your first destination after obtaining the Tiny Bronco in Rocket Town (if I recall). You get Vincent in the Shinra Mansion in Nibelheim. I don't recall where I got the Sniper CR from, however. Clear the Rocket Town event and you can go to my 6th leveling grounds, the fastest leveling until disk 3.

[darkvegeta4]

Thanks. I am now right after the events with the keystone. I went exploring and am now in an area fighting "Spirals". My part is at level 60, but now I have Aeris in my party and I can't take her out. After she dies can I come back to these areas, before disk 2 for more leveling? I want at least level 80 before disk 2. thanks for your reply, and again thanks for the videos.

[ulillillia]

Complete the Temple of the Ancients mission (where you get the "morph" materia) and you'll lose Aeris from the party (it's, at least, not forced on you). With morph, you may want to look into maxing out the strength, but then again, you'll probably want to master it twice so all three characters have it. This is an excellent time to get those levels up as well. In the grassy area, you'll get more EXP per battle. See my "sixth leveling grounds" video for further details.