Final Fantasy VII/Limit Breaks

Limit breaks are powerful attacks, or other handy status boosts, that can be performed once the limit bar is full. The limit bar is slowly filled as enemies attack the character. Fury status makes the limit bar fill quicker and Sadness status makes the limit bar fill slower.

Most characters have 4 levels of limits; these characters can only learn the 4th limit once all other limits are learned. The 4th level limit is hidden, and comes in form of a "manual" to the limit. Once all other limits are learned, simply use this manual object on the character to learn the level 4 limit.

Most of the first limits on each level are learned by killing more and more enemies. This means that the character has to be the one that deals the killing blow in a fight; it doesn't matter if other characters damage the enemy as well. Most second limits on each level are simply gained by using the first limit on the level enough times.

The tables below list the number of times you have to use the first limit break of each level to get second limit breaks, as well as the number of kills needed to gain the first limit break of the next level. These numbers aren't conclusive because there is an amount of randomness to the system, they should be used as guidelines.

Limit breaks that have special effects beyond dealing damage are highlighted in bold.

Limit breaks diagram

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• TOP: all limit breaks are direct attacks
• BOTTOM: all limit breaks are support and debuff techniques
• LEFT: some limit breaks support the allies
• RIGHT: some limit breaks debuff the enemies
• CENTER: limit breaks with random effect.

Cloud

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Braver	1	Damages one enemy	Cloud starts with it
Cross Slash	1	Attack & Debuff: Damages one enemy, inflicts stop	Use Braver 8 times
Blade Beam	2	Damages one enemy, splash damage to all others	Kill 80 enemies
Climhazzard	2	Damages one enemy	Use Blade Beam 8 times
Meteorain	3	Damages random enemies	Kill 80 more enemies
Finishing Touch	3	May remove enemies from battle	Use Meteorain 8 times
Omnislash	4	15 slash attacks	Buy the Omnislash manual from the Battle Arena in the Gold Saucer. It costs 64,000 Battle Points in Disc 1 and 32,000 Battle Points in Disc 2 and 3.

Tifa

Tifa's limit breaks are chained. When a limit break is used, she will do all of the attacks in the following order, up to the maximum limit of the level currently selected. The slots system is used to pick how well the limits in question are handled:

• Hit: Normal damage
• Yeah!: Extra damage
• Miss: Attack not used

Too many misses will break the chain and the limits that follow aren't used. Also only the first limit break of the Level Tifa is set on will accumulate uses. For example, if Tifa has her first limit breaks of Level 1 and Level 2 and is set on the Level 2 limit, then no matter how many times she gets a Hit or Yeah! on the Beat Rush portion of the slot, her count for Beat Rush will not improve.

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Beat Rush	1	Damages one enemy	Tifa starts with it
Somersault	1	Damages one enemy	Use Beat Rush 9 times, even missing counts.
Waterkick	2	Damages one enemy, water elemental	Kill 96 enemies
Meteodrive	2	Damages one enemy	Use Waterkick 7 times, even missing counts.
Dolphin Blow	3	Damages one enemy	Kill 96 more enemies
Meteor Strike	3	Damages one enemy	Use Dolphin Blow 6 times, even missing counts.
Final Heaven	4	Damages all enemies	On Disc 2 or 3, after Cloud is rescued, play the piano in Tifa's house in Nibelheim to get the manual.

In game, there's one way of learning the melody for Final Heaven - during Cloud's story in Kalm. You can get the limit break even if you don't find the melody out, however, just play the melody normally.

Note: Tifa must be in your party when you play the song to get the limit break.

• PlayStation version: (+) (+) (+)

• PC version (mapping):  [Cancel]   [Switch]   [Menu]  ( [Page Up] + [Menu] ) ( [Page Up] + [Switch] )  [Cancel]   [Switch]   [Menu]  ( [Page Up] + [Cancel] )  [OK]   [Cancel]   [Switch]   [Cancel] 

• PC version (default keys):  Insert   Delete   +  ( 9 + + ) ( 9 + Delete )  Insert   Delete   +  ( 9 + Insert )  Enter   Insert   Delete   Insert 

See also Separate module about Tifa's piano.

Barret

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Big Shot	1	Damages one enemy	Barret starts with it
Mindblow	1	Debuff: Removes one enemy's MP	Use Big Shot 8 times
Grenade Bomb	2	Damages all enemies	Kill 80 enemies
Hammer Blow	2	May instantly kill an enemy	Use Grenade Bomb 8 times
Satellite Beam	3	Damages all enemies	Kill 80 more enemies
AngerMax	3	18 attacks on random enemies	Use Satellite Beam 6 times
Catastrophe	4	20 attacks on random enemies	Save North Corel from the runaway train, and a lady in a hut at the top of the town will give the manual to you.

"AngerMax" was erroneously mispelled "UngarMax" in the first English version of FF7.

Aeris

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Healing Wind	1	Support: Heals the party for half their HP	Aeris starts with it
Seal Evil	1	Debuff: May stop and silence an enemy	Use Healing Wind 8 times
Breath of the Earth	2	Support: Cures all party members' status ailments	Kill 80 enemies
Fury Brand	2	Support: Fills all allies' limit bars	Use Breath of the Earth 7 times
Planet Protector	3	Support: Makes the whole party invincible for a while	Kill 80 more enemies
Pulse of Life	3	Support: Completely heals party	Use Planet Protector 6 times
Great Gospel	4	Support: Planet Protector + Pulse of Life	From the weapon store on the peninsula near Gongaga.

To make it easier to get Aeris' 2nd and 3rd level limit breaks just do the following. After you escape from the Church give Aeris some Materia (Fire, Ice, and Restore Materia work well) and get into some random battles. Fight only with Aeris using her magic (this should instantly kill most enemies) and use Cloud for healing. Do this until you have her 2nd level limit break. If you don't have the Seal Evil limit break by the time this is done, you can do it now if you want. It should only take a little more than a half an hour. Repeat this process to get her 3rd level limit break. This'll make it easier when you want to get her last limit break.

To get the Level 4 manual, you need to talk to the sleeping man in a cave near Junon. He'll tell how many battles you've been in. When the two last digits of the battle count are the same and odd (i.e. 11, 33, 55, etc.), he'll give you a piece of Mythril. This can then be traded for the Great Gospel manual at the blacksmith on the Peninsula east of Gongaga after the events of Rocket Town. The blacksmith will give you two boxes to choose from, the "big one" and the "small one." Choose the small one. The small box is located up the stairs in a grey safe. (You can get more than one Mythril from the sleeping man, and open both chests.)

You can do this any time after getting out of the Corel Desert prison and before going to the Temple of the Ancients. Take the buggy given from Dio, go to Costa de Sol, and take the boat back to Junon. It will allow you to cross the river to get to the cave

Red XIII

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Sled Fang	1	Damages one enemy	Red XIII starts with it
Lunatic High	1	Support: Casts haste on the party	Use Sled Fang 8 times
Blood Fang	2	Attack & Support: Drains HP and MP from one enemy	Kill 80 enemies
Stardust Ray	2	10 random attacks	Use Blood Fang 8 times
Howling Moon	3	Support: Casts haste, berserk and strength-up on Red XIII	Kill 80 more enemies
Earth Rave	3	5 random attacks	Use Howling Moon 8 times
Cosmo Memory	4	Damages all enemies	Defeat Lost Number in the Shinra Mansion to obtain the manual.

Cait Sith

Cait Sith only has two limit breaks.

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Dice	1	Damages one enemy for 100 times the sum of the dice	Cait Sith starts with it
Slots	2	Random effects	Kill 40 enemies

Dice

Cait Sith will throw anywhere from 2 to 6 dice, depending on your level.

• Level 01 - 29: 2 dice
• Level 30 - 39: 3 dice
• Level 40 - 49: 4 dice
• Level 50 - 59: 5 dice
• Level 60 - 99: 6 dice

Damage to enemies is calculated by multiplying the greatest number of dice that come up the same (1 to max number of dice) by the sum of all the dice, and then by 100. Here are some examples:

Level: 10

• Number the same: 1 (one 5 or one 3)
• Sum of dice: 8

$1\times 8\times 100=800$

Level: 55

• Number the same: 2 (two 2s)
• Sum of dice: 15

$2\times 15\times 100=3,000$

Level: 99

• Number the same: 3 (three 4s)
• Sum: 24

$3\times 24\times 100=7,200$

Slots

Cait Sith's Slots limit is dependent on how the three reels line up. There are specific limit breaks for getting certain groups of items in any order, and random limit breaks from the Toy Box for not getting one of the groups. The Toy Box limits will use random items to inflict damage at anywhere from two to five times normal damage.

Reels	Effect
3 Bars	A random summon is performed using no MP.
3 Cait Sith	Your party automatically wins.
2 Cait Sith, 1 Bar	Your party automatically dies.
3 Crowns	Toy soldier attack enemies for 5 times normal damage.
3 Hearts	Lucky Girl bonuses the party for 255% chance to hit with physical or magic attacks. Physical attacks also do double damage.
3 Mogs	Combines entire party into a giant Cait Sith with everyone's HP and MP. Cait Sith gets all experience if he wins and the whole party dies if he loses.
3 Stars	This heals the entire party.
Anything else	An attack from the Toy Box.

Cid

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Boost Jump	1	Damages one enemy	Cid starts with it
Dynamite	1	Damages all enemies	Use Boost Jump 8 times
Hyper Jump	2	Damages all enemies	Kill 80 enemies
Dragon	2	Attack & Support: Drains HP and MP from one enemy	Use Hyper Jump 8 times
Dragon Dive	3	6 random attacks	Kill 80 more enemies
Big Brawl	3	8 random attacks	Use Dragon Dive 8 times
Highwind	4	18 random attacks	Use the submarine to reach the sunken Gelnika (airplane wreck found in one of the bays). The manual can be found in the cargo hold.

Yuffie

Name	Level	Effect	How to unlock
Greased Lightning	1	Damages one enemy	Yuffie starts with it
Clear Tranquil	1	Support: Heals party	Use Greased Lightning 6 times
Landscaper	2	Damages all enemies	Kill 65 enemies
Bloodfest	2	10 random attacks	Use Landscaper 7 times
Gauntlet	3	Damages all enemies	Kill 65 more enemies
Doom of the Living	3	15 random attacks	Use Gauntlet 6 times
All Creation	4	Damages all enemies	Defeat Godo at the top of the Wutai Pagoda and finish Yuffie's subquest to obtain the manual.

Vincent

Vincent, unlike all the others, has only one limit break per limit level, and his limit breaks involve morphing into another creature. You cannot control Vincent while he is morphed, and one of two possible effects is picked randomly for each attack.

Name	Level	Effect 1	Effect 2	How to unlock
Galian Beast	1	Berserk Dance: Damages one enemy	Beast Flare: Fire damage to all enemies	Vincent starts with it
Death Gigas	2	Giga Dunk: Damages one enemy	Livewire: Lightning damage to all enemies	Kill 60 enemies
Hellmasker	3	Splattercombo: 5 attacks to one enemy	Nightmare: (Debuff) Status ailments to one enemy	Kill 60 more enemies
Chaos	4	Chaos Saber: Fire damage to all enemies	Satan Slam: Attempts instant death, then does fire damage to all enemies	Waterfall by the lake.

To get the level 4 manual, go to the waterfall on the northern side of the round lake on the second continent. You need either a colored chocobo or the submarine to reach it.

If you go to the waterfall with Vincent in your party, a cutscene follows. Exit the cave, go to the mainland, fight ten battles, re-enter it, and talk to Lucrecia to get the final limit.