Here’s how they work and how to getFinal Fantasy VIILimit Breaks for every party member.

There are four levels of Limit Breaks.

Each character starts with a Level 1 Break.

A player wielding a sword in Final Fantasy VII

To unlock the second, they have to use the first one a certain number of times.

To unlock the first Level 2 Limit Break, a character has to kill a certain number of enemies.

Then, the process repeats to obtain the next Limit Breaks.

Unlike the previous ones, Level 4 Limit Breaks must be unlocked by questing for an item.

Use the item on the character to unlock their final Limit Break.

Cloud Strife

For his Limit Breaks, Cloud unleashes powerful sword attacks.

Aeris Gainsborough

Aeris’s Limit Breaks all focus on healing and status buffs.

However, if you land on a Miss!

space, that attack wont cause damage to the enemy.

You dont have to stop the reels, and often its not worth the risk to try.

Barret Wallace

Barret uses powerful gun attacks for his Limit Breaks.

Red XIII

Red XII has a mix of offense and defensive Limit Breaks.

Cait Sith

Cait Sith only has two Limit Breaks, but they can be very powerful.

Cid Highwind

Cid can perform attacks with assistance from his airship.

Yuffie Kigaragi

Yuffie is an optional character who uses mostly offense Limit Breaks.

The Basics of Limit Breaks

During battle, youll notice a gauge labeledLimit.

To trigger a Limit Break attack, that gauge must be full.

Every time a character takes damage from an enemy, the Limit Gauge fills a little bit.

Get hit enough and, eventually, youll get a Limit Break.

Enemies attack characters up front much more frequently.

This will change the assigned Limit Break and will also reset the gauge back to zero.

First, complete the Wutai Materia Hunter side quest, then return to Wutai with Yuffie in your party.

Win all battles and defeat Godo to earn Yuffie’s final Limit Break.

initiate the main menu and selectLimit, then check Barret’s available Limit Breaks.