FFVII - Limit Breaks
You have to have played the game thouroughly to gain each and every limit break, and many people dismiss them as unimportant. First of all, it is important to outline that Limit Breaks are not to be associated with the level of your character. Instead, you must get more limit breaks by using the higher level limit breaks you already have, as much as possible also killing as many enemies as you can with a limit. You can only gain a better level by moving up progressively while your character learns the techniques, so if you want to get to Cloud's climbhazard, you have to have gained Braver, Cross-Slash and Blade Beam.
Don't forget, to equip a new level limit break, you must do so in the main menu under the 'limit' option. So if you are on Limit level 1 with Cloud and have both Braver and Cross-Slash, then once you have killed enough enemies with them, you are ready to equip Limit Level 2...
Every character has seven Limit Breaks, excluding Cait Sith, who has two of them, and Vincent, who has four breaks. To earn your Limit Breaks:
Level 1, first break:
- You start with this one already.
Level 1, second break
- Use your first break of that level 8 times.
Level 2, first break
- Kill 80 enemies. Your character has to be the one to deliver the killing blow in order to have it count. You can kill an enemy in any way (spell, Morph, use an item, etc.) Vincent only has to kill 60 enemies in order to fulfill this requirement.
Level 2, second break:
- Use your first break of that level 6 times.
Level 3, first break:
- See 'Level 2, first break' notes.
Level 3, second break:
- You must use your first break of that level 4 times.
Level 4, extreme limit break:
- Learn all your character's other Limit Breaks (6 for everyone but Cait, 3 for Vincent). Then use your character's Limit Break Manual on that person.
I suggest giving your character the Slash All materia or some spell that injures all enemies when trying to learn your first break for each new level. Try to find an area where you can fight many, easy to kill enemies at once (like near Mideel).
As for second breaks, try using a Hyper on the character whose break you want to learn, then give them a Cover materia so they'll take more damage and consequently have their Limit Break bars fill faster. If you're really desperate, give them a weak bracelet and a weak weapon so that they'll take more damage and be able to use their break more times without killing their opponent per battle.
To be able to use a limit break manual level 4, you must have learnt all the other limit breaks for that character, but you can still have the manual. You must be very patient, but is that Omnislash impressive? Erm, just a tad!
All of the characters in Final Fantasy VII have their limit breaks listed below:
Cloud
| Level 1 | Braver | |
| Cross-slash | ||
| Level 2 | Blade Beam | |
| Climhazzard | ||
| Level 3 | Meteorain | |
| Finishing Touch | ||
| Level 4 | Omnislash |
Omnislash - To gain this awesome limit break, you must have gained it from the Battle Square in the Gold Saucer. See Gold Saucer Goodies.
Barret
| Level 1 | Big Shot | |
| Mindblow | ||
| Level 2 | Grenade Bomb | |
| Hammerblow | ||
| Level 3 | Satellite Beam | |
| Ungarmax | ||
| Level 4 | Catastrophe |
Catastrophe - Barret's level 4 limit is in the house on the left in North Corel. Only after the part in the plot when you stop the train from crashing.
Aeris
| Level 1 | Healing Wind | |
| Seal Evil | ||
| Level 2 | Breath of the Earth | |
| Fury Brand | ||
| Level 3 | Planet Protector | |
| Pulse of Life | ||
| Level 4 | Great Gospel |
Great Gospel - Early in the game (obviously before she... well that would be telling), enter Costa De Sol with the buggy and get on the ship to Junon. The buggy will appear on the Junon side. Now your on the other side, you can obtain Mythril from the man sleeping in the cave. To get it, you must win a certain number of battles with the last two digits matching, i.e. 622, 455 etc. Then go to the little house on the peninsula near Gold Saucer and give the man who works there this item and he will let you open one of his boxes. Open the one on the second floor.
Tifa
| Level 1 | Beat Rush | |
| Somersault | ||
| Level 2 | Waterkick | |
| Meteodrive | ||
| Level 3 | Dolphin Blow | |
| Meteor Strike | ||
| Level 4 | Final Heaven |
Final Heaven - Go in to her house in Nibelheim and play her piano: Press X, Square, Triangle, L1+Triangle, L1+Square, X, Square, Triangle, L1+X, O, X, Square, X
Do this only late in the game.
Red XIII
| Level 1 | Sled Fang | |
| Lunatic High | ||
| Level 2 | Blood Fang | |
| Stardust Ray | ||
| Level 3 | Howling Moon | |
| Earth Rave | ||
| Level 4 | Cosmo Memory |
Cosmo Memory - Back in Nebliheim Mansion, in the safe. The combination is: Right 36, Left 10, Right 59, Right 97. It is important not to go over the number otherwise it won't open. After this, defeat the boss 'Lost Number' to get it. For more information on the safe, please see How to get Vincent.
Cait Sith
| Level 1 | Dice | |
| Level 2 | Slots |
Not Available... - Cait Sith doesn't have a level 4 limit break manual, he doesn't even have a level 3 limit break!
Cid
| Level 1 | Boost Jump | |
| Dynamite | ||
| Level 2 | Hyper Jump | |
| Dragon | ||
| Level 3 | Dragon Dive | |
| Big Brawl | ||
| Level 4 | Highwind |
Highwind - In the sunken airplane, near the Gold Saucer in the harbour shape enclosure. Go down in the submarine, and find it in one of the treasure chests.
Vincent
| Level 1 | Galian Beast | |
| Level 2 | Death Gigas | |
| Level 3 | Hellmasker | |
| Level 4 | Chaos |
Chaos - His limit level 4 is located in the same place as his ultimate weapon, in Lucretia's cave.
Yuffie
| Level 1 | Greased Lightning | |
| Clear Tranquil | ||
| Level 2 | Landscaper | |
| Bloodfest | ||
| Level 3 | Gauntlet | |
| Doom of the Living | ||
| Level 4 | All Creation |
All Creation - Complete Yuffie's little quest, and then bring Yuffie to the temple to battle with her family. You will receive Leviathan and this limit break as prizes.