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Underwater Reactor: Shinra Versus Sephiroth
Final Fantasy VII

Underwater Reactor: Shinra Versus Sephiroth

Walkthrough for Final Fantasy VII's Underwater Reactor section. Learn how to defeat Carry Armor and find the God's Hand weapon.

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Walkthrough for Final Fantasy VII's Underwater Reactor section. Learn how to defeat Carry Armor and find the God's Hand weapon.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Return to lower Junon, pay 10 Gil to use the elevator, and proceed to the street leading to the Underwater Reactor.
  2. 2
    Head south-west to encounter a Shinra officer drilling his troops. This allows normal combat with previously alarm-only enemies.
  3. 3
    Continue south-west to an elevator. Ride it down, defeat two Submarine Crew soldiers, and then another pair after leaving the elevator.
  4. 4
    Proceed south-east down a tunnel, then south-west and south-east through transitional screens. Save your game at the Save Point.
  5. 5
    Ride another elevator down to the Underwater Reactor and head north through a maintenance tunnel to a glass underwater tunnel.
  6. 6
    Press a red button to ride an underwater elevator down. Exit and run west along a metal walkway.
  7. 7
    Save your game at the Save Point, then head north to defeat a patrolling Shinra soldier and two idle soldiers.
  8. 8
    Continue east to defeat two Underwater MPs.
  9. 9
    Go through the doorway and proceed east along a metal walkway to witness Shinra taking the Huge Materia.
  10. 10
    Continue east to find Reno, who will attempt to delay you.

Boss Battle: Carry Armor

  • Stats / Weaknesses:
    • Carry Armor: HP: 24000, MP: 200, Weaknesses: Lightning, Resistances: Gravity, Poison, XP: 2800, AP: 240, Steal: N/A, Drop: God’s Hand, Gil: 4000
    • Left Arm/Right Arm: HP: 10000, MP: 100, Weaknesses: Lightning, Resistances: Gravity, Poison, XP: N/A, AP: N/A, Steal: N/A, Drop: N/A

Phases:

  1. Carry Armor's arms will grab characters, rendering them helpless and occasionally damaging them. The arms have 10000 HP each and are weak to lightning.
  2. Carry Armor itself has 24000 HP and is weak to lightning. Its "Lapis Laser" attack hits the whole party for around 1300 damage, and normal attacks deal over 400 damage.
  3. Using "Magic Hammer" twice on the body deprives it of "Lapis Laser".
  4. Destroying the arms and draining MP leaves Carry Armor vulnerable to physical attacks.

Strategy:

  • Use "Big Guard" and "White Wind" to maintain party health.
  • Bombard Carry Armor with "Trine" as it is weak to lightning. Two rounds of "Trine" should significantly damage it.
  • If "Magic Hammer" is available, use it twice on Carry Armor's body to disable "Lapis Laser".
  • Focus on destroying the arms first, then attack the weakened body.
  • Knights of the Round summons can end the fight instantly if available.
  • Upon defeating Carry Armor, you receive the God’s Hand (Tifa's weapon: 86 Attack, 255% Attack%, 4 Materia sockets).
  • Loot a chest west of the boss arena for the Battle Trumpet (Cait Sith's weapon: 95 Attack, 6 Materia sockets, no Materia growth).
  • Search a chest near the ramp to the submarine east of the docks for a Scimitar (Cid's weapon: 86 Attack, 2 joined Materia sockets, Triple AP Growth).

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