Final Fantasy 7 - Walkthrough - Part 23 - The Temple of the Ancients
000:00 - Head to the Temple on the island south-east of the map. Head inside to find Tseng. Place the Keystone on the altar to proceed.
04:00 - In the maze, go north, and ignore the stairs to the right. Continue, take the next set of stairs, through the arch and use the vines to head down. Go right, underneath the long stairs and pick up the Trident from the chest. Head down the stairs and climb up the vines. The door here is sealed.
05:09 - Head up the stairs at the left, head through the arch and pick up the Turbo Ether. Go back and follow the figure in purple up the vines. Pick up the Mind Source, then head down the stairs and through the doorway.
05:40 - Aeris will reveal they are an Ancient. Speak with them and you can buy items, rest to heal HP/MP and save the game. Open the chest at the right to pick up a Silver Rifle weapon for Vincent.
06:55 - Head back out, up the stairs and back down the long vine. Go through the arch and down the long staircase. Go through the next arch, down the set of stairs, head left and down the small vines. Open up the chest to pick up the Rocket Punch weapon for Barret.
07:35 - Head down the stairs, head right and go up the small vines. Don't follow the Ancient, go up the stairs, through the arch, down the next set of stairs and climb up the long vine. Run forward to pick up the Luck Plus Materia. Now backtrack and this time follow the ancient through the doorway.
08:30 - In this room, you will have some large boulders rolling down the walkway. To proceed, make sure you position Cloud to crouch safely under the hollow part of the boulders. When you reach the other side, the boulders will stop. Backtrack to the middle and pick up the Morph Materia.
12:45 - Head to the right and speak with the Ancient to rest and/or save the game then go down the stairs.
13:05 - In this room, you want to change the hand of the clock to allow Cloud to cross over into the various numbered rooms. Choose to move the hands, then select between "Go back in time" and "Speed up time" to move the hands to the rooms. First of all, wait for the moving seconds hand to make it's way round and try to run across to fall off. After the tough battle (definitenly use Big Guard and big attacks. Laser Enemy Skill is effective) open the chest for the Nail Bat. Exit the room you'll find yourself back in the maze, backtrack to the clock room once again.
16:50 - Back in the clock room, set the hands to doorway IIII, then move across. In this room you will find a chest with Aeris' ultimate weapon - Princess Guard.
17:19 - Head back and change the hands to room V. Open the chest here to find the Ribbon accessory. This is one of the best accessories in the game that protects against all abnormal status.
17:58 - Back to the clock room and change the time to room VII. Open the chest to pick up the Trumpet Shell weapon for Cait Sith. Back in the clock room, change the time to room VIII and pick up the Megalixir from the chest.
19:29 - When you're ready to proceed, change the time and enter room VI. There are nine doorways in this screen which lead to an opposing doorway, so you need to learn the pattern to work out which one leads where to catch the ancient as they exit. To catch them straight away, jump down to the middle and go into the doorway second to the right. If you get stuck you can go back to the clock room to reset.
20:55 - Once you catch them, rest and/or save. Make sure you jump down to the bottom and open the chest for the Work Glove weapon for Tifa. At the bottom, go into the doorway at the very right to get to the top. Then go through the middle doors to continue.
21:40 - Follow the scenes and you will eventually end up in a boss fight with Red Dragon. Start the battle with the usual, Big Guard, Regen defence then hit him with Limit Breaks and water/ice enemy skills and magic. Stay away from fire magic as it absorbs this. You will get a Dragon Armlet for winning.
28:40 - Pick up the Bahamut Materia then go to the right and inspect the miniature temple. Choose any of the options and after the scene, you will backtrack out of the temple. Speak with the ancient to rest and/or save.
32:20 - Back in the clock room, make sure you equip a party member with the Dragon Armlet, give someone the Bahamut Materia and move everyone to the back row. (Make use of long-ranged weapons and materia here). You could also give everyone a Tranquilizer to put them into Sadness status to prevent some of the damage from the next boss. When ready head through door XII and try to exit.
32:48 - Demons Gate is a really tough boss. It halves Earth magic and nullifies Gravity and Poison. Make sure you keep Big Guard and Regen active throughout the whole battle and use one party to heal. Summon Bahamut and use Limit Breaks and high-powered magic/enemy skills to get through this one. After wiping out the 10000 HP you will get a Gigas Armlet for your trouble.
49:05 - When Cloud wakes up, exit back to the world map.
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