shadow666 9 years ago #2. Here is my predicament. Best Armour: Character: Name: Location: Aegis Armlet: This armlet has 2 double slots, normal growth. Check out the Cheats section for more information. The best VR Simulator and Colosseum battles can earn you hundreds of AP each round through. We suggest you equip materia both for AP farm purposes and to exploit weaknesses, then blast through the battles with the most enemies - since AP is rewarded per-kill, you'll earn a lot more that way. You want her out of the fight so she can be swapped in at the last moment. The core conceit of the AP system is nice and simple - like the EXP that governs your character level growth towards the level cap, every single battle you complete in FF7 Remake will give you an AP reward. Each of these arena-like battle settings is easily repeatable and the enemies are guaranteed to respawn every time, which streamlines the AP farming process when compared to wandering around areas of the map hoping for enemy encounters. The tsunami can come either forward, which causes more damage to Aps (between 180-192 HP) than the party, or backward of party, which causes more damage to the party than Aps (between 45-48 HP). Any good areas later in the game for good AP farming would be appreciated as well. Haste (and Quick Hit if you have it) will let you get in more hits between One Eye's turn. This strategy is going to get you through a LOT of the arena fights, and I've been using it against Dark Yojimbo (auto-life doesn't work against his overdrive). Generally, a materia unlocks a more powerful version of its core spell, but some others have multiple functions. bleh2k 11 years ago #1. It is used at certain points … User Info: Bester_Zero. It helps if you have 2 people with access to it. Have her OD set to comrade and let tidus get killed. The best method to do this is to utilize the W-Item Materia item duplication trick. Sewer Tsunami is Aps's strongest attack, but it damages Aps as well. DynamixDJ 5 years ago #1..... without levelling up??? Level grinding may also be called farming, usually used for more specific cases, like AP farming or experience farming for Ability Points and Experience Points respectively. This can lead to difficult decisions, too - like if you take in a max-level, 'mastered' materia with useful spells you can use in battle unlocked, or if you swap it for a lower-level one. Invasion of Midgar, where there are a lot of platforms. After you're comfortable beating the enemies here, then move onto the One Eye and do the Don Tonberry method. Keep reading for more details, or watch the video on Hard Mode below for a quick rundown. After a couple rounds you can use the magus sisters to easily take down one eye. Okay, so what is a good place to AP farm aside from Northern Crater? Beyond those AP boosts, the two most reliable places to AP farm in the game are the Shinra VR Combat Simulations available in chapter 16 and 17 and the Corneo Colosseum in Chapter 9. I know it's recommended I use my Aeons to try to make the fight easier, but I think I need to make Yuna a bit better first. Mideel Area, dirt: 161 AP, 1438 Exp => useless, except you might want to morph Spiral. Use the whistle to summon enemies. My preference is to grind at the Zanakarand Ruins, the place near the entrance. That enabled me to go back and overkill one-eye VERY easily. Early on in Chapter 16, you'll be clearing out a garage full of Shinra mooks, Riot Troopers, SOLDIERs, that whole lot. This page covers two different strategies to AP farm and level up Materia fast in FF7 Remake. AP is then applied to every materia you have currently equipped to any characters present in the battle. My trick is Tidus with first strike so he can armor break, then follow up with anima on overdrive. Everyone says it's the Northen Crater, killing the very rare movers for 2400 AP along with Tonberries that take ages to kill and the Magic Pots that require an exploit in the game to farm. Defense 55, Defense % 15, Magic Defense 86, Magic Defense % 50. Mideel Area, beach: 200 AP, 1300 Exp => new best spot for AP once you get the Tiny Bronco. It's easier than the Omega ruins where you have status affects and other business to contend with. Are you … The point is to strengthen the team, often for an upcoming boss. Make sure someone has Matra Magic or Slash-All, … We've got a full list of Materia levels, spells and skills on another page if you need that - just hit the link - but on this page we want to talk about AP Farming and how to earn a shed load of AP quickly if you want to level up a specific materia. Omega Ruins if you dont feel comfortable yet. Let's start with perhaps the best direct method - getting the AP Up Materia. Once you have a single Triple AP weapon on one of your main killers (Tidus and Wakka were my main two), put on Overdrive -> AP, and do one or two rounds of Don Tonberry just like that. There's one piece of key advice we want to get across right off the bat: you gain triple AP in the postgame, once you've finished chapter 18 and seen FF7 Remake's credits roll. After killing the three Shaolong Gui there, the player can exit where the save station is, stick to the wall at the right and jump onto it to find one more Shaolong Gui, wipe it out and return to the three newly respawned Shaolong Gui in the valley. The healing materia unlocks three Cure spells as it gains AP, for instance, but it also unlocks the Regen spell that gradually restores health over time. You should have a master all at about the point in time you get the highwind (even before if you find places to grind where enemy AP is good). Eventually you can one shot the people and breeze through battles. All your EXP gains are doubled and AP gains are tripled in the postgame, so our recommendation is absolutely to complete FF7 Remake with the tools you have and then go AP grinding in the postgame to build your characters and materia up for hard mode and the endgame VR challenge battles. The other method for earning AP is simply to start playing through hard mode, start to finish. Even without Triple Overdrive or Triple AP, it'll still be the fastest method. It's worth noting that the postgame AP boost also stacks with AP Up, meaning you can get six times the AP on one materia. FFXV Best AP Farming Method. Check out this guide on how to farm & gain AP (Ability Points) in Final Fantasy 7 Remake (FF7 Remake, FF7R)! Here’s the best way to farm AP (if you need more details, scroll down and look at the old method – they’re pretty similar): Get to chapter 4, so you obtain the beast whistle. Another option is that you get more Doors than you need, and they're not too hard to get later on. User Info: raynimrod. Which exact arena battle is best for you will depend on your play-style, so we encourage you to experiment. I am trying to max KOTR so I can max out summon use to kill Emerald weapon, after I do that I want to finish my E.Skill Materia, and kill Ruby Weapon then Kill Final Boss. My only issue is that I am still far too weak to actually defeat One-Eye, it just one-shotted my party when I attempted it. Whoever is the last person before One-Eye's turn is the one who gets swapped for Yuna. Oct 3, 2013 @ 4:24pm When I played the PS original, I usually did my grinding outside Mideel I think. User Info: DynamixDJ. Get the W-Item and do the item duplication trick to obtain 99 Elixers. You can also farm weapons with Triple AP if you'd like to go that route from One Eye in the arena. Go to the first room to the north once you enter and every battle there will have 4 - 5 enemies. You can always put Overdrive -> AP on any weapon for Tidus and do a few rounds of Don Tonberry to beef up your stats if you need it. If you're in the Northern Crater, the best place is easily in the upper left path with all of the beige-colored bulges. Basically, most materia in the game has multiple levels - so level 1 of the Fire materia lets you cast level 1 Fire magic. Mideel Area, jungle: 266 AP, 2318 Exp => new best spot once you get the Highwind Then do the don tonberry trick for just her. Character growth in Final Fantasy VII Remake comes in a few different forms - there's leveling up, there's learning abilities from all the weapons, and there's materia growth through acquiring AP. Optional farming for character power is a staple of the Japanese RPG genre and Final Fantasy 7 Remake continues with that trend! Where is the best place to farm AP in Disc 1? My trick is Tidus with first strike so he can armor break, then follow up with anima on overdrive. E: Downvoted? Final Fantasy 7 Remake guide: AP, SP, upgrading weapons, and leveling up Improve your stats and get more powerful with a convoluted system of … There is a save point there and you fight a big Defender and also some Zombie Monks. The very first thing you'll need to know about AP Farming is that there is one must-have item that can improve the rate of AP you gain: the AP Up support materia. The easiest way to train Yuna that I found was to craft a double overdrive and overdrive>ap weapon for Yuna (not triple ap, yet). Simply restart the chapter before heading up into the main lobby of the building. At this point you'll leave Aerith's house, and on your way back to the Sector 5 Slums, your next objective, there's a new piece of shiny blue support materia in your way: the Pedometer. The goal is to kill it before you run out of Aeons to summon. Frustrating to realize that I need to grind so that I can grind :P, The Omega Ruins are a good place for grinding AP and 4 slot equip right after you obtain the Airship. With an AP Up materia in hand, it's now time to think about how to AP farm. It counts your steps, and when the Pedometer hits 5000 Steps it'll evolve and turn into an AP Up materia. Once the Aeon dies, swap out again Yuna gain. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Unfortunately I keep dying in the crater. As an aside, you can also do Chadley's summon battle VR Simulations anywhere he appears, although his generally have more modest AP gains as you only fight one enemy, and each takes a little while - it's not the most optimal use of time as far as AP farming goes. To get the AP Up Materia, you'll have to wait until Chapter 14 - which is late in the game, we know. Morph Materia - Can be acquired in your play through of the Temple of the Ancients. < > Showing 1-5 of 5 comments . ===== Final Fantasy VII - Best Places for EXP, AP & GIL Guide Date Started : 14 October 2003 Date Finished : 14 October 2003 by Anthony Morales (a.k.a Fantasy Gamer) (Places like Icicle Area) ***** The Ultimate Sneak Attack Method ***** This method is by far the best and longest lasting set up that you can do. This is actually the preferred route for most people and it's the one I would recommend to you. Attacks to the back of Aps inflict quadruple damage, as opposed to the regular double for the majority of enemies. All rights reserved. Where is somewhere I can grind easily to get Yuna to that point? That was a guaranteed overkill for me - Did that 3 times and moved on to farming AP. Time to get to grinding :D, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the FinalFantasy community, Press J to jump to the feed. AP Up is one of the best Materia you can get - … You don't need to defeat One-Eye nor grind him if you don't want to. If you feel like shredding late-game by grinding a few things prior, then this FF7 Remake AP farming guide is for you, we will help you in finding the best way to get your AP up. It's still not as blazing fast as farming can be in some games, but this is optimum in FF7 Remake as these battles can provide you with a lot of enemies you can defeat quickly, and they're easily repeatable. 6 years ago. It's important to make sure the materia you want to level up and improve are equipped to characters that are currently in your party, otherwise it'll be AP wasted. Once you beat the game and roll the credits in Final Fantasy VII Remake, the story is far from over. ;). I can one-shot One-Eye with Anima now so it's all good! #1. Originally posted by Senrei: The best place to get the ones that require kills is Mythril Mines outside of Fort Condor. Pretty much the whole lot is weak to Fire, so Magnify paired with Firaga (and First Strike), along with crowd clearers like Triple Slash should make short work of pretty much all the enemies easily. 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