When you touch down in Midgar, follow Cait Sith to the right, open the access door, and take the ladder to Sector 8 Underground. Take the walkway on the right all the way to the far wall and pick up the ELIXIR and MEGALIXIR at opposite ends of the large pipes. Go back the way you came and take the long set of stairs to the lower area. Head left, climb the far ladder to reach a platform in the upper area, and open the chest to find the AEGIS ARMLET. Return to the lower area and head right until the floor drops out and you fall to the walkway below. Climb the ladders to the right, enter the duct at the opposite end of the walkway, and open the chests on this platform to find the STARLIGHT PHONE and an ELIXIR. Climb down the ladder to the right and enter Duct 42. Climb the ladder to the left and open the chest to find the MAX RAY. Return to the lower area and take the long set of steps, and enter the duct to the left.



Crawl to the opposite end of the duct and you'll reach the Winding Tunnel. Before heading for the Sister Ray, head for the extreme near end of the tunnel to pick up a few items. At Junction 3 you'll find a chest containing a POWER SOURCE, at Junction 2 you'll find a chest containing a GUARD SOURCE, and at Junction 1 you'll find chests containing a MIND SOURCE and a MAGIC SOURCE. At the tunnel's very end, you'll find the W-ITEM MATERIA*. When you go back the way you came and head for the far end of the tunnel, you'll bump into the Turks for the last time*. Deal with them and head for Junction 8.

STRATEGY

Elena, Reno & Rude: During this battle, you'll want to be protected against Fire and Lightning. Equip the Tetra Elemental, a Fire Armlet with [Lightning]-[Elemental] or a Bolt Armlet with [Fire]-[Elemental] (there are other possibilities). You may also want to be protected against Confusion; equip the Ribbon or [Mystify, Contain or Hades]-[Added Effect]. Consider equipping the Sneak Glove on a character with Steal Materia. Begin by casting Haste and Barrier on your entire party. Dedicate your thief to stealing the MINERVA BAND from Elena, the TOUPH RING from Reno and the ZIEDRICH from Rude and have the others hammer away at the Turks once their pockets are empty. With the pillaging complete, Poison the whole gang and finish them with unrelenting attacks.

*NOTES

W-Item cheat: With the W-Item Materia equipped, you'll be able to take advantage of an apparent bug and amass an infinite stock of any item usable in battle. To make it easy for you, initiate combat with an extremely weak enemy and eliminate all but one opponent, then Manipulate the lucky survivor to hold it in stasis indefinitely. Use W-Item to select the item you wish to duplicate, then select any target and you'll see the quantity of that item drop by one. (NOTE: If you're trying to duplicate a rare item and you have only one, the item will disappear. Don't worry, the trick will still work, just proceed very slowly and deliberately until you've built up at least a small supply of that item). Then select any other item usable in battle (NOTE: Even though it won't be your intention to actually use these items, you may wish to choose your targets deliberately when dealing with dangerous items in case you accidentally use them), then cancel it. Your store of the first item will increase by one. Select and cancel until you fill your inventory. Now all you have to do is live with yourself for having cheated! The Turks: If you completed the Wutai Materia Hunter Optional Quest, you'll be given the option to decline the fight. However, the items you can steal from them are so valuable it'll be hard to seriously consider walking away from battle. The choice is yours.