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Northern Crater, as seen in Final Fantasy VII
Northern Crater, as seen in Final Fantasy VII

The Northern Crater (大空洞—Ookuudou, "Great Cave") is the Final Dungeon of Final Fantasy VII. It is a massive crater that takes up much of the Northern Continent. Because the Crater is a such a massive wound to the Planet, massive amounts of Mako are brought here as to heal it. This makes most of the Northern Continent a frozen desert. The cliffs that make up the Northern Crater's sides are the location, Gaea's Cliff, and on its top is the Whirlwind Maze. The inside is filled with a large cave system where the game's most powerful monsters reside. Sephiroth waits here as the Final Boss.

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[edit] Storyline

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Final Fantasy VII

The Northern Crater was created by the original impact of Jenova thousands of years before the start of Final Fantasy VII. From here, Jenova began to destroy the Planet's lifeforms, until the Cetra sealed her here with the power of the Holy. The Planet placed its guardians, the Weapon to lie here until another threat as great as Jenova appeared. Jenova was left dormant in the Crater until Gast Faremis working for Shin-Ra unearthed her, thinking Jenova to be an Ancient.

Later when Sephiroth was defeated by Cloud Strife at the Nibelheim Mako Reactor, he traveled through the Lifestream to the Northern Crater to recuperate. Controlling Jenova and making her use his form, he leads the Sephiroth Clones here along with Cloud and his party to the Nothern Crater for the Reunion. They bring with them the Black Materia, which is used to summon Meteor. The WEAPONs awaken, sensing the cataclysm above the Planet's skies, and rampage across the world. Sephiroth seals off entry to the Crater with a massive forcefield, and begins to remake his body into to prepare for his ascension into a God.

Cloud rallying his party just before the Final Battle
Cloud rallying his party just before the Final Battle

With their very existence threatened, Shin-Ra uses the Sister Ray Cannon to destroy the Diamond WEAPON and blast through Sephiroth's shield. With the defense down, Cloud Strife and his party storm deep into the Northern Crater to defeat Sephiroth and release the trapped Holy, summoned by the fallen Aeris Gainsborough. There they find Sephiroth's new forms, Bizarro Sephiroth and Safer Sephiroth. Despite the power of these bodies, both are defeated. Though the battle is over, Cloud fights a metaphysical form of Sephiroth in his own mind and defeats that too. With Sephiroth completely defeated, Holy is released in a massive burst. The party escapes on the Highwind before they could be caught in the uproar of magical energy.

[edit] Advent Children

Though Sephiroth and Jevona are defeated, Jenova's head still remained inside the Northern Crater. The Turks manage to steal the head out of the Crater before the Remnants of Sephiroth can grab it to resurrect the would-be God. Hunting for any other remaining piece of Jenova, Elena and Tseng enter the crater. But they are ambushed at the beginning of the movie. What occurs is left off-camera, so that the audience does not know if they lived or were killed. The two Turks do manage to survive, as Vincent states to Cloud, the two Turks were brought half dead to the Forgotten Capital and reappear later in the movie. It is never explained why the Remnants spared their lives.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Items Found

The Northern Crater has significantly more items than any other location in the game.

  • Save Crystal - see Save Crystal Glitch
  • Guard Source
  • Power Source
  • HP Absorb Materia
  • Elixir
  • Magic Source
  • Guard Source
  • Mind Source
  • Mind Source
  • Megalixer
  • Hero Drink
  • Power Source
  • Magic Source
  • Remedy
  • Vaccine
  • Shield Materia
  • Imperial Guard
  • Hero Drink
  • W-Magic Materia
  • Counter Materia
  • Luck Source
  • Turbo Ether
  • Mega All Materia
  • Speed Source
  • X-Potion
  • Vaccine
  • Magic Counter Materia
  • Turbo Ether
  • X-Potion
  • Remedy
  • Elixir
  • Mystile
  • Elixir
  • Tetra Elemental
  • Megalixer

[edit] Monster Formations

[edit] Entrance

[edit] First Descent

[edit] Second Descent

[edit] Dividing Point

[edit] Graveyard - Hatchery and Spine

[edit] Grass Area

[edit] Water Area (2nd Screen)

[edit] Core (Upper)

[edit] Core (Lower)

[edit] Lifestream


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