Ultimate Weapon
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| Final Fantasy VII Enemy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ultimate Weapon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Japanese | アルテマウェポン | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romaji | Arutema Wepon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mideel Mt. Nibel North Corel Gongaga Fort Condor Midgar Northern Crater Cosmo Area (Last Battle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steal | Curse Ring (1st Battle), Reflect Ring (any ground battle), Circlet (any aerial battle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item Dropped | Ultima Weapon (Last battle only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morph | Cannot Morph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilities | Quake2, Thunderball, Claw, Ultima Beam, Shadow Flare, Escape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enemy Skill | Shadow Flare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weak Against | Nothing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resistant to | Nothing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Immune to | Earth, Gravity, Water | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Absorbs | Nothing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status Immunity | Death, Slow Numb, Berserk, Stop, Petrify, Paralyze, Sleep, Confusion, Frog, Death Sentence, Poison, Silence, Small, Manipulate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Information | The party cannot escape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Ultimate Weapon of Final Fantasy VII is one of five Weapons created by the planet as a defense mechanism and released from their slumber in the Northern Crater by Sephiroth.
[edit] Battle
Ultimate is the second Weapon encountered after the storyline sequence featuring the Sapphire Weapon. He attacks the village of Mideel while Cloud is recovering there. After only a short time into the battle, Ultimate will flee. After the defeat of Diamond Weapon, and with the party in control of the Highwind, Ultimate can be found hovering in the skies above other locations listed. Depending on where the player fights it the battle will either be a ground battle or an aerial battle. Ramming into him with the Highwind repeatedly will eventually cause him to stop, and approaching him will then initiate a battle, but each time Ultimate will escape and fly away.
The following locations result in a ground battle:
The following locations result in an aerial battle:
When Ultimate escapes his HP doesn't recover, and when it finally reaches 20,000 he will head to Cosmo Canyon. This is where he can finally be defeated; if the player has reduced his HP to anything lower than 20,000 in the previous battle it will automatically be restored to 20,000 for this fight. Upon death, Ultimate Weapon will cast Shadow Flare on the character that dealt the killing blow, making this boss one of the few sources of the Shadow Flare enemy skill.
When defeated, he crashes to the ground creating a large crater that allows the party to access the Ancient Forest without the aid of a Chocobo.
Following defeat, Cloud Strife receives his strongest sword, the Ultima Weapon, and the party is able to encounter Ruby Weapon in the sands surrounding the Gold Saucer. It should be remembered, however, that this boss is entirely Optional other than the Mideel battle, but is definitely worth fighting this creature for the prizes it holds.
