How To Find & Beat The Mindflayer

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has powerful Classified Foe fights that can be found in each region after completing specific World Intel for that region. These fights will sometimes be a requirement of a side quest or just a great source of XP and a rare item.

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In the Junon region is a Mindflayer, which is one of the more difficult encounters players can face at this point in the game. Defeating the Mindflayer is well worth any player’s time as long as they know where to look and how to take care of the creature.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Released: February 29, 2024
Developer(s): Square Enix

Where To Find The Mindflayer

The Mindflayer is theClassified Foe of the Junon region and will require players to find and scan all four of the Lifesprings in that region. This is made much easier by getting the Chocobo for this region and also completing the Remnawave Towers to mark these Lifesprings on the map. After scanning all four of the Lifesprings in Junon, the Classified Intel for this battle will appear on the small island towards the southern section of the region. Be sure to heal up and buy items, as this fight will be even more difficult than the Quetzalcoatl.

How To Defeat The Mindflayer

The Mindflayer has over 20,000 health and doesn’t have any weaknesses to really capitalize on to beat it. The best way to pressure this enemy is by landing Synergy Attacks, making the best party composition of two characters that both have a Synergy Attack with Cloud and each other. Tifa is also a useful option if she fits into that criteria, as she specializes in quickly building up Stagger after pressuring the enemy.

Even if you’re at the recommended level of 27 or higher, equip each character with a healing Materia, as using your MP for magic isn’t very helpful in this fight. Focusing on healing to build up to use a Synergy Attack is best and will deal more damage in the long run and keep your party alive. Before using a Synergy Attack, build up multiple bars of AP on each character, utilizing their strongest abilities after the Synergy Attack to take advantage of the Pressure effect.

Due to its lack of weaknesses and resistance, there’s no way to speed your way through this fight with high damage. This boss can also do a large amount of damage from any range due to its telekinetic powers, so it’s best to play safe, save up your AP, and capitalize on Synergy Attacks when you can. Bringing additional MP restoration items may be necessary due to the length of time required to beat this enemy.

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Rewards For Defeating The Mindflayer

The Mindflayer will give 840 XP, 6 AP, and 440 Gil when defeated, but the real prize is the Mindflayer Crown. Using this item in the Item Transmuter can create the Psychic’s Charm, which gives a max MP and Magic Power increase of 5% while also giving immunity against Silence. This is an incredible Accessory to give to a magic-heavy character such as Aerith, as the boost in stats will continue to grow as she does.

Enemies such as these are very difficult, and require players to have a high level just to stay alive. Its important to restore the parties HP and MP before a battle to be ready for the difficulty.