Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion - How to Beat Minerva Superboss Guide

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A guide on how to beat Minerva in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion (FFVII CC Remaster/Crisis Core Reunion), including how to unlock the optional superboss fight, boss overview (stats), rewards, recommended stats, equipment (Materia, accessories, and items), and best strategies and tips to defeat Minerva.

How to Beat Minerva Superboss Guide for Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion

This page contains a guide on how to beat Minerva in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion (FFVII CC Remaster/Crisis Core Reunion), including how to unlock the optional super boss fight, boss overview (stats), rewards, recommended stats, equipment (Materia, accessories, and items), and best strategies and tips to defeat Minerva.

Trophies and Achievements

Trophy	How to Unlock
Divine Rule Broken	Defeated Minerva.
Mission Completionist	Completed 100% of all missions.
Missions Completed: 25%	Completed 25% of all missions.
Missions Completed: 50%	Completed 50% of all missions.
Missions Completed: 75%	Completed 75% of all missions.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion Trophies and Achievements List

How to Unlock

Minerva can only be fought during Mission 9-6-6 which requires you to clear several other Missions in the 9-X-X series to unlock during the game’s main story.

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Rewards

Defeating Minerva rewards you with the powerful Divine Slayer accessory. It is the only way to obtain this item in the game.

Accessory Name	Effects
Divine Slayer	Break damage, HP, MP and AP limit Display enemy status ATK, VIT, MAG, SPR, LCK +50 HP, MP, AP +100%

Minerva Boss Overview

Stats

Enemy Name
Minerva
Lv.	HP	MP
100	10000000	999999
STR	VIT	MAG
255	201	255
SPR	LUK	SP
255	255	40000

Elemental and Status Resistances

Enemy Name
Minerva
Immune	Gravity, Poison, Silence, Stun, Stop, Death, Blow Away, Zantetsuken, Interrupt
Half	Fire, Ice, Lightning

Drops, Steal, and Reward Items

Enemy Name
Minerva
Drops	None
Steal	Phoenix Down
Reward	Divine Slayer (Accessory)

Minerva Boss Preparation

Recommended Stats

Stat	Recommended Value
HP	99,999
Stamina	255
Spirit	255

Recommended Equipment

Materia

Materia Name	Effects	How to Get
Costly Punch	Convert 1.6% of Zack’s HP to deal non-physical, non-magical damage to enemy (ignores defense). Will deal 0 damage if Zack’s HP is higher than 1.11x of the normal amount.	Steal: Mako Ifrit Treasure Chest: Mission 9-5-4 Materia Fusion: Hammer Punch (Master) + Libra (Master)/any Punch + any DMW
Curaga	Restores large amount of Zack’s HP.	Buy: Research Dept. QMC Enemy Drop: Wutai Imperial Guard, Green Grass Steal: Angra Mainyu, Razor Weed Materia Fusion: Regen (Master) + Libra/Cure + Death
Mug	Steals an item from an enemy while dealing damage.	Reward: Mission 1-1-6 Steal: Lesser Demon Materia Fusion: Smart Consumer (Master) + Libra (or any Materia with a grade of 4 or lower)/Steal + Electrocute

Accessories

Accessory Name	Effects	How to Get
Ziedrich	Halves all incoming elemental damage ATK, VIT, MAG, SPR +100	Found in a chest in Mission 9-5-6.
Genji Armor	Break HP Limit (Max HP limit set to 99999) Auto-Endure Auto-Regen	Obtained after completing all DMW entries (100%). This accessory is permanently missable if you fail to obtain the Phoenix Materia at Nibelheim during Chapter 9.
Genji Glove	Break Damage Limit (Max damage set to 99999) 100% critical rate for physical attacks	Found in a chest in Mission 9-6-4.
Protect Ring	Auto-Barrier Auto-MBarrier SPR +20	Buy: Mythril Mine Traders

Items

Item Name	Effects	How to Get
Phoenix Down	Automatically revives Zack with full HP when incapacitated.	Various
Elixir	Fully restores Zack’s HP, MP, and AP, and heals all status ailments.	Various

Minerva Boss Guide and Tips

Surviving Judgment Arrow

Minerva’s Judgement Arrow attack cannot be guarded or avoided so it is essential that you come into the fight with Zack at the maximum 99999 HP limit. Otherwise, you will get killed instantly even with any Barrier effects activated.

Costly Punch

Minerva’s total HP is a massive 10,000,000 with 201 Vitality and 255 Spirit so you will do very little damage with normal attacks.

To chip away at Minerva much more efficiently, you should have the Costly Punch Command Materia which allows you to deal big damage regardless of the enemy’s defenses and stats by using up a portion of Zack’s own HP. With Genji Gloves and Ziedrich equipped, you will be able to consistently output 99999 damage (the maximum allowable in the game for a single attack) with each use of Costly Punch.

Be sure to watch Zack’s HP while spamming Costly Punch and be ready to cast Curaga or use Elixirs. Having a good stock of Phoenix Downs is also recommended as you are likely to get incapacitated multiple times throughout the fight.

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