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Many of the side quests inFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthare unlocked towards the end of the game, offering you a final opportunity to enjoy the game’s content and quests before reaching the end of it. While you can still replay these quests using the chapter select feature after completing the game, it’s advisable to complete them all before confronting the final boss to level up your characters and obtain new materia and equipment.
One such quest that becomes available in the Junon region is Begin Beneath Still Waters. In this quest, you’ll be reunited with the Seventh Infantry, who require assistance from their captain, Cloud of course, to capture and defeat a powerful fleeing enemy.
How To Begin Beneath Still Waters
TheBeneath Still Watersquest becomes available in theJunonregiononly after completing Tides of War and Worry in chapter 12.
During this quest, you’ll reunite with the Seventh Infantry, whoneed your assistance in defeating a formidable fiend. You’ll need to follow them to the location of the monster to tackle this challenge.
How To Beat Hell Rider 2
Hell Rider 2 is vulnerable to Ice attacks, so exploiting this weakness can put pressure on it during the fight.Yuffieis a valuable party member for this missionbecause of her Ice Ninjutsu. Additionally, you canequip the Ice materiafor another party member is also a good strategy.
Tifa can be a solid choicefor the third member of your team.
To start the fight,switch to Yuffie and build up one ATB gauge. Then,use her Ice Ninjutsufrom a safe distance and continuespamming her magic attacks until Hell Rider 2 becomes pressured. Once it’s pressured,switch to Cloud and use Focused Thrustto build up a massive stagger gauge.
Another approach is tobuild up Tifa’s Chi level to three, ensuring it’s ready to use when the monster is staggered.
During the stagger phase, make sure to useTifa’s triangle ability to increase the stagger multiplier for additional damage. As you near defeating Hell Rider 2, it will attempt to escape butleave behind a piece of itself, which you’ll need to use in order to track it down.
There’s no better method for tracking thanusing your Chocobo. Call it forth andpress the up button on the d-padto reveal a scent trail.Follow the yellow trail, which will guide you straight to the location of Hell Rider 2.
Shortly after, you’ll encounter it, but be prepared; the enemy will attempt to heal itself and flee. During the encounter, you’ll have to face two other monsters: aStormwingand aFonadu.
Focus on defeating the Stormwing first, as it should be easier to handle compared to the other enemy.
How To Beat Fonadu
TheFonadu’s weakness is Wind,makingYuffie,yet again,the ideal choice for this task with herWind Ninjutsu. However, if you want to pressure the enemy effectively, you’ll need tododge its aggressive attacks after dealing significant damage.
If you’ve fully upgradeda Wind materia, consider equipping it on another character andusing Aerora as an alternative.
Focusing on consistently building up the stagger meter withYuffie’s Wind Ninjutsuis a wise strategy. Meanwhile,aim to increase Tifa’s Chi Level to threeso she’s prepared for when the enemy is staggered.
Once staggered,Tifa’s abilities excel at enhancing the stagger multiplier, allowing your other party members tounleash devastating attacks for heavy damage.
Complete The Quest
Once you’ve vanquished these enemies,use your Chocobo to track the scentonce again and follow it to guide you to the location of Hell Rider 2.The battle strategy remains unchangedfrom the first encounter, so employ the same tactics to defeat it.
However, this time, the enemy will useGravity Well. If you’ve leveled up theSubversion Materia, you canuse Dispel to remove this effect.
Once you’ve defeated Hell Rider 2 for good, the quest will be complete, and you’ll be rewarded with theTelluric Scriptures Vol. VI,as well asEXP and Party EXPas a token of your efforts.
