Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has a hidden series of events that influence a character’s relationship. This guide on How To Choose Your Skywheel Date At Gold Saucer In Final Fantasy VII Rebirth tells you everything you need to know to make sure you pick the date you want and don’t accidentally end up riding the Skywheel with Barret.
Okay, look. It’s fine to take Barret on the Skywheel, or whoever you choose, but as young boys on the playground, it was often a funny point of discussion when we realized 90% of us had Barret as a date in the original Final Fantasy VII game. Nowadays, however, the system is a little easier to figure out in Rebirth so let’s take you through it, so you can guarantee your choice for the Gold Saucer date.
How To Choose Your Date At The Gold Saucer
You can date Tifa, Aerith, Barret, Red XII, and Yuffie. Any of those characters are available for the date cut-scene on the Skywheel at Gold Saucer. The game selects who accompanies Cloud by their friendship or synergy rating. Whoever has the highest friendship level with Cloud at the point of the story where the date takes place, will be Cloud’s date. Don’t worry too much if you miss out, you can return to the chapter in post-game and actually choose who to date.
Early Game Dating Advice
There are two possible times when you are reading this. Either you’re early in your adventure and you’re planning ahead of time, or you’re at the dating scene now and want to know who is going with you. For the early game players, this bits for you. If you’re already at the date scene, check below. As you are going through the story, there are 4 different categories of actions that increase friendship with a character.
Conversations had during the story, when you arrive at a new area and the party break away from Cloud. Talking to characters at these locations increases your friendship, regardless of the choices you make. Odd Jobs, these are side quests available in most regions of Rebirth. Each side quest, marked by the characters portrait in the quest screen, is tied to a specific character. Completing that side quest increases your friendship with that character. Next up, Synergy Skills. These offer huge increases to friendship. You unlock new Synergy skills with characters via the Folio menu. Once you unlock a Synergy ability, the first time it is used in combat, you get a huge boost to friendship. Lastly, Story Beats. These are choices but unlike conversations, they cannot be missed. They happen during main story points and the characters you choose in those points, get a friendship boost.
Late Game Dating Advice
If you’re already at the dating scene when you are reading this, check the friendship levels of your friends and see who is the highest. They will be your date. If you want to change this, you are somewhat limited this late in the game. Firstly, make sure you have unlocked all Synergy abilities, from the Folio menu, with your chosen date. This is the quickest and easiest method of a huge relationship boost, a boost you get from using the synergy ability for the first time in combat.
If you have already used all of the synergy abilities for a character, return to pivotal story areas. Head back to Costa Del Sol, Gold Saucer, Junon, anywhere that when you arrive, the party are not with Cloud. They will be in the town somewhere and you can speak with them for a further boost. Lastly, do the quests specific to the character you want to date, we’ve got more details on thos below.
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