Final Fantasy VII
PlayStation

Ancient Steps Retraced
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Beaten Game Credit
Beat the Temple of the Ancients in one session using magic materia only and without escaping or restoring MP.
Beaten Game Credit
283 (258) of 6,332 โ 4.47% unlock rate
4.07% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
4.47% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
Recent Unlocks
User | Mode | Unlocked |
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![]() | Hardcore | 17 Jun, 2025 13:43 |
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![]() | Hardcore | 18 May, 2025 07:47 |
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![]() | Hardcore | 24 Mar, 2025 16:46 |
Recent comments
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- all done in one session
- in battle no actions taken except for magic materia and defend
- not running from a single encounter
- not restoring mp at all
is there some extra requirement here that isn't listed? am i supposed to perfectly nail the rolling rock puzzle without getting squished or something? or collect all the overworld items? im on duckstation and i know that achievements are active because i got the bahamut one and the story one where aeris leaves the party afterwards, but not this one.
where about is it supposed to pop? after killing demon wall, or after all the cutscenes?
Should get an achievement icon in the bottom right if you have everything setup correctly as soon as you enter the temple to avoid running the whole thing over.
Also no healing from the guys that heal you. And I want to say using items at all is restricted, HP or MP. But that might have just been my paranoia not wanting to chance anything
"Lucky Plus" don't faill the chevo.
Weird...
Hehe
I then went in again with the following stats and used kevinmk760's guide as a reference:
Cloud lv55 738 MP
Aeris l54 759 MP
Vincent lv55 703 MP
Red Dragon: Only used Poison1 once or twice, 1slow, and then only ever used defense or cure1. Gravity does not work... :D
Demon's Gate:
Cloud makes Poison, Aries or Vincet Slow and then each Haste.
Then I ALWAYS cast Bolt3, Fire3 or Ice3. And then used Cure1 to heal. Because I always did about 440 damage, I didn't think it was necessary to use LV1 spells.
Everyone had 200 MP left and no one was a stone (luckily)
Everyone also had Revive equipped just in case.
should be nuked from the set
Cloud 46 - Aeris 39 - Vincent 40
Sprint Shoes - White Cape / Ribbon (once obtained) - Jem Ring
Restore on everyone, everyone at least 1 standard offensive spell (Fire / Lightning / Ice), Heal (Esuna!) on anyone but Cloud, Bio on Cloud, Time on anyone, rest filled with all Magic materia you have (ideally something like Time for more MP)
All in the back row and Sadness
Bio1 / Defend / Cure1 your way to the Ribbon, then the same all the way to the Gate. Yes, even with the Dragon. I had like 3 encounters total.
Gate: Slow on the Gate once. Then just an endless barrage of Fire1/Ice1/Lightning1, cure when a double rock fall could kill a person (for me that was anything <1050HP on Aeris). Stick to your guns, trust that the MP will be enough thanks to all the increases from the magic materia and just stick with it. Got lucky that the Wall never tried to petrify Cloud, but Esuna was there as well in case that would happen.