Level 4 Limit Breaks

You can and will learn most of the character’s Limit Breaks throughout the regular course of the game. Specifically, characters can learn their Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Limit Breaks automatically as soon as they meet certain qualifiers.

Characters will need to acquire a special item, though, to learn their Level 4 Limit Break. As soon as they have learned all six of their previous Limit Breaks (both Level 1, both Level 2, and both Level 3), they can use the item to learn the Level 4 Limit Break and begin using it. Note that there is only one Level 4 Limit Break, not two separate Limit Breaks like in the other levels.

Details for where to find the items required to teach characters their Level 4 Limit Break are included below:

Omnislash (Cloud)

You can obtain Omnislash at the Battle Square Arena in Gold Saucer. You need to obtain approximately 32,000 BP at the end of the game (or you can try and get 51,200 points after you have obtained the Tiny Bronco).

Omnislash is one of the most powerful attacks in the game. You will automatically get to use it at the end of the game during the final battle against Sephiroth, but obtaining it for use against some of the more difficult encounters in the game (including Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon) is critical.

Cloud will attack a total of 15 times, with each attack automatically being a critical hit. Each attack hits for 75% damage, but because of the critical hits, this will likely result in each attack hitting for 9,999 damage. The only attack that comes close in comparison is Knights of the Round Materia.

Catastrophe (Barret)

Barret’s Level 4 Limit Break is one of the easier ones to obtain. You can pick it up after you have completed the Huge Materia on the train side quest in Mount Corel. Return to North Corel and speak to the woman in the house on the west side of town to receive the item.

Catastrophe hits 10 times for 125% of normal attack damage. This makes it a fairly strong attack, but it does not compare to Omnislash or Highwind.

Final Heaven (Tifa)

Tifa’s Level 4 Limit Break is called Final Heaven, and you can obtain it anytime after Cloud has rejoined your party (after you pick him up in Mideel on Disc 2). You have to return to Tifa’s house with Tifa in your party and play the piano up in her room.

Final Heaven adds another attack to Tifa’s Limit Break combo, which will deal the highest amount of damage at the end of the chain to a single target.

Great Gospel (Aeris)

Aeris’s Level 4 Limit Break is called Great Gospel, and it is the only Level 4 Limit Break that can be permanently missed. Aeris must learn it before you enter the Temple of the Ancients near the end of Disc 1.

Obtaining it involves collecting the Mythril key item from the sleeping man in the cave near Junon and trading it to the weapon seller who lives in the small house southeast of Gold Saucer. Open the small box on the second floor of his house to receive Great Gospel. Check out the See the Light Achievement/Trophy section for the full walkthrough of the steps involved.

Great Gospel will fully restore the HP and MP of all party members and will briefly make them invincible to all attacks.

Cosmo Memory (Red XIII)

You can pick up Red XIII’s Level 4 Limit Break during the side quest to obtain Vincent as a playable character. You will have to return to Nibelheim, open the safe in the Shinra Mansion, and defeat Lost Number.

Cosmo Memory deals a significant amount of damage; however, it will likely be capped at 9,999 for a single hit. It will hit all enemies on the battlefield but is still fairly weak when compared to Level 4 Limit Breaks, which hit 10+ times.

Cait Sith

Cait Sith is the only character in the game who does not have a Level 4 Limit Break. He only has two Limit Breaks in total: “Dice”, his Level 1 Limit Break, which he already knows when he joins the party, and “Slots”, his Level 2 Limit Break, which he learns once he has defeated 40 enemies. There is no Limit Break item to track down for him.

Highwind (Cid)

You can find Cid’s Level 4 Limit Break on the Sunken Gelnika. You can reach the Sunken Gelnika anytime after you have captured the Shinra Sub during the Underwater Reactor section of the game.

Cid’s Level 4 Limit Break is named after the airship, which he calls into battle to unleash missiles upon the enemy. Each attack deals ¹¹⁄₁₆ regular damage but can hit up to 18 times, making it one of the strongest attacks in the game (even stronger than Omnislash).

All Creation (Yuffie)

You can obtain Yuffie’s Level 4 Limit Break during a side quest in Wutai, Yuffie’s hometown. Doing this side quest before disc 3 means that you’re going to have all of your Materia stolen by Yuffie. After you get all of your Materia back (or if you’re on disc 3 and Yuffie no longer steals your Materia), you can complete the Wutai Pagoda side quest to obtain All Creation.

All Creation will hit all the enemies on the battlefield for 8 times regular damage—again, this will likely cap out at 9,999 HP, making it a relatively weak attack overall (when compared to Omnislash or Highwind).

Chaos (Vincent)

Vincent’s Level 4 Limit Break can be found in Lucrecia’s Crystal Cave. You need to have access to the submarine (and completed the Underwater Reactor section of the game).

Vincent will transform into Chaos, a powerful demon-type creature. His physical attack will do 250% damage to all enemies and he can potentially instantly kill enemies using an attack called “Satan Slam.” The problem with this attack is that you lose control of Vincent for the remainder of the battle.