Walkthrough: Disc 1

Please note that the following walkthrough sections are full of spoilers. Do not read ahead if this is your first time playing through the game.

The PlayStation 4, PC and mobile versions of the game do not have discs. Instead the different sections are referred to as “Part 1”, “Part 2” and “Part 3” in the game.


1) Midgar
Including Sector 1, Sector 8, Tifa’s 7th Heaven and the No. 5 Reactor.

Midgar opening cinematic

2) Sector 5 Slums
The meeting in the Church and Aeris’s House.

Aeris and Cloud in the church

3) Wall Market
Gaining entry into Don Corneo’s Mansion and the Honey Bee Inn.

The entrance to Wall Market

4) Sewer and Train Graveyard
Traversing through the Sewer, Train Graveyard and the battle at the Sector 7 Pillar.

The Train Graveyard

5) Sector 6
Back to Aeris’s House, through the Wall Market and ascending the Plate Section up to the Shinra Building.

Climbing out of Sector 6

6) Shinra Building
Floors 59 through 70 and the motorcycle chase.

The Shinra Building cinematic

7) Kalm
Including the flashback scenes in Nibelheim, the Shinra Mansion and the Mount Nibel reactor.

The town of Kalm

8) Chocobo Farm
How to capture a Chocobo, cross the swamp and avoid the Midgar Zolom.

The Chocobo Farm

9) Mythril Mine
Crossing paths with the Turks.

Mythril Mine

10) Junon
The town under Junon, the parade and sneaking on to the Cargo Ship.

Junon cinematic

11) Cargo Ship
Traveling from Junon to Costa del Sol.

The Cargo Ship on the world map

12) Costa del Sol
Arriving off the Cargo Ship on the way to Mount Corel.

Costa del Sol entrance

13) Mount Corel
The Corel Reactor, Mount Corel and passing through North Corel on the way to Gold Saucer.

The reactor at Mount Corel

14) Gold Saucer
The first trip to Gold Saucer.

The first trip to Gold Saucer cinematic

15) Corel Prison
Getting thrown into the Corel Prison after the massacre at Battle Square.

Corel Prison entrance

16) Gongaga
Traveling to the ruined reactor and Gongaga Village.

Ruined Reactor at Gongaga Village

17) Cosmo Canyon
The first visit to Cosmo Canyon including the Cave of the Gi.

Cosmo Canyon from afar

18) Nibelheim
Returning to Cloud and Tifa’s home town as well as the Shinra Mansion and Mount Nibel.

Entrance to Nibelheim

19) Rocket Town
Meeting Cid and escaping in the Tiny Bronco.

Rocket Town cinematic

20) Gold Saucer
Traveling through North Corel, retrieving the Keystone and the Date Scene.

Gold Saucer

21) Temple of the Ancients
Retrieving the Black Materia and meeting with Sephiroth.

Entrance to the Temple of the Ancients

22) Bone Village
Including how to dig up the Lunar Harp for the Sleeping Forest and traveling through the Corel Valley.

The entrance to Bone Village

23) Forgotten Capital
The Forgotten Capital, Forgotten City and the end of Disc 1.

The castle at the bottom of the Forgotten Capital