As you play , y🐓ou will venture into multiple regions, each brimming with discov✨eries waiting to be unearthed in the expansive open world. Amidst this exploration, there are numerous pieces of intel to scrutinize and explore for Chadley, as well as side characters in need of assistance from Cloud and his companions.

Side quests in Final Fanꦐtasy 7 Rebirth span a wide range of activities, from hunting down monsters and chasing after chickens to sea💛rching for missing birds and cats. Additionally, you can engage in combat simulation trials within the Shinra Manor, as part of the Lament Of The Damned quest.

How To Begin Lament Of The Damned

The Lament Of The Damned side quest becomes available in Nibelheim at the beginning of Chapter 12. You can initiate it either from the Town Hall or by collecting it from the Community Noticeboard.

Upon interacting with the Supervisor, ask him to learn about the Shinra Manor. Then, make your way to the manor, which is located just northwest of the town.

Investigate The Lower Levels

Once inside the manor, follow Barret to the elevator and choose to go down to the sub-basement. In the sub-basement, follow Vincent, who will lead you to another elevator. He'll grant you his keycard, giving you access to the lower levels.

In the lower levels, you'll reach a room with a terminal where you'll need to complete the combat simulator challenges, and you'll have four trials that you need to complete.

How To Complete All The Preliminary Trials

Preliminary Trial: Aerial Specimens

In the first trial, you'll need to defeat four Scrutineyes within the time limit.

These enemies are quite nimble and tend to dodge a lot of your attacks. To counter this, use Cloud's sweeping attack by holding down the attack button and spamming it on all of them. This ꦆshould help you dispatch them efficiently despite their evasive maneuvers.

Preliminary Trial: Ruthless Specimens

In the second trial, you'll need to defeat three Amalgams and one Adjudicator within the time limit. The Amalgams are relatively easy to deal with, so focus on defeating them first before tackling the Adjudicator.

We recommend bringing Yuffie with you to this trial.

When facing the Adjudicator, you can use Yuffie's magic attacks or Cloud's sweeping attack to pressure it. Once it's staggered, unleash your weapon abilities 🐽to deal significant damage and defeat it ef♋ficiently.

Preliminary Trial: Comparable Specimens

The third trial consists of two challenges: defeating the enemies within the time limit and staggering enemies three times. The enemies this time are one Yin & Yan and two Necrotic Entities.

We recommend bringing both Tifa and Yuffie for this trial.

Start by using Tifa to build up the stagger meter on the Yin & Yan with her melee combo. Once you have a charge of ATB, use her Focused Strike. Once the stagger meter is built up, move on to the next enemy, ensuring you get the three staggers before eliminati🍬ng any enemies. The time limit is two and a half minutes, which is ﷺmore than enough.

If you prefer not to use Tifa, Yuffie will be just as effective with her quജick melee co🌸mbo and Elemental Ninjutsu.

Once you've secured the three staggers, use your weapon abilities on the enemies, and they should fall quickly.

Preliminary Trial: Bioselected Specimens

In the final trial, you need to defeat one Yin & Yan and one Adjudicator within the time limit while also staggering enemies twice.

We recommend bringing both Tifa and Yuffie for this trial.

Use the same strategy you used with the Yin & Yan in the third trial here. Start by using Tifa and her melee combo to build up the stagger meter. Focus on securing the two staggers first. After the Yin & Yan is staggered, switch to attacking the Adjudicator with Tifa until it is pressured. Then, switch to Yuffie and use her magic attacks to quickly build up the stagger gauge.

Once you've secured the two staggers, use your abilities to defeat the enemies efficiently.

If you find any of these trials difficult, you can always switch the difficulty to Easy to make them more manageable for you.

How To Beat Dranabarga

With all trials completed, a door will open, and you'll need to follow its path to reach the source of the voice. At the end of the path, you'll encounter a mini-boss fight against Dranabarga. Dranabarga is weak to Ice, making Yuffie invaluable for building up the stagger meter. Keep in mind that you can pressure him during his Subdue ability by inflicting enough damage.

Avoid attempting to at𒉰tack him from behind as it doe🤪sn't work.

During the beginning of the fight, you can exploit his weakness by using Yuffie's Ice Ninjutsu. Then, keep an eye out for when he uses Subdue so you can use your abilities to pressure him and quickly build up the stagger effect.

As his HP diminishes, Dranabarga's attacks will inflict Poison, so consider casting Regen on your party members to counteract it.

If your summon meter is filled, don't hesitate to summon, or if your limit break is charged, use it when the enemy is staggered for maximum impact.

After defeating Dranabarga, the quest concludes, and you'll receive rewards, including The Art of Swordplay Vol. VI, EXP, and Party EXP. Additionally, new challenges will be added to the combat simulator if you want to tackle them later.

If you're struggling with the fight, consider switching to Easy difficulty for a more manageable experience.