Each character in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has seven weapons (wow, just like the name of the game) to find and unlock. Each weapon also has a unique weapon ability that makes your party members stronger. Mastering these abilities so that you can use them even if the characters don’t have the respective weapons equipped is an important part of the game, but where do you find all these weapons?
While some are locked behind some side content, you’ll find a majority of them as you crawl through caverns and abandoned reactors, so you’ll specifically want to keep your eye out for purple glowing chests. We get into that more below.
In our Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth guide, we explain which weapons are the best to use and tell you how to level up weapons, plus cover all weapon locations listed by chapter.
What is the best weapon in FF7 Rebirth?
There isn’t really a definitive answer to this, since weapons have different stats and specialties. It mainly relies on how you like to play. For the most part, later weapons will be better than the earlier ones, especially since later weapons allow you to equip more materia.
For example, the second-to-last weapon for Cloud, the Igneous Saber, has significantly higher physical attack than the rest of his weapons, but has a lower magic attack stat in return. Though this is my weapon of preference for Cloud (since I don’t run much magic on him), somebody who wants to fling spells around may opt for Cloud’s third weapon, the Rune Blade, which has a really high magic attack.
That is all to say that all of these weapons have further customization added to them in “weapon skills,” so it’s really up to you. If you feel yourself dying a ton, you may want a weapon that beefs up HP. If you’re a master of counters and parries, you may want a weapon that has a skill that beefs up damage for Cloud’s punisher mode.
How to level up weapons in FF7 Rebirth
The idea of “leveling up your weapons” is kind of misleading, given that the weapons and their levels have their own “upgrade weapons” menu screen. Unlike Final Fantasy 7 Remake, there’s no way to separately level up individual weapons using a skill tree. Rather, each character has a “weapon level” that’s just separate from their regular levels. All the SP you gain from leveling goes towards one huge skill tree, so there’s nothing you really have to worry about here.
Just keep battling and your weapon level will go up.
As you increase your weapon level, you’ll unlock new “weapon skills,” which may increase stats, increase stagger from individual skills, or add other useful perks. You can equip these both in the “weapons and materia” and “upgrade weapons” screen. Different weapons have different weapon skills, so you’ll want to try out a bunch of different combinations to see what suits your playstyle.
Where to find all weapons in FF7 Rebirth by chapter
You can find nearly every weapon in the game in a glowing purple chest, but each character other than Cloud has a weapon that you’ll need to get through another means, whether it’s a side quest, minigame, or combination of both.
Some purple chests can be pretty easy to miss, but have no fear. Once you clear that part of the game, you can go back and buy the missed weapon from a shopkeeper in any of the major areas (like Gongaga Village or Kalm) for gil. (Note that we say shopkeeper, not vending machine.) This only applies to weapons that aren’t locked behind minigames and side quests. You will have to still complete the side quest or beat the minigame high score if you want those weapons — there’s no way around it.
Each character except Cait Sith will also get their last weapon inside the final dungeon of the game, the Temple of the Ancients, so if you’re still missing a weapon before the point of no return, this is why.
Below we list all the weapons in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, along with where to find them, their abilities, and what chapter you get them in. The table is also sortable, so you can find the weapon you want quickly.
| Weapon | User | Ability | Location | Chapter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Sword | Cloud | Focused Thrust | Default weapon | 1 |
| Gatling Gun | Barret | Focused Shot | Default weapon | 1 |
| Leather Gloves | Tifa | Divekick | Default weapon | 1 |
| Guard Stick | Aerith | Arcane Ward | Default weapon | 1 |
| Mythril Collar | Red XIII | Stardust Ray | Default weapon | 1 |
| Sleek Saber | Cloud | Firebolt Blade | Purple chest in the Abandoned Dock in the Grasslands | 2 |
| Hi-Caliber Rifle | Barret | Bonus Round | Purple chest in the swamp in the Grasslands | 2 |
| Timeless Rod | Aerith | Chrono Aegis | Purple chest inside the barn at Bill’s Ranch (Grasslands) | 2 |
| Sylph Gloves | Tifa | Reverse Gale | Purple chest in Northern Quarry – Storage in the Mythril Mines (between the Grasslands and Junon) | 3 |
| Renegade’s Collar | Red XIII | Crescent Claw | Purple chest near the vending machine in the Subterranean Terrace in the Mythril Mines (between the Grasslands and Junon) | 3 |
| Rune Blade | Cloud | Disorder | Purple chest by the vending machine in the Starboard Connecting Passage in Junon | 4 |
| Empress’s Scepter | Aerith | Radiant Ward | Purple chest inside a bedroom in the Under Junon inn | 4 |
| Kaiser Knuckles | Tifa | Overpower | Purple chest in the 1st Freight Room on the Shinra-8 boat (between Junon and Corel) | 5 |
| 4-Point Shuriken | Yuffie | Elemental Ninjutsu | Default weapon | 6 |
| Savage Dagger | Yuffie | Blindside | Default weapon | 6 |
| Barrage Blaster | Barret | Lifesaver | Purple chest in Railway Control Tower – 1F in the Coal Mines (Corel) | 7 |
| Wizard’s Rod | Aerith | Lustrous Shield | Purple chest near water on the climb up Mt. Corel | 7 |
| Silver Collar | Red XIII | Chilling Roar | Minigame, earn a Rank 3 score in the “Run Wild” minigame in Costa del Sol | 7 |
| Amythest Collar | Red XIII | Supernal Fervor | Purple chest inside Colliery No. 1 in the Old South Corel Mine. You’ll need to do the side quest “Of Robes and Ransoms” to get here. | 7 |
| Twin Viper | Yuffie | Windstorm | Purple chest in Preparation Plant – 1F in the Coal Mines (Corel) | 7 |
| Umbral Blade | Cloud | Prime Mode | Purple chest at the Solemnitude Manor in The Dustbowl (Corel) | 8 |
| Vulcan Cannon | Barret | Charging Uppercut | Purple chest in the Scrapyard Prison Cell in Corel’s desert | 8 |
| Dragon Claws | Tifa | Starshower | Minigame, earn a Rank 3 score in the “Desert Rush” minigame in The Dustbowl (Corel) | 8 |
| Crystal Sword | Cloud | Infinity’s End | Purple chest in the Freight Corridor in the Gongaga Reactor. You’ll need to slip through some small cracks in the wall to get to it. | 9 |
| Fafnir Rifle | Barret | Point Blank | Side quest “The Pursuit of Perfection” in Gongaga | 9 |
| Tiger Fangs | Tifa | Chi Trap | Purple chest in Output Regulation – B1 in the Gongaga reactor | 9 |
| Golden Collar | Red XIII | Watcher’s Respite | Purple chest in Coolant Control – B3 in the Gongaga Reactor | 9 |
| Bird of Prey | Yuffie | Dopplegänger | Purple chest inside Cissnei’s house in Gongaga Village | 9 |
| Yellow Megaphone | Cait Sith | Roll o’ the Dice | Default weapon | 9 |
| Iron Megaphone | Cait Sith | Fortune Telling | Default weapon | 9 |
| Red Megaphone | Cait Sith | Moogle Kaboom | Purple chest in a cave accessible via swimming in the Gongaga Gorge | 9 |
| Resounding Megaphone | Cait Sith | Moogle Mine | Purple chest in the Gongaga Airstrip | 9 |
| Calamitous Bazooka | Barret | Smackdown | Purple chest in the Gate of Anger in the Cave of the Gi (Cosmo Canyon) | 10 |
| Ceremonial Staff | Aerith | ATB Ward | Purple chest near the vending machine in Outcasts’ Shore in the Village of the Gi | 10 |
| Mystic Collar | Red XIII | Watcher’s Spirit | Interact with the Watcher’s Glaive in the Hall of Diversion in the Cave of the Gi | 10 |
| Crescent Sickle | Yuffie | Shooting Star | Minigame, earn a Rank 3 score in “Glide de Chocobo Training Course No. 1” in Cosmo Canyon. This minigame is part of the side quest “Bonds of Trust,” which you need to complete to unlock chocobos in the area. | 10 |
| Crystal Megaphone | Cait Sith | Moogle Magic | Purple chest in the Observatory Treasury in Cosmo Canyon | 10 |
| Igneous Saber | Cloud | Blade Burst | Purple chest on the cliff in the Northern Ridge – Upper Level of Mt. Nibel. The path splits into two climbable sections, and you’ll need to climb up the east side. | 11 |
| Crystal Gloves | Tifa | Unfettered Fury | Purple chest in front of Building G-02 in the Garm Pass (Nibel) | 11 |
| Golden Megaphone | Cait Sith | Moogle Knuckle | Purple chest in the Specimen Testing Room in Shinra Manor | 11 |
| Gjallarhorn | Cait Sith | Lady Luck | Minigame, collect 45 Chocograss for the NPC in the Chocobo Sage’s Manor (Nibel). | 11 |
| Plumose Rod | Aerith | Ray of Judgment | Minigame (kind of) and side quest, complete “Lament of the Damned” in Nibelheim and then complete all the advanced combat challenges in Hojo’s combat simulator. After doing so, a door will open to the Simulator Control Room, where you can find this weapon in a purple chest. | 12 |
| Crystalline Cross | Yuffie | Banishment | Purple chest in the Utilidor in the Gold Saucer, though only accessible during a point during your second Gold Saucer trip. | 12 |
| Slipstream Saber | Cloud | Counterstance | Purple chest in the Corridor of Trepidation in the Temple of the Ancients | 13 |
| Battle Cry | Barret | Turbulent Spirit | Purple chest in the Corridor of Catastrophe in the Temple of the Ancients | 13 |
| Járngreipr | Tifa | True Strike | Purple chest in the Corridor of Currents in the Temple of the Ancients | 13 |
| Gambanteinn | Aerith | Noble Sacrifice | Purple chest in the Hall of Life – Second Tier in the Temple of the Ancients | 13 |
| Brísingamen | Red XIII | Reaper Touch | Purple chest in the Corridor of Repose in the Temple of the Ancients | 13 |
| Fuma Shuriken | Yuffie | Purification | Purple chest in the Shrine of Ambition in the Temple of the Ancients | 13 |
The world of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is huge, but we have your back if you need help. We have a beginner’s guide, list of side content rewards, and even an explainer on how to plan ahead for your Gold Saucer date.
If you need more nitty gritty guides, like how to find the Costa del Sol ziplines or where to find the Tonberry King boss, we have that, too. Or if you love Queen’s Blood, we have a card list.
