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Best Bromance

Best Bromance

Go on a date with Barret in the Gold Saucer

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How to unlock the Best Bromance achievement in FINAL FANTASY VII - Definitive Guide

If you miss informations or if you vote negative pls leave a comment so i can improve the solution

Sorry, the glitch is patched out since June 2020. You can use this only on an unpatched version.

Please use this super detailed guide to finish all the situations to date Barret.

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Date_mechanics

Credit goes to the Wiki page writer.

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To add to the solution I've found another pretty good website for strategie's about everything but it's but for PS4 and works with the XONE as well because the achievements are the same here is a link : https://jegged.com/Games/Final-Fantasy-VII/Side-Quests/Gold-...
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By alex1sqc on 27 Mar 2019 12:20
So you just keep repeating this j til they achievement unlocks?
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By GrimaceTheGrey on 27 Mar 2019 12:45
No. You have to "poker" with ne number you used the glitch. I used it 20 times. And played up to the point where you have the date later in the game.
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By Sambaweb on 27 Mar 2019 13:03
So if you make separate saves and don’t get the achievement can you reload an earlier save?
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By C3LLDW3LLER on 28 Mar 2019 23:44
Ahh, I see. I was remembering the story out of order it's been so long lol.
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By GrimaceTheGrey on 30 Mar 2019 05:34
This is already written in this guide buddy.

"Using the glitch can thus make his affection value exceed the cap and thus lock the player out of the Achievement even if they get Barret as the date."
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By Sambaweb on 31 Mar 2019 15:54
Ah, my bad. Good guide though, +1
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By Johnny Sinister on 01 Apr 2019 11:28
Thumbs up. I followed guide and did the glitch only 10 times and got the achievement smile
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By SPACE ODDITY on 02 Apr 2019 20:31
I just kept a back up save incase 10 times wasn't enough.
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By SPACE ODDITY on 02 Apr 2019 20:32
I have a save before Cosmo canyon. I was doing this legit but I still ended up with tifa as my date. Any suggestions?
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By trippy86 on 03 Apr 2019 13:28
You do the "legit" version? Why not trying the "Glitch" version?
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By Sambaweb on 03 Apr 2019 13:32
worked great with the glitch, for me clap
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By biegeeinheit on 05 Apr 2019 20:53
glad to hear that
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By Sambaweb on 06 Apr 2019 06:31
If doing this legit, does anyone know if changing party members outside of forced party formation, such as after you form your party when leaving midgar and reaching the world map, has any affect on this achievement?
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By Nihilist Mike on 07 Apr 2019 22:02
Works PERFECT!!!
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By ArnaldoDK on 08 Apr 2019 02:51
"If doing this legit, does anyone know if changing party members outside of forced party formation, such as after you form your party when leaving midgar and reaching the world map, has any affect on this achievement?"

Only if you were FORCED to change members like in the link mentioned. smile
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By Sambaweb on 08 Apr 2019 05:56
Can also confirm that this glitch works, and I also did it 20 times.
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By on 28 Apr 2019 05:54
thx buddy smile
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By Sambaweb on 28 Apr 2019 15:54
This Achievement is such a pain...
I used the glitch, tried with 5 times, 10 times and 17 times and I always get Aerith on the date... Should I try 20 ?
Also, I've had Barrett in my party everytime it was possible, I talked to him a lot, is it possible that I already meet the requirements and using the glitch exceeds the value ? Thanks :)
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By Void7274Void on 28 May 2019 17:38
yes try 20 and 25 times. For me i tried 20 as my first try and it works

the problem is aerith have the highest beginning count (look it up in the wiki) this can be a pain.

If you never made a Positiv Barret Decision and never an aerith decision you need a minimim of 17 to overcount aerith
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By Sambaweb on 28 May 2019 20:06
If you make a save right before Cosmo Canyon and are sufficiently leveled (lvl 33ish) you can make it from CC to the date in about 35 minutes with no encounter and 3x speed turned on
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By DeliriousDrew on 07 Jun 2019 01:28
For anyone that did it the glitch 20 times, did you also do other things during the game to increase Barret's affection? I'm getting close to Cosmo Canyon and i've done a few pro-Barret actions already so I don't want to go over whatever the limit is by doing it the full 20 times.
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By Arashi Sora on 16 Jun 2019 08:51
You only need to do the glitch about 5 or 10 times if you have been following the TA walkthrough prior to this, no more than that, and you could probably do without it as well, but better safe than sorry. :P
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By VixyNyan on 03 Jul 2019 02:08
This guide was written long before the walkthrough. But thanks anyway :-)
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By Sambaweb on 03 Jul 2019 10:47
Got this achievement the other night with the help of your guide. Hadn't really been following the achievement guide because in my actual game I do want the date with Aeries. Talked to Barrett 30 times, got the date and the achievement. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar.
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By Wolf96 on 18 Sep 2019 16:14
Thx buddy appreciate that.
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By Sambaweb on 18 Sep 2019 16:49
I done this legit, I went on the date with Barret but the achivemet dint unlock? I've done it 6 times now and the achievement just wont unlock?
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By DeadSamurai77 on 06 Oct 2019 08:52
Also clarifying like few people have done above in comments and I made the best possible choices to benefit Barret's score up until Cosmo Canyon then did the glitch method 10 times.
Barret was my date at Gold Saucer and the achievement unlocked on getting to the main lobby in Gold Saucer
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By Flopsy86 on 14 Oct 2019 22:33
Is this still working?
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By Algur on 30 Dec 2019 01:23
Just got it from playing though normally, getting a date with Tifa. Then using an old save got it by doing the glitch 20 times. No problem... Time taken from glitch to chevo was timed at 37 minutes.
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By Acurate Bob on 24 Feb 2020 11:38
I am having the same issue. Someone needs to better explain this glitch, please...
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By Dyldor of Milwa on 26 Jun 2020 03:25
We must just be getting it wrong. Everywhere all over the Internet it's working for everyone. Not likely it's just stiffing the two of us...
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By Dyldor of Milwa on 26 Jun 2020 03:26
Hey guys, this was actually patched as of update 1.0.3 on June 15, 2020. Might wanna update the guide. Kinda sucky on the timing, as I did whatever choices I wanted because I knew this glitch has existed for 23 years...Didn't think they would patch this of all things.
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By x1001x Puppys on 27 Jun 2020 02:23
Thx guys updated the solution :)
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By Sambaweb on 27 Jun 2020 09:18
Anyone knows how to take the update down?
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By pequenyo Miss on 14 Aug 2020 10:23
Need the disc n go offline
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By MastaGamerRican on 23 Sep 2020 10:14
This isn't a guide. You could write up a streamlined version of your link and still credit them.
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By thatNoseyParker on 03 May 2021 13:44
This should be deleted. There is no disc version so you'll never be able to go back to the pre-patched version. This "guide" is obsolete.
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By Oncogene27 on 14 Aug 2022 16:04
Just YouTube the solution. Much easier to follow complete.
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By EmperorBello on 25 Sep 2022 19:28
Did everything the guide said to a T, still got Aeris?
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By XTheHurtLockerX on 08 Jan 2024 11:34
i had a save right at the beginning of cosmo canion. I startet the "glitch" used it 20 times and played up to the point where the date is. in 3 time speed it costs around 1 hr of gameplay.
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By Sambaweb on 29 Mar 2019 06:18
Just a head's up. I heard that on the PS4 version, people had the trophy not unlock (even with getting the date with Barret) if they used this glitch too many times. There is a number associated with each character's affection and apparently if Barret's number gets too high (due to using the glitch), it may cause issues with the perimeters in the achievement coding. FYI.
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By Johnny Sinister on 31 Mar 2019 15:42
This achievement suck... I hadn't read about the glitch until that clingy Aeris showed up int he hotel... will have to start over... so annoying! Iliterally followed a list to increase Barrett and decrease TIfa/Aeris. Ridiculous.
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By AcaelusT on 08 May 2020 13:20
Just fair warning to anyone planning to use this glitch, it did not work in my game. When I said "yeah, whatever...." walked out and walked back in to talk to him he just responded with the last piece of dialog. Did not reset it. They may have fixed this glitch, or im screwing up something that appears pretty simple haha.
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By tomber6542 on 24 Jun 2020 03:10
some notes for those who are going to go for it with the patch (it's not so bad)
make sure you go through all the extensive options for cross dressing https://www.ff7.info/cross-dressing-guide.htm

during the part with the barrels falling for aeris I personally didn't want to mess with it so I told her to repeatedly to fight them

during the gongaga visit I saved outside before going in and then used aeris and tifa and talked to zacks family but IGNORED BOTH TIFA AND AERIS

Other than that I ignored tifa and aeris as much as possible

Also careful to miss the two optional side character question checks in Kalm and in Condor.

There are other parts to make mention of and USE Barett in your team at every other opportunity. Good luck and make an extra save!
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By Netechma on 05 Nov 2020 09:33
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To unlock this, you have to choose specific dialog options to get a hidden score with Barret higher than Aeris, Tifa and Yuffie. Some of the dialog will boost Barret up and some will lower the other 3. I am following a guide written here:

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Date_mechanics

Someone scrapped through the code of the game to work out the score values from each conversation. To write a proper guide here, all I would be doing is stealing others works.

I have read multiple reports of this trophy not unlocking for people. The general consensus seems to be, if you over use the glitch in Cosmos Canyon that allows you to repeat a conversation over and over to increase Barrets score, then you will end up on the date, but the trophy may not unlock. Only perform the glitch around 10-20 times. It is thought that if you go over a certain score then it glitches, so if you follow the guide completely then don't bother glitching. If you don't follow it at all then around 20 times. Credit for the glitch calculations goes to Lilley1593 on another site. Make a back up save before glitching, that way if you get Barret, but it doesn't unlock then you can use the glitch less on another try.

I went over the scores if you choose the perfect choices and the numbers end up as:

Aeris 35
Tifa 33
Yuffie 28
Barret 54
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Thanks, this is helpful. I'm trying for this trophy too, so will update whether or not spamming Barret is successful. (Might be a while)
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By AItivo on 09 Dec 2015 19:23
Just make sure not to over spam. That seems to be the main problem.
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By BeardedScot86 on 09 Dec 2015 19:28
Good guide. Each conversation with Barrett at Cosmo Canyon is a +3. I wasn't doing all of the actions to get Barrett's points, mostly because I forgot about this trophy until midway through the game. I did the Cosmo Canyon conversation about 20-25 times and the trophy unlocked as soon as the 'date' began.
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By MXR5150 on 13 Dec 2015 16:56
Thanks for the great solution. I followed the guide in the link for the most part, then used the Cosmo Canyon glitch 10 times, and it popped without a problem.
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By prim4l_dre4m on 29 Dec 2015 03:03
For the most part i checked a guide and did the Cosmo glitch 7 times and i got it yesterday smile
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By Gys1978 on 03 Jan 2016 08:27
When is the earliest this can be achieve? I'm going there straight after Gongaga quest and I go and sleep in the ghost hotel but nothing happens, it just plays some music to say that I've rested and that's all. Does it have to be after a certain point in the game?
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By Subliminal--Cuts on 28 Jan 2016 09:05
Going off a guide, after Gongaga you need to go to Cosmo Canyon, Nibelheim and Rocket Town before you get to this point. When you then go to the Gold Saucer to get a key item for the game. Once you do that, you will go to leave and the tram will be out of order. At that point your team decides to stay in the hotel. It only works when the team decide to stay, not when you decide to. Hope that helps
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By BeardedScot86 on 28 Jan 2016 10:30
Does the glitch still work ?
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By Nukezillla on 17 Jan 2021 23:50
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This achievement is HIGHLY missable, and requires dozens of dialogue choices to be made throughout Disc 1. You can find a quick rundown of this side-quest here with how it works and all the dialogue choices that affect it. Basically, there is a hidden point system that influences the characters in your party, and once you reach the Gold Saucer for the second time in the story, the character with the most points will invite you on a date. Getting Barret to win this contest is difficult because he starts with zero points, while Aeris starts with 50 and Tifa 30. Basically, you need to be sweet on Barret and piss off the girls for him to be your companion.

Luckily for us, the Jegged walkthrough I linked up in the Road Map outlines every single choice throughout the game that can affect this achievement, and which one to choose for the best outcome. Simply follow that and you will have no problem getting the achievement. It's easier to follow the full game walkthrough than the specific one I linked in the previous paragraph, to be clear. I simply linked that so you'd be able to have some background info on the achievement itself.

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This achievement is HIGHLY missable, and requires dozens of dialogue choices to be made throughout Disc 1. You can find a quick rundown of this side-quest here with how it works and all the dialogue choices that affect it. Basically, there is a hidden point system that influences the characters in your party, and once you reach the Gold Saucer for the second time in the story, the character with the most points will invite you on a date. Getting Barret to win this contest is difficult because he starts with zero points, while Aeris starts with 50 and Tifa 30. Basically, you need to be sweet on Barret and piss off the girls for him to be your companion.

Luckily for us, the Jegged walkthrough I linked up in the Road Map outlines every single choice throughout the game that can affect this achievement, and which one to choose for the best outcome. Simply follow that and you will have no problem getting the achievement. It's easier to follow the full game walkthrough than the specific one I linked in the previous paragraph, to be clear. I simply linked that so you'd be able to have some background info on the achievement itself.
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MISSABLE but you must have the 1.03 or higher patch installed, for this to unlock properly

During the party’s second visit to the Gold Saucer, Cloud will be asked by a party member to go on a date at night in the amusement park. Depending on how you, the player, treated certain characters as Cloud throughout the game, either Aeris, Tifa, Yuffie or Barret will ask Cloud to accompany them on a date. In order to unlock this trophy, you must undergo the most difficult trial ever: getting Barret to ask Cloud out on a date.

Which character is chosen for the date is dependent on a hidden point system. Depending on the dialogue choices the player makes, the points for certain characters will increase of decrease, and the character with the most points during the second visit to the Gold Saucer will be the one to ask Cloud out on a date. Barret begins the game with 0 points, and so care must be given for him to end up with the most amount of points. This means, unfortunately, being mean to Tifa, Aeris and Yuffie when given the choice.

By following the Best Bromance Walkthrough by SirkSirk, you should be able to put Barret over the top. When Cloud hears a knock at his door late at night, Barret will enter and ask him out on a date, then you can then enjoy their precious date and your new trophy.

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There are four dating options in total - depending on the number of possible chosen ones. This is Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie and... Barret. What determines whether you get a particular date? It turns out that for each of the four candidates there are parameters hidden from the player, conventionally called Love Points (LP) - from now on I will also call the LP level an “opinion” about Cloud or “interest” in him. As you progress through the game, your LP level will change based on your behavior.
The simplest example: some time after the start of the game, you choose who to give the purchased flower to - Tifa or Marlene, Barret's daughter. Giving a flower to Tifa increases the chances of a date with her, giving it to Marlene increases the chances of a date with Barrett. In relation to LP, this looks like adding 5 units to the “opinion” of Tifa or Barret, respectively. However, keep in mind: your actions can not only increase the “interest” of candidates, but also reduce it. As a result, when you come to the “Golden Saucer” for the second time in the story, this is where it will happen. Which of the likely candidates has a higher LP level will be the date.

Date with Barrett:
1.Buy a flower from Aerith.
2.When talking to Jesse on the train, answer “I'm looking forward to it.”
3.Give the flower to Marlena.
4.Do not talk to Tifa in the bar, but immediately go to Barret in the basement. When
Tifa will speak to you, answer her “...Sorry.” Talk to you in the morning
to her and say “Barret's snoring kept me up.”
5. During an alarm on the train, do not rush anywhere and allow yourself to be caught in the carriage.
6.After the battle with Air Buster, answer "I doesn't know if I can hang on."
7.In the church, when Aerith is fleeing from the soldiers, ask her to wait every time,
but throw the wrong barrel every time.
8.When Aerith asks Cloud "Is Tifa your girlfriend?", answer "Yeah,
that's right".
9.When talking on the playground, select “Take her home.”
10.Before going to Don Corneo, equip Cloud to the fullest to
the don chose him. In a conversation with the Don, select “Umm...” and “Yes, his name
is Barrett."
11.In the sewers, talk to Tifa first.
12. To Marlena’s question about Aeris, answer “I don’t know.”
13.In the Sin-Ra Building, when choosing who to send to protect Aerith, choose Tifa
(“Tifa, I'm countin' on you!”).
14.After the battle, form a team like this: Cloud, Barret and Red XIII.
15.In the cell, talk to Tifa and answer her “Kinda hard.” Repeat
until you get tired of it.
16.Speak to your neighbors in this order: Barret, Aeris, Red XIII.
17.After escaping from Midgar, assemble a squad this way: Cloud, Barret,
Red XIII.
18.In Kalma, talk to the woman who talks about Mako and the woman who yearns for her old
life as a girl. Give the first a negative answer, and the second an affirmative (“Yeah,
maybe").
19. After the memory session, tell Barrett “Wait a sec” “Beautiful,
just beautiful."
20.Agree to help the residents of Fort Condor.
21.Don't make mistakes when capturing Yuffie. Or don't catch it at all. You'll catch it later
dates.
22.On the cargo ship, talk to Yuffie, but refuse to give her the Tranquilizer.
Aerith say “I dunno...”, Tifa “I don't know”.
23.In Gold Saucer, take Red XIII with you.
24.In Corel Prison, when going in search of Dean, make up a squad like this: Cloud,
Barret and Red XIII (or Cait Sith)
25.In Gongaga, take Tifa and Aerith with you, talk to Zach's parents
and leave the city without speaking to Tifa or Aerith.
26.Don't do the subquest in Wutai. Do it after the date.

Author - Dangaard
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By Drim31337 on 22 Jan 2017 05:20
The trophy is buggy due to an excessive decrease in Tifa's reputation level (multiple selection of the "Kinda hard" option in a prison cell, in the Shinra corporation building), as well as an excessive increase in Barret's reputation level (multiple conversations with him in Cosmo Canyon) To prevent this from happening I happen to attach detailed instructions (in English, you can print them out if you wish) for obtaining this trophy. The advantage of this instruction is that you (subject to the conditions of the instruction) will know the final number of reputation points for all heroes and will not allow a glitch with a trophy.
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By Roziel on 19 Jan 2020 06:54
The trophy is glitchy.
Even if Barret drags Cloud to wander around the Golden Saucer, the trophy may simply not fall out.
I replayed this moment more than once, but they never gave me the trophy.
I had to replay all the way from Cosmo Canyon - fortunately, there was a save.
So, just in case, make backup checkpoints at different points in the game.
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By Demon-Sanya on 12 Feb 2016 23:42
There is an exploit that will allow you to get endless love points for Barret in Cosmo Canyon.
1. Add Barrett to your squad before the first entrance to Cosmo Canyon.
2. After you've slept, enter the room behind the Tiger Lily weapon shop where Barret is standing.
3. Talk to Barrett and choose the first and then the second answer.
4. Leave the room and come back to repeat.
Every time you say "Go on", you get +3 love points from Barret. Then selecting "Yeah, whatever..." will reset the conversation and you can repeat it again.
The main thing is not to overdo it, they helped me 10 times. Barrett ended up going on a date.
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