FINAL FANTASY VII
31 Achievements
1,000
25-30h
Coming Up All Nines
Obtain 99,999,999 gil
35
1.96%
How to unlock the Coming Up All Nines achievement in FINAL FANTASY VII - Definitive Guide
I highly recommend to combine this with the Materia Mastermind and/or level 99 achievements.
In my opinion, the easiest and fastest way to obtain this is defeating the Magic Pot in the Northern Crater. You have to feed him an Elixir and then defeat him for a whooping 8000XP and 1000AP. Sometimes they come in two.
Fill all slots of all characters with an "All" Materia. You can buy ALL Materia in Fort Condor for 20.000 GIL each.
You need 8 slots in your weapon and 8 slots in your armor for the best outcome in my opinion.
There are also double AP weapons with up to 4 slots for every character and also one triple AP weapon for Cloud and for Cid but they have only 2/3 slots. There are no armors with triple AP and only 2 and 4 slot Double AP armors.
Clouds Apocalypse can hold 3 Materias and have Triple AP.
Cids Scimitar can hold 2 Materias and have Triple AP.
You can use what ever weapon and armor you like. I preferred to use the 8 slot weapons and armors.
In Mideel you can buy Wizard Bracelets they cost 12.000Gil each and have 8 slots.
8 slots weapons for all characters:
Cloud: Enhance Sword can be bought in Junon for 12.000Gil.
Barret: Solid bazooka can be bought in Costa del Sol for 16.000Gil.
Tifa: Kaiser knuckle can be bought in Junon for 15.000Gil.
Red XIII: Centclip can be bought in Costa del Sol for 14.000Gil.
Yuffie: Spiral shuriken can be bought in Costa del Sol for 14.000Gil
Caith This: Gold m.phone can be bought in Costa del Sol for 15.000Gil.
Vincent: Long barrel R can be bought in Costa del Sol for 13.000Gil.
And for Cid: Dragoon Lance this weapon can also be bought in Junon for 6200Gil.
If you choose Cloud, Barret and Cid, like me, a full gear set with 16 slots in total cost 70200Gil. If you have not that much money just duplicate the Ether item up to 99 and sell them for 750 each for a total of 74250Gil. If you don't have Ether, buy them for 1500Gil each and duplicate them then.
If you start from scratch, you need to master 72 "All" Materias. If you dont have any "All" Materias to start with, they can be bought in Fort Condor for 20.000Gil each.
A Mastered All Materia can be sold for 1.400.000 Gil, it is the highest selling price in the game.
The optimal way in my opinion is to give every character only "All" Materias in every weapon and armor slot. This nets you a total of up to 48 and needs a full growth circle of two to four full Mastered Materias for all 3 characters.
After mastering a Materia they "Reborn". This will give you a new Level 1 Materia for free. All Materias need 35.000AP to Master.
To get an optimal outcome you also need the W-Item Materia you can found this in the Sector 8 Tunnel raid "on Disc 2". You have to go the tunnel all the way to the south even if characters say this is wrong. Alternative you can dig this later out in Bone Village. You can duplicate as many Elixir as you like, if you have a minimum of two. With W-Item equipped take one Elixir. Take another and with and push to "stop" using it push again and again and so on. Every time you duplicate one up to 99.
Here is now a video solution for where to fight and how to set up the Elixirs.
Level 4 Limits are not needed and i highly recommend not to fight alone
If you missed the W-Item materia during the raid it can be dug up at bone village.
Double and triple growth weapons are not needed but will definitely make this go by faster, the 2 triple growth weapons are clouds apocalypse found in the ancient forest and Cid's scimitar found in the underground reactor in junon this weapon is missable, by this point you should have plenty of double growth weapons so I'm not going to list them all.
The double growth armlet called rune armlet can be purchased at bone village.
Now make your way to fort condor and purchase 24 ALL materias which sell for 1.4 million Gil once mastered.
Once you have the weapons and armor and all materias continue into the northen cave until you get to the point where the party will split up, choose the left path for at least the 3 characters you're planning on using.
On the next screen you will split up again choose the up path for at least the 3 characters you're planning on using.
Now you should be at a swamp like area, in this area equip as many ALLs as you can (with double growth W&A it should be 8 per character) now run around until you run into a monster called the magic pot which you must feed an elixir before you can kill it, each one will net you 8000 EXP and 1000 AP making it the best place to master materia and also to reach level 99.
Once you master an ALL materia don't forget to remove it and equip the new one that was born from the one you just mastered
You will need to Master 72 ALL materias to reach 100 million gil
Get your characters "growth" times 2 weapon (or 3, but only cid and cloud have a growth times 3 weapon) and times 2 armor to speed up your farming, and just farm magic pots, and movers. When ones mastered, simply replace it with the new one that's created when the original is mastered. You can steal elixirs from the enemies in the same area as the pots and movers or use the W-item glitch to get an unlimited supply. For a more in depth explanation as to the location of growth 2/3 equipment and where to find magic pots and movers watch the video provided.
This trophy, along with Liege of Leveling, will require the most grinding out of any other trophy. You need to have 99,999,999 gil all at once. In order to properly grind out 99,999,999 gil, you will require as many All Materias as possible, the W-Item Materia, at least two Elixirs, equipment with Double or Triple Materia growth rate, and access to the Northern Cavern.
All Materia is sold in infinite quantity in the shop at Fort Condor in Part 2 onwards, after the battle with Shinra. Failing the Huge Materia battle mission, however, causes this Materia to become missable. Buy as many All Materia as you can to fill as many equipment slots possible.
The W-Item Materia can be found towards the end of Part 2, when the party infiltrates Shinra. In the Sector 8 Tunnel, after defeating the Turks, continue all the way south to the very end of the tunnel. Once you reach the end, you will find a save point and the W-Item Materia on the floor. If you missed this Materia during the initial raid, it can be excavated from the Bone Village. However, the chances are very low, and it is a frustrating process, so be sure to pick it up in the tunnel.
Location of the W-Item Materia in the Sector 8 Tunnel.
There are two Triple Growth weapons that will make this process much faster. Their locations are the following:
Apocalypse: After defeating Ultimate Weapon, use a Black Chocobo to enter the Ancient Forest near Cosmo Canyon that is now accessible. The sword can be found at the end of the forest.
Scimitar: After defeating the Carry Armor in the Junon Underwater Reactor. Be sure to open the chest with this weapon before setting off in the submarine.
Now, you must take full advantage of the W-Item Duplication glitch. Specifically, you must duplicate as many Elixirs as possible. To do the W-Item Duplication glitch, equip the W-Item Materia onto a character then enter a battle.
1) Select W-Item.
2) Select first item (Elixir).
3) Use it on enemy.
4) Select second item (Elixir).
5) Cancel out.
Repeat steps 4 & 5.
Duplicate as many Elixirs as you can. Credit to MistressFortune for these instructions.
Finally, head to the Northern Cavern. Equip the Apocalypse Sword on Cloud and the Scimitar on Cid and fill as many Materia slots as possible with All Materia. If possible, equip the third character with a Double Growth weapon and fill in any remaining All Materia into its slots. Enter the swamp area of the Northern Cavern and wander around until you begin entering battles with Magic Pots or Movers. Once you're in the right area, place down your save point and begin to grind for AP.
The swamp area in the Northern Cavern where Magic Pots and Movers are located.
To get the most AP and EXP, seek out the Movers and Magic Pot enemies. Movers come in groups of three and yield a total of 800 AP each, for a total of 2,400 AP per battle, but no EXP. For the Magic Pots, simply use an Elixir on the Magic Pot and it will become vulnerable to attack. Do not attempt to attack it before using an Elixir. Once you defeat it, you will earn 8,000 EXP per defeated Magic Pot and 1,000 AP per defeated Magic Pot. AP earned in battle can be tripled with the Apocalypse Sword or Scimitar.
The Magic Pot enemies located in the Northern Cavern.
The Mover enemies located in the Northern Cavern.
The goal is to master as many All Materia that is needed to obtain 99,999,999 gil. When an All Materia is mastered, a new one is birthed and can be mastered anew. A mastered All Materia can be sold for a whopping 1,400,000 gil, and it is rather fast to master using Magic Pots. Assuming you begin with 0 gil, a total of 72 mastered All Materia will need to be sold to reach 99,999,999 gil.
Enabling Turbo Mode while grinding out AP to master All Materia will significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to reach 99,999,999 gil.
For this achievement, you must max out your gil, having 100m all at the same time (so this is not a cumulative achievement). The best option to do this involves an in-game glitch that allows you to duplicate items, and using those to level up All Materia items which will sell for 1.4m each. You'll need to max out 74 of these if you're starting this grind with no cash at all.
You will want the W-Item materia I mentioned in the Road Map for this. The missable Scimitar weapon also helps, as well as another unmissable weapon (Apocalypse) found in the Ancient Forest side-quest. A third weapon with the Double Growth skill helps as well (those two weapons have Triple Growth) but is not strictly necessary. A list of weapons with the Growth skill can be found here.
To learn about the item duplication glitch, as well as how to farm gil for this achievement and experience for the "Liege of Leveling" achievement, see here.
You will want the W-Item materia I mentioned in the Road Map for this. The missable Scimitar weapon also helps, as well as another unmissable weapon (Apocalypse) found in the Ancient Forest side-quest. A third weapon with the Double Growth skill helps as well (those two weapons have Triple Growth) but is not strictly necessary. A list of weapons with the Growth skill can be found here.
To learn about the item duplication glitch, as well as how to farm gil for this achievement and experience for the Liege of Leveling (35G) achievement, see here.