Getting Enemy Skill Materia in FF7 Rebirth & unlocking all abilities
Here's how to get the Enemy Skill Materia in FF7 Rebirth along with the requirements to unlock all of the enemy skills you can learn from Final Fantasy foes.
The Enemy Skill Materia is one of the best in FF7 Rebirth, allowing you to master multiple extra abilities. Whilst the way to get the Materia in the game is easy, mastering all of the enemy skills can take some time, but will be worth the effort.
How to get Enemy Skill Materia in FF7 Rebirth
You'll obtain the Enemy Skill Materia in FF7 Rebirth once you complete the Biological Intel: Know Thine Enemy Combat Simulator challenge, which you can access by talking to Chadley at Bill's Ranch.
Know Thine Enemy is an incredibly easy battle that only took me about ten seconds on Normal Difficulty, which will take you about the same depending on your level. Then, the Enemy Skill Materia and its default skill, 'Sonic Boom', will be added to your collection.
How to get all enemy skills for the Materia
To get all of the enemy skills for your Enemy Skill Materia, you'll need to complete additional Biological Intel combat challenges - with prerequisites to unlock each one: using the Assess skill on a certain number of enemies and defeating the classified foe of various regions.
For example, to obtain one of the enemy skills, 'Plasma Discharge', you'll need to use Assess on 16 enemies in the Grasslands and have defeated the Quetzalcoatl.
The complete list of abilities you can learn for the Enemy Skill Materia, along with the requirements to unlock each Biological Intel mission, can be found in the table below:
| Enemy Skill | Biological Intel mission | Unlock requirements |
| Sonic Boom | Know Thine Enemy | None, this is the default skill |
| Plasma Discharge | Blinded by Light | Use Assess on 16 unique enemies in Grasslands, defeat classified foe in Grasslands |
| Soothing Breeze | Breath of Life | Use Assess on ten unique enemies in Grasslands, defeat classified foe in Junon |
| Self-Destruct | At Any Cost | Use Assess on 25 unique enemies in Corel Region, defeat classified foe in Junon |
| Mind Blast | Head Case | Use Assess on 14 unique enemies in Gongaga, defeat classified foe in Junon |
| Rancid Breath | That's the Smell | Use Assess on 15 unique enemies in Cosmo Canyon Region, defeat classified foe in Gongaga |
| Gorgon Shield | Stony Stare | U se Assess on 16 different enemies, defeat classified foe in Cosmo Canyon |
For more from the game, find out where to find the Tonberry King Crown in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, how to get SP fast, or if there'll be a Part Three.
Alternatively, check out our FF7 Rebirth guides homepage for extra essentials right here at GGRecon.
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