Final Fantasy VII Remake Trophy Guide

There are 20 Chadley battle intel reports that we need to complete, we can first meet Chadley during Chapter 3 and near the end of the chapter as well.

He can also be found in Chapter 8, 9, 14, and finally in Chapter 17 after beating the game once.

Battle Intel Report 01: Monster Bio Pt. 1
– Condition: Assess 2 enemy types
– Reward: Auto-Cure Materia

You will get the Assess Matria as part of the story in Chapter 3, all you need to do is equip it (Weapon or Armor) and use it on two monsters (Abilities>Assess).

Battle Intel Report 02: Magic Elements Pt. 1

– Condition: Hit enemies vulnerable to fire, ice, or lightning using the appropriate magic (Number of attacks: 1 for each element)
– Reward: Wind Materia

You can do this along with the Report 1, as when you Assess a monster you will see their weaknesses (Lightening, Fire, & Ice).
Lightening and Ice can be bought from the store in Chapter 3, use these 3 elemental attacks on enemies that are weak against them and you will complete this report.

Battle Intel Report 03: The Stagger Effect Pt. 1

– Condition: Use unique abilities on staggered enemies and charge the ATB gauge 10 times.

– Reward: First Strike Materia

Have Tifa as the leader or switch to her mid-battle, stagger an enemy and then attack using her basic attacks () until her ATB gauges fills from 1 to 2 full segments. Do this 10 times and you will complete this report.

Battle Intel Report 04: The Stagger Effect Pt. 2

– Condition: Stagger 15 enemy types.

– Reward: ATB Boost Materia

This is done by continously attacking the enemies until the Yellow Bar (Under the health bar) fills and they get stunned for a few second. Make sure you do this on 15 different enemy types.
(Should come naturally though)

Battle Intel Report 05: Combat Simulation: Shiva

– Condition: Defeat Shiva.

– Reward: Shiva Summoning Materia

After completing the first 4 reports, talk to Chadley and he will unlock this report (VR Mission) where you have to defeat Shiva.

Battle Intel Report 06: Monster Bio Pt. 2

– Condition: Assess 10 enemy types.

– Reward: Steadfast Block Materia

Similar to Report 01, equip the Assess Materia and use the ability mid-battle to assess 10 different enemy types.

Battle Intel Report 07: Magic Elements Pt. 2

– Condition: Exploit weaknesses of 15 enemy types.

– Reward: Steal Materia

Same as Report 02, use Spell Materia (Fire, Ice, Lighting, and Wind) on 15 different enemy types. You can Assess the enemy to find the element that its weak against at.
(Human = Fire, Machine = Lighting, Flying = Wind, Monster = Ice)

Battle Intel Report 08: The Manipulation Technique

– Condition: Defeat 2 or more enemies with a single attack.

– Reward: Provoke Materia

Use braver as Cloud or hold () for a sweeping attack to finish of two enemies at once. Though i recommend using the Braver ability, just align to enemies specially when you are over leveled by running in circle until you can see that you can hit them with one attack.

Battle Intel Report 09: Monster Variants Pt. 1

– Condition: Defeat monsters of 3 unique varieties.

– Reward: Synergy Materia

This should come naturally as you need to beat monsters with different variants and those are everywhere as you progress through the story.

Battle Intel Report 10: Combat Simulation: Fat Chocobo

– Condition: Defeat a fat chocobo.

– Reward: Fat Chocobo Materia
Upon completion of the all the Reports above (Report 1-9), you will unlock this VR Mission when you speak with Chadley, defeat the Fat Chocobo and it will be yours to keep (Summon Materia).

Battle Intel Report 11: Monster Bio Pt. 3

– Condition: Assess 20 enemy types.

– Reward: Item Master Materia

Same as Report 01, use Assess Ability on 20 different enemy types.

Battle Intel Report 12: The Stagger Effect Pt. 3

– Condition: Increase stagger damage bonus to 200%.

– Reward: Parry Materia

See “Staggering Feat” trophy.

The best character to use is Tifa and her abilities. We need to attack using her default attacks (), her attacks can be changed and different level abilities have different increment in the stagger %.

So this is how we do it, if we use Unbridled Strength (1 ATB) once, that ability changes to Omnistrike, which increase the stagger % higher, and if we have 2 ATB and use Unbridled Strength twice then our ability will change to Rise and Fall which gives the highest % increase.

Though Tifa’s 6th Weapon “Purple Pain” will increase the Stagger % by 30% with each use (1ATB/Charge).

Battle Intel Report 13: Refocus Analysis

– Condition: Trigger Refocus 2 times.

– Reward: ATB Assist Materia

When Aerith joins your party, make sure she is equipped with Refocus Matera. Now build up your limit break by attacking or taking damage until its full and use the “Refocus” limit break, do this twice.

Battle Intel Report 14: The Stagger Effect Pt. 4

– Condition: Stagger 40 enemy types.

– Reward: ATB Stagger Materia

Same as Report 04

Battle Intel Report 15: Combat Simulation Leviathan

– Condition: Defeat Leviathan

– Reward: Leviathan Summoning Materia

After completing Report 12, speak with Chadley and he will unlock the Leviathan VR Mission, defeat him.

Battle Intel Report 16: Monster Bio Pt. 4

– Condition: Assess 30 enemy types.

– Reward: Enemy Skill Materia

Same as Report 01.

Battle Intel Report 17: Weapon Abilities

– Condition: Acquire all 16 weapon abilities

– Reward: Skill Master Materia

There are 24 weapons in the game, though you only need 16 and have their ability maxed out (Max Proficiency). Each weapon has a different ability, equip the specific weapon and keep using its special ability until it reaches Max Proficiency, do this for 16 weapons.
Location for all 24 Weapons

Battle Intel Report 18: MP Consumption

– Condition: Master all 12 types of magic materia.

– Reward: MP Absorption Materia

Magic Materia are the green color materia, they level up by simply having them equipped on your active party member when you are fighting.
You can get this naturally as you can give almost 3 to each character and swap them when Maxed or keep repeating Colosseum fights in Chapter 9 on Classic Difficulty (AI controlled fights, no input from you).

Battle Intel Report 19: Monster Variants Pt. 2

– Condition: Defeat 10 unique varieties.

– Reward: HP Absorption Materia

Same as Report 09, should come naturally.

Battle Intel Report 20: Combat Simulation Bahamut

– Condition: Bahamut

– Reward: Bahamut Materia

Unlocks after completing all other 19 Reports, defeat Bahamut in the VR Mission to get his Summon Materia.