Mythril Mine (Final Fantasy VII)

The Mythril Mine (ミスリルマイン) is a short dungeon in Final Fantasy VII where townsfolk from Kalm used to work before the appearances of Midgar Zolom stopped the mining expeditions. Despite being called "Mythril" Mines, the mines are referred to as "coal mines" by a miner in the Kalm bar in the game's PlayStation translation, contrary to the original Japanese release which never stated this. In the PC version the word "coal" has been removed.

The mines travel beneath the mountain range in the eastern continent, connecting the Chocobo Farm in the Grasslands Area to Fort Condor and Junon in the Junon Area.

Storyline
The party follows Sephiroth through the mines during their world-wide hunt for him. Outside, Sephiroth has killed a Midgar Zolom prior to the party's arrival, and left its corpse on a tree-trunk as a warning.

Inside the mines, the party meets the Turks: Rude, Tseng, and the rookie Elena. The Turks do not attack, only give a warning that Reno will be back with a new weapon to fight them. Elena accidentally slips Sephiroth has been sighted heading towards Junon, and the two parties part ways.

Items

 * Ether
 * Tent
 * Long Range Materia
 * Mind Source
 * Elixir
 * Hi-Potion

Enemy formations
The Mythril Mines are an excellent place to level up Limit Breaks early in the game. Enemy groups in the northern peninsula have as many as five enemies. Using group attacks, like the Enemy Skill Matra Magic, allow vast numbers of enemies to be defeated in a relatively short time.

Eastern Peninsula

 * Ark Dragon x2 (Back Attack)
 * Castanets x2, Ark Dragon, Crawler
 * Castanets x3
 * Crawler x3, Ark Dragon

Northern Peninsula

 * Crawler x3, Ark Dragon
 * Castanets x4
 * Castanets x2, Ark Dragon, Crawler
 * Crawler x5

Junon Area

 * Castanets x3
 * Crawler x4 (Back Attack)
 * Madouge x2
 * Madouge x2,Crawler x3

Musical Themes
The background music for the Mythril Mine, like in many other locations, is "Lurking in the Darkness" (闇に潜む Yami ni Hisomu).

Last Order -Final Fantasy VII-
In Last Order -Final Fantasy VII-, while attempting to get to Midgar, Zack Fair fights his way through a contingent of Shinra troops in the mine's abandoned facility/town. Eventually acquiring a motorcycle from one of the troops he rides the bike into the mine tunnels, making it to the other end before the bike's fuel runs out.

Trivia

 * If the player skipped Kalm, Cloud's party members stop him from going deeper into the mines, telling him to go back to Kalm. This can lead to a tricky situation as the player cannot use a chocobo to cross the marshes, although the Midgar Zolom can still be avoided by other means.
 * If the player triggers the aforementioned scene and Aeris is in the party, she will use Tifa's dialogue because the developers accidentally assigned Aeris with the wrong text ID. The line Aeris is meant to say can never be seen in a normal play-through, although it still exists in the game's text files.
 * The Mythril Mine is referenced in the Brain Blast quiz of Final Fantasy XIII-2. It is listed as an incorrect option for a question asking for the location of the Paddra Ruins.