Aeris (Final Fantasy VII party member)

Aeris
エアリス (Earisu?)
Portraits
Gameplay details
Type	Party member
Ultimate Limit	Great Gospel
Weapon	Staves
Ultimate weapon	Princess Guard

Aeris is a playable character in Final Fantasy VII. She serves as the party's White Mage with the best Magic stats in the game, and the ability to heal and support the party with her Limit Breaks. She wields a rod, but her strength lies in her magic use.

Aeris is also a date option for a scene in Gold Saucer in "Secret Date", and is considered the default date as she starts with the highest compatibility with Cloud Strife.

Aeris joins the party in the Church in the Slums after the events in Mako Reactor 5 in "The Woman at the Church". Before the character naming screen, the party member in the game's memory is Aerith. This never ordinarily appears, however, if one were to bypass the character naming screen (as is performed in a bypass event glitch), she will appear in the party with this name.

Battle

Victory pose.

Aeris lacks in physical stats, but makes up for it with her high magical stats. When she joins the party she is in the back row by default. She is a good spellcaster and her Limit Breaks are supportive rather than damage-dealing. Aeris's victory pose is to brush down her clothes, smooth back her hair, and bow with her hand over her heart.

Stats

Her starting level is decided by the following formula:

[average party level -3]

The playable characters require slightly different amounts of EXP to reach level 99. Aeris requires the most EXP for level 99: 2,484,643.

LV	Exp	HP	MP	Strength	Dexterity	Vitality	Magic	Spirit	Luck	+
1	0	177	23	10	5	11	13	14	14
2	6	185 - 195	25 - 30	10 - 12	5 - 7	11 - 13	13 - 15	14 - 16	14 - 16
3	32	198 - 212	36 - 37	10 - 14	5 - 9	11 - 15	13 - 17	14 - 18	14 - 17
4	92	215 - 229	39 - 44	11 - 16	5 - 10	12 - 17	14 - 19	15 - 20	14 - 18
5	199	232 - 246	50 - 51	12 - 17	6 - 11	13 - 18	15 - 21	16 - 22	14 - 19
6	366	247 - 263	53 - 58	13 - 18	7 - 12	14 - 19	16 - 22	17 - 23	14 - 20
7	607	264 - 280	62 - 65	14 - 19	7 - 13	15 - 20	17 - 24	18 - 24	14 - 20
8	935	279 - 297	67 - 72	15 - 20	8 - 14	16 - 21	18 - 25	19 - 25	14 - 20
9	1363	296 - 314	74 - 79	16 - 21	9 - 15	17 - 22	19 - 26	20 - 26	14 - 20
10	1905	311 - 331	81 - 86	17 - 22	10 - 16	18 - 23	21 - 28	21 - 28	14 - 20
11	2575	328 - 348	88 - 93	18 - 23	10 - 17	19 - 24	22 - 29	22 - 29	14 - 20
12	3542	382 - 402	94 - 100	19 - 24	11 - 18	19 - 25	24 - 31	23 - 30	14 - 20
13	4550	436 - 456	103 - 109	20 - 25	12 - 19	20 - 26	25 - 32	24 - 31	14 - 21
14	5733	475 - 502	110 - 117	21 - 26	13 - 20	21 - 27	27 - 34	26 - 33	14 - 21
15	7105	511 - 541	119 - 126	22 - 27	14 - 21	22 - 28	29 - 36	27 - 34	14 - 21
16	8680	543 - 577	126 - 134	23 - 28	15 - 22	23 - 29	30 - 37	28 - 35	14 - 21
17	10472	579 - 613	134 - 142	24 - 29	15 - 22	24 - 30	32 - 39	30 - 37	14 - 21
18	12495	611 - 649	142 - 151	25 - 30	16 - 23	25 - 31	33 - 40	31 - 38	14 - 21
19	14763	647 - 685	150 - 159	26 - 31	17 - 24	26 - 32	35 - 42	32 - 39	14 - 21
20	17290	679 - 721	159 - 168	27 - 32	18 - 25	27 - 33	37 - 44	34 - 41	14 - 21
21	20090	715 - 757	166 - 176	28 - 33	18 - 25	28 - 34	38 - 45	35 - 42	14 - 21
22	23831	812 - 854	176 - 187	29 - 34	19 - 26	29 - 36	40 - 47	36 - 43	14 - 21
23	27315	883 - 932	186 - 198	30 - 35	20 - 27	30 - 37	41 - 48	37 - 44	14 - 21
24	31123	941 - 1003	195 - 208	31 - 36	21 - 28	31 - 38	43 - 50	38 - 45	14 - 21
25	35270	1006 - 1068	205 - 218	32 - 37	22 - 29	32 - 39	45 - 52	40 - 47	15 - 22
26	39770	1064 - 1133	214 - 228	33 - 38	23 - 30	33 - 40	46 - 53	41 - 48	15 - 22
27	44637	1129 - 1198	224 - 238	34 - 39	23 - 30	34 - 41	48 - 55	42 - 49	15 - 22
28	49885	1187 - 1263	233 - 248	35 - 40	24 - 31	35 - 42	49 - 56	44 - 51	15 - 22
29	55529	1252 - 1328	243 - 258	36 - 42	25 - 32	37 - 44	51 - 58	45 - 52	15 - 22
30	61584	1310 - 1393	252 - 268	37 - 43	26 - 33	38 - 45	53 - 60	46 - 53	15 - 22
31	68064	1375 - 1458	260 - 277	38 - 44	26 - 33	39 - 46	54 - 61	48 - 55	15 - 22
32	77066	1477 - 1569	272 - 289	39 - 45	27 - 34	40 - 47	55 - 62	50 - 57	16 - 23
33	84643	1570 - 1671	283 - 301	40 - 46	28 - 35	41 - 48	56 - 63	51 - 58	16 - 23
34	92701	1663 - 1764	294 - 313	40 - 47	29 - 36	43 - 50	57 - 64	52 - 59	16 - 23
35	101255	1746 - 1857	306 - 325	41 - 48	29 - 36	44 - 51	59 - 66	54 - 61	16 - 23
36	110320	1839 - 1950	315 - 336	42 - 49	30 - 37	45 - 52	60 - 67	55 - 62	16 - 23
37	119910	1922 - 2043	326 - 347	43 - 50	31 - 38	46 - 53	61 - 68	56 - 63	16 - 23
38	130040	2015 - 2136	337 - 358	44 - 51	31 - 38	47 - 54	62 - 69	58 - 65	17 - 24
39	140725	2098 - 2229	346 - 369	45 - 52	32 - 39	48 - 55	63 - 70	59 - 66	17 - 24
40	151980	2191 - 2322	358 - 381	46 - 53	33 - 40	49 - 56	65 - 72	61 - 68	17 - 24
41	163820	2274 - 2415	369 - 392	46 - 53	34 - 41	50 - 57	66 - 73	62 - 69	17 - 24
42	176259	2399 - 2540	381 - 405	47 - 54	35 - 42	51 - 58	68 - 75	63 - 70	17 - 24
43	189312	2512 - 2665	394 - 418	48 - 55	35 - 42	52 - 59	70 - 77	64 - 71	17 - 24
44	202994	2614 - 2778	404 - 430	49 - 56	36 - 43	53 - 60	71 - 78	65 - 72	17 - 24
45	217320	2727 - 2891	417 - 443	50 - 57	37 - 44	54 - 61	72 - 79	67 - 74	17 - 24
46	232305	2829 - 3004	427 - 455	51 - 58	37 - 44	55 - 62	73 - 80	68 - 75	17 - 24
47	247963	2942 - 3129	439 - 467	52 - 59	38 - 45	56 - 63	74 - 81	69 - 76	17 - 24
48	264309	3044 - 3242	452 - 480	52 - 59	39 - 46	57 - 64	75 - 82	70 - 77	17 - 24
49	281358	3157 - 3355	462 - 492	53 - 60	39 - 46	57 - 64	76 - 83	71 - 78	17 - 24
50	299125	3259 - 3468	475 - 505	54 - 61	40 - 47	58 - 65	77 - 84	73 - 80	18 - 25
51	317625	3372 - 3581	487 - 517	55 - 62	41 - 48	59 - 66	77 - 84	74 - 81	18 - 25
52	341432	3485 - 3707	497 - 529	55 - 62	41 - 48	60 - 67	78 - 85	76 - 83	18 - 25
53	361712	3598 - 3833	509 - 541	55 - 62	41 - 48	60 - 67	79 - 86	77 - 84	18 - 25
54	382779	3711 - 3959	521 - 553	55 - 62	41 - 48	61 - 68	80 - 87	78 - 85	18 - 25
55	404649	3824 - 4085	531 - 565	56 - 63	42 - 49	61 - 68	81 - 88	79 - 86	18 - 25
56	427336	3937 - 4211	543 - 577	56 - 63	42 - 49	62 - 69	81 - 88	80 - 87	18 - 25
57	450856	4063 - 4337	555 - 589	57 - 64	43 - 50	62 - 69	82 - 89	81 - 88	18 - 25
58	475223	4176 - 4463	565 - 601	57 - 64	43 - 50	63 - 70	82 - 89	82 - 89	18 - 25
59	500453	4302 - 4589	577 - 613	58 - 65	44 - 51	63 - 70	83 - 90	83 - 90	18 - 25
60	526560	4415 - 4715	589 - 625	59 - 66	44 - 51	64 - 71	84 - 91	84 - 91	19 - 26
61	553560	4541 - 4841	599 - 637	59 - 66	45 - 52	64 - 71	84 - 91	84 - 91	19 - 26
62	589211	4642 - 4953	608 - 648	60 - 67	45 - 52	65 - 72	85 - 92	85 - 92	19 - 26
63	618425	4754 - 5065	618 - 658	60 - 67	46 - 53	65 - 72	86 - 93	85 - 92	19 - 26
64	648589	4855 - 5177	627 - 669	61 - 68	46 - 53	66 - 73	87 - 94	86 - 93	19 - 26
65	679718	4967 - 5289	637 - 679	61 - 68	46 - 53	66 - 73	87 - 94	86 - 93	19 - 26
66	711828	5068 - 5401	648 - 690	61 - 68	46 - 53	66 - 73	88 - 95	87 - 94	19 - 26
67	744933	5180 - 5513	658 - 700	62 - 69	46 - 53	67 - 74	88 - 95	87 - 94	19 - 26
68	779049	5292 - 5625	667 - 711	62 - 69	46 - 53	67 - 74	89 - 96	88 - 95	19 - 26
69	814191	5393 - 5737	677 - 721	62 - 69	47 - 54	67 - 74	89 - 96	88 - 95	19 - 26
70	850374	5505 - 5849	688 - 732	63 - 70	47 - 54	68 - 75	90 - 97	89 - 96	19 - 26
71	887614	5606 - 5961	697 - 742	63 - 70	47 - 54	68 - 75	90 - 97	90 - 97	19 - 26
72	925925	5718 - 6073	708 - 753	63 - 70	47 - 54	68 - 75	91 - 98	90 - 97	20 - 27
73	965323	5819 - 6185	717 - 763	63 - 70	47 - 54	69 - 76	91 - 98	91 - 98	20 - 27
74	1005823	5931 - 6297	726 - 774	64 - 71	47 - 54	69 - 76	92 - 99	91 - 98	20 - 27
75	1047440	6032 - 6409	736 - 784	64 - 71	48 - 55	69 - 76	92 - 99	92 - 99	20 - 27
76	1090190	6144 - 6521	747 - 795	64 - 71	48 - 55	70 - 77	93 - 100	92 - 99	20 - 27
77	1134087	6245 - 6633	757 - 805	65 - 72	48 - 55	70 - 77	93 - 100	93 - 100	20 - 27
78	1179147	6357 - 6745	766 - 816	65 - 72	48 - 55	70 - 77	94 - 100	93 - 100	20 - 27
79	1225385	6458 - 6857	776 - 826	65 - 72	48 - 55	71 - 78	94 - 100	94 - 100	20 - 27
80	1272816	6570 - 6969	787 - 837	66 - 73	48 - 55	71 - 78	95 - 100	95 - 100	20 - 27
81	1321456	6671 - 7081	796 - 847	66 - 73	48 - 55	71 - 78	95 - 100	95 - 100	20 - 27
82	1407407	6764 - 7183	804 - 855	67 - 74	49 - 56	72 - 79	95 - 100	95 - 100	20 - 27
83	1459854	6857 - 7285	812 - 863	67 - 74	49 - 56	72 - 79	95 - 100	95 - 100	20 - 27
84	1513588	6950 - 7387	820 - 871	68 - 75	49 - 56	72 - 79	96 - 100	95 - 100	20 - 27
85	1568624	7043 - 7489	829 - 880	68 - 75	49 - 56	73 - 80	96 - 100	95 - 100	20 - 27
86	1624979	7136 - 7591	837 - 888	68 - 75	49 - 56	73 - 80	96 - 100	96 - 100	21 - 28
87	1682667	7229 - 7693	845 - 896	68 - 75	49 - 56	73 - 80	97 - 100	96 - 100	21 - 28
88	1741705	7322 - 7786	853 - 904	69 - 76	50 - 57	73 - 80	97 - 100	96 - 100	21 - 28
89	1802108	7415 - 7879	861 - 912	69 - 76	50 - 57	74 - 81	97 - 100	96 - 100	21 - 28
90	1863891	7508 - 7972	870 - 921	69 - 76	50 - 57	74 - 81	98 - 100	96 - 100	21 - 28
91	1927071	7601 - 8065	878 - 929	69 - 76	50 - 57	74 - 81	98 - 100	97 - 100	21 - 28
92	1991662	7694 - 8158	886 - 937	70 - 77	50 - 57	74 - 81	98 - 100	97 - 100	21 - 28
93	2057681	7787 - 8251	894 - 945	70 - 77	50 - 57	75 - 82	98 - 100	97 - 100	21 - 28
94	2125143	7870 - 8344	902 - 953	70 - 77	51 - 58	75 - 82	99 - 100	97 - 100	21 - 28
95	2194063	7953 - 8437	911 - 962	70 - 77	51 - 58	75 - 82	99 - 100	97 - 100	21 - 28
96	2264458	8046 - 8530	919 - 970	71 - 78	51 - 58	75 - 82	99 - 100	98 - 100	21 - 28
97	2336342	8129 - 8623	927 - 978	71 - 78	51 - 58	76 - 83	100 - 100	98 - 100	21 - 28
98	2409732	8222 - 8716	935 - 986	71 - 78	51 - 58	76 - 83	100 - 100	98 - 100	21 - 28
99	2484643	8305 - 8809	942 - 994	71 - 78	51 - 58	76 - 83	100 - 100	98 - 100	21 - 28

Equipment

Main article: Aeris's staves

Aeris joins the party with the Guard Stick and a Bronze Bangle. Guard Stick can be replaced very quickly, and she can obtain the Striking Staff by stealing it from Eligor at the Train Graveyard, making it the most powerful weapon any character can obtain at this point in the game. Aeris wields various rods and staves that often have many Materia slots and boost her Magic stat. Due to this, coupled with her naturally strong Magic stat and magic-based Limits, she is most suitable for wielding Magic and Summon Materia.

One of her weapons, the Fairy Tale, can be acquired in Gongaga and has seven Materia slots, the most of any weapon up to that point and for some time after. Her joke weapon is the Umbrella, won from the Speed Square at Gold Saucer.

As Aeris permanently leaves the party after the events in the Temple of the Ancients, her combat abilities are limited in comparison to the other party members who can acquire stronger weapons later.

Aeris is the only character whose ultimate weapon, Princess Guard, has normal Materia growth, and seven Materia slots. The weapon functions like Cloud's Yoshiyuki, increasing in attack power proportional to the numbers of KO'd allies.

When Aeris leaves the party at the end of the Temple of the Ancients, the player loses the weapon and armor she was equipped with, but gets back her equipped accessory and Materia. It is possible to open the menu after the Demons Gate battle during the scene Cloud lunges at Aeris at the bottom of the pit, and change her equipment.

Limit Breaks

Main article: Aeris's Limits

Aeris's Limit Breaks revolve around healing and buffing the party, most of them restoring HP and curing status ailments. Aeris's ultimate Limit Break is Great Gospel, which fully heals the party and makes them temporarily invincible. Aeris's Limits must be taught to her before reaching the end of the Temple of the Ancients.

Healing Wind.

Seal Evil.

Breath of the Earth.

Fury Brand.

Pulse of Life.

Planet Protector.

Great Gospel.

Materia

Due to Aeris's naturally high Magic stat, and weapons that have many Materia slots and high boosts to her Magic, equipping her with Magic and Summon Materia is ideal. When she first joins the party, she is best off equipping an offensive Magic Materia in her only slot because her offensive potential is generally low, meaning a Magic Materia is ideal to compensate, and also because her Limits provide her with healing anyway.

As the game progresses, Aeris is still ideal for equipping offensive Magic and Summon Materia, though equipping healing Materia can also be useful on her to heal party members when her Limits are not active. She can take advantage of many Support Materia on linked slots, especially All to allow her magic to target multiple enemies or allies. Because she equips so many Materia, HP Plus is a useful Independent Materia on her unlinked slots. In general, most Command Materia is wasted on her, though the Enemy Skill Materia can be useful to take advantage of her high Magic stat when casting enemy skills.

Quests

Field model.

Aeris joins the party member in "The Woman at the Church". She remains in the party until the end of "Prevent the Fall of the Plate", and then rejoins at the end of "Storming the Shinra Building". In "The Nightmare Beginning Anew", she temporarily leads the party in a battle against Hundred Gunner and Heli Gunner. From this point onwards, Aeris is a permanent member of the party until after the Temple of the Ancients. Aeris is a required member of the party at the end of the "Secret Date" chapter in the Gold Saucer before heading to the Temple of the Ancients in "Within the Temple of the Ancients", and remains in the party until its completion.

Aeris's "flower girl" model.

Aeris in her Wall Market dress.

A young Aeris.

A young Aeris.

Interactions

Flower girl

Aeris is first encountered as the flower girl during "No. 1 Reactor Bombing", found in Sector 8 after Cloud destroys the bombing. Aeris will sell a flower to Cloud for 1 gil if he answers correctly, by choosing the following inputs:

Dialog	Required response
	PS	PC/PS4
Flower Girl: "What happened?"	"Nothing...hey, listen..."	"Nothing...hey..."
Cloud: "............"	"Don't see many flowers around here"
Flower Girl: "Oh, these? Do you like them? They're only 1 gil."	Buy one

If Cloud buys a flower, it can be used to affect date mechanics with Tifa or Barret.

Date mechanics

Aeris on a date with Cloud.

Main article: Date mechanics (Final Fantasy VII)

The party member who takes Cloud Strife on a date during the party's second plot-related visit to Gold Saucer is decided by a hidden value in the game determined by the player's dialogue and party member choices. Depending on the player's choices, Cloud may go on a date with Aeris, Tifa, Yuffie, or even Barret.

How each character is chosen is based upon a hidden value in the game's code, which cannot be viewed without hacking. Aeris starts with the highest value, at 50, and is thus considered the default date option.

Unique scenes

Aeris's grammatically incorrect line.

If the party Cloud chooses when exiting Midgar features Barret and Red XIII, Aeris and Tifa will comment on the combination.

If Aeris is in the party in the Mythril Mine scene wit the Turks during "Going After Sephiroth", she has an additional back and forth with Tseng.

Those not in the party Cloud picks in Costa del Sol during "Dangerous Voyage" will each make a comment and run off. Aeris's response is more substantial, saying she is thinking about going tanning and asking Cloud what he thinks about the tanned look. If Tifa and Aeris are both not in the party then Aeris will agree with Tifa's idea to go swimming, and then comment on Cloud's reaction to this.

When Cloud goes to the beach, Tifa and Aeris will be standing there if they are not in the party (if they are, they will join back up with Cloud). Two guys to the left are looking to pick up girls, and if both are not in the party they will discuss which of the two they want. If one or both is in the party then they will comment about making do with a girl in the active party, and the guy with them not being a problem.

When talking to the parents in Zack's Home in Gongaga during "Gongaga, the Village of Sadness ", if Aeris is in the party, they will ask her if she was the girlfriend their son wrote to them about. She will deny it, leave, and then be found in town for an additional scene.

If Aeris, Cloud, or Tifa are in the party during the Wutai stolen Materia sidequest, Corneo will react to their second meeting, otherwise he will be unsure of his pursuer's identities. When Corneo threatens to drops his captives, if Aeris or Tifa are in the party he will ask them to be handed over.