Barret (Final Fantasy VII party member)

Barret
バレット (Baretto?)
Portraits
Gameplay details
Type	Party member
Ultimate Limit	Catastrophe
Weapon	Gun-arms
Ultimate weapon	Missing Score

Barret is a playable character in Final Fantasy VII. He is the first party member to join Cloud, accompanying him after Cloud's first battle at the beginning of the game. He is a ranged attacker, using a machine gun mounted in place of his amputated arm. He is a strong physical attacker early on, though due to his ultimate weapon Missing Score, whose damage depends on the AP of equipped Materia, he is later best built towards magical damage (or Command Materia that requires a lot of AP to master). Barret's ultimate weapon can also overflow damage.

Barret is the hardest date option to get for Cloud in a scene in Gold Saucer during "Secret Date".

Battle

Victory pose.

Barret wields various gun-arms, most of which do long range attacks. While he is using long range attacks, he is a good character to keep in the back row, as he still deals full damage. Due to his high Defense and good placement in the back row, he can be a good candidate to wear the Cover Materia. His gun-arms have average power, and his strongest, the Missing Score, does more damage the more AP the player stocks it with.

Barret's victory pose is to squat, stand and punch the air with his normal hand. His victory pose loops.

Stats

Barret joins the party one level lower than Cloud. Barret has high HP and Defense, but poor Magic and Spirit. Barret has the lowest Dexterity and MP out of all the party members and the second highest Strength stat next to Cloud.

LV	Exp	HP	MP	Strength	Dexterity	Vitality	Magic	Spirit	Luck	+
1	0	222	15	15	5	13	11	9	13
2	7	233 - 246	16 - 21	15 - 17	5 - 7	13 - 15	11 - 13	9 - 11	13 - 15
3	35	250 - 268	25 - 27	15 - 18	5 - 9	13 - 17	11 - 15	9 - 13	13 - 17
4	98	272 - 290	31 - 32	15 - 19	5 - 10	14 - 19	12 - 17	10 - 15	13 - 18
5	210	291 - 312	35 - 38	16 - 21	6 - 11	15 - 21	13 - 18	11 - 16	13 - 19
6	385	313 - 334	42 - 44	17 - 22	6 - 12	16 - 22	14 - 19	12 - 17	13 - 19
7	637	335 - 356	46 - 49	18 - 23	7 - 13	17 - 24	15 - 20	13 - 18	13 - 20
8	980	354 - 378	52 - 55	19 - 24	8 - 14	18 - 25	16 - 21	14 - 19	13 - 20
9	1428	376 - 400	57 - 61	20 - 25	8 - 15	19 - 26	17 - 22	15 - 20	13 - 20
10	1995	395 - 422	63 - 67	21 - 27	9 - 16	21 - 28	18 - 23	16 - 22	13 - 20
11	2695	417 - 444	68 - 72	22 - 28	10 - 17	22 - 29	19 - 24	17 - 23	13 - 20
12	3689	484 - 511	75 - 80	23 - 30	11 - 18	23 - 30	20 - 25	18 - 24	13 - 20
13	4740	551 - 578	82 - 87	24 - 31	12 - 19	24 - 31	21 - 27	19 - 25	14 - 21
14	5973	596 - 632	88 - 93	25 - 32	12 - 19	25 - 32	22 - 28	20 - 26	14 - 21
15	7403	636 - 677	94 - 100	26 - 33	13 - 20	27 - 34	23 - 29	21 - 27	14 - 21
16	9045	681 - 722	101 - 107	28 - 35	14 - 21	28 - 35	24 - 30	22 - 28	14 - 21
17	10913	721 - 767	106 - 113	29 - 36	14 - 21	29 - 36	25 - 31	23 - 29	14 - 21
18	13022	766 - 812	113 - 120	30 - 37	15 - 22	31 - 38	26 - 32	24 - 30	14 - 21
19	15387	806 - 857	120 - 127	31 - 38	15 - 22	32 - 39	27 - 33	25 - 31	14 - 21
20	18022	851 - 902	126 - 134	33 - 40	16 - 23	34 - 41	28 - 34	26 - 33	14 - 21
21	20942	891 - 947	132 - 140	34 - 41	17 - 24	35 - 42	29 - 35	27 - 34	14 - 21
22	24827	981 - 1045	140 - 148	35 - 42	18 - 25	37 - 44	30 - 37	29 - 36	14 - 21
23	28457	1063 - 1127	148 - 156	36 - 43	19 - 26	39 - 46	31 - 38	30 - 37	14 - 21
24	32424	1136 - 1209	155 - 163	38 - 45	20 - 27	40 - 47	32 - 39	31 - 38	14 - 21
25	36744	1218 - 1291	162 - 171	39 - 46	21 - 28	42 - 49	33 - 40	33 - 40	15 - 22
26	41431	1291 - 1373	170 - 179	40 - 47	21 - 28	43 - 50	34 - 41	34 - 41	15 - 22
27	46501	1373 - 1455	176 - 186	41 - 48	22 - 29	44 - 51	36 - 43	35 - 42	15 - 22
28	51968	1446 - 1537	184 - 194	42 - 49	23 - 30	46 - 53	37 - 44	36 - 43	15 - 22
29	57848	1528 - 1619	191 - 202	43 - 50	24 - 31	47 - 54	38 - 45	37 - 44	15 - 22
30	64155	1601 - 1701	199 - 210	45 - 52	24 - 31	49 - 56	39 - 46	38 - 45	15 - 22
31	70905	1683 - 1783	206 - 217	46 - 53	25 - 32	50 - 57	40 - 47	39 - 46	15 - 22
32	79149	1824 - 1924	215 - 226	47 - 54	26 - 33	52 - 59	41 - 48	41 - 48	15 - 22
33	86931	1942 - 2053	224 - 235	48 - 55	27 - 34	53 - 60	42 - 49	42 - 49	15 - 22
34	95207	2048 - 2182	232 - 244	50 - 57	27 - 34	54 - 61	43 - 50	43 - 50	15 - 22
35	103992	2166 - 2300	241 - 253	51 - 58	28 - 35	55 - 62	44 - 51	44 - 51	15 - 22
36	113302	2272 - 2418	249 - 262	52 - 59	28 - 35	56 - 63	45 - 52	45 - 52	15 - 22
37	123151	2378 - 2536	258 - 271	53 - 60	29 - 36	57 - 64	46 - 53	46 - 53	15 - 22
38	133555	2496 - 2654	266 - 280	54 - 61	30 - 37	58 - 65	48 - 55	47 - 54	15 - 22
39	144529	2602 - 2772	275 - 289	56 - 63	30 - 37	59 - 66	49 - 56	48 - 55	15 - 22
40	156088	2720 - 2890	283 - 298	57 - 64	31 - 38	61 - 68	50 - 57	49 - 56	15 - 22
41	168248	2826 - 3008	292 - 307	58 - 65	32 - 39	62 - 69	51 - 58	50 - 57	15 - 22
42	183403	2969 - 3165	302 - 318	59 - 66	32 - 39	64 - 71	52 - 59	51 - 58	16 - 23
43	196985	3112 - 3322	311 - 329	60 - 67	33 - 40	66 - 73	53 - 60	52 - 59	16 - 23
44	211222	3255 - 3465	321 - 340	61 - 68	33 - 40	67 - 74	54 - 61	53 - 60	16 - 23
45	226129	3398 - 3608	330 - 352	62 - 69	34 - 41	68 - 75	55 - 62	54 - 61	16 - 23
46	241721	3526 - 3751	340 - 362	63 - 70	34 - 41	69 - 76	56 - 63	55 - 62	16 - 23
47	258014	3669 - 3894	350 - 372	64 - 71	35 - 42	70 - 77	57 - 64	56 - 63	16 - 23
48	275023	3797 - 4037	360 - 382	65 - 72	35 - 42	71 - 78	58 - 65	57 - 64	16 - 23
49	292763	3925 - 4180	369 - 392	66 - 73	36 - 43	72 - 79	59 - 66	58 - 65	16 - 23
50	311250	4068 - 4323	378 - 403	67 - 74	36 - 43	73 - 80	60 - 67	59 - 66	17 - 24
51	330500	4196 - 4466	388 - 413	68 - 75	36 - 43	74 - 81	61 - 68	60 - 67	17 - 24
52	350527	4339 - 4609	398 - 424	70 - 77	36 - 43	75 - 82	61 - 68	61 - 68	17 - 24
53	371347	4467 - 4752	408 - 435	72 - 79	37 - 44	76 - 83	62 - 69	62 - 69	17 - 24
54	392976	4610 - 4895	418 - 445	73 - 80	37 - 44	77 - 84	62 - 69	62 - 69	17 - 24
55	415429	4738 - 5038	428 - 455	74 - 81	37 - 44	78 - 85	63 - 70	63 - 70	17 - 24
56	438721	4881 - 5181	438 - 465	75 - 82	38 - 45	79 - 86	63 - 70	64 - 71	17 - 24
57	462868	5009 - 5324	447 - 475	76 - 83	38 - 45	80 - 87	64 - 71	65 - 72	17 - 24
58	487885	5152 - 5467	457 - 485	77 - 84	38 - 45	81 - 88	64 - 71	66 - 73	17 - 24
59	513787	5280 - 5610	466 - 495	77 - 84	39 - 46	82 - 89	65 - 72	67 - 74	17 - 24
60	540590	5423 - 5753	476 - 505	78 - 85	39 - 46	83 - 90	66 - 73	68 - 75	18 - 25
61	568310	5551 - 5896	485 - 515	78 - 85	39 - 46	83 - 90	66 - 73	69 - 76	18 - 25
62	596961	5654 - 6010	492 - 523	79 - 86	39 - 46	83 - 90	67 - 74	69 - 76	18 - 25
63	626559	5757 - 6124	500 - 532	80 - 87	39 - 46	84 - 91	68 - 75	70 - 77	18 - 25
64	657120	5860 - 6238	507 - 540	81 - 88	39 - 46	84 - 91	68 - 75	70 - 77	18 - 25
65	688659	5963 - 6352	515 - 549	81 - 88	40 - 47	85 - 92	69 - 76	71 - 78	18 - 25
66	721191	6066 - 6466	523 - 557	82 - 89	40 - 47	85 - 92	69 - 76	71 - 78	18 - 25
67	754732	6180 - 6580	530 - 565	82 - 89	40 - 47	86 - 93	69 - 76	72 - 79	18 - 25
68	789297	6283 - 6694	539 - 574	82 - 89	41 - 48	86 - 93	70 - 77	72 - 79	18 - 25
69	824901	6397 - 6808	546 - 582	83 - 90	41 - 48	87 - 94	70 - 77	73 - 80	18 - 25
70	861560	6500 - 6922	555 - 591	83 - 90	41 - 48	87 - 94	70 - 77	73 - 80	18 - 25
71	899290	6614 - 7036	562 - 599	84 - 91	41 - 48	88 - 95	71 - 78	74 - 81	18 - 25
72	938105	6717 - 7150	570 - 607	84 - 91	42 - 49	88 - 95	71 - 78	74 - 81	18 - 25
73	978021	6820 - 7264	578 - 616	85 - 92	42 - 49	89 - 96	71 - 78	75 - 82	18 - 25
74	1019054	6934 - 7378	586 - 624	85 - 92	42 - 49	89 - 96	71 - 78	75 - 82	18 - 25
75	1061219	7037 - 7492	594 - 633	86 - 93	43 - 50	90 - 97	72 - 79	76 - 83	19 - 26
76	1104531	7151 - 7606	602 - 641	86 - 93	43 - 50	90 - 97	72 - 79	76 - 83	19 - 26
77	1149006	7254 - 7720	609 - 649	86 - 93	43 - 50	90 - 97	72 - 79	77 - 84	19 - 26
78	1194659	7368 - 7834	618 - 658	87 - 94	43 - 50	91 - 98	73 - 80	77 - 84	19 - 26
79	1241505	7471 - 7948	625 - 666	87 - 94	44 - 51	91 - 98	73 - 80	78 - 85	19 - 26
80	1289560	7585 - 8062	634 - 675	88 - 95	44 - 51	92 - 99	73 - 80	78 - 85	19 - 26
81	1338840	7688 - 8176	641 - 683	88 - 95	44 - 51	92 - 99	74 - 81	79 - 86	19 - 26
82	1389359	7792 - 8290	647 - 689	88 - 95	44 - 51	93 - 100	74 - 81	79 - 86	20 - 27
83	1441133	7896 - 8404	653 - 695	89 - 96	44 - 51	93 - 100	74 - 81	79 - 86	20 - 27
84	1494178	8000 - 8508	659 - 702	89 - 96	44 - 51	93 - 100	75 - 82	79 - 86	20 - 27
85	1548509	8104 - 8612	665 - 708	89 - 96	45 - 52	93 - 100	75 - 82	79 - 86	20 - 27
86	1604141	8208 - 8716	671 - 714	90 - 97	45 - 52	94 - 100	75 - 82	79 - 86	20 - 27
87	1661090	8303 - 8820	677 - 721	90 - 97	45 - 52	94 - 100	75 - 82	79 - 86	20 - 27
88	1719371	8398 - 8924	683 - 727	90 - 97	45 - 52	94 - 100	76 - 83	80 - 87	20 - 27
89	1778999	8493 - 9028	689 - 733	91 - 98	45 - 52	95 - 100	76 - 83	80 - 87	20 - 27
90	1839990	8588 - 9132	695 - 740	91 - 98	46 - 53	95 - 100	76 - 83	80 - 87	20 - 27
91	1902360	8683 - 9236	701 - 746	91 - 98	46 - 53	95 - 100	76 - 83	80 - 87	20 - 27
92	1966123	8778 - 9340	706 - 752	92 - 99	46 - 53	95 - 100	77 - 84	81 - 88	20 - 27
93	2031295	8873 - 9444	712 - 758	92 - 99	46 - 53	96 - 100	77 - 84	81 - 88	20 - 27
94	2097892	8968 - 9539	719 - 765	92 - 99	46 - 53	96 - 100	77 - 84	81 - 88	20 - 27
95	2165929	9063 - 9634	724 - 771	93 - 100	47 - 54	96 - 100	77 - 84	81 - 88	20 - 27
96	2235421	9158 - 9729	730 - 777	93 - 100	47 - 54	96 - 100	78 - 85	82 - 89	20 - 27
97	2306384	9253 - 9824	737 - 784	93 - 100	47 - 54	97 - 100	78 - 85	82 - 89	20 - 27
98	2378833	9348 - 9919	742 - 790	94 - 100	47 - 54	97 - 100	78 - 85	82 - 89	20 - 27
99	2452783	9443 - 9999	748 - 796	94 - 100	47 - 54	97 - 100	78 - 85	82 - 89	20 - 27

Equipment

Main article: Barret's gun-arms

Barret begins with the Gatling Gun, which has a single Materia slot and cannot be sold, as well as the Bronze Bangle. The weapon can soon be replaced with the Assault Gun.

Barret's weapons are mostly long range, allowing him to fire from the back row, with the exception of a few that are melee range. Barret's weapons have few unique properties, although his later weapons have a large number of Materia slots.

His ultimate weapon, the Missing Score, does more damage the more AP the player stocks it with. With enough mastered Materia, Barret can easily hit for 9,999 damage with every attack. It is even possible to overflow the damage if the weapon is filled with a mastered Knights of Round Materia. Though this weapon requires a huge investment to reach its full potential, at its best it is more powerful than what most characters are capable of.

Limit Breaks

Barret's first Limit Break, Big Shot.

Main article: Barret's Limits

Barret's Limit Breaks consist mainly of physical blows, although Mindblow attacks the target's MP rather than HP. If the player is keen in their leveling, Barret can learn his level 2 technique Hammer Blow early, making it useful for dispatching enemies instantly. Barret's level 3 and later Limit abilities, with the exception of Hammer Blow, can hit all enemies. Hammer Blow targets a single enemy, but causes Instant Death if they are not immune.

Barret's ultimate Limit Break is Catastrophe, which hits ten times at random enemies for 1.25 times normal damage. Though this is a very powerful ability, Angermax, which hits 18 times for half damage each, can potentially be more powerful. If Barret equips the Missing Score with sufficient AP, he can hit 18 hits for 9999 damage each, dealing more damage than any other character is capable of.

In Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, during the battle with Bahamut SIN, Barret's gun-arm takes on a green glow before firing a large, round blast of energy at the summon. This may be either Big Shot or Mindblow, though it is difficult to tell which; the energy blast Barret fires is green, while Big Shot and Mindblow are orange and blue, respectively.

Mindblow.

Grenade Bomb.

Hammer Blow.

Satellite Beam.

Angermax.

Catastrophe.

Materia

Barret joins without any Materia equipped. Barret early on is focused more towards physical damage, and because of his ranged weapon, does not require spells in the early portion of the game to hit enemies from a distance. He can be a suitable candidate for Restore, however, to save other characters a spare slot.

As Barret levels up, he becomes a better candidate for equipping Magic Materia and Summon Materia, because many of his later weapons have a larger number of Materia slots, and equipping many can improve his Magic stat and make him a better spellcaster. Additionally, his high HP means that equipping more Magic and Summon Materia is less detrimental to him than others. Nonetheless, Barret still has a fairly high Strength stat, and can still be geared towards physical damage and given Command Materia and Independent Materia to benefit him. The Cover Materia, particularly, is useful for Barret because he can remain in the back row while wielding a ranged weapon; paired with Counter Attack, this can allow Barret to effectively intercept attacks and respond with his own damage.

Once Barret obtains Missing Score, he transitions fully towards a spellcaster character due to its mechanics that deal damage based on the AP of the Materia slots on his weapon. This means it is best to equip a large number of mastered Magic and Summon Materia, especially ones that can store a lot of AP, giving him access to a wide variety of spells, improving his Magic stat, while not being detrimental to his physical damage. Equipping multiple mastered Knights of Round Materia at this point is an easy way to improve his physical damage.

Quests

Field model.

Barret joins the party in the very first chapter, "No. 1 Reactor Bombing", and is a mainstay of the party throughout the first act, "Banner of Revolution", which takes place in Midgar. In this act, Barret stays in the party until "The Woman at the Church", before rejoining at the end of "Prevent the Fall of the Plate". He remains in the party lineup until the battle with Sample:H0512 battle where or Tifa can be chosen as the third party member. He returns to party lineup in Aeris's party when heading for the lift in Shinra Building. From the Motor Ball fight and onwards, Barret is a permanently available party member who can optionally be used in the party at any point.

Barret leaves the party when the player enters the Gold Saucer in "Sanctuary of Amusement". Once he is reunited with in Corel Prison in "The Desert Prison", he is a required party member until encountering Dyne, where he is the only participant in battle. He returns to being an optional party member after this.

Barret is the party leader when arrested in Junon during "In a World Approaching Its End". For a short segment, he is joined by Tifa, followed by another short segment where he is joined by Cait Sith and later Yuffie (if she has been recruited). When the party reunites, he becomes an optional party member.

The chest containing Missing Score will not appear in the unrevisitable section of Midgar's Sector 8 during "Mako Cannon Rampage" unless Barret is in the party.

Barret wearing a parachute backpack.

A younger Barret.

Barret in a sailor outfit.

Interactions

Date mechanics

Barret "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 Barret. Barret starts with no points compared to Aeris's 50, Tifa's 30 and Yuffie's 10, meaning the player must deliberately lower the latters' and boost the former's to get the "date" with Barret.

In the PlayStation 4 version, dating Barret earns the Best Bromance trophy.

Unique scenes

If the party Cloud chooses when exiting Midgar features Aeris and Tifa, Barret will comment that he expected Cloud to make this choice.

In Costa del Sol, if Barret is not in the party, then the player can find him in the bathroom of the inn, posing in his sailor's uniform from the Cargo Ship (as a result of hearing Tifa and Aeris's remarks of how attractive he looked while wearing it). The door will be locked since he does not want anyone to see him doing this.

When first entering North Corel during "Barret's Past", if Barret is in the party, he has a small interaction with a town member before walking ahead of the party. If he is not in the party, this is skipped and Barret is already engaged in the following scene. One townsman also says a different line in the version where Barret is seen with the rest of the party. After the scene, if he is in the party he will say some dialogue and rejoin Cloud. If he is not in the party, the player will have to interact with him for the next dialogue then he will run off (or exit and reenter the screen to skip it).

In Cosmo Canyon during "In the Land of the Study of Planet Life", if Barret is in the party when first speaking to the watchman, he has a unique reaction being excited having always wanted to come. If Barret is in the party with Cait Sith during the visit to Geisel Bugenhagen's Planetarium, he will comment on his apparatus and have the shooting star fly around him. However, if any of the female characters is in the party with him, then she will go through this instead.

If Barret is in the party when saving North Corel for the Huge Materia during "Struggle for the Huge Materia", he will have an additional interaction with a townsperson.

When finding Cloud in Mideel in "A Shocking Reunion", Barret has an additional interaction with Tifa if he is in the party, asking if Cloud is really her friend.

An additional scene occurs after entering the Submarine if Barret is in the party in "Clash in the Deep Sea". He calls back to his first line to Cloud at the start of the game, and remarks on how things have changed since he was the leader.