Icicle Inn is a field map in Final Fantasy VII. It is a town located in the Icicle Area and is first visited in "Beyond the Snow Fields", after passing through Corel Valley Cave further north. The town is notable both for the snowboarding minigame, as well as the ability to view tapes of Ifalna and Professor Gast Faremis.
Layout[]
Location of Icicle Inn, indicated by crosshair.
Icicle Inn is located to the west on the northern continent on the world map.
Town[]
Town.
During "Beyond the Snow Fields", approaching the woman at the top of the screen for the first time will trigger a scene with Elena and soldiers. After the scene, encounter soldiers will be blocking the southern exits to the village.
After snowboarding for the first time, the soldiers disappear allowing the player to backtrack.
Weapon store[]
Weapon store.
The weapon store is the only shop in the entire town.
Inn[]
- 1f.
The first floor of the bar contains a few non-player characters (tourists from Costa del Sol and a person by the furnace on the left), and the innkeeper who offers a rest for 200 gil. The staircase leads up to the second floor, while a door on the left leads down to the bar.
- 2f.
The second floor contains an X-Potion tucked away behind the window, hard to see from the player's view, but otherwise nothing of note.
Bar[]
Bar.
The Bar is located within the inn on the basement.
After the arrival of Meteor, the tourists from Costa Del Sol will hole up in the bar area, indifferently remarking that while they could do something about the end of the world, they are still on vacation and that it is "someone else's problem".
The restroom in the bar will have different people inside with different dialogue at different times of the game.
- Before avoiding Elena punch:
- check first time: "WHAT YOU LOOKIN' AT!?"
- check second time: "You're a real freakazoid, aren't you?"
- After avoiding Elena punch, before snowboarding:
- check first time: "Eyaaaaaaaaah!!!" (and Cloud will get punched)
- After you go snowboarding:
- check first time: "I'm still in here! All right!?"
Gast's House[]
Gast's House.
Gast's House is given a name on the menu, whereas other houses in Icicle Inn are still named "Icicle Inn" when opening the menu. The house contains a number of optional dialogue scenes by viewing the consoles by the door to the house.
The console on the left controls the sky light, while the other gives the player the option to watch videos. There are 4 videos to choose from, with two being under the "Confidential" choice in the menu.
Holzoff's house[]
Holzoff's house.
Required during "Beyond the Snow Fields" as the location of the Glacier Map.
An old woman lives here, stating that her husband left 30 years ago and should be at the foot of Gaea's Cliff. This references Holzoff whom the party find later. After Meteor is summoned, she instead talks about a doctor on a Southern Island, referencing the Doctor taking care of Cloud in Mideel.
Another woman in the house, who refers to Holzoff's wife as "Grandma" and Holzoff as "master" states that Holzoff was an experienced climber who knows every corner of the Great Glacier. Before Meteorfall, the old woman and other woman have alternative dialogue set to run when the other woman is standing by the fire. The woman advising the old woman not sleep next to the fire, and the old woman's response of her feeling comfortable, although the characters do not need to be spoken to in order.
A man outside the house advises taking the map if spoken to him before going down the mountain. If the player has taken it before speaking to him he will comment on it.
In the room at the top is a room containing two items. The one on the left is a Vaccine, and the one on the right is a Hero Drink. On the wall outside this room, the Glacier Map is found. The player can inspect the map to view a map of the Great Glacier (which can later be viewed in certain areas of the Great Glacier if the player has the item), or take the map which removes the map from the wall and adds its to the player's inventory, therefore unviewable from here in the future.
Family house[]
Family house.
The Snowboard is found here, given to the player by a young boy whose family just moved into the village. The boy explains he had an accident while learning to snowboard, which broke his leg. He gives it to Cloud and asks him to tell him about anything he does with it. To the right of it is a Turbo Ether.
Quests[]
Main scenario[]
The main objective in the town is to find a snowboard and a map in order to proceed forward to Gaea's Cliff. A brief story sequence occurs where Elena tries to punch Cloud and the player must dodge to react in time. Aside from this, there are also optional dialogue scenes where the player can view Professor Gast and Ifalna's conversations in Gast's house.
Snowboarding[]
Cloud snowboarding.
- For the minigame in Gold Saucer see Snow Game.
The player can first play the snowboarding minigame in Icicle Inn, and doing so is mandatory to advance in the storyline. The minigame is later available in Gold Saucer's Wonder Square with new features. Due to the absence of the scoring system, collecting the balloons does nothing in the Icicle Inn course, and it doesn't matter what time the player manages to finish in. It is impossible to collect all balloons during a game. The Icicle Inn course can be thought of as a way for the player to practice their snowboarding skills in order to prepare them for the Wonder Square's arcade version.
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make Cloud edge the snowboard, taking turns faster than pressing 
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Snowboard.
Choosing which course (either left or right) to take in an intersection determines the location in where the player arrives at in Great Glacier. The player can either end up in the middle entrance area with a sign, in a forest, in an area with a tree, or in a path near the ice cave at the bottom right of the glacier.
- Left: There will be rocks in the snow, after which snowballs come rolling side to side.
- Left/Left: There are penguins to dodge at first, after which after which there are sharp corners to take. Leads to the forest in Great Glacier.
- Left/Right: A cave with icicles falling from the ceiling. Leads to the middle entrance to the glacier with a sign.
- Right: Rocks stick out the course, and snowballs roll from the sides.
- Right/Left: Caves with ice crystals. Leads to the lone tree.
- Right/Right: Moogles run from left to right and there will be igloos with moogles popping up from behind them. Leads to a rocky path near an ice cave.
The snowboarding game in Icicle Inn cannot be played with Tifa or Cid as party leader, even if they can play the game in Gold Saucer when in Cloud's party. If the player tries to go snowboarding as Tifa or Cid, the person at the back of the village tells them that they can't, because there is now a barrier covering the crater.
Items[]
| Item | Location |
|---|---|
|
Holzoff's house |
| Inn | |
|
Family house |
Shops[]
Weapon Shop[]
| Name | Cost |
|---|---|
| Organics | 12,000 gil |
| Dragon Claw | 10,000 gil |
| Microlaser | 12,000 gil |
| Adaman Clip | 11,000 gil |
| Hawkeye | 12,000 gil |
| Red M-phone | 11,000 gil |
| Mast Ax | 13,000 gil |
| Lariat | 12,000 gil |
| Tent | 500 gil |
| Hi-Potion | 300 gil |
Behind the scenes[]
Mysterious Black Materia object in Icicle Inn.
The weapon shop has stairs behind the counter that cannot be accessed in a normal playthrough as the player can't get to the other side of the counter. If one hacks their game to get past the counter, they can find an enlarged Black Materia model at the top of the stairs. The model serves no purpose in the scene, however, as the object is named "goods" in the scene data, it may have been intended to be used as a representation of the shop's wares that was never fully implemented into the game. The chest in the bottom left corner of the field also has a version where it is open,[1] but it not openable it in the game.