Underwater Reactor is a field map in Final Fantasy VII located in the Junon Area and reached in an elevator via Junon. The dungeon is visited for "Clash in the Deep Sea", when a party led by Cloud travel there for Huge Materia. Here, the party obtains a submarine. As well as this quest, the area is notable for the Ghost Ship, from which Guide Book can be morphed.
Layout[]
Elevator[]
From Junon Path - Underwater Reactor Entrance.
Walkway[]
Overlooks the submarine dock.
Corridor[]
Has a save point.
Interior[]
Guarded by guards, but no random encounters.
Core[]
A crane removes the Huge Materia.
Submarine Dock[]
Submarines are here, as well as the Carry Armor boss battle. The back area appears as its own screen, and some items are found here.
Quests[]
Junon Underwater Reactor is the first location visited when Cloud returns as party leader. The party must reach the reactor to search for the Huge Materia, and obtains a submarine at the end of the quest.
A dog blocks a doorway to the red submarine's dock and will only move if the player loses the submarine minigame (their sub will sink). In this case the party can return to the Junon Underwater Reactor and find the dog has moved. The door the dog was guarding leads to another submarine dock from where the player can get a red submarine.
Items[]
The location of the Huge Materia on the seafloor.
- Battle Trumpet
- Scimitar
- Leviathan Scales
- Huge Materia (on the seafloor following the submarine minigame)
- Guide Book (morph the enemy Ghost Ship found in the underwater tunnel)
The Battle Trumpet, Scimitar, and Leviathan Scales are permanently missed if not picked up here.
Encounters[]
Underwater Tunnel battle background.
Reactor battle background.
| Encounters | Areas |
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Junon - Outside Elevator, and 1st Corridor |
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Junon - Elevator |
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Junon 1st Corridor |
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Junon Path - Submarine Dock (only if the player fails the mission of Underwater Huge Materia) |
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Junon Path - 2nd and 3rd Corridors |
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Underwater Tunnel (Both screens) |
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Underwater Reactor - Walkway, and Corridor (save point) |
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Underwater Reactor - Interior |
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Underwater Reactor - Core |
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Underwater Reactor - Submarine Dock (1st Screen) |
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Underwater Reactor - Submarine Dock (2nd Screen) |
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Underwater Reactor - Inside Submarine (Gray) |
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Underwater Reactor - Submarine Bridge (Gray) |
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Underwater Reactor - Inside Submarine (Red) (only if the player fails the mission of Underwater Huge Materia) |
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Underwater Reactor - Submarine Bridge (Red) (only if the player fails the mission of Underwater Huge Materia) |
For Outside Elevator: on Part 1, the random battles are available by pressing the alarm (after getting buggy). From Part 2 on, besides the alarm, the random battles also occur when the party getting close enough to a platoon of soldiers and they run away (after Cloud returns from Mideel).
For 1st Corridor: The random battles are available after Cloud returns from Mideel.
Musical themes[]
"Hurry!" (急げ!, Isoge!?) plays in the upper levels of the reactor, but after descending the elevator into the water tunnel, "In Search of the Man in Black" (黒マントの男を追え, Kuro Manto no Otoko o Oe?) plays. After taking one more elevator down and reaching the reactor proper, "Mako Reactor" (魔晄炉, Makō Ro?) plays. Once the Huge Materia is discovered, "Hurry!" plays once again, and continues until the party leaves the reactor.
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