Jenova Emergent Hard Mode Guide

Jenova Emergent is a boss in Chapter 5: Blood in the Water of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Learn how to beat Jenova Emergent on Hard Mode and normal difficulties, its weaknesses and resistances, and a list of its moves and attack patterns in this guide!

Jenova Emergent Weaknesses and Stats

Stats

	Easy	Normal	Hard
HP	30793	43990	180966

Weakness and Resistances

Weaknesses	Lesser Resistances	Greater Resistances
None	Stop	None
Absorbed Elements	Immunities
None	Proportional Damage Berserk Slow Petrify Morphable Items

Changes When Staggered

Weakness / Effective	Resistance
None	None

Jenova Emergent doesn't have any changes to its weakness or resistance when staggered.

How to Pressure Jenova Emergent

Deal Enough Damage to Expose its Body Parts

Deal enough damage to expose its head and shoulder.

The only way to pressure Jenova Emergent is to deal enough damage (5~10% of its HP) until it exposes its Head and Left Shoulder. Once you see these two body parts, it should be in a Pressured state, allowing you to build up Stagger quickly.

Note: When these body parts become exposed, destroying them will significantly increase the Stagger gauge. Additionally, crippling them will prevent Jenova Emergent from using certain attacks, like how crippling the head prevents it from using its laser attacks.

How to Pressure and Stagger Enemies

Jenova Emergent Best Party and Builds

Notice from Game8	This section is for players who are playing on Easy and Normal difficulties. To check out the best builds and tips for Hard Mode, jump to our Hard Mode Guide section, below!

Fixed Party Setup

Jenova Emergent requires you to use Cloud, Barret, and Tifa. Make sure to re-arrange your Materia before approaching Barret in the Cargo Hold of the ship.

Available Characters and Roles
Cloud	【Main Damage Dealer】 ・Use heavy-hitting abilities once the boss is staggered. ・Focus on dealing damage and attacking body parts if possible.
Barret	【ATB Battery】 ・Help with recovery with his fast ATB recharge. ・Focus on damaging the body parts.
Tifa	【Secondary Damage Dealer】 ・Continuously inflict damage on the boss. ・Hit body parts if opportunity arise.

Best Materia to Use

Materia	Effect
Prayer	・Heal all allies in battle. ・Best equipped on your main ATB generators for the battle since it costs 2 ATB. Can be given to Barret or Cloud.
Healing	・Heal a single ally in battle. ・Best equipped on Barret or Cloud (since Tifa uses spare ATB for Unbridled Strength).
HP Up	・Increase the HP of a character. ・Can be equipped to all characters.
Precision Defense Focus	・Increase the overall efficiency of Perfect Blocking. ・Can be equipped to all characters, as even uncontrolled characters block attacks.
Level Boost	・Increase the level of the linked Materia. ・Can be equipped to all characters and linked to Healing if you don't have it maxed.
Item Economizer	・Automatically use items without consuming ATB after performing a number of actions. ・Best equipped on Cloud since he will be your main active character.
Any Summoning Materia	・Can help tear down the boss's HP. ・Any Summoning Materia will do as the boss has no weaknesses.

Materia List and How to Get All Materia

How to Beat Jenova Emergent

Jenova Emergent Boss Fight Tips
Move Away During Pestilential Reckoning Target Body Parts to Stagger Equip Summoning Materia Prepare Healing Items

Move Away During Pestilential Reckoning

The Pestilential Reckoning is an attack by Jenova Emergent that covers a lot of areas of the arena. It will be hard to dodge if you're too close from it, so move away once you see the attack prompt above its head!

Target Body Parts to Stagger

Target and destroy the body parts of Jenova Emergent after applying pressure on it. Successfully destroying those body parts will fill in its stagger meter faster. Some of its attacks will also come from those body parts, so it's better to remove them as soon as you can!

Equip Summoning Materia

Jenova Emergent has a ton of HP and it doesn't have any elemental weaknesses. You can call on any Summoning Materia to inflict additional damage in battle.

List of All Summons

Prepare Healing Items

Healing items will allow your party to survive the fight against Jenova Emergent. Even if you can do a Perfect Block or dodge its attacks, your uncontrolled party members might not be able to do those on time. Try to bring some and use them once their HP gets to a dangerous level.

Jenova Emergent Hard Mode Guide

Jenova Emergent Hard Mode Tips
★ Best Hard Mode Builds for Jenova Emergent ★
Cast Haste then Use Barret as the Main Combatant Spam ATB Commands to Build ATB for Allies Rely on Cloud and Tifa for Buffs, Heals, and Revives Use Lifeblood Cannon to Cripple the Head Spam Alexander's Grand Laser with Turbulent Spirit

Jenova Emergent Best Hard Mode Builds

Notice from Game8	The builds featured in this Hard Mode section are at Weapon Levels 7~8. If you find that you don't have enough Materia slots to complete the setup, consider getting all the possible Manuscripts on Normal, first.

Note: If your Barret feels squishy against the magic attacks of Jenova Emergent, you can replace the First Strike Materia with VIT <> SPR Materia. Also, Warding and Binding is used to prevent the Silence from Jenova Emergent's Pestilence attack.

Cast Haste then Use Barret to Deal Damage and Build ATB

The only character you'll be using in this encounter is Barret simply because he'll be the easiest to turn into a DPS, tank, and ATB Battery across all 3 phases. Using Cloud with First Strike Materia, cast a Magnified Haste at the start of the boss fight.

Once Barret is Hasted, move to the edge farthest from Jenova Emergent and go to town using basic attacks. Dodge Vengeance (laser) and Pestilence (poison orbs) by moving to the left or right until they stop tracking Barret. When clear, resume shooting to build ATB.

Spam Lifesaver, Bonus Round, and Steelskin

You'll be able to tell if Skill Master and ATB Assist proc once you get these blue rings around Barret while spamming ATB commands.

Once you have your first ATB charge, use Lifesaver to boost your HP to 9999 (provided you have a Max HP Up). Then, use the next 2 to buff up with Bonus Round and Steelskin. Spam Bonus Round, Steelskin, and any damage abilities to proc Skill Master and ATB Assist.

Note: Lifesaver is generally safe to use since Jenova Emergent will usually target your active character anyway. The only time you should prep to cast Arise on Barret is if you have Lifesaver active and Jenova Emergent does its Glorious Emanation attack.

Cripple the Head to Stop Glorious Emanation

Glorious Emanation is a Hard Mode only, multi-laser attack that targets all of your party members and, unlike Vengeance, it cannot be dodged. The only way to prevent it from firing, is to cripple Jenova Emergent's head before it manages to fire off the beams.

For this boss guide, the safeguard from a full party wipe is Barret's Lifesaver ability. When active, he will tank the damage of Glorious Emanation. Even if he does go down, you have two party members that can generate enough ATB to cast Arise easily and reset the fight.

Rely on Cloud and Tifa for Buffs, Heals, and Revives

Both characters will play more of a support role during this fight since melee against Jenova Emergent is a bit too finicky. Cloud will be your go-to for Haste and the occasional Infinity's End when the boss gets staggered.

Tifa, on the other hand, will fire off Auto-Cast Heals whenever Barret gets too low and she has a spare ATB charge ready. And, with ATB Boost, she'll fill in to cast Arise if Barret goes down, quickly resetting the fight before it spirals out of control.

Equip a Linked Warding and Binding on Supports to Nullify Silence

Since Cloud and Tifa will be relying on spells, it is imperative that they avoid getting silenced by Pestilence. Since Phase 3 contains tentacles that fire off multiple Pestilence instances, a linked Warding and Binding should grant immunity to Silence, easily.

Use Lifeblood Cannon to Cripple the Head in Phases 2 and 3

In order to avoid a potential wipe due to Glorious Emanation, use Barret's Lifeblood Cannon ability to easily cripple Jenova Emergent's head during Phases 2 and 3. Heals or casts of Chakra should allow you to recoup your lost HP without too much of a fuss.

If you don't have Lifeblood Cannon unlocked (req. Party Level 8), you can hit it with an Overcharge + Focused Shot combo. Either that or switch to Cloud and deal with the head using aerial attacks and multiple casts of Triple Slash.

Destroy the Tentacles to Avoid Getting Overhwhelmed by Pestilence

All of the Tentacles during Phase 3 will cast Pestilence if left alive for too long. To avoid getting nuked, use the lock on function (R3) and the right analog stick to switch between all of the Tentacles in the arena. Barret's basic attacks should make short work of them.

Summon Alexander and Spam Grand Laser

Once Jenova Emergent enters Phase 3, you can quickly finish it off by summoning Alexander and then casting Barret's Turbulent Spirit ability. With Haste active, Barret should have 2-ATB constantly, allowing you to spam Grand Laser until Jenova Emergent dies.

Note: Your other sources of damage will be Lifeblood Cannon, Infinity's End, and Limit Breaks whenever Jenova Emergent gets staggered. Synergy Abilities can be thrown in the mix since it animation cancels some of Jenova Emergent's attacks when used.

Jenova Emergent Rewards and Details

Rewards

Jenova Emergent Rewards
Easy/Normal						Hard Mode
・900 EXP ・50 Party EXP ・10 AP ・900 Gil						・6500 EXP ・30 AP ・3250 Gil ・The Art of Sword Play Vol. X
Items Dropped						Rare Items Dropped
None						None
Stealable Items						Morphable Items
None						None

Basic Information and Details

Jenova Emergent
Location	Chapter Unlocked
Shinra-8	Chapter 5
Species	Movement
Unreadable	Grounded
Details
A top secret Shinra experimental specicmen. A fragment of its carcass has fused with the robed individuals, granting it this twisted form. It is able to induce hallucinations that wrap the very space around it. Inflicting enough damage will pressure it, at which point certain portions of its body will become vulnerable to attack. Destroying these discrete parts will signigicantly fill the stagger gauge.

FF7 Rebirth Related Guides

Boss Fight Guide and List of All Bosses

Story Bosses

All Major Story Bosses
Chapter 1	Materia Guardian
Chapter 2	Midgardsormr
Chapter 3	Rude and Elena Mythril Golem
Chapter 4	Terror of the Deep Roche
Chapter 5	Jenova Emergent
Chapter 6	Grasptropod
Chapter 7	Custom Valkyrie Gigatrice
Chapter 8	Dyne Anuran Suppressor
Chapter 9	Specimen H1024 Crimson Mare Mk. II
Chapter 10	Gi Nattak
Chapter 11	Diabolic Variant Yin and Yang Forgotten Specimen Galian Beast Roche
Chapter 12	Abzu Rude and Elena Rufus
Chapter 13	Red Dragon Ironclad Reno and Rude Tseng and Elena Moss-Grown Adamantoise Demon Gate
Chapter 14	Jenova Lifeclinger Sephiroth Reborn

Optional Bosses

Grasslands
Summon	Titan
Classified Intel	Quetzalcoatl
Side Quests	White Terror
Junon
Summon	Phoenix
Classified Intel	Mindflayer
Side Quests	White Mousse Hell Rider II Sandstorm Drake
Corel
Summon	Alexander
Classified Intel	Tonberry King
Side Quests	Dark Claw Joker
Minigame	Test 0
Gongaga
Summon	Kujata
Classified Intel	Great Malboro
Side Quests	Levridon Mastodon Gorgon Mane Gigantoad
Cosmo Canyon
Summon	Bahamut Arisen
Classified Intel	Jabberwock
Side Quests	Irasceros Gigaworm
Nibel
Summon	Odin
Classified Intel	King Zu
Side Quests	Queen Bee Dranabarga
Meridian Ocean
Gilgamesh's Island	Gilgamesh Titan and Bahamut Arisen Phoenix and Kujata Alexander and Odin
Pirate King's Treasure	Ogre Raider Brineborn Demon Hueyacoatl Sea Dragon