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FF7 Rebirth

Death from Below Fiend Intel: How to Avoid Getting Swallowed

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Death from Below is a Fiend Intel Combat Assignment in the Corel Region of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Learn the strategies on how to beat this Fiend Intel, how to avoid getting swallowed, how to unlock, and where to find this Fiend Intel on the map.

Death from Below Information

Death from Below Objectives

Battle Conditions
CheckmarkStagger an enemy.

CheckmarkDefeat the enemy without getting swallowed.

CheckmarkDefeat all enemies within the time limit.

Death from Below Enemy Intel

Duneworm Enemy Intel
Weaknesses
Normal: FF7 Rebirth - Ice

Staggered: FF7 Rebirth - Ice
Resistances
Lesser: FF7 Rebirth - FireFF7 Rebirth - PoisonFF7 Rebirth - Petrify

Greater: FF7 Rebirth - Proportional DamageFF7 Rebirth - Stone

Staggered: -
Immunities
Normal:

Staggered: -
Absorbs
Normal: -

Duneworm Weaknesses and Drops

How to Unlock Death from Below

How to Unlock Complete Activation Intel 4: Riverside Tower
Recommended Level 31
Chapter Available Chapter 9

How to Avoid Being Swallowed

Maintain Distance and Dodge When Duneworm Launches Upwards

FF7 Rebirth - Maintain Distance and Dodge on Time

Whenever the Duneworm dives underground, this means that they will follow your controlled character and will use Swallow. Always move far from the Duneworm and once they launch upwards, this is the moment when you need to dodge.

Dodge towards a direction where they will not land. This can be difficult to do at first but you can always retry the battle to practice until you get the timing right.

Death from Below Map Location

Southeast of Riverside Tower

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In-Game

After activating Riverside Tower, this Fiend Intel will appear. Pin this on your map and follow the waypoint.

Ride your buggy that you will get on Chapter 9 and go through the huge tube passage to get to the side where the Fiend Intel is. Just follow the waypoint until you reach the Fiend Intel.

Chapter 9: The Planet Stirs Walkthrough

How to Beat Duneworm

Use Ice Magic to Pressure

FF7 Rebirth - Ice Materia

How to Pressure Duneworm
Inflicting enough damage by exploiting its elemental weakness will pressure it. Inflicting damage during Swallow will pressure it for a longer period of time.

The Duneworm is weak and can be pressured from Ice spells, so it is recommended to equip an Ice Materia to one of your party members.

How to Get the Ice Materia

Choose Dynamic Difficulty if Your Level is Way Higher than the Fiend Intel

If you are trying to pressure the enemy and your level is way too high, there is a chance that you'll defeat the enemy even before pressuring them. To solve this, switch to Dynamic difficulty as the enemies' level will scale with you, providing a challenge and an opportunity to complete the Fiend Intel's mission

Dynamic Difficulty and Difficulty Settings

Retry if You Fail an Objective

If you fail an objective such as pressuring the enemy, you can always retry the Fiend Intel by holding the Triangle button.

Use Strong Abilities While Staggered

FF7 Rebirth - Focused Thrust

Once the Duneworm is staggered, unleash your party's strongest abilities against the Duneworm to deal massive damage against it.

Maintain Distance and Use Range Attacks

FF7 Rebirth - Maintain Distance and Use Ranged Attacks

The safest way to deal with the Duneworm is to use Cloud's ranged attacks or Barret as you can be distant from the Duneworm and it will allow you to watch it's movements from afar.

Equip Assess Materia to Scan Enemy Information

FF7 Rebirth - Assess Your Opponents

It is highly recommended to equip the Assess Materia and Assess the Fiend to figure out their pressure conditions and also what their weaknesses or resistances are.

How to Get the Assess Materia

Scan Enemies to Unlock Chadley's Biological Intel Combat Simulator Missions

FF7 Rebirth - Combat Sim Requirements

Scanning Fiends will also contribute to unlocking some Biological Intel missions as Chadley will require you to assess a certain amount of enemies within a region in order to unlock a Biological Intel combat simulator missions.

Combat Simulator Guide: How to Unlock and Win All Battles

FF7 Rebirth Related Guides

FF7 Rebirth - Fiend Intel

All Fiend Intel and Locations

All Fiend Intel Guides

Grasslands Fiend Intel
Voracious and Venomous Bearer of Grudges
Keepers of the Burrow Wailing Weed
Picky Eater Voltaic Canine
Junon Fiend Intel
Cacophonic Corvid Zemze Breaks
Scorched Earth Weather the Storm
Corel Fiend Intel
Hit the Squids Seahorsing Around
Top of the Pecking Order Death from Below
Fish out of Water Unholy Union
Gongaga Fiend Intel
A Croaking Chorus Mean Green Mother
Shake the Earth Maddened by Mako
A Two-Pronged Assault Reactor Royalty
Cosmo Canyon Fiend Intel
Wizards of the Waste Fury Takes Flight
Guardian of Gold Too Hot to Handle
The Shapeless Assassin Forgotten Toys
Nibel Fiend Intel
Roaring Flames Gluttonous Devourer
Mako-Cursed Abomination Stone-Cold Spitter

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