How to Beat Phoenix and Kujata: Shrine of the Moonbow

Phoenix and Kujata is an optional Phenomenon Intel boss found in Gilgamesh Island of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Read on to learn how to beat Phoenix and Kujata, its weaknesses and resistances, a list of its moves and attack patterns, as well as tips and rewards for beating it.

Gilgamesh Island Bosses
Bahamut and Titan	Phoenix and Kujata	Alexander and Odin	Gilgamesh

Phoenix and Kujata Weaknesses and Stats

Phoenix

	Easy	Normal	Hard
HP	27272	38960	-
Suggested Level	65

Weakness and Resistances

Weaknesses	Lesser Resistances	Greater Resistances
Ice	Poison	None
Absorbed Elements	Immunities
Fire	Proportional Damage Berserk Slow Silence Sleep Stop Stone Petrify Morphable Items

Changes When Staggered

Weakness / Effective	Resistance
Ice Direct Attack Ranged Attack Magic	Fire

Kujata

	Easy	Normal	Hard
HP	43565	62236	-
Suggested Level	65

Weaknesses and Resistances

Weaknesses	Lesser Resistances	Greater Resistances
None	Poison Petrify	Sleep
Absorbed Elements	Immunities
None	Proportional Damage Slow Silence Stone

Fire Form

Weakness	Absorbed
Ice	Fire

Ice Form

Weakness	Absorbed
Fire	Ice

Lightning Form

Weakness	Absorbed
Wind	Lightning

Changes When Staggered

Weakness / Effective	Resistance
None	None

Dropped Items

Phoenix and Kujata Rewards
Easy/Normal						Hard Mode
・5 Party EXP						TBD
Items Dropped						Rare Items Dropped
None						None
Stealable Items						Morphable Items
None						None

How to Pressure Phoenix and Kujata

How to Pressure Phoenix

Do enough damage when it uses Empowering Flame

It will be impervious to damage while its creations are tethered to it. Inflicting enough damage while it is casting Empowering Flame will both interrupt and pressure it. If Empowering Flame is cast twice without interruption, it will follow up by using Rebirth Flame.

How to Pressure and Stagger Enemies

How to Pressure Kujata

In its Fire Form, use Ice elemental attacks In its Ice Form, use Fire elemental attacks In its Lightning Form, use Wind elemental attacks

It switches between fire, ice, and lightning alignments. Dealing a certain amount of damage by exploiting its elemental weakness will pressure it and remove its current affinity. If left unchecked, it will spawn a new elemental being; once it attunes to all three elements, it will unleash Tri-Disaster.

Phoenix and Kujata Best Party and Builds

Recommended Party Setup

Recommended Party Setup
Cloud	Sub DPS / Support ・ Versatile and Tanky which lets you do either magic attacks or recover party members ・ Gains ATB quickly to stagger enemies or help allies Recommended Level: 65
Yuffie	Main DPS / Support ・ Versatile DPS thanks to her Elemental Ninjutsu ・ Gains ATB quickly and safely, allowing her to deal damage or recover allies depending on the situation Recommended Level: 65
Aerith	Magic DPS ・ Deals the strongest magic damage but has slow ATB charge ・ Spells and Attacks are strong enough to pressure or stagger the bosses Recommended Level: 65

Cloud will Deal the Most Damage while Staggered

Cloud's main role in this setup is to have him finish off bosses. This is because he deals the most amount of damage while the bosses are staggered. Utilize his strong combos like Prime Mode, Infinity's End, Braver to deal significant damage.

During the rest of the fight, he can act as a sub DPS and support to the party depending on the situation since he can gain ATB charges quickly.

Yuffie can Exploit Both Bosses' Weaknesses

Yuffie will be the main DPS of the fight since she can exploit both bosses' weaknesses thanks to her Elemental Ninjutsu. Combine that with her Doppleganger, and her damage output would significantly increase as she casts spells and uses abilities.

Aerith will Pressure the Bosses

Aerith can easily pressure both bosses since her spells will deal significantly more magic damage than Yuffie or Cloud. Make sure to have Arcane Ward and an ATB charge ready so that you can cast a spell when there is an opening.

Phoenix and Kujata Best Equipment and Materia to Use

Equipment and Materia for Cloud

Cloud Sub DPS / Support
		Weapon		Armor
		Igneous Saber		Hades Armlet
		Accessory		Summon Materia
		Speed Demon Keychain		Odin
Weapon Materia			Armor Materia
Steadfast Block Precision Defense Focus MP Up Spirit Up HP Up Strength Up			Ice + Elemental Barrier + Magic Efficiency Healing + Magnify Item Master
Weapon Skills
Altruistic Buff Up			Enhanced Magic Guard
Unrelenting Punisher			-

As Cloud takes on a Sub DPS and Support role, he will be focused on using Manaward from Barrier or Cura from Healing. He can also utilize items like Celeris and Mixed Potions since Item Master will raise any item's effectiveness.

Equipment and Materia for Yuffie

Yuffie Main DPS / Support
		Weapon		Armor
		Crescent Sickle		Enhanced Varvados Bracelet
		Accessory		Summon Materia
		Sorcerer's Earrings		Bahamut Arisen
Weapon Materia			Armor Materia
Fire and Ice + Elemental HP Up MP Up Precision Defense Focus			Wind + MP Absorption ATB Assist Skill Master First Strike
Weapon Skills
Opening ATB Bonus			Enhanced Elements
Precision Defense ATB			-

Having Fire and Ice linked to Elemental will be great with Yuffie to make all of her abilities deal some sort of elemental damage as you control her. It is also great to have ATB Assist and Skill Master to work together as you spam abilities and spells.

Equipment and Materia for Aerith

Aerith Magic DPS
		Weapon		Armor
		Timeless Rod		Enhanced Yggdrasill Armlet
		Accessory		Summon Materia
		Circlet		Phoenix
Weapon Materia			Armor Materia
Revival + Auto-Cast First Strike HP Up			Lightning and Wind + Synergy Ice + Magic Focus Fire + Magic Focus
Weapon Skills
Ward Shift Mastery			Enduring Ward
Max HP +200			-

Aerith will act as the Magic DPS of the group, so having Magic Focus and Synergy attached to her elemental spells would greatly increase her damage output.

It would also be good to have First Strike on her so that she can have enough ATB to put down her ward as soon as possible.

How to Beat Phoenix and Kujata

Phoenix and Kujata Boss Fight Tips
Defeat Kujata First Kujata will be Revived by Phoenix Use Manaward to Reduce Damage

Defeat Kujata First

In this fight, Phoenix will be tethered to Kujata, as indicated by the red line connecting each other. This will make Phoenix take significantly reduced damage to any type of attack. With that, make sure to prioritize defeating Kujata first.

Exploit Kujata's Weaknesses with Strong Magic Attacks

Kujata Form	Elemental Weakness
Fire	Ice
Ice	Fire
Lightning	Wind

Whenever Kujata changes elements, you can easily pressure it by attacking it with Magic spells with Aerith and Yuffie, instead of using their weapon abilities. Attack it with magic as soon as it changes elements so that you can prevent it from using Tri-Disaster.

The rest of the bosses moves will be identical to when you faced them individually in the Combat Simulator. You can refer to the previous boss fights for more details about each boss.

Combat Simulator Boss Fights
Phoenix	Kujata

Kujata will be Revived by Phoenix

After taking down Kujata the first time, it will be revived by Phoenix with its Rebirth Flame. Once it is revived, you will need to beat Kujata again, then you can kill Phoenix.

When Phoenix uses Rebirth Flame, it will deal significant damage to your party, so make sure to heal your party as soon as you take down Kujata.

Use Manaward to Reduce Damage Taken

If you have the Barrier materia equipped, make sure to utilize the Manaward spell on your team whenever you can. This will reduce a lot of the magic damage that both bosses do with their attacks.

Phoenix and Kujata Rewards and Details

Rewards

Phoenix and Kujata Rewards
Easy/Normal						Hard Mode
・5 Party EXP						TBD
Items Dropped						Rare Items Dropped
None						None
Stealable Items						Morphable Items
None						None

Basic Information and Details

Phoenix and Kujata
Location	Chapter Unlocked
Gilgamesh Island	Chapter 12
Species	Movement
Unreadable	Flying / Grounded
Details
This sacred bird of legend has completely transcended the concept of death, resurrecting itself when fallen and even brithing new life from the flames surrounding it. / The gargantuan manifestation of nature itself, this guardian of the forest can freely manipulate its elemental affinity. It will be impervious to damage while its creations are tethered to it. Inflicting enough damage while it is casting Empowering Flame will both interrupt and pressure it. / It switches between fire, ice, and lightning alignments. Dealing a certain amount of damage by exploiting its elemental weakness will pressure it and remove its current affinity.

Phoenix and Kujata Location

How to Unlock

Phoenix and Kujata Unlock Requirements
1. Collect All Protorelics from the Six Different Regions 2. Get All Summon Materias from the Combat Simulator 3. Use the Tiny Bronco to Head to Gilgamesh Island

Unlocked After Collecting All Protorelics

To unlock the duo summon boss fights, you'll need to collect all of the Protorelics scattered across the six different regions. Once you've collected them, a new Phenomenon Intel will appear leading you straight to Gilgamesh Island.

You can easily track which Protorelics you're missing by checking your Intel progress on the World Map.

All Protorelic Locations (Phenomenon Intel)

Obtain All Summon Materia from the Combat Simulator

Summon Boss Fight Guides
Titan	Phoenix	Alexander
Kujata	Bahamut Arisen	Odin

Before going to Gilgamesh Island, you'll also need to collect all of the Summon Materia from the Combat Simulator. These are required to unlock three extra fights that you'll need to beat before being able to challenge Gilgamesh.

Combat Simulator Guide: How to Unlock and Win All Battles

Head to Gilgamesh Island

Once the island's been unlocked and you've obtained all Summon Materias, board the Tiny Bronco and sail to Gilgamesh Island to the north of Midgar. Once there, you will be instructed to defeat the duo summon bosses.

To unlock the ability to traverse the seas, you will need to progress to Chapter 12 where the Tiny Bronco will lose its wings and become a sea-faring vessel.

Chapter 12: A Golden Key Walkthrough

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