FF7 Rebirth

Specimen H1024 Hard Mode Guide

FF7 Rebirth - Specimen H1024 Hard Mode Guide

Specimen H1024 is a boss in Chapter 9: The Planet Stirs of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (FF7 Rebirth). Learn how to beat Specimen H1024 on Hard Mode and normal difficulties, its weaknesses and resistances, and a list of its moves and attack patterns in this guide!

Specimen H1024 Weaknesses and Stats

Stats

Specimen H1024 Image
Easy Normal Hard
HP ? 49324 ?

Weakness and Resistances

Weaknesses Lesser Resistances Greater Resistances
Ice Icon Ice
Sleep Icon Sleep
Stop Icon Stop
-
Absorbed Elements Immunities
-
Fire Icon Fire
Lightning Icon Lightning
Proportional Damage Icon Proportional Damage
Berserk Icon Berserk
Slow Icon Slow
Poison Icon Poison
Stone Icon Stone
Morphable Items Icon Morphable Items

Changes When Staggered

Weakness / Effective Resistance
- -

How to Pressure Specimen H1024

Deal Damage After Mako Ingestion

Inflicting enough Ice Elemental damage against Specimen H1024 will immediately apply pressure, enabling you to start building up the stagger meter. Alternatively, if you do not have any Ice Elemental attacks, you can wait for Specimen H1024 to cast Mako Ingestion before unleashing all of your powerful attacks. Dealing enough damage following the Mako Ingestion will automatically apply Pressure to the boss.

How to Pressure and Stagger Enemies

Specimen H1024 Best Party and Builds

Notice Table IconNotice 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!

Recommended Party Setup

Recommended Party Setup
FF7 Rebirth - Cloud Cloud 【Punisher / Magic Caster】
・Best used after applying pressure or staggering the boss
・Can cast Ice spells as he has the highest amount of MP on the team
FF7 Rebirth - Barret Barret 【All-Rounder / Tank】
・His Lifesaver ability can let him tank all the damage
・Can inflict decent damage with abilities
・Can also act as a support for the team, providing heal or cure poison
FF7 Rebirth - Cait Sith Cait Sith 【Support】
・Summon an ally to fight during battle
・Best used as a support for the team to heal allies or cure poison.

Specimen H1024 Best Materia to Use

Recommended Materia

Materia Effect
Ice Image Ice ・Ability to cast Ice magic, which is the only weakness of Specimen H1024.
・Can be equipped to all characters.
Shiva Image Shiva ・Can help inflict ice damage once summoned.
Healing Image Healing ・Heal a single ally in battle.
・Best equipped on Cait Sith or Cloud
Magnify Image Magnify ・Heal all allies in battle when linked to Healing Materia.
・Best equipped on Cait Sith or Cloud.
Cleansing Image Cleansing ・Can cure Poison.
・Can be equipped to all characters.
HP Up  Image HP Up ・Increase the HP of a character.
・Can be equipped to all characters.
MP Up Image MP Up ・Increase the MP of a character.
・Can be equipped to all characters.
Steadfast Block Image Steadfast Block ・Gain ATB when blocking attacks.
・Can be equipped to all characters.
Subversion Image Subversion ・Removes any beneficial status effects on the enemy.
・Best equipped on Cait Sith.
Enervation Image Enervation ・Temporarily reduces the Physical and Magical Defense with Deprotect and Deshell.
・Best equipped on Cait Sith.

How to Beat Specimen H1024

Specimen H1024 Boss Fight Tips




Use Ice to Exploit Weakness

FF7 Rebirth - Ice Damage
Specimen H1024's main weakness is Ice damage. Equip Ice Materia to all your characters to allow them to cast Ice magic, or you can use abilities that can inflict Ice damage to Specimen H1024.

Bring MP Recovery Items to Keep Casting Ice Spells

If you want to focus and keep casting Ice spells, it's best to bring tons of MP recovery items. You should be able to purchase them from a vending machine before the boss fight!

Use Offensive Abilities During Mako Ingestion

FF7 Rebirth - Mako Ingestion
Specimen H1024 is easier to pressure once it starts its Mako Ingestion. Use powerful offensive abilities to pressure it quickly and move it closer to being staggered.

Don't Get Hit by Mako-Infused Attacks

FF7 Rebirth - Mako-Infused Attack
Most of Specimen H1024's Mako-infused attacks deal a lot of damage against your characters. Move away, dodge, or block them to avoid getting damaged badly. Some of those attacks will also come with debuff after the first phase, like lowering your defense and magic defense.

You should be able to know if it's a Mako-infused attack based on the prompt above its head!

Pressure or Stagger Before it Uses Memento Mori

Memento Mori is an unblockable and unavoidable attack by Specimen H1024, which happens once he accumulates enough Mako. Pressure or stagger Specimen H1024 quickly to prevent it from unleashing Memento Mori!

Guard against Thunder Spells

FF7 Rebirth - Block Thunder Spells
The Thunder Spells by Specimen H1024 are not projectile attacks and will almost instantly hit your characters once cast. Once you see a Thunder Spell being cast, prepare to guard to reduce the damage you will take.

You can also try to perfect block it, but it's risky as you will get hit with its full power if your timing is off, even just by a second.

Specimen H1024 Hard Mode Guide

Specimen H1024 Hard Mode Tips
★ Best Hard Mode Builds for Specimen H1024 ★



Specimen H1024 Hard Mode Builds

Notice Table IconNotice 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.
Cloud
Barret
Cait Sith
FF7 Rebirth - Cloud Cloud
Damage / Stagger Buildup
Weapon Armor
Slipstream Saber Valkyrian Bangle
Accessory Summon Materia
Chocoking's Cape Bahamut Arisen
Weapon Materia Armor Materia
Weapon Skills
Magic Attack Power +20Magic Attack Power +20
Attack Damage +5%Attack Damage +5%
Stagger RecoveryStagger Recovery
Trade-OffTrade-Off
FF7 Rebirth - Barret Barret
Tank
Weapon Armor
Battle Cry Enhanced Varvados Bracelet
Accessory Summon Materia
Enhanced Karmic Cowl Kujata
Weapon Materia Armor Materia
Weapon Skills
Staggering ChargeStaggering Charge
Overload OverchargeOverload Overcharge
Attack Power +20Attack Power +20
Massive RechargeMassive Recharge
FF7 Rebirth - Cait Sith Cait Sith
Magic DPS
Weapon Armor
Gjallarhorn Celestial Bangle
Accessory Summon Materia
Hermes Shoes Shiva
Weapon Materia Armor Materia
Weapon Skills
Ability Critical Hit Rate UpAbility Critical Hit Rate Up
Magic Attack Power +20Magic Attack Power +20
Lucky JockeyLucky Jockey
Synergy Damage UpSynergy Damage Up

Pressure With Ice Elemental Attacks

Equip the Chocoking's Cape along with an ATB Boost Materia to start the fight with two ATB bars. This setup enables you to instantly cast Blizzaga using a 3★ Ice Materia at the onset of the battle, immediately applying pressure to Specimen H1024.

Use Deshell to Improve Your Damage

To enhance the damage output of your Ice Elemental attacks, utilize Deshell to lower the Magic Defense of Specimen H1024 during the fight. It is crucial to take advantage of this, especially considering your limited MP for casting spells.

Use Dispell to Remove Bravery and Manaward

During the battle, Specimen H1024 will frequently cast Bravery and Manaward on itself to reduce the damage you inflict. Quickly cast Dispell using a 2★ Subversion Materia, to remove these buffs before you continue to deal damage for efficiency.

Memorize the Dodge Timing

Specimen H1024 utilizes spells such as Thundara, Fira, and Mako Shot, which are attacks that can be easily dodged once you memorize the timing. Mastering the timing of these spells enables you to evade these attacks perfectly.

How to Evade - Battle System Explained

Remove the Poison from Mako Overdose

Some members in your party is guaranteed to get afflicted by Poison after Specimen H1024 uses Mako Overdose in the last phase. Immediately cast Poisona using a Cleansing Materia, as it will slowly drain your party's HP if left alone.

Specimen H1024 Rewards and Details

Rewards

Specimen H1024 Rewards
Easy/Normal Hard Mode
2900 EXP
50 Party EXP
10 AP
1450 Gil
6500 EXP
30 AP
3250 Gil
Fortunes Untold Vol. IX
Items Dropped Rare Items Dropped
None
None
Stealable Items Morphable Items
None
None

Drops Fortunes Untold Vol. IX on Hard Mode

You can obtain the Fortunes Untold Vol. IX for Cait Sith by defeating the Speciment H1024 on Hard Mode during Chapter 9: The Planet Stirs.

List of All Manuscripts Guide

Basic Information and Details

Specimen H1024
Location Chapter Unlocked
Gongaga Reactor Chapter 9
Species Movement
Unreadable Grounded
Details
A monstrosity created by Shinra's R&D Division. Although this mako-chugging creature miraculously survived Professor Hojo's experiments, it has taken on a vile new appearance nigh unrecognizable from its former self.
Strengthens itself by ingesting mako, then unleashes a powerful attack after a certain amount of time has passed. Inflicting damage after Mako Ingestion will both interrupt the subsequent attack and pressure it.

FF7 Rebirth Related Guides

FF7 Rebirth - List of All Bosses

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

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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

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