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!
List of Contents
Easy | Normal | Hard | |
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HP | ? | 49324 | ? |
Weaknesses | Lesser Resistances | Greater Resistances |
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Ice
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Sleep Stop
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Absorbed Elements | Immunities | |
- | Fire Lightning Proportional Damage Berserk Slow Poison Stone Morphable Items
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Weakness / Effective | Resistance |
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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
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! |
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Recommended Party Setup | |
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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 |
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 |
Cait Sith | 【Support】 ・Summon an ally to fight during battle ・Best used as a support for the team to heal allies or cure poison. |
Materia | Effect |
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Ice | ・Ability to cast Ice magic, which is the only weakness of Specimen H1024.
・Can be equipped to all characters. |
Shiva | ・Can help inflict ice damage once summoned. |
Healing | ・Heal a single ally in battle.
・Best equipped on Cait Sith or Cloud |
Magnify | ・Heal all allies in battle when linked to Healing Materia.
・Best equipped on Cait Sith or Cloud. |
Cleansing | ・Can cure Poison.
・Can be equipped to all characters. |
HP Up | ・Increase the HP of a character.
・Can be equipped to all characters. |
MP Up | ・Increase the MP of a character.
・Can be equipped to all characters. |
Steadfast Block | ・Gain ATB when blocking attacks.
・Can be equipped to all characters. |
Subversion | ・Removes any beneficial status effects on the enemy.
・Best equipped on Cait Sith. |
Enervation | ・Temporarily reduces the Physical and Magical Defense with Deprotect and Deshell.
・Best equipped on Cait Sith. |
Specimen H1024 Boss Fight Tips |
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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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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 Tips |
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★ Best Hard Mode Builds for Specimen H1024 ★ |
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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. |
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Cloud Damage / Stagger Buildup | |||||
Weapon | Armor | ||||
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Slipstream Saber | Valkyrian Bangle | ||||
Accessory | Summon Materia | ||||
Chocoking's Cape | Bahamut Arisen | ||||
Weapon Materia | Armor Materia | ||||
Weapon Skills | |||||
Magic Attack Power +20 | Attack Damage +5% | ||||
Stagger Recovery | Trade-Off |
Barret Tank | |||||
Weapon | Armor | ||||
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Battle Cry | Enhanced Varvados Bracelet | ||||
Accessory | Summon Materia | ||||
Enhanced Karmic Cowl | Kujata | ||||
Weapon Materia | Armor Materia | ||||
Weapon Skills | |||||
Staggering Charge | Overload Overcharge | ||||
Attack Power +20 | Massive Recharge |
Cait Sith Magic DPS | |||||
Weapon | Armor | ||||
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Gjallarhorn | Celestial Bangle | ||||
Accessory | Summon Materia | ||||
Hermes Shoes | Shiva | ||||
Weapon Materia | Armor Materia | ||||
Weapon Skills | |||||
Ability Critical Hit Rate Up | Magic Attack Power +20 | ||||
Lucky Jockey | Synergy Damage Up |
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.
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.
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.
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
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 | |||||||||||
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Easy/Normal | Hard Mode | ||||||||||
・2900 EXP ・50 Party EXP ・10 AP ・1450 Gil |
・6500 EXP ・30 AP ・3250 Gil ・Fortunes Untold Vol. IX |
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Items Dropped | Rare Items Dropped | ||||||||||
None
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None
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Stealable Items | Morphable Items | ||||||||||
None
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None
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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.
Specimen H1024 | |
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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. |
Boss Fight Guide and List of All Bosses
All Major Story Bosses | |
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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 |
Grasslands | |
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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 |
Specimen H1024 Hard Mode Guide
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