Chapter 5: Dogged Pursuit Story Guide & Walkthrough

This is a guide and walkthrough to Chapter 5: Dogged Pursuit, a story chapter in the game Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Read on to learn locations of items, rewards for completing this chapter, as well as useful tips and strategies for getting through this part of the story.

List of Main Scenario Objectives

Chapter 5: Dogged Pursuit Walkthrough

On the Train

	Objectives
1	Talk to Tifa. She will leave the party.
2	Walk into the next car to start a cutscene.
	You can pick up a Healing Materia from the seat across from the Middle Manager.
3	Go back to the car you came from and walk to Tifa.
4	After a cutscene, you will have to fight three Slug-Rays.
5	Two more Slug-Rays will come out from behind you.
6	Go back into the car you came from, and a cutscene will begin.

Corkscrew Tunnel

	Objectives
1	After the cutscene, fight three Slug-Rays.
2	Go straight forward in the tunnel to look for Barret.
	You can go up the stairs on the right to find a chest with 2 Hi-potions.
3	Continue forward. After a cutscene, you'll fight three Security Officers and two Slug-Rays.
4	Climb the stairs on the right and run on the upper platform across the tracks.
5	Reunite with Barret and fight two Slug-Rays and three Grenadiers. Walk back onto the stairs where Barret and Tifa are waiting to start a cutscene.

Corkscrew Tunnel - Section C

	Objectives
1	Run straight forward along the road. You'll encounter three Slug-Rays.
2	Continue along the path. You'll meet two Slug-Rays and two Guard Dogs.
	If you break the Shinra Boxes in the middle of the road here, there's a high chance of obtaining one or more Phoenix Downs.
3	Go up the stairs on the right side. You'll find 3 Wererats.
4	Go down the stairs ahead and you'll encounter a Grashtrike.
	Go back to face the wall and you'll find a chest with 2 Hi-potions on the right side.
5	Pull the web away from the staircase and continue up. You'll find two more Grashtrikes.
6	Tear away the web in front of the stairs. Down the stairs, you'll encounter two Grashtrikes and a Queen Grashtrike.
7	Tear the web to continue ahead to the next area.
	Open the chest next to the vending machine to get 3 Phoenix Downs.
8	Go up the stairs and across the platform.
9	Down the next set of stairs, you'll fight a Flametrooper and four Security Officers.
10	Go through the metal door on the left side. It can be a bit hard to see.
11	Follow Barret and Tifa across the tracks. A cutscene will begin.
12	Run straight along the tracks. Be sure to take the left path at the fork – otherwise, Tifa will let you know after a while that you're on the wrong path.

Corkscrew Tunnel - Rail Yard

	Objectives
1	Straight ahead, you'll encounter two Flametroopers, and two Sentry Launchers.
2	You won't be able to go through the gate. Go up the stairs and through the steel door.
3	Go through the door at the end.
4	Turn left at the fork and go through the door.
5	Turn right at the fork and go through the door. You'll encounter two Elite Security Officers.
	Optionally, go straight instead to find a Lightning Materia and a rest area, then go back.
6	Go out the door on the opposite side and go down the ladder.
7	Turn left and go to the end. A cutscene will begin.
Boss 8	Fight the Crab Warden. You'll get a pair of Metal Knuckles as a reward for defeating it. How to Beat Crab Warden
9	Follow Tifa and Barret sidling along the metal fence.
10	Climb down the ladder.

Service Tunnel

Maps and Obtainable Items

Maps

List of Maps
Enlarge Train Bound for Sector 4	Enlarge Section C (Part 1)
Enlarge Section C (Part 2)	Enlarge Section D
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Obtainable Items

Shops & Vending Machines

Vending Machine - Railway Control C2

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Vending Machine - Railway Control E2

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Vending Machine - Former Rail Yard

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Tips and Strategies

Watch Out for Queen Grashstrikes

Queen Grashstrikes will use a web attack which can bind one of your party members. Switch to another ally and attack the Queen to free them before she pulls them in too close.
Queen Grashtrike Weaknesses and Obtainable Items

Fight Fire with Fire

Flametroopers use powerful streams of fire to hit anything in their path, but they're weak to a taste of their own medicine. Stand at a distance and hit them with Fire Magic to take them out.
Flametrooper Weaknesses and Obtainable Items

Use Lightning Magic on Sentry Launchers

Sentry Launchers are tough enemies which appear in the middle of the path and fire volleys of missiles at your party. Stop them early on before they do too much damage by hitting them with Lightning Magic. They'll also appear together with Flametroopers, making for one tough squad, so take each foe out one at a time without letting them group together to deal damage.
Sentry Launcher Weaknesses and Obtainable Items

Heal Before Facing Crab Warden

Between the final Rest Area in the chapter and the Crab Warden, you'll fight two Elite Security Officers, who have the potential to deal some damage to your party. If you've taken a few hits, be sure to go back and rest again before facing the Boss.

Boss Strategy Guide

Crab Warden

Crab Warden is the first multi-phase Boss since Scorpion Sentinel. As they are both based on shelled insects, they seem to be part of a set. Be aware of the differences between each of its three Phases before fighting it.

How to Beat Crab Warden

Phase One

• Slow, but hits hard.
• Has separate Left and Right Legs – attack the legs first to Stagger it.
• After Staggering it, aim for the heart.

Phase Two

• 5 Slug-Rays will come out to join the battle.
• It will start to use Wildfire, a flamethrower attack.
• It will use Missile Barrage to unleash Missiles at you.
• From this phase on, you will be able to use a Summon.

Phase Three

• It will gain a Left and Right Auxiliary Weapon, and a Pilot.
• Its attack Surge shocks the ground with electricity, dealing damage to everyone. Watch out!
• If you cripple the Pilot, it will become unable to move, so aim for this first.

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