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Abilities and Best Weapon Upgrades for Cacstar

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This page lists the stats and abilities of the Cacstar, one of Yuffie's Weapons in Final Fantasy 7 Remake (FF7R). Read on to learn how to get the Cacstar, as well as the best Cacstar skills to upgrade first!

Cacstar Stats and Information

Cacstar Base Fully Upgraded
Cacstar Image Attack 49 49
Magic Attack 49 49
User Yuffie
Materia Slots
(Fully Upgraded)
○-○○○
○-○○-○○-○
Fully Upgraded Bonus Stats
Defense +0 Magic Defense +0
Max HP +1000 Max MP +14
Description
A throwing star modeled after a cactuar.

Cacstar Abilities

Ability Cactuar Caper
Ability Effect Let the shuriken run around, mowing down all enemies it touches. Can use while airborne.
Proficiency Bonus Strike three or more enemies.

How to Get the Cacstar

Obtaining Cacstar

How to Obtain Cacstar
Obtained as a pre-order bonus for FF7 Remake Intergrade. Can also be purchased as DLC if upgraded from PS4 version.

Best Cacstar Upgrades

List of Cores

Cacstar Core
(Req. SP 6)
Weapon Level: 1
・Max HP +200
・Max MP +4
・AP Up (Increases amount of AP earned from enemies)
・Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost
・Critical Hit Damage 25% Boost
Cacstar Sub-Core I
(Req. SP 8)
Weapon Level: 2
・Max HP +200
・Luck +5
・Attack Damage 5% Boost
・MP Regeneration 10% Boost
・ATB Charge Rate 10% Boost
Cacstar Sub-Core II
(Req. SP 10)
Weapon Level: 3
・Max HP +200
・Max MP +5
・Weapon Ability Critical Hit Rate 10% Boost
・Critical Hit Rate 50% Boost with Low HP
・Physical Defense +10 with Low HP
・Magic Defense +10 with Low HP
Cacstar Sub-Core III
(Req. SP 12)
Weapon Level: 4
・Max HP +200
・Luck +5
・Critical Hit Rate 50% Boost with Low HP
・MP Regeneration 50% Boost
・Critical Hit Damage 25% Boost
Cacstar Sub-Core IV
(Req. SP 14)
Weapon Level: 5
・Max HP +200
・Max MP +5
・Critical Hit Damage 25% Boost
・Limit Break 5% Boost with Low HP
・New Materia Slot (Or link two existing slots)
Cacstar Core V
(Req. SP 16)
Weapon Level: 6
・Limit Break Damage 5% Boost
・Reprieve (Avoid incapacitation once per battle)
・ATB Charge Rate 10% Boost
・New Materia Slot (Or link two existing slots)
・New Materia Slot (Or link two existing slots)
・New Materia Slot (Or link two existing slots)

Prioritize Critical Hit Skills and Max HP

This weapon primarily focuses on crit skills, so prioritize raising skills that will boost Crit Rate as well as Crit Hit Damage. Get all of the Max HP skills as well, as they will increase the Low HP range, and make it easier to get crit its. Lastly, pick up the Reprieve and Limit Break Boost skills. If you have extra SP to spare, get the physical and magic defense skills as well.

Get the AP Up Weapon Upgrade First

As leveling up your Materia with AP is highly necessary in the INTERmission DLC, you'll want to unlock the AP Up upgrade first to ensure you are getting as much AP as possible on all Materia throughout the game. This upgrade increases the AP yield for all Materia equipped by both Yuffie and Sonon, so it's one of the best ways to farm AP available in the DLC.

Intergrade: How to Farm AP

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