Crisis Core: Key Item Effects Explained

This key item effects guide explains the functions and acquisition methods for specific key elements within the game. In Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, you'll come across various special items and abilities that can affect gameplay. Understanding what items like the Feather Cap, Fat Chocobo Feather, and abilities like Lucky Stars do is helpful for playing effectively.

What do Key Items Do in Crisis Core?

Certain items and abilities in Crisis Core provide unique benefits beyond standard equipment or Materia effects. The Feather Cap influences stat limits from the DMW, Lucky Stars provides combat buffs and affects Limit Break chances, and the Fat Chocobo Feather enhances Materia through fusion.

Feather Cap Effects Explained in Crisis Core

The Feather Cap is an accessory item that interacts with the Digital Mind Wave (DMW) system, specifically concerning temporary stat boosts.

• Function
  • Usually, when the DMW grants a temporary boost to Zack's HP, MP, or AP, it can raise the maximum value up to double the standard limit. Equipping the Feather Cap allows these DMW boosts to potentially raise the maximum HP, MP, or AP up to triple the standard limit.
• How it Works
  • The DMW provides these stat breaks randomly. The Feather Cap simply increases the potential maximum limit you can reach when a break occurs; it doesn't guarantee you will reach triple the maximum, but it makes it possible.
• Other Uses
  • If the primary benefit isn't desired, the Feather Cap can be used as an item in Materia Fusion (once unlocked). Adding it during fusion grants the resulting Materia a +10% HP bonus.
• How to Get
  • Find it in a chest during Mission 4-3-2: Obliterate Advance Elements.
  • Encounter a Magic Pot enemy during Mission 10-2-3. Fulfill its specific Materia requests (Jump, Fira, Gravity, Assault Twister), and it will reward you with the Feather Cap.

Lucky Stars Effects Explained in Crisis Core

Lucky Stars refers to both a Limit Break triggered by the DMW and a specific Materia.

• Lucky Stars Limit Break
  • This activates when the DMW reels align on Cissnei.
    • Effect
      • When triggered, Zack becomes covered in light. This Limit Break increases the DMW's Emotion Gauge, making subsequent Limit Breaks more likely to occur soon after. It also puts Zack into a critical state, causing his physical attacks to deal significantly more damage for a duration.
    • Usage
      • Since you cannot control when Limit Breaks trigger, it's generally best to let Lucky Stars activate immediately when it appears on the DMW. The damage boost and increased chance for another Limit Break can be very beneficial.
    • Acquisition
      • You gain access to the Lucky Stars Limit Break automatically after meeting Cissnei during the events of Chapter 4.
• Lucky Stars Materia
  • This is a purchasable Materia.
    • Effect
      • Equipping the Lucky Stars Materia increases the probability of Cissnei appearing on the DMW reels. This, in turn, increases the frequency of triggering the Lucky Stars Limit Break.
    • How to Get
      • It can be bought from the Research QMC+ shop (listed under Research Dept. QMC+ in the Shops menu) for 10,000 Gil.

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Fat Chocobo Feather Effects Explained in Crisis Core

The Fat Chocobo Feather is specifically used within the Materia Fusion system.

• Function
  • It is classified as a Fusion Item. When fusing two Materia, you can add items like the Fat Chocobo Feather to enhance the outcome.
• Effect
  • Adding a Fat Chocobo Feather during Materia Fusion grants the resulting Materia an additional +10% HP bonus stat.
• Stacking
  • This HP bonus stacks with multiple feathers. You can add many feathers during a fusion to significantly increase the HP bonus on the final Materia, up to a maximum of +999% HP.
• How it Helps
  • Equipping Materia that has been fused with Fat Chocobo Feathers directly increases Zack's maximum HP, making him more durable.
• Unlocking Item Fusion
  • The ability to add items like Fat Chocobo Feathers to Materia Fusions is unlocked after completing Mission 7-2-1.
• How to Get
  • Fat Chocobo Feathers can be found as rewards for completing certain missions or as drops from specific enemies, such as the Jabberwock.

Understanding how these items and abilities function allows players to incorporate them effectively into their strategies, whether by enhancing stats, boosting combat potential, or crafting more powerful Materia.

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