Where To Get Great Malboro Tendril In Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

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Where To Get A Great Malboro Tendril (The Sultan Of Stench)

How To Defeat The Great Malboro In Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth introduces the Item Transmuter, which lets players take materials found throughout the open regions and craft them into various items. This can range from consumables that restore HP and MP to powerful gear and accessories that rank well above those found in chests.

As players rank up their Craftsmanship Level, they will get access to better recipes that will require even more rare items to make. One of these rare crafting materials is the Great Malboro Tendril, which can only be obtained by finding and defeating a legendary Final Fantasy enemy that many fans may be familiar with.

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Where To Get A Great Malboro Tendril (The Sultan Of Stench)

The Great Malboro's Location On The Map In Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

The only way to obtain a Great Malboro Tendril is by defeating a Great Malboro, the classified enemy in the Gongaga region. Gongaga is the fourth region that players will travel to during Chapter 9. To discover the enemy's location, players must first find and scan four of the Lifesprings found in the region. These can be easily located by activating the Remnawave Towers already marked on the player's map upon reaching the region.

After four Lifesprings have been scanned, Chadley will inform Cloud that the Great Malboro can be found in the southwestern corner of the region, with its location also being added to the map.

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How To Defeat The Great Malboro In Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

The Great Malboro Being Scanned In Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

The Great Malboro is a difficult enemy no matter what level the party is. Be sure to equip each party member with an Ice Materia and bring plenty of regular potions and Phoenix Downs. It's also highly recommended to have a character equipped with the Shiva summon, as the Great Malboro is weak to Ice damage. During the fight with the Great Malboro, save your ATB bars and let them build up. Whenever the Great Malboro opens its mouth to use a breath attack, use ice magic from each party member to break the attack and Stagger the enemy.

These breath attacks can inflict various ailments on party members, with more being added with each breath attack. In some situations, it may be best to wait out the effects and then use multiple items to recover. Should enough breath attacks be used, the map will be covered in a purple mist, and it will stay there for the rest of the fight. Should this happen, each party member will take a decent amount of damage every second until the end of the fight. This will quickly add up and leave characters stuck at 1 health since the mist won't fully kill them.

Ranged characters such as Aerith are great here as she will already stay away and excel in Magic damage from Materia. When the mist covers the battlefield, there's nothing that can be done aside from defeating the Great Malboro. Instead of trying to heal, simply pick up downed allies and don't waste potions or magic on healing them further as their health will disappear just as quickly. Continue to wait for additional breath attacks and stagger the enemy, prioritizing ice damage to speed up the fight.

Once the battle ends, players will receive the Great Marlboro Tendril. It can then be used to craft the Legendary Bait needed to complete the "Trouble in Paradise" quest so long as players also have access to a Jabberwock Horn, x5 Pearl Ginger Root, and x5 Ether Onion.