How to upgrade Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth weapons

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Credit: Screengrab via Square Enix

Being one of the most hyped game sequels of 2024, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth weapon upgrading tactics are worth their hype. Many players are excited to know how to enhance their Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth weapons performances and revamp their combats with strategic skills.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth by Square Enix comes with simple weapon upgrade mechanics to help its players concentrate on the story and the game's open world more without worrying about extra mechanics. Thanks to its weapon upgrading and customization options, you get to unlock new abilities and skills that prepare you to face the Shinra corporation and the omnipresent threat, Sephiroth.

In this article, we'll cover how to upgrade Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth weapons so you're ready to take on the challenges in this critically acclaimed ARPG. Let's begin.

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How to open Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth upgrade menu

The Weapon Upgrade Menu in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth contains the following details:

  1. Weapon List- Contains details of all the weapons you currently own
  2. Description and Stats- Has all the weapon damage information, bonuses, abilities, and more
  3. Weapon Skill Points and Level- Shows a weapon's current level and related skill points
  4. Skills- Shows the Current Weapon Skills at the top and the next level skills (to unlock) at the bottom.

If you want to access the FFVII Rebirth menu, here are some quick steps to it-

  • Go to the Main Menu and press the Options Button
  • Click on the Upgrade Weapons option there
  • Up next, select the character for their weapon upgradation
  • From here, select which of their weapons you want to upgrade first
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How to upgrade Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth weapons

To introduce one of the best-simplified weapon upgrade systems. Unlike the main game, the FFVII Rebirth Sequel treats its weapon upgrading with quickness and ease.

No more needing to manually spend your Skill Points (SP) to unlock nodes on your Weapon Skill Tree. These are more streamlined in the Rebirth sequel, thanks to each weapon having level and SP gauges.

As you find manuscripts and defeat more enemies, the SP gauge will fill up. Once it's full- your weapon levels up automatically, letting you unlock new weapon skills and slots without any extra action.

If you want to configure this system, here are the quick steps to do so-

  • Pause your screen with Options.
  • Select the Upgrade Weapons menu from there.
  • Select the character and their weapon you want to upgrade
  • Click on the Options button for auto-upgrade settings.

Choose your customized way to auto-spend the weapon's SP points. You can choose between offensive, defensive, and balanced.

The weapon slots that you unlock while upgrading them are for your weapon skills. Depending on your weapon's current level, you can equip up to three weapon skills at any time during your gameplay.

In short, upgrading weapons in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is an easy task, thanks to the efficient auto-upgrade system. It lets you spend less time worrying about the calculations to improve your weapon's efficiency and also makes it easy to customize which weapon performance you want to improve the most.

For more Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth intel, check out our other guides revealing how to find the Mountain Chocobo and our review of the game.