Enemy Intel (VII Remake)

All information on opponents you've encountered is logged into Enemy Intel. Use the Assess materia to find out more on a _target. To view info on an enemy mid-battle, press . Outside of combat, intel can be accessed from the menu.Loading screen tip

Security Officer enemy intel from FFVII Remake — Enemy Intel of a Security Officer.

Enemy Intel is the in-game bestiary of Final Fantasy VII Remake and "Episode INTERmission", listing every enemy the player has fought as well as the information they have unveiled, such as item drops and locations. Using Assess in battle unveils the hidden information at once and often gives a tip specific on that enemy. Enemies that have not been assessed will appear as ????.

Mechanics

Enemy Intel Menu from FFVII Remake — Enemy list.

The enemy info can be pulled up during battle via and viewed in the menu in other times. When viewed in battle, the enemy information overlays the battlefield while all action is paused. In the menu, the enemy model is displayed in the middle of blue background that resembles the virtual environment as seen in the Shinra Combat Simulator. The player can view further information with or hide all information with to only view the enemy model. The player can scroll through the bestiary with and .

Enemy Intel viewed during battle from FFVII Remake — Enemy Intel viewed during battle.

Enemies have one of five types: human, mechanical, biological, artificial, or unreadable. Enemies of the same type have somewhat similar elemental affinities: human enemies are normally weak to Fire, mechanical enemies are normally weak to Lightning, and biological enemies are normally weak to Ice, and flying enemies are generally weak to wind. When an enemy is listed has having a Weakness, they take double damage from that element; when the enemy has Lesser Resistance, they halve damage from that element; and when an enemy has a Greater Resistance against an element, they take only 10% damage from that element; immunity reduces damage to 0.^[1]

Not all enemies have a weakness that is readable. Sephiroth, for instance, can receive the Weakness Exploited tag in his Enemy Intel but is not listed as susceptible to anything.

The battle log section also has tags for different aspects of encounter history with a particular enemy, namely:

Number Defeated
Assessed
Staggered
Part Crippled
Weakness Exploited
Struck by Limit Break
Skill Learned

There are 114 enemies in total in the base PlayStation 4 game, 115 in Intergrade (with the addition of Weiss), and 48 in INTERmission. Filling the full bestiary may be tricky, as in the main game the Fat Chocobo only rarely spawns the Cactuar that is needed for bestiary completion, and the player will need to fight the superboss, Pride and Joy Prototype, in hard mode. In INTERmission, the Wererats don't appear in the slums' outskirts unless the player returns there, and when advancing through the weapons' development facility, taking different routes through the elevator segment has different enemies, and the player can't take all paths in a single playthrough.

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Shinra troops

The soldiers working for the Shinra Electric Power Company are listed first in the Enemy Intel.

Shinra weapons

Shinra deploys both mechanical and biological weapons to combat. Their "guard hounds" are genetically bred in laboratories and accompany the human troops. The other weapons include drones, mounted guns, and large security robots, as well as monsters created by Professor Hojo that are fought in Shinra test sites.

Slum dwellers

The party faces various human opponents who are not affiliated with Shinra while in the slums.

Wild creatures

The party faces various wild creatures while roaming the slums and the non-inhabited parts of the plate section and train tunnels. There are even some automatons and lab-created monsters that have been discarded by Shinra that now roam freely.