Including how to avoid the Mindflayer’s Psychotic Break attack.

TheMindflayer in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthis the The Whisper in the Darkness Classified Intel boss in the Junon region.

The Mindflayer will then be marked on your map as ‘Classified Intel: The Whisper in the Darkness’.

Close up of the Mindflayer boss in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

You might need to swim or use theJunon Chocoboto reach them.

Even then, it’s going to take away a huge chunk of health.

Instead, you have touse Synergy Abilities to Pressure the Mindflayer.

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These count as regular Synergy Abilities, so will also Pressure the Mindflayer.

For this reason, unless you need her for healing, we recommend not adding Aerith to your party.

Equip the trio with all the HP Up and Vitality Up Materia that you have, instead of spells.

Map view of the Mindflayer’s location in Junon in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

This means your other party members can build up Synergy Abilities without you having to control them.

Your party will follow, so you should all avoid instantly dying.

Apart from Psychotic Break, the Mindflayer has projectile and AOE (area of effect) attacks.

Cloud, Tifa, and Barret hiding behind a boulder from the Mindflayer’s Psychotic Break attack in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Good luck taking on the Mindflayer!

The Assess menu for the Mindflayer boss in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth showing that it is weak against Synergy Abilties and has a lot of resistances.

Time paused with the Synergy Ability menu up during the Mindflayer boss fight in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.