Final Fantasy 7 (VII) Rebirth Relationships Guide – All Dates

In Final Fantasy VII Rebirth you can go on a date with one of your party members during Chapter 12. The date will happen after the Loveless minigame, when entering the gondola at Skywheel Square. This FF7 Rebirth Relationships Guide shows how to complete all romances and get all intimate date conclusions. In total there are 6 dating options: Tifa, Aerith, Yuffie, Barret, Red XIII, Cait Sith with Vincent and Cid.

There are 5 intimate date conclusions. Everyone except Cait Sith has an intimate conclusion option. Cait Sith can still appear as a date in Chapter 12 but doesn’t have an intimate conclusion. Going on all intimate dates is a 100% Completion requirement.

How Chapter 12 Date is Decided

On the first playthrough, who you get as your Chapter 12 date will depend on who you have the highest relationship status with. This is influenced by four things:

• Optional Conversations – after arriving at new settlements you will sometimes see smiley faces above your teammates and can talk to them. These optional conversations can strengthen the relationship. If you always talk to one character while ignoring all others, this character will gain more relationship progress.
• Odd Jobs (Side Quests) – specific side quests give the “relationship strengthened” bonus for specific characters.
• Synergy Skills & Abilities – buy all Synergy Skills and Abilities at Maghnata Books (using Manuscripts) and use them in battle
• Story Beats – specific story events will influence the relationship

These are listed character by character below. If you want to force the date with a specific character only work on that person’s requirements while avoiding everything needed for the other characters (don’t talk to them, don’t do their side quests, don’t buy their synergies).

What decides whether you get the Intimate or Standard Conclusion: This is decided by your overall relationship progress %, which isn’t viewable on the first playthrough. The intimate outcome seems to trigger at 75-80%+ relationship progress. However, you can force which conclusion you want through the Extra Settings Menu (unlocked after story).

Easy Method to Get All Intimate Conclusions

After beating the story you unlock Chapter Select and the Extra Settings Menu. Go to System > Extra Settings > Chapter 12 Companion = Pick who you want to Date / Chapter 12 Date Event Conclusion = Pick Intimate Conclusion.

Now go to System > Chapter Selection > Replay Chapter 12. You must play through the main objectives until you finish the Loveless minigame and enter the Gondola at Skywheel Square. The date happens there in the gondola.

Afterward you can change the date in the Extra Settings and replay Chapter 12 again. You must replay it all the way to the Skywheel section every time. Changing the Date from Extra Settings won’t work after sleeping at the Hotel. At that point your date will be locked in based on your selection in the Extra Settings. You can also pick whether you want to standard or intimate outcome from the Extra Settings.

After the story you can see everyone’s relationship status under System > Play Log > press R1.

Tifa Relationship

Conversations:

• Chapter 2 – Talk to Tifa in the center of Kalm, pick “The place I made that promise to you.”
   
• Chapter 4 – Occurs automatically when you go upstairs in the Inn. Pick “Only person from the village I remember is you”. (regardless of your choice the resulting scene is the same)
• Chapter 6 – Tifa – After the boss fight on the beach, interact with her at the bar left of the stairs. Pick “Lot’s Happened Since Then”.
  
• Chapter 9 – Objective: The Village of Gongaga – Location: Laurel Hill – In Gongaga Village, Tifa is outside directly west of the building with the piano. Pick “Gonna go with the pot roast”.
   
• Chapter 10 – Objective: The River of Lights / Location: The Torch – At the River of Lights ceremony, speak with the 4 others first before speaking with Aerith, speaking to Aerith will make these missable. Tifa: “You did good.” / Barret: “No, we fight” / Red XIII: “I’ll lend an ear” / Yuffie: “Pretty much” / Aerith: “Encourage Her”.
   
• Chapter 11 – Objective: A Village Changed – Location: Water Tower Square – While Cait Sith is using the terminal, talk to Tifa in the house in the east of the blue search area, upstairs in her old bedroom (next to the rank 7 Queen’s Blood player “Dale”). Pick “Have I helped you get through it all?”.
   

Odd Jobs:

• A Rare Card Lost
• Dreaming of Blue Skies
• Calling All Frogs
• Bodybuilders in a Bind
• My White-Haired Angel
• Gold Cup or Bust
• Sand and Circuses

Synergy Skills & Abilities:

• Synchro Cyclone
• Slip and Slide
• Leaping Strikes
• United Refocus
• Bodyguard
• Bestial Barrage
• Moogle Dunk Shot

Story Beats:

• Inauguration Parade – win the Junon Parade in Chapter 4 (get highscore over 100,000 likes)
• Same Taste in Beachwearer – select matching outfits in Chapter 6
• Costa del Sol Beach Fight Partner – have her in your party during Chapter 6 Grasptropod boss fight at beach
• Loveless – have Tifa be your date in Chapter 12 during Loveless performance
• Skyhweel Date – in Chapter 12 end up dating Tifa at Skywheel Square

Aerith Relationship

Conversations:

• Chapter 2 – Talk to Aerith in the south-east of Kalm at the blue objective marker, outside of Maghnata Books, pick “Sure. Let’s.” (ignore the date with her for now, it’ll automatically be done during a story objective, continue with the collectibles below).
   
• Chapter 4 – After everyone is in the Inn, knock on Aerith’s door after the scene where Red leaves her room. Pick “You shoved a flower at me”.
  
• Chapter 6 – After the boss fight on the beach, interact with her on the beach, down by the water. Pick “They’re just thoughts”.
  
• Chapter 9 – Automatically occurs during the story in Gongaga Village (main objective). Pick “You’re too hard on yourself”.
• Chapter 10 – Objective: The River of Lights / Location: The Torch – At the River of Lights ceremony, speak with the 4 others first before speaking with Aerith, speaking to Aerith will make these missable. Tifa: “You did good.” / Barret: “No, we fight” / Red XIII: “I’ll lend an ear” / Yuffie: “Pretty much” / Aerith: “Encourage Her”.
   
• Chapter 11 – Objective: A Village Changed – Location: Water Tower Square – While Cait Sith is using the terminal, talk to Aerith in front of the water tower in the middle of the blue search area. Climb the tower after her, pick “What? No way.”
   

Odd Jobs:

• Flowers from the Hill
• Stuck in a Rut
• Rendezvous in Costa del Sol
• The Spice of Life
• Absence of a Sign
• Beneath Still Waters
• Woodland Vigil

Synergy Skills & Abilities:

• Divine Punishment
• Combat Savior
• Bodyguard
• United Refocus
• Spellbound Blast
• Sweet-and-Sour Salvo
• Planetary Roar
• Kitty Cannonade

Story Beats:

• Inauguration Parade – win the Junon Parade in Chapter 4 (get highscore over 100,000 likes)
• Same Taste in Beachwearer – select matching outfits in Chapter 6
• Costa del Sol Beach Fight Partner – have her in your party during Chapter 6 Grasptropod boss fight at beach
• Loveless – have Aerith be your date in Chapter 12 during Loveless performance
• Skyhweel Date – in Chapter 12 end up dating Aerith at Skywheel Square

Yuffie Relationship

Conversations:

• Chapter 6 – in Costa del Sol, interact with her slightly east of Maghnata Books, in front of a food truck (marked by purple dot on map). Pick “Yeah. Obviously.”
   
• Chapter 9 – Objective: The Village of Gongaga – Location: Laurel Hill – In Gongaga Village, inside the Rest Spot building on the couch. Pick “I’d love an encore”.
   
• Chapter 10 – Objective: The River of Lights / Location: The Torch – At the River of Lights ceremony, speak with the 4 others first before speaking with Aerith, speaking to Aerith will make these missable. Tifa: “You did good.” / Barret: “No, we fight” / Red XIII: “I’ll lend an ear” / Yuffie: “Pretty much” / Aerith: “Encourage Her”.
   
• Chapter 11 – Objective: A Village Changed – Location: Water Tower Square – While Cait Sith is using the terminal, talk to Yuffie at the northern end of Nibelheim village (slightly north of the blue search area, by the staircase leading out of Nibelheim). Pick “Yup”.
   
• Chapter 12 – Speak with Yuffie in the Wonderment Square area after first returning to the Saucer. Beat her at 3D Brawler. You can make it easier by pausing whenever she pulls back her arm, then you can see which strike she’ll use, evade until she gets groggy, then strike her.
   

Odd Jobs:

• The Saga of the Seaside Inn
• Teach Me, Great Warrior
• Bonds of Trust
• Esoteric Secrets of the Elders
• Tides of War and Worry
• Trouble in Paradise
• Victim of Circumstance

Synergy Skills & Abilities:

• Cyclonic Kick
• Shuriken Sync
• Ninja Bazooka
• United Refocus
• Foxflame
• Mystic Multiplication
• Moogle Pinwheel
• Halcyon Descent

Story Beats:

• Corel Minecart Route & Score – in Chapter 7 you can change the tracks for the minecart using a lever, put the tracks to the right side.
• 3D Brawler Match – in Chapter 12 you can challenge Yuffie in Gold Saucer Wonderment Square at 3D Brawler minigame
• Loveless – have Yuffie be your date in Chapter 12 during Loveless performance
• Skyhweel Date – in Chapter 12 end up dating Yuffie at Skywheel Square

Barret Relationship

Conversations:

• Chapter 2 – Talk to Barrett in the bar in the north-west of Kalm, pick “First one’s on me.”
   
• Chapter 4 – After everyone is in the Inn, knock on the first door on the right (before Aerith’s room). Pick “Your Autograph”.
   
• Chapter 6 – After the boss fight on the beach, interact with him on the stairs. Pick “This is on Hojo”.
  
• Chapter 9 – Objective: The Village of Gongaga – Location: Laurel Hill – In Gonaga Village, Barret is located just south of the rest spot building. Pick “Mushrooms”.
   
• Chapter 10 – Objective: The River of Lights / Location: The Torch – At the River of Lights ceremony, speak with the 4 others first before speaking with Aerith, speaking to Aerith will make these missable. Tifa: “You did good.” / Barret: “No, we fight” / Red XIII: “I’ll lend an ear” / Yuffie: “Pretty much” / Aerith: “Encourage Her”.
   
• Chapter 11 – Objective: A Village Changed – Location: Water Tower Square – While Cait Sith is using the terminal, talk to Barret in the Inn, the house in the west of the blue search area, ground floor. Pick “Hell yeah you’re right. Screw them”.
   

Odd Jobs:

• Lifeline in Peril
• When Words Won’t Do
• Missing: Mr. Birdie
• The Pursuit of Perfection
• Hustle and Grind
• Escape from Endless Writer’s Block
• Lament of the Damned

Synergy Skills & Abilities:

• Mad Dash
• United Refocus
• Iron Defense
• Avalance Two-Step
• Friendly Fire
• Ninja Carbine
• Purrfect Shot
• Arcane Blast

Story Beats:

• Costa del Sol Beach Fight Partner – have him in your party during Chapter 6 Grasptropod boss fight at beach
• Corel Minecart Route & Score – in Chapter 7 when you have the option to change the minecart track, leave it facing left and you’ll get this after the minecart sequence
• Corel Prison Buggy Escape – finish the Anuran Suppressor boss fight in Chapter 7, the minigame where you shoot the boss as Barett from the back of a truck
• Loveless – have Barret be your date in Chapter 12 during Loveless performance
• Skyhweel Date – in Chapter 12 end up dating Barret at Skywheel Square

Red XIII Relationship

Conversations:

• Chapter 2 – Talk to Red XIII in the south of Kalm, pick “I knew I could count on you”.
   
• Chapter 4 – After everyone is in the Inn, knock on Red’s door after the scene where he leaves Aerith’s room (across from Aerith’s room). Pick “Huh. Not good.”
  
• Chapter 6 – After the boss fight on the beach, interact with him on beach near the stage, to the right of the stage. Pick “We had no choice”.
  
• Chapter 9 – After arriving at Gongaga Village and seeing the cutscene at the monument, Red is directly beside it before leaving the area. The correct answer is “The Right Patch”.
   
• Chapter 11 – Objective: A Village Changed – Location: Water Tower Square – On the stairs above where Yuffie is standing. Pick “I never liked that place either”.
   

Odd Jobs:

• Livestock’s Bane
• Where the Wind Blows
• The Hardest Sell
• Of Robed Men and Ransoms
• O Chicken, Where Art Thou
• From Whence Life Flows
• Promises to Keep

Synergy Skills & Abilities:

• Overfang
• Phantom Fang
• Wild Charge
• Savage Assault
• Iron Defense
• Ringmaster
• Call of the Wind
• Feline Fury
• Hack and Slash

Story Beats:

• Shinra-8 Queen’s Blood Tournament – in Chapter 5 win the card tournament
• Costa del Sol Beach Fight Partner – have him in your party during Chapter 6 Grasptropod boss fight at beach
• Gold Saucer Welcome Brawl with Dio – in Chapter 8 upon arriving at Gold Saucer finish the tutorial match in 3D Brawler, happens automatically
• Gold Saucer Queen’s Blood Rematch – in Chapter 12, you can find him at the Queen’s Blood in Wonderment Square after finding Dio, before resting at hotel
• Loveless – have Red XIII be your date in Chapter 12 during Loveless performance
• Skyhweel Date – in Chapter 12 end up dating Red at Skywheel Square

Cait Sith Relationship

Cait Sith doesn’t have a relationship tracker. He is the “pity date” if you skipped completely everything (didn’t do any side quests and didn’t do any optional conversations or synergy abilities).

 

That’s everything there is to know about relationships, romances, and intimate dates in FF7 Rebirth.

For more guides check out Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Wiki.