Save Crystal glitch The Save Crystal glitch is a glitch in " Final Fantasy VII " involving the item Save Crystal that can only be used in the Northern Cave . Variations . As glitch in the entrance . There is a glitch that may occur when obtaining the Save Crystal . When first entering the Northern Cave , the player can jump over and grab the Save Crystal before the rocks fall . This leads to the textbox saying the player got the Save Crystal remaining on the screen , but if one leaves the Northern Cave , returns , and checks their inventory , they will find they did not get the Save Crystal . As bug in general . The item will create a save point anywhere in the final dungeon , but after a save point is used in several locations , and the game is reloaded , sometimes the player cannot leave that room , ruining their saved file permanently . The Save Crystal glitch often manifests in the room where the party splits up to find items and the swamp room where the enemy Mover appears . Like many glitches in " Final Fantasy VII " , this bug may or may not occur for unknown reasons , and may occur in different locations . An example of the glitch working is if the item is used in the screen where the party is given the option to split up for the first time ( the left and right paths ) . Using the Save Crystal here stops the player from exiting from the top ( to travel towards the exit of the cave ) , and can even limit the player to a single path . Therefore , it is wise to ignore the crystal and travel through the cave without saving , or saving to a different file , or saving at the place where the party meets up for the final descent . This glitch was not fixed for the subsequent PC releases . How to copy the Save Crystal . This glitch allows the player to use the Save Crystal in the Northern Crater one time , creating a save point at a specific screen while keeping the actual Save Crystal item in the inventory allowing one to either keep the Save Crystal ( for the purpose of a Perfect Game ) or to create a second save point anywhere in the Northern Crater . The trick is done in the third screen of the Left - Down path of the Northern Crater , and requires the player not to pick up the X - Potion from the chest there just yet . One needs to move close to the ledge of the first chest ( which contains the X - Potion ) allowing one to jump down and open the chest the split second Cloud starts jumping down . The player must not close the message that the player will have received an X - Potion . This message — if the player has done the above correctly — will not paralyze Cloud , allowing him to move close to the exit of the screen down below . Without exiting the screen , one must position Cloud in such a way his face is off the screen without actually exiting the area . In this position the player can enter the menu and use the Save Crystal . When the game asks ( in the field ) if the player wants to create a save point here , the player should answer ' yes ' and immediately run off the screen to the left . In the next screen ( the bottom of the Northern Crater ) , the game should ask again to create a save point . Th player should answer ' no ' and return to the previous screen . If done correctly , the player has created a save point , and still has the Save Crystal in the inventory .