Turks : Rude Turks : Rude is a recurring boss in " Final Fantasy VII " , who can be fought a maximum of four times . Only the third possible fight is a required part of the storyline . The player can choose to avoid the locations of the possible first and second battles and can refuse to fight the fourth . Rude is often accompanied by , and at one point fights alongside . Rude fights without a weapon , opting to use bare fists to pummel his opponents . The Turks always retreat from battle when defeated but the player still receives some EXP , AP and item drops for defeating them , and in all but one case , the combined amount for all Turk combatants . When fought in Gongaga and Sector 8 , it is possible to get a preemptive attack on the Turks because there are random battles in the room they are fought in . Battles . First battle - Gongaga . Rude can first be fought near the entrance of Gongaga . Since the party can skip Gongaga altogether on their way to Cosmo Canyon , this battle is optional . Turks : Rude will not attack Tifa unless all other party members have been defeated . Even if this is the case , there is a one - third chance that he will hesitate rather than strike . If Turks : Rude does attack Tifa , he will use only Shoulder Attack , never Fire . Rude will heal Reno during this battle . Like Reno , Rude is susceptible to Poison . The Turks retreat when one of them is defeated . While usually a storytelling device , and does not affect rewards won from the battle , this battle is different : whichever of the two Turks is defeated first is the one whose loot is collected , and who determines the EXP and AP received . Turks : Rude ' s item drop is an X - Potion . He also yields slightly more EXP and AP than Reno . Reno is the default target , and his item drop is a seven - slot staff for Aeris : the Fairy Tale . Strategy . Low level parties can incapacitate Turks : Rude with Sleep or the Gongaga area ' s indigenous enemy skill , Frog Song , to concentrate on Reno , and hit him with magic attacks which will not remove Sleep . If he is still asleep when Reno is defeated , he will remain so until awoken with a physical attack or the effect wears off , and his first action will be to leave the battle . Second battle - Gelnika . The second possible battle with Rude occurs aboard the sunken Gelnika . The two can only be found here if the party travels to the Gelnika immediately after receiving the submarine , or if the player enters the room with the Turks , then immediately leaves without taking any further steps into the room . Upon re - entering , the room will be empty . If the player misses their chance , any visit to the Gelnika will find it empty of Turks . This is the first of three chances the player has to steal the Ziedrich . Turks : Rude again fights alongside Turks : Reno . The Gelnika Rude AI glitch assures that once Turks : Rude uses any move other than Shoulder Attack , he cannot do anything for the rest of the battle . Turks : Rude will not attack Tifa unless all other members of the party have been defeated . Even if this is the case , there is a one - third chance that he will hesitate rather than strike . If Turks : Rude does attack Tifa , he will use only Shoulder Attack , never Bolt , Fire , or Ice . Third battle - Rocket Town . The party must battle Rude in Rocket Town on the way to save the Huge Materia , the third possible time that Rude can be fought . Turks : Rude ' s stats have fallen significantly since the battle at the Gelnika , and he is accompanied only by two weak Attack Squad enemies , so this is arguably the easiest fight with Rude . The player can again steal the Ziedrich during this fight , but it is difficult to steal it from him in this battle . Turks : Rude will use Grand Spark three time in a single combo , and will skip using a single Grand Spark if the random target is Tifa . Turks : Rude will not attack Tifa unless all other members of the party have been defeated or Bolt2 is cast on all party members . Even if all other members of the party have been defeated , there is a one - third chance that Turks : Rude will hesitate rather than strike Tifa . If Turks : Rude does attack Tifa , he will use only Shoulder Attack , never Grand Spark . Fourth battle - Midgar Underground . The final possible battle with Rude is fought beneath Midgar , in the Sector 8 Underground . The fight is optional , and can be avoided by telling the Turks that " you don ' t feel like fighting " as long as the Wutai sidequest has been completed . This battle can also be skipped if the player avoids stepping on a specific part of the floor ; if one runs behind the middle pillar of the area where the battle is supposed to start as soon as the area begins loading , the battle never triggers . This is the player ' s last chance to steal the Ziedrich . This battle can be preemptive . If this happens , Turks : Elena will still get the first turn and she has Sneak Attack enabled for the battle . In this battle , Turks : Rude fights alongside Turks : Reno and Turks : Elena . Once one of the three Turks is beaten , all of them will run away , meaning no EXP or items from the other two . Turks : Rude will not attack Tifa unless all other members of the party have been defeated . Even if this is the case , there is a two - thirds chance that he will hesitate rather than strike . If Turks : Rude does attack Tifa , he will use only Shoulder Attack . Strategy . A good idea will be defeat the three Turks with one attack to get more EXP and AP . AI : Main AI script . AI : Counter - Death AI : Main AI : Counter - Death AI : Setup AI : Main AI : Counter - Death AI : Counter - Physical AI : Counter - Magical AI : Main AI : Counter - Death