Gaea's Cliff (field)

Gaea's Cliff is an unrevisitable field map in Final Fantasy VII. Visited in "Beyond the Snow Fields", it is a mountain climb path up to the Crater. While climbing, the player must keep Cloud's body temperature up. The caves within the cliff are named Inside of Gaea's Cliff and the area at the bottom of the cliff is named Base of Gaea's Cliff in the menu.	
When Cloud is not the party leader, the player is prevented from snowboarding at Icicle Inn and cannot enter the Great Glacier from the world map. When Cloud returns as party leader after "Searching for the You of That Day", Mr. Holzoff will prevent the player from climbing. Before "Mako Cannon Rampage", Holzoff will tell the player it's dangerous because of the barrier, while afterward he only tells the player they shouldn't climb unprepared.
== Layout ==
=== First Ascent ===
=== Archway Cave ===
First cave.
=== Boulder Cave ===
There's an ice rock that can be pushed.
=== Second Ascent ===
=== Water Level Cave ===
Dropping icicles into this room raises the water level that leads to an exit.
=== Icicle Cave ===
In this area the icicles are fought, cracked, and dropped.
=== Mountain Paths ===
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=== Third Ascent ===
=== Healing Spring ===
Spring heals HP and MP, and despite not saying it removes status effects too.
=== Ice Tunnel ===
Schizo fought in here.
=== Final Ascent ===
Short ascent before an FMV starts.
== Quests ==
=== Main scenario ===
* Beyond the Snow Fields
Gaea's Cliff is the final area in the quest. The player must climb while keeping Cloud's body temperature up.
=== Keeping body temperature up ===
At the cliff area, the player can climb the cliff by approaching the red flag and tapping . The player must keep the party's temperature above 30° Celsius by repeatedly tapping . This can only be done while on a platform, and not while climbing. Cloud's body temperature can assume values between 26 and 38 °C, and Cloud will pass out at 26 °C. If Cloud passes out, he will wake up at Holzoff's hut; there is no Game Over. While Cloud's body temperature is above 32 °C, it takes 5.7s for it to drop a degree, but when below 33 °C, it only takes 3.7s to drop.
This segment was more difficult in the original Japanese version, where the player's temperature dropped much faster, making it harder to climb all the way on the first try.
===Enemy Skills===
There are three E.Skills the player can learn while on the Gaea's Cliff, and it is best to get all of them while here as Gaea's Cliff is an unrevisitable location.
Malboro on the snowy slopes has Bad Breath. The player should equip Ribbon on the same character who has the Enemy Skill Materia, and then use White Wind after Malboro uses Bad Breath to cleanse the party of the status abnormalities.
Stilva inside the caverns of Gaea's Cliff has Magic Breath and Trine, though it never uses the latter unless Manipulated. This is the last chance to learn Trine if the player already defeated Godo in "Homecoming of a Miserable Daughter". Protecting the party against Lightning damage will protect against both Magic Breath and Trine. The player could also use Big Guard to soften the damage.
== Items ==
* Ribbon (found by walking through a wall after crossing ice bridge upon reentering first cave area)
* Javelin
* Elixir
* Fire Armlet
* Megalixir (inconsistently translated as "Last Elixir" when picked up in the PlayStation version)
* Speed Source
* Enhance Sword
== Enemies ==
Encounters	Areas
*[18/64] Headbomber x3
*[17/64] Malboro
*[15/64] Zolokalter x2
*[14/64] Headbomber x2, Zolokalter
*[8/64] Headbomber x2 (Back attack)	First Ascent, Second Ascent, Mountain Paths, Third Ascent
*[18/64] Stilva
*[17/64] Headbomber x2, Zolokalter
*[15/64] Zolokalter x4
*[14/64] Evilhead x2
*[4/64] Stilva (Back attack)
*[4/64] Evilhead x2 (Ambush)	Archway Cave, Boulder Cave, Water Level Cave
*Evilhead x4, Icicle (Four set battles)	Icicle Area
*[18/64] Evilhead x3
*[17/64] Cuahl x2
*[15/64] Cuahl, Headbomber x2
*[14/64] Blue Dragon
*[8/64] Cuahl x2 (Back attack)	Healing Spring, Ice Tunnel
*Schizo (right), Schizo (left) (Boss)	Ice Tunnel
The first group of enemies is fought outdoors (all screens except the last), while the second group is fought indoors (all screens). The third group of enemies is fought in Schizo's lair (both screens). The inescapable battles glitch happens the Ice Tunnel screen after defeating Schizo.
==Behind the scenes==
A pre-release shot shows an area that can never be accessed in the final game. This area is only seen in very old footage shown before the game's release.
== Gallery ==
Gaeas cliff.png|The cliff.
Gaeas cliff2.png|The cliff.
Gaeas cliff3.png|The cliff.
Gaeas cliff4.png|Caves.
Gaeas cliff5.png|Caves.
Gaeas cliff6.png|Caves.
Healing spring.png|The Healing Spring.
== Citations ==
Category:Field gameplay in Final Fantasy VII