Final Fantasy VII Remake Intermission: Scarlet / The Crimson Mare - boss, how to beat? Final Fantasy 7 Remake guide, walkthrough

Last update: 11 August 2022

This page of the Final Fantasy VII Remake Intermission contains a walkthrough for Scarlet boss battle. You'll learn when the confrontation takes place, what attacks the boss has and how to avoid them, and how to quickly and efficiently take her down.

The battle with Scarlet takes place at the end of Chapter 2 (Covert Ops) of Intermission expansion. Yuffie and Sonon have entered the Shinra Electric Power Company building in search of Ultimate Materia, but they crossed paths with Scarlet - the boss of Shinra's Weapon Development.

• Resistances, weaknesses, basic data
• First phase
• Second phase
• Third phase

Resistances, weaknesses, basic data

Scarlet is one of the bosses of Intermission expansion to Final Fantasy VII Remake. She uses a gigantic mech called The Crimson Mare - the last invention of Shinra corporation.

Weaknesses and resistances of Scarlet and her mech:

1. Scarlet: vulnerable to Fire (Fire/Fira/Firaga spells, Fire Ninjutsu);
2. The Crimson Mare: vulnerable to Lightning (Thunder/Thundara/Thundaga spells, Ninjutsu), invulnerability to Poison, Silence, Sleep, Slow, Berserk, Fixed Damage, Proportional Damage.

First phase

After the battle commences, focus on destroying all Sentry Rays which are placed around the arena. You don't have to approach them, simply throw shurikens at them.

Now, use Fire spells (Fire/Fira) to depose Scarlet of all her health and stun her, which will make The Crimson Mare enter Pressured status.

Use accurate combinations (Synergized Art of War) and Lightning spells to deal the right amount of damage, which will allow you to proceed to the next phase of the encounter.

Second phase

In the second phase, Scarlet will activate two Makocannons on her mech. You should focus your attacks on them and destroy them as soon as possible. While attacking, use Sonon and perform heavy physical attacks (Art of War) or use Lightning spells.

Removing one of the cannons will seriously weaken the mech's combat capabilities, while destroying two will make the mech useless. Once The Crimson Mare is unable to fight, focus all your might on him to induce Staggered and begin the third phase of the encounter.

Third phase

In the third phase, Scarlet will activate new weapons for her mech. This time, The Crimson Mare will be armed with a huge sword and shield. The tactics remain the same - start by destroying the sword and then the shield to make the mech useless.

After destroying the armament, focus on attacking Scarlet, and then finish the mech using strong attacks (this is a good moment to use Yuffie's lLimit Break) and spells (Thunder/Thundara).