How to get Vincent and Yuffie

Want to get the secret characters Vincent and Yuffie, but don't know how? Then this is the guide for you! Vincent and Yuffie don't impact the storyline aside from dialogue, but they're great to have and are capable fighters. Yuffie is especially useful with her conformer, as she allows you to morph enemies with ease, which is essential in maxing out your character's stats.

Vincent

Introduction

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Vincent is a more time-consuming character to get than Yuffie, but he is well worth it. You can get Vincent as soon as you get to Nibelheim after finishing the Cave of the Gi. You need to fight a challenging boss in order to get Vincent, easily one of the harder ones you've fought so far so make sure to stock up on whatever you need.

Acquiring Vincent

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When you get to Nibelheim, enter the Shinra mansion located north of town. Climb the staircase and go to the left hallway. There is a safe inside the room that's above you. You can find hints to the code around the mansion, but for the purposes of this guide the code is below:

Right 36, Left 10, Right 59, Right 97

You have to make sure you only move in the direction stated. If, let's say, you accidentally pass 36 and land on 37, you have to restart again. After you've opened the safe you'll find a key (necessary to get Vincent), the Odin materia and Red XIII's Ultimate Materia, Cosmo Memory, which does massive damage (nearly 8 times normal damage). After you've opened the safe, you'll immediately be thrown into a boss battle with Lost Number, most likely the hardest battle you've fought yet, especially if you're unprepared and don't know how Lost Number fights.

Fighting Lost Number

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Health	7000	Attack	80
MP	300	Defense	120
EXP	2000	M.Defense	280
AP	80
Gil	2000

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Health	7000	Attack	80
MP	300	Defense	40
EXP	2000	M.Defense	440
AP	80
Gil	2000

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Health	7000	Attack	140
MP	300	Defense	400
EXP	2000	M.Defense	200
Gil	2000

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Base Form
Magic Form Physical Form

The battle with Lost Number will be a tough one. Lost Number consists of two halves; the purple physical half which performs physical attacks and the red magic half which performs magic attacks. After reducing his HP below 3,498, Lost Number will change into one of his sides, depending on whether the hit that made his health go under 3,498 was magical or physical. The physical side is MUCH harder than the magic side. As such, it's recommended to use sense and monitor the HP so that it only goes under 3,498 with a magic attack. If you have Big Guard (which you should, it's an extremely useful skill which casts Barrier, M.Barrier and Haste on your entire team) use it immediately. You can get Big Guard from Beachplugs which are found around the beaches in Costa Del Sol and Golden Saucer. You should also use White Wind if you have it to constantly keep the party healed. After it transforms into its magical form, its defense decreases substantially and its M.Defense and Magic will increase. You should take it out with physical attacks at this point, as magic won't do much damage. It's recommended to use Aqualung and Beta at the start, and finish it off with limits after it transforms. Of note, Aeris's Seal Evil and Cloud's Cross-Slash limits will stun Lost Number for a short while.   

After beating Lost Number make sure to pick the key and Odin Materia. With the key, you can now get Vincent! Head to the basement and open the previously locked door. Inside, you'll see various coffins, but there's one in particular that's different from the rest. Interact with it, and Vincent will come out. Talk to Vincent, name him and when you're about to leave the basement, Vincent will stop you and join the party.

Yuffie

Introduction

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Yuffie is the easier character to get. She's a ninja/thief from the land of Wutai, and you can get her as early as Junon! Once she gets her ultimate weapon, Conformer, she becomes extremely useful in morphing and can be used to max a character's skill to 255 without using any sort of cheats.

Acquiring Yuffie

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You can meet Yuffie in any forest. You can meet her as early as Junon, but the forests around Junon have the lowest chance for her to show up. Get crackin'.

Junon Area	32/256 (12.5%)
Gongaga Area	64/256 (25%)
Nibelheim Area	64/256 (25%)
Woodlands Area	128/256 (50%)
Mideel Area	128/256 (50%)
Rocket Town Area	255/256 (≅100%)

She'll show up as an enemy called Mystery Ninja which you must defeat. After you defeat her, go to her and talk to her. DO NOT take your eyes off her. That means no pausing or saving. If you do, she'll steal gil from you and leave. You have to answer the right thing in order to get her to join you. The correct answers are:

Not interested

...petrified

Wait a second!

That's right

Let's hurry on

Thanks for reading my guide, hope it was helpful! If you need any more hints/tips, let me know. I'll try to get back as soon as I can.

[Blackjack XIII]

MAAAAN I legitimately do miss playing this game. I'm playing the Pixel Remakes in order, doing 1-6, then i'll do 7, 8, 9 10, 10-2 (Glutton for Punishment with THAT one), then 12, 13, 13-2, 13-3, World Of, 15 and 16.
Yes i'm aware there's also Legends to consider and i'm debating those after 6...

[Polyamorus Simp]

I actually encountered a few bugs after I got him, nothing major like the switch version, Still waiting for him to be added in the remake, if that ever happens.

[Diamond Appendix]

Thanks for the guide! Just defeated Lost Number first try (I told myself I'd read the guide if I lost a couple times, but it was unnecessary). I found the battle no harder than others before it, and I killed it before it could transform lol. The ChocoMog summon froze it for half the battle for some reason and the rest was history

[Misstress Rowan]

You can actually get yuffie as soon as you leave Midgar for the first time. Its just a little time consuming

[Jerame86]

Wutai looks like a cross between Venice and Hong Kong ...

[Moore Than Cosplay]

Dumb question, if you encounter Yuffie and choose the wrong dialog more than once. If there a chance you can't encounter her at all? I've been hunting her for over an hour now. Managed to fight her twice but chose the wrong dialog options both times and now I can't seem to encounter her.

[2Kane]

I got yuffie right after getting to junon area (i think even before fort condor). she is imho the best character and the funniest. her sidequest is nice too, and u can use her to boost all stats to 2^8 although there is not much need in a luck score this high, and some other scores get maxed out through equipement and levels anyway.
if you are doing a 100% run, then you'd have to get her anyway. and you have to step to fort condor like every 5 minutes of main quest, backtracking all the way just for some stupid birds.... (okay phenix is nice lol). in the sunken plane, however, it is where she truly shines

[Turpentine]

@Kaizos: I can confirm that this is false. I had Cloud, Tifa and Aeris in my party and found Yuffie in the forested area between Junon and Mount Condor after 23 mins of gameplay

[Kaizos]

I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like Yuffie only attacks all-male parties. Every time I go in with Cloud, Red, and Barrett, she attacks me immediately and often. I have Tifa and/or Aeris, don't see Yuffie at all.

[Pachu]

having a real difficult time with the combination safe. the dial moves so slow it is unbelevable.