Best Fort Condor Strategies (& Loadouts) In FF7 Rebirth

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Fort Condor is one of the many mini-games available in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. It is based on the Fort Condor defense mission from the original PlayStation release in 1997. Many strategies still apply for unit types, but the mode has been further streamlined.

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Fort Condor is a side activity and is not fully required to complete Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. However, completing all four maps will reward you with the Protorelic for the Junon region. This is part of a larger questline to eventually challenge Gilgamesh, the time-traveling swordsman from Final Fantasy 5 who has reappeared throughout the series.

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Best Loadout For Fort Condor Matches

A Fort Condor Vanguard asks for help in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

Fort Condor mostly relies on a Rock-Paper-Scissors style system to determine which characters are strong and weak against each other. In this case, it is Defense-Attack-Ranged. Some neutral units are evenly matched but tend to have little means of self-defense. They must rely on the primary trinity of troops to survive.

Ally Units

Unit	Type	Notes
Vanguard	Attack	Attacks in melee and easily defeats rangedenemies.
Enforcer	Defense	Slowly moves forward and crushes attackers.
Ranger	Ranged	Fires from a distance and bypass defense units.
Elite Vanguard	Attack	A stronger attack unit that quickly defeats ranged and has double the survivability against defenders.
Elite Enforcer	Defense	An empowered defender that beats attackers faster and lasts longer against ranged attackers.

Unit	Type	Notes
Elite Ranger	Ranged	A sniper that kills defenders swiftly and takes longer to be defeated by attackers.
Cleric	Neutral	Heals nearby allies but will likely perish if attacked.
Ballista	Neutral	A stationary siege weapon that fires large arrows.
Trebuchet	Neutral	A siege weapon that pelts high-damage rocks.
Outpost	Neutral	A base that deploys units and is the last line of defense for the Headquarters.
Headquarters	Neutral	Your main location. If it is destroyed, you instantly lose the match.

Hero Units

Once entering the Junon region in FF7 Rebirth‘s map, Cloud, Tifa, and Barret will also enter the digital game. They are even stronger than the standard allies, having a hitpoint pool similar to the Headquarters. However, they can only be deployed once your meter is full.

Unit	Type	Notes
Cloud	Defense	Has the highest hitpoints of any unit.
Tifa	Attack	Hastes allies around her. However, she has worse hitpoints than both Cloud and Barret.
Barret	Ranged	It can also heal.

How To Counter Enemies

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To complete the Protorelic quest, you must finish four Fort Condor missions in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. There are additional challenges, but they are not required for the side quest. Each map has a pre-made enemy loadout. The key is to select and deploy similar numbers to counteract them. As for Hero Units, Cloud is typically the safest in all situations, and Tifa is better if you want to end the encounter quickly, while Barret adds even more defense.

Stage 1

Type	Amount	Specific Units
Attack	5	Security Officer, Elite Helitrooper, Cutter
Defense	3	Riot Trooper, Blast Ray, MOTH Unit
Ranged	4	Grenadier, Elite Shock Trooper, Sweeper
Neutral	3	Warlord, Outpost

Stage 2

Type	Amount	Specific Units
Attack	3	Security Officer, Elite Helitrooper, Cutter
Defense	4	Riot Trooper, Blast Ray, MOTH Unit
Ranged	4	Grenadier, Sweeper
Neutral	6	Archfiend, Wyvern, Armored Commander, Outpost

Stage 3

Type	Amount	Specific Units
Attack	3	Security Officer, Elite Helitrooper, Cutter
Defense	2	Riot Trooper, Blast Ray
Ranged	2	Grenadier, Elite Shock Trooper
Neutral	6	Archfiend, Wyvern, Warlord, Gilgatower Cannon Outpost

Stage 4

Type	Amount	Specific Units
Attack	2	Villainous Vanguard
Defense	2	Evil Enforcer
Ranged	2	Rotten Ranger
Neutral	8	Callous Cleric, Warlord, Archfiend, Wyvern, Warlock, Outpost

Once the final mission is cleared, you will receive the Protorelic and be free to explore the rest of the Junon zone. Consider advancing to the city of Junon proper. This is where you will finally meet Yuffie in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, though going too far into the main quest might make it harder to return to the Fort Condor terminal.