Battle Intel Reports are special quests you can undertake given to your by Chadley, who appears in various locations throughout Midgar. Completing Battle Intel Reports unlocks and rewards various Materia items that will make your life a lot easier when it comes to the toughest bosses in Final Fantasy VII Remake.
An Optimal Candidate
You'll first meet Chadley in Sector 7 Slums during Chapter 3. He will give you a side quest for you to complete, which requires using the Assess Materia on 2 enemy types.
Equip the Assess Materia to your equipment and the option to use the Assess Materia will become available under the Ability menu during Battles.
Completing the quest will net you 500 Gil.
Battle Intel Reports
| Report |
Chapter |
Requirements |
Rewards |
Notes |
| Report 01 - Monster Bio Pt.1 |
Chapter 3 |
- Use Assess Materia on 2 Enemy Types
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- 500 Gil
- Auto-Cure Materia
- Assess Materia
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| Report 02 - Magic Elements Pt.1 |
Chapter 3 |
- Hit 3 Enemies that are vulnerable to the different Elements: Fire, Ice, Lightning
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- You can use Assess Materia to find the different elemental weaknesses for each Monster
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| Report 03 - The Stagger Effect Pt.1 |
Chapter 3 |
- Whilst an enemy is staggered, use unique abilities to charge your ATB 10 times.
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| Report 04 - The Stagger Effect Pt.2 |
Chapter 3 |
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| Report 05 - Combat Simulation: Shiva |
Chapter 8 |
- Engage in a simulated battle against Shiva and defeat her
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| Report 06 - Monster Bio Pt. 2 |
Chapter 8 |
- Use Assess Materia on 10 Enemy Types
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| Report 07 - Magic Elements Pt. 2 |
Chapter 8 |
- Hit 15 Enemies that are vulnerable to the different Elements: Fire, Ice, Lightning
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| Report 08 - The Manipulation Technique |
Chapter 8 |
- Defeat 2 or more enemies with a single strike
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| Report 09 - Monster Variants Pt. 1 |
Chapter 8 |
- Defeat monsters of 3 unique varieties
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| Report 10 - Combat Simulation: Fat Chocobo |
Chapter 9 |
- Engage in a simulated battle against Fat Chocobo
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| Report 11 - Monster Bio Pt. 3 |
Chapter 9 |
- Use Assess Materia on 20 Enemy Types
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| Report 12 - The Stagger Effect Pt. 3 |
Chapter 9 |
- Increase Stagger damage bonus to 200%
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- Try the Fat Chocobo fight; once it's staggered have Tifa use her Whirling Uppercut to increase the stagger bar to 200%.
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| Report 13 - Refocus Analysis |
Chapter 9 |
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| Report 14 - The Stagger Effect Pt. 4 |
Chapter 9 |
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| Report 15 - Combat Simulation - Leviathan |
Chapter 13 |
- Engage in a simulated battle against Leviathan
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| Report 16 - Monster Bio Pt.4 |
Chapter 13 |
- Use Assess Materia on 30 Enemy Types
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| Report 17 - Weapon Abilities |
Chapter 13 |
- Acquire 16 Weapon Abilities
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| Report 18 - MP Comsumption |
Chapter 13 |
- Master all 12 types of Magic Materia
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- The 12 types of Materia are:
- Fire
- Ice
- Lightning
- Wind
- Healing
- Barrier
- Time
- Cleansing
- Revive
- Bind
- Poison
- Subversion
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| Report 19 - Monster Variants Pt. 2 |
Chapter 13 |
- Defeat monsters of 10 unique varieties.
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| Report 20 - Combat Simulation - Bahamut |
Chapter 15 |
- Engage in a simulated battle against Bahamut
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- Need to have complete Battle Reports 1-19 to unlock #20
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Weapon Upgrades
You can also use Chadley to reset your Weapon Upgrades for a small fee. This will remove all the upgrades on a weapon you have made, giving you back your pool of SP to redistribute.