Is it possible to get the 'trine' or 'pandora's box' enemy skills on disk 3 of FFVII?

Question

I have two incomplete enemy skills materia: one missing 'trine' and the other, 'pandora's box'. The three enemies with the 'trine' ability (Materia Keeper, Godo, and Stilva) are no longer available to fight by disk 3. Furthermore I cannot manipulate dragon zombies in order to get 'pandora's box', so am I just screwed? Is there any other way to get either of the above mentioned skills?

Answer 1

As you say, there are only three ways to get Trine. The only one that is ever availible late enough to get it on the fourth E. Skill materia is Godo, since you can do that fight at any time after getting the Tiny Bronco and Yuffie. A lot fo people hear someone say "You can't do the Wutai sidequest on Disk 3", but that's not entirely correct. It would be more accurate to say that there are 2 Wutai Sidequests: The Materia Thief and the Pagoda. The Materia Thief quest is not availible on disk 3, but the Pagoda can be done on Disk 3. If the Materia Thief is still availible, you have to do it before the Pagoda, but you can do the Pagoda on Disks 1 or 2 after the Materia Thief or on Disk 3 regardless of whether you ever did the Materia Thief quest. If you've already Beat Godo and have completed Gaea's Cliffs (where the Stilva are), you have no more chances at Trine.

As for Pandora's Box, Dragon Zombies are the only source. However, they cannot be confused or manipulated, ever. Furthermore, they only use PB as a Final Attack. Finally, for most people (though apparently not all due to some unidentified bug) only the first Dragon Zombie will ever try to use it. If the first DZ does not have enough MP at the time of death, or is unable to cast at death (due to something like petrification from White Wind), you'll likely miss out on it completely. If you don't have all 4 E. Skill materia equipped the first time you encounter a DZ, you'll likely not be able to get it on all four E. Skill materia.

Now you might be thinking "But if that's the case, you can't get 4 complete E. Skill materia!" Not true. You can have all 4 E.Skills on a single character and have them all learn a skill at the same time if you want. The only thing that prevents an E. Skill from being learned is if the character has another E. Skill materia equipped that already has that skill.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Probably too late on trine but the best way is to just be patient if you cant manipulate the Dragon Zombies (Might be able to if you can Master it out best place to do it is those Jars in of the areas of the final dungeon)

Also the Dragon Zombies have the powerful Shadow Flare spell so keep that in mind when fighting them it's a skill you don't want to miss.

Answer 4

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