You have to get King Tonberry’s crown for Johnny as part of the ‘The saga of the seaside inn‘side quest in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
However, you cannot do this until Chapter 9, even if the quest is resumed in Chapter 7. To help you with this last part of Johnny’s quest when you get to Chapter 9, we have detailed the Tonberry King Location in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and how to get the immaculate crown of the Tonberry King below. We also explain how to beat the Tonberry King in the last section.
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tonberry King location
The Tonberry King is located in the southern area of Corel, which is only accessible from Chapter 9. However, you must visit and complete four Lifespring locations in this southern part of Corel before you can summon the Tonberry King. The Tonberry King will then be marked on your map as “Classified Intelligence: Heavy Lies the Crown”. If that doesn’t indicate its location, try visiting both Lifespring locations in Northern Corel as well.
Specifically, the Tonberry King can be found near the east coast of the southern section of Corel, north of a Mogstool and directly south of the Johnny that gives you the subquest to get a Tonberry Crown.
To quickly find Lifesprings, we recommend activating the southern Corel Remnawave Towers, as these display more World Intel locations when you activate their red switches. You will need to use the grappling hook to access some of these Corel towers.
How to get the Tonberry King crown in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Similar to Quetzalcoatl in the Prairies, King Tonberry’s crown can only be obtained after unlocking its location on your map by visiting Lifesprings and then summoning the king into battle. However, this time there are a few extra steps that involve the Steal Materia if you want the Pristine Tonberry King Crown.
Here are the step-by-step instructions for how to get King Tonberry’s crown in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth:
- Reach southern Corel in Chapter 9.
- Find and scan four life sources in southern Corel (if that doesn’t work, scan the other two in northern Corel).
- Navigate to the “Classified Information: Heavy Lies the Crown” location.
- Equip Steal Materia on a party member (Yuffie has it by default).
- Summon the Tonberry King and pressure him into dropping his immaculate crown.
- Use the Steal ability on the Immaculate Crown to collect it.
- Defeat the Tonberry King to win the crown.
If you kill the Tonberry King without stealing the Pristine Crown, you get the Damaged Crown instead.. The crown you give him doesn’t make much difference, but this pristine crown looks pretty on Johnny’s desk, and he’s very happy to get it.
Tonberry enemies are notoriously deadly one-shots in Final Fantasy games, so we’ve got tips on how to beat the Tonberry King below:
How to beat Tonberry King in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
The Tonberry King has 14,220 HP on Normal difficulty and has no elemental weaknesses. Instead, you should deal enough damage after his attacks miss to put pressure on him. Save your ATB charges right after the time of attack (or during a projectile attack) to make the most of this weakness. Once pressurized, the Tonberry King’s pristine crown will fall, allowing you to use the Fly ability on it if you have the Fly Materia equipped.
Preparing for the fight
We recommend adding at least one ranged character to your party before facing the Tonberry King, as you will want to be as far away from him as possible to avoid his instant death move with the chef’s knife. We used Barret, as his Overload and Max Fury moves are enough to put pressure on the Tonberry King if used right after the Tonberry King misses an attack.
You can also pair autocast Materia with healing spells and equip the unique auto ability Materia on everyone. The Self-Unique Ability Materia allows a character to use their special abilities without you having to manually command them to do so. That means others in your party can get lucky and pressure the Tonberry King without you having to time it perfectly yourself.
You’ll also want to equip the Steal Materia if you plan to grab the King’s Immaculate Crown when it drops (Yuffie has this Materia by default).
Tonberry King boss strategy
First things first: stay away from the front of the Tonberry King. The king is very fast and devastating The chef’s knife attack kills you instantly if you get too close.. If you know how to dodge, you can attack from the front, but it’s very risky.
Generally, we recommend controlling Barret for the majority of the fight, as you will be able to keep your distance while still unleashing powerful attacks. Then you can switch to characters with powerful attacks like Cloud, Tifa, or Red XIII when the Tonberry King is staggered to quickly drain his health. Using synergy abilities that split the ATB bar, increase limit levels, or expand pressure and stagger are also recommended.
However, it’s not a guaranteed victory to attack from long range, as the Tonberry King’s Rancor and Doom and Gloom moves send projectiles at the party member you control. Make sure to dodge to the left or straight away from them, otherwise you’ll be stunned in place with Rancor, or die instantly after Doom and Gloom hits.
Being stunned is also a dangerous position, as the Tonberry can then kill you instantly if it gets too close or if Doom and Gloom hits from afar. However, you can knock the Tonberry King away from a stunned character by dealing enough damage before it reaches them.
Another annoying move is the Call for Friends attack which summons normal-sized Tonberry enemies. These Tonberries can also kill you instantly with a chef’s knife, so make sure you don’t get too close!
The Tonberry King’s last notable attack is Hopping Mad, which rains debris from above. This is a good opportunity to hit the Tonberry King with powerful abilities to put him under pressure, after dodging the debris.
Finally, take your time! Fighting the Tonberry King can be boring if you can’t time the powerful abilities to pressure him, but you’ll eventually beat him even without pressuring him, as long as you can avoid his chef’s knife and Doom projectiles and Gloom.
Good luck facing the Tonberry King!
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