Card carnival solutions on the Costa del Sol in FF7 Rebirth

Card carnival is a spin-on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirths Queen’s Blood card game. You’ll play it in Chapter 6 in Costa del Dol, trying to earn companion cards that you can exchange for a swimsuit for Cloud.

Card Carnival isn’t your standard version of Queen’s Blood. You don’t use one of your custom-designed decks, but instead get a predetermined set of cards. There are no rounds either – you just have to place the right cards in the right positions to outperform an opponent whose cards have already been placed.

Here are the solutions to all three puzzles in the Card Carnival challenge Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthplus the prizes you win for each one.

Card Carnival Challenge Round 1 Puzzle Solution

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The first Card Carnival challenge, “Three-Card Stud,” pits you against an opponent who has one point on the top row, two points on the middle row, and four points on the bottom row. Focus on outperforming them in the upper middle ranks.

1. Place the Fleetwing card on top of that middle square of the bottom row.
2. That should improve that extreme left square of the top row have two pegs. Place the Mu card there.
3. The Center-left square of the middle row Based on your Mu card, there should now be two pins. Place the Quetzalcoatl card there and end the game to win 5-4.

After winning this card carnival round, you will receive the Fleetwing card to use in your personal collection.

Card Carnival Challenge Round 2 Puzzle Solution

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The second Card Carnival challenge, “Go for Choco-Broke,” pits you against an opponent who has nine points on the top row, seven points on the middle row, and nine points on the bottom row. Focus on getting all of your points to the bottom row.

1. The extreme left square of the bottom row is the only location with three pegs. Place the Fat Chocobo card there.
2. Place the Posh Chocobo card on the middle square of the bottom row.
3. Place the Chocobo and Moogle card on top Bottom row center-left square, which should now have a pin from your Posh Chocobo card on it, then exit the game. You should win 17-16 thanks to the Posh Chocobo card’s ability, which buffs each lane you win by an additional 3 points.

After winning this card carnival round, you will receive the Posh Chocobo card to use in your personal collection.

Card Carnival Challenge Round 3 Puzzle Solution

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The third Card Carnival challenge, “Mischief-Making Moogles,” pits you against an opponent who has six points on the top row, four points on the middle row, and four points on the bottom row. Use your Moogle Trio card to expand your hand and win the bottom two rows.

1. Place the Fleetwing card on top of that Center-left square of the middle row. This creates pegs on the leftmost spaces in the top and bottom rows.
2. Place the Moogle Trio card on top of that extreme left square of the middle row, which adds pegs to the center-left squares of the top and bottom rows. This will also add the Moogle Mage and Moogle Bard cards to your hand.
3. Place the Moogle Mage Card on the Bottom row center-left squarewhich destroys the opponent’s cactus card.
4. Place the Moogle Bard card extreme left square of the top rowwhich adds 2 power each to your Fleetwing and Moogle Mage cards.
5. Place the Grasslands Wolf card on the extreme left square of the bottom rowthen finish the game to win 11-6.

After winning this round of the Card Carnival, you will receive the Moogle Trio card to use in your personal collection. You will also receive a Cloud companion card.

For more help in the Costa del Sol region, check out our guides on where to find all the zip lines, where to find all the Cactuar stickers, which swimsuit to choose, and where to find the Tonberry King.

If you need more details Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth In the guides here you will find a list of Queen’s Blood cards and an overview of the rewards for side activities.