Ruby Weapon

Ruby Weapon is one of the two superbosses of Final Fantasy VII, along with the Emerald Weapon. It is one of the three Weapon enemies added in the North American, PAL, and International versions. Ruby Weapon is one of seven Weapons the Planet has produced and dispatched to cleanse any threats to its continued existence.

Ruby Weapon is an optional boss that resides in the sand around the Gold Saucer in the Gold Saucer Area. The player must defeat Ultimate Weapon and then fight one random battle afterward to trigger Ruby Weapon's appearance, although some players have reported Ruby Weapon not appearing at all, or that it appears but is invisible and the player can only initiate the battle by running into it by chance.

The player can only approach Ruby Weapon by Highwind or chocobo. It can eject party members from battle, has extremely high defense, inflicts targets with status effects by its tentacles, and uses some of the strongest attacks.

Defeating Ruby Weapon in the PC version re-release unlocks the Ruby Weapon achievement. Doing so in the PlayStation 4 version earns the Ruby Render trophy.

The Desert Rose Ruby Weapon drops can be traded for a gold chocobo that can be used for accessing the four Materia Caves, but its stats are poor for racing.