FF7 Rebirth Quetzalcoatl: How to find and fight the Quetzalcoatl for the Windmill Gear

You’ll probably start your Quetzalcoatl hunt once you’ve started progressing the Where The Wind Blows quest in the Grasslands Region. You need to undertake the Classified Intel: Winged Lacertilian of Yore World Intel Combat Assignment, but that’s easier said than done.

In order to unlock that Classified Intel battle with the Quetzalcoatl, you will first need to defeat every other Combat Assignment in the Grasslands. There are six other battles, involving the following monsters:

• Venorat – Fiend Intel 1: Voracious and Venomous
• Enmidunk – Fiend Intel 2: Bearer of Grudges
• Mi – Fiend Intel 3: Keepers of the Burrow
• Mandrake – Fiend Intel 4: Wailing Weed
• Aggrevrikon – Fiend Intel 5: Picky Eater
• Thunderclaw – Fiend Intel 6: Voltaic Canine

Once you clear through those battles, which will be marked on your map by the Activation Towers, you will unlock the Classified Intel battle with the Quetzalcoatl.

Quetzalcoatl location – FF7 Rebirth

The Classified Intel: Winged Lacertilian of Yore with the Quetzalcoatl is located in the Eastern desert part of the Grasslands, Southwest of the Mako Pipeline Maintenance Warehouse, which is found even further Southwest of Activation Tower 6.

How to beat the Quetzalcoatl – FF7 Rebirth

The Quetzalcoatl’s weakness is Ice element attacks, meaning you should go into the battle with some Blizzard Materia equipped. It also uses Thunder element attacks, so you should defend against those as best you can.

It unleashes a powerful attack when it moves between the air and ground, so make sure to keep clear or block perfectly when it happens. Other than that tidbit of info, the most important thing to really do is keep up the pressure and unleash as many Ice attacks as possible. Shiva is a great Summon to use during this fight for this reason. You can also use Steal or Morph to get the Quetzalcoatl Talon, in case you feel like it.