There are TWO secret characters, but you'll probably know them already.    However, I have been asked to explain how to get them in your party, so I    will. First Yuffie, a young ninja woman. You can get her in various parts of    the world, but I recommend that you get her ASAP, which is near Junon. Walk    around in the large woods near Junon until you encounter a "mystical ninja."    This is Yuffie (DUH) and when you win the fight from her, you go to a special    screen. WARNING! Do not enter the savepoint in here, and do not access your    menu, as this will take your eyes of Yuffie, and she will steal Gil from you    and disappear. Now, walk straight to her and talk to her. Say the second    option, then the first, then the second, the first and finally the second. She    will now join your party. I don't give the exact option-words, as it is    possible to get Yuffie while you are with Cid. If you are with Cid, the    conversation goes completely different, but the options remain the same.    Yuffie can be found in many places all over the world, but only in woods. The    most regular places are Junon, Gongaga and Goblin Island, all in the woods.    Second, there is Vincent. Vincent sleeps in the ShinRa mansion, in Nibelheim.    You must first get the code for the safe. I will not explain all the codes, I    will only give the answers. Go to the safe, and hit O to start opening. Now,    go right ways to 36, then back left to 10, right to 59 and right to 97. Hit O    at each numer and the safe will open. You will now have to fight a boss, and    depending on when you open the safe, this one may be strong or weak. He has    got two halfs, one is resistant to Magical attacks, the other one to fysical    attacks. When you kill him, you get Red 13's Limit break manual, the summon    Odin and there is (still in the safe) a key to the basement. Now take the key    and go downstairs to the basement. On the screen before the library there is a    door in the upper wall. You can now open it. Walk up to the center coffin and    talk to Vincent. When able, pick the first option. He goes back to sleep. Open    the coffin again and say the second option. He goes back to sleep. Leave and    try to go upstairs. He joins you.

Vincent has a little subquest, in which you need a mountain, black or gold    chocobo, or the submarine. Go on Disc 2, with Vincent in your party, to the    waterfall South-East of Nibelheim. Enter the cave and talk to Lucrecia. If you    go again on Disc 3 you get the Death Penalty and Chaos. If you go here the    first time on Disc 3 you can talk to Lucrecia, but you won't be able to get    the two items anymore.

Yuffie also has a little subquest. Go to Wutai, and have Yuffie in you    party. Go to the southern part of the Western Continent. Once you get on the    Western Continent, head north. Yuffie will take off with most of, if not all    of your Materia. She leaves you to fight some guards. Follow her north and    work your way up to Wutai. Take the path up to the bridge. Cross it, and    another one. Now head south and east, follow the path here, under the bridge    you just crossed, to another bridge. Keep heading north to Wutai. Enter the    town. You see Yuffie run away. Head to the northwest, where the large pagoda    is in the distance. Enter the house on the right. Go right down the hall, then    keep going until you reach a room with a sleeping guy. He is Yuffie's father.    Talk to him a couple of times, until he stands up. Yuffie goes running. Search    wall in the next room and it opens. You can get a Hairpin. Also, the room by    the entrance, while acting as an Inn, also has a secret passage. Examine the    wall for the Magic Shuriken. Go back to town and enter the bar. Talk to the    Turks. Go to the Materia Shop and get the chest, which has an MP Absorb    Materia. Yuffie comes and takes it. Go to the house near the entrance to town.    Talk to the old man here, then search the paper divider by the wall. Yuffie    goes running again. Now go back by the bar and hit large pot (the one that is    squirming). Yuffie has nowhere to run. Follow her to her house.
The Turks    are notified that Don Corneo is in town, but don't care. Once in Yuffie's    basement, read the Turtle's Paradise Flyer No. 6. Go into the room and talk to    Yuffie. She traps your friends in a cage. Let them out, then exit the house.    Go back by the area with the pagoda and ring the large bell on the left. Enter    the secret passage that it opens. Don Corneo, that guy from Wall Market, takes    Yuffie and Elena. Get the two chests for a Swift Bolt and an Elixir. Follow    Don Corneo up the stairs. You end up at Yuffie's father's house. Fight the    guards, but Don Corneo gets away. Go outside and talk to Reno and Rude. You    and them join up. Go back to the town, then go back to the large statue on the    mountain to the east. Climb up it, and when you have a choice of paths, go up.    Go past the giant head, and around to the left. Talk to Rude. Go into the cave    and get the Dragoon Lance. Go back out and down. You talk to Corneo. He calls    a    boss.
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RAPPS
If    you don't have any Materia, attack like crazy. If you do have some    left,
use it! Fire doesn't work so good here. Use items to keep yourself    alive.
Also use items like Grenade and Swift Bolt to attack.
EXP AP GIL    ITEM
-----|-----|-----|-------------------
3200 33 20000 Peace    Ring
.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........
After    the fight, you talk to Don Corneo. Answer however you want. Reno and Rude then    kill Don Corneo. You go back to town and settle with Yuffie. Then you exit to    the World Map. Enter Wutai again and go to the house on the right (the one    with all of the cats inside). Go up the stairs and get the HP Absorb Materia.    Now go back to the large Pagoda with Yuffie in your party. You can fight    everyone here to win a cool item. Yuffies fights alone, and if she dies, she    has to fight all of them over again. Here are the five bosses: (for Japanese    people, they all sound    Russian...)
.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........
GORKY
This    is not a hard fight. Physical attacks should ensure you victory.
EXP AP GIL    ITEM
-----|-----|-----|-------------------
1500 50 0    X-Potion
.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........

.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........
SHAKE
Another    easy fight. Use Barrier and Haste here (or cast Big Guard) and use physical    attacks.
EXP AP GIL ITEM
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2200    50 0 Turbo    Ether
.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........

.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........
CHEKHOV
You    can start using low-level magic here. Also, keep your HP near max,
and    equip a Ribbon so as not to become paralyzed.
EXP AP GIL    ITEM
-----|-----|-----|-------------------
2900 50 0 Ice    Ring
.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........

.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........
STANIV
This    guy has more HP, but is still easy. Clobber him with level 3 magic, and    physical attacks.
EXP AP GIL ITEM   
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3600 50 0    Ether
.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........

.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........
Godo
This    guy is really hard. Depending on which face is towards you, he will use    different attacks. Once his HP gets low, he will Cure himself for over 1000    HP. So, you have to hit him with something powerful, like Ultima. Use your    strongest attacks and Summons here. Big Guard is definitely a must.
EXP AP    GIL ITEM
-----|-----|-----|-------------------
5000 60 40000 All    Creation
.........---------=========+++++++++BOSS+++++++++=========---------.........

After    defeating all five of the bosses, you get the Summon Leviathan  Materia.


There are a lot of enemies which have interesting items when you morph    them. Here are some useful ones.
-Midgar Zolom: Strange, tough, hard to get    but he has an X-potion for you.
-[no name yet]: Found in Gongaga, in the    exploded reactor, this enemy has a Power Source for you!
-All the enemies    in the Sunken Airplane are morphed into all the Sources!
-Tonberry, in    Crater: This guy has like 40000 HP, but he will give you a Ribbon! He has a    little star above his head!
-[no name yet]: Found in the Ancient Forest, in    the trees up above. One enemy here gives you Wizard Bracelets!
[I had some    more, but I will add them later.]


Mideel, the Curse Ring: Go to Mideel, before it gets destroyed.
Knock    on the back door inside the weapon shop. Then go out and to the house on the    left. Run around behind it. When you hear the metallic noise, hit O to find a    "Beat-up Useless Old Key". Go back to the door you knocked on and tell the weapon shop owner the truth. You get the Curse Ring.
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