Every character has seven Limit Breaks, excluding Cait Sith, who has two of them, and Vincent, who has four breaks. To earn your Limit Breaks:

Level 1, first break:
- You start with this one already.

Level 1, second break
- Use your first break of that level 8 times.

Level 2, first break
-Kill 80 enemies. Your character has to be the one to deliver the killing blow in order to have it count. You can kill an enemy in any way (spell, Morph, use an item, etc.) Vincent only has to kill 60 enemies in order to fulfill this requirement.

Level 2, second break:
- Use your first break of that level 6 times.

Level 3, first break:
- See 'Level 2, first break' notes.

Level 3, second break:
- You must use your first break of that level 4 times.

Level 4, extreme limit break:
- Learn all your character's other Limit Breaks (6 for everyone but Cait, 3 for Vincent). Then use your character's Limit Break Manual on that person.

CLOUD STRIFE

Level 1..........Braver,Cross-slash
Level 2..........Blade Beam,Climhazzard
Level 3..........Meteorain, Finishing Touch
Level 4..........OmniSlash

OmniSlash - To gain this awesome limit break, you must have 32,000 Battle Points to exchange for Omnislash.


BARRET

Level 1..........Big Shot, Mindblow
Level 2..........Grenade Bomb, Hammerblow
Level 3..........Satellite Beam, Ungarmax
Level 4..........Catastrophe

Catastrophe - Barret's level 4 limit is in the house on the left in North Corel. Only after the part in the plot when you stop the train from crashing.


AERIS

Level 1..........Healing Wind, Seal Evil
Level 2..........Breath of the Earth, Fury Brand
Level 3..........Planet Protector, Pulse of Life
Level 4..........Great Gospel

Great Gospel - Early in the game (obviously before she... well that would be telling), enter Costa De Sol with the buggy and get on the ship to Junon. The buggy will appear on the Junon side. Now your on the other side, you can obtain Mythril from the man sleeping in the cave. To get it, you must win a certain number of battles with the last two digits matching, i.e. 622, 455 etc. Then go to the little house on the peninsula near Gold Saucer and give the man who works there this item and he will let you open one of his boxes. Open the one on the second floor.


TIFA

Level 1..........Beat Rush, Somersault
Level 2..........Waterkick, Meteodrive
Level 3..........Dolphin Blow, Meteor Strike
Level 4..........Final Heaven

Final Heaven - Go in to her house in Nibelheim and play her piano:
Playstation Version: Press X, Square, Triangle, L1+Triangle, L1+Square, X, Square, Triangle, L1+X, O, X, Square, X
Computer Version: [CANCEL], [SWITCH], [MENU], [PAGE DOWN] + [MENU], [PAGE DOWN]+[SWITCH], [CANCEL], [SWITCH], [MENU], [PAGE DOWN]+[CANCEL], [OK], [CANCEL], [SWITCH], [CANCEL].
Do this only late in the game.


RED XIII

Level 1..........Sled Fang, Lunatic High
Level 2..........Blood Fang, Stardust Ray
Level 3..........Howling Moon, Earth Rave
Level 4..........Cosmo Memory

Cosmo Memory - Back in Nebliheim Mansion, in the safe. The combination is: Right 36, Left 10, Right 59, Right 97. It is important not to go over the number otherwise it won't open. After this, defeat the boss 'Lost Number' to get it.


CAIT SITH

Level 1..........Dice
Level 2..........Slots

Not Available... - Cait Sith doesn't have a level 4 limit break manual, he doesn't even have a level 3 limit break!


CID HIGHWIND

Level 1..........Boost Jump, Dynamite
Level 2..........Hyper, Jump,Dragon
Level 3..........Dragon Dive, Big Brawl
Level 4..........Highwind

Highwind - In the sunken airplane, near the Gold Saucer in the harbour shape enclosure. Go down in the submarine, and find it in one of the treasure chests.


VINCENT VALENTINE

Level 1..........Galian Beast
Level 2..........Death Gigas
Level 3..........Hellmasker
Level 4..........Chaos

Chaos - His limit level 4 Limit Break is in lucrecia's cave along with his ultimate weapon, Death Penalty.


YUFFIE

Level 1..........Greased Lightning, Clear Tranquil
Level 2..........Landscaper, Bloodfest
Level 3..........Gauntlet, Doom of the Living
Level 4..........All Creation

All Creation - Complete Yuffie's little quest, and then bring Yuffie to the temple to battle with her family. You will receive Leviathan and this limit break as prizes.