Yuffie's Subquest
Side Quests

After Yuffie has joined your party and you have the Tiny Bronco you are able to go to Yuffie's hometown of Wutai--it's on the long island on the far west of the map. Note that you don't have to do this--but you can't get Yuffie's level 4 limit break manual and some nice weapons and materia if you don't go. It's not necessary to go right when you get the Highwind--Yuffie's going to steal your materia as you get close so you're going to need some good weapons and high levels to survive more easily. Here's what happens when you do go to Wutai
If you go via the Tiny Bronco you'll land on the beach quite a distance to Wutai and will have to make your way north through the mountains--this is really annoying, I wait until I've got the Highwind and then just land right beside the town! Make sure Yuffie is in your party. When you get close enough to Wutai some Shinra guards will show up as Yuffie steals your materia--she leaves you to fight the two guards. So kill them off and continue to Wutai.

Once in Wutai head to the bar--far west side of town--you'll run into the Turks and have a little chat with them. The bar you're in is Turtle's Paradise--if you've decided to collect the Turtle's Paradise flyers (see the section above on the flyers for more details) you now know where to turn them in at--once you get all 6.

Now go to the item shop (it's the building in the middle of Wutai near the save point) and open the treasure chest you find inside--you'll get the MP Absorb materia (see the section on page 2 on Independent materia for more details). Try not to get too fond of that materia--Yuffie jumps down from the rafters and runs off with it! The chase is on again.

Now leave and head west--you'll have a change of screens--go into the house on the left. You'll find a guy lying down, this is Godo, Yuffie's father. Talk to him a while and Yuffie will come out of hiding, she's not very happy with her father, and she takes off again.

Check out the "hidden" room on the right side of your screen and then leave and go back to the first part of town. Go into the house that was on your left when you first came into Wutai--there's an little boy and an old man in there, they're not important but the dressing shade on the left side of the room is--Yuffie's back there, go to the shade and hit the circle button, when it opens up Yuffie will take off again.

Go back to Turtle's Paradise and you should make note of the barrel that's standing outside to the right of the entrance--if you watch long enough you'll notice that it moves--go up to it and look inside and you'll find Yuffie--she tries to run but you've got her cornered and she's ready to be good.

Yuffie takes you to her house and tells you that to get your materia back you have to pull the left lever--pull left or right, it doesn't matter--it's a trap and she's off again. Whichever one you didn't pull the first time will have to be pulled to free your friends.

Go all the way to the top of the screen and to the 5 floor Pagoda section again and make sure to ring the bell. This will open a secret door below and in it you'll note Don Corneo and some Shinra soldiers heading into the Dachao mountains. Soon the Turks will show up (it turns out the Corneo has both Elena and Yuffie--so you and the Turks are sort of on the same side at this point). Follow them into the mountains and after a bit of gabbing with Don Corneo--after you find him--you'll have to fight Rapps. Once you win this battle, there'll be some more overly dramatic moments to sit through and finally Yuffie will give all the materia back--but she returns them in random order so you'll have to re-distribute them before you get into any more battles.

Two things to note--once you have Yuffie back put her in your party and find the house with all the cats in it--they block the stairway unless Yuffie is with you--go upstairs and you'll find the HP Absorb materia (see the section on page 2 on Independent materia). Also, if you happened to find the weapon shop earlier you'll note that the owner won't sell you anything--they don't take well to strangers in Wutai--but once Yuffie is back with you he'll be happy to do business with you. Now that you've done all this you can, if you want, go back to the Pagoda area on the north side of town and enter the Pagoda in order to fight some battles and get Yuffie's level 4 limit break manual.