Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Card Carnival puzzle solutions

How to beat all of the Costa del Sol Queen’s Blood Card Carnival puzzles in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and get the Tonberry King

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The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Card Carnival puzzles feature in the Costa del Sol Queen’s Blood minigame, where you need to beat a series of challenges to secure victory and receive a Companion Card for Cloud. Unlike any previous games of Queen’s Blood you’ve played, such as those during the tournament held aboard the Shinra-8 in the previous chapter ofFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, you’re not facing off against an opponent here and instead need to make strategic moves in the correct order to secure a win.

If you continue to progress through the challenges then you’ll unlock a set of new cards for your deck, including theTonberry Kingafter beating the devious round that card features in. If you’re struggling to figure out the perfect play, then refer to the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Card Carnival puzzle solutions below to beat every challenge faced in the Costa del Sol Queen’s Blood event.

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When you reach the Costa del Sol in Chapter 6, you’ll need to complete various minigames around the island to unlock Companion Cards, which are used to purchaseFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth beachwear outfitsso you can progress with the storyline. For one of these, Cloud will team up with Regina to play Card Carnival in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which is basically a single-player puzzle version of Queen’s Blood. Your opponent’s cards are already laid out, so you need to play all of your own cards tactically against them in order to secure enough points for a victory.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Card Carnival puzzle solutions

Laid out below are the Final Fantasy 7 Card Carnival puzzle solutions that I have discovered by working my way through the challenges – note that more puzzles are unlocked after you’ve completed the initial three. There may be other solutions that also work, in terms of card placement and order, but the ones listed here have been verified as Victory plays. To use these solutions, simply select and play the cards from your deck in the indicated order onto the corresponding numbered tiles of the board.

Cards del Amor Challenge Round 1 (Three-Card Stud)

First-Time Reward:Card #023 - Fleetwing (Standard)

Cards del Amor Challenge Round 2 (Go for Choco-Broke)

First-Time Reward:Card #109 - Posh Chocobo (Legendary)

Cards del Amor Challenge Round 3 (Mischief-Making Moogles)

First-Time Reward:Card #110 - Moogle Trio (Legendary)

Once you’ve beaten the first three Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Card Carnival puzzles, you’ll receive the Companion Card for Cloud and can move on with the story. However, there are more puzzles to solve and Queen’s Blood cards to be won if you interact with the Card Carnival stand to carry on.

Spears and Needles

First-Time Reward:Card #031 - Spearhawk (Standard)

Sea Devil by Night

First-Time Reward:Card #032 - Sea Devil (Standard)

A Kingly Clash

First-Time Reward:Card #035 - Tonberry King (Standard)

Power-Down Practice

First-Time Reward:(none)

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