The first mission of our Final Fantasy 7 guide is to point out that you can play the Missions anytime during the game. It doesn't require anything from your characters. You can access it through the character menu (hit the triangle button). But not all Mission levels are available at once. You need to progress through the Mission levels to get into the other more harder missions. There are a total of 300 Missions and their difficulty levels vary from very easy, normal, very hard etc. The Missions are divided into ten categories namely; Mission 1: Shinra Electric Company, Mission 2: Monster Research Project, Mission 3: Genesis' Force, Mission 4: To End the War with Wutai, Mission 5: Hojo's Laboratory, Mission 6: Seeking Precious Items, Mission 7: Seeking Priceless Items, Mission 8: Zack, the Materia Hunter, Mission 9: Great Caves of Wonders, Mission 10: Mysteries of the World. Notice that each of the Mission Levels are somewhat related to the progress of your game? So are the monsters that you have to battle during those Missions. As a basic tip, make sure to do the Mission as you progress through your game. In that case, your character have already leveled up relative to the levels of the monsters in the Mission games. Iif you think you can handle the challenge, I wouldn't prevent you from finishing the Missions as early as you can during your game.