Card Carnival solutions on the Costa del Sol in FF7 Rebirth

Card Carnival is a twist on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s Queen’s Blood card game. You play it in Costa del Dol during Chapter 6, trying to earn companion cards that you can exchange for a swimsuit for Cloud.

Card Carnival isn’t your standard version of Queen’s Blood. You don’t use one of your custom decks, but instead are given a predetermined set of cards. There are also no turns: you just have to place the right cards in the right positions to defeat an opponent whose cards have already been placed.

Here are the solutions to all three puzzles of the Card Carnival Challenge Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthplus the prizes you win for each one.

Card Carnival Challenge Round 1 Puzzle Solution

In the first Card Carnival challenge, ‘Three-Card Stud’, you face an opponent with one point in the top row, two points in the middle row and four points in the bottom row. Focus on outdoing them at the top of the middle rows.

1. Place the Fleetwing card on the middle square of the bottom row.
2. That should polish it leftmost square of the top row to have two pins. Place the Mu card there.
3. The center left square of the middle row should now have two pins due to your Mu card. Place the Quetzalcoatl card there and end the match to win 5–4.

You’ll earn the Fleetwing Card for use in your personal collection after winning this round of Card Carnival.

Card Carnival Challenge Round 2 Puzzle Solution

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In the second Card Carnival challenge, ‘Go for Choco-Broke’, you will face an opponent with nine points in the top row, seven points in the middle row and nine points in the bottom row. Concentrate on placing all your points on the bottom row.

1. The leftmost square of the bottom row is the only location with three pins. Place the Fat Chocobo card there.
2. Place the Posh Chocobo card on the middle square of the bottom row.
3. Place the Chocobo & Moogle card on the center left square of the bottom row, which should now have a pin on it from your Posh Chocobo card, then end the match. You should win 17–16 thanks to the Posh Chocobo card’s ability, which boosts each lane you win by 3 additional points.

You’ll earn the Posh Chocobo Card for use in your personal collection after winning this round of Card Carnival.

Card Carnival Challenge Round 3 Puzzle Solution

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In the third Card Carnival challenge, ‘Mischief-Making Moogles’, you face an opponent with six points in the top row, four points in the middle row and four points in the bottom row. Use your Moogle Trio card to expand your hand and win the bottom two rows.

1. Place the Fleetwing card on the center left square of the middle row. This will create pins on the leftmost squares of the top and bottom rows.
2. Place the Moogle Trio card on the leftmost square of the middle row, which adds pins to the left-center squares of the top and bottom rows. This also adds the Moogle Mage and Moogle Bard cards to your hand.
3. Place the Moogle Mage card on the center left square of the bottom rowdestroying the opponent’s Cactaur card.
4. Place the Moogle Bard card on the leftmost square of the top rowadding 2 powers each to your Fleetwing and Moogle Mage cards.
5. Place the Grasslands Wolf card on the map leftmost square of the bottom rowand then finish the match to win 11–6.

You’ll earn the Moogle Trio card for use in your personal collection after winning this round of Card Carnival. You also get one companion card for Cloud.

For more help in the Costa del Sol region, check out our guides on where to find all the cable cars, where to find all the Cactuar stickers, which swimsuit to choose and where to find the Tonberry King.

If you need more details Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth guides, here’s a list of Queen’s Blood cards and an overview of side activity rewards.