Where Is Beck’s Badasses’ Hideout Key in FFVII Rebirth

The Protorelic World Intel quests are always a multipart affair in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. However, the one involving Beck and his crew in the Grasslands area around Kalm can get a bit tricky. This is because the third part of this FFVII Rebirth quest chain involves using a Chocobo to find the Beck’s Badasses’ hideout key and acts as a tutorial for these types of searches. Here’s how to get through it.

Where do I find Beck’s Badasses’ hideout key in FFVII Rebirth?

So first of all, you need to head to the western part of the Grasslands area that is to the west of Kalm. Just below the highway that would lead you to Midgar, you’ll see a building on the map you need to visit to find Beck and his buddies. This is the third quest in the Protorelic investigation. After confronting Beck and his buddies, they’ll admit the key is buried and run off.

Here’s where the first part of the quest is on the map:

Now, here’s where the quest can get a bit tricky. You might have already played around with finding things with a Chocobo before this point. However, for this part you aren’t going to get the trigger and hint the key is around like usual. (A question mark will appear over the Chocobo’s head, prompting you to press up on the D-pad to sniff a secret out.)

Head to the back of the warehouse. There are a handful of shovels standing there. Chadley will be prompting you to look at them when you do. Now, in my game I had to basically get the Chocobo right on top of the shovel and press up on the D-pad to trigger the next turn of events. A few times I did so and must have been too far away, because nothing happens. When you do this correctly, an orange question mark indicator will appear over the Chocobo’s head and a guide will appear to the next location if you turn the right analog stick to get the camera in the correct direction.

You can see an example of the icon and spot in the screenshots below.

Once you do this, you will see a glowing trail appear and will need to follow that. You want to go to this point I marked on the map in the screenshot below that is just between the warehouse and Chocobo Stop.

The area where you need to press down will be glowing. Tap that and you’ll get the Beck’s Badasses’ hideout key in FFVII Rebirth. From there, all you need to do is fast travel to the eastern exit of Kalm, then follow the indicator immediately north of there to start part four of the Protorelic Grasslands World Intel questline.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is available on the PS5, with the exclusivity arrangement ending on May 29, 2024.