The Folios and the Skills they contain will be unlocked via Party Levels, and are going to come in handy when the time comes to battle major bosses.

Since regular battles and even most boss fights don’t contribute to Party EXP nor Party Level, you will have to focus on very specific methods to raise them.

World Intel

If you do wander a bit further off the beaten path, you will earn a near constant trickle of Party EXP from certain optional content, with everything from analyzing Lifesprings to activating Remnawave Towers rewarding you in some way, shape, or form. Make sure to confirm that you have received the full amount of Party EXP possible from any given task, and redo it if possible if there is a discrepancy.

Remnawave Towers in particular are good to begin your Party Level grind with, since they will unlock access to more World Intel activities on the map, through their completion.

Story Quests

The main story quests offer up a reliable, steady flow of Party EXP for your Party Level, although it is somewhat limited in scope and lengthy in duration. Even if you don’t deviate much into side content, you should be able to gain a few levels solely by following the main path of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Side Quests

As the counterpart to story quests, this side content will supply a good chunk of Party EXP over time, as well as unlocking content that can lead to more Party leveling activities.

That’s everything you need to know about raising the new Party Level stat in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.