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{{See also|Materia}}
Spiritbond or Spiritbonding is the process of creating Materia. [[Weapons]], [[Armor]] and [[Accessories]] will gain Spiritbonding percentage points as you gain experience points from defeating [[monsters]], [[crafting]] [[items]] or [[gathering]] resources. When Spiritbonding of a piece of gear reaches 100%, it can be turned into materia. Players can view the Spiritbond's progression by hovering over the equipment and looking at the blue bar next to the durability. Once the Spiritbond is complete, the Hero will receive an Audio, Visual, and text notification in their chat log.

*Note that when a piece of your gear reaches 1% Spiritbond, it is permanently bonded to your character. It cannot be traded or sold on the [[Marketboard]].

==Spiritbond Mechanics==
HQ or High Quality gear and [[Aetherial]] gear spiritbond 20% faster than regular gear. Additionally each materia melded into the gear will increase the Spiritbonding speed by another 20%. Spiritbonding speed is cumulative. For example a HQ gear (+20%) with 2 materia melded (+40%) will spiritbond 60% faster than a piece of normal gear. 

The speed of Spiritbonding an item correlates to the level difference between the item and the enemies slain. Based on research items that are 8 to 15 levels below the enemies being defeated spiritbond the fastest. 10 Levels below is about the perfect spot. For example if you are spiritbonding level 40 gear, you want to run level 50 [[dungeons]] or kill level 50 enemies. The levels of enemies in a dungeon is determined by the levels of loot dropped by the dungeon's bosses.

*Note that a piece of gear with 0% Condition will not gain Spiritbond points.

==Tips and Tricks==
*Use [[Spiritbond Potion]]s! The benefit is more easily seen on lower level spiritbonding sessions but every little boost is helpful. However, if you’re in danger of being killed, don’t bother using it. The potion gives the Medicated status, not Well Fed, so it wears off upon death.

*[[Castrum Meridianum]] spiritbonding farms are the best way spiritbond item level 45 to 55 gear. A piece of gear item level 50 will get 10 to 15% spiritbond in the first pull, depending on the potions and the buff status. This dungeon will also give around 90% under the same conditions if you run all the way through.

*4 runs of [[Amdapor Keep]] are usually enough to spiritbond the item level 49 accessories.

*4 runs of [[Syrcus Tower]] are usually enough to spiritbond i90 gear.

*Because the spiritbond rate is higher, only use high-quality gear in your spiritbonding sessions.

*It may be time consuming, but make yourself a “trash” spiritbonding set from gear less than item level 15 to meld to your meaningful spiritbonding sets. Each meld increases the rate by 20%.