Materia

Materia Tutorial 1

Materia Tutorial 2

Materia Tutorial 3

See also: Types of Materia

Materia can be used to enhance your gear. You can affix materia into a piece of your armor with socket(s) to improve its attributes.

• Materia affixing can only be done by specific crafting classes.

Players can acquire materia by converting a piece of your gear that is 100% Spiritbond to you. Spiritbond percentage increases as you use that piece of armor in battle, crafting or gathering.

• Note that the materia conversion process permanently destroys that piece of gear.

Creating Materia

Main article: Spiritbond

To create materia, you must first complete the Forging the Spirit quest. The quest giver is Swynbroes, located at The Bonfire in Central Thanalan (23,13).

You can create materia from your weapons, armors and tools with spiritbond of 100%. You can increase the spiritbond percent of a piece of gear by battle, craft and gather while wearing that piece.

The type of materia you create from a piece of gear is based on the gear's intended class. For example, when you convert a piece gear intended for pugilist and lancer, you will receive materia that is ideal for physical, melee damage dealing.

Materia Tiers

Lower level gear converts into lower tier materia. Additionally, higher materia tiers require higher level gear for melding.

Tier	Item Levels of Converted Gear	Item Level Requirements for Melding
I	1-14 for 100% 15-29 for 90%	15+
II	15-29 for 10% 30 - 44 for 90%	30+
III	30-44 for 10% 45+ for 90%	45+
IV	45-60 for 10% 60+ for 75%-80%	55+
V	??	160+
VI	??	??

Materia Conversions

Different types of gear are converted into different types of Materia.

Gear Type	Types of Materia Converted into
Disciples of War	Strength, Dexterity, Vitality, Parry, Skill Speed, Direct Hit Rate, Critical Hit Rate, Determination, Elemental Resist
Disciples of Magic	Intelligence, Mind, Vitality, Piety, Spell Speed, Direct Hit Rate, Critical Hit Rate, Determination, Elemental Resist
Crafting	Craftsmanship, Control, CP
Gathering	Gathering, Perception, GP

Types of Materia

Name	Stat Increased	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Tier IV	Tier V	Tier VI
Intelligence Materia	Intelligence	+1	+2	+4	+7	+15	+25
Mind Materia	Mind	+1	+2	+4	+7	+15	+25
Strength Materia	Strength	+1	+2	+4	+7	+15	+25
Dexterity Materia	Dexterity	+1	+2	+4	+7	+15	+25
Vitality Materia	Vitality	+1	+2	+4	+7	+15	+25
Savage Aim Materia	Critical Hit Rate	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12	+40
Savage Might Materia	Determination	+1	+3	+4	+6	+12	+40
Heaven's Eye Materia	Direct Hit	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12	+40
Quickarm Materia	Skill Speed	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12	+40
Quicktongue Materia	Spell Speed	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12	+40
Battledance Materia	Tenacity	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12	+40
Piety Materia	Piety	+1	+2	+3	+6	+11	+40
Fire Materia	Fire Resistance	+1	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12
Ice Materia	Ice Resistance	+1	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12
Earth Materia	Earth Resistance	+1	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12
Water Materia	Water Resistance	+1	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12
Wind Materia	Wind Resistance	+1	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12
Lightning Materia	Lightning Resistance	+1	+2	+4	+6	+9	+12
Craftsman's Command Materia	Control	+1	+2	+3	+4	+7	+10
Craftsman's Cunning Materia	CP	+1	+2	+3	+4	+6	+8
Craftsman's Competence Materia	Craftsmanship	+3	+4	+5	+6	+11	+15
Gatherer's Grasp Materia	GP	+1	+2	+3	+4	+6	+8
Gatherer's Guerdon Materia	Gathering	+3	+4	+5	+8	+10	+15
Gatherer's Guile Materia	Perception	+3	+4	+5	+8	+10	+15

Melding Materia

The easiest way to meld (attach) Materia is to find a Materia Melder NPC who will perform the action for a small fee. This method has no level requirement. You can find them near one of the Market Boards in any of the three cities or in player housing if the owner has purchased and placed a Materia Melder Permit.

To meld Materia yourself, you will need to complete the Waking the Spirit quest. The quest giver is F'hobhas, located at The Bonfire in Central Thanalan (x:23, y:13). You will need to be level 19 or higher in at least one of Blacksmith, Carpenter, Goldsmith, Weaver, Armorer or Leatherworker to accept the quest, and unlocks the "Materia Melding" action.

Higher Materia tiers require armor with higher item levels.

• For example Tier I Materia requires a piece of equipment with item level of 15 or above while tier 5 materia requires a piece of equipment with item level of 90 or above.

Advanced Materia Melding/Forbidden Melds

It is possible to meld more materia to a piece of gear than the available slots. Doing so requires completing the Melding Materia Muchly quest given by Mutamix, who is also located at The Bonfire in Central Thanalan (x:23, y:13). You will need to be level 25 or higher in at least one of Blacksmith, Carpenter, Goldsmith, Weaver, Armorer or Leatherworker to turn in the quest. Note that you can accept it at level 19, but can't turn it in until 25 (though you can turn it in as any lvl 25+ class, including Disciples of War or Magic). The quest involves melding 8 materia to gear in front of Mutamix. It helps to bring the requisite number of materia and enough gear to meld them to before accepting the quest to save time. This replaces the "Materia Melding" action with "Advanced Materia Melding". Advanced melds are better known as forbidden melds.

Forbidden melds allow you to meld up to 5 materia to a piece of gear total, however the chance of success is low, typically starting at 45 or 35% and going down from there, depending on the number of materia already melded, the number of materia of that specific stat melded, and grade of materia and carbonized matter used, Going for a full five melds (penta melding) typically ends at about 4-8% for the final meld.

Forbidden melds are often required for crafters for the highest tier of crafting recipes, since the unmelded gear is not enough to meet the minimum requirements for those recipes, even when high quality. Crafters attempting penta-melds often lose many materia doing so, which requires either a lot of time spiritbonding for materia or a lot of gil to purchase materia on the market board.