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Materia

With Materia, your group will suddenly become much stronger. Different types of materia do different things. There are several varieties, and I will cover them all in this section. First I am starting with the summoning ones, because they are the ones most people are likely to ask about. Then, after that, I'll move on to list the other types. This list is not entirely complete, but it comes amazingly close.

Summoning Materia

The summoning spells in Final Fantasy games have always been some of the best-looking spells in videogames, even as far back as Final Fantasy V. And in this game, they look good on a whole new level. But even more impressive than the lengthy (sometimes annoying) animations are the effects these monsters can have on your foes. A new player will find that the path is much easier if he has a few beasts at his beck and call.

Choco/Mog Effect: A Chocobo will race through and stomp the enemy. Sometimes, a fat Chocobo may drop down on them and squash them. When you reach the chocobo farm, talk to the nearest chocobo. You'll be offered possible responses. Choose 'wark' as your response, and you'll receive the materia.

Shiva Effect: She hits the enemies with an ice blast. You can find this one in Junon. Before receiving it, you must save Priscilla.

Ifrit Effect: A pit opens in the ground and Ifrit comes out. He then turns to a blazing ball of hellfire and blazes through the lines of your foes, doing fire damage to them all. You get this as a reward for defeating Jenova the first time, on the Shinra cargo ship.

Ramuh Effect: This ancient god in the form of a wizard brings down bolts of lightning to shock your enemies. The first time you are involved in a Chocobo race, check the stables carefully to find this one.

Titan Effect: The Titan lifts up a plate of soil and turns it over on your enemies, crushing them. When you are at the destroyed reactor in Gongaga, be sure to look around carefully to find this one.

Odin Effect: This monster of chaos attacks in two various ways, but the effect is generally the same. He will take the souls out of some of your enemies, instantly killing them. The success rate drops dramatically when you attempt to use it on anything but the weakest of foes. He's locked away in the safe at Nibelheim, in the mansion. You must unlock the safe using a combinatin (instructions are found in the FAQs section of the guide, as well as in the strategies included in the walkthrough of Disc One).

Kjata Effect: I have never acquired this one, so I have no idea what it does. If you add it to your inventory, feel free to tell me what I've been missing out on. I'm also not sure where this one is found. If you know its exact location, please tell me.

Bahamut Effect: This great beast descends on the enemy from a black haze and sends a blast of dragon breath their way. Found in the Temple of the Ancients, after you defeat the red dragon.

Alexander Effect: I have never acquired this one, so I have no idea what it does. In the maze at the base of the mountain where you snowboard, find a pool of water and dip your hands in it. Then find and defeat a snow queen.

Neo Bahamut Effect: The ground on which the enemy rests is ripped away and sent skyward, where an enormous dragon causes it to disintegrate amidst white dragon flame. I currently can't remember where I found this one, but I'll put the location here when I recall it.

Leviathan Effect: A monstrous serpent sends a wave of water washing over the enemy. You win this prize if you take Yuffie to the top of a tower in Utai and prove victorious over a series of trials.

Phoenix Effect: You'll be glad you have this materia when you summon a giant bird that restores your party. At Fort Condor, search the giant egg after you have won the minigame against approaching Shinra soldiers.

Hades Effect: The enemy is caught up in a cauldron of wicked black magic. Scour the ocean to find a plane that has been downed, then search it for this elusive materia.

Typoon Effect: A fat, ugly monster comes and sneezes on the enemy, which does a medium amount of wind damage. You'll find this guy if you search the ancient forest near Cosmo Canyon, but he's hardly worth the bother (of course, I know that won't stop you from searching).

Zero Bahamut Effect: Since I've never gotten the thing, I don't have a good description of what it does. Maybe I'll have to play through the game again... someday. You get this guy once you have restored the Huge Materia pieces to Cosmo Canyon and have the Bahamut and Neo Bahamut spells.

Knights of the Round Effect: A series of powerful knights sweeps by the enemy and reigns down several severe blows on them. This is enough to seriously injure most enemies. If you use it well, it makes the final battle quite manageable. You'll find this wonderful spell in a cave located on an island in the northeast section of the map. Only the golden chocobo can get there, and you can find out how to obtain it in the Items section of this guide, or in the FAQs section.

Huge Materia

You will need to retrieve four pieces of Huge Materia if you want to obtain some of the more elusive bits of materia the game has to offer. Late in the game, it will be possible to acquire those four pieces. Specific instructions are given on this page. Below, I've listed the locations and brief directions for your convenience:

Huge Materia #1: Reach the train's engine room within 10 minutes and stop it from crashing into North Corel.

Huge Materia #2: The old man in Fort Condor will give you it once you stop the approaching army from reaching the giant egg.

Huge Materia #3: After you have sunk the red submarine in the minigame, search the wreckage to find the materia.

Huge Materia #4: In Rocket Village, board the launching rocket. Enter the code before your time runs out.

Once you have the four pieces of Huge Materia, you should take them to Cosmo Canyon where they can be combined.

Green Materia

These are the most common in the game. Around half of them can be purchased in shops. The others you must find. The table below reflects where you will need to go to find them, their cost, the name, and what spells they teach. If a piece of materia is sold in multiple places, this will be indicated by the word 'common' instead of a specific location.

Name	Cost	Location	Spells Taught
ICE	600	common	Ice, Ice 2, Ice 3
LIGHTNING	600	common	Lightning, Lightning 2, Lightning 3
RESTORE	750	Reactor #1	Cure, Cure 2, Regen, Cure 3
FIRE	600	Sector 7	Fire, Fire 2, Fire3
POISON	1500	Shinra Tower Floor #67	Bio, Bio 2, Bio 3
EARTH	1500	Kalm	Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3
HEAL	1500	Kalm	Poisona, Esuna, Resist
REVIVE	3000	Junon	Life, Life 2
SEAL	3000	Junon	Sleep, Silence
TRANSFORM	5000	Mt. Corel	Mini, Toad
MYSTIFY	6000	Gongaga	Confusion, Berserk
TIME	6000	Gongaga	Haste, Slow, Stop
GRAVITY	8000	Cave of the GI	Demi, Demi 2, Demi 3
DESTRUCT	9000	Shinra Mansion	Debarrier, Despell, Death
BARRIER	10,000	Rocket Town	Barrier, M-barrier, Reflect, Wall
EXIT	10,000	Rocket Town	Escape, Remove
FULLCURE	-	Cosmo Canyon	Fullcure
CONTAIN	-	Mideel	Freeze, Break, Tornado, Flare
ULTIMA	-	Corel	Ultima
SHIELD	-	the Crater	Shield

Command Materia

These hard-to-find but useful materia teach you new skills that you can use in battle so long as you have them equipped. If you find them all, you can turn your group into quite the little army.

Steal You can find this one in the sewers in Midgar.

Sense Also located in Midgar, in the sector 6 playground.

Enemy Skill Buy this one.

Throw When you recruit Yuffie, you gain this one.

Manipulate Cait Sith, rather appropriately, brings this one to the group.

Deathblow You'll find this one in the Gongaga vicinity.

Morph This one waits for you to claim it in the Temple of the Ancients.

Double Cut Search the bottom of the ocean and find this one in the wreckage you find there.

W-Summon In the battle arena, spend 64,000 battle points to acquire this one.

Slash All In the same area as you find the summoning materia Typoon, the forest near Cosmo Canyon.

Mime This one is located in a cave south of Yuffie's hometown, Wutai (and it's very valuable).

X-Magic Found in the Crater.

X-Item In the tunnels under Midgar, near the end of the second disc.

Support Materia

You can put these in one of your weapon slots to increase the effect of that weapon in various ways. If you work it right, you can really improve your ability to fight without using magic or summoning monsters.

All Found in the beginner shop in Sector 7 of Midgar.

Elemental On the 62nd floor of the enormous Shinra Building.

Added Effect This one is found in the Cave of the Gi.

MP Absorb In the Wutai shop, search a treasure chest.

HP Absorb Look around in the house in Wutai that contains all those cats to find this one.

Added Cut This one is waiting for you in the Great Glacier.

MP Turbo Check the Whirlwind maze.

Steal as Well In the mountains near Wutai.

Magic Counter At the Chocobo races. Race well to win it.

Final Attack Win a special fight in the battle square at the Golden Saucer.

Quadra Magic Search the cave located to the south of Wutai.

Sneak Attack Another one that you can win if you do well at the Chocobo races.

Counter You'll find this one in the Crater, right near the end of the game.

Independent Materia

These don't rely on any particular attached orb, and will do well on their own so long as they are equipped. You'll be thankful for some of the things they do for you. Once you find them, that is.

Cover This one is available in Aeris' garden area, where she grew up.

Chocobo Lure You can get this one at the Chocobo Farm if you're interested in finding Chocobos (hint: you are).

Long Range Attack Found in the Mythril Mines.

Counter At Mt. Nibel, after you have defeated the Materia Keeper.

Enemy Lure Available in the battle square.

Speed Plus Another one that is found in the battle square.

MP Plus Buy it in Cosmo Canyon.

HP Plus Also available at the shop in Cosmo Canyon.

Luck Plus Look for this one in the Temple of the Ancients.

Magic Plus In the Coral Valley cave.

Gil Plus In the Wonder Square.

Pre-Emp One you can find at the Battle Square.

Exp. Plus Also at the Wonder Square.

Enemy Away You get this as a reward for racing your Chocobos well.

HP<=>MP This one is in the cave located to the north of North Corel.

Mega All Found in the Crater.

Enemy Skills Materia

This is not really a list of materia. Instead, it is an indication of how you can modify one certain materia: the enemy skill materia. In order to make it work to its fullest, you must find the various enemies and learn their attacks by defeating them in combat. The chart below lists where to find the enemies, as well as what enemies you will need to defeat in order to find everything.

Name	Enemy	Location
Matra Magic	Custom Sweeper	Near Midgar
Flame Thrower	Ark Dragon	Mythril Mines
Beta	Midgar Zolom	Chocobo Farm Marsh
Frog Song	Touch Me	Cosmo Canyon Jungle
Magic Hammer	Razor Weed	West Continent
Death Force	Adamaitaimi	West Continent Shore
White Wind	Zimzelett	Near Fort Condor
Big Guard	Beach Plug	Coasta Del Sol Beach
Laser	Death Claw	Golden Saucer Prison
Dragon Force	Blue Dragon	Gaia's Cliff
Aqua Lung	Jenova Life	Forgotten City
Trine	Materia Keeper	Mt. Nibel
Magical Breath	Stilva	Gaia's Cliff
?????	Jersey	Nibelheim Mansion
Goblin Punch	Goblin	Northeast Island
L5 Death	Parasite	Crater
Death Sentence	GI Specter	Cave of the GI
Death Roulette	Death Claw	Crater
Pandora's Box	Dragon Zombie	Crater
Shadow Flare	Ultima/Ruby Weapon	3rd Disk/Desert
Bad Breath	Malboro	Gaia's Cliff
Angel's Whisper	Pollensalta	Crater
Chocobuckle	Chocobo	Cast L4 Suicide on one
L4 Suicide	Mu	Chocobo Farm Area