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One of the classic Final Fantasy 7’s defining gameplay features was its Materia system. This interchangeable magic-equipping feature proved popular enough for Square Enix’s Remake trilogy to recreate it in full. Your options were relatively limited in Remake, butFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthhas diversified your options considerably.
If you’re not particularly familiar with the FF7 universe’s Materia, we’ve got you covered. If you know your Greens from your Purples, but you’d like a better idea of your options, look no further. And if you just want to read about FF7 Rebirth some more, we’re happy to provide this article.
What Is Materia?
Well, there are two answers, right? In-universe,Materia is Mako that has crystallized to contain the Lifestream’s essence. It allows people to cast magic.Equipping Materia orbs grants characters access to a wide array of spells, abilities, even summons.
There are five categories of Materia,each with its affiliated color:
To equip Materia, hop into theEquipment and Materiascreen, press triangle, and have a blast!Different weapons and armor have separate amounts of slots, not to mention those ever-handy linked slots.
How Do You Get More Materia?
Materia can be acquired in a variety of ways. Since there’s so darn much of it in the world of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth,expect to find new forms of Materia(as well as further copies of orbs already in your possessionon a routine basis.
These are just themost common examples. Occasionally, you’llfind Materia hidden throughout the world,or earn itas a prize for a minigame. You never quite know when fresh orbs will be yours!
Which Materia Should You Equip?
With so many different kinds of Materia in FF7 Rebirth,plenty of combinations can work to your advantage. But we do have several suggestions onsome ideal setups, as well as particularcharacter stat parameters to considerwhen deciding which ones to wield.
Equipping Auto-Cast to a linked Magic Materiais required to enable your ally to use that particular suite of magic, whereasAuto-Ability doesn’t need a linked slot, because its utility is instead determined bywhich abilities the character has set as shortcuts.
