Materia is an extremely important mechanic in Final Fantasy VII Remake, just as they were in the original game. They are able to help you consistently in every battle, as they are useful for obtaining various passive and non-passive bonuses; it goes from the simplest stat enhancement to the use of spells and summons.
In order to equip them, after obtaining them, you must necessarily have free slots in your weapons or armor; to unlock additional slots you will then have to improve the different pieces of your equipment using your Skill Points (AP). Furthermore for some Materia it is possible to create extremely powerful combos in case one of your pieces of equipment has “linked slots”. In Final Fantasy VII Remake, in most cases, you can get these combos by combining any type of Materia with a support one.
It is important first of all to keep in mind that the effects of these Materia are not cumulative, except in some special cases (especially for those of Purple color), so the only way to get the most powerful effects is to level them up. These powerful items are indeed capable of leveling up (the maximum of which varies between each Materia) by gaining experience in battle, just like in the case of our protagonists of Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Before explaining where to find each Materia in Final Fantasy VII Remake we must dwell on classifying them. These powerful objects are in fact divided into five categories, each of which is represented by a specific color. The breakdown is as follows:
- Blue Matter (Support): add passive effects in certain circumstances and must necessarily be combined with Materia of other types to create combos.
- Verdi Matter (Magic): useful for using different types of offensive spells and more.
- Purple Matter (Independent): they provide active and passive skills of various kinds.
- Yellow Matter (Techniques): replace or add new skills to use in battle with new commands.
- Red Matter (Summon): essential for summoning powerful creatures capable of turning the tide of battle.
Continuing in this article you will discover all the secrets of Blue matter. As already mentioned land Blue Matter of Final Fantasy VII Remake are essential for creating combos using the connected slots of your equipment. There are a total of 8 Support Materia that you can find as described below.
Elemental Matter
Grants a certain element to a piece of equipment granting additional elemental damage (in the case of weapons) or damage reduction to that particular element (in the case of armor).
- Level 1: If equipped on a weapon it adds 8% additional damage for that particular element; if equipped on armor, it halves the damage taken by that element.
- Level 2: If equipped on a weapon it adds 15% additional damage for that particular element; if equipped on armor, it cancels the damage taken by that element.
- Level 3: If equipped on a weapon it adds 23% additional damage for that particular element; if equipped on armor it absorbs damage taken from that element.
It can be recovered in two circumstances:
- During Chapter 6, between the second and third lamps you will find a staircase (H-06) that will take you to an area with two Queen Mantiloids; after defeating them, you can move a mobile platform to reach H-07 and find the Matter (the same platform will be useful to reach another of these objects but in Purple color).
- During Chapter 14, in the Urban Advancement District, but only if you have completed all side quests.
Extensive Matter
Increases the area of effect of a spell, so that you have a chance to hit multiple enemies at the same time, but at the cost of reducing the effect of the spell itself.
- Level 1: Increases the range of the linked Matter but reduces its effect by 60%.
- Level 2: Increases the range of the linked Matter but reduces its effect by 45%.
- Level 3: Increases the range of the linked Matter but reduces its effect by 25%.
You will be able to find it during Chapter 9, particularly during the third robotic arm puzzle using containers and Aerith.
Subject Immunizing
Provides resistance against certain debuffs of other Materia, in particular it works with poison, slowness, blindness and breach (subversive magic).
- Level 1: Reduces the duration of the linked debuff by 25%.
- Level 2: Reduces the duration of the linked debuff by 50%.
- Level 3: Reduces the duration of the linked debuff by 100%.
This matter can be found in two chapters of Final Fantasy VII:
- During Chapter 10, inside the sewers.
- During Chapter 13, in the Sector 7 Underground Laboratory, in a cage containing Shinra boxes and a chest.
Synchromagic matter
Causes an ally to perform a magical attack that has synergy with the one just performed by the leader; works with Glacial, Galvanic, Burning, Poison and Air Matters.
- Level 1: Use Synergy.
Could be purchased by Chadley only after finding the dossier for research dossier number 9.
Leech Matter
Combined with a Matter of Magic or Technique it allows you to recharge a percentage of health based on the amount of damage dealt.
- Level 1: Absorbs 20% of damage dealt as HP.
- Level 2: Absorbs 30% of damage dealt as HP.
- Level 3: Absorbs 40% of damage dealt as HP.
Could be purchased by Chadley after finding the dossier for research dossier number 19.
Osmotic matter
Similar to the previous one but allows MP recovery based on damage dealt.
- Level 1: Absorb 0,1% of damage dealt as MP.
Could be purchased by Chadley after finding the dossier for research dossier number 18.
Running matter
After completing 5000 steps this Matter will transform into an Evolutionary Matter.
It can be found during Chapter 14, near Aerith's house.
Evolutionary Matter
The transformation of the Pedometer Matter allows you to increase the amount of AP obtained for the Matter to which it is connected.
- Level 1: Increases AP earned for linked Matter by 100%.
These were all the Support Matters of Final Fantasy VII Remake. If you are interested in learning more about the Matter, be sure to consult our Guide to Green, Red, Yellow and Purple Matters.
► Final Fantasy VII Remake is an Action-RPG type game developed and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4, the video game was released on 10/04/2020
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