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Materia Fusion Guide
Before we go too far in depth on the actual materia fusions, I'd like to give you a nice introduction to materia and their properties. The use of materia or not doesn't have any bearing on the completion of the game, but why waste a good thing? By using materia, you can cast magic, use special skills, enhance stats, and a whole lot more; which makes some of the tougher mission a heck of a lot easier. Before you being experimenting with materia fusion it's a good idea to understand what you're working with.
There are a total of 143 obtainable Materia in the game and they are divided into 4 perspective categories: Magic, Command, Independent, and Support.
Materia Types:
Magic:
Magic type materia can either be offensive, restorative or defensive. Respectively; their colors are green, dark green and yellow.
Command:
Command type materia enable Zack to preform various physical moves, along with techniques for hurling and swiping money from enemies. Respectively; their colors are bronze and gold.
Independent:
These allow Zack boosted stats, speed, increased DMW reel odds, or the ability to double cast magic. Independent materia are found in violet and purple colors.
Support:
Last, but not least, support materia. Most of these consist of attacking with or defending against status effects and attributes as well as SP expenditure to help with offense and defense. They're found in the colors of light blue, as well as darker shades of blue.
Materia Fusion:
Part of materia fusion is obviously the conjunction of two separate materia to form a new materia. However, along with that; is combining two materia and an item as a means to boost Zack's stats. In fact; getting Zack to Lv. 99 means nothing, his stats will be relatively low if you haven't fused your materia properly. Materia fusion is the only way to actually max out Zack's stats.
The Basic Rules of Materia Fusion:
1). The placement of the materia has no effect on the outcome unless they both are of the same grade and level.
ex: In the following examples, both materia are of grade 2 but same level:
Silence Blade Lv. 1 Drain Lv. 1 ------------------- Osmose Blade Lv. 1 Now let's reverse the positions of the fusion materia.
Drain Lv. 1 Silence Blade Lv. 1 ------------------- Drain Lv. 1 Do note that there are materia that will never retain their traits such as those in the Other class. In such a case, placement is ignored and rule 3 comes in effect.
2). If the grades are the same between both materia but their levels are different, then the higher level materia will be the base.
3). The higher grade materia serves as the base between the two materia and is the determinant of the product. Basically, the general rule of thumb is that the materia you get from any union will have the same grade as the highest grade materia that was used. Things change a bit when applying this rule to master items and materia though.
4). If the level of one of the two materia is at master level, the product grade will increase by 1. If both are master materia, then the grade will increase by 2.
ex: Master 2 + 1 = 3 Since only 1 master materia was used.
ex: Master 2 + Master 1 = 4 Since both materia used were master materia.
ex: Master 2 + Master 7 = 8 Highest grade is 8. Same rules to the other examples still apply though.
5). An item grade can determine the maximum grade of the resulting materia.
This means that if an item is used during a fusion, the product's grade can increase if the grade of both materia are lower than the item. However, if the grade of either materia is higher than that of the item's, then the item grade is ignored. For every quantity of 1 added to the item, the grade of the resulting materia is increased by 1 until its grade matches that of the item's grade.
6). Dash, Full Cure, Dualcast and all DMW materia will never revert back to their original forms.
Trying to synthesize these will always result in a different materia.
Now that you've familiarized yourself a bit more with the materia properties; it's time to take a look at the actual materia fusion possibilities.
Fusion Archive:
Note: Materia denoted by (M) indicate a master level materia. If there is only one (M) noted in an equation; either materia can be at master level.
Note: The bolded materia are the outcomes, materia denoted between breaks are the inputs.
Fire | == Blizzard + Thunder | == Dark Fire + Cure -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Blizzard | == Fire + Thunder | == Dark Blizzard + Cure -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Thunder | == Fire + Blizzard | == Dark Thunder + Cure -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Fira | == Blizzara + Thunder | == Fire (M) + Libra (M) --------------------------- --------------------------------- Blizzara | == Thundara + Fire | == Blizzard (M) + Libra (M) -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Thundara | == Fira + Blizzard | == Thunder (M) + Libra (M) --------------------------- --------------------------------- Firaga | == Blizzaga + Thunder | == Thundara (M) + Blizzara (M) --------------------------- --------------------------------- Blizzaga | == Thundaga + Fire | == Blizzara (M) + Libra (M) -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Thundaga | == Firaga + Blizzard | == Fira (M) + Blizzard (M) -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Cure | == Cure + Cure | == Cure + Esuna ------------------------- ----------------------------------- Cura | == Cure (M) + Cure | == Cure + Silence ------------------------- ----------------------------------- Curaga | == Regen (M) + Libra | == Cure + Death -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Regen | == Cura (M) + Cure | == Cure + Dash ------------------------ ------------------------------------ Esuna | == Dispel (M) + Libra | == Poison + VIT Up ------------------------ ------------------------------------ Dispel | == Esuna (M) + Libra | == Silence + SPR Up ------------------------ ------------------------------------ Barrier | == Fire + HP Up | == Dispel + Jump ----------------------- ------------------------------------- Magic Barrier | == Barrier (M) + Libra | == Blizzara + SPR Up | == Gravity + HP Up (M) ----------------------- ------------------------------------- Wall | == Elemental Ward (M) + Libra | == Barrier + any DMW | == Quake + any HP Up ------------------------ ------------------------------------ Drain | == Osmose (M) + Libra | == Drain Blade + MAG Up ----------------------- ------------------------------------- Drainra | == Osmose (M) + Libra (M) | == Firaga, Blizzaga, or Thundaga + Drain | == Graviga (M) + Drain ----------------------- ------------------------------------- Drainga | == Drain + any DMW | == Sky Drain + MAG Up | == Osmoga + any Master Materia that is grade 6 or lower ---------------------- -------------------------------------- Osmose | == Drain (M) + Libra | == Osmose Blade + MAG Up ---------------------- -------------------------------------- Osmoga | == Drainra (M) + Libra | == Power Osmose + SPR Up ----------------------- ------------------------------------- Poison | == Poison + Poison | == Power Blade + MAG Up ---------------------- -------------------------------------- Silence | == Poison (M) + Libra | == Poison + Dash ---------------------- -------------------------------------- Stop | == Poison (M) + Dash | == Stop Blade + MAG Up ---------------------- -------------------------------------- Death | == Stop (M) + Libra | == Poison + any DMW ---------------------- -------------------------------------- Dark Fire | == Fire + Poison | == Fire + Esuna -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Dark Blizzard | == Blizzard + Poison | == Blizzard + Esuna ------------------------ ------------------------------------ Dark Thunder | == Thunder + Poison | == Thunder + Esuna ---------------------- -------------------------------------- Dark Fira | == Fira + Esuna | == Dark Blizzara + Thunder ----------------------- ------------------------------------- Dark Blizzara | == Blizzara + Silence | == Dark Thundara + Fire -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Dark Thundara | == Thundara + Dispel | == Dark Fira + Blizzard ------------------------- ----------------------------------- Dark Firaga | == Firaga + Esuna | == Dark Blizzaga + Thunder --------------------------- --------------------------------- Dark Blizzaga | == Blizzaga + Esuna | == Dark Thundaga + Fira --------------------------- --------------------------------- Dark Thundaga | == Thundaga + Esuna | == Dark Firaga + Blizzard ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Hell Firaga | == Firaga (M) + Poison (M) | == Dark Fire + any DMW --------------------------- --------------------------------- Hell Blizzaga | == Blizzaga (M) + Esuna (M) | == Dark Blizzard + any DMW ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Hell Thundaga | == Thundaga (M) + Dispel (M) | == Dark Thunder + any DMW -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Gravity | == Gravity + Libra | == Gravity + Cure ------------------------- ----------------------------------- Graviga | == Gravity (M) + Libra | == Gravity + Dash ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Quake | == Darkness (M) + Libra | == Gravity + any DMW | == Electrocute (M) + Darkness -------------------------- ---------------------------------- Tri-Thundaga | == Tri-Thundaga + Libra | == Tri-Thundaga + Goblin Punch --------------------------- --------------------------------- Tri-Fire | == Tri-Thundaga (M) + Libra | == Tri-Fire + Tri-Thundaga ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Electrocute | == Tri-Fire (M) + Libra | == Tri-Fire (M) + Tri-Thundaga | == Tri-Thundaga (M) + Libra (M) ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Flare | == Electrocute (M) + any of the following materia | Libra, Dash, Tri-Fire, Tri-Thundaga, Goblin | Punch, Iron Fist, or Magical Punch | == Tri-Fire (M) + Libra (M) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Energy | == Flare (M) ) + any of the following Materia: | Libra, Dash, Tri-Fire, Tri-Thundaga, Goblin | Punch, Iron Fist, or Magical Punch | == Electrocute (M) + Libra (M) ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Ultima | == Energy (M) + Libra | == Any DMW + any of the following: | Tri-Fire, Tri-Thundaga, Electrocute, Flare, | or Energy ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Darkness | == Graviga (M) + Libra | == Gravity (M) + Dash (M) | == Gravity (M) + Graviga --------------------------------- --------------------------- Jump | == Jump + Jump | == Power Attack + AP Up ------------------------------ ------------------------------ High Jump | == Assault Twister (M) + Libra (M) | == Firaga Blade + AP Up -------------------------------------- ---------------------- Poison Aerial | == Poison Twister (M) + Libra | == Poison Twister + Dash ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Silence Aerial | == Stop Twister (M) + Libra | == High Jump + Poison Twister ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Death Jump | == Silence Aerial (M) + Libra | == High Jump (M) + Poison Twister ------------------------------- ----------------------------- Assault Twister | == Jump (M) + Libra (M) | == Vital Slash + AP Up ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Assault Twister+ | == High Jump (M) + Libra (M) | == Jump + any DMW | == Exploder Blade + AP Up (M) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Poison Twister | == Poison Twister + Libra | == Poison Twister + Jump ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Stop Twister | == Poison Aerial (M) + Libra | == Assault Twister (M) + Poison Twister ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Death Twister | == Death Jump (M) + Libra | == Assault Twister 2 + Poison Twister ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Power Attack | == Gravity + Jump | == Power Attack + Jump ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Vital Slash | == Power Attack (M) + Libra (M) | == Power Attack + Gravity 2 ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Exploder Blade | == Quake + Jump | == Power Attack + any DMW --------------------------- --------------------------------- Blast Wave | == Vital Slash (M) + Libra (M) | == Graviga (M) + either of the following: Jump or Assault | Twister --------------------------- --------------------------------- Poison Blade | == Power Attack + Poison | == Poison + ATK Up ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Silence Blade | == Assault Twister + Poison | == Silence + ATK Up ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Stop Blade | == Assault Twister (M) + Poison | == Stop + ATK Up ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Death Blade | == Power Attack + Death | == Death + ATK Up ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Dispel Blade | == Elemental Strike + Poison | == Poison Death + any DMW ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Fire Blade | == Fire + Power Attack | == Fire + ATK Up ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Blizzard Blade | == Blizzard + Power Attack | == Blizzard + ATK Up ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Thunder Blade | == Thunder + Power Attack | == Thunder + ATK Up ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Fira Blade | == Fira + Jump | == Fire + Assault Twister ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Blizzara Blade | == Blizzara + Jump | == Blizzard + Assault Twister ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Thundara Blade | == Thundara + Jump | == Thunder + Assault Twister ----------------------------- ------------------------------- Firaga Blade | == Firaga + ATK Up | == Fire + High Jump ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Blizzaga Blade | == Blizzaga + ATK Up | == Blizzard + High Jump ---------------------------------- -------------------------- Thundaga Blade | == Thundaga + ATK Up | == Thunder + High Jump --------------------------------- --------------------------- Drain Blade | == Drain + Assault Twister | == Osmose + ATK Up ----------------------------------- ------------------------- Power Drain | == Drain Blade (M) + Libra (M) | == Osmoga + ATK Up ---------------------------------- -------------------------- Sky Drain | == Drainga + ATK Up | == Drain Blade + any DMW --------------------------------- --------------------------- Osmose Blade | == Drain + ATK Up | == Drain + Silence Blade --------------------------------- --------------------------- Aerial Drain | == Elemental Strike / Status Strike + Osmoga (M) --------------------------------- --------------------------- Power Osmose | == Drainra + ATK Up | == Drain + High Jump -------------------------------- ---------------------------- Mug | == Smart Consumer (M) + Libra or any Materia with a grade | that is less than or equal to 4. | == Steal + Electrocute --------------------------------- --------------------------- Gil Toss | == Mug (M) + Libra or any Materia with a grade that is less | than or equal to 6. | == Steal + any DMW | == Steal (M) + any Punch | == Costly Punch + any Item ------------------------------------ ------------------------ Goblin Punch | == Goblin Punch + Libra | == Goblin Punch + Goblin Punch ------------------------------------ ------------------------ Iron Fist | == Goblin Punch + Dash | == Goblin Punch (M) + Libra --------------------------------- --------------------------- Magical Punch | == Iron Fist (M) + Libra (M) | == Magical Punch + Libra -------------------------------- ---------------------------- Hammer Punch | == Magical Punch (M) + Libra | == Hammer Punch + Libra -------------------------------- ---------------------------- Costly Punch | == Hammer Punch (M) + Libra (M) | == any Punch + any DMW -------------------------------- ---------------------------- HP Up | == HP Up + Libra | == HP Up + ATK Up -------------------------------- ---------------------------- HP Up+ | == HP Up (M) + Libra (M) | == HP Up + Dash --------------------------------- --------------------------- HP Up++ | == HP Up+ (M) + Libra (M) | == any HP Up + any DMW ---------------------------------- -------------------------- MP Up | == MP Up + Libra | == MP Up + SPR Up --------------------------------- --------------------------- MP Up+ | == MP Up (M) + Libra (M) | == MP Up + Dash -------------------------------- ---------------------------- MP Up++ | == MP Up+ (M) + Libra (M) | == any MP Up + any DMW -------------------------------- ---------------------------- AP Up | == AP Up + Libra | == AP Up + VIT Up ------------------------------ ------------------------------ AP Up+ | == AP Up (M) + Libra (M) | == AP Up + Dash ------------------------------ ------------------------------ AP Up++ | == AP Up+ (M) + Libra (M) | == any AP Up + DMW ----------------------------- ------------------------------- ATK Up | == ATK Up + Libra | == ATK Up + MAG Up ------------------------------------ ------------------------ ATK Up+ | == ATK Up (M) + Libra (M) | == ATK Up + Dash ----------------------------------------- ------------------- ATK Up++ | == ATK Up+(M) + Libra (M) | == any ATK Up + any DMW ----------------------- ------------------------------------- VIT Up | == VIT Up + Libra | == VIT Up + MP Up ------------------------------ ------------------------------ VIT Up+ | == VIT Up (M) + Libra (M) | == VIT Up + Dash ---------------------------- -------------------------------- VIT Up++ | == VIT Up+ (M) + Libra (M) | == any VIT Up + any DMW ---------------------------- -------------------------------- MAG Up | == MAG Up + Libra | == MAG Up + AP Up --------------------------- --------------------------------- MAG Up+ | == MAG Up (M) + Libra (M) | == MAG Up + Dash ---------------------------------- -------------------------- MAG Up++ | == MAG Up+ (M) + Libra (M) | == any MAG Up + any DMW ------------------------------ ------------------------------ SPR Up | == SPR Up + Libra | == SPR Up + HP Up --------------------------- --------------------------------- SPR Up+ | == SPR Up (M) + Libra (M) | == SPR Up + Dash ------------------------------ ------------------------------ SPR Up++ | == SPR Up+ (M) + Libra (M) | == any SPR Up + any DMW ------------------------------- ----------------------------- Smart Consumer | == Steal (M) + Libra | == Steal + Dash ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Libra | == any Other + any Other (example: any DMW + any DMW, | Dash + any DMW, Libra + Libra, etc.) ------------------------------- ----------------------------- Status Strike | == Death Twister (M) + Libra | == Poison Twister + any DMW ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Status Ward | == Dispel (M) + Libra (M) | == Stop + HP Up ------------------------------- ----------------------------- Elemental Strike | == Assault Twister 2 + Fire | == Fire Blade + any DMW ---------------------------- -------------------------------- Elemental Ward | == MBarrier (M) + Libra | == Firaga + VIT Up --------------------------- --------------------------------- SP Turbo Magic | == SP Turbo Magic + Libra | == SP Turbo Magic + Tri-Thundaga ----------------------------- ------------------------------- SP Turbo Attack | == SP Turbo Magic (M) + Libra | == SP Turbo Magic + Electrocute | == SP Turbo Magic + Magical Punch (M) -------------------------------- ---------------------------- SP Turbo | == SP Turbo Attack (M) + Libra | == SP Turbo Magic or Attack + Flare | == SP Turbo Magic or Attack + Hammer Punch -------------------------------- ---------------------------- SP Turbo Barrier | == SP Turbo (M) + Libra | == SP Turbo Magic or Attack + Energy | == SP Turbo Magic or Attack + Hammer Punch (M) ------------------------------ ------------------------------ SP Turbo Master | == SP Barrier (M) + Libra | == any SP Turbo + any DMW | == any SP Turbo + Costly Punch
Attribute Raising:
Last but not least; raising attributes. Probably the main reason you're going to spend so much time with materia fusion. The parameters on materia can be manipulated to your liking as long as you know the specific formula used to determine a parameter's outcome. All of the materia fusing rules apply in attribute equations as well.
Stronger/Higher value Parameter + (Weaker/lower value Parameter divided by 2) + Item modifier.
The attribute that comes out at the end is the stronger one. So yes, it's like materia grades. The exception to this is the independent materia as their default parameter can't be altered in any way. The most basic synthesis, of course, is one without any attributes. What results then is a materia with its basic attribute attached to it.
Special Thanks:
Kouryuu and his guide @Gamefaqs; inspired me to create this version of his massive guide for the forum, along with Square Enix and Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core.
Something wrong? Something needs to be added? Contact me.Voracide Edit: Apr 16, 08
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