FF14: How To Put Materia In Gear (& How To Unlock It)

While the base stats for a weapon or armor piece primarily depend on whether it's of normal or high quality in , Materia can further enhance an item's capacity. Materia are magical orbs varying in color and strength that can enchant player equipment, boosting its initial stats. In addition, players can attach and detach Materia to integrated gear sockets and even meld Materia beyond an item's available slot count with overmelding.

Crafting in is part of the fun, and it allows you to make items to your liking and make them more unique to you and your build. Crafting has changed a little withvarious patches and updates during the course of the game's life, but it remains a fundamental part of the game, and knowing how to use Materia correctly is a big part of it. You will want to use it to boost your equipment, but you also need to use your equipment to gain the Materia in the first place.

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While Materia can beearned as a quest reward or bought from players and NPC vendors, it can also be crafted in by reaching 100% Spiritbond with one's equipment. Spiritbond can be considered the "" of a gear piece. Players can increase a weapon or armor's Spiritbond by simply using it for an extended duration.

Once the "" reaches 100%, players can extract Materia from the item, resetting the Spiritbond to 0% but granting the player a new gear-enhancing orb.

The extracted orb dependson the piece of gear you were able to take it from, not the person wielding it. If a piece of gear was intended for a pugilist, you will receive an orb optimized for dealing with physical melee damage. Each type ofgear will produce one of a few types of Materia, which can be seen in the table below:

Gear Type

Possible Materia Received

Disciples of War

Tenacity, Skill Speed, Direct Hit Rate, Critical Hit, Determination

Disciples of Magic

Piety, Spell