There are plenty of Materia orbs to be found and collected in FF7 Rebirth, and some are markedly better than others. If you’re looking to create the perfect party build, we’re here to help you out. Here’s how to get Elemental Materia in FF7 Rebirth.
FF7 Rebirth Elemental Materia Location
As far as I can tell from my own experience with the game so far, there are three Elemental Materia orbs you can pick up in FF7 Rebirth. Both of them need to be obtained through Chadley’s Combat Simulator quests, and I’ve listed them below:
| Elemental Materia | How to Unlock | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| Elemental Materia #1 | Complete Junon Battle Intel: Conqueror of the Skies in the Combat Simulator | Complete Junon Fiend Intel 1 and 2 |
| Elemental Materia #2 | Complete Gongaga Battle Intel: Distant Tremors | Complete Gongaga Fiend Intel missions |
| Elemental Materia #3 | Complete Brutal Challenge: Requiem of the Scorned | Collect all Protorelics and defeat Gilgamesh |
The second and third Materia orbs are much harder to get, and they’re also only available in the latter half of the game. This means that you’ll only have one Elemental Materia to go around, and we’d highly recommend putting it on one of your physical DPS characters like Cloud or Tifa.
Yuffie could be a solid choice as well, but given that she already has access to all four elements via Ninjutsu, it may be better to give it to someone else depending on your party setup.
How to Use Elemental Materia in FF7 Rebirth
Now that all of that’s out of the way, let’s talk about what Elemental Materia actually does in FF7 Rebirth. Simply put, it adds magic damage to your regular attacks, and the element depends on what the Elemental Materia is linked with. This means that you need to put it in a linked slot on your equipment and pair it with Fire, Ice, Aero, or Lightning Materia to get the effect. Pairing it with an Ice Materia will imbue your regular attacks with ice damage.
It also matters whether you insert the Materia orb into a weapon or a piece of armor. You’ll deal elemental damage with your attacks by putting it into a weapon, and you’ll reduce damage taken from the linked element by putting it in armor. So either way, this is a very versatile Materia that can give you a lot up upside in combat.
Its potency also increases as you level it up, and here are all the benefits you get with each level:
| Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1-star | Weapon: Adds 8% linked elemental damage dealt Armor: Halves linked elemental damage taken |
| 2-star | Weapon: Adds 15% linked elemental damage dealt Armor: Prevents linked elemental damage taken |
| 3-star | Weapon: Adds 23% linked elemental damage dealt Armor: Absorbs linked elemental damage dealt |
Like all other Materia orbs in the game, you’ll need to level it up with AP, which is gained through combat encounters. You can also equip the AP Up Materia to speed up the process, but do note that you need to put it in a linked slot, which is not ideal for Elemental Materia in particular if you’ve only got two linked slots.
And that’s how to get and use Elemental Materia in FF7 Rebirth.
Published: Mar 5, 2024 08:56 pm