Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Materia guide: Full Materia List & Unlock Locations

The Materia system is back in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, continuing to use and ever so slightly evolve this classic system that made its debut all the way back in the original FF7, 25 years ago. There’s more types of Materia than ever in FF7 Rebirth – and this page is here to help you get your head around all of the options, listing all materia in FF7 Rebirth, plus how you can acquire multiple copies of every materia.

Magic Materia

The green-tinted Magic Materia is exactly what you’d expect – how you’ll unlock the various magical spells available in FF7 Remake. These will let you damage, heal, buff, debuff, brutalize with status effects, and beyond. The more you level up magic materia, the more spells you’ll unlock when they’re equipped. Here’s every Magic Materia in the game.

Healing Materia

The classic FF healing materia, which as it levels unlocks access to three levels of Curative spell (Cure, Cura, Curaga), plus Regen, which applies a status effect that restores health over time. Find it in the following locations:

• Starting Materia
• Purchase for 600 gil in stores from Kalm onwards, or at Vending Machines
• Win from the Combat Simulator’s Grasslands Region Intel: Level 1 challenge
• Found as loot in the starting area of Gold Saucer
• Found as loot in Cosmo Canyon’s Cave of the Gi
• You’ll earn a fully-leveled Healing materia once you turn in all Piano Pieces to Dorian

Cleansing

The Cleansing Materia lets you use Curative spells that heal status effects – over its levels, Poisona (removes Poison), Esuna (remove all detrimental status effects), and Resist (stops detrimental status effects from hitting you at all). 

• Purchase at Costa Del Sol for 1,500 gil
• Junon Region Intel: Level 2

Revival

Curative spells that can restore life to downed allies. Begins with just Raise, which revives an ally with a small amount of HP, but on level up unlocks Arise, which revives an ally with all HP restored.

• Purchase in Gongaga for 3,000 gil
• Nibel Region Intel: Level 2

Fire

The fire-elemental magic, unlocking spells over time on three power levels: Fire, Fira, and Firaga. 

• Starting Materia
• Purchase at Kalm or Vending Machines for 500 gil
• Win from Combat Training: Cloud
• Corel Region Intel: Level 2

Ice

Classic Ice elemental damage, leveling up from Blizzard to Blizzara and finally Blizzaga.

• Starting Materia
• Purchase at Kalm or Vending Machines for 500 gil
• Win from Combat Training: Tifa
• Grasslands Region Intel: Level 2

Fire and Ice 

A combo of the Fire and Ice Magic, placed into a single orb of Materia – but it’s sadly a one-off.

• From Chadley for Grasslands Data Points

Lightning

Electrical-elemental magic, which ranks up from Thunder to unlock Thundara and Thundaga.

• Starting Materia
• Purchase at Kalm or Vending Machines for 500 gil
• Win from Combat Training: Barret
• Win from Junon Region Intel: Level 1
• Second floor of Under Junon’s inn.

Wind

FF’s classic wind element, which in FF7 Rebirth is represented by the increasing power spells of Aero, Aeroa, and Aeroga.

• Starting Materia
• Purchase at Kalm or Vending Machines for 500 gil
• Win from Combat Training: Aerith
• Win from Corel Region Intel: Level 1

Lightning and Wind

Combines the spell unlocks of the individual Lightning and Wind materia into one handy dual-purpose Materia. One of a kind.

• From Chadley for Junon Region Data Points

Poison

Poison elemental offensive magic, unlocking the spells Bio and Biora.This magic is guaranteed to hit.

• Starting Materia
• Purchase at Vending Machines for 1,500 gil
• Find in the Marauderlands in Corel Prison area
• Win from Gongaga Region Intel: Level 1

Petrify

A materia that allows you to use petrification spells, which in FF7 Rebirth takes the form of the earthy Quake, Quakera, and Quaga spells.

• From Chadley for Gongaga Data Points

Poison and Petrify

A rare materia that gives you the unlocks for both the Poison and Petrify Materia in one slot.

• From Chadley for Cosmo Canyon Data Points

Gravity

This materia unlocks the HP-halving Gravity spells – Gravity, Gravira, and Graviga.

• From Chadley for Corel Data Points

Comet

Unlocks access to the incredibly powerful Comet and Cometeor magical attacks. 

• From Chadley for Nibel Data Points

Binding

A collection of spells that can disrupt and alter the enemy’s status – Sleep, Silence, and Berserk.

• Purchase in Gongaga for 3,000 gil
• Reward for reporting Aerith’s Theme to Dorian

Time

FF7 Rebirth’s small collection of time-bending magical abilties – Haste (Speed up a character’s ATB gains), Slow (slow down a character’s ATB gains), and Stop (temporarily halt an enemy’s ATB).

• Win from Pirate’s Rampage
• Can purchase from Cosmo Canyon Region for 5,000 gil.
• Nibel Region Intel: Level 1

Subversion

Spells that can remove enemy buffs, Breach (removes Barrier, Manaward, Reflect, and Shield) and Dispel (removes all positive Status Effects). 

• Purchase in Gongaga for 3,000 gil
• Find in Gongaga Reactor
• Find in Temple of the Ancients

Barrier

This materia unlocks three key defensive buff spells – Barrier, Manaward, and Manawall.

• Purchase at Costa Del Sol for 1,500 gil
• Cosmo Canyon Region Intel: Level 1
• Find in the Shinra Manor in Chapter 11

Empowerment

A handy Materia that bequeaths two key buff spells – Bravery and Faith, which can power up your physical and magical attack respectively.

• Purchase at Costa Del Sol for 2,000 gil
• Find one in the Coal Mines in Chapter 7, after activating the conveyors.
• Cait Sith starts with one.
• Find in Cosmo canyon, Cave of the Gi

Fortification

This materia gives you access to two of the FF series’ most iconic defensive buffing spells, Protect & Shell.

• Near the lounge on the Shinra-8 in Chapter 5
• Can purchase from Cosmo Canyon Region for 2,000 gil.
• In Cosmo Canyon, Cave of the Gi

Disempowerment

Give you access to spells that can debuff the physical or magical attack properties of the enemy – Debrave and Defaith.

• Puchase in Gongaga for 2,000 gil
• Report Two Legs? Nothin’ To It to Dorian

Enervation

Consider this Materia the inverse of Fortification – allowing you to cast Deprotect and Deshell on enemies, debuffing their physical or magical defense.

• Yuffie comes with one equipped
• Found on Mt. Corel – Ascent
• Can purchase from Cosmo Canyon Region for 2,000 gil.

Reraise

• From Chadley for Meridian Ocean Data Points

Support Materia (Blue)

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Support Materia has an appropriate name, as it exists to ‘support’ another equipped materia. It must be equipped into a double materia slot where two slots are directly connected – a consistent design element across the FF7 series that comes over to FF7 Rebirth. When equipped that way, the Support Materia’s effect will take place when the materia it is supporting is used.

AP Up

Doubles the AP gained from each defeated enemy for the attached materia.

• Find in the Mythril Mine.
• Corel Battle Intel: Badlands Beasts
• Nibel Battle Intel: Chthonian Rondi
• Six-Person Bouts: Ululating Quartet
• Find in Temple of the Ancients, after the Shrine Trials.

Elemental

Adds the element of the linked materia to your equipment. Done on a weapon this adds the linked materia’s element to your weapon’s attacks, while equipped on armor it gives you resistance to that element.

• Win from Junon Battle Intel: Conqueror of the Skies
• Win from Gongaga Battle Intel: Distant Tremors
• Win from Brutal Challenge: Requiem for the Second 

Level Boost

Raises the level of the materia it’s linked to by one, allowing you to instantly unlock more powerful materia versions.

• Battle Square GP Reward
• Cait Sith starts with one
• Reward for Missing: Mr. Birdie
• Can purchase from the Rank 5 Moogle Emporium for 6 Moogle Medals
• Cosmo Battle Intel: Nature’s Vengeance
• Find one in Chocobo Sage’s Manor in Nibel Region

Magnify

One of the most powerful materia in FF7 Rebirth, in the original FF7 this was known as ‘All’. It makes a materia’s spells hit all eligible targets – allowing you to cast on, debuff, damage, buff, or heal all enemies or allies at once.

• Cait Sith starts with one
• Earn from Victim of Circumstance
• Earn from Brutal Challenge: Hellions’ Intonement

Warding

Grants resistance to the linked materia’s detrimental status effects, and reduces the duration of any debuffs that do hit.

• Earn from Dreaming of Blue Skies
• Report Barret’s Theme to Dorian
• In Gongaga Region, use a Chocobo to bounce to the blue materia. You’ll pass right by it during The Spice of Life
• Can purchase from Cosmo Canyon Region for 500 gil.
• Can find another one on the climb up Mt. Nibel in Chapter 11

Synergy

Allows an ally to follow the attack command of the party leader with an attack from the linked materia – without using ATB or MP charges.

• From Chadley for Cosmo Canyon Data Points

HP Absorption

When attacking with the linked materia, you’ll recover some health at the same time – the amount depending on this materia’s rank.

• From Chadley for Corel Data Points

Auto-Cast

This lets allies automatically use the spells of the materia it’s linked to even when under AI control.

• From Chadley for Grasslands Data Points

Magic Efficiency Materia

Reduces the MP cost of using the linked materia’s spells.

• From Chadley for Junon Region Data Points

Magic Focus

Increases the potency and duration of any spells from the materia it’s linked to. 

• From Chadley for Gongaga Data Points

MP Absorption

• From Chadley for Nibel Data points

Swiftcast

• From Chadley for Meridian Ocean Data Points

Command Materia (Yellow)

The Yellow-colored Command Materia is similar to Magic Materia in that it unlocks new skills you can deploy in battle, but instead of being magic, these are physical abilities that get added to the ‘Abilities’ menu alongside things like your weapon skills. Many of them are very useful – must-haves, in fact.

Chakra

A materia that unlocks a skill that allows you to restore HP and cure poison relative to your damage received – so it works better at lower health. As it levels up, the amount of damage it restores rises as a percentage of the total damage you’ve taken. 

• Starting Materia
• Purchase at Kalm or Vending Machines for 300 gil
• Reward from Crunch-Off Rank II

Assess

A vital materia, this lets you view information on the enemy so you better know how to fight them. When leveled up, it gets cast on all targets at once.

• Starting Materia 
  • Yuffie comes with an additional Assess when she joins the party
• Purchase at Vending Machines for 500 gil

Prayer

A simple but incredibly useful spell that restores the party’s HP. As it levels up, the materia’s spell becomes more effective.

• Starting Materia for Aerith
• Gongaga Region: Phenomenon Intel 4: The Deadliest Game
• Can purchase from Cosmo Canyon Region for 500 gil.

Steal

Unlocks Steal and Mug, skills that can let you take items and gil from weakened enemies.

• Purchase at Kalm or Vending Machines for 500 gil
• Yuffie has this equipped as one of her starting materia when she joins the party.

Enemy Skill

Allows you to learn and then use certain enemy techniques. 

• Win from Biological Intel: Know Thine Enemy
• The skills that Enemy Skill allows you to use are unlocked through Combat Simulator battles that are unocked over the course of the game:
  • Sonic Boom – Starting Unlock
  • Plasma Discharge – Biological Intel: Blinded by Light
  • Soothing Breeze – Biological Intel: Breath of Life
  • Self-Destruct – Biological Intel: At Any Cost
  • Mind Blast – Biological Intel: Head Case 
    • For this one, I used Malboro Orb + Sleep – it’s the most difficult of the bunch due to the completion condition.
  • Rancid Breath – Biological Intel: That’s the Smell
  • Gorgon Shield – Biological Intel: Stony Stare

Morph

A materia skill that lets you transform enemies into items once they are sufficiently weakened.

• From Chadley for Grasslands Data Points

Item Economizer

A materia that allows items to be used without consuming ATB, but only after first using a number of other ATB actions. The higher level the materia, the fewer actions required before yu can use items for free. 

• From Chadley for Junon Region Data Points

ATB Boost

Activated with L1 & R1, this doubles ATB when activated. The skill’s cooldown lowers as the materia levels up.

• From Chadley for Corel Data Points

Limit Siphon

When equipped, this materia’s skill essentially allows you to absorb and ‘transfer’ limit gauge from one party member to the caster.

• From Chadley for Gongaga Data Points

Jump

There’s no playable dragoons in FF7 Remake, but this Materia is still in the game, allowing the user to perofrm the classic Dragoon Jump physical attack.

• From Chadley for Cosmo Canyon Data Points

Darkside

Darkside was made famous by Cecil in FF4. It’s a sacrifice ability – when active, abilities are far more powerful, but you suffer damage when using them, sacrificing your own HP to power up attacks.

• From Chadley for Nibel Data Points

Gamble

A skill that lets you use a random attack from the entire party’s equipped materia, entirely at random. At higher levels, spells cast this way are cheaper in MP cost. 

• Earn from completing Can’t Stop Won’t Stop

Spare Change

Use this materia’s ability to throw away money, using it as a projectile to hurt enemies.

• From Chadley for Meridian Ocean Data Points

Independent Materia (Purple)

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Independent Materia offers buffs tp HP, MP, and your character stats, and has a purple hue.

HP Up

Raises your maximum HP value.

• Starting Materia
  • Yuffie comes with an additional HP Up
• Purchase at Kalm or Vending Machines for 2,000 gil
• Win from Combat Training: Beginner’s Hall
• Find in Under Junon
• Reward for Piano Piece A-Rank “On Our Way”
• Found in Event Square in Gold Saucer

MP Up

Raises the character’s MP value.

• Win from Combat Training: Red XIII
• Find in the Mythril Mine depths with Barret and Red XIII.
• Reward from Dorian for Tifa’s Theme
• Cosmo Canyon Region Intel: Level 2.

Strength Up

Raises the Strength Stat of the character it’s equipped to.

• Win from Corel Battle Intel: Sand Slitherers

Magic Up

Raises the Magic Stat of the character using it.

• Cosmo Battle Intel: Antediluvian Memories

Speed Up

Raises the speed stat of the character with it equipped.

• Win from Gongaga Battle Intel: Rooted in the Planet

Vitality Up

Boosts the vitality stat of the character that’s using it. 

Increases the vitality stat of the character using it. 

• Win from Grasslands Battle Intel: Plains Stalkers
• Win from Corel Battle Intel: Oh, Skewer It

Spirit Up

Raises the Spirit Stat of the character with it equipped.

• Win from Junon Battle Intel: White Squall
• Win from Gongaga Battle Intel: Lethal Combo

EXP Up

Boosts the amount of EXP the character with the materia gains from battles.

• Find in Temple of the Ancients

Luck Up

Boosts the Luck stat of the character with it equipped. It’s especially great for Cait Sith, who has many Luck-based moves.

• Purchase from Under Junon or Vending Machines for 2,000 gil
• Cait Sith starts with one
• Can earn from Combat Training: Cait Sith

First Strike

Gives you an ATB bar bonus at the opening of each battle.

• Win from Grasslands Battle Intel: Horror on the Range
• Cosmo Battle Intel: Flower of Destruction

Provoke

The character will automatically use the Provoke skill when allies are gravely injured, drawing aggro and attention from enemies to help their allies.

• Win from Grasslands Battle Intel: Natural Order

Item Master

Makes items used in battle more effective.

• Purchase from Under Junon or Vending Machines for 1,000 gil
• From the Shinra Combat Simulator in Shinra Manor: Preliminary Trial: Bioselected Specimens

Steadfast Block

Makes blocking even more effective, lowing damage taken when blocking and making the ATB gauge fill more quickly too.

• Win from Combat Training: Synergy
• Purchase at Costa Del Sol for 1,500 gil
• Report Cindo de Chocobo to Dorian
• Found in Gold Saucer, straight ahead from the main foyer, up the stairs
• Found at the Temple of the Ancients

Precision Defense Focus

Adds a greater bonus for blokcing with perfect last-second timing. 

• Starting Materia
• Purchase at Kalm or Vending Machines for 300 gil
• Reward for Combat Training: Yuffie

ATB Stagger

Gives a bonus to your ATB bar whenever that character staggers an enemy. 

• From Chadley for Junon Region Data Points

ATB Assist

When you use ATB commands in quick succession, your entire party will gain some ATB meter.

• From Chadley for Nibel Data Points

Skill Master

Fills the user’s ATB bar somewhat when multiple ATB commands are used.

• From Chadley for Cosmo Canyon Data Points

Auto-Unique Ability

Allows your AI-controlled party members to use unique abilities automatically when not under your direct control.

• From Chadley for Grasslands Data Points

Auto-Weapon Ability

Allows characters to use their weapon abilities when not controlled by the player, at the discretion of the AI.

• From Chadley for Corel Data Points

Synergy Support

Raises the synergy bar by 1 when other party members use a synergy ability.

• From Chadley for Gongaga Data Points

HP<->MP

Swaps your HP and MP stats.

• Found near the mako spring in Chapter 11 on Mt. Nibel

ATK<->MAG

Swaps your Attack and Magic stats.

• Found in the Shinra Manor in Chapter 11

VIT<->SPR

Swaps your Vitality and Spirit stats.

• Nibel Battle Intel: Death’s Harbingers

Gil Up

Raises the amount of gil you’ll earn from battle.

• Purchase from Chocobo Square for GP, starting in Chapter 12

Limit Support

• From Chadley for Meridian Ocean Data Points

Summoning Materia (Red)

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Each character has a single dedicated slot for one piece of summon materia – the powerful magic that lets you bring great beasts to your side for assistance.

Chocobo & Moogle 

• Starting Materia; begins equipped to Cloud.

Ifrit

• Starting Materia; Red XIII has it equipped.

Shiva

• Starting Materia; equipped to Aerith.

Leviathan

• Have Final Fantasy VII Remake save file, then redeem from the System > DLC/Bonuses menu in-game. The save must be from the PS5 version of FF7 Remake.

Ramuh

• Have Final Fantasy VII Remake Intermission save file
• May require completed save file to proc.

Magic Pot

• A DLC bonus for pre-ordering the Digital Deluxe edition of FF7 Rebirth.

Titan

• Unlocks in Chapter 2, once you get full access to the Grasslands Region.
• Win from Summon Entity: Titan in the Combat Simulator.

Phoenix

• Unlocks in the Junon Area when you first arrive. 
• Win from Summon Entity: Phoenix in the Combat Simulator.

Alexander

• Unlocks once you reach Corel Region
• Win from Summon Entity: Alexander in the Combat Simulator.

Kujata

• Unlocks upon arrival in the Gongaga Region
• Win from Summon Entity: Kujata in the Combat Simulator.