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Contents 1 Materia List 1.1 Magic Materia - Green 1.2 Summons Materia - Red 1.3 Independent Materia - Purple 1.4 Command Materia - Yellow 1.5 Support Materia - Blue 2 What is Materia? 2.1 5 colour groups of Materia 2.2 Slots and AP 2.3 Leveling Materia 3 Magic - Green 3.1 Barrier 3.2 Comet 3.3 Contain 3.4 Destruct 3.5 Earth 3.6 Exit 3.7 Fire 3.8 Fullcure 3.9 Gravity 3.10 Heal 3.11 Ice 3.12 Lightning 3.13 Master Magic 3.14 Mystify 3.15 Poison 3.16 Restore 3.17 Revive 3.18 Seal 3.19 Shield 3.20 Time 3.21 Transform 3.22 Ultima 4 Command - Yellow 4.1 Deathblow 4.2 Double Cut 4.3 Enemy Skill 4.4 Manipulate 4.5 Master Command 4.6 Mime 4.7 Morph 4.8 Sense 4.9 Slash-All 4.10 Steal 4.11 Throw 4.12 W-Item 4.13 W-Magi 4.14 W-Summon 5 Support - Blue 5.1 Added Cut 5.2 Added Effect 5.3 All 5.4 Counter 5.5 Elemental 5.6 Final Attack 5.7 HP Absorb 5.8 Magic Counter 5.9 MP Absorb 5.10 MP Turbo 5.11 Quadra Magic 5.12 Sneak Attack 5.13 Steal as Well 6 Summon - Red 6.1 Alexander 6.2 Bahamut 6.3 Bahamut ZERO 6.4 Choco/Mog 6.5 Hades 6.6 Ifrit 6.7 Kjata 6.8 Knights of the Round 6.9 Leviathan 6.10 Master Summon 6.11 Neo Bahamut 6.12 Odin 6.13 Phoenix 6.14 Ramuh 6.15 Shiva 6.16 Titan 6.17 Typhoon 7 Independent - Purple 7.1 Chocobo Lure 7.2 Counter Attack 7.3 Cover 7.4 Enemy Away 7.5 Enemy Lure 7.6 EXP Plus 7.7 Gil Plus 7.8 HP <-> MP 7.9 HP Plus 7.10 Long Range 7.11 Luck Plus 7.12 Pre-Emptive 7.13 Magic Plus 7.14 Mega All 7.15 MP Plus 7.16 Speed Plus

Materia List

Here is the full list of materia you can gather throughout Final Fantasy VII.
Just click the name on the following list to be redirected for more information further down the page..

Magic Materia - Green

Barrier
Comet
Contain
Destruct
Earth
Exit
Fire
Full Cure
Gravity
Heal
Ice
Lightning
Poison
Restore
Revive
Seal
Shield
Time
Transform
Ultima

Summons Materia - Red

Alexander
Bahamut
Bahamut ZERO
Choco/Mog
Hades
Ifrit
Kjata
Knights of Round
Leviathan
Neo-Bahamut
Odin
Phoenix
Ramuh
Shiva
Titan
Typoon

Independent Materia - Purple

Chocobo Lure
Counter Attack
Cover
Enemy Lure
EXP Plus
Gil Plus
HP<->MP
HP Plus
Luck Plus
Magic Plus
Mega All
MP Plus
Speed Plus

Command Materia - Yellow

DeathBlow
Double Cut
Enemy Skill
Manipulate
Mime
Morph
Sense
Slash-All
Steal
Throw
W-Magic
W-Summon
W-Item

Support Materia - Blue

Added Cut
Cut Materia
Added Effect
Counter
Elemental
Final Attack
HP Absorb
Magic Counter
MP Absorb
MP Turbo
Quadra Magic

What is Materia?

Materia is simply put magic, Spells that you can cast on yourself or enemies to support yourself in battle. How materia came to be is another question.
The following text is taken from the game script so that you can read what Sephiroth
explains what Materia is in a conversation with Cloud and Tifa:

Cloud: What's this?

Tifa: A mysteriously colored cave...

Sephiroth: It must be the Mako energy. This fountain is especially abundant in
it. That's why the Mako Reactor was built here.

Then in the bizarre area...

Cloud: ...And what's this?

Sephiroth: A Mako fountain. It's a miracle of nature.

Tifa: It's so beautiful... If the Mako Reactor continues to suck up the energy,
this fountain will dry up too...

Sephiroth: Materia. When you condense Mako energy, materia is produced. It's
very rare to be able to see materia in its natural state.

Cloud: By the way... Why is it that when you use materia you can also use magic
too?

Sephiroth: You were in SOLDIER and didn't even know that? ...the knowledge and
wisdom of the Ancients is held in the materia. Anyone with this knowledge can
freely use the powers of the Land and the Planet. That knowledge interacts
between ourselves
and the planet calling up magic...... or so they say.

Cloud: Magic...... a mysterious power...

Sephiroth: Ha, ha, ha!

Cloud: Did I say something funny?

Sephiroth: A man once told me never to use an unscientific term such as
mysterious power! It shouldn't even be called 'magic'! I still remember how
angry he was.

5 colour groups of Materia

There are 5 groups of materia. Magic - green, Command - yellow, Support - blue, Summon - red and finally Independent materia - purple.
All of these have their own purpose. The most popular ones would be magic which traditionally casts elemental spells such as Cure, Heal, Fire, Ice, Lightning etc.
Summon materia is used to call forth creatures (which are often inspired from popular myths) who has their own special ability to support you in battle.
Command materia gives you special abilities such as manipulate all normal enemies and to learn several of the enemies spells. With Support materia, you can link it with other materia such as Magic to increase or change it to your battling prefrence. There are countless combos you can use
here, so experiment and find out what works for you.
Independent materria has no commands, but takes effect from the moment you equip it, It only changes your stats.

Slots and AP

You equip your materia on your weapon and accessories. There are max 8 slots where you can fit materia into it's slots, of course depending on the weapon/accessory; Which means you are able to equip a total of 16 materias at a time.
Take note that some slots are connected/paired and there are some that are single.
The difference; With single materia slots you can't give that selected materia any boost by combining it with Support Materia. For instance, if you combine Restore materia and All (Support materia) together in 2 slots which are connected, then you can cast cure on all of your party members.
NB; For the mentioned combination, there is a limited times per battle you can cast it. It depends on how much AP [exp for materia] the All materia has.
AP is gained from each battle you win. All of the players who were in the battle (and not KO'd) get full AP exp, while those you haven't equipped, or on other characters will get no AP for their materia.

Take note of what it says under the slots:
None - Normal - Double - Triple
these tell you how much AP you will gain after a battle.
If it says "none", you will then get absolutely no AP for you materia.
If it says "normal", you will get the amount of AP it says when you finish a battle.
If it says "double", you will gain the double amount of AP it says when you finish a battle.
If it says "triple", you gain the triple amount of AP it says when you finish a battle.
Like the slots, these features will change depending which weapon or Accessory you are equipped with.

Leveling Materia

After finishing a number a battles, you will suddenly notice a pop up telling you about your materia growth. All of the materia worn will grow as it gains AP (materia experience). You start out with level 1 materia e.g. 1 star to the max level of 5 stars.
Each star that's filled will have a impact on your stat's depending which materia it is, so keep a eye on it so that you may or may not be pleasantly surprised.
But when it comes to magic materia, the strength of the magic will increase with each level. E.g. if you have Cure, and it goes to a new level, it will say Cure2. It heals your party much more than a regular Cure spell. NB. MP cost goes up for each spell level.
To check full information about yout materia (from which new spell has been made for you to use, or how much AP you need to level up + Stat effects), go check on your magic in the menu. The spells that are lighted up is yours to use, but the dark ones you need more AP for. It will also say how far you are away from the next magic level

Magic - Green

Barrier

Element: None
Located: Rocket Town - Shop.
Spell:

Barrier

M-Barrier

Wall

Reflect

Comet

Element: None
Located: Forgotten City of the Ancients - The house on the far left in the north most part in the area.
Spell:

Comet

Comet2

Contain

Element: None
Located: Mideel- Give Mimett Greens to the white Chocobo, and scratch his ears
Spell:

Freeze

Break

Tornado

Flare

Destruct

Element: None
Located: Nibleheim - Shinra mansion, Mideel - Store
Spell:

Debarrier

Despell

Death

Earth

Element: Earth
Located: Kalm - Store
Spell:

Quake

Quake2

Quake3

Exit

Element: None
Located: Mideel - Store
Spell:

Exit

Remove

Fire

Element: Fire
Located: Easily bought just about everywhere.
Spell:

Fire

Fire2

Fire3

Fullcure

Element: None
Located: Cosmo Canyon - Found in once closed room behind the store.
Spell:

Full Cure

Gravity

Element: Gravity
Located: Cosmo Canyon - Found in the Gi cave, Mideel - Store
Spell:

Demi

Demi2

Demi3

Heal

Element: None
Located: Kalm - Store
Spell:

Poisona

Esuna

Resist

Ice

Element: Ice
Located: Easily bought just about everywhere.
Spell:

Ice

Ice2

Ice3

Lightning

Element: Lightning
Located: Easily bought just about everywhere.
Spell:

Bolt

Bolt2

Bolt3

Master Magic

Element: None
Located: Cosmo Canyon - Bugenhagen's machine , Kalm - Traveler's house after defeating Emerald Weapon
Spell:

All magic

Mystify

Element: None
Located: Gongaga - Store
Spell:

Confu

Berserk

Poison

Element: Poison
Located: Midgar - Shinra HQ, Kalm - Store
Spell:

Bio

Bio2

Bio3

Restore

Element: None
Located: Easily bought just about everywhere.
Spell:

Cure

Cure2

Regen

Cure3

Revive

Element: None
Located: Costa del Sol - Store
Spell:

Life

Life2

Seal

Element: None
Located: Costa del Sol - Store
Spell:

Sleep

Silence

Shield

Element: None
Located: Found in the Northern Crater
Spell:

Shield

Time

Element: None
Located: Rocket Town - Store
Spell:

Haste

Slow

Stop

Transform

Element: None
Located: Cosmo Canyon - Store, Mideel - Store
Spell:

Mini

Toad

Ultima

Element: None
Located: North Corel - You can find it after train quest.
Spell:

Ultima

Command - Yellow

Deathblow

Located: Gongaga
Command: Deathblow

Double Cut

Located: Sunken Gelnika
Command:

2x-Cut

4x-Cut

Enemy Skill

Located: Midgar - Shinra HQ, Junon, Forgotten City of the Ancients
Command:

Enemy Skill

Manipulate

Located: Gold Saucer - Comes with Cait Sith, Fort Condor - Store
Command:

Manipulate

Master Command

Located: Kalm Traveller, Bugenhagen's machine
Command:

Mime

Located: South of Wutai (World Map), In a cave requires green Chocobo
Command:

Mime

Morph

Located: Temple of the Ancients
Command:

Morph

Sense

Located: Midgar - Sector 6, Kalm - Store
Command:

Sense

Slash-All

Located: Ancient Forest
Command:

Slash-All

Flash

Steal

Located: Midgar - Sector 6 Sewer, Kalm - Store
Command:

Steal

Mug

Throw

Located: Comes with Yuffie, Fort Condor - Store
Command:

Throw

Coin

W-Item

Located: Midgar Railroad System
Command:

W-Item

W-Magi

Located: Northern Crater
Command:

W-Magic

W-Summon

Located: Gold Saucer - Win it in Battle Square
Command:

W-Summon

Support - Blue

Added Cut

Located: Great Glacier

Added Effect

Located: Cosmo Canyon - Cave of the Gi

All

Located: Fort Condor - Store, Cargo Ship

Counter

Located:

Elemental

Located: Midgar - Shinra HQ, Niblheim - MT. Nibel

Final Attack

Located: Gold Saucer - Win special battle

HP Absorb

Located: Wutai, Northern Cave

Magic Counter

Located: Gold Saucer - Win at Chocobo races

MP Absorb

Located: Wutai (Found)

MP Turbo

Located: Whirlwind Maze

Quadra Magic

Located: North of Mideel (World Map)- In a cave requires blue Chocobo

Sneak Attack

Located: Gold Saucer - Win at Chocobo races

Steal as Well

Located: Wutai - Fire Cave

Summon - Red

Alexander

Element: Holy
Located: Great Glacier

Bahamut

Element: None
Located: Temple of the Ancients - Defeat Red Dragon

Bahamut ZERO

Element: None
Located: Cosmo Canyon - Touch blue Huge Materia

Choco/Mog

Element: Wind
Located: Chocobo Farm - Chose to say 'Wark' to the Chocobo in the pen.

Hades

Element: None
Located: Sunken Gelnika

Ifrit

Element: Fire
Located: Junion - Defeat Jenova on Cargo Ship

Kjata

Element: Multi
Located: Sleeping Forest - Randomly flies around between the trees.

Knights of the Round

Element: None
Located: Unmapped island to the Northeast (Word Map), requires a Gold Chocobo to get there.

Leviathan

Element: Water
Located: Wutai - Defeating Godo

Master Summon

Element: N/A
Located: Kalm Traveller, Bugenhagen's machine

Neo Bahamut

Element: None
Located: Whirlwind Maze

Odin

Element: None
Located: Niblheim - Defeat boss in the safe

Phoenix

Element: Fire
Located: Fort Condor - Complete the battle what takes place.

Ramuh

Element: Lightning
Located: Gold Scaucer - On the floor of the Chocobo Jockey waiting room

Shiva

Element: Ice
Located: Junion - Received automatically

Titan

Element: Earth
Located: Gongaga - Next to the destroyed reactor

Typhoon

Element: Multi
Location: Ancient Forest

Independent - Purple

Chocobo Lure

Located: Chocobo Farm

Counter Attack

Located: Nibleheim - MT. Nibel

Cover

Located: Midgar - In the garden at the home of Aeris

Enemy Away

Located: Gold Scaucer - Win it at Chocobo races

Enemy Lure

Located: Gold Saucer - Win it in Battle Square

EXP Plus

Located: Gold Saucer - Win it at Wonder Square

Gil Plus

Located: Gold Saucer - win it at Wonder Square

HP <-> MP

Located: Cave North of MT. Corel (World Map) -Requires black Chocobo required

HP Plus

Located: Cosmo Canyon - Store, Mideel - Store

Long Range

Located: Mythril Mine

Luck Plus

Located: Temple of the Ancients

Pre-Emptive

Located: Gold Saucer - Win it at Battle Square

Magic Plus

Located: Corral Valley

Mega All

Located: Northern Cave

MP Plus

Located: Cosmo Canyon - Store, Mideel - Store

Speed Plus

Located: Gold Saucer - Win it at Battle Square.</pre></font>

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