Materia. Derived from ancient Mako energy, it is your greatest source of power. Use it to save life or to end it, rain terrible destruction or to right the world's wrongs. Below you will find every Materia to help you in your quest to save the world from Sephiroth...

How to Use Materia

The description of using Materia is a little confusing, but after using it a while you will be used to it.

Basically, Materia comes in five forms: Spell Materia, which will cast an attack spell against the enemy or a healing spell on your allies; Command Materia, which adds or changes your actual battle commands (i.e. Attack, Magic, Item) to allow you to do different things; Support Materia, which modifies the use of the Materia attatched to it (this will be explained later); Independent Materia, which adds a change to your character's status (such as speed, strength, HP); and Summon Materia, which summons a powerful creature to attack the enemy.

For each item equipped on your character, there are a number of slots. In these slots, you can place Materia. Look on the Materia section of your menu. There are two types of slots: Single, and Linked. A single slot can contain one Materia. It looks like a closed circle. A linked slot can contain two Materia that may interact with one another. It looks like two semecircles with horizontal lines between them.

Materia that are in linked slots can interact with one another. Support Materia will change the overall use of the Materia attatched to it, judging on which ones you use. Not all Materia combinations will work. For instance, any combinations of Command with anything else will not work. Same goes for Independent, with a few exceptions. The most common are Support linked with Spell. Some Support will work with some of the Summon materia, like Hades. Work with different Materia and combinations for the best results. Below are listed a few Materia combinations to get you started.

Cover and Counter Attack - When anyone is attacked, attack back.

Quadra Magic/Bahamut ZERO and W-Magic - Attack 8 times with Bahamut ZERO.

Ultima and Counter - When hit, you counter with Ultima.

MP Turbo and Knights of the Round - About 90000 HP (if you haven't brought KOTR up a level)!

W-Summon and Knights of the Round - Over 130000 HP (only if KOTR is level 2)!

Final Attack and Revive - Die, then revive yourself.

Final Attack and Phoenix - Die, then attack the enemy with Phoenix and fully revive everyone.

Mega All and Steal - Steal from everyone.

Hades/Added Effect in your weapon - Attack with a chance of using Slow, Stop, Sleep, Confuse, Poison, Silence, and Mini.

Some harder Materia combinations are:

Mastered Contain/Added Effect in your weapon - Attack with a chance of using Stop, Petrify, or Confuse.

Quadra Magic/Ultima and Quadra Magic/Ultima and W-Magic - Attack up to 16 times with Ultima.

Mastered Cover and as many mastered Counter Attack's as you can find. Hit the enemy back when attacked as many times as is Counter Attack equipped.

Mastered Cover and mastered Counter Attack (use as many as possible), Magic Counter/Ultima, and Counter/ mastered Deathblow - Cover, then counter with Counter Attack, Ultima, and Deathblow, as many times as equipped!

Below is a listing of every Materia you can find in Final Fantasy VII. Some Materia can be slightly more than useless, while others can help you reign supreme on the planet. Included are the stats for Spell and Summon Materia, the amount of AP needed to raise each Materia to the MASTER level, and the location and description of all of them. Below is a key to help you understand the info.

AP	Kind of like Exp. Points for Materia
MP	The amount of MP needed to perform a specific spell or attack.
Str	The amount that the Materia affects your Strength
Mag	The amount that the Materia affects your Magic
Vit	The amount that the Materia affects your Vitality
MD	The amount that the Materia affects your Magic Defense
xHP	The amount that the Materia affects you Max HP
xMP	The amount that the Materia affects you Max MP (or MP needed to summon a creature)

The Spell Materia guide is by far the most complicated, because with more AP comes more attacks. This is basically how it works. The name of the actual Materia and all its statistics are in bold in the darker blue, along with the location at the far right. However, under that, the attacks that come with that Materia when equipped are listed as well. Next to each attack is the total amount of AP you will need to gain use of that specific spell. In the MP column is how much Magic Points each spell requires for use.

Name	AP	MP	Str	Mag	Vit	MD	xHP	xMP	Location
Master Magic	0	---	0	0	0	0	0%	0%	Cosmo Canyon
All attacks	0	0							Cast all spells
Ultima	100000	---	-4	4	-2	2	-10%	10%	North Corel
NO ATTACK	---	---							Level 1 (No attack)
Ultima	5000	130							Level 2 (Ultimate attack)
MASTER	100000	---							MASTER level
Shield	100000	---	-4	4	-2	2	-10%	10%	Final Dungeon
NO ATTACK	---	---							Level 1 (No attack)
Shield	10000	180							Level 2 (Protection spell)
MASTER	100000	---							MASTER level
FullCure	100000	---	-4	4	-2	2	-10%	10%	Cosmo Canyon
NO ATTACK	---	---							Level 1 (No attack)
FullCure	3000	99							Level 2 (Healing spell)
MASTER	100000	---							MASTER level
Contain	60000	---	-4	4	-2	2	-10%	10%	Mideel
Freeze	---	82							Level 1 (Initial spell)
Break	5000	86							Level 2 (Stronger spell)
Tornade	10000	90							Level 3 (Strong attack)
Flare	15000	100							Level 4 (Strongest attack)
MASTER	60000	---							MASTER level
Destruct	45000	---	-2	2	-1	1	-5%	5%	Shinra Mansion
DeBarrier	---	12							Level 1 (Initial spell)
DeSpell	6000	20							Level 2 (Stronger spell)
Death	10000	30							Level 3 (Strongest spell)
MASTER	45000	---							MASTER level
Time	42000	---	-2	2	-1	1	-5%	5%	Gongaga shop
Haste	---	18							Level 1 (Initial spell)
Slow	8000	20							Level 2 (Stronger spell)
Stop	20000	34							Level 3 (Strongest spell)
MASTER	42000	---							MASTER level
Comet	60000	---	-2	2	-1	1	-5%	5%	Forgotten City
Comet	---	70							Level 1 (Initial attack)
Comer2	12000	110							Level 2 (Stronger attack)
MASTER	60000	---							MASTER level
Barrier	45000	---	-2	2	-1	1	-5%	5%	Rocket Town shop
Barrier	---	16							Level 1 (Initial spell)
M-Barrier	5000	24							Level 2 (Stronger spell)
Reflect	15000	30							Level 3 (Stronger spell)
Wall	30000	58							Level 4 (Strongest spell)
MASTER	45000	---							MASTER level
Gravity	40000	---	-2	2	-1	1	-5%	5%	Cave of the Gi
Demi	---	14							Level 1 (Initial attack)
Demi2	10000	33							Level 2 (Stronger attack)
Demi3	20000	48							Level 3 (Strongest attack)
MASTER	40000	---							MASTER level
Poison	38000	---	-1	1	0	0	-2%	2%	Shinra HQ
Bio	---	8							Level 1 (Initial attack)
Bio2	5000	36							Level 2 (Stronger attack)
Bio3	20000	80							Level 3 (Strongest attack)
MASTER	38000	---							MASTER level
Exit	30000	---	-1	1	0	1	-2%	2%	Rocket Town
Escape	---	16							Level 1 (Initial spell)
Remove	10000	99							Level 2 (Stronger spell)
MASTER	30000	---							MASTER level
Transform	24000	---	-1	1	0	1	-2%	2%	Mt. Corel Rails
Mini	---	10							Level 1 (Initial spell)
Toad	8000	14							Level 2 (Stronger spell)
MASTER	24000	---							MASTER level
Mystify	25000	---	-2	2	-1	1	-5%	5%	Gongaga shop
Confu	---	18							Level 1 (Initial spell)
Berserk	12000	24							Level 2 (Stronger spell)
MASTER	25000	---							MASTER level
Seal	20000	---	-1	1	0	0	-2%	2%	Junon shop
Sleep	---	8							Level 1 (Initial spell)
Silence	10000	24							Level 2 (Stronger spell)
MASTER	20000	---							MASTER level
Revive	55000	---	-2	2	-1	1