Final Fantasy 14: How To Farm Combat Materia Quickly

Final Fantasy 14: How To Farm Combat Materia Quickly

As a seasoned adventurer in the realm of Eorzea, I can’t help but marvel at the intricate and captivating system of materia crafting in Final Fantasy 14. While the game has always been known for its immersive storylines and stunning graphics, it’s the little details like this that make it a true gem.


In Final Fantasy 14, although the gear doesn’t usually offer much flexibility for customization and building unique characters, the materia system provides an avenue for enhancing equipment by adding extra stats such as critical hit rate or determination. Additionally, with the Overmelding system that allows crafted items to be fitted with up to five materia, embedding materia into gear is a fantastic method for players to boost their character’s power and increase their chances of defeating bosses or maximizing their damage output.

Materials are typically acquired through the spirit bonding process as armor, weapons, and accessories generate material from combat over time; this approach can be lengthy, with the materials produced being random. An efficient and customizable alternative involves purchasing materials using Fractured Novaclusters. This method is quicker and grants players the ability to choose specific materials they want, ensuring they can utilize the materials or sell the more valuable ones on the Market Board.

How To Farm Combat Materia In Final Fantasy 14

Final Fantasy 14: How To Farm Combat Materia Quickly

To quickly acquire combat materials, you should interact with Material Vendor Non-Player Characters (NPCs) scattered throughout the game. These NPCs accept various types of cracked clusters as payment and dispense different levels of materia based on the cluster traded. The most advanced materia available at present are Grade XII materia, which demand Cracked Novaclusters, and Grade XI materia, which require Cracked Prismaticlusters. These Material Vendors can be found in significant cities across the game. For instance, you’ll find Zale in Solution Nine at coordinates (X:7.5, Y:12.4). Keep in mind that these Material Vendors are usually stationed near Materia Melder NPCs, which can fuse materia into equipment for a cost in gil.

Where To Get Cracked Novaclusters In Final Fantasy 14

Final Fantasy 14: How To Farm Combat Materia Quickly

You can acquire Fractured Novaclusters from multiple places, but defeating A-rank Dawn Hunt Beasts is the quickest method. Defeated A-rank Dawn Hunt creatures often yield both Fractured Novaclusters and Fractured Prismaticlusters, along with a guaranteed 10 Allagan Tomestones of Heliometry, 20 Allagan Tomestones of Aesthetics, 30 Allagan Tomestones of Poetics, and 40 bags of Nuts. By continually battling these A-rank monsters, players can rapidly accumulate enough Fractured Novaclusters to either enhance their equipment or sell them on the Market Board for a profit.

A-rank monsters, though valuable, don’t appear frequently due to their long respawn time of four to six hours. To make sure more players can take advantage of these monsters, the community often keeps track of their spawn locations and coordinates group hunts called ‘hunt trains’. The most effective way to join these hunt trains is by becoming a member of a Cross-world Linkshell that shares this information, or by using external platforms like websites or Discord communities that can alert you even when you’re not playing the game.

Besides Dawn Hunts, you can also acquire Cracked Novaclusters and Cracked Prismaticlusters as additional rewards when finishing Duty Roulette: Leveling and Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids while being an Adventurer at level 91 or above. Additionally, these rewards can be obtained in exchange for Khloe’s Bronze and Gold Certificates of Commendation, which are earned from completing Wondrous Tails journals. Although this method might not be as quick as joining hunt trains, it offers a viable option to gather the remaining materia when no hunt trains are accessible.

1. In this game, broken Novaclusters and broken Prismaticlusters are exclusively used for procuring combat materia. On the other hand, more costly materia that require gathering and crafting can be acquired using uncracked Novacrystals and Prismaticrystals, which in turn can be purchased with Khloe’s Bronze and Gold Certificates of Commendation.

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2024-08-17 13:03