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	Materia can only be used when slotted into a weapon or a piece of armor. Once slotted into an equipment piece the wearer is able to call upon the Materia's powers. Using Materia has both pros and cons. Depending on the type and strength of the Materia equipped, some abilities may be hindered or enhanced. <br>		Materia can only be used when slotted into a weapon or a piece of armor. Once slotted into an equipment piece the wearer is able to call upon the Materia's powers. Using Materia has both pros and cons. Depending on the type and strength of the Materia equipped, some abilities may be hindered or enhanced. <br>
	Winning battles earns [[Ability Points]], which are [[Experience Points]] for Materia. Materia levels up when it gains enough AP. Some Materia allow access to stronger commands when leveled up, others allow the user to use the granted command more times, others give a stat bonus that grows larger, and so forth. When Materia reached its highest level, it is "mastered", and a second Materia with the same powers is born. Thus, with patience and enough leveling up, even one-of-a-kind Materia could be reproduced infinitely.<br>		Winning battles earns [[Ability Points]], which are [[Experience Points]] for Materia. Materia levels up when it gains enough AP. Some Materia allow access to stronger commands when leveled up, others allow the user to use the granted command more times, others give a stat bonus that grows larger, and so forth. When Materia reached its highest level, it is "mastered", and a second Materia with the same powers is born. Thus, with patience and enough leveling up, even one-of-a-kind Materia could be reproduced infinitely.<br>
			[[File:Ff_ac_3.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Kadaj holding a materia.]]
	Materia can be slotted into a single slot or a connected slot. When slotted into a connected slot, the Materia can be joined with a [[Support Materia]] to varying effects, including adding elemental properties to the slotted equipment, allowing the Materia to target multiple targets, etc. Some weapons and equipment have no Materia slots at all.<br>		Materia can be slotted into a single slot or a connected slot. When slotted into a connected slot, the Materia can be joined with a [[Support Materia]] to varying effects, including adding elemental properties to the slotted equipment, allowing the Materia to target multiple targets, etc. Some weapons and equipment have no Materia slots at all.<br>

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	===Remnants of Sephiroth===		===Remnants of Sephiroth===
	~~[[File:Ff_ac_3.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Kadaj holding a materia.]]~~
	Materia is used by Kadaj and [[Ain\|his brothers]] to attack Cloud several times after stealing a case of Materia from him. In this instance, rather than equipping Materia to slots in weapons and armor, Materia is inserted directly into the remnants' arms. In the ''Reunion Files'', it is mentioned that, as Materia is a by-product of Mako and Mako is no longer used, Materia has also begun to fall out of use.<br>		Materia is used by Kadaj and [[Ain\|his brothers]] to attack Cloud several times after stealing a case of Materia from him. In this instance, rather than equipping Materia to slots in weapons and armor, Materia is inserted directly into the remnants' arms. In the ''Reunion Files'', it is mentioned that, as Materia is a by-product of Mako and Mako is no longer used, Materia has also begun to fall out of use.<br>

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	===Remnants of Sephiroth===		===Remnants of Sephiroth===
	[[File:Ff_ac_3.jpg\|thumb\|Kadaj holding a materia.]]		[[File:Ff_ac_3.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Kadaj holding a materia.]]
	Materia is used by Kadaj and [[Ain\|his brothers]] to attack Cloud several times after stealing a case of Materia from him. In this instance, rather than equipping Materia to slots in weapons and armor, Materia is inserted directly into the remnants' arms. In the ''Reunion Files'', it is mentioned that, as Materia is a by-product of Mako and Mako is no longer used, Materia has also begun to fall out of use.<br>		Materia is used by Kadaj and [[Ain\|his brothers]] to attack Cloud several times after stealing a case of Materia from him. In this instance, rather than equipping Materia to slots in weapons and armor, Materia is inserted directly into the remnants' arms. In the ''Reunion Files'', it is mentioned that, as Materia is a by-product of Mako and Mako is no longer used, Materia has also begun to fall out of use.<br>

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	==Use==		==Use==
	~~===~~''~~[[Final Fantasy VII]]''===~~		Materia, as simple a 'Magic' system as it is, should be noted, is a learned ability. It took SOLDIERs quite some time to learn to use Materia properly, and even longer to actually develop the Materia's powers. First, one needs actual armour or weaponry that can accommodate Materia to actually use it. Second, one needs to know how to draw out their powers to cast spells. finally, the user must have enough magical energy to actually cast the spells. Mako infusion made sure all SOLDIERs could cast spells from almost any Materia from the get go. <br>
	~~[[File:Materia_Menu.jpg‎\|thumb\|right\|230px\|The Materia Menu.]]~~		One does not simply pick up a Materia and call forth the Knights of the Round. It's worth mentioning that a Materia in a weapon or armour piece is harder to remove than simply yanking it off, as well. Materia has been used in many ways in the past.<br>
	~~Materia can only be used when slotted into a weapon or a piece of armor. Once slotted into an equipment piece the wearer~~ is ~~able to call upon the Materia's powers. Using Materia has both pros and cons. Depending on the type and strength of the Materia equipped~~, ~~some stats may~~ be ~~hindered or enhanced. As an example~~, the "Restore" Materia picked up in Reactor One at the beginning of the game reduces maximum [[HP]] by two percent and Strength by one, but raises maximum [[MP (Stat)\|MP]] by two percent and Magic by one.

	~~Winning battles earns [[Ability Points]], which are [[Experience Points]] for Materia. Just like characters, Materia levels up when it gains enough AP. Some Materia allow access~~ to ~~stronger commands when leveled up, others allow the user~~ to use ~~the granted command more times, others give a stat bonus that grows larger, and so forth. When~~ Materia ~~reached its highest level, it is "mastered"~~, and ~~a second~~ Materia ~~with the same~~ powers ~~is born~~. ~~Thus, with patience and enough leveling up~~, ~~even~~ one~~-of-a-kind Materia could be reproduced infinitely.~~

	~~Materia can be slotted into a single slot~~ or ~~a connected slot. When slotted into a connected slot, the Materia~~ can ~~be joined with a [[Support~~ Materia]] to ~~varying effects~~, ~~including adding [[element]]al properties~~ to ~~the slotted equipment~~, ~~allowing~~ the ~~Materia to target multiple targets, etc. Some equipment also affects Materia growth through AP. Some~~ have ~~Materia slots but cause the Materia linked~~ to ~~it to gain no AP at all, while others double or triple~~ the ~~amount of AP~~. ~~Other weapons and equipment have no~~ Materia ~~slots at all~~.

	~~===''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''===~~
	~~[[File:Ff_ac_3.jpg\|thumb\|Kadaj holding~~ a ~~materia.]]~~
	Materia ~~is used by Kadaj~~ and ~~[[Remnants of Sephiroth\|his brothers]] to attack Cloud several times in~~ the ~~film after stealing a case~~ of ~~Materia from him. In this instance, rather than equipping Materia to slots in weapons and armor, Materia is inserted directly into~~ the ~~remnants' arms~~. ~~In the~~ '~~'Reunion Files'', it is mentioned~~ that~~, as~~ Materia is a ~~by-product of Mako and Mako~~ is ~~no longer used~~, Materia has ~~also begun to fall out of use~~.

	===~~''[[~~Crisis ~~Core -Final Fantasy VII-]]''~~===		===Before the Sephiroth Crisis===
	[[File:Materia Menu Crisis Core.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|Crisis Core Materia equip menu.]]		[[File:Materia Menu Crisis Core.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|Crisis Core Materia equip menu.]]
	Materia in ''Crisis Core'' works similarly to the way it is used in ''Final Fantasy VII''. However, a new feature called [[Materia Fusion]] allows for two Materia to be fused together to create a stronger Materia with higher stats. As weapon and armor cannot be adjusted in ''Crisis Core'', the number of Materia slots depend on [[Zack Fair\|Zack's]] [[SOLDIER]] rank. Green, Yellow, Purple, Blue, and Red Materia are still the five colors, but different shades are used. Only Summon Materia are solely red.		Materia in ''Crisis Core'' works similarly to the way it is used in ''Final Fantasy VII''. However, a new feature called [[Materia Fusion]] allows for two Materia to be fused together to create a stronger Materia with higher stats. As weapon and armor cannot be adjusted in ''Crisis Core'', the number of Materia slots depend on [[Zack Fair\|Zack's]] [[SOLDIER]] rank. Green, Yellow, Purple, Blue, and Red Materia are still the five colors, but different shades are used. Only Summon Materia are solely red.
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	*Support Materia is divided into <font color=#00BFFF>'''Light Blue'''</font> for elemental and status-related Materia and <font color=#0000CD >'''Dark Blue'''</font> for [[Soldier Points\|SP]] abilities.		*Support Materia is divided into <font color=#00BFFF>'''Light Blue'''</font> for elemental and status-related Materia and <font color=#0000CD >'''Dark Blue'''</font> for [[Soldier Points\|SP]] abilities.

	~~Unlike~~ '~~'Final Fantasy VII'',~~ Materia ~~levels up~~ on the [[~~Digital Mind Wave~~]] ~~rather than requiring~~ AP. When the ~~player gets two~~ or ~~three matching numbers between one and six during~~ a ~~Modulating Phase~~, the Materia ~~in the corresponding slot levels up: if~~ the ~~player gets two matching numbers~~, the Materia ~~grows one level~~, and if all ~~three numbers match the Materia grows two levels~~. ~~The~~ [[~~Moogle (Summon)~~\|~~Moogle~~]] ~~summon will level up all~~ Materia ~~at once. The maximum level for~~ a Materia ~~is five~~. ~~Additionally~~, ~~the differing levels of the same spells are no longer contained within the same~~ Materia ~~(e.g. Fire~~ and ~~Fira are located on two separate~~ Materia). ~~The player~~'~~s inventory can hold 256~~ Materia ~~at once,~~ and ~~if the number exceeds that limit~~, ~~all future~~ Materia ~~are discarded~~.		===War with Sephiroth===
			[[File:Materia_Menu.jpg‎\|thumb\|right\|230px\|The Materia Menu.]]
			Materia can only be used when slotted into a weapon or a piece of armor. Once slotted into an equipment piece the wearer is able to call upon the Materia's powers. Using Materia has both pros and cons. Depending on the type and strength of the Materia equipped, some abilities may be hindered or enhanced. <br>
			Winning battles earns [[Ability Points]], which are [[Experience Points]] for Materia. Materia levels up when it gains enough AP. Some Materia allow access to stronger commands when leveled up, others allow the user to use the granted command more times, others give a stat bonus that grows larger, and so forth. When Materia reached its highest level, it is "mastered", and a second Materia with the same powers is born. Thus, with patience and enough leveling up, even one-of-a-kind Materia could be reproduced infinitely.<br>
			Materia can be slotted into a single slot or a connected slot. When slotted into a connected slot, the Materia can be joined with a [[Support Materia]] to varying effects, including adding elemental properties to the slotted equipment, allowing the Materia to target multiple targets, etc. Some weapons and equipment have no Materia slots at all.<br>

			===Remnants of Sephiroth===
			[[File:Ff_ac_3.jpg\|thumb\|Kadaj holding a materia.]]
			Materia is used by Kadaj and [[Ain\|his brothers]] to attack Cloud several times after stealing a case of Materia from him. In this instance, rather than equipping Materia to slots in weapons and armor, Materia is inserted directly into the remnants' arms. In the ''Reunion Files'', it is mentioned that, as Materia is a by-product of Mako and Mako is no longer used, Materia has also begun to fall out of use.<br>

	==Types==		==Types==

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	''Crisis Core'' uses different shades of each color to further classify Materia types.		''Crisis Core'' uses different shades of each color to further classify Materia types.

	~~===Unused Materia===~~
	~~In ''Final Fantasy VII'', there were a total of 6 materia that were left out of the final version of the game, but can still be accessed through a device such as Gameshark.~~

	~~{\|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="660px"~~
	~~\|-class="FFVIIa"~~
	~~!width="20%"\|Materia~~
	~~!width="10%"\|Spells~~
	~~!width="35%"\|Effect~~
	~~!width="5%"\|MP~~
	~~!width="5%"\|AP~~
	~~!width="25%"\|Stat changes~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|MBarrier (MABARIA)~~
	~~\|MBarrier~~
	~~\|Halves magical damage.~~
	~~\|24~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Max HP -5%, Max MP +5%, Atk -2, Str -1, Mag +2, MDef +1~~
	\|-
	~~\|MBarrier~~
	~~\|Halves magical damage.~~
	~~\|24~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|MBarrier~~
	~~\|Halves magical damage.~~
	~~\|24~~
	~~\|20000~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Reflect (RIFUREKU)~~
	~~\|Reflect~~
	~~\|Bounces spell back at caster's party.~~
	~~\|30~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Max HP -5%, Max MP +5%, Atk -2, Str -1, Mag +2, MDef +1~~
	\|-
	~~\|Wall~~
	~~\|Halves physical and magical damage.~~
	~~\|58~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|20000~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Reflect Wave (RIFUABU)~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|0
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|MMax HP -5%, Max MP +5%, Atk -2, Str -1, Mag +1, MDef +2~~
	\|-
	~~\|Wall~~
	~~\|Halves physical and magical damage.~~
	~~\|58~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|Master~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|60000~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Underwater Breath (SUICHUU KOKYUU)~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Independent~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Law (HOUSOKU)~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Command~~
	\|-
	~~\|Coin Toss~~
	~~\|Throw gil to damage enemies.~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|20000~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Booster (BUUSUTAA)~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Independent~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	\|}

	===Special Materia===		===Special Materia===

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	[[File:Materia.jpg\|thumb\|The White Materia.]]		[[File:Materia.jpg\|thumb\|The White Materia.]]
	''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.'' -Sephiroth<br>		''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.'' -Sephiroth<br>
	'''Materia''' are items in the ''[[~~Planet\|~~Final Fantasy 7 World]]'' that allow a character to cast spells, [[Summon (Command)\|summon]], and use new command abilities. They can also be used for other various reasons. It forms the basis of the skill and ability system for SOLDIER, and also plays a prominent role in character skills in other games.		'''Materia''' are items in the ''[[Final Fantasy 7 World\|Planet]]'' that allow a character to cast spells, [[Summon (Command)\|summon]], and use new command abilities. They can also be used for other various reasons. It forms the basis of the skill and ability system for SOLDIER, and also plays a prominent role in character skills in other games.

	==Description==		==Description==

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	[[File:Materia.jpg\|thumb\|The White Materia.]]		[[File:Materia.jpg\|thumb\|The White Materia.]]
	~~{{Q\|~~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.\|Sephiroth}}		''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.'' -Sephiroth<br>
	'''Materia''' are items in the ''[[~~Compilation of~~ Final Fantasy ~~VII~~]]'' that allow a character to ~~[[Magic (Command)\|~~cast spells]], [[Summon (Command)\|summon]], and use new command abilities. They can also be used for other various reasons. It forms the basis of the skill and ability system for ~~''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''~~, and also plays a prominent role in character skills in other games.		'''Materia''' are items in the ''[[Planet\|Final Fantasy 7 World]]'' that allow a character to cast spells, [[Summon (Command)\|summon]], and use new command abilities. They can also be used for other various reasons. It forms the basis of the skill and ability system for SOLDIER, and also plays a prominent role in character skills in other games.

	==Description==		==Description==
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	[[File:Ff_ac_3.jpg\|thumb\|Kadaj holding a materia.]]		[[File:Ff_ac_3.jpg\|thumb\|Kadaj holding a materia.]]
	Materia is used by Kadaj and [[Remnants of Sephiroth\|his brothers]] to attack Cloud several times in the film after stealing a case of Materia from him. In this instance, rather than equipping Materia to slots in weapons and armor, Materia is inserted directly into the remnants' arms. In the ''Reunion Files'', it is mentioned that, as Materia is a by-product of Mako and Mako is no longer used, Materia has also begun to fall out of use.		Materia is used by Kadaj and [[Remnants of Sephiroth\|his brothers]] to attack Cloud several times in the film after stealing a case of Materia from him. In this instance, rather than equipping Materia to slots in weapons and armor, Materia is inserted directly into the remnants' arms. In the ''Reunion Files'', it is mentioned that, as Materia is a by-product of Mako and Mako is no longer used, Materia has also begun to fall out of use.

	~~===''[[Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-]]''===~~
	[[Vincent Valentine]] can equip [[Fire (Ability)\|Fire]], [[Blizzard]], or [[Thunder]] Materia to [[Cerberus (Weapon)\|his weapon]] to enhance his attacks, via a small Materia slot attached to his gun by a chain. [[Fire (Element)\|Fire-elemental]] bullets create a wave of fire when they hit their target, hitting multiple enemies. Ice-elemental bullets home in on a target. Lightning-elemental bullets can hit multiple enemies with a "chain lightning" type effect but is only short range. Unlike Materia in most other games, these Materia do not follow the canon green color scheme of [[Magic Materia]]: Fire is red, Blizzard is blue, and Thunder is yellow.

	~~===''[[Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-]]''===~~
	Materia is produced in ''Before Crisis'' in a unique fashion. Once they select the option to create Materia, the player takes a picture with their cellphone, and based on the predominant color in the picture, the game creates a Materia piece - a red picture would produce Fire Materia, for example. The player can only equip three Materia at a time - two in their armor, one in their weapon.

	Materia levels up as it is used, to a maximum of Level 9. However, higher levels do not award stronger spells - Fire and [[Fira]], for example, are different Materia from each other, and Fire will not become Fira as it levels up. The Materia's level affects the chance of the equipment piece taking on the Materia's elemental attributes. For example, when Fire Materia is slotted into the weapon, there is a chance that the player's attack will be Fire-elemental, the higher level the Fire Materia, the more likely it is the attack will be elemental.

	===''[[Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-]]''===		===''[[Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-]]''===

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{{Q|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.|Sephiroth}}
'''Materia''' are items in the ''[[Compilation of Final Fantasy VII]]'' that allow a character to [[Magic (Command)|cast spells]], [[Summon (Command)|summon]], and use new command abilities. They can also be used for other various reasons. It forms the basis of the skill and ability system for ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', and also plays a prominent role in character skills in other games.

==Description==
[[File:FFVII_Natural_Materia.jpg|thumb|left|182px|[[Sephiroth]], [[Cloud Strife|Cloud]], and [[Tifa Lockhart|Tifa]] observe natural Materia at a Mako Spring.]]
Materia is crystallized [[Mako]]. Metaphysically, Materia calls upon the wisdom of the [[Lifestream]] in order to manipulate nature itself. This manifests as the phenomenon of [[Magic (Term)|magic]] for most Materia, although other Materia pieces enhance the user's abilities. Unless one is descended from the [[Cetra]], Materia is the only way normal humans can use magic. When explaining how Materia is created to [[Zack Fair|Zack]] and [[Tifa Lockhart|Tifa]] on [[Mt. Nibel]], [[Sephiroth]] mentions that he and [[Professor Hojo]] debated the nature of Materia. Hojo objected to the term "Magic" being applied to powers from Materia, but could offer no better explanation.

Materia is able to occur naturally at "Mako Springs," places where the Lifestream leaks through the surface of [[The Planet]] and condenses, such as on Mt. Nibel. However, this is a rare occurrence, taking centuries for the Mako to crystallize into Materia, and in ''[[Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-|Crisis Core]]'' Shinra scientists mention that most Materia in use is artificially produced. It is never stated if natural Materia has any appreciable difference in usage and power from artificial Materia, but the [[White Materia]], [[Black Materia]], and the four Materia pieces found in the [[Materia Cave]]s are much stronger than other Materia pieces, so natural Materia appears to be stronger than artificial Materia.

Though the process varies from game to game, Materia can level up, increasing its powers further. In ''Final Fantasy VII'' Materia learned new abilities as it leveled up and when mastered spawned a copy of itself. In all other games in the ''Compilation'', Materia pieces are linked only to a single ability that becomes more potent as the Materia gains power: in ''Crisis Core'' Materia gives higher stat boosts as it levels up, while in ''Before Crisis'' Materia has a higher chance of affecting the user's weapon and/or armor as it increases in level.

The size of Materia seems to be ambiguous throughout the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII''. In the original ''Final Fantasy VII'' and in ''[[Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-]]'', most Materia, excluding the White, Black, and [[Huge Materia]], are about the size of a marble. However, in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]'' and ''Crisis Core'', Materia appear to be just smaller than a tennis ball, about the size of the White Materia in the original game. As Materia is referred to in ''Final Fantasy VII'' as "growth" when leveling up, Materia may increase in size to denote its level of power, explaining the ambiguities here.

==Use==
===''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''===
[[File:Materia_Menu.jpg‎|thumb|right|230px|The Materia Menu.]]
Materia can only be used when slotted into a weapon or a piece of armor. Once slotted into an equipment piece the wearer is able to call upon the Materia's powers. Using Materia has both pros and cons. Depending on the type and strength of the Materia equipped, some stats may be hindered or enhanced. As an example, the "Restore" Materia picked up in Reactor One at the beginning of the game reduces maximum [[HP]] by two percent and Strength by one, but raises maximum [[MP (Stat)|MP]] by two percent and Magic by one.

Winning battles earns [[Ability Points]], which are [[Experience Points]] for Materia. Just like characters, Materia levels up when it gains enough AP. Some Materia allow access to stronger commands when leveled up, others allow the user to use the granted command more times, others give a stat bonus that grows larger, and so forth. When Materia reached its highest level, it is "mastered", and a second Materia with the same powers is born. Thus, with patience and enough leveling up, even one-of-a-kind Materia could be reproduced infinitely.

Materia can be slotted into a single slot or a connected slot. When slotted into a connected slot, the Materia can be joined with a [[Support Materia]] to varying effects, including adding [[element]]al properties to the slotted equipment, allowing the Materia to target multiple targets, etc. Some equipment also affects Materia growth through AP. Some have Materia slots but cause the Materia linked to it to gain no AP at all, while others double or triple the amount of AP. Other weapons and equipment have no Materia slots at all.

===''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''===
[[File:Ff_ac_3.jpg|thumb|Kadaj holding a materia.]]
Materia is used by Kadaj and [[Remnants of Sephiroth|his brothers]] to attack Cloud several times in the film after stealing a case of Materia from him. In this instance, rather than equipping Materia to slots in weapons and armor, Materia is inserted directly into the remnants' arms. In the ''Reunion Files'', it is mentioned that, as Materia is a by-product of Mako and Mako is no longer used, Materia has also begun to fall out of use.

===''[[Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-]]''===
[[Vincent Valentine]] can equip [[Fire (Ability)|Fire]], [[Blizzard]], or [[Thunder]] Materia to [[Cerberus (Weapon)|his weapon]] to enhance his attacks, via a small Materia slot attached to his gun by a chain. [[Fire (Element)|Fire-elemental]] bullets create a wave of fire when they hit their target, hitting multiple enemies. Ice-elemental bullets home in on a target. Lightning-elemental bullets can hit multiple enemies with a "chain lightning" type effect but is only short range. Unlike Materia in most other games, these Materia do not follow the canon green color scheme of [[Magic Materia]]: Fire is red, Blizzard is blue, and Thunder is yellow.

===''[[Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-]]''===
Materia is produced in ''Before Crisis'' in a unique fashion. Once they select the option to create Materia, the player takes a picture with their cellphone, and based on the predominant color in the picture, the game creates a Materia piece - a red picture would produce Fire Materia, for example. The player can only equip three Materia at a time - two in their armor, one in their weapon.

Materia levels up as it is used, to a maximum of Level 9. However, higher levels do not award stronger spells - Fire and [[Fira]], for example, are different Materia from each other, and Fire will not become Fira as it levels up. The Materia's level affects the chance of the equipment piece taking on the Materia's elemental attributes. For example, when Fire Materia is slotted into the weapon, there is a chance that the player's attack will be Fire-elemental, the higher level the Fire Materia, the more likely it is the attack will be elemental.

===''[[Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-]]''===
[[File:Materia Menu Crisis Core.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Crisis Core Materia equip menu.]]
Materia in ''Crisis Core'' works similarly to the way it is used in ''Final Fantasy VII''. However, a new feature called [[Materia Fusion]] allows for two Materia to be fused together to create a stronger Materia with higher stats. As weapon and armor cannot be adjusted in ''Crisis Core'', the number of Materia slots depend on [[Zack Fair|Zack's]] [[SOLDIER]] rank. Green, Yellow, Purple, Blue, and Red Materia are still the five colors, but different shades are used. Only Summon Materia are solely red.

*Magic Materia is divided into '''Dark Green''' for offensive magic, '''Light Green''' for curative magic, and '''Yellow-Green''' for defensive magic.
*Command Materia is divided into '''Pale Yellow''' for attack commands and '''Gold Yellow''' for item-associated commands.
*Independent Materia is divided into '''Light Purple''' for [[Digital Mind Wave|DMW]] Materia and '''Dark Purple''' for stat-enhancing Materia.
*Support Materia is divided into '''Light Blue''' for elemental and status-related Materia and '''Dark Blue''' for [[Soldier Points|SP]] abilities.

Unlike ''Final Fantasy VII'', Materia levels up on the [[Digital Mind Wave]] rather than requiring AP. When the player gets two or three matching numbers between one and six during a Modulating Phase, the Materia in the corresponding slot levels up: if the player gets two matching numbers, the Materia grows one level, and if all three numbers match the Materia grows two levels. The [[Moogle (Summon)|Moogle]] summon will level up all Materia at once. The maximum level for a Materia is five. Additionally, the differing levels of the same spells are no longer contained within the same Materia (e.g. Fire and Fira are located on two separate Materia). The player's inventory can hold 256 Materia at once, and if the number exceeds that limit, all future Materia are discarded.

==Types==
[[File:MateriaAC.JPG|thumb|right|Materia of various kinds stolen from Cloud in ''[[Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children|Advent Children]]''.]]
There are five basic Materia types, distinguished by color.
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" width="660px"
|-class="FFVIIa"
!width=10%|Color
!width=5%|Icon
!width=10%|Ability
!width=75%|Description
|-
!class="FFVIIb"|Red
|[[File:FFVII Summon Materia Icon.PNG|center]]
|[[Summon Materia|Summon]]
|Used to summon creatures to aid in battle.
|-
!class="FFVIIb"|Green
|[[File:FFVII Magic Materia Icon.PNG|center]]
|[[Magic Materia|Magic]]
|Used to cast spells, including [[Black Magic|Black]], [[White Magic|White]], and [[Status Effect|status-inducing]] spells. Also affects Strength and Magic stats.
|-
!class="FFVIIb"|Yellow
|[[File:FFVII Command Materia Icon.PNG|center]]
|[[Command Materia|Command]]
|Allows the use of extra commands in battle like [[Throw]] and [[Steal]].
|-
!class="FFVIIb"|Blue
|[[File:FFVII Support Materia Icon.PNG|center]]
|[[Support Materia|Support]]
|Can be linked to other Materia in order to enhance their effects.
|-
!class="FFVIIb"|Purple
|[[File:FFVII Independent Materia Icon.PNG|center]]
|[[Independent Materia|Independent]]
|Various functions, including increasing stats and auto-abilities such as [[Cover]].
|}
In addition to the above, there is the unique Command Materia, the [[Enemy Skill Materia]], which teaches [[Blue Magic|Enemy Skills]] to the player.

''Crisis Core'' uses different shades of each color to further classify Materia types.

===Unused Materia===
In ''Final Fantasy VII'', there were a total of 6 materia that were left out of the final version of the game, but can still be accessed through a device such as Gameshark.

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="660px"
|-class="FFVIIa"
!width="20%"|Materia
!width="10%"|Spells
!width="35%"|Effect
!width="5%"|MP
!width="5%"|AP
!width="25%"|Stat changes
|-
!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"|MBarrier (MABARIA)
|MBarrier
|Halves magical damage.
|24
|N/A
|rowspan="3"|Max HP -5%, Max MP +5%, Atk -2, Str -1, Mag +2, MDef +1
|-
|MBarrier
|Halves magical damage.
|24
|N/A
|-
|MBarrier
|Halves magical damage.
|24
|20000
|-
!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"|Reflect (RIFUREKU)
|Reflect
|Bounces spell back at caster's party.
|30
|N/A
|rowspan="3"|Max HP -5%, Max MP +5%, Atk -2, Str -1, Mag +2, MDef +1
|-
|Wall
|Halves physical and magical damage.
|58
|N/A
|-
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|20000
|-
!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"|Reflect Wave (RIFUABU)
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|0
|rowspan="3"|MMax HP -5%, Max MP +5%, Atk -2, Str -1, Mag +1, MDef +2
|-
|Wall
|Halves physical and magical damage.
|58
|N/A
|-
|Master
|N/A
|N/A
|60000
|-
!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"|Underwater Breath (SUICHUU KOKYUU)
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|rowspan="3"|Independent
|-
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"|Law (HOUSOKU)
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|rowspan="3"|Command
|-
|Coin Toss
|Throw gil to damage enemies.
|N/A
|20000
|-
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"|Booster (BUUSUTAA)
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|rowspan="3"|Independent
|-
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|}

===Special Materia===
[[File:Goddess Materia.jpg|thumb|The Goddess Materia, a gigantic natural Materia.]]
*The [[Black Materia]] is used to call the Ultimate Destructive Magic, [[Meteor (Final Fantasy VII)|Meteor]], which can destroy the planet.
*The [[White Materia]] is used to call [[Holy (Final Fantasy VII)|Holy]], the ultimate protective magic which cleanses the planet.
*[[Huge Materia]] are special Materia formed from compressing Mako in a Mako Reactor. Four of them are found in ''Final Fantasy VII''.
*Master Materia are available for Command, Magic, and Summon Materia, and contains all or most of the commands for that particular type.
*In ''[[Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-|Dirge of Cerberus]]'', there is the [[Protomateria]], which is used by both [[Lucrecia Crescent]] and [[Shelke the Transparent]] to help Vincent control his [[Chaos (Final Fantasy VII)|Chaos]] form.
*In ''Before Crisis'', there is a Summon Materia which summons [[Zirconiade]], the ultimate summon. It was split into many pieces to prevent Zirconiade from being called.
*In ''Crisis Core'', there is an enormous red Materia called "The Goddess Materia" which resides in the depths of the [[Banora Underground]]. [[Genesis Rhapsodos|Genesis]] ends up using this Materia in order to transform himself into [[Genesis Avatar]].

==Trivia==
*Though ''Final Fantasy VII'' establishes five Materia colors each with different uses, other entries in the ''Compilation'' show that color has little to do with a Materia's abilities - Kadaj uses a blue Materia in ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'' that allows him to use Enemy Skills and summon [[Bahamut#Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children|Bahamut SIN]]. Vincent's Fire Materia in ''Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-'' is red, and Shelke has an orange Materia which she claims is [[Shield (Status)|Shield]] Materia. Normally, the Fire and Shield Materia would be green, and the Materia Kadaj used would be red.
*In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'', [[Artefact (Final Fantasy Tactics)#White Materia|White Materia]], [[Artefact (Final Fantasy Tactics)#Black Materia|Black Materia]], [[Artefact (Final Fantasy Tactics)#Blue Materia|Blue Materia]], and [[Artefact (Final Fantasy Tactics)#Red Materia|Red Materia]] are [[Artefact (Final Fantasy Tactics)|Artefact]]s that can be collected. They are described with the following text:
:''These stones, developed by the ancient [[Saronia]]ns, are the result of experiments in storing knowledge within gems for later generations. They are said to enhance the abilities of the possessor.''
*In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Dissidia]]'' and ''[[Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]'', one of [[Sephiroth/Dissidia|Sephiroth's]] HP attacks is named "Black Materia," which calls forth a meteor to strike his opponent. This is a direct reference to the Black Materia in ''Final Fantasy VII'' which is ultimately used to summon Meteor to destroy the world. As well, [[Cloud Strife/Dissidia|Cloud's]] [[Crystal (Term)|crystal]] is a Materia piece, and resembles Aerith's White Materia. Furthermore, Materia is an item available through [[battlegen]] that is created by destroying stage elements in the [[Northern Cave#Dissidia Final Fantasy|Planet's Core]].
*In the fan-made series ''[[Dead Fantasy]]'', [[Tifa Lockhart]] uses Materia magic in combat. Such spells used so far include Fire, Ice, Lightning, Time, Gravity, Ultima, Barrier, Poison, All, and Blind. As of the fifth episode, Tifa has lost most, if not all, of her Materia to [[w:c:deadoralive:Hitomi|Hitomi]].
*''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]'''s [[Materia (Final Fantasy XIV)|Materia Crafting System]], was inspired by (and named after) ''Final Fantasy VII'' Materia.

==See Also==
*[[Materia Fusion]]
*[http://lisbakken.com/materia_maker/materia_maker.html Materia Fusion Tool]

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	''Crisis Core'' uses different shades of each color to further classify Materia types.		''Crisis Core'' uses different shades of each color to further classify Materia types.

	~~===Unused Materia===~~
	~~In ''Final Fantasy VII'', there were a total of 6 materia that were left out of the final version of the game, but can still be accessed through a device such as Gameshark.~~

	~~{\|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="660px"~~
	~~\|-class="FFVIIa"~~
	~~!width="20%"\|Materia~~
	~~!width="10%"\|Spells~~
	~~!width="35%"\|Effect~~
	~~!width="5%"\|MP~~
	~~!width="5%"\|AP~~
	~~!width="25%"\|Stat changes~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|MBarrier (MABARIA)~~
	~~\|MBarrier~~
	~~\|Halves magical damage.~~
	~~\|24~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Max HP -5%, Max MP +5%, Atk -2, Str -1, Mag +2, MDef +1~~
	\|-
	~~\|MBarrier~~
	~~\|Halves magical damage.~~
	~~\|24~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|MBarrier~~
	~~\|Halves magical damage.~~
	~~\|24~~
	~~\|20000~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Reflect (RIFUREKU)~~
	~~\|Reflect~~
	~~\|Bounces spell back at caster's party.~~
	~~\|30~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Max HP -5%, Max MP +5%, Atk -2, Str -1, Mag +2, MDef +1~~
	\|-
	~~\|Wall~~
	~~\|Halves physical and magical damage.~~
	~~\|58~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|20000~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Reflect Wave (RIFUABU)~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|0
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|MMax HP -5%, Max MP +5%, Atk -2, Str -1, Mag +1, MDef +2~~
	\|-
	~~\|Wall~~
	~~\|Halves physical and magical damage.~~
	~~\|58~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|Master~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|60000~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Underwater Breath (SUICHUU KOKYUU)~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Independent~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Law (HOUSOKU)~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Command~~
	\|-
	~~\|Coin Toss~~
	~~\|Throw gil to damage enemies.~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|20000~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~!rowspan="3" class="FFVIIb"\|Booster (BUUSUTAA)~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|rowspan="3"\|Independent~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	~~\|N/A~~
	\|-
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	*In the fan-made series ''[[Dead Fantasy]]'', [[Tifa Lockhart]] uses Materia magic in combat. Such spells used so far include Fire, Ice, Lightning, Time, Gravity, Ultima, Barrier, Poison, All, and Blind. As of the fifth episode, Tifa has lost most, if not all, of her Materia to [[w:c:deadoralive:Hitomi\|Hitomi]].		*In the fan-made series ''[[Dead Fantasy]]'', [[Tifa Lockhart]] uses Materia magic in combat. Such spells used so far include Fire, Ice, Lightning, Time, Gravity, Ultima, Barrier, Poison, All, and Blind. As of the fifth episode, Tifa has lost most, if not all, of her Materia to [[w:c:deadoralive:Hitomi\|Hitomi]].
	*''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]'''s [[Materia (Final Fantasy XIV)\|Materia Crafting System]], was inspired by (and named after) ''Final Fantasy VII'' Materia.		*''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]'''s [[Materia (Final Fantasy XIV)\|Materia Crafting System]], was inspired by (and named after) ''Final Fantasy VII'' Materia.

	~~==See Also==~~
	*[[Materia Fusion]]
	*[http://lisbakken.com/materia_maker/materia_maker.html Materia Fusion Tool]