Cleansing materia is a Magic Materia in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. It provides the user spells that heal negative status effects. Two of these remove negative statuses, while Resist applies the
Resist effect which prevents statuses being added.
Obtained[]
The earliest cleansing materia is found in the windmill during the "Where the Wind Blows" odd job on the Grasslands.
Cleansing materia is sold in shops that sell materia for 1500 gil apiece from chapter 6, "Fool's Paradise", onward.
A level 2 cleansing materia is rewarded for completing "Junon Region Intel: Level 2" in the combat simulator, from chapter 12 "A Golden Key".
Stats[]
Growth[]
Level | AP required | Effect |
---|---|---|
1 | 0 | Poisona |
2 | 300 | Esuna |
3 | 900 | Resist |
Abilities[]
Magic | MP | Effect |
---|---|---|
Poisona | 3 | Cure ![]() |
Esuna | 12 | Cure negative status effects. |
Resist | 8 | Grant the ![]() |
Use[]
Cleansing materia grants three spells to cure negative statuses. Poisona, the cheapest spell to cast at only 3 MP, removes Poison. Esuna is more expensive to cast, but cures all negative status effects. Resist can be cast to prevent negative statuses being applied, but does not remove existing ones.
The materia can be crucial against enemies that cast devastating statuses. These can be crippling statuses like Petrify,
Toad, or
Stop, but also nuisances such as poison and
Silence. Resist, in particular, is important to cast on party members who get close toward enemies.
There are other ways to resist and cure negative statuses: some items can cure them, the Warding Materia can be used to resist against them, and accessories can protect them from particular ailments. However, sometimes these options are not available or not preferable, especially when accessory and materia slots become precious.
It is still ideal for the party member with cleansing materia equipped to have some resistance against status effects equipped themselves, so that they cannot be prevented from using cleansing spells. Otherwise, the only consideration for who equips a cleansing materia is who has spare slots and whose MP pool can cope with it, as none of the spells are affected by a Magic attribute.
Cleansing materia can be paired with Magnify Materia to cure all party members of a status at once, or apply Resist to all at once. This can be useful in certain fights, but magnify materia are rare.
Magic Efficiency Materia can reduce the costs of cleansing materia's spells, but the costs are not too high and thus this may be better paired with other materia.
Magic Focus Materia can increase the length of the resist status, but this is a niche use meaning the support materia is best saved for other cases.