Independent Materia (Final Fantasy VII)

Independent Materia (独立マテリア, Dokuritsu Materia?) is a subset of Materia in Final Fantasy VII. They allow the use of support abilities without the need of pairing the Materia with other Materia which provide command abilities, differentiating them from Support Materia.

Among the support abilities provided by Independent Materia are the abilities to cover allies, counterattack, and to hit at full damage from the back row. In addition to adding support abilities, Independent Materia can also provide stat boosts. With the exception of Enemy Lure, no stat penalties can occur by equipping Independent Materia.

See also: Independent Materia, Complete Materia (VII Remake), or Final Fantasy VII abilities

List of Materia

Materia	Location	Level	Effect	AP	Stat changes
Cover	Sector 5 Slum near Aeris's house	1	20% chance of intercepting attacks on an ally.	0	Vitality +1
		2	40% chance of intercepting attacks on an ally.	2000
		3	60% chance of intercepting attacks on an ally.	10000
		4	80% chance of intercepting attacks on an ally.	25000
		Master	100% chance of intercepting attacks on an ally.	40000
Chocobo Lure	Purchase at Chocobo Farm or find outside the Chocobo Farm after acquiring Highwind	1	Can encounter Chocobos near chocobo tracks on the world map.	0	Luck +1
		2	1.5x chance of encountering chocobos.	3000
		3	2x chance of encountering chocobos.	10000
		Master	2x chance of encountering chocobos. The effect can be stacked with multiple Chocobo Lure Materia up to 4x the rate.	30000
Long Range	Mythril Mine	1	Attacks do full damage regardless of row. Can hit enemies normally out of reach with melee attacks.	0	N/A
		Master	N/A	80000
Counter Attack	Defeat Materia Keeper in Mt. Nibel, prize from the chocobo races	1	20% chance of countering attacks with a physical attack.	0	N/A
		2	40% chance of countering attacks with a physical attack.	10000
		3	60% chance of countering attacks with a physical attack.	20000
		4	80% chance of countering attacks with a physical attack.	50000
		Master	100% chance of countering attacks with a physical attack.	100000
Enemy Lure	Battle Square prize	1	Increases random encounter rate by 43.75%.	0	Luck -1
		2	Increases random encounter rate by 87.5%.	10000
		Master	Increases random encounter rate by 87.5%. The effect can be stacked with multiple Enemy Lure Materia up to 200%. On the World Map, encounter rate is doubled if it is greater than 100%, granting a maximum possible encounter rate of 400% due to Enemy Lure.	50000
Speed Plus	Battle Square prize	1	Increases Dexterity by 10%.	0	N/A
		2	Increases Dexterity by 20%.	15000
		3	Increases Dexterity by 30%.	30000
		4	Increases Dexterity by 40%.	60000
		Master	Increases Dexterity by 50%.	100000
MP Plus	Bought at Cosmo Canyon and Mideel	1	Increases MP by 10%. Stacks with other MP Plus materia on the same character up to a max of double the character's base MP (100%).	0	N/A
		2	Increases MP by 20%.	10000
		3	Increases MP by 30%.	20000
		4	Increases MP by 40%.	30000
		Master	Increases MP by 50%.	50000
HP Plus	Junon - get between 60-90 points (inclusive) during Rufus's send-off. Bought at Cosmo Canyon and Mideel	1	Increases HP by 10%. Stacks with other HP Plus materia on the same character up to a max of double the character's base HP (100%).	0	N/A
		2	Increases HP by 20%.	10000
		3	Increases HP by 30%.	20000
		4	Increases HP by 40%.	30000
		Master	Increases HP by 50%.	50000
Luck Plus	Temple of the Ancients. Can be missed if not picked up.	1	Increases Luck by 10%.	0	N/A
		2	Increases Luck by 20%.	15000
		3	Increases Luck by 30%.	30000
		4	Increases Luck by 40%.	60000
		Master	Increases Luck by 50%.	100000
Magic Plus	Corel Valley	1	Increases Magic by 10%.	0	N/A
		2	Increases Magic by 20%.	10000
		3	Increases Magic by 30%.	20000
		4	Increases Magic by 40%.	30000
		Master	Increases Magic by 50%.	50000
Gil Plus	Wonder Square prize (after the player has Highwind)	1	Earn 2x amount of gil in battle (due to a glitch the player always receives double money, even if the Materia was intended to give only x1.5 with one star).	0	Luck +1
		2	Earn 2x amount of gil in battle.	80000
		Master	N/A	150000
Pre-Emptive	Battle Square prize, equipped on Cloud during "The Tragedy of Five Years Ago"	1	+6% chance of preemptive strike.	0	Dex +2
		2	+9% chance of preemptive strike.	8000
		3	+11% chance of preemptive strike.	20000
		4	+13% chance of preemptive strike.	40000
		Master	+19% chance of preemptive strike. The effect can be stacked with multiple Pre-Emptive Materia up to +33%. A 5-star only Pre-Emptive Materia also halves the chance of getting the Ambush and Back Attack special formations; and this only works when the player place the Pre-Emptive Materia on their 3rd (last) character.	80000
EXP Plus	Wonder Square prize (after the party has Highwind)	1	User earns 1.5x Exp in battle.	0	Luck +1
		2	User earns 2x Exp in battle.	60000
		Master	N/A	150000
Enemy Away	Chocobo racing prize	1	Decreases random encounter rate by 43.75%.	0	Luck +1
		2	Decreases random encounter rate by 87.5%.	10000
		Master	Decreases random encounter rate by 87.5%. The effect can be stacked with multiple Enemy Away Materia up to 87.5%.	50000
Mega All	Northern Cave	1	Physical attacks, commands (Steal, Mug, Sense, Morph, D. blow, Manip.) and magic spells (spells incompatible with the All Materia are exempted) affect all enemies/allies at once. (1 time)	0	N/A
		2	Attacks, commands and magic spells affect all enemies/allies at once. (2 times)	20000
		3	Attacks, commands and magic spells affect all enemies/allies at once. (3 times)	40000
		4	Attacks, commands and magic spells affect all enemies/allies at once. (4 times)	80000
		Master	Attacks, commands and magic spells affect all enemies/allies at once. (5 times)	160000
HP↔MP	Materia Cave north of Corel	1	Exchange HP and MP levels.	0	N/A
		Master	N/A	80000
Underwater	Kalm traveler. Can be missed if the Morph materia is missed.	1	Removes the 20:00 timer when fighting Emerald Weapon. The Materia gains AP, but will never level up or grow into another one. Barret's Missing Score weapon always treats the Materia as if it has 0AP. Underwater Materia can be mastered but only if it gains exactly 16,777,215 AP.	0	N/A

Gallery

HP<->MP

Mega-All

Left slot.

Right slot.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Materia means "matter" or "substance" in Latin, Spanish, and Italian; it also means "subject" in Italian and Spanish, and is the root of Portuguese "Matéria".