Support Materia (Final Fantasy VII)

Support Materia (支援マテリア, Shien Materia?) is one of five subsets of Materia in Final Fantasy VII. They add support abilities to the paired Magic, Command, or Summon Materia.

On a weapon or armor with linked Materia slots, a command ability Materia can be paired with a Support Materia as long as they are compatible to add various effects from augmenting damage/support done to enemies/party members, or even use the ability outside of its command from the attack menu.

Due to the Master Command and Support Materia glitch, when a Support Materia is paired with a Master Command Materia, the effect is applied to all commands the character can use, even the Attack and Item commands. Unlike other Materia, Support Materia give no stat boosts or penalties for the user.

See also: Support Materia or Support Materia (VII Remake)

List of Materia

Materia	Location	Links To	Effect	AP
Added Cut	Great Glacier	All Magic and Summon Materia, Steal, Sense, Throw, Morph, Deathblow, Manipulate, Mime, Master Command	Follows up use of linked Materia with an attack. The target of the attack will be the same as the previous target. (Equipping multiple Added Cuts to the same Materia does not yield additional follow-up attacks.)	200000
Added Effect	Cave of the Gi. Can be missed if not picked up.	Poison, Seal, Mystify, Transform, Time, Destruct, Contain, Choco/Mog, Odin, Hades	20% chance to inflict the paired Materia's status on target each hit when equipped on weapon; makes the wearer immune to the status when equipped on armor.	100000
All	Sector 7 Slums, Shinra Bldg. (FL63), Red XII (initial equip), Cargo Ship, Mt. Nibel, Great Glacier, Fort Condor shop (after obtaining Highwind), Prize for Snowboarding Course B (89+ points)	Restore, Heal, Revive, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Earth, Poison, Gravity, Seal, Mystify, Transform, Time, Barrier, Destruct, Master Magic	Allows linked Magic Materia to target all allies or enemies once. Single-target spells receive a 1/3rd damage penalty when targeting all enemies this way.	0
			Allows linked Magic Materia to target all allies or enemies twice.	1500
			Allows linked Magic Materia to target all allies or enemies three times.	6000
			Allows linked Magic Materia to target all allies or enemies four times.	18000
			Allows linked Magic Materia to target all allies or enemies five times.	35000
Counter	Northern Cave	Steal, Sense, Throw, Morph, Deathblow, Manipulate, Mime, Master Command	30% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia.	0
			40% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia.	20000
			60% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia.	40000
			80% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia.	60000
			100% chance of countering attacks with linked Materia.	100000
Elemental	Shinra Bldg. (FL62; guess mayor's password on first try), Mt. Nibel mako fountain, play Tifa's piano in Nibelheim with Tifa as party leader.	All Materia except Support Materia and Enemy Skill Materia.	Makes weapon take on elemental properties of linked Materia. Armor resists element of linked Materia by taking half damage. Can be linked with non-elemental Materia for Hidden effect, although this usually has no effect (the only enemy attack that deals Hidden element damage is Ultimate Weapon's Ultima Beam)	0
			Makes weapon take on elemental properties of linked Materia. Armor nullifies element of linked Materia.	10000
			Makes weapon take on elemental properties of linked Materia. Armor absorbs element of linked Materia.	40000
			N/A	80000
Final Attack	Battle Square special battle prize. Can be missed if the Materia stock is full upon winning for the first time.	All Magic and Summon Materia, Steal, Sense, Throw, Morph, Deathblow, Manipulate, Mime, Master Command	Uses linked Materia when the wielder is killed. If linked to Life or Phoenix Materia, revives holder or the whole party. Magic and Summons will fail if the user does not have sufficient MP at the time of death. If linked to Master Magic/Summon/Command Materia, a random option is selected.	0
			Uses linked Materia when killed. Works twice.	20000
			Uses linked Materia when killed. Works three times.	40000
			Uses linked Materia when killed. Works four times.	80000
			Uses linked Materia when killed. Works five times.	160000
HP Absorb	Wutai, Northern Cave.	All Magic and Summon Materia, Steal, Sense, Throw, Morph, Deathblow, Manipulate, Mime, Master Command	When linked Materia deals damage, user regains HP equal to 10% of the damage inflicted.	0
			N/A	100000
Magic Counter	Northern Cave, Chocobo race prize.	All Magic and Summon Materia	30% chance of countering attacks with linked Magic Materia.	0
			40% chance of countering attacks with linked Magic Materia.	20000
			60% chance of countering attacks with linked Magic Materia.	40000
			80% chance of countering attacks with linked Magic Materia.	80000
			100% chance of countering attacks with linked Magic Materia.	300000
MP Absorb	Wutai item shop. Can be missed if the 'Materia stolen' subquest is missed.	All Magic and Summon Materia, Steal, Sense, Throw, Morph, Deathblow, Manipulate, Mime, Master Command	When linked Materia deals damage, user regains MP equal to 1% of the damage inflicted.	0
			N/A	100000
MP Turbo	Whirlwind Maze. Can be missed if not picked up.	All Magic and Summon Materia.	Linked Magic or Summon Materia does 10% more damage and costs 10% more MP.	0
			Linked Magic or Summon Materia does 20% more damage and costs 20% more MP.	10000
			Linked Magic or Summon Materia does 30% more damage and costs 30% more MP.	30000
			Linked Magic or Summon Materia does 40% more damage and costs 40% more MP.	60000
			Linked Magic or Summon Materia does 50% more damage and costs 50% more MP.	120000
Quadra Magic	Materia Cave near Mideel Area.	All Magic and Summon Materia except Knights of Round.	Casts linked Magic or Summon Materia four times in succession at half damage per cast, for a total damage of 2x. MP cost is unaffected. Can be used once. If the spell was originally a single-target spell but the character has the Mega All Materia equipped (or another copy of the Materia linked to All), it will pick a random enemy/ally and cast the spell four times against the same target, even though the screen shows that all enemies/allies will be affected.	0
			Casts linked Magic or Summon Materia four times at once. Can be used twice.	40000
			Casts linked Magic or Summon Materia four times at once. Can be used three times.	80000
			Casts linked Magic or Summon Materia four times at once. Can be used four times.	120000
			Casts linked Magic or Summon Materia four times at once. Can be used five times.	200000
Sneak Attack	Chocobo race prize.	All Magic and Summon Materia, Steal, Sense, Throw, Morph, Deathblow, Manipulate, Mime, Master Command	20% chance for equipped character to use linked Materia when battle begins.	0
			35% chance for equipped character to use linked Materia when battle begins.	20000
			50% chance for equipped character to use linked Materia when battle begins.	60000
			60% chance for equipped character to use linked Materia when battle begins.	100000
			80% chance for equipped character to use linked Materia when battle begins.	150000
Steal as well	Da-chao Statue in Wutai.	All Magic and Summon Materia, Sense, Throw, Morph, Deathblow, Manipulate, Master Command	Attempts to steal when linked Materia is used.	0
			N/A	200000

Dummied Materia

Materia	Location	Links To	Effect	AP
ブースター (Būsutā?) (Booster)	None	None	1	0
			2	15000
			3	30000
			4	60000
			5	90000

Gallery

Added Effect

All

Elemental

Final Attack

HP Absorb

MP Absorb

MP Turbo

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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".