Final Fantasy VII/Support Materia

Many of the materia slots in weapons and armor are joined with others. Blue Materia placed into these coupled slots give an added bonus to the materia it is joined with.

There are thirteen different Support Materia in the video game.

In the tables below, Command "main-7" materia refers to the seven materias listed here; these materias are the same ones that have to be mastered in order to get the Master Command Materia:

1. Steal
2. Sense
3. Throw
4. Morph
5. Deathblow
6. Manipulate
7. Mime

Materia list

Modifying linked materia effect

Materia Name	Properties	Effects with Maturity	Supported Materia
All	Allows supported materia, which would normally target only one character, to target entire parties.	One use Two uses Three uses Four uses Five uses	Magic: Barrier, Destruct, Earth, Fire, Gravity, Heal, Ice, Lightning, Mystify, Poison, Restore, Revive, Seal, Time, Transform; Master Magic Summon: none Command: none
HP Absorb	When supported materia damages an opponent and equal amount of HP is absorbed by user.		Magic: all Summon: all Command: "main-7", Master Command
MP Absorb	Supported materia returns 1% of inflicted damage to user as MP. Effect reversed if target is healed.		Magic: all Summon: all Command: "main-7", Master Command
MP Turbo	Uses extra MP but increases the effect of supported materia.	+10% +20% +30% +40% +50%	Magic: all Summon: all Command: none
Quadra Magic	Uses supported materia four times at random targets (or globally if effect permits) with a 2/5ths loss in effectiveness for each time the effect is used.	One use Two uses Three uses Four uses Five uses	Magic: all Summon: all except Knights of Round Command: none CANNOT be used with: All, Mega All

Affecting equipment

Materia Name	Properties	Effects with Maturity	Supported Materia
Added Effect	Equipped to weapon: adds associated status effect of supported materia to attack. Equipped to armor: defends against said status effect.		Magic: Contain, Destruct, Mystify, Poison, Seal, Time, Transform Summon: Choco/Mog, Odin, Hades Command: none
Elemental	Equipped to weapon: adds associated elemental effect of supported materia to physical attacks. Equipped to armor: defends against element; if linked to a non-elemental materia in the armor, it protects from "hidden element" attacks, i.e. some special attacks of the enemies.	(Applies only to defense) Halves damage from element Nullifies damage from element Heals instead of get damaged by element.	Magic: all Summon: all Command: Steal Independent: "attribute-plus"

Adding extra action

Materia Name	Properties	Effects with Maturity	Supported Materia
Added Cut	After using linked materia, attacks physically the same target or a random single target if global effect.		Magic: all Summon: all Command: "main-7", Master Command
Counter	Chance of counter attacking with supported command materia.	+30% +40% +60% +80% +100%	Magic: none Summon: none Command: "main-7", Master Command
Final Attack	Linked materia is automatically used when the character is knocked out. If linked to Revive or Phoenix materia, user is revived whenever he/she is knocked out.	One use Two uses Three uses Four uses Five uses	Magic: all Summon: all Command: "main-7", Master Command
Magic Counter	Chance of counter attacking with supported magic or summon materia.	+30% +40% +60% +80% +100%	Magic: all Summon: all Command: none
Sneak Attack	Chance of attacking with supported materia prior to first round of combat.	+20% +35% +50% +65% +80%	Magic: all Summon: all Command: "main-7", Master Command
Steal as Well	Attempts to steal items from target when supported materia is used.		Magic: all Summon: all Command: "main-7", Master Command

Materia locations

It ay be useful to know how early any materia can be obtained.

Disc 1, part 1 (Midgar):

• All (on Nanaki)
• Elemental (Shinra H.Q.)

Disc 1, part 2 (land travels):

• Added Effect (Cave of Gi)

Disc 1, part 3 (sea travels):

• HP Absorb (Wutai)
• MP Absorb (Wutai)
• Steal as Well (Wutai)
• Added Cut (Great glacier)
• MP Turbo (Whirlwind Maze)

Disc 2:

• Final Attack (Gold Saucer)
• Magic Counter (Gold Saucer)
• Sneak Attack (Gold Saucer)
• Quadra Magic (near Mideel)

Disc 3:

• Counter (Northern cave)