Final Fantasy VII/Materia

Full materia list

Video game part	Green materia	Red materia	Yellow materia	Blue materia	Purple materia
Disc 1, part 1 (Midgar)	Lightning Ice Restore Fire Poison	-	Steal Sense Enemy Skill (1)	All Elemental	Cover
Disc 1, part 2 (land travels)	Heal Earth Seal Transform Revive Time Mystify Gravity Destruct Exit Barrier	Choco/Mog Shiva Ifrit Ramuh Titan Odin	Enemy Skill (2) Throw Manipulate Deathblow	Added effect	Chocobo lure Long range MP plus HP plus Counter attack
Disc 1, part 3 (sea travels)	Comet	Bahamut Leviathan Kujata	Enemy Skill (3) Morph	HP absorb MP absorb Added cut MP turbo	Luck plus Magic plus
Disc 2	Fullcure Contain Ultima	Alexander Neo Bahamut Phoenix Hades Typhoon Bahamut Zero Knights of Round	Enemy Skill (4) Mime Double cut Slash-all W-summon W-item	Final attack Magic counter Sneak attack Quadra magic Steal as well	Gil plus Exp plus Enemy lure Speed plus Pre-emptive Enemy away Underwater HP<->MP
Disc 3	Shield Master Magic	Master Summon	W-magic Master Command	Counter	Mega-all

Locations

Materia that are italicized can be permanently missed.

Disc 1, part 1 (Midgar):

• Ice (Equipped by Cloud at game start, can be bought for the first time in Sector 7 Slums)
• Lightning (Equipped by Cloud at game start, can be bought for the first time in Sector 7 Slums)
• Fire (Can be bought for the first time in Sector 7 Slums, comes equipped by Red XIII)
• Restore (Can be bought for the first time in Sector 7 Slums)
• All (Found in the Beginner's Hall in Sector 7 Slums, Can be obtained in Shinra Building after exchanging Coupon C on Floor 63, comes equipped by Red XIII)
• Cover (Found outside Elmyra's House, can be bought in Wall Market after the fight with Turks:Reno)
• Steal (Found inside the Sewers under Don Corneo's Mansion after the fight with Aps)
• Sense (Found in the Sector 6 playground after the fight with Turks:Reno, comes equipped by Red XIII)
• Elemental (Can be won from Mayor Domino in the Shinra Building if the player gets the password right on their first try on Floor 63)
• Poison (Found in the Shinra Building on Floor 67)
• Enemy Skill (Dropped by Sample: HO512 on defeat)

Disc 1, part 2 (land travels):

• Earth (Can be bought for the first time in Kalm)
• Heal (Can be bought for the first time in Kalm)
• Poison (Can be bought for the first time in Kalm)
• Sense (Can be bought for the first time in Kalm)
• Choco/Mog (Found in the Chocobo Farm after talking to the Chocobo and replying "Wark")
• Chocobo Lure (Can be bought from Choco Billy in the Chocobo Farm)
• Long Range (Found in the Mithril Mine)
• Throw (Comes equipped by Yuffie)
• Shiva (Found in Lower Junon by talking to Priscilla after fighting Bottomswell)
• Revive (Can be bought for the first time in Upper Junon)
• Seal (Can be bought for the first time in Upper Junon)
• Enemy Skill (Found in the Beginner's Hall in Upper Junon)
• HP Plus (Can be won by scoring between 60 and 90 points in Rufus' sendoff, Can be bought for the first time in Cosmo Canyon)
• All (Found in the Cargo Ship, found in Mt. Nibel)
• Ifrit (Found in the Cargo Ship after fighting Jenova∙BIRTH)
• Transform (Can be found in Mt. Corel, Comes equipped by Cait Sith, Can be bought for the first time in Cosmo Canyon))
• Manipulate (Comes equipped by Cait Sith)
• Ramuh (Found in the Chocobo Jockey Room in Gold Saucer)
• Enemy Lure (Can be bought from the Battle Square prize counter in Gold Saucer)
• Pre-Emptive (Can be bought from the Battle Square prize counter in Gold Saucer)
• Speed Plus (Can be bought from the Battle Square prize counter in Gold Saucer)
• Deathblow (Found on the path to Gongaga)
• Titan (Found in the destroyed reactor in Gongaga)
• Mystify (Can be bought for the first time in Gongaga)
• Time (Can be bought for the first time in Gongaga)
• MP Plus (Can be bought for the first time in Cosmo Canyon)
• Added Effect (Found in the Cave of the Gi)
• Gravity (Found in the Cave of the Gi)
• Odin (Found in the Shinra Mansion after unlocking the safe and fighting Lost Number)
• Destruct (Found in the Shinra Mansion after talking to Sephiroth, despawns after completing the Whirlwind Maze)
• Elemental (Found in Mt. Nibel)
• Counter Attack (Found in Mt. Nibel after fighting Materia Keeper)
• Barrier (Can be bought for the first time in Rocket Town)
• Exit (Can be bought for the first time in Rocket Town)

Disc 1, part 3 (sea travels):

• MP Absorb (Found in Wutai after completing the "Lost Materia" sidequest)
• HP Absorb (Found in Wutai after completing the "Lost Materia" sidequest)
• Leviathan (Given to the player in the Wutai Pagoda after fighting Godo)
• Luck Plus (Found in the Temple of the Ancients)
• Morph (Found in the Temple of the Ancients)
• Bahamut (Found in the Temple of the Ancients)
• Kujata (Found in Ancient Forest, trying to pick it up with full Materia inventory will render it unobtainable)
• Comet (Found in the central building in the Forgotten Capital)
• Enemy Skill (Found in the house with the beds in the Forgotten Capital)

Disc 2:

• Magic Plus (Found in Coral Valley Cave)
• Added Cut (Found in Great Glacier)
• All (Found in Great Glacier)
• Alexander (Found in Great Glacier after fighting Snow inside the cave)
• Neo Bahamut (Found in the Whirlwind Maze)
• MP Turbo (Found in the Whirlwind Maze)
• Chocobo Lure (Found in the Chocobo Farm once the player obtains the Highwind)
• FullCure (Found in Cosmo Canyon once the player obtains the Highwind)
• Slash-all (Found in the Ancient Forest, only accessible with a Green, Black, or Gold Chocobo, or by defeating Ultima Weapon)
• Mime (Found in the Mime Materia cave near Wutai, only accessible with a Green, Black, or Gold Chocobo)
• Quadra (Found in the Quadra Materia cave near Mideel, only accessible with a Blue, Black, or Gold Chocobo)
• HP↔MP (Found in the HP↔MP Materia cave in the desert north of Mt. Corel, only accessible with a Black or Gold Chocobo)
• Knights of the Round (Found in the Knights of the Round Materia cave on Round Island, only accessible with a Gold Chocobo)
• Elemental (Can be found by interacting with Tifa's Piano while Tifa is party leader, but only if Cloud said he'd played it during his flashback in Kalm)
• Gravity (Can be bought in Costa del Sol or Mideel once the player obtains the Highwind)
• Destruct (Can be bought in Fort Condor or Mideel once the player obtains the Highwind)
• Manipulate (Can be bought in Fort Condor or Rocket Town once the player obtains the Highwind)
• Throw (Can be bought in Fort Condor or Rocket Town once the player obtains the Highwind)
• Contain (Given to the player by the tiny white Chocobo in Mideel after feeding it Mimmet Greens and scratching it behind the ears)
• Ultima (Can be obtained from the boy in North Corel after the Huge Materia event, stopping the train means it's free, failing to stop it has him charge 50,000 Gil for it, and failing to reach the train at all loses it forever)
• Phoenix (Found either in Fort Condor after winning the Huge Materia battle, or digging it up in Bone Village after losing the Huge Materia battle and fighting Lifeform-Hojo N)
• Gil Plus (Can be bought from the Wonder Square in Gold Saucer once it reopens after Cloud rejoins the party)
• EXP Plus (Can be bought from the Wonder Square in Gold Saucer once it reopens after Cloud rejoins the party)
• Enemy Away (Can be won from A-Class and S-Class races in the Chocobo Square in Gold Saucer, can also be won from B-Class races in the 1998 PC Release)
• Counter Attack (Can be won from A-Class and S-Class races in the Chocobo Square in Gold Saucer)
• Sneak Attack (Can be won from A-Class and S-Class races in the Chocobo Square in Gold Saucer)
• Magic Counter (Can be won from S-Class races in the Chocobo Square in Gold Saucer)
• W-Summon (Can be bought from the Battle Square prize counter in Gold Saucer after Cloud rejoins the party)
• Final Attack (Given to player after completing 1 round of Special Battle in the Gold Saucer, when given to player with full Materia inventory it will be lost)
• Double Cut (Found in the Sunken Gelnika)
• Hades (Found in the Sunken Gelnika)
• Underwater (Can be obtained from the traveler in Kalm by trading for the Guide Book item, which is obtained by morphing the Ghost Ship enemy)
• Steal as Well (Found in the cave above Da-Chao Statue, requires Leviathan Scales to douse the flames)
• Bahamut-ZERO (Found either by fusing Bahamut and Neo Bahamut by interacting with the blue Huge Materia in Cosmo Canyon, or digging it up in Bone Village after missing either Bahamut or Neo Bahamut, failing any of the Huge Materia missions, and fighting Lifeform-Hojo N)
• W-Item (Either found at the far end of the Winding Tunnel segment in the Raid on Midgar, or digging it up in Bone Village after losing the Huge Materia battle and fighting Lifeform-Hojo N)

Disc 3:

• HP Absorb (Found in the "First Descent" area of Northern Cave)
• Shield (Found in the "Ancient Swamp" area of Northern Cave, or by Red XIII if he was sent left and then up)
• W-Magic (Found in the "Ancient Swamp" area of Northern Cave)
• Counter (Found in the "Ancient Swamp" area of Northern Cave, or by Yuffie if she was sent left and then up)
• Magic Counter (Found in the "Mako Cliffs" area of Northern Cave)
• Mega All (Found in the "Mako Cliffs" area of Northern Cave, or by Vincent if he was sent left and then down)
• Master Magic (Obtained by fusing mastered copies of every Magic materia using the green Huge Materia in Cosmo Canyon, or obtained from the traveller in Kalm by trading for the Earth Harp obtained by fighting and defeating Emerald Weapon)
• Master Command (Obtained by fusing mastered copies of Steal, Sense, Throw, Morph, Deathblow, Manipulate, and Mime materia using the yellow Huge Materia in Cosmo Canyon, or obtained from the traveller in Kalm by trading for the Earth Harp obtained by fighting and defeating Emerald Weapon)
• Master Summon (Obtained by fusing mastered copies of every Summon materia using the red Huge Materia in Cosmo Canyon, or obtained from the traveller in Kalm by trading for the Earth Harp obtained by fighting and defeating Emerald Weapon)

Strategy and challenges

Mastering every materia in Final Fantasy 7 takes an extremely long time. Still, mastering all the materia of the same color allows to get the extremely rare and valuable Master Materias.

Therefore, a player might choose to focus on one or two materia colors, and play through the game three times to get one Master Materia each time. Here is an example of a strategy:

• Game 1: Green Materia: use the 21 Green Materia, plus the blue All materia and the yellow W-Magic materia, that can be used only associated with Green Materias; 24 different materias. After Aeris, the characters with the best magic attributes are Cait Sith and Vincent.
• Game 2: Red and Blue Materia: use the 16 Red Materia and 11 Blue Materias (excluding the two that are incompatible with the Red), plus the yellow W-Summon materia; most of the Red Materias simply damage the enemies, therefore the Blue ones will give some variety to the game; 28 different materias. Red materias require the most AP to master; Cid has the best materia-growing weapon in the game, and Yuffie has some very good ones, too.
• Game 3: Yellow and Purple Materia: use 11 Yellow Materias (excluding the aforementioned W-Magic and W-Summon), the 17 Purple Materias and the blue Counter materia, that can be used only associated with Yellow Materias; 29 different materias. Barret, Tifa and Nanaki have very high physical attributes and will get the best from the yellow materias.

Note that the purple Chocobo Lure materia is necessary to get past one step of the game and to obtain some rare materias; also, the purple Enemy Lure materia allows to speed up the growth of the materias.