Materia (VII Remake equipment)

Materia is a type of equipment in Final Fantasy VII Remake. Much like the original Final Fantasy VII, materia provides one of the game's core gameplay mechanics, as it grants party members abilities in battle.
==Mechanics==
Materia slots into equipment and is visible in certain weapon models. Some allow the use of special abilities, like magic and command abilities, when the attacker's ATB gauge fills up, while others boost party members passively.
A separate slot exists specifically for summoning materia. These cannot be linked with other materia, and each party only has one.
Materia are upgraded by earning AP from winning battles. They do not spawn new copies when mastered.
Materia have a small effect on party member attributes, as some grant moderate boosts to attributes.
==Types==
Color 	Icon	Type 	Description
Green 	 	Magic 	Used to cast spells, including damaging, healing, and status-inducing spells.
Yellow	 	Command 	Allows the use of extra commands in battle such as Steal and Chakra.
Blue 	 	Support 	Can be linked to other materia in order to enhance their effects.
Purple	 	Complete 	Increasing attributes and gives auto-abilities.
Red 	 	Summoning	Used to summon creatures to aid in battle. Only one can be used per character.
==Behind the scenes==
Maxed out materia do not spawn fresh copies of themselves like in Final Fantasy VII. This was done to better balance the game's difficulty so the player can't have lots of the same best materia. The other reason was that in the original game materia allowed full party customization, but this ended up making players give everyone the same set. The developers wanted to avoid this with the remake. Each character is limited to holding one summoning materia so players would not agonize over whether to bring a summon (as summoning is not always available) or to constantly change it based on what they would be fighting.
==Etymology==
==Citations==
Category:Equipment in Final Fantasy VII Remake
Category:Materia in Final Fantasy VII Remake
Category:Materia