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Leveling Up Materia


On disk 3, you will need to inflate your materia to higher levels for certain purposes. This page will outline the fastest way to do so. Battling anything will level up materia eventually, but certain enemies will do it much more quickly.

The best place to level up materia is in the North Cave. Select as your party Cloud, Cid, and whichever other character has the lowest level. Equip Cloud with the Apocalypse Blade, Cid with the Scimitar, and the other character with a double-growth weapon if available, otherwise a single-growth weapon with a lot of materia slots. Put the materia that you need leveled up into the Apocalypse or Scimitar, and then fill other slots with anything you wish. Make sure that one character has the Steal Materia, preferably with Mug.

After equipping your company, descend into the North Cave. Keep going until you reach the spot where the path branches off. Take the left path. You will reach a room with a green glow on the floor. Leave this room on the top-right. You will be in an area with gold walls. This is where you will encounter the enemies you want. There are two important enemies in this area: Tonberries and Magic Pots. When you encounter a Tonberry, steal an Elixir from it. Magic Pots are invincible when you encounter them. To kill one, use an Elixir on it. After being Elixired, the Magic Pot is no longer invincible. Just attack it until it dies. Each Tonberry is worth 200 AP, and each Magic Pot is worth a whopping 1000 AP. Add in the triple-growth weapons, and you should level up quickly.