As of patch 5 2 you no longer destroy a piece of equipment if you extract materia from it and you can even pull the stat boosting orbs from high end gear.
Convert to materia.
In order to learn the action to convert you must first reach level 19 in a discipline of the hand except culinarian.
You can use this tool to convert cinema 4d material to octane material.
I know that certain level gear can only produce certain level materia but what about types of materia.
Once the item attains a 100 spiritbond you can convert it into materia.
There are several types of materia divided into eight tiers ranging from i lowest to viii highest and the same gear does not necessarily convert into the same materia but the process follow certain patterns i e.
There are quest in the same place where you talked to the goblin to do te materia thing for the main story that will tech you how to convert eq to materia and a quest to get the meld materia you will need a crafting class at level 19.
Creating materia main article.
The type of materia you create from a piece of gear is based on the gear s intended class.
In 1 0 the type of materia you would get upon conversion was based on the slot of gear eg body or head piece.
Whenever equipment reaches 100 spiritbond you can extract materia from it.
There are 5 colors of materia each corresponds to a grouping of stats.
Some equipment cannot be converted to materia this is usually equipment that is obtained as special rewards from raids or primal battles.
You can create materia from your weapons armors and tools with spiritbond of 100.
The conversion process works better with simple c4d materials and you get almost the same result.
Spiritbond to create materia you must first complete the quest.
To convert an item to materia the easiest way is to simply right click the item and select convert.
You can increase the spiritbond percentage of a piece of gear by earning experience through battle crafting and.
What are the types of materia.
Int materia will not be produced from swords and axes etc.
There are currently 24 kinds of materia in the game each representing a certain stat.
Do str rings necks acc s produce certain types as apposed to say i55 acc s.
The four original tiers of materia evolution.
Converting materia discussion so i m going to try my hand at urths gift spiritbinding and i m curious what gear turns into what materia.
Forging the spirit the quest giver is swynbroes located at the bonfire in central thanalan 23 13.
Arr the materia that is created is based on the type of class the gear is designed for.
Materia extraction has been a thing since final fantasy xiv relaunched with a realm reborn but a recent change has made it more beneficial than ever.