I recommend watching this video in its entirety once, then going back and pausing on sections I went over quickly. I have also posted some resources and timestamps below.
In this video, I go over the following:
-What is materia?
-The different tiers and types of materia
-Obtaining materia
-Melding materia
-Spiritbond
-The differences between materia and demimateria
-Materia Transmutation (Recycling materia)
Useful resources:
List of wearable gear that will increase the speed of spiritbond gain
https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Increased_Spiritbond_Gain
FFXIV Wiki on Spiritbond
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Spiritbond
FFXIV Wiki on Materia
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Materia
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:17 What is materia?
00:40 Obtaining materia
02:02 Melding Materia
03:24 Spiritbond (extracting materia)
04:37 Materia vs Demimateria
04:56 Materia Transmutation (Recycling Materia)
05:27 Outro
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I realize now after making this video that I might not have been clear about what overmelding actually is. Typically, gear only has 1-2 slots for melds. Overmelding is basically when you force melds onto the gear, past the default allotted slots. I hope that makes sense. Happy melding!
Very good thank you.
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