Material List and Locations

[Spark-N]

NIER Material List and Locations

To help you figure out what and how many of each material you need you can use this Calculator (made by A.J. Maciejewski) to work it out just put in the level of each weapon and hit calculate, below is a list of all the materials you'll need and where to find them.

Rusty Bucket (10)

These can only be found from fishing, for best results try fishing at the northern fishing point in the Desert, you'll find loads of them here.

NOTE:

you'll need the mask which is given to you from one of the guards just outside the Kings Mansion in Facade.

Gold Ore (22)

Can be found at numerous places but your best bet is in the Desert as i found loads of them here while i was farming for Metal Piercing and Subdued Bracelet.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Silver Ore (121)

These can be found at numerous places but can also be bought from The Two Brother's Weaponry.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Copper Ore (88)

These can be found at numerous places but can also be bought from The Two Brother's Weaponry.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Iron Ore (199)

These can be found at numerous places but can also be bought from The Two Brother's Weaponry.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Crystal (8)

Can be bought from the material store (top left from entrance) in Facade.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Pyrite (14)

Very rare to find but can be found inside The Barren Temple, on the bridge and inside the challenge rooms.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on, i found one every playthrough of that room.

Moldavite (8)

This can be bought from the material store in Seafront for 5,000 each or you can find them in Aerie or The Barren Temple.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Meteorite (5)

These can be found at harvest points in Aerie and The Barren Temple.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Amber (6)

Located in the north of B2 in the Junk Heap, inside the large room with all the crates.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Fluorite (18)

Again these can be found inside the large room in the north of Junk Heap floor B2, these can also be rarely found from gathering points inside The Barren Temple.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Clay (18)

This can be found at many gathering points plus can be bought at Facade material store for 800 each.

Natural Rubber (1)

Can be bought from Seafront material store for 700 each.

Scorpion Claw (10)

You have to harvest these off Scorpions which can be found in the Desert. they will only appear if you are very near them so look out for them on the map and attack as soon as you see them.

Stripped Bolt (10)

These are dropped from the yellow robots in the Junk Heap but can also be bought from The Two Brother's Weaponry.

Broken Lens (5)

These are dropped from the grey robots in Junk Heap but are rare, they can also be bought from The Two Brother's Weaponry.

Broken Arm (49)

These are dropped from the grey robots in Junk Heap, they are more common than the Broken Lens but rarer then Broken Antenna.

Broken Antenna (37)

A very common drop from the grey robots in Junk Heap, i ended up with 99 way before i had finished hunting my other materials.

Broken Motor (11)

These are dropped from the flying robots inside The Junk Heap, you'll end up with a lot of these while grinding for other materials.

Broken Battery (5)

Another drop from the flying robots inside The Junk Heap.

Mysterious Switch (9)

These are one of the drops from those flying robots in The Junk Heap but they are much rarer than the Broken Battery and Broken Motor.

Large Gear (6)

Rarely dropped from the grey robots in The Junk Heap.

Titanium Alloy (24)

Obtained from the small yellow robots and the large P33 robots located in The Junk Heap.

Memory Alloy (8)

A rare drop from the large P33 robots inside The Junk Heap.

Rusted Clump (9)

These can only be found from fishing, for best results try fishing at the northern fishing point in the Desert, you'll find loads of them here.

NOTE:

If you happen to have the DLC you have a chance to find these inside the third room on the large bridge with all the crates on.

Machine Oil (5)

The rarest of drops from the flying robots inside The Junk Heap.

Forlorn Necklace (4)

These are dropped from the tall shades in the Northern Plains, they are the ones that fire loads of magic. They only come out when it's cloudy so you'll have to pop in and out until it's cloudy, which actually happens quite a bit.

Twisted Ring (5)

The tall shades located in Aerie and The Lost Shrine drop these rare items.

Broken Earring (4)

These are also dropped from the tall shades in the Northern Plains, they are the ones that fire loads of magic. They only come out when it's cloudy so you'll have to pop in and out until it's cloudy.

Metal Piercing (4)

Dropped from the flying shades in The Desert, they only appear after killing the Wolf boss in Part 2 of the game, once you have done this you'll find 3 of these flying shades in 3 certain spots, one is located just outside the gates to Facade near some small shades, another shade is located near the ramp to the boat, again near a few small shades and the last one is located inside the sand storm, if you head into the center you'll see it slightly.

Subdued Bracelet (3)

Dropped from the flying shades in The Desert, refer to Metal Piercing.

Complex Machine (8)

Obtained from the large mini boss shades, one of the main ones is located in The Barren Temple in one of the rooms on the right hand side is one of these mini bosses kill it and then use your magic to reset the room and kill it again, repeat this until you obtain enough.

Elaborate Machine (5)

Obtained from the large mini boss shades, refer to Complex Machine.

Simple Machine (6)

Obtained from the large mini boss shades, refer to Complex Machine.

Stopped Clock (3)

Inside the Underground Laboratory you'll find large sword wielding shades, these drop these you'll find a few of these in the Laboratory so just head back and forth so they can respawn.

Broken Wristwatch (11)

There are two places you can get these, from the large tank like shades in the Southern Plains, head into the Southern Plains and if it's sunny all shades will be the tank like ones, there will be about 16 of them. Another place is after completing the quest A Magical Stone, after completing this quest you'll be able to see your fortune over and over again in your dream you'll fight a few tank shades which will occasionally drop this material.

Rusty Kitchen Knife (9)

A drop from the small shades in the Northern Plains and the Southern Plains.

Broken Saw (4)

Another drop from the small shades in the Northern Plains and the Southern Plains.

Dented Metal Bat (21)

Another drop from the small shades, they are dropped very rarely, there are a ton of these inside the Underground Laboratory just head back and forth as these enemies respawn.

Pearl (1)

Can be bought from the Seafront material store for 3,000.

Black Pearl (15)

Found at the Seafront beach, use the save and load method if you do not find one and don't forget to save if you do happen to find one.

Broken Pottery (2)

A rare find from Aerie under the Mayors hut, the same location as the Eagle Egg

Giant Egg (6)

A drop that is found around the Village, i tend to find more around the Southern gate where all the chickens are located.

Eagle Egg (4)

A VERY rare drop from Aerie, the location of this is right under the Mayors hut, if you don't obtain one kill yourself and try again until you do then save and try again.

[Spark-N]

Just finished editing it and WTF has happened guess i'll spend another hour sorting it out

EDIT: sorted it this is officially finished, hope it helps someone

[Piggie_Pie]

Wow, i haven't started this yet (sitting on my shelf backlogged) but im sure this list will be very helpful... Thanks for taking the time to do this Sparky.

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[Jennifayrie]

Thank you for putting this together it's so helpful, i have it open in a tab to look at while i go off material hunting

Stupid tall shades giving me magic capsules all of the time and none of their jewellery!

[Spark-N]

Thank you for putting this together it's so helpful, i have it open in a tab to look at while i go off material hunting

Stupid tall shades giving me magic capsules all of the time and none of their jewellery!

HAHAHAHA I had the exact same problem, it was ridiculous, sat there for hours trying to find one then all of a sudden I get two, those where probably the worst, next to the eagle egg

[Jennifayrie]

HAHAHAHA I had the exact same problem, it was ridiculous, sat there for hours trying to find one then all of a sudden I get two, those where probably the worst, next to the eagle egg

I hate the eagle eggs so much >.< but what's actually worse for me are those black pearls, i think i've only ever found one, they just don't want to show up!

[Kirbz]

thanks for the list. im planning to go back to this game and platinum it soon this will come in handy.

[AJ Maciejewski]

Hi, everyone! I know it's been a while but I just wanted to let you know that the link to the calculator is broken as I have since taken it offline. However, you can use the newly reprogrammed calculator here: Nier Weapon Upgrade Materials Calculator

 

Have fun!

[Iedara]

On 03/08/2017 at 5:52 PM, AJ Maciejewski said:

Hi, everyone! I know it's been a while but I just wanted to let you know that the link to the calculator is broken as I have since taken it offline. However, you can use the newly reprogrammed calculator here: Nier Weapon Upgrade Materials Calculator

 

Have fun!

Thank you!

[sephiroth4424]

For those who are farming:

 

Forlorn Necklaces are much easier to farm on top of the Lost Shrine. Save at the mail box, take the left ladder, kill the Shaman Shade, up the next ladder, kill the second SS and then jump to the save area. Get in the door to respawn the enemies, and repeat. It took me one hour on hard with this method.If you also kill the other two enemies, you will get Twisted Rings

 

Pyrites farming is way faster in the Junk Heap main floor. Up left in the map the are two areas with boxes. You can get up to 3 pyrites per run (very rare though, you will most likely find one).The best thing about this method is that if you find nothing, let the machines kill you and you will respawn right next to the boxes.You should farm on hard because you will die faster.Don't even try the Barren Temple, it's a waste of time.

 

Black Pearls are more frequent if you do a hard reset.Sometimes i found 2 in a single run. So load your save, do five runs and then quit to XMB regardless if you got black pearls or not.This is pretty standard for RNG in SE games

Edited March 13, 2019 by sephiroth4424

[JABing]

On 4/15/2012 at 2:04 PM, JennifairyW said:

I hate the eagle eggs so much >.< but what's actually worse for me are those black pearls, i think i've only ever found one, they just don't want to show up!

 

So funny how farming goes - I did the eagle eggs in about 15 minutes during the quest that requires one. Was almost literally no effort at all, but then something like memory alloy is taking me ages.

[electrifryer]

 Thanks for material list it will help many.Great game if it wasn't for the rare items dull long farming,as suggested by many setting to hard difficulty made a bit of difference & having high rank/upgraded weapon in second playthrough was no problem.Over 120 hrs playtime & yet have to do D ending & speedrun.Trying to get white moonflower without playing with clock time.Should have done more farming in first playthrough during certain quests or missions.  

Edited May 31, 2020 by electrifryer

[RydiaValentine]

Equip the words that give more % of drop in rare items in both weapons and magic and also fight a lot in the DLC. A lot of rare items will pop up like crazy. You'll need to be at least lvl 40, though, or shades will kill you in the third door of the DLC.

 

I got two Eagle Eggs from the third door of the DLC yesterday. So even if you are in the last part of the story, you still can get them from there. Just keep trying until you get them.

Edited January 24, 2021 by RoseDragoon