Materia Data

This section contains the Materia data.

Each record is 20 bytes long.

Offset	Length	Description
0x00	8 bytes	Level-UP AP limits, multiples of 100 (4 * 16-bit integer)
0x08	1 byte	Equip Effects
0x09	3 bytes	Status effect, only first 24
0x0C	1 byte	Element index
0x0D	1 byte	Materia Type
0x0E	1 byte	Materia Attributes
0x0F	1 byte	Materia Attributes
0x10	1 byte	Materia Attributes
0x11	1 byte	Materia Attributes
0x12	1 byte	Materia Attributes
0x13	1 byte	Materia Attributes

Equip Effects

Byte	STR	VIT	MAG	MDEF 1	DEX	LUCK	MAXHP	MAXMP
0x00
0x01	-02	-01	+02	+01			-05%	+05%
0x02	-04	-02	+04	+02			-10%	+10%
0x03					+02	-02
0x04	-01	-01	+01	+01
0x05	+01	+01	-01	-01
0x06		+01
0x07						+01
0x08						-01
0x09					-02
0x0A					+02
0x0B	-01		+01				-02%	+02%
0x0C			+01				-02%	+02%
0x0D			+01	+01			-05%	+05%
0x0E			+02	+02			-10%	+10%
0x0F			+04	+04			-10%	+15%
0x10			+08	+08			-10%	+20%
0x11 2
0x12
0x13
0x14
0x15 3	+01	+02	+04	+08	+16	+32	+64%	+128%

1

Although the Materia equip menu will claim that certain materia increase the Magic Def stat, they really increase Spirit.

2

Values from 0x11 to 0x15 are valid bonus in the PC version, but they are unused.

3

Although allowable in the PC version, they is technically a memory leak.

Materia Types

Materia is separated into 5 categories of functions in the game:

• Command (Yellow)

• Magic (Green)

• Summon (Red)

• Independent (Blue)

• Support (Purple)

The type is determined by a single byte value that is separated in two parts.

The upper nibble will be considered the sub-type and the lower nibble is the base type.

Base Types

Base	Materia Type
0x0	Independent
0x1	Independent
0x2	Command
0x3	Command
0x4	Independent
0x5	Support
0x6	Command
0x7	Command
0x8	Command
0x9	Magic
0xA	Magic
0xB	Summon
0xC	Summon
0xD	Independent 4
0xE	Independent
0xF	Independent

4

There are no 0xD, 0xE or 0xF base types materias in the game. They are graphically represented as Independent but have no effect.

Sources

• Qhimm’s Wiki